Chandra:Publications

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

• TABLES "Combined in silico approach for defining T-cell epitopes from secretory proteins of M. tuberculosis" (submitted to Microbes and Infection).
• Table I - M. tuberculosis peptide sequences showing homology with human proteins
• Table II - Peptides from selected secretory proteins of M.tuberculosis foreign to human

PUBLICATIONS

2005

• K. Raman, P. Rajagopalan, and N. Chandra. Flux balance analysis of mycolic acid pathway: targets for anti-tubercular drugs. PLoS Computational Biology, 1(5):e46, Oct 2005 PMID 16261191

• MG. Chaitra, S. Hariharaputran, NR. Chandra, MS. Shaila, and R. Nayak. Defining putative T cell epitopes from PE and PPE families of proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with vaccine potential. Vaccine, 23(10):1265-1272, Jan 2005 PMID 15652669.

2004

• S. Raval, SB. Gowda, DD. Singh, and NR. Chandra. A database analysis of jacalin-like lectins: sequence-structure-function relationships. Glycobiology, 14(12):1247-1263, Dec 2004. PMID 15329359

• T. Prasad, T. Subramanian, S. Hariharaputran, HS. Chaitra, and N. Chandra. Extracting hydrogen-bond signature patterns from protein structure data. Appl Bioinformatics, 3(2-3):125-135, 2004. PMID 15693738

• P. Kumar, AG. Rao, S. Hariharaputran, N. Chandra, and LR. Gowda. Molecular mechanism of dimerization of Bowman-Birk inhibitors. Pivotal role of ASP76 in the dimerzation. J Biol Chem, 279(29):30425-30432, Jul 2004. PMID 15123729

• S. Dhanasekaran, NR. Chandra, BK. Chandrasekhar Sagar, PN. Rangarajan, and G. Padmanaban. Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase from Plasmodium falciparum: indigenous versus imported. J Biol Chem, 279(8):6934-6942, Feb 2004. PMID 14638682

2003

• J. Shobini, AK. Mishra, and N. Chandra. Conformation of gramicidin-A in CTAB micellar media. J Photochem Photobiol B, 70(2):117-124, May-Jun 2003. PMID 12849702

• G. Ramachandraiah, NR. Chandra, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan. Computational analysis of multivalency in lectins: structures of garlic lectin-oligosaccharide complexes and their aggregates. Glycobiology, 13(11):765-775, Nov 2003. PMID 12851290

• T. Prasad, MN. Prathima, and N. Chandra. Detection of hydrogen-bond signature patterns in protein families. Bioinformatics, 19(1):167-168, Jan 2003. PMID 12499314

• VB. Konkimalla and N. Chandra. Determinants of histamine recognition: implications for the design of antihistamines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 309(2):425-431, Sep 2003. PMID 12951067

• S. Datta, N. Ganesh, NR. Chandra, K. Muniyappa, and M. Vijayan. Structural studies on MtRecA-nucleotide complexes: insights into DNA and nucleotide binding and the structural signature of NTP recognition. Proteins, 50(3):474-485, Feb 2003. PMID 12557189

• S. Datta, R. Krishna, N. Ganesh, NR. Chandra, K. Muniyappa, and M. Vijayan. Crystal structures of Mycobacterium smegmatis RecA and its nucleotide complexes. J Bacteriol, 185(14):4280-4284, Jul 2003. PMID 12837805

• MM. Bharath, NR. Chandra, and MR. Rao. Molecular modeling of the chromatosome particle. Nucleic Acids Res, 31(14):4264-4274, Jul 2003. PMID 12853645

2002

• G. Ramachandraiah, NR. Chandra, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan. Re-refinement using reprocessed data to improve the quality of the structure: a case study involving garlic lectin. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 3):414-420, Mar 2002. PMID 11856826

• MM. Bharath, NR. Chandra, and MR. Rao. Prediction of an HMG-box fold in the C-terminal domain of histone H1: insights into its role in DNA condensation. Proteins, 49(1):71-81, Oct 2002. PMID 12211017

• MM. Bharath, S. Ramesh, NR. Chandra, and MR. Rao. Identification of a 34 amino acid stretch within the C-terminus of histone H1 as the DNA-condensing domain by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry, 41(24):7617-7627, Jun 2002. PMID 12056893

2001

• J. Shobini, AK. Mishra, K. Sandhya, and N. Chandra. Interaction of coumarin derivatives with human serum albumin: investigation by fluorescence spectroscopic technique and modeling studies. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc, 57A(5):1133-1147, Apr 2001.

• NR. Chandra, MM. Prabu, K. Suguna, and M. Vijayan. Structural similarity and functional diversity in proteins containing the legume lectin fold. Protein Eng, 14(11):857-866, Nov 2001.

2000

• G. Ramachandraiah and NR. Chandra. Sequence and structural determinants of mannose recognition. Proteins, 39(4):358-364, Jun 2000.

• S. Datta, MM. Prabu, MB. Vaze, N. Ganesh, NR. Chandra, K. Muniyappa, and M. Vijayan. Crystal structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA and its complex with ADP-AlF(4): implications for decreased ATPase activity and molecular aggregation. Nucleic Acids Res, 28(24):4964-4973, Dec 2000.

1999—1995

• M. Vijayan and N. Chandra. Lectins. Curr Opin Struct Biol, 9(6):707-714, Dec 1999.

• NR. Chandra, G. Ramachandraiah, K. Bachhawat, TK. Dam, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan. Crystal structure of a dimeric mannose-specific agglutinin from garlic: quaternary association and carbohydrate specificity. J Mol Biol, 285(3):1157-1168, Jan 1999.

• R. Ravishankar, NR. Chandra, and M. Vijayan. X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids and peptides XXXIV. Novel mode of aggregation, interaction patterns and chiral effects in the maleic acid complexes of DL- and L- arginine. J Biomol Struct Dyn, 15(6):1093-1100, Jun 1998.

• NR. Chandra, H. Muirhead, JJ. Holbrook, BE. Bernstein, WG. Hol, and RB. Sessions. A general method of domain closure is applied to phosphoglycerate kinase and the result compared with the crystal structure of a closed conformation of the enzyme. Proteins, 30(4):372-380, Mar 1998.

• NR. Chandra, TK. Dam, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies on the mannose-specific lectin from garlic. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 53(Pt 6):787-788, Nov 1997.

• RA. Kumar, MB. Vaze, NR. Chandra, M. Vijayan, and K. Muniyappa. Functional characterization of the precursor and spliced forms of RecA protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochemistry, 35(6):1793-1802, Feb 1996.

• RV. Kishan, NR. Chandra, C. Sudarsanakumar, K. Suguna, and M. Vijayan. Water-dependent domain motion and flexibility in ribonuclease A and the invariant features in its hydration shell. An X-ray study of two low-humidity crystal forms of the enzyme. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 51(Pt 5):703-710, Sep 1995.

Pre-1995

• H. C. Joao, R.J.P. Williams, J.A. Littlechild, R. Nagasuma, and H.C. Watson. An investigation of large inhibitors binding to phosphoglycerate kinase and their effect on anion activation. European Journal of Biochemistry, 205(3):1077-1088, 1992.
• Vani Brahmachari, Nagasuma.R, and Samir K. Brahmachari. Preparation of megabase-size DNA from adult insects and mammalian spleen for Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. Journal of Genetics, 68(3):185-188, 1989.