Udayaditya Sen

Prof. Udayaditya Sen

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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 October 2008 in Nature
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LHLauren G. Holden
Lauren G. Holden
CPCourtney Prochnow
Courtney Prochnow
YCY. Paul Chang
Y. Paul Chang
RBRonda Bransteitter
Ronda Bransteitter
Linda ChelicoLinda Chelico
Linda Chelico
XCXiaojiang S. Chen
Xiaojiang S. Chen

1 August 2000 in Structure
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JZJames Zapf
James Zapf
USUdayaditya Sen
Udayaditya Sen
MAMadhusudan
Madhusudan
JHJames A Hoch
James A Hoch
KVKottayil I Varughese
Kottayil I Varughese

16 April 2009 in Biochemistry
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STSophia J. Tsai
Sophia J. Tsai
USUdayaditya Sen
Udayaditya Sen
LZLei Zhao
Lei Zhao
WGWilliam B. Greenleaf
William B. Greenleaf
JDJhimli Dasgupta
Jhimli Dasgupta
XCXiaojiang S. Chen
Xiaojiang S. Chen

15 December 2000 in Biochemistry
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USUdayaditya Sen
Udayaditya Sen
SVSona Vasudevan
Sona Vasudevan
GSGowtham Subbarao
Gowtham Subbarao
RMRichard A. McClintock
Richard A. McClintock
RCReha Celikel
Reha Celikel
KVKottayil I. Varughese
Kottayil I. Varughese

11 September 2004 in Biochemistry
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USUdayaditya Sen
Udayaditya Sen
JDJhimli Dasgupta
Jhimli Dasgupta
DCDebi Choudhury
Debi Choudhury
PDPoppy Datta
Poppy Datta
ACAbhijit Chakrabarti
Abhijit Chakrabarti
JDJiban K. Dattagupta
Jiban K. Dattagupta

1 December 2012 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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RBRamanuj Banerjee
Ramanuj Banerjee
SNSeema Nath
Seema Nath
ARAmitabh Ranjan
Amitabh Ranjan
SKSusmita Khamrui
Susmita Khamrui
BPBibhusita Pani
Bibhusita Pani
USUdayaditya Sen
Udayaditya Sen
Psu is a capsid decoration protein of bacteriophage P4 and acts as an antiterminator of Rho-dependent transcription termination in bacteria. So far, no structures have been reported for the Psu protein or its homologues. Here, we report the first structure of Psu solved by the Hg(2+) single wavelength anomalous dispersion method, which reveals that Psu exists as a knotted homodimer and is first of its kind in nature. Each monomer of Psu attains a novel fold around a tight coiled-coil motif. CD spectroscopy and the structure of an engineered disulfide-bridged Psu derivative reveal that the protein folds reversibly and reassembles by itself into the knotted dimeric conformation without the requirement of any chaperone. This structure would help to explain the functional properties of the protein and can be used as a template to design a minimal peptide fragment that can be used as a drug against Rho-dependent transcription termination in bacteria.