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Mamannamana Vijayan

Mamannamana Vijayan

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10189
World Ranking
13069
National Ranking
218

Overview

Mamannamana Vijayan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India and specializes in medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio includes significant work in tuberculosis research and epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, as well as glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to microbial biochemistry and structural biology. Notable papers include:

  • Structural and related studies on Mevo lectin from Methanococcus voltae A3: the first thorough characterization of an archeal lectin and its interactions, 2020, Glycobiology
  • Mevo lectin specificity toward high-mannose structures with terminal αMan(1,2)αMan residues and its implication to inhibition of the entry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into macrophages, 2021, Glycobiology
  • Plasticity, ligand conformation and enzyme action of Mycobacterium smegmatis MutT1, 2020, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
  • Structural variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SSB and susceptibility to inhibition, 2022, Current Science
  • Plasticity, ligand conformation and enzyme action of Mycobacterium smegmatis MutT1, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their collaborations involve a core group of frequent co-authors, including Umesh Varshney, Prateek Raj, S.M. Arif, S Karthik, and N. Sivaji. These collaborations result in work published primarily in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) and Glycobiology.

Publication venues frequently associated with Vijayan's work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Glycobiology
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Applications
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
  • Current Science

The subfields covered in their research extend to:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Organic Chemistry

The main topics explored in their work comprise:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Best Publications

  • EMI shielding: Methods and materials—A review

    S. Geetha;K. K. Satheesh Kumar;Chepuri R. K. Rao;M. Vijayan

  • Structure of Rhombohedral 2 Zinc Insulin Crystals

    M. J. Adams;M. J. Adams;T. L. Blundell;E. J. Dodson;G. G. Dodson

  • Atomic Positions in Rhombohedral 2-Zinc Insulin Crystals

    Blundell Tl;Cutfield Jf;Cutfield Sm;Dodson Ej

  • A novel mode of carbohydrate recognition in jacalin, a Moraceae plant lectin with a beta-prism fold.

    Rajan Sankaranarayanan;Kanakaraj Sekar;Rahul Banerjee;Vivek Sharma

  • Conformation, protein-carbohydrate interactions and a novel subunit association in the refined structure of peanut lectin-lactose complex.

    R Banerjee;Kalyan Das;Raman Ravishankar;K Suguna

  • An analysis of side-chain conformation in proteins.

    TN Bhat;Sasisekharan;M Vijayan

  • Crystal structure of peanut lectin, a protein with an unusual quaternary structure.

    Rahul Banerjee;Shekhar C. Mande;V. Ganesh;Kalyan Das

  • X-ray analysis and the structure of insulin.

    T L Blundell;G G Dodson;E Dodson;D C Hodgkin

  • Role of water in plasticity, stability, and action of proteins: the crystal structures of lysozyme at very low levels of hydration.

    H.G. Nagendra;N. Sukumar;M. Vijayan

  • Crystal structures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecA and its complex with ADP-AlF(4): implications for decreased ATPase activity and molecular aggregation.

    S. Datta;M. M. Prabu;M. B. Vaze;N. Ganesh

  • Crystal Structure of a Dimeric Mannose-specific Agglutinin from Garlic: Quaternary Association and Carbohydrate Specificity

    Nagasuma R Chandra;Gosu Ramachandraiah;Kiran Bachhawat;Tarun K Dam

  • Crystal structures of artocarpin, a Moraceae lectin with mannose specificity, and its complex with methyl-alpha-D-mannose: implications to the generation of carbohydrate specificity.

    J.V Pratap;A.Arockia Jeyaprakash;P.Geetha Rani;K Sekar

  • Preferred Conformation of C-Lactose at the Free and Peanut Lectin Bound States

    R Ravishankar;A Surolia;M Vijayan;Sungtaek Lim

  • Isomorphous replacement and anomalous scattering

    M. Vijayan;S. Ramaseshan

  • Crystal Structure of the Peanut Lectin-T-Antigen Complex. Carbohydrate Specificity Generated by Water Bridges

    R. Ravishankar;M. Ravindran;K. Suguna;A. Surolia

  • Specific interactions involving guanidyl group observed in crystal structures.

    DM Salunke;M Vijayan

  • Crystal structure of the jacalin-T-antigen complex and a comparative study of lectin-T-antigen complexes

    A.Arockia Jeyaprakash;P. Geetha Rani;G. Banuprakash Reddy;S. Banumathi

  • Structural similarity and functional diversity in proteins containing the legume lectin fold

    Nagasuma R. Chandra;M.M. Prabu;K. Suguna;M. Vijayan

  • Occurrence and geometrical features of head-to-tail sequences involving amino acids in crystal structures

    CG Suresh;M Vijayan

  • Structural basis of the carbohydrate specificities of jacalin: an X-ray and modeling study.

    A Arockia Jeyaprakash;S Katiyar;C.P Swaminathan;K Sekar

  • Structural basis for the carbohydrate specificities of artocarpin: variation in the length of a loop as a strategy for generating ligand specificity

    A.Arockia Jeyaprakash;Anand Srivastav;A Surolia;M Vijayan

  • Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Variability in quaternary structure and its implications

    K Saikrishnan;J Jeyakanthan;J Venkatesh;N Acharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Avadhesha Surolia
Avadhesha Surolia Indian Institute of Science
Alok Sharma
Alok Sharma Griffith University
Eleanor J. Dodson
Eleanor J. Dodson University of York
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
Guy Dodson
Guy Dodson University of York
Rahul Banerjee
Rahul Banerjee Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Joel L. Sussman
Joel L. Sussman Weizmann Institute of Science
Edward N. Baker
Edward N. Baker University of Auckland
Padmanabhan Balaram
Padmanabhan Balaram Indian Institute of Science
Gary L. Gilliland
Gary L. Gilliland National Institute of Standards and Technology

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