Prof r. mahalakshmi

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2021 June - Present : Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.
2014 - 2021 : Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.
2009 - 2014 : Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.
2008 - 2009 : Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Molecular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
2006 - 2008 : Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Apoptosis and Cell Death Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (previously Burnham Institute for Medical Research), La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
2003 - 2006 : Ph. D. in Molecular Biophysics from the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, under the guidance of Prof. P. Balaram.
2020 : DBT - Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior Fellowship.
2020 : SwarnaJayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology.
2020 : Young Researcher Award, Lady Tata Memorial Trust.
2020 : Featured in "Future of Biochemistry: The Asia-Pacific Issue".
2019 : Indian Peptide Society - Young Scientist Award.
2019 : Exceptional Fellows Fund from Wellcome Trust - DBT India Alliance.
2017 : SERB Women Excellence Award
2015 - Present: Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellow
2014 : NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, The National Academy of Sciences.
2014 - 2017 : Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences.
2014 : INSA Medal for Young Scientists, Indian National Science Academy.
2010 - 2015 : Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
2010 - 2015: Ramalingaswami Fellowship.
Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Folding, Function, and Regulation.
Membrane Protein Folding and Misfolding.
Molecular Experimental Biophysics.
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SNo Authors Title of Article Pid Journal Year
1 Anjana George,Roshika Ravi,Pankaj Tiwari,Shashank Srivastava,Vikas Jain,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Engineering a Hyperstable Yersinia pestis Outer Membrane Protein Ail Using Thermodynamic Design 3661 Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022
2 Altmash Khan,Gifty Kuriachan,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Cellular interactome of mitochondrial VDACs: Oligomerization and channel (mis)regulation. 3659 ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2021
3 Muralikrishna Lella,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi De novo Design of Metal Binding Cleft in a Trp-Trp Stapled Thermostable ?-Hairpin Peptide 3663 Peptide Science 2021
4 Pankaj Tiwari,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Interplay of protein primary sequence, lipid membrane, and chaperone in ?-barrel assembly. 2919 Protein Science 2021
5 Pankaj Tiwari,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Molecular Assembly Pathway of Mitochondrial Sam50 in Native Membranes. 2921 Biophysical Journal 2021
6 Ankit Gupta,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Reversible folding energetics of Yersinia Ail barrel reveals a hyperfluorescent intermediate. 2899 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Biomembranes) 2020
7 Bharat Iyer,Swadha Gupta,Henna Noordeen,Roshika Ravi,Meera Pawar,Anjana George,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Molecular Switch between Structural Compaction and Thermodynamic Stability by the Xxx?Pro Interface in Transmembrane ??Barrels 2903 Biochemistry 2020
8 Ankit Gupta,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Single-residue physicochemical characteristics kinetically partition membrane protein self-assembly and aggregation 2905 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020
9 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Oxidative Thiol Modifications as Molecular Redox Sensors in Human Mitochondria 2907 Biophysical Journal 2020
10 William Rosencrans,M Martin-Queralt,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Sergey Bezrukov,Tatiana Rostovtseva Dynamic Plasticity of Mitochondrial VDAC2 Revealed by Single-Molecule Electrophysiology. 2909 Biophysical Journal 2020
11 Shashank Srivastava,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Linking Folding Landscape with Function in the Human Mitochondrial VDAC2 2911 Biophysical Journal 2020
12 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Do folding elements trade?off with function in the human mitochondrial metabolite transporter? 2915 FASEB Journal 2020
13 Shashank Srivastava,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Evolutionary selection of a 19-stranded mitochondrial ?-barrel scaffold bears structural and functional significance 2917 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020
14 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Aromatic Interactions in β-Hairpin Scaffold Stability: A Historical Perspective. 1325 Arch. Biochem. Biophys 2019
15 Ankit Gupta,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Reversible folding energetics of Yersinia Ail barrel reveals a hyperfluorescent intermediate 1841 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Biomembranes) 2019
16 Ankit Gupta,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Helix–strand interaction regulates stability and aggregation of the human mitochondrial membrane protein channel VDAC3 1461 J. Gen. Physiol. 2019
17 Bharat Iyer,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Hydrophobic characteristic is energetically preferred for cysteine in a model membrane protein 1462 Biophysical Journal 2019
18 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Human Mitochondrial VDAC Functionality Governs Scaffold Stability. 1288 Biophysical Journal 2018
19 Shashank Ranjan Srivastava,Punit Zadafiya,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Hydrophobic mismatch modulates stability and plasticity of human mitochondrial VDAC2. 1326 Biophysical Journal 2018
20 Deepti Chaturvedi,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Folding determinants of transmembrane β-barrels using engineered OMP chimeras 1149 Biochemistry 2018
21 Muralikrishna Lella,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Direct Structural Annotation of Membrane Protein Aggregation Loci using Peptide–Based Reverse–Mapping 1150 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018
22 Bharat Iyer,Pallavi Vetal,Henna Noordeen,Punit Zadafiya,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Salvaging the thermodynamic destabilization of interface histidine in transmembrane β-barrels 1276 Biochemistry 2018
23 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Deepti Chaturvedi Position–specific contribution of interface tryptophans on membrane protein energetics 1021 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Biomembranes) 2018
24 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Muralikrishna Lella Solvation Driven Conformational Transitions in the Second Transmembrane Domain of Mycobacteriophage Holin. 512 Biopolymers 2017
25 Ankit Gupta,Bharat Ramasubramanian Iyer,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Approaches for preparation and biophysical characterization of transmembrane β-barrels 514 Springer Protocols Handbooks 2017
26 Muralikrishna Lella,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Metamorphic Proteins: Emergence of dual protein folds from one primary sequence. 824 Biochemistry 2017
27 Bharat Iyer,Punit Zadafiya,Pallavi Vetal,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Energetics of side chain partitioning of β-signal residues in unassisted folding of a transmembrane β-barrel protein. 825 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2017
28 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Maurya Mitochondrial VDAC2 and cell homeostasis: highlighting hidden structural features and unique functionalities. 693 Biological Reviews 2017
29 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Maurya,Bhavna Burdak,Parini Surti,Manoj Patel,Vikas Jain Structural plasticity of T4 transcription co-activator gp33 revealed by a protease-resistant unfolded state 1019 Biophysical and Biochemical Research Communication 2017
30 Deepti Chaturvedi,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Transmembrane β-barrels: Evolution, folding and energetics. 1020 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Biomembranes) 2017
31 Muralikrishna Lella,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Engineering a Transmembrane Nanopore Ion Channel from a Membrane Breaker Peptide. 513 The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2016
32 Svetlana Maurya,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Control of human VDAC-2 scaffold dynamics by interfacial tryptophans is position specific. 694 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Biomembranes) 2016
33 Angela Anna Messina, Matteo Ceccarelli,Salvatore Foti,Andrea Magrì,Mariano Andrea Scorciapino,Francesca Guarino,Carlo Guardiani,Deepti Chaturvedi,Ankit Gupta,Rosaria Saletti,Vanessa Checchetto,Simona Reina,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Ildiko Szabo,Vito De Pinto VDAC3 as a sensor of oxidative state of the intermembrane space of mitochondria: the putative role of cysteine residue modifications. 505 Oncotarget 2016
34 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya VDAC-2: Mitochondrial outer membrane regulator masquerading as a channel? 506 FEBS Journal 2016
35 Vikas Jain,Soumya Kamilla,Muralikrishna Lella,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Molecular Mechanism of Holin Transmembrane Domain I in Pore Formation and Bacterial Cell Death. 507 ACS Chemical Biology 2016
36 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Stereopositional Outcome in the Packing of Dissimilar Aromatics in Designed beta-Hairpins 508 Chemistry - A European Journal 2016
37 Angela A. Messina,Matteo Ceccarelli, Salvatore Foti,Andrea Magrì,Mariano Andrea Scorciapino, Francesca Guarino,Carlo Guardiani,Deepti Chaturvedi,Ankit Gupta, Rosaria Saletti,Vanessa Checchetto,Simona Reina, Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Ildiko Szabo, Vito De Pinto Unexpected Modifications of Cysteines in VDAC3: Indication that VDAC3 may Signal the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Redox State 509 Biophysical Journal 2016
38 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Angela Messina,Ankit Gupta, Simona Reina,Vito De Pinto Role of cysteines in mammalian VDAC isoforms' function. 510 Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Bioenergetics) 2016
39 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Capping beta-Hairpin with N-terminal D-Amino Acid Stabilizes Peptide Scaffold. 511 Biopolymers 2016
40 Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya,Deepti Chaturvedi,Bharat Ramasubramanian Iyer,Ankit Gupta,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Thermodynamic, structural and functional properties of membrane protein inclusion bodies are analogous to purified counterparts: Case study from bacteria and humans. 496 RSC Advances 2015
41 Kamlesh Makwana,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Nature of aryl-tyrosine interactions contribute to beta-hairpin scaffold stability: NMR evidence for alternate ring geometry. 497 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015
42 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Folding and stability of transmembrane beta-barrels of bacterial and human origin: Probing underlying similarities and principal differences using in vitro systems. 498 Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad. 2015
43 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana NMR Analysis of Tuning Cross-Strand Phe/Tyr/Trp - Trp Interactions in Designed beta-Hairpin Peptides: Terminal Switch from L- to D-Amino Acid as a Strategy for beta-Hairpin Capping. 499 J. Phys. Chem. B 2015
44 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Trp-Trp Cross-Linking: A Structure-Reactivity Relationship in the Formation and Design of Hyperstable Peptide beta-Hairpin and alpha-Helix Scaffolds. 500 Organic Letters 2015
45 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Structure Stabilizing Role of Aromatic Interactions is Decided by Spatial Arrangement of Aromatic Pairs: A Case Study With Designed Peptide beta-Hairpins. 501 Peptides 2015
46 Bharat Ramasubramanian Iyer,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Residue-dependent thermodynamic cost and barrel plasticity balances activity in the PhoPQ-activated enzyme PagP of Salmonella typhimurium 502 Biochemistry 2015
47 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Implications of Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions: From Protein Structures to Peptide Models. 503 Protein Science 2015
48 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya N-helix and cysteines inter-regulate human mitochondrial VDAC-2 function and biochemistry. 504 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2015
49 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya Influence of Protein - Micelle Ratios and Cysteine Residues on the Kinetic Stability and Unfolding Rates of Human Mitochondrial VDAC-2 489 PLoS One 2014
50 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Comparative analysis of cross strand aromatic-Phe interactions in designed peptide beta-hairpins. 490 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2014
51 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya Cysteine Residues Impact the Stability and Micelle Interaction Dynamics of the Human Mitochondrial beta-barrel Anion Channel hVDAC-2. 491 PLoS One 2014
52 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Ravikiran Boddepalli Unusual post-translational protein modifications : The benefits of sophistication. 492 RSC Advances 2014
53 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Punit Zadafiya,Ankit Gupta Differential Contribution of Tryptophans to the Folding and Stability of the Attachment Invasion Locus Transmembrane beta-Barrel from Yersinia pestis. 493 Scientific Reports 2014
54 Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi Asymmetric contribution of aromatic interactions stems from spatial positioning of the interacting aryl pairs in beta-hairpins 494 ChemBioChem 2014
55 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Deepti Chaturvedi Juxtamembrane tryptophans possess distinct roles in defining the OmpX barrel-micelle boundary and packing-facilitated protein-micelle association 495 FEBS Lett. 2014
56 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Deepti Chaturvedi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya Modulating lipid dynamics and membrane fluidity to drive rapid folding of a transmembrane barrel 484 Scientific Reports 2013
57 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Svetlana Rajkumar Maurya Modulation of human mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel 2 (hVDAC-2) structural stability by cysteine-assisted barrel-lipid interactions. 485 Journal of Biological Chemistry 2013
58 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,SR Raghothama,Kamlesh Madhusudan Makwana Stabilizing effect of electrostatic vs aromatic interactions in diproline nucleated peptide beta-hairpins. 486 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013
59 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Muralikrishna Lella Pro-Gly mediated conformational switch of Mycobacteriophage D29 holin transmembrane domain I is lipid concentration driven. 487 Chemical Communications 2013
60 Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Deepti Chaturvedi Methionine Mutations of Outer Membrane Protein X Influence Structural Stability and beta-Barrel Unfolding. 488 PLoS One 2013
61 Deepti Chaturvedi,Radhakrishnan Mahalakshmi,Ankit Gupta Modified CNBr cleavage protocol for efficient separation of Met-Ser containing OmpX-Om14 membrane protein fusion 483 Intl. Rev. Biophys. Chem. 2012