Our Publications

The below list contains our research publications, followed by Dileep’s previous publications.

  1. Laxmi N. Mishra, Christophe Thiriet, Dileep Vasudevan. 2023. Editorial: Chromatin structure and function. Frontiers in  Genetics 14: 1140534.
  2. Ruchir C. Bobde*, Ashish Kumar*, Dileep Vasudevan. 2022. Plant-specific HDT family histone deacetylases are nucleoplasmins. The Plant Cell 34(12): 4760-77. [* Co-first authors] 
  3. Ajit K. Singh*, Ketul Saharan*, Somanath Baral, Dileep Vasudevan. 2022. The plant nucleoplasmin AtFKBP43 needs its extended arms for histone interaction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1865(7): 194872. [* Co-first authors] 
  4. Saikat De, Soumyajit Ghosh, Supriya S. Keshry, Chandan Mahish, Chinmayee Mohapatra, Ankeeta Guru, Prabhudutta Mamidi, Ankita Datey, Sweta S. Pani, Dileep Vasudevan, Tushar K. Beuria, Subhasis Chattopadhyay, Bharat B. Subudhi, Soma Chattopadhyay. 2022. MBZM-N-IBT, a novel small molecule, restricts chikungunya virus infection by targeting nsP2 protease activity in vitro, in vivo, and ex vivo. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 66(7): e0046322.
  5. Ajit K. Singh*, Ketul Saharan*, Somanath Baral, Dileep Vasudevan. 2022. The plant nucleoplasmin AtFKBP43 needs its extended arms for histone interaction. bioRxiv 489347. [pre-print article] [* Co-first authors] 
  6. Aritreyee Datta*, Shaikh N. Hossain*, Chinmayee Mohapatra#, Dileep Vasudevan#.  2022.  Structural insights into proteins from White spot syndrome virus: perspectives on structure-based anti-viral strategies. Reviews in Aquaculture 14(4): 1745-56. [* Co-first authors] [# Co-corresponding authors]
  7. Ajit K. Singh*, Ketul Saharan*, Somanath Baral, Sheng Luan, Dileep Vasudevan.  2022. Crystal packing reveals rapamycin-mediated homodimerization of an FK506-binding domain. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 206: 670-80. [* Co-first authors]
  8. Ruchir C. Bobde*, Ketul Saharan*, Somanath Baral, Surajit Gandhi, Archana Samal, Rajivgandhi Sundaram, Ashish Kumar, Ajit K. Singh, Aritreyee Datta, Dileep Vasudevan. 2021. In vitro characterization of histone chaperones using analytical, pull-down and chaperoning assays. Journal of Visualized Experiments [JoVE] 63218. [* Co-first authors]
  9. Shyla Gopalakrishnan#, Soumya K. Uma, Gayathri Mohan, Amrutha Mohan, Geetha Shanmugam, Vineeth T.V. Kumar, Sreekumar J, Sivakumar K. Chandrika, Dileep Vasudevan, Sai R.C. Nori, Shijulal N. Sathi, Sanil George and Tessy T. Maliekal#. 2021. SSTP1, a host defense peptide, exploits the immunomodulatory IL6 pathway to induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Frontiers in Immunology 12: 740620. [# Co-corresponding authors]
  10. Premlata Kumari*, Rajivgandhi Sundaram*, Kodavati Manohar*, Dileep Vasudevan#, Narottam Acharya#. 2021. Interdomain connecting loop and J loop structures determine cross-species compatibility of PCNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry 297(1): 100911. [* Co-first authors] [# Co-corresponding authors]
  11. Rajivgandhi Sundaram, Kodavati Manohar, Shraddheya K. Patel, Narottam Acharya#, Dileep Vasudevan#. 2021. Structural analyses of PCNA from the fungal pathogen Candida albicans identify three regions with species-specific conformations. FEBS Letters 595(9): 1328-49. [# Co-corresponding authors]
  12. Sunanda Mallick*, Ashish Kumar*, Hiren Dodia, Cyrus Alexander, Dileep Vasudevan, Tushar K. Beuria. 2021. Biochemical characterization of an E. coli cell division factor FtsE shows ATPase cycles similar to the NBDs of ABC-transporters. Bioscience Reports 41(1): BSR20203034. [* Co-first authors]
  13. Manas K. Jagdev, Jagneshwar Dandapat, Dileep Vasudevan. 2021. Recombinant expression, purification and SAXS analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana ClpC1. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 167: 1273-80.
  14. Vipul Panchal*, Sushil Kumar*, Shaikh N. Hossain#, Dileep Vasudevan#. 2021. Structure analysis of thymidylate synthase from white spot syndrome virus reveals WSSV-specific structural elements. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 167: 1168-75. [* Co-first authors] [# Co-corresponding authors]
  15. Sunil K. Raghav, Arup Ghosh, ..…. Dileep Vasudevan, Amol R. Suryawanshi, Rupesh Dash, Shantibhusan Senapati, Tushar K. Beuria, Rajeeb K. Swain, Soma Chattopadhyay S, Gulam H. Syed, Anshuman Dixit, Punit Prasad, Sanghamitra Pati, Ajay Parida. 2020. Analysis of Indian SARS- CoV-2 genomes reveals prevalence of D614G mutation in Spike protein eliciting increase in interaction with TMPRSS2 and virus infectivity. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 594928.
  16. Rajivgandhi Sundaram, Dileep Vasudevan. 2020. Structural basis of nucleosome recognition and modulation. BioEssays 42(9): 1900234.
  17. Ajit K. Singh, Aritreyee Datta, Jobichen Chacko, Sheng Luan, Dileep Vasudevan. 2020. AtFKBP53: a chimeric histone chaperone with functional nucleoplasmin and PPIase domains. Nucleic Acids Research 48(3): 1531–50.
  18. Ashish Kumar, Dileep Vasudevan. 2020. Structure-function relationship of H2A-H2B specific plant histone chaperones. Cell Stress and Chaperones 25(1): 1-17.
  19. Voddu Suresh*, Rajivgandhi Sundaram*, Pujarini Dash*, Surendra C. Sabat, Debasish Mohapatra, Sneha Mohanty, Dileep Vasudevan#, Shantibhusan Senapati#. 2019. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor of Syrian golden hamster shares structural and functional similarity with human counterpart and promotes pancreatic cancer. Scientific Reports 9(1): 15507. [* Co-first authors] [# Co-corresponding authors]
  20. Supriya Borah, Dileep Vasudevan, Rajeeb Kumar Swain. 2019. C-type lectin family XIV members and angiogenesis. Oncology Letters 18(4): 3954-62.
  21. Ashish Kumar, Ajit K. Singh, Ruchir C. Bobde, Dileep Vasudevan. 2019. Structural characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana NAP1-Related Protein 2 (AtNRP2) and comparison with its homolog AtNRP1. Molecules 24(12) pii: E2258.
  22. Santhosh Gatreddi, Vijaykumar Pillalamarri, Dileep Vasudevan, Anthony Addlagatta, Insaf Ahmed Qureshi. 2019. Unraveling structural insights of ribokinase from Leishmania donovani. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 136: 253-65.
  23. Pujarini Dash*, Rajivgandhi Sundaram*, Voddu Suresh*, Surendra C. Sabat, Debasish Mohapatra, Sneha Mohanty, Dileep Vasudevan#, Shantibhusan Senapati#. 2018. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) of Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) has similar structure and function as human MIF and promotes pancreatic tumor growth in vivo. bioRxiv 449629. [pre-print article] [* Co-first authors] [# Co-corresponding authors]
  24. Chinmayee Mohapatra, Manas K. Jagdev, Dileep Vasudevan. 2017. Arabidopsis ClpD N-terminal domain is highly divergent from ClpC1. XXIV IUCr Congress Abstract. Acta Crystallographica A A73 A2: C246.
  25. Dileep Vasudevan, Manas K. Jagdev, Chinmayee Mohapatra. 2017. Structural basis of mycobacterial inhibition by natural products targeting ClpC1. XXIV IUCr Congress Abstract. Acta Crystallographica A A73 A2: C228.
  26. Biswamaitree Subhadarshanee*, Abhinav Mohanty*, Manas K. Jagdev, Dileep Vasudevan, Rabindra Kumar Behera. 2017. Surface charge-dependent separation of modified and hybrid ferritin in native PAGE: impact of lysine 104. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Proteins and Proteomics 1865(10): 1267-73. [* Co-first authors]
  27. Chinmayee Mohapatra*, Manas K. Jagdev*, Dileep Vasudevan. 2017. Crystal structures reveal N-terminal Domain of Arabidopsis thaliana ClpD to be highly divergent from that of ClpC1. Scientific Reports 7: 44366.
  28. Dileep Vasudevan*, Gayathri Gopalan*, Ashish Kumar, Veder J. Garcia, Sheng Luan, Kunchithapadam Swaminathan. 2015. Plant immunophilins: A review of their structure-function relationship. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – General Subjects 1850(10): 2145-58. [* Co-first authors]
  1. Dileep Vasudevan, Srinivasa P S Rao, Christian G Noble. 2013. Structural basis of mycobacterial inhibition by Cyclomarin A. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(43): 30883-91.
  2. Dileep Vasudevan*, Aigen Fu*, Sheng Luan, Kunchithapadam Swaminathan. 2012. Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana cyclophilin 38 reveals a previously uncharacterized immunophilin fold and a possible autoinhibitory mechanism. The Plant Cell 24(6): 2666-74. [* Co-first authors]
  3. Eugene YD Chua*, Dileep Vasudevan*, Gabriela E Davey, Bin Wu, Curt A Davey. 2012. The mechanics behind DNA sequence-dependent properties of the nucleosome. Nucleic Acids Research 40(13): 6338-52. [* Co-first authors]
  4. Dileep Vasudevan, Eugene YD Chua, Curt A Davey. 2010. Crystal structures of nucleosome core particles containing the ‘601’ strong positioning sequence. Journal of Molecular Biology 403(1): 1-10.
  5. Ong S Michelle*, Dileep Vasudevan*, Curt A Davey. 2010. Divalent metal- & High Mobility Group N protein-dependent nucleosome stability and conformation. Journal of Nucleic Acids 2010: 143890. [* Co-first authors]
  6. Bin Wu*, Mohideen A Kareem*, Dileep Vasudevan, Curt A Davey. 2010. Structural insight into the sequence-dependence of nucleosome positioning. Structure 18(4): 528-36. [* Co-first authors]
  7. Ou Li, Dileep Vasudevan, Curt A Davey, Peter Droge. 2006. High-level expression of DNA architectural factor HMGA2 and its association with nucleosomes in human embryonic stem cells. Genesis 44(11): 523-9.
  8. Dileep Vasudevan, Gayathri Gopalan, Zengyong He, Sheng Luan, Kunchithapadam Swaminathan. 2005. Expression, purification, crystallization & preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana cyclophilin 38. Acta Crystallographica F 61(12): 1087-9.
  9. Dileep V, Kumar HS, Kumar Y, Nishibuchi M, Karunasagar I, Karunasagar I. 2003. Application of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with tropical seafood and coastal environment. Letters in Applied Microbiology 36(6): 423-7.