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Design of soluble and particulate immunogens derived from the stem of Influenza hemagglutinin
Influenza is a highly contagious virus, belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae that causes
acute febrile respiratory illness which can be fatal in some cases. The highest risk groups for
influenza viral infection ...
Understanding the role of arginine clusters in β-hairpin antimicrobial peptides
The work described in this thesis describes the role of arginine clusters and the
importance of their position in B-hairpin antimicrobial peptides. Here, we have
tried to explore the role of guanidinium groups in the ...
Development of quantitative RNA sequencing methods to understand RNA variant diversity.
The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has accelerated biological research by providing the opportunity to connect genome level sequence information to function. One key application of NGS has been analysis of gene ...
Studies on NMPylase and Valine Catabolism Enzymes from Mycobacterium
Post-translational modifications constitute an important arm of the regulatory mechanism in mammalian cells. Therefore, bacterial pathogens, which thrive by mimicking the host cell signaling, are proving to be difficult ...
Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Peptides Containing the Gamma Amino Acid Residue Gabapentin
Insertion of amino acid residues into all polypeptide backbones leads to an expanded repertoire of secondary structures. In the present thesis an attempt has been made to explore the conformational properties of the ...
Structural Studies on Sesbania Mosaic Virus Protease Domain and Plasmodium Falciparum Hypoxanthine Quanine Phosphoribosyl Transferase and Triosephosphate Isomerase
X-ray crystallography is a powerful tool to obtain atomic resolution details on the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules. Crystallographic techniques find wide applications in understanding macromolecular ...
Role of an RNA Polymerase Interacting Protein, MsRbpA, from Mycobacterium smegmatis in Phenotypic Tolerance to Rifampicin
Rifampicin is a non-competitive inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP). The knowledge about the mechanism of action of this drug has emanated from the genetic and the biochemical studies carried out on Escherichia ...
Molecular Characterization of Mannose Binding Lectins
Lectins are proteins of non-immunologic origin that bind to carbohydrates with high fidelity. They constitute a large class of multivalent recognition molecules that specifically interact with their cognate sugar moieties ...
Protein Structure and Mutant Phenotype Prediction from Analysis of Mutant Libraries by Deep Sequencing
Proteins play a central role in all the biological processes. The immense diversity in protein structures and functions despite similar underlying composition is intriguing. The work presented in this thesis aims to provide ...
Role of RNA Polymerase ω Subunit in Metabolism and Stress Response
RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the key enzyme in transcription and it is a multi-subunit enzyme made up of alpha, beta, beta prime and omega subunit in the stoichiometry of α2ββω. Except for the smallest subunit ω (rpoZ), all ...