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  • 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jayant B. Udgaonkar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune in India. Their research contributions primarily lie in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Neurology, Spectroscopy, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their research include Protein Structure and Dynamics, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Enzyme Structure and Function, Neurological Diseases and Metabolism, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jayant B. Udgaonkar include:

  • Heterogeneity in Protein Folding and Unfolding Reactions, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • α-Synuclein Aggregation Intermediates form Fibril Polymorphs with Distinct Prion-like Properties, 2022, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Mapping Distinct Sequences of Structure Formation Differentiating Multiple Folding Pathways of a Small Protein, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Microsecond Dynamics During the Binding-induced Folding of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein, 2021, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Destabilization of polar interactions in the prion protein triggers misfolding and oligomerization, 2021, Protein Science

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Harish Kumar
  • Suman Pal
  • Sandhya Bhatia
  • Rupam Bhattacharjee
  • Surabhi Mehra

The scientist has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Protein Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochemistry

Jayant B. Udgaonkar was awarded the title of Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • NMR evidence for an early framework intermediate on the folding pathway of ribonuclease A.

    Jayant B. Udgaonkar;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Initial hydrophobic collapse in the folding of barstar

    Vishwas R. Agashe;M. C. R. Shastry;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Thermodynamics of Denaturation of Barstar: Evidence for Cold Denaturation and Evaluation of the Interaction with Guanidine Hydrochloride

    Vishwas R. Agashe;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Early folding intermediate of ribonuclease A.

    Jayant B. Udgaonkar;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Synthesis, photochemistry, and biological activity of a caged photolabile acetylcholine receptor ligand.

    Tracy Milburn;Norio Matsubara;Andrew P. Billington;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Equilibrium unfolding studies of barstar: evidence for an alternative conformation which resembles a molten globule.

    Ritu Khurana;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Understanding the Kinetic Roles of the Inducer Heparin and of Rod-like Protofibrils during Amyloid Fibril Formation by Tau Protein

    Gayathri Ramachandran;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Structure is lost incrementally during the unfolding of barstar

    G.S. Lakshmikanth;K. Sridevi;G. Krishnamoorthy;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Direct evidence for a dry molten globule intermediate during the unfolding of a small protein

    Santosh Kumar Jha;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Chemical kinetic measurements of a mammalian acetylcholine receptor by a fast-reaction technique

    Jayant B. Udgaonkar;George P. Hess

  • Multiple Routes and Structural Heterogeneity in Protein Folding

    Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Salt-induced modulation of the pathway of amyloid fibril formation by the mouse prion protein.

    Shweta Jain;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Multiple intermediates and transition states during protein unfolding

    Faisal N. Zaidi;Utpal Nath;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • The folding mechanism of barstar: evidence for multiple pathways and multiple intermediates.

    M.C.R. Shastry;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Evidence for stepwise formation of amyloid fibrils by the mouse prion protein.

    Shweta Jain;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • How cooperative are protein folding and unfolding transitions

    Pooja Malhotra;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Folding of horse cytochrome c in the reduced state.

    Abani K. Bhuyan;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Osmolytes Induce Structure in an Early Intermediate on the Folding Pathway of Barstar

    Lovy Pradeep;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Continuous dissolution of structure during the unfolding of a small protein

    Santosh Kumar Jha;Deepak Dhar;Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy;Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  • Discrepancies between the NMR and X-ray structures of uncomplexed barstar: analysis suggests that packing densities of protein structures determined by NMR are unreliable.

    Girish S. Ratnaparkhi;S. Ramachandran;Jayant B. Udgaonkar;R. Varadarajan

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. Hess
George P. Hess Cornell University
Raghavan Varadarajan
Raghavan Varadarajan Indian Institute of Science
Kunio Takeyasu
Kunio Takeyasu Kyoto University
Robert L. Baldwin
Robert L. Baldwin Stanford University
Ruth Nussinov
Ruth Nussinov National Institutes of Health
Franz X. Schmid
Franz X. Schmid University of Bayreuth
Barry K. Carpenter
Barry K. Carpenter Cardiff University
Elena B. Pasquale
Elena B. Pasquale Discovery Institute
Susan Marqusee
Susan Marqusee University of California, Berkeley

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