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Rajan Sankaranarayanan

Outstanding Scientist
Email: sankar@ccmb.res.in
Phone: +91-040-27192832

Research Interests

Our laboratory is interested in exploring the mechanistic basis and functional relevance of unique proofreading mechanisms that are operational in the cell to maintain a high fidelity during translation of the genetic code. We are particularly interested in a D-aminoacyl-tRNA deacylase(DTD)-fold present in two functional contexts a) as an editing module of archaeal threonyl-tRNA synthetases and b) as a free standing domain responsible for 'Chiral proofreading' i.e removal of D-amino acids mistakenly attached to tRNA. We are currently looking at the biological role of DTD using cell biological as well as in vivo approaches using model systems like drosophila and mouse. Structural biology work is underway on a couple of other proofreading systems for which the mechanism is not well understood.

Selected Publications

Mondal,S., Kinatukara,P., Singh, S., Shambhavi, S., Patil,G.S., Dubey,N., Singh,S.H., Pal,B., Shekar,P.C., Kamat,S.S., Sankaranarayanan, R. (2022) DIP2 is a unique regulator of diacylglycerol lipid homeostasis in eukaryotes. elife doi: 10.7554/eLife.77665.

Kumar, P., Bhatnagar, A. & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2022) Chiral Proofreading during protein biosynthesis and its evolutionary implications. FEBS Lett DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14419

Gogoi, J., Bhatnagar, A., Ann, K.J., Pottabathini, S., Singh, R., Mazeed, M., Kuncha, S.K., Kruparani, S.P., Sankaranarayanan, R. (2022) Switching a conflicted bacterial DTD-tRNA code is essential for the emergence of mitochondria. Sci. Adv. 8, eabj7307, 1-9. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj7307.

Patil G. S. , Kinatukara P., Mondal S., Shambhavi S., Patel K.D., Pramanik S., Dubey N., Narasimhan S., Madduri M K, Pal B, Gokhale R S, & Sankaranarayanan R. (2021) A universal pocket in fatty acyl-AMP ligases ensures redirection of fatty acid pool away from coenzyme A-based activation. elife doi: 10.7554/eLife.70067.

Mazeed, M. , Singh, R., Kumar P., Roy, A., Raman, B., Kruparani , S.P., & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2021) Recruitment of Archaeal DTD is a Key Event Toward the Emergence of Land Plants. Sci. Adv. 2021; 7 : eabe8890 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8890

Kuncha, S. K., Venkadasamy, V. L., Amudhan, G., Dahate, P., Kola, S.R., Pottabathini, S., Kruparani , S.P., Shekar, P.C. , & Sankaranarayanan, R. (2020) Genomic innovation of ATD alleviates mistranslation associated with multicellularity in Animalia. eLife 2020;9:e58118. (Covered by elife Science Digest- ‘Proofreading to evolve’ June 18 2020 https://elifesciences.org/digests/58118/proofreading-to-evolve )

Education & Experience

Publications

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Rajan Sankaranarayanan

Outstanding Scientist

2832

sankar@ccmb.res.in

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P Shobha Krupa Rani

Sr Principal Scientist

2835

pshobha@ccmb.res.in

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Biswajit Pal

Principal Scientist

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pal@ccmb.res.in

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P Sambhavi

Sr. Technical Officer (1)

2835

sambavi@ccmb.res.in

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Jotin Gogoi

Senior Research Fellow

2834

jotin@ccmb.res.in

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Pradeep Kumar

Senior Research Fellow

2834

pradeep@ccmb.res.in

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Sudipta Mondal

Senior Research Fellow

2834

sudipta@ccmb.res.in

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Koushick S

Senior Research Fellow

2835

koushick@ccmb.res.in

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Sakshi Shambhavi

Senior Research Fellow

2834

sakshi@ccmb.res.in

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Priyadarshan Kinatukara

Research Associate (Project)

2833

priyadarshan@ccmb.res.in

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Mukul J S

Junior Research Fellow

2834

mukuljs@ccmb.res.in

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RajKanwar Nathawat

Project Assistant-II

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rajkanwar@ccmb.res.in

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Santhosh K

Junior Research Fellow

2834

santhosh.k@ccmb.res.in

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Suhail Madhar Hanif S

Junior Research Fellow

2834

suhailhanif@ccmb.res.in

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Nisha Gupta

Junior Research Fellow

2835

nishagupta@ccmb.res.in

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Dinesh Babu K S

Senior Project Associate

2835

dinesh@ccmb.res.in

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Bapin Kumar Panda

Project Associate-I

2834

bapinpanda@ccmb.res.in

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Nikita Shukla

Project Associate-I

2835

nikita.shukla@ccmb.res.in

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R Viola Valarmathi

Project Associate-I

2835

violaraja@ccmb.res.in

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Pujaita Banerjee

Project Associate-I

2835

pujaita@ccmb.res.in