2024

  1. Bora, K, Sarma, M., Kanaujia, S.P., and Dubey, V.K. (2024). Development of novel dual-target drugs against visceral leishmaniasis and combinational study with miltefosine. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 225, 275-285. (JIF: 7.1).

  2. Saha, S. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2024). Decoding substrate selectivity of an archaeal RlmCD-like methyltransferase through its salient traits. ACS Biochemistry, 63(19), 2477-2492. (JIF: 2.9).

  3. Saha, S. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2024). Structural and functional characterization of archaeal DIMT1 unveils distinct protein dynamics essential for efficient catalysis. Structure, 32(10), 1760-1775.e7. (JIF: 4.4).

  4. Dasgupta, P., Vinil, K., and Kanaujia, S.P. (2024). Evolutionary trends indicate a coherent organization of sap operons. Research in Microbiology, 104228. (JIF: 2.5).

  5. Saha, S., Mandal, S.K., and Kanaujia, S.P. (2024). Distinct characteristics of putative archaeal 5-methylcytosine RNA methyltransferases unveil their substrate specificities and evolutionary ancestries. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-18. (JIF: 4.4).

  6. Dutta, A. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2024). The structural features of MlaD illuminate its unique ligand-transporting mechanism and ancestry. The Protein Journal, 43, 298-315. (JIF: 1.9).

    7. 2023

  7. Bora, K., Sarma, M., Kanaujia, S.P. and Dubey, V.K. (2023). Dual-target drugs against Leishmania donovani for potential novel therapeutics. Scientifc Reports, 13, 18363. (JIF: 4.996).

  8. Tomar, T.S., Dasgupta, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2023). Operon Finder: a deep learning-based web server for accurate prediction of prokaryotic operons. Journal of Molecular Biology, 435(14), 167921. (JIF: 4.7).

    9. 2022

  9. Dutta, A. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2022). MlaC belongs to a unique class of non-canonical substrate-binding proteins and follows a novel phospholipid-binding mechanism. Journal of Structural Biology, 214, 107896. (JIF: 3.0).

  10. Anand, V., Prabhakaran, H.S., Gogoi, P., Kanaujia, S.P. and Kumar, M. (2022). Structural and functional characterization of Cas2 of CRISPR-Cas subtype I-C lacking the CRISPR component. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, 988569. (JIF: 3.9).

  11. Mandal, S.K. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2022). Role of an orphan substrate-binding protein MhuP in transient heme transfer in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 211, 342-356. (JIF: 7.7).

    12. 2021

  12. Mandal, S.K. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Structural and thermodynamic insights into a novel Mg2+–citrate-binding protein from the ABC transporter superfamily. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 77(12), 1516-1534. (JIF: 2.2).

  13. Chandravanshi, M., Tripathi S.K. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). An updated classification and mechanistic insights into ligand binding of the substrate-binding proteins. FEBS Letters, 595(18), 2395-2409. (JIF: 3.864).

  14. Dutta, A., Chandravanshi, M. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Conserved features of the MlaD domain aid the trafficking of hydrophobic molecules. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 89(11), 1473-1488. (JIF: 3.2).

  15. Mandal, S.K., Nayak, S.G. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Identification and characterization of metal uptake ABC transporters in Mycobacterium tuberculosis unveil their ligand specificity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 185, 324-337. (JIF: 7.7).

  16. Hemant, K., Mandal, S.K., Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Structural and functional role of invariant water molecules in matrix metalloproteinases: a data-mining approach. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-12. (JIF: 4.4).

  17. Chandravanshi, M., Samanta, R. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Structural and thermodynamic insights into the novel dinucleotide-binding protein of ABC transporter unveils its moonlighting function. The FEBS Journal, 288(15), 4614-4636. (JIF: 5.4).

  18. Sharma, A., Gogoi, P., Chandravanshi, M. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2021). Water-mediated structural rearrangement establishes active conformation of caspases for apoptosis and inflammation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-14. (JIF: 4.4).

  19. Dhara, A., Hussain, S., Kanaujia, S.P. and Kumar, M. (2021). Acyldepsipeptide activated ClpP1P2 macromolecule of Leptospira, an ideal Achilles’ heel to hamper the cell survival and deregulate ClpP proteolytic activity. Research in Microbiology, 172(2), 103797. (JIF: 2.5).

    20. 2020

  20. Chandravanshi, M., Samanta, R. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2020). Conformational trapping of a β-glucosides-binding protein unveils the selective two-step ligand-binding mechanism of ABC importers. Journal of Molecular Biology, 432, 5711-5734. (JIF: 4.7).

  21. Gogoi, P., Mordina, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2020). Exploiting the rationale behind substrate recognition by promiscuous thermophilic NDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase for expanding glycorandomization: an in silico study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-13. (JIF: 4.4).

    22. 2019

  22. Chandravanshi, M., Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). Structural and thermodynamic correlation illuminates the selective transport mechanism of disaccharide α-glycosides through ABC transporter. The FEBS Journal, 287, 1576-1597. (JIF: 5.4).

  23. Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). Role of structural features in oligomerization, active-site integrity and ligand binding of ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 17, 333-344. (JIF: 4.4).

  24. Chandravanshi, M., Sharma, A., Dasgupta, P., Mandal, S.K. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). Identification and characterization of ABC transporters for carbohydrate uptake in Thermus thermophilus HB8. Gene, 696, 135-148. (JIF: 2.6).

  25. Sinha, A.K., Dutta, A., Chandravanshi, M. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). An insight into bacterial phospholipase C classification and their translocation through Tat and Sec pathways: A data mining study. Meta Gene, 20, 100547. (JIF: 0.5).

  26. Mandal, S.K., Adhikari, R., Sharma, A., Chandravanshi, M., Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). Designating ligand specificities to metal uptake ABC transporters in Thermus thermophilus HB8. Metallomics, 11, 597-612. (JIF: 2.9).

  27. Gogoi, P., Mordina, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2019). Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of 5-methylthioribose 1-phosphate isomerase. Journal of Structural Biology , 205(1), 67-77. (JIF: 3.0).

    28. 2018

  28. Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2018). Archaeal and eukaryal translation initiation factor 1 differ in their RNA interacting loops. FEBS Letters, 592(9), 1602-1610. (JIF: 3.864).

  29. Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2018). A presumed homologue of the regulatory subunits of eIF2B functions as ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase in Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Scientific Reports, 8, 1891. (JIF: 4.996).

    30. 2017

  30. Adhikari, R., Singh, D., Chandravanshi, M., Dutta, A. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2017). UgpB, a periplasmic component of the UgpABCE ATP-binding cassette transporter, predominantly follows the sec translocation pathway. Meta Gene, 13, 129-139.(JIF: 0.5).

  31. Kanaujia, S.P. (2017). Understanding the toxic metal binding proteins and peptides in "Metal-Microbe Interactions and Bioremediation: Principles and Applications for Toxic Metals" edited by Surajit Das and Hirak Ranjan Dash. Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, UK. (Book Chapter).

  32. Mandal, S.K., Chandravanshi, M., Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2017). In silico characterization of TTHA0596: A potential Zn2+ binding protein of ATP-binding cassette transporter. Gene Reports, 6, 132-141. (JIF: 1.1).

    33. 2016

  33. Jha, S., Kanaujia, S.P. and Limaye, A. M. (2016). Direct inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) by (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate: a possible role for the fibronectin type II repeats. Gene, 593, 126-130. (JIF: 2.6).

  34. Chandravanshi, M., Gogoi, P. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2016). Computational characterization of TTHA0379: a potential glycerophosphocholine binding protein of Ugp ATP-binding cassette transporter. Gene, 592, 260-268. (JIF: 2.6).

  35. Srivastava, A., Gogoi, P., Deka, B., Goswami, S. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2016). In silico analysis of 5′-UTRs highlights the prevalence of Shine-Dalgarno and leaderless-dependent mechanisms of translation initiation in bacteria and archaea, respectively. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 402, 54-61. (JIF: 1.9).

  36. Gogoi, P., Srivastava, A., Jayaprakash, P., Jeyakanthan, J. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2016). In silico analysis suggests that PH0702 and PH0208 encode for methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase and ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase, respectively, rather than aIF2Bβ and aIF2Bδ. Gene, 575, 118-126. (JIF: 2.6).

    37. 2015

  37. Gogoi, P., Chandravanshi, M., Mandal, S.K., Srivastava, A. and Kanaujia, S.P. (2015). Heterogeneous behavior of metalloproteins towards metal ion binding and selectivity: insights from molecular dynamics studies. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-16. (JIF: 4.4).

    38. 2013

  38. Nayak, S.K., Mallik, S.B., Kanaujia, S.P., Sekar, K., Ranganathan, K.R., Ananthalakshmi, V., Jeyaraman, G., Saralaya, S.S., Nagarajan, K. and Guru Row, T.N. (2013). Crystal structures and binding studies of atovaquone and its derivatives with cytochrome bc1-complex: a molecular basis for drug design. CrystEngComm. 15, 4871-4884. (JIF: 2.6).

  39. Manjunath, K., Kanaujia, S.P., Surekha, K., Jeyakanthan, J. and Sekar, K. (2013). Structure of SAICAR synthetase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3: Insights into Thermal Stability. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 53, 7-19. (JIF: 7.7).

    40. 2012

  40. Vaishnavi, K., Saxena, N., Shah N., Singh, R., Manjunath, K., Uthayakumar, M., Kanaujia, S.P., Kaul, S.C., Sekar, K. and Wadhwa R. (2012). Differential activities of the two closely related withanolides, withaferin A and withanone: bioinformatics and experimental Evidences. PLoS ONE, 7(9), e44419. (JIF: 3.752).

  41. Dhanasekaran, V., Velmurugan, V., Kanaujia, S.P. and Sekar, K. (2012). Role of invariant water molecules and water mediated ionic interactions in D-xylose isomerase from Streptomyces rubiginosus. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-9. (JIF: 4.4).

    42. 2011

  42. Kanaujia, S.P., Jeyakanthan, J., Shinkai, A., Kuramitsu, S., Yokoyama, S. and Sekar, K. (2011). Crystal structures, dynamics and functional implications of molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein MogA from two thermophilic organisms. Acta Cryst. F67, 2-16. (JIF: 1.1).

    43. 2010

  43. Kanaujia, S.P., Jeyakanthan, J., Nakagawa, N., Sathyaramya, B., Shinkai, A., Kuramitsu, S., Yokoyama, S. and Sekar, K. (2010). Crystal structures of apo and GTP-bound molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein MoaC from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Acta Cryst. D66, 821-833. (JIF: 2.2).

  44. Jeyakanthan, J., Kanaujia, S.P., Nishida, Y., Nakagawa, N., Praveen, S., Shinkai, A., Kuramitsu, S., Yokoyama, S. and K. Sekar (2010). Free and ATP-bound structures of Ap4A hydrolase from Aquifex aeolicus V5. Acta Cryst. D66, 116-124. (JIF: 2.6).

    45. 2009

  45. Kanaujia, S.P. and Sekar, K. (2009). Structural and Functional Role of Water Molecules in Bovine Pancreatic Phospholipase A2: A Data-Mining approach. Acta Cryst. D65, 74-84. (JIF: 2.6).

    46. 2008

  46. Jeyakanthan, J., Rangarajan, S., Mridula, P., Kanaujia, S.P., Shiro, Y., Kuramitsu, S., Yokoyama, S. and K. Sekar (2008). Observation of a calcium-binding site in the γ-class carbonic anhydrase from Pyrococcus Horikoshii. Acta Cryst. D64, 1012-1019. (JIF: 2.6).

  47. Kanaujia, S.P. and Sekar, K. (2008). Crystal Structures and Molecular Dynamics Studies of Three Active Site Mutants of Bovine Pancreatic Phospholipase A2. Acta Cryst. D64, 1003-1011. (JIF: 2.6).

    48. 2007

  48. Kanaujia, S.P., Ranjani, C.V., Jeyakanthan, J., Ohmori, M., Agari, K., Kitamura, Y., Baba, S., Ebihara, A., Shinkai, A., Kuramitsu, S., Shiro, Y., Sekar, K. and Yokoyama, S. (2007). Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of molybdopterin synthase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Acta Cryst. F63, 324-326. (JIF: 1.1).

  49. Kanaujia, S.P., Ranjani, C.V., Jeyakanthan, J., Baba, S., Kuroishi, C., Ebihara, A., Shinkai, A., Kuramitsu, S., Shiro, Y., Sekar, K. and Yokoyama, S. (2007). Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of DHNA synthetase from Geobacillus kaustophilus. Acta Cryst. F63, 103-105. (JIF: 1.1).

  50. Kanaujia, S.P., Ranjani, C.V., Jeyakanthan, J., Baba, S., Chen, L., Liu, Z.-J., Wang, B.-C., Nishida, M., Ebihara, A., Shinkai, A., Kuramistu, S., Shiro, Y., Sekar, K. and Yokoyama, S. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein C from Thermus thermophilus. Acta Cryst. F63, 27-29. (JIF: 1.1).

  51. Kanaujia, S.P., Ranjani, C.V., Jeyakanthan, J., Nishida, M., Kitamura, Y., Baba, S., Ebihara, A., Shimizu, N., Nakagawa, N., Shinkai, A., Yamamoto, M., Kuramitsu, S., Shiro, Y., Sekar, K. and Yokoyama, S. (2007). Preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of glucose dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Acta Cryst. F63, 446-448. (JIF: 1.1).

    52. 2006

  52. Sekar, K., Yogavel, M., Kanaujia, S.P., Sharma, A., Velmurugan, D., Poi, M.-J., Dauter, J. and Tsai, M.-D. (2006). Suggestive evidence for the involvement of the second calcium and surface loop in interfacial binding: Monoclinic and trigonal crystal structures of a quadruple mutant of phospholipase A2. Acta Cryst. D62, 717-724. (JIF: 2.6).
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