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Publications

A comparative study of low-pH tolerance and chitinase activity between toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains of Vibrio cholerae.

Jayaraman V, Khan SA, Perinbam K, Rakheja I, Vadakkepat AK, Chaudhary SK, Pandey AK, Mitra J.

Journal of Biosciences 51, 14 (2026).

Structural and mechanistic insights into Quinolone Synthase to address its functional promiscuity.

Vijayanathan M, Vadakkepat AK, Mahendran KR, Sharaf A, Frandsen KEH, Bandyopadhyay D, Pillai MR, Soniya EV.

Communications Biology 7, 566 (2024).

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Cryo-EM structure of the R388 plasmid conjugative pilus reveals a helical polymer characterized by an unusual pilin/phospholipid binary complex.

Vadakkepat AK, Xue S, Redzej A, Smith TK, Ho BT, Waksman G.

Structure 32, 1335–1347.e5 (2024).

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Cryo-EM structure of a type IV secretion system

Macé, K.*, Abhinav, K. V.*, Redzej, A., Lukoyanova, N., Oomen, C., Braun, N., Ukleja, M., Lu, F., Costa, T. R. D., Orlova, E. V., Baker, D., Cong, Q. and Waksman, G. (2022).

Nature, 607, 191-196. (*: equal contribution).

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of a β-prism I lectin from Methanococcus voltae.

Sivaji, N., Abhinav, K. V. and M. Vijayan. (2017).

Acta Cryst., Section F, 73, 300-304.

Distortion of the ligand molecule as a strategy for modulating binding affinity. Further studies involving complexes of jacalin with β-substituted disaccharides.

Abhinav, K. V., Sharma, K., Surolia, A., Vijayan, M. (2016).

IUBMB Life, 69, 72-78.

Effect of linkage on the
location of reducing and non-reducing sugars bound to jacalin.

Abhinav, K. V., Sharma, K., Surolia, A., Vijayan, M. (2016).

IUBMB Life, 68, 971-979.

Archeal lectins. Identification through a genomic search.

Abhinav, K. V., Samuel, E., Vijayan, M. (2016).

Proteins, 84, 21-30. 

Jacalin-carbohydrate interactions. Ligand distortion as a determinant of affinity. 

Abhinav, K. V., Sharma, K., Surolia, A., Vijayan, M. (2015).

Acta Cryst., D71, 324–331.

Identification of mycobacterial lectins from genomic data.

Abhinav, K. V., Sharma, A., Vijayan, M. (2013).

Proteins, 81, 644-657.

Location and conformation of pantothenate and its derivatives in M. tuberculosis pantothenate kinase: insights into enzyme action. 

Chetnani, B., Kumar, P., Abhinav, K. V., Chibber, M., Surolia, A., Vijayan, M. (2011).

Acta Cryst., D67, 774–783.

Review: X-ray crystallography and Protein structure.

M. Vijayan and Abhinav, K. V. (2012).

Textbook of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Allied and Molecular Medicine.

Structural diversity and ligand specificity of lectins. The Bangalore effort.

Abhinav, K. V. and Vijayan, M. (2014).

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 86, 1335-1355.

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