Role of ATP-small heat shock protein interaction in human diseases

SK Nandi, AK Panda, A Chakraborty… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is an important fuel of life for humans and Mycobacterium
species. Its potential role in modulating cellular functions and implications in systemic …

Combined in silico and in vitro study to reveal the structural insights and nucleotide-binding ability of the transcriptional regulator pehr from the phytopathogen …

M Yadav, S Sarkar, K Olymon, SK Ray, A Kumar - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The transcriptional regulator PehR regulates the synthesis of the extracellular plant cell wall-
degrading enzyme polygalacturonase, which is essential in the bacterial wilt of plants …

Evidence for inhibition of lysozyme amyloid fibrillization by peptide fragments from human lysozyme: a combined spectroscopy, microscopy, and docking study

RK Kar, Z Gazova, Z Bednarikova, KH Mroue… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and prion diseases, as well as type II diabetes,
have a pathogenesis associated with protein misfolding, which routes with amyloid …

Interaction of constituents of MDT regimen for leprosy with Mycobacterium leprae HSP18: impact on its structure and function

A Chakraborty, R Ghosh, A Biswas - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium leprae, the causative organism of leprosy, harbors many antigenic proteins,
and one such protein is the 18‐kDa antigen. This protein belongs to the small heat shock …

Structure, stability and chaperone function of Mycobacterium leprae Heat Shock Protein 18 are differentially affected upon interaction with gold and silver …

A Chakraborty, A Biswas - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have several biomedical
applications. However, the effective usage of these two nanoparticles is impeded due to …

The C‐terminal extension of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hsp16.3 regulates its oligomerization, subunit exchange dynamics and chaperone function

AK Panda, A Chakraborty, SK Nandi… - The FEBS …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a human pathogen that secretes a major immunodominant
antigen, namely Hsp16. 3, throughout the course of infection. Hsp16. 3 belongs to the small …

Probing the structure-function relationship of Mycobacterium leprae HSP18 under different UV radiations

A Chakraborty, SK Nandi, AK Panda… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet radiation, an effective sterilizing source, rapidly kills the causative organism
(Mycobacterium leprae) of leprosy. But, the reasons behind this quick death are not clearly …

Conformational perturbation, hydrophobic interactions and oligomeric association are responsible for the enhanced chaperone function of Mycobacterium leprae …

SK Nandi, A Chakraborty, AK Panda, A Biswas - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Mycobacterium leprae HSP18 is a small heat shock protein that helps in growth and survival
of Mycobacterium leprae pathogen in host species. Recently, we have shown that its …

Role of Subunit Exchange and Electrostatic Interactions on the Chaperone Activity of Mycobacterium leprae HSP18

SK Nandi, AK Panda, A Chakraborty, SS Ray… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium leprae HSP18, a major immunodominant antigen of M. leprae pathogen, is a
small heat shock protein. Previously, we reported that HSP18 is a molecular chaperone that …

Dodecameric structure of a small heat shock protein from Mycobacterium marinum M

S Bhandari, S Biswas, A Chaudhary… - Proteins: structure …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are ATP‐independent molecular chaperones present
ubiquitously in all kingdoms of life. Their low molecular weight subunits associate to form …