COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
(*-Corresponding authors)
Dey S, Pahari P, Mukherjee S, Munro JB, Das DK*. Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike trimers during fusion activation at single molecule resolution. 2024. (Under revision)
Singh P#, Pahari P#, Mukherjee S#, Karmakar S, Hoffmann M, Mandal TK, Das DK*. SARS CoV-2 spike fusion peptide trans-interaction with Phosphatidylserine (PS) lipid triggers membrane fusion for viral entry. 2024. mBio. (In press)
Singh P, Mukherji S, Basak S, Hoffmann M, Das DK*. Dynamic Ca2+ sensitivity stimulates the evolved SARS-CoV-2 spike strain-mediated membrane fusion for enhanced entry. 2022. Cell Reports. 39, 110694. pubmed
Mallis RJ, Cohan JS, Das DK, Akitsu A, Luoma A, Banik D, Hannah SM, Tetteh PW, Castro CD, Krahnke S, Hussey RE, Lawney B, Brazin KN, Hwang W, Adams EJ, Lang MJ, Reinherz EL. Molecular design of the γδ T cell receptor ectodomain encodes biologically fit ligand recognition in the absence of mechanosensing. 2021. PNAS. 118, 1-12. pubmed
Das DK*, Bulow U, Diehl WE , Durham N, Senjobe F, Chandran K, Luban J, Munro JB*. Conformational changes in the Ebola virus membrane fusion machine induced by pH, Ca2+, and receptor binding. 2020. Plos Biology. 18, 1-20. pubmed
Das DK*, Govindan R, Nikic-Spiegel I, Krammer F, Lemke EA, Munro JB*. Direct visualization of the conformational dynamics of single influenza hemagglutinin trimers. 2018. Cell. 174, 926-937. pubmed
Previewed by: Benhaim M, Lee, KK. Single-molecule analysis of a viral fusion protein illuminates a fusion-active intermediate state. Cell. 174, 775-777. pubmed
Reinemann DN, Sturgill EG, Das DK, Steiner MD, Voros Z, Hwang W, Ohi R, Lang MJ. Collective Force Regulation in Anti-parallel Microtubule Gliding by Dimeric Kif15 Kinesin Motors. 2017. Current Biology. 27, 2810-2820. pubmed
Das DK, Mallis RJ, Duke-Cohan JS, Hussey RE, Tetteh PW, Hilton M, Wagner G, Lang MJ, Reinherz EL. Pre-T Cell Receptors (Pre-TCRs) Leverage Vβ Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) and Hydrophobic Patch in Mechanosensing Thymic Self-ligands. 2016. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291, 25292-25305. pubmed
(This article was selected as paper of the week)
Das DK, Feng Y, Mallis RJ, Li X, Keskin DB, Hussey RE, Brady SK, Wang JH, Wagner G, Reinherz EL, Lang MJ. Force-dependent transition in the T-cell receptor β-subunit allosterically regulates peptide discrimination and pMHC bond lifetime. 2015. PNAS. 112, 1517-1522. pubmed
Sturgill EG, Das DK, Takizawa Y, Shin Y, Collier SE, Ohi MD, Hwang W, Lang MJ, Ohi R. Kinesin-12 Kif15 targets kinetochore fibers through an intrinsic two-step mechanism. 2014. Current Biology. 24, 2307-2313. pubmed
Brazin KN, Mallis RJ, Das DK, Feng Y, Hwang W, Wang J, Wagner G, Lang MJ, Reinherz EL. Structural features of the αβTCR mechanotransduction apparatus that promote pMHC discrimination. 2015. Frontiers in Immunology. 6, 441-454. pubmed
Cordova JC, Das DK, Manning HW, Lang MJ. Combining single-molecule manipulation and single-molecule detection. 2014. Current opinion in Structural Biology. 28, 142-148. pubmed
Das DK, Das AK, Mandal AK, Mondal T, Bhattacharyya K. Effect of Ionic liquid on Unfolding of Human Serum Albumin: Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.2012. Chem Phys Chem. 13, 1949-1955.
Das DK, Mondal T, Mandal AK, Bhattacharyya K. Binding of Organic Dyes with Human Serum Albumin: A Single Molecule Study. 2011. Chemistry An Asian Journal. 6, 3097-3103.
Das DK, Mondal T, Mandal U, Bhattacharyya K. Probing Deuterium Isotope Effect on Structure and Solvation Dynamics of Human Serum Albumin. Chem Phys Chem (2011) 12, 814-822.
Das DK, Das AK, Mondal T, Mandal AK, Bhattacharyya K. Ultrafast FRET in Ionic Liquid-P123 Mixed Micelles: Region and Counter ion Dependence. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2010) 114, 13159-13166.
Mandal AK, Das DK, Das AK, Mojumdar SS, Bhattacharyya K. Study of g-Cyclodextrin Guest-Host Complex and Nanotube Aggregate by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2011) 115, 10456-10461.
De S, Das DK, Layek A, Raja A, Singh MK, Bhattacharyya A, Dhar S, Chowdhury A. Insight on optoelectronic behaviors and carrier dynamics of individual localized luminescent centers within InGaN/GaN quantum-well LEDs. Applied Physics Letters. (2011) 99, 251911-251920.
Adhikari A, Das DK, Sasmal DK, Bhattacharyya K. Ultrafast FRET in a Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Microemulsion: A Femtosecond Excitation Wavelength Dependence Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. (2009) 113, 3737-3743.
De S, Layek A, Bhattacharya S, Das DK, Bhattacharyya A, Dhar A, Chowdhury A. Strong quantum-confined Stark effect in individual localization centers within InGaN quantum-well based light emitting diodes. Applied Physics Letters. (2012) 101, 121919-121927.
Sasmal DK, Dey S, Das DK, Bhattacharyya K. Deuterium Isotope Effect on Femtosecond Solvation Dynamics in Methyl b- Cyclodextrins. Journal of Chemical Physics. (2009) 131, 44509-44517.
Dey S, Adhikari A, Das DK, Sasmal DK, Bhattacharyya K. Femtosecond Solvation Dynamics in a Micron-Sized aggregate of an Ionic Liquid and P123 Triblock Copolymer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. (2009) 113, 959-965.
Dey S, Sasmal DK, Das DK, Bhattacharyya K. A Femtosecond Study of Solvation Dynamics and anisotropy Decay in Catanionic Vesicle: Excitation-Wavelength Dependence. Chem Phys Chem. (2008) 9, 2848-2855.
Adhikari A, Dey S, Das DK, Mandal U, Ghosh S, Bhattacharyya K. Solvation Dynamics in Ionic Liquid Swollen P123 Triblock Copolymer Micelle: A Femtosecond Excitation Wavelength Dependence Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. (2008) 112, 6350-6357.
Adhikari A, Dey S, Mandal U, Das DK, Ghosh S, Bhattacharyya K. Femtosecond Solvation Dynamics in Different Regions of a Bile Salt Aggregate: Excitation Wavelength Dependence. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. (2008) 112, 3575-3580.
Mandal U, Ghosh S, Das DK, Adhikari A, Dey S, Bhattacharyya K. Ultrafast fluorescence resonance energy transfer in a bile salt aggregate: Excitation wavelength dependence Journal of Chemical Sciences. (2008) 120, 15-23.