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Avijit Chakrabartty

Avijit Chakrabartty

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
12177
World Ranking
15515
National Ranking
542

Overview

Avijit Chakrabartty is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work contributes to several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in Chakrabartty's research include:

  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling

Their recent published papers are:

  • Structural Basis for Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Transthyretin Amyloidosis, 2024, Pharmaceuticals
  • Current State Of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Transthyretin Amyloidosis, 2024, Preprints.org

The publication venues where Chakrabartty has contributed include:

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Helix propensities of the amino acids measured in alanine-based peptides without helix-stabilizing side-chain interactions.

    Avijit Chakrabartty;Tanja Kortemme;Robert L. Baldwin

  • STABILITY OF ALPHA -HELICES

    Avijit Chakrabartty;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Membrane Disruption by Alzheimer β-Amyloid Peptides Mediated through Specific Binding to Either Phospholipids or Gangliosides: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEUROTOXICITY *

    JoAnne McLaurin;Avi Chakrabartty

  • Aromatic side-chain contribution to far-ultraviolet circular dichroism of helical peptides and its effect on measurement of helix propensities.

    Avijit Chakrabartty;Tanja Kortemme;S. Padmanabhan;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Large differences in the helix propensities of alanine and glycine

    Avijit Chakrabartty;John A. Schellman;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Oxidation-induced misfolding and aggregation of superoxide dismutase and its implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Rishi Rakhit;Patricia Cunningham;Alexandra Furtos-Matei;Sophie Dahan

  • Monomeric Cu,Zn-superoxide Dismutase Is a Common Misfolding Intermediate in the Oxidation Models of Sporadic and Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Rishi Rakhit;John P. Crow;James R. Lepock;Leslie H. Kondejewski

  • A prion protein epitope selective for the pathologically misfolded conformation

    Eustache Paramithiotis;Marc Pinard;Trebor Lawton;Sylvie LaBoissiere

  • Helix propagation and N-cap propensities of the amino acids measured in alanine-based peptides in 40 volume percent trifluoroethanol.

    Carol A. Rohl;Avijit Chakrabartty;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Crystal structure of an antifreeze polypeptide and its mechanistic implications

    D. S. C. Yang;M. Sax;A. Chakrabartty;C. L. Hew

  • Manipulating the Amyloid-β Aggregation Pathway with Chemical Chaperones

    Dun-Sheng Yang;Christopher M. Yip;T.H. Jackson Huang;T.H. Jackson Huang;Avijit Chakrabartty;Avijit Chakrabartty

  • Helix capping propensities in peptides parallel those in proteins

    Avijit Chakrabartty;Andrew J. Doig;Robert L. Baldwin

  • An immunological epitope selective for pathological monomer-misfolded SOD1 in ALS

    Rishi Rakhit;Janice Robertson;Christine Vande Velde;Patrick Horne

  • Structural studies of soluble oligomers of the alzheimer β-amyloid peptide

    T.H.Jackson Huang;Dun-Sheng Yang;Nicholas P. Plaskos;Sandy Go

  • Characterization of the interactions of Alzheimer beta-amyloid peptides with phospholipid membranes.

    JoAnne McLaurin;Avijit Chakrabartty

  • Structure, folding, and misfolding of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Rishi Rakhit;Avijit Chakrabartty

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a non-amyloid disease in which extensive misfolding of SOD1 is unique to the familial form

    Aaron Kerman;Hsueh-Ning Liu;Sidney Croul;Juan Bilbao

  • Determination of free energies of N-capping in alpha-helices by modification of the Lifson-Roig helix-coil therapy to include N- and C-capping.

    Andrew J. Doig;Avijit Chakrabartty;Tod M. Klingler;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Characterization of segments from the central region of BRCA1: an intrinsically disordered scaffold for multiple protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions?

    Wen Ying Mark;Jack C C Liao;Ying Lu;Ayeda Ayed

  • Structural Transitions Associated with the Interaction of Alzheimer β-Amyloid Peptides with Gangliosides

    JoAnne McLaurin;Trudy Franklin;Paul E. Fraser;Avijit Chakrabartty

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Fraser
Paul E. Fraser University of Toronto
JoAnne McLaurin
JoAnne McLaurin Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Neil R. Cashman
Neil R. Cashman University of British Columbia
Robert L. Baldwin
Robert L. Baldwin Stanford University
Carlos González
Carlos González Spanish National Research Council
Choy L. Hew
Choy L. Hew National University of Singapore
Manuel Rico
Manuel Rico Spanish National Research Council
Mitsuhiko Ikura
Mitsuhiko Ikura Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Gilbert G. Privé
Gilbert G. Privé University of Toronto
Anne-Claude Gingras
Anne-Claude Gingras Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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