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1. Hazra*, M.K. and Levy, Y*, Binding mechanism of highly charged disordered proteins: Interplay between conformational and counter-ion entropies (Under Review (As Corresponding Author))

Publications

16. Hazra*, M. K., Differential Sequence Charge-clustering and Mixing-ratio Affect Stability and Dynamics of Heterotypic Peptide Condensates, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026, Advance Article (As Corresponding Author).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP03436A

15. Bhagat, S., Hazra*, M. K., Pal*, S., Solute rearrangement in dimethyl sulfoxide-water mixture: An integrative solvent detected NMR and MD approach, J. Mol. Liq., vol. 434,2025, 128010, pp-1-14 (As Corresponding Author)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128010

14. Agarwala, P., Pal, A., Hazra*, M. K., Sasmal*, D. K., Differential Mg2+ Deposition on DNA Holliday Junctions Dictates the Rate and Stability of Conformational Exchange, Nanoscale, vol. 17 (1),2025, pp-520-532(As Corresponding Author).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR02411G

13. Hazra, M. K., and Levy, Y., Cross-Talk of cation-pi interactions with electrostatic and aromatic interactions: A salt dependent trade-off in biomolecular condensates, J.Phys. Chem. Lett., vol. 14, 2023, pp-8460-8469.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01642

12. Hazra, M. K., Gilron, Y., and Levy, Y., Not only expansion: Proline content and density also induce disordered protein conformation compaction, J. Mol. Biol, vol. 435, issue 17, 2023, pp-1-17(168196) (Journal Cover article for J. Mol. Biol. Vol. 435, Issue 18).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168196

11. Hazra, M. K., and Levy, Y., Affinity of disordered protein complexes is modulated by entropy-energy reinforcement, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 119, no. 26, 2022, e2120456119, pp-1-11 (Highlighted in PNAS commentary “Electrostatics tunes protein interactions to context” by Monika Fuxreiter).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120456119

10. Kamagata, K., Iwaki, N., Hazra, M. K., Kanbayashi, S., Banerjee, T., Chiba, R., Sakomoto, S., Gaudon, V., Castaing, B., Takahashi, B., Kimura, M., Oikawa, H., Takahashi, S., and Levy, Y., Molecular principles of recruitment and dynamics of guest proteins in liquid droplets, Sci Rep 11, 19323 (2021) (contributed as second author).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98955-0

9. Hazra, M. K., and Levy, Y., Biophysics of phase separation of disordered proteins is governed by balance between short- and long-range interactions, J. Phys. Chem. B, vol. 125, 2021, pp. 2202-2211 (Issue cover article as well as in the list of most read article of the month February-April 2021).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09975

8. Hazra, M. K., and Levy, Y., Charge pattern affects the structure and dynamics of polyampholyte condensates, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 22, 2020, pp. 19368-19375.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP02764B

7. Hazra, M. K., and Bagchi, B., Non-linearity in dipolar solvation dynamics in water-ethanol mixture: Composition dependence of free energy landscape, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 151, no. 8, 2019, pp. 084502.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5097751

6. Hazra, M. K., Sarkar, S., and Bagchi, B.,Three-stage phase separation kinetics in a model liquid binary mixture: A computational study, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 150, no. 14, 2019, pp. 144501 (Editor’s pick article).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5055371

5. Hazra, M. K., and Bagchi, B., Non-equilibrium solvation dynamics in water-DMSO binary mixture: Composition dependence of non-linear relaxation, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 149, no. 8, 2018, pp. 084501.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5036689

4. Hazra, M. K., and Bagchi, B., Collective excitations and ultrafast dipolar solvation dynamics in water-ethanol binary mixture, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 148, no. 11, 2018, pp. 114506.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019405

3. Hazra, M. K., and Bagchi, B., Collective excitations in liquid dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO): FIR spectrum, low frequency vibrational density of states, and ultrafast dipolar solvation dynamics, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 146, no. 2, 2017, pp. 024505.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973641

2. Ghosh, R., Banerjee, S., Hazra, M. K., Roy, S., and Bagchi, B.,Sensitivity of polarization fluctuations to the nature of protein-water interactions: Study of biological water in four different protein-water systems, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 141, 2014, pp. 22D531.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902821

1. Hazra, M. K., Roy, S., and Bagchi, B., Hydrophobic hydration driven self-assembly of curcumin in water: Similarities to nucleation and growth under large metastability, and an analysis of water dynamics at heterogeneous surface, J. Chem. Phys., vol. 141, 2014, pp. 18C501.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895539

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