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Rajan Sankaranarayanan

Centre for Cellular and Molecular BiologyORCID 0000-0003-4524-9953Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:yeast· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1

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Arnab ChakrabortyiD· 2 shared Biswajit PaliD· 2 shared Sakshi ShambhaviiD· 2 shared Siddhesh S. KamatiD· 2 shared Abhijit Mohapatra· 1 shared Azeen Zehra· 1 shared Bapin Kumar PandaiD· 1 shared Jotin GogoiiD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 23, 2026

A lipid acyl code-based Dip2-Pkc1 signalling axis maintains mitochondrial integrity in eukaryotes

S Vijay Kumar, Sakshi Shambhavi, Azeen Zehra…·Rajan Sankaranarayanan

This study identifies a Dip2-mediated Pkc1 signalling axis regulated by specific DAGs that maintains mitochondrial integrity in yeast.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.21.739733

yeastexperimental assay

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 1, 2026

Bacterial ancestry of the mitochondrial ATP exporter

Jotin Gogoi, Rajan Sankaranarayanan

The paper identifies bacterial homologues of the mitochondrial ATP/ADP carrier, resolving its evolutionary origin as a bacterial ancestor.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.31.715626

bacteria (other)proteomics

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Cell BiologyeLifePeer-reviewedMay 6, 2025

Emergence of Dip2-mediated Specific DAG-based PKC Signalling Axis in Eukaryotes

Sakshi Shambhavi, Sudipta Mondal, Arnab Chakraborty…·Rajan Sankaranarayanan

The paper identifies Dip2 as a conserved regulator of DAG-based PKC signaling in eukaryotes, showing its role in maintaining specific DAG subpopulations required for PKC-mediated pathways.

DOI 10.7554/elife.104011.3

yeastmetabolomics

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