Dr. Rangarajan Srinivasan Erumbi
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Dr. Rangarajan Srinivasan Erumbi

Staff Scientist
Scripps Research Institute, USA


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Pune, Pune, India

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Area of Interest:

Chemistry
100%
Crystallography
62%
Structural Biology
90%
Protein Biochemistry
75%
X-Ray Crystallography
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Rangarajan, E.S., A. Proteau, Q. Cui, S.M. Logan and Z. Potetinova et al., 2009. Structural and functional analysis of campylobacter jejuni PseG: A UDP-Sugar hydrolase from the pseudaminic acid biosynthetic pathway. J. Biol. Chem., 248: 20989-21000.
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  2. Lee, J.H., E.S. Rangarajan, S.D. Yogesha and T. Izard, 2009. Raver1 interactions with vinculin and RNA suggest a feed-forward pathway in directing mRNA to focal adhesions. Structure, 17: 833-842.
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  3. Rangarajan, E.S., R.A. Deshpande and V. Shankar, 2008. Extracellular nucleases of rhizopus stolonifer. Asian J. Biochem., 3: 52-61.
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  4. Rangarajan, E.S., K.M. Ruane, T. Sulea, D.C. Watson and A. Proteau et al., 2008. Structure and active site residues of PglD, an N-acetyltransferase from the bacillosamine synthetic pathway required for N-glycan synthesis. Biochemistry, 47: 1827-1836.
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  5. Rangarajan, E.S., A. Asinas, A. Proteau, C. Munger and J. Baardsnes et al., 2008. Structure of [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HypE from Escherichia coli and its interaction with HypF. J. Bacteriol., 190: 1447-1458.
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  6. Rangarajan, E.S., S. Bhatia, D.C. Watson, C. Munger and M. Cygler et al., 2007. Structural context for protein N-glycosylation in bacteria: The structure of PEB3, an adhesin from Campylobacter jejuni. Prot. Sci., 16: 990-995.
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  7. Rangarajan, E.S., G. Nadeau, Y. Li, J. Wagner and M.N. Hung Schrag et al., 2006. The structure of the exopolyphosphatase (PPX) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 suggests a binding mode for long polyphosphate chains. J. Mol. Biol., 359: 1249-1260.
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  8. Rangarajan, E.S., A. Proteau, J. Wagner, M.N. Hung, A. Matte and M. Cygler, 2006. Structural snapshots of E. coli histidinol phosphate phosphatase along the reaction pathway. J. Biol. Chem., 281: 37930-37941.
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  9. Hung, M.N., E. Rangarajan, C. Munger, G. Nadeau, T. Sulea and A. Matte, 2006. Crystal structure of TDP-Fucosamine acetyltransferase (WecD) from Escherichia coli, an enzyme required for Enterobacterial Common Antigen (ECA) synthesis. J. Bacteriol., 188: 5606-5617.
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  10. Rangarajan, E.S., Y. Li, P. Iannuzzi, M. Cygler and A. Matte, 2005. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli crotonobetainyl-CoA: carnitine CoA transferase (CaiB) and its complexes with CoA and carnitinyl-CoA. Biochemistry, 44: 5728-5738.
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  11. Rangarajan, E.S., G. Nadeau, Y. Li, J. Wagner and M.N. Hung Schrag et al., 2005. Crystallographic trapping of the glutamyl-CoA thioester intermediate of family I CoA transferases. J. Biol. Chem., 280: 42919-42928.
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  12. Rangarajan, E.S., Y. Li, P. Iannuzzi, A. Tocilj, L.W. Hung, A. Matte and M. Cygler, 2004. Crystal structure of a dodecameric FMN-dependent UbiX-like decarboxylase (Pad1) from Escherichia coli O157:H7. Prot. Sci., 13: 3006-3016.
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  13. Rangarajan, E.S. and V. Shankar, 2004. Nuclease Rsn from Rhizopus stolonifer: Specificity and mode of action. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 317: 265-268.
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  14. Rangarajan, S.E., A. Tocilj, Y. Li, P. Iannuzzi, A. Matte and M. Cygler, 2003. Molecules of Escherichia coli MobB assemble into densely packed hollow cylinders in a crystal lattice with 75% solvent content. Acta Crystallogr., 59: 2348-2352.
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  15. Rangarajan, E.S., J. Sivaraman, A. Matte and M. Cygler, 2002. Crystal structure of D-ribose-5-phosphate isomerase (RpiA) from Escherichia coli. Proteins, 48: 737-740.
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  16. Rangarajan, E.S. and V. Shankar, 2001. Sugar non-specific endonucleases. FEMS Microbiol. Rev., 25: 583-613.
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  17. Rangarajan, E.S. and V. Shankar, 2001. Nuclease Rsn from Rhizopus stolonifer: Characterization of the associated-adenine specific-ribonuclease activity. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Biophys., 5: 99-107.
  18. Rangarajan, E.S. and V. Shankar, 2001. Active site characterization of nuclease Rsn from Rhizopus stolonifer: Involvement of histidine in catalysis, tryptophan in substrate binding and carboxylate in metal binding. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Biophys., 5: 309-325.