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Research Publications
31. Interface of apoptotic protein complexes has distinct properties. Pralay Mitra, Riddhiman Dhar and Debnath Pal. In Silico Biol. 9, 0029 (2009) Link
30. Inferring molecular function: contributions from functional linkages. Arturo Medrano-Soto, Debnath Pal and David Eisenberg. Trends in Genetics 24, 587-590 (2008) PDF
29. Functionally important segments in proteins dissected using Gene Ontology and geometric clustering of peptide fragments. K. Manikandan, Debnath Pal, S. Ramakumar, Nathan E Brener, Seetharama Iyenger, Guna Seetharaman. Genome Biology , 9:R52(2008) PDF | Cover Page
28. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hop1 protein zinc finger motif binds to the Holliday junction and distorts the DNA structure: implications for Holliday junction migration. Pankaj Tripathy, Debnath Pal and Kalappa Muniyappa. Biochemistry 46, 12530-12542 (2007) PDF
27. Functional Linkages can Reveal Protein Complexes for Structure Determination. Sul-Min Kim, Peter M. Bowers, Debnath Pal , Michael Strong, Thomas C. Terwilliger, Markus Kaufmann and David Eisenberg. Structure 15, 1079-1089 (2007). PDF
26. On Gene Ontology and Function Annotation. Debnath Pal. Bioinformation 1, 97-98 (2006). PDF
25. Inference of protein function from protein structure. Debnath Pal and David Eisenberg. Structure 13, 121-130 (2005). (http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/Services/ProKnow)(Focus Article)(Among Top 20 Downloads at Structure until April 2005) PDF
24. Disulfide bonds, their stereospecific environment and conservation in protein structures. Rajasri Bhattacharyya, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Protein Engineering Design and Selection 17, 795-808 (2004). PDF
23. New principles of protein structure: nest, eggs and what next? Debnath Pal , Juergen Suehnel and Manfred S. Weiss. Angewandte Chemie 41, 4663-4665(2002). PDF
22. Secondary structures at polypeptide-chain termini and their features. Rajasri Bhattacharyya, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Acta Crystallographica D 58, 1793-1802(2002). PDF
21. An overview on 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol in crystallization and in crystals of biological macromolecules. Kanchan Anand, Debnath Pal and Rolf Hilgenfeld. Proceedings of the ICCBM9 conference, Acta Crystallographica D Supplement 58, 1722-1728 (2002). PDF
20. Silver(I) oxide-silver halide mediated alcoholysis of O-benzoyl-myo-inositol 1,3,5-orthoformates: intramolecular assistance by sulfonyl group. Thoniyot Praveen, Tanya Das, Kana M. Sureshan, Mysore S. Shashidhar, Uttamkumar Samanta, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 358-365 (2002). PDF
19. On residues in the the disallowed region of the Ramachandran map. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Biopolymers 63, 195-206 (2002). PDF
18. Conformational properties of a-tubulin tail peptide: implications for tail-body interaction. Debnath Pal , Pradip Mahapatra, Tapas Manna, Pinak Chakrabarti, Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya, Anirban Banerjee, Gautam Basu and Siddhartha Roy. Biochemistry 40, 15512-15519 (2001). PDF
17. More hydrogen bonds for the (structural) biologist. Manfred S. Weiss, Maria Brandl, Jurgen Sünhel, Debnath Pal and Rolf Hilgenfeld. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 26, 521-523 (2001). PDF
16. Non-hydrogen bond interactions involving the methionine sulfur atom. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 19, 115-128 (2001). PDF   Fig2a and Fig2b   Fig2c  Fig2d  Fig4a  Fig6a and Fig6b   Fig6c   Fig6d  
15. Interrelationships of side-chain and main-chain conformations in proteins. Pinak Chakrabarti and Debnath Pal . Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 76, 1-102 (2001). PDF
14. Conformational similarity indices between different residues in proteins and a-helix propensities. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 18, 273-280 (2000). PDF
13. b-sheet propensity and its correlation with parameters based on conformation. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Acta Crystallographica D56, 589-594 (2000). PDF
12. Synthesis of 11b-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-17b-hydroxy-17a-(3-methyl-1-butynyl)-4,9-estradien-3-one and 11b-(4-acetophenyl)-17b-hydroxy-17a-(3-methyl-1-butynyl)-4,9-estradien-3-one: Two new analogues of mifepristone (RU-486). Braja G. Hazra, Sourav Basu, Vandana S. Pore, Padmaker L. Joshi, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Steroids 65, 157-162 (2000). PDF
11. Terminal residues in protein chains: residue preference and conformation. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Biopolymers 53, 467-475 (2000). PDF
10. Environment of tryptophan side chains in proteins. Uttamkumar Samanta, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 38, 288-300 (2000). PDF
9. Cis peptide bonds in proteins: residues involved, their conformation, interactions and locations. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Journal of Molecular Biology 294, 271-288 (1999). PDF
8. Packing of aromatic rings against tryptophan residues in proteins. Uttamkumar Samanta, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Acta Crystallographica D55, 1421-1427 (1999). PDF
7. Graphical representation of salient conformational features of protein residues. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Protein Engineering 12, 523-526 (1999). PDF
6. Estimates of the loss of main-chain conformational entropy of different residues on protein folding. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 36, 332-339 (1999). PDF
5. Main-chain conformational features at different conformations of the side-chains in proteins. Pinak Chakrabarti and Debnath Pal . Protein Engineering 11, 631-647 (1998). PDF
4. Different types of interactions involving cysteine sulfhydryl group in proteins. Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 15, 1059-1072 (1998). PDF
3. Push-pull butadienes: Evidence for a possible C-H...S hydrogen bond in 4-(Methylthio)-4-nitro-1-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-buta-1,3-diene. Sheetal S. Surange, Govindaraj Kumaran, Srinivasachari Rajappa, Debnath Pal and Pinak Chakrabarti. Helv. Chimica Acta 80, 2329-2336 (1997).
2. An electrophile-nucleophile interaction in metalloprotein structures. Pinak Chakrabarti and Debnath Pal . Protein Science 6, 851-859 (1997). PDF
1. Stereodivergent C-C bond formation on arene-chromium template: endo-selective allylation by Hosomi-Sakurai reaction. S. Sur, S. Ganesh, D. Pal , P. Chakrabarti and A. Sarkar. Journal of Organic Chemistry 61, 8362-8363 (1996). PDF
Book Chapters
2. Microbes: Turning them into allies. Debnath Pal. (2005). Book Chapter in Basic Research and Biotechnological Applications. Edited by Gopi K. Podilla and Ajit Verma, IK International Private Limited, New Delhi. PDF
1. TB or Not TB: A Structural Genomics Mission? Celia W. Goulding, Debnath Pal and David Eisenberg. (2004). Chapter 11, 165-190 in Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus. Edited by Stewart T. Cole, Institut Pasteur; Kathleen D. Eisenach, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; David N. McMurray, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center; William R. Jacobs, Jr., Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Book ISBN: 1-55581-295-3 Link
Patents
1. None as yet.