List of works - Debanu Das

A Structural Basis for the Regulatory Inactivation of DnaA

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A conserved fold for fimbrial components revealed by the crystal structure of a putative fimbrial assembly protein (BT1062) from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron at 2.2 Å resolution

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Application of DEN refinement and automated model building to a difficult case of molecular-replacement phasing: the structure of a putative succinyl-diaminopimelate desuccinylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

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Bacterial Pleckstrin Homology Domains: A Prokaryotic Origin for the PH Domain

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Crystal Structure and Activity Studies of the C11 Cysteine Peptidase from Parabacteroides merdae in the Human Gut Microbiome

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Crystal Structure of the First Eubacterial Mre11 Nuclease Reveals Novel Features that May Discriminate Substrates During DNA Repair

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Crystal structure of a novel Sm-like protein of putative cyanophage origin at 2.60 Å resolution

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Crystal structure of a novel single-stranded DNA binding protein from Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Crystal structure of a putative quorum sensing-regulated protein (PA3611) from the Pseudomonas-specific DUF4146 family

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Crystal structure of the Fic (Filamentation induced by cAMP) family protein SO4266 (gi|24375750) from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 at 1.6 Å resolution

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Crystal structure of the conserved hypothetical protein MPN330 (GI: 1674200) from Mycoplasma pneumoniae

scientific article published in February 2005

Crystal structure of the multidrug efflux transporter AcrB at 3.1Å resolution reveals the N-terminal region with conserved amino acids

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Crystal structures of three representatives of a new Pfam family PF14869 (DUF4488) suggest they function in sugar binding/uptake

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Improved molecular replacement by density- and energy-guided protein structure optimization

scientific article (publication date: 26 May 2011)

Molecular characterization of novel pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent enzymes from the human microbiome

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Open and closed conformations of two SpoIIAA-like proteins (YP_749275.1 and YP_001095227.1) provide insights into membrane association and ligand binding

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PNT1 Is a C11 Cysteine Peptidase Essential for Replication of the Trypanosome Kinetoplast

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

Structural and energetic characterization of nucleic acid-binding to the fingers domain of Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase.

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Structural and functional characterizations of SsgB, a conserved activator of developmental cell division in morphologically complex actinomycetes

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Structural genomics of minimal organisms and protein fold space

scientific article published in January 2005

Structure and Function of a Novel LD-Carboxypeptidase A Involved in Peptidoglycan Recycling

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Structure and Function of the DUF2233 Domain in Bacteria and in the Human Mannose 6-Phosphate Uncovering Enzyme

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Structure and Function of the First Full-Length Murein Peptide Ligase (Mpl) Cell Wall Recycling Protein

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Structure and computational analysis of a novel protein with metallopeptidase-like and circularly permuted winged-helix-turn-helix domains reveals a possible role in modified polysaccharide biosynthesis

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Structure of BT_3984, a member of the SusD/RagB family of nutrient-binding molecules

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Structure of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BT2081 at 2.05 Å resolution: the first structural representative of a new protein family that may play a role in carbohydrate metabolism

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Structure of Liver Receptor Homolog-1 (NR5A2) with PIP3 hormone bound in the ligand binding pocket

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Structure of a membrane-attack complex/perforin (MACPF) family protein from the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

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Structure of a putative NTP pyrophosphohydrolase: YP_001813558.1 from Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15

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Structure of the γ- D -glutamyl- L -diamino acid endopeptidase YkfC from Bacillus cereus in complex with L -Ala-γ- D -Glu: insights into substrate recognition by NlpC/P60 cysteine peptidases

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Structure-based discovery of NANOG variant with enhanced properties to promote self-renewal and reprogramming of pluripotent stem cells

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Structure-based inference of molecular functions of proteins of unknown function from Berkeley Structural Genomics Center.

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Structures of the first representatives of Pfam family PF06684 (DUF1185) reveal a novel variant of the Bacillus chorismate mutase fold and suggest a role in amino-acid metabolism

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Structures of the first representatives of Pfam family PF06938 (DUF1285) reveal a new fold with repeated structural motifs and possible involvement in signal transduction

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Structures of three members of Pfam PF02663 (FmdE) implicated in microbial methanogenesis reveal a conserved α+β core domain and an auxiliary C-terminal treble-clef zinc finger

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The crystal structure of a bacterial Sufu-like protein defines a novel group of bacterial proteins that are similar to the N-terminal domain of human Sufu

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The crystal structure of the monomeric reverse transcriptase from Moloney murine leukemia virus

scientific article published in May 2004

The signaling phospholipid PIP3 creates a new interaction surface on the nuclear receptor SF-1.

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The structure of BVU2987 from Bacteroides vulgatus reveals a superfamily of bacterial periplasmic proteins with possible inhibitory function

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The structure of Haemophilus influenzae prephenate dehydrogenase suggests unique features of bifunctional TyrA enzymes

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The structure of Jann_2411 (DUF1470) from Jannaschia sp. at 1.45 Å resolution reveals a new fold (the ABATE domain) and suggests its possible role as a transcription regulator

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The structure of KPN03535 (gi|152972051), a novel putative lipoprotein from Klebsiella pneumoniae , reveals an OB-fold

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The structure of the first representative of Pfam family PF09836 reveals a two-domain organization and suggests involvement in transcriptional regulation

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Two Pfam protein families characterized by a crystal structure of protein lpg2210 from Legionella pneumophila

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UHM-ULM interactions in the RBM39-U2AF65 splicing-factor complex

scientific article published on 24 March 2016

List of works by Debanu Das

A Structural Basis for the Regulatory Inactivation of DnaA

A conserved fold for fimbrial components revealed by the crystal structure of a putative fimbrial assembly protein (BT1062) from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron at 2.2 Å resolution

Application of DEN refinement and automated model building to a difficult case of molecular-replacement phasing: the structure of a putative succinyl-diaminopimelate desuccinylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Bacterial Pleckstrin Homology Domains: A Prokaryotic Origin for the PH Domain

Crystal Structure and Activity Studies of the C11 Cysteine Peptidase from Parabacteroides merdae in the Human Gut Microbiome

Crystal Structure of the First Eubacterial Mre11 Nuclease Reveals Novel Features that May Discriminate Substrates During DNA Repair

Crystal structure of a novel Sm-like protein of putative cyanophage origin at 2.60 Å resolution

Crystal structure of a novel single-stranded DNA binding protein from Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Crystal structure of a putative quorum sensing-regulated protein (PA3611) from the Pseudomonas-specific DUF4146 family

Crystal structure of the Fic (Filamentation induced by cAMP) family protein SO4266 (gi|24375750) from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 at 1.6 Å resolution

Crystal structure of the conserved hypothetical protein MPN330 (GI: 1674200) from Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Crystal structure of the multidrug efflux transporter AcrB at 3.1Å resolution reveals the N-terminal region with conserved amino acids

Crystal structures of three representatives of a new Pfam family PF14869 (DUF4488) suggest they function in sugar binding/uptake

Improved molecular replacement by density- and energy-guided protein structure optimization

Molecular characterization of novel pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent enzymes from the human microbiome

Open and closed conformations of two SpoIIAA-like proteins (YP_749275.1 and YP_001095227.1) provide insights into membrane association and ligand binding

PNT1 Is a C11 Cysteine Peptidase Essential for Replication of the Trypanosome Kinetoplast

Structural and energetic characterization of nucleic acid-binding to the fingers domain of Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase.

Structural and functional characterizations of SsgB, a conserved activator of developmental cell division in morphologically complex actinomycetes

Structural genomics of minimal organisms and protein fold space

Structure and Function of a Novel LD-Carboxypeptidase A Involved in Peptidoglycan Recycling

Structure and Function of the DUF2233 Domain in Bacteria and in the Human Mannose 6-Phosphate Uncovering Enzyme

Structure and Function of the First Full-Length Murein Peptide Ligase (Mpl) Cell Wall Recycling Protein

Structure and computational analysis of a novel protein with metallopeptidase-like and circularly permuted winged-helix-turn-helix domains reveals a possible role in modified polysaccharide biosynthesis

Structure of BT_3984, a member of the SusD/RagB family of nutrient-binding molecules

Structure of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BT2081 at 2.05 Å resolution: the first structural representative of a new protein family that may play a role in carbohydrate metabolism

Structure of Liver Receptor Homolog-1 (NR5A2) with PIP3 hormone bound in the ligand binding pocket

Structure of a membrane-attack complex/perforin (MACPF) family protein from the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Structure of a putative NTP pyrophosphohydrolase: YP_001813558.1 from Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15

Structure of the γ- D -glutamyl- L -diamino acid endopeptidase YkfC from Bacillus cereus in complex with L -Ala-γ- D -Glu: insights into substrate recognition by NlpC/P60 cysteine peptidases

Structure-based discovery of NANOG variant with enhanced properties to promote self-renewal and reprogramming of pluripotent stem cells

Structure-based inference of molecular functions of proteins of unknown function from Berkeley Structural Genomics Center.

Structures of the first representatives of Pfam family PF06684 (DUF1185) reveal a novel variant of the Bacillus chorismate mutase fold and suggest a role in amino-acid metabolism

Structures of the first representatives of Pfam family PF06938 (DUF1285) reveal a new fold with repeated structural motifs and possible involvement in signal transduction

Structures of three members of Pfam PF02663 (FmdE) implicated in microbial methanogenesis reveal a conserved α+β core domain and an auxiliary C-terminal treble-clef zinc finger

The crystal structure of a bacterial Sufu-like protein defines a novel group of bacterial proteins that are similar to the N-terminal domain of human Sufu

The crystal structure of the monomeric reverse transcriptase from Moloney murine leukemia virus

The signaling phospholipid PIP3 creates a new interaction surface on the nuclear receptor SF-1.

The structure of BVU2987 from Bacteroides vulgatus reveals a superfamily of bacterial periplasmic proteins with possible inhibitory function

The structure of Haemophilus influenzae prephenate dehydrogenase suggests unique features of bifunctional TyrA enzymes

The structure of Jann_2411 (DUF1470) from Jannaschia sp. at 1.45 Å resolution reveals a new fold (the ABATE domain) and suggests its possible role as a transcription regulator

The structure of KPN03535 (gi|152972051), a novel putative lipoprotein from Klebsiella pneumoniae , reveals an OB-fold

The structure of the first representative of Pfam family PF09836 reveals a two-domain organization and suggests involvement in transcriptional regulation

Two Pfam protein families characterized by a crystal structure of protein lpg2210 from Legionella pneumophila

UHM-ULM interactions in the RBM39-U2AF65 splicing-factor complex