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P. K. Umasankar

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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FCHO controls AP2's critical endocytic roles through a PtdIns4,5P2 membrane-dependent switch

N. R. Zaccai, Z. Kadlecova, V. Kane Dickson, K. Korobchevskaya, J. Kamenicky, O. Kovtun, P. K. Umasankar, A. G. Wrobel, J. G. G. Kaufman, S. R. Gray, K. Qu, P. R. Evans, M. Fritzsche, F. Sroubek, S. Höning, , L. M. Traub

The paper shows FCHO primes AP2 for clathrin-coated vesicle incorporation, triggering FCHO release to enable further AP2 activation and recruitment.

bioRxiv · Apr 2, 2022 · PreprintCell Biology

Mutational landscape and in silico structure models of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor Binding Domain reveal key molecular determinants for virus-host interaction

S. Nelson-Sathi, P. K. Umasankar, S. Easwaran, R. R. Nair, I. Joseph, S. R. C. Nori, J. S. Philip, R. Prasad, K. V. Navyasree, S. Ramesh, H. Pillai, S. Gosh, S. K. TR, M. R. Pillai

The paper analyzes mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD across 31,403 genomes, identifies key molecular determinants for RBD-ACE2 binding, and proposes implications for vaccine and therapeutic design.

bioRxiv · May 2, 2020Evolutionary Biology