S. Raghothama

Tyrosine–heme ligation in heme–peptide complex: design based on conserved motif of catalase (2007)

Rai, Jagdish, Raghothama, S, Sahal, D

On the basis of evolutionary conservation of sequence in catalases, we have designed a heme-binding peptide $(Ac-RLKSYTDTQISR^{12}-(GGGG)-CRIVHC^{22}-NH_2)$ for the 'redox activity modulation' of...

De novo Design of $\Delta F$ -containing Heme-binding Peptides (2007)

Rai, Jagdish, Raghothama, S, Sahal, D

The structural characterization of de novo designed metalloproteins together with determination of chemical reactivity can provide a detailed understanding of the relationship between protein...

NMR structural analysis of a peptide mimic of the bridging sheet of HIV-1 gp120 in methanol and water (2005)

Chakraborty, Kausik, Shivakumar, P, Raghothama, S, Varadarajan, Raghavan

gp120 is a subunit of the Env (viral envelope protein) of HIV-1. The protein consists of inner and outer domains linked by a bridging sheet. Several gp120 residues that bind the neutralizing antibody...

Tryptophan-containing peptide helices: interactions involving the indole side chain (2005)

Mahalakshmi, R, Sengupta, A, Raghothama, S, Shamala, N, Balaram, P

TTwo designed peptide sequences containing Trp residues at positions i and i + 5 ( Boc- Leu- Trp- Val- Ala- Aib- Leu- Trp- Val- OMe, 1) as well as i and i + 6 ( Boc- Leu- Trp- Val- Aib- Ala- Aib-...

Peptide Hairpins with Strand Segments Containing \alpha - and \beta - Amino Acid Residues: Cross- Strand Aromatic Interactions of Facing Phe Residues (2005)

Roy, Rituparna S, Gopi, Hosahudya N, Raghothama, S, Gilardi, Richard D, Karle, Isabella L, Balaram, Padmanabhan

The incporation of \beta -amino acid residues into the strand segments of designed \beta -hairpin leads to the formation of polar sheets, since in the case of \beta -peptide strands, all adjacent...

$\alpha,\beta$hybrid peptides:a polypeptide helix with a central segment containing two consecutive $\beta$-amino acid residues (2004)

Roy, Rituparna S, Karle, Isabella L, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

Conformational studies on the synthetic 11-aa peptide t-butoxycarbonyl (Boc)-Val-Ala-Phe-$\alpha$-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib)-(R)-$\beta^3$- homovaline ($\beta$Val)-(S)-$\beta^3$-homophenylalanine...

Solvent-induced Beta-hairpin to helix conformational transition in a designed peptide (2001)

Awasthi, Satish K, Shankaramma, SC, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

An octapeptide containing a central Aib-Gly- segment capable of adopting -turn conformations compatible with both hairpin ( II or I ) and helical ( I) structures has been designed. The effect of...

Synthetic protein design: construction of a four-stranded $\beta$-sheet structure and evaluation of its integrity in methanol-water systems (2000)

Das, C, Nayak, V, Balaram, P, Raghothama, S

The characterization of a four-stranded $\beta$-sheet structure in a designed 26-residue peptide Beta-4 is described. The sequence of Beta-4...

A four stranded beta-sheet structure in a designed, synthetic polypeptide (1999)

Das, Chittaranjan, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

A designed four stranded beta-sheet peptide has been constructed using three internal d-proline residues to nucleate beta-hairpin formation.

A Designed Three Stranded beta-Sheet Peptide as a Multiple beta-Hairpin Model (1998)

Das, Chittaranjan, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

Beta-Hairpins are important elements in protein structure,1 implicated in the nucleation of beta-sheets in protein folding.2 Multiple hairpin structures, in which successive strands are connected by...

Conformational Interconversions in Peptide beta-Turns: Discrimination Between Enantiomeric Conformations by Chiral Perturbation (1998)

Raghothama, S, Chaddha, Manjula, Banumathi, S, Ravikumar, Krishnan, Velmurugan, D, Balaram, P

The crystal structure of the model tripeptide Boc-Aib-Gly-Leu-OMe (1) reveals two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit that adopt ‘‘enantiomeric’’ type I and type I’ beta-turn...

Peptide design. Helix–helix motifs in synthetic sequences (1997)

Banerjee, Arindam, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

Two centrally positioned alpha-aminoisobutyryl (Aib) residues have been used to stabilize distinct heptapeptide helical segments in the 15-residue synthetic sequence...

A Designed beta-Hairpin Peptide (1995)

Awasthi, Satish K, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

A synthetic octapeptide, Boc-Leu-Val-Val-D-Pro-Gly-Leu-Val-Val-OMe (1) has been designed as a model for a beta-hairpin conformation. Circular dichroism spectra in various organic solvents reveal a...

Conformational Analysis of Cyclolinopeptide A, a Cyclic Nonapeptide: Nuclear Overhauser Effect and Energy Minimization Studies (1989)

Raghothama, S, Ramakrishnan, C, Balasubramanian, D, Balaram, P

The conformation of cyclolinopeptide A [cyclo(Pro-Pro-Phe-Phe-Leu-Ile-Ile-Leu-Val)], a naturally occurring cyclic nonapeptide has been investigated in dimethylsulfoxide solution by 270 MHz 'H-nmr. A...

Strong Coupling and Flip-Angle Dependence of Coupling Patterns in Heteronuclear Shift Correlation Two-Dimensional NMR Spectra (1988)

Krishnan, VV, Raghothama, S, Kumar, Anil

Heteronuclear shift correlation two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy (HETCOSY)(1-5) has become a powerful technique for resonance assignments of carbon and proton spectra, and for structural information...

Cystine peptides: The intramolecular antiparallel \beta sheet conformation of a 20-membered cyclic peptide disulfide (1987)

Kishore, R, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

A 20-membered cyclic peptide disulfide has been synthesized as a conformational model for disulfide loops of limited ring size. 1H-nmr studies at 270 MHz establish the presence of three...

A proton-NMR study of bilirubin IX\alpha solubilization by cholate micelles: application of nuclear Overhauser effects. (1987)

Puranam, Kasturi L, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

The solubilization of bilirubin IX\alpha (I) in aq. soln. by Na cholate micelles was examd. by 270-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy. The incorporation of I into the micelles was accompanied by specific shifts...

Cystine peptides. Spectroscopic studies on the conformations of a cyclic pentapeptide disulfide (1987)

Kishore, R, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

The model cyclic pentapeptide disulfide Boc-Cys-Ala-Aib-Gly-Cys-NHMe 1 has been synthesized

Membrane channel forming polypeptides. Molecular conformation and mitochondrial uncoupling activity of antiamoebin,an a-aminoisobutyric acid containing peptide (1986)

Das, Manoj K, Raghothama, S, Balaram, P

The conformations of the 16-residue fungal peptide antiamoebin I were studied in DMSO soln. by 1- and 2-dimensional NMR techniques. A substantial no. of resonances in the 270-MHz 1H NMR spectrum were...

Solvent effects on the structure of benzo[b]selenophene oriented in liquid crystals (1984)

Suryaprakash, N, Raghothama, S, Khetrapal, CL, Kunwar, AC, Baiwir, M, Llabres, G

Proton magnetic resonance spectra of benzo[b]selenophene including $^{77}Se$ satellites have been investigated in thermotropic liquid crystal solvents. Relative proton-proton and proton-selenium...

α,β hybrid peptides: A polypeptide helix with a central segment containing two consecutive β-amino acid residues

Roy, Rituparna S., Karle, Isabella L., Raghothama, S., Balaram, P.

Conformational studies on the synthetic 11-aa peptide t-butoxycarbonyl (Boc)-Val-Ala-Phe-α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib)-(R)-β3-homovaline (βVal)-(S)-β3-homophenylalanine...

NMR structural analysis of a peptide mimic of the bridging sheet of HIV-1 gp120 in methanol and water

Chakraborty, Kausik, Shivakumar, P., Raghothama, S., Varadarajan, Raghavan

gp120 is a subunit of the Env (viral envelope protein) of HIV-1. The protein consists of inner and outer domains linked by a bridging sheet. Several gp120 residues that bind the neutralizing antibody...

Carbohydrate-binding modules from a thermostable Rhodothermus marinus xylanase: cloning, expression and binding studies.

Abou Hachem, M, Nordberg Karlsson, E, Bartonek-Roxâ, E, Raghothama, S, Simpson, P J, Gilbert, H J, ...

The two N-terminally repeated carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM4-1 and CBM4-2) encoded by xyn10A from Rhodothermus marinus were produced in Escherichia coli and purified by affinity chromatography....

α,β hybrid peptides: A polypeptide helix with a central segment containing two consecutive β-amino acid residues

Roy, Rituparna S., Karle, Isabella L., Raghothama, S., Balaram, P.

Conformational studies on the synthetic 11-aa peptide t-butoxycarbonyl (Boc)-Val-Ala-Phe-α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib)-(R)-β3-homovaline (βVal)-(S)-β3-homophenylalanine...

NMR structural analysis of a peptide mimic of the bridging sheet of HIV-1 gp120 in methanol and water

Chakraborty, Kausik, Shivakumar, P., Raghothama, S., Varadarajan, Raghavan

gp120 is a subunit of the Env (viral envelope protein) of HIV-1. The protein consists of inner and outer domains linked by a bridging sheet. Several gp120 residues that bind the neutralizing antibody...

Carbohydrate-binding modules from a thermostable Rhodothermus marinus xylanase: cloning, expression and binding studies.

Abou Hachem, M, Nordberg Karlsson, E, Bartonek-Roxâ, E, Raghothama, S, Simpson, P J, Gilbert, H J, ...

The two N-terminally repeated carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM4-1 and CBM4-2) encoded by xyn10A from Rhodothermus marinus were produced in Escherichia coli and purified by affinity chromatography....