Publications

Patrick D. Fischer, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Thomas Bartholow, Shibani Basu, Eric Baggs, Huel S. Cox III, Srdan Matosin, Michael D. Burkart, Lisa Warner, Rajesh Nagarajan* and Haribabu Arthanari*. Carrier Protein Mediated Cargo Sensing in Quorum Signal Synthases, Chemical Communications (2023), 59(8), 1014-1017

                 Srdan Matosin, Patrick D. Fischer, Maxim A. Droemer, Eric Baggs, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Isidoro Tavares, Scott B. Ficarro, Lisa Rose Warner,  

                 Haribabu Arthanari and Rajesh Nagarajan*. 1H, 13C and 15N backbone and sidechain assignment of the Burkholderia mallei acyl carrier protein, J.   

                 Biomol. NMR. Assign. (2023), doi:10.1007/s12104-023-10136-4.

Eric Baggs, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Madison Rizzo, Rajesh Nagarajan and Lisa Warner*. 1H, 13C and 15N assignments of the apo-acyl carrier protein ACP1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, J. Biomol. NMR. Assign. (2023), Under Review.

Eric Baggs, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Rajesh Nagarajan and Lisa Warner*. 1H, 13C and 15N assignments of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa apo-acyl carrier protein 3, J. Biomol. NMR. Assign.(2023), manuscript in preparation.

Shi-Hui Dong, Mila Nhu Lam, Rajesh Nagarajan* and Satish K. Nair*. Structure. Structure-Guided Biochemical Analysis of Quorum Signal Synthase Specificities. ACS Chemical Biology (2020), 15, 1497-1504.

Julia Thomas Oxford, Rajesh Nagarajan et al. Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Matrix Biology: Building Research Infrastructure, Supporting Young Researchers, and Fostering Collaboration. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2020), 21(6), 2141.

Daniel Shin, Christoph Gorgulla, Michelle E. Boursier, Neilson Rexrode, Eric C. Brown, Haribabu Arthanari, Helen E. Blackwell and Rajesh Nagarajan*. N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Analog Modulators of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa RhlI Quorum Sensing Signal Synthase. ACS Chemical Biology (2019), 14, 10, 2305-2314.

Daniel Shin and Rajesh Nagarajan*. Enzymatic Assays to Investigate Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Autoinducer Synthases. Methods in Molecular Biology (2018), 1673:161-176. 

Mila Nhu Lam, Dastagiri Dudekula, Bri Durham, Noah Collingwood, Eric C. Brown, and Rajesh Nagarajan*. Insights into beta-ketoacyl-chain recognition for beta-ketoacyl-ACP utilizing enzymes. Chemical Communications (2018), 54(64):8838-8841.

Michelle E. Boursier, Joseph D. Moore, Katherine N. Heitman, Sally P. Shepardson-Fungairino, Joshua B. Combs, Lea C. Koenig, Daniel Shin, Eric C. Brown, Rajesh Nagarajan and Helen E. Blackwell*. Structure-Function Analyses of the N-Butanoyl-L-Homoserine Lactone Quorum-Sensing Signal Define Features Critical to Activity in RhlR. ACS Chemical Biology (2018), 13(9):2655-2662. 

Shi-Hui Dong, Nicole D. Frane, Quin H. Christensen, E. Peter Greenberg, Rajesh Nagarajan and Satish K. Nair. Molecular basis for the substrate specificity of quorum signal synthases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2017), 114(34):9092-9097.

Daniel Shin, Nicole D. Frane, Ryan M. Brecht, Jesse Keeler and Rajesh Nagarajan*. A Comparative Analysis of Acyl-homoserine Lactone Synthase Assays. ChemBiochem (2015), 16, 2651-2659. 

Louis Nadelson, Sharon McGuire, Kirsten Davis, Arvin Farid, Yu-Chang Hsu, Uwe Kaiser, Kimberly McAdams, Rajesh Nagarajan and Sasha Wang. Am I a STEM Professional? Documenting STEM Student Professional Identity Development. Studies in Higher Education (2015), doi: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1070819. 

Aubrey N. Montebello, Ryan M. Brecht, Remington D. Turner, Miranda Ghali, Xinzhu Pu and Rajesh Nagarajan*. Acyl-ACP Substrate Recognition in Burkholderia mallei BmaI1 Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthase. Biochemistry (2014), 53(39), 6231-6242.

Quin H. Christensen, Ryan M. Brecht, Dastagiri Dudekula, E. Peter Greenberg and Rajesh Nagarajan*. Evolution of Acyl-Substrate Recognition by a Family of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthases. PLoS One (2014), 9(11):e112464. 

S.A.Adediran, Ish Kumar, Rajesh Nagarajan, Eric Sauvage and R. F. Pratt. Kinetics of Reactions of the Actinomadura R39 DD-Peptidase with Specific Substrates. Biochemistry (2011), 50, 376-387.

Rajesh Nagarajan and James T. Stivers.  Unmasking Anticooperative DNA-Binding Interactions of vaccinia DNA Topoisomerase I. Biochemistry (2007), 46(1), 192-199.

James T. Stivers and Rajesh Nagarajan. Probing Enzyme Phosphoester Interactions by Combining   Mutagenesis and Chemical Modification of Phosphate Ester Oxygens. Chemical Reviews (2006), 106, 3443-3467. 

Rajesh Nagarajan and James T. Stivers. Major Groove Interactions of vaccinia Topo I Provide Specificity by Optimally Positioning the Covalent Phosphotyrosine Linkage, Biochemistry (2006), 45(18), 5775-5782. 

Rajesh Nagarajan, Keehwan Kwon, Barabara Nawrot, Wojciech J. Stec and James T. Stivers.    Catalytic Phosphoryl Interactions of Topoisomerase IB, Biochemistry (2005), 44(34), 11476-11485.

Keehwan Kwon, Rajesh Nagarajan and James T. Stivers. Ribonuclease Activity of Vaccinia DNA Topoisomerase IB: Kinetic and High-Throughput Inhibition Studies Using a Robust Continuous Fluorescence Assay, Biochemistry (2004), 43(47), 14994-15004.

Nicholas R. Silvaggi, Helen R. Josephine, Alexandre P. Kuzin, Rajesh Nagarajan, Rex F. Pratt and Judith A. Kelly. Crystal Structures of Complexes Between the R61 DD-Peptidase and Peptidoglycan-mimetic b-lactams: A Non-Covalent Complex with a "Perfect Penicillin", J. Mol. Biol. (2005), 345(3), 521-533.

Rajesh Nagarajan and Rex F. Pratt. Synthesis and Evaluation of New Substrate Analogues of Streptomyces R61 DD-Peptidase: Dissection of a Specific Ligand, Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004), 69(22), 7472-7478.

Rajesh Nagarajan and Rex F. Pratt. Thermodynamic Evaluation of a Covalently Bonded Transition State Analogue Inhibitor: Inhibition of b–Lactamases by Phosphonates, Biochemistry (2004), 43(30), 9664-9673.