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Tanisha Dhakephalkar

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Van der Waals interactions mediate the enantiomeric substrate preference of the CTP:phosphoglycerate cytidylyltransferase CpgD

Rideeta Raquib, Tanisha Dhakephalkar, Eric A. Klein, Michael V. Airola

This study presents five high-resolution structures of CpgD, revealing van der Waals interactions mediate its enantiomeric substrate preference for 2-phospho-D-glycerate.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

CpgD is a phosphoglycerate cytidylyltransferase required for ceramide diphosphoglycerate synthesis

Tanisha Dhakephalkar, Ziqiang Guan, Eric A. Klein

The paper identifies CpgD as a phosphoglycerate cytidylyltransferase essential for ceramide diphosphoglycerate synthesis in Caulobacter crescentus.

Journal of Biological Chemistry · Jun 16, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry