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Sunayana Sarkar

Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchORCID 0009-0004-9001-2247Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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FRAPPe - a novel FRET-based biosensor to detect inorganic polyphosphates

Sunayana Sarkar, Payal Agrawal, Harsha Sharma, Azmi Khan, Manisha Mallick, Deepti Ranjan Pradhan, Sandra Moser, Sreejith Raran-Kurussi, Henning Jacob Jessen, Kaustubh R. Mote, Vinay Bulusu, Rashna Bhandari, Manish Jaiswal

The paper introduces FRAPPe, a FRET-based biosensor for detecting inorganic polyphosphates, which can quantify polyP levels and is useful for high-throughput screens.

bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

DYRK1A Interacts with the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Promotes mTORC1 Activity

Pinhua Wang, Sunayana Sarkar, Menghuan Zhang, Tingting Xiao, Fenhua Kong, Zhe Zhang, Deepa Balasubramanian, Nandan Jayaram, Sayantan Datta, Ruyu He, Ping Wu, Peng Chao, Ying Zhang, Michael P. Washburn, Laurence A. Florens, , Man Mohan

This study identifies DYRK1A's role in promoting mTORC1 activity by inhibiting TSC complex activity through phosphorylation of TSC2, and shows conservation in Drosophila.

eLife · Oct 22, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology