Dr Akshita Kumar Dhawan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Journal Articles
Lim, Jessica, Kumar, Akshita, Low, Kimberly, Verma, Chandra S., Mu, Yuguang, Miserez, Ali and Pervushin, Konstantin (2021). Liquid-liquid phase separation of short histidine- and tyrosine-rich peptides: sequence specificity and molecular topology. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B, 125 (25), 6776-6790. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c11476
Heymann, Dario, Mohanram, Harini, Kumar, Akshita, Verma, Chandra S., Lescar, Julien and Miserez, Ali (2021). Structure of a consensus chitin-binding domain revealed by solution NMR. Journal of Structural Biology, 213 (2) 107725, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107725
Kumar, Akshita, Mohanram, Harini, Li, Jianguo, Le Ferrand, Hortense, Verma, Chandra S. and Miserez, Ali (2020). Disorder-order interplay of a barnacle cement protein triggered by interactions with calcium and carbonate ions: a molecular dynamics study. Chemistry of Materials, 32 (20), 8845-8859. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02319
Mohanram, Harini, Kumar, Akshita, Verma, Chandra S., Pervushin, Konstantin and Miserez, Ali (2019). Three-dimensional structure of Megabalanus rosa Cement Protein 20 revealed by multi-dimensional NMR and molecular dynamics simulations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374 (1784) 20190198, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0198
Amini, Shahrouz, Tadayon, Maryam, Loke, Jun Jie, Kumar, Akshita, Kanagavel, Deepankumar, Le Ferrand, Hortense, Duchamp, Martial, Raida, Manfred, Sobota, Radoslaw M., Chen, Liyan, Hoon, Shawn and Miserez, Ali (2019). A diecast mineralization process forms the tough mantis shrimp dactyl club. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (18), 8685-8692. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1816835116
Kumar, Akshita, Mohanram, Harini, Kong, Kiat Whye, Goh, Rubayn, Hoon, Shawn, Lescar, Julien and Miserez, Ali (2018). Supramolecular propensity of suckerin proteins is driven by β-sheets and aromatic interactions as revealed by solution NMR. Biomaterials Science, 6 (9), 2440-2447. doi: 10.1039/c8bm00556g
Wong, Yee Hwa, Kumar, Akshita, Liew, Chong Wai, Tharakaraman, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Kannan, Sasisekharan, Ram, Verma, Chandra and Lescar, Julien (2018). Molecular basis for dengue virus broad cross-neutralization by humanized monoclonal antibody 513. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 8449, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26800-y
Loke, Jun Jie, Kumar, Akshita, Hoon, Shawn, Verma, Chandra and Miserez, Ali (2017). Hierarchical assembly of tough bioelastomeric egg capsules is mediated by a bundling protein. Biomacromolecules, 18 (3), 931-942. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01810
Petrone, Luigi, Kumar, Akshita, Sutanto, Clarinda N., Patil, Navinkumar J., Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Palaniappan, Alagappan, Amini, Shahrouz, Zappone, Bruno, Verma, Chandra and Miserez, Ali (2015). Mussel adhesion is dictated by time-regulated secretion and molecular conformation of mussel adhesive proteins. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8737. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9737
Latza, Victoria, Guerette, Paul A., Ding, Dawei, Amini, Shahrouz, Kumar, Akshita, Schmidt, Ingo, Keating, Steven, Oxman, Neri, Weaver, James C., Fratzl, Peter, Miserez, Ali and Masic, Admir (2015). Multi-scale thermal stability of a hard thermoplastic protein-based material. Nature Communications, 6 8313, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9313
Lescar, J., Meyer, I., Akshita, K., Srinivasaraghavan, K., Verma, C., Palous, M., Mazier, D., Datry, A. and Fekkar, A. (2014). Aspergillus fumigatus harbouring the sole Y121F mutation shows decreased susceptibility to voriconazole but maintained susceptibility to itraconazole and posaconazole. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69 (12), 3244-3247. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku316
Nguyen, Phuong Q. T., Wang, Shujing, Kumar, Akshita, Yap, Li J., Luu, Thuy T., Lescar, Julien and Tam, James P. (2014). Discovery and characterization of pseudocyclic cystine-knot α-amylase inhibitors with high resistance to heat and proteolytic degradation. The FEBS Journal, 281 (19), 4351-4366. doi: 10.1111/febs.12939
Ding, Dawei, Guerette, Paul A., Hoon, Shawn, Kone, Kiat Whye, Cornvik, Tobias, Nilsson, Martina, Kumar, Akshita, Lescar, Julien and Miserez, Ali (2014). Biomimetic production of silk-like recombinant squid sucker ring teeth proteins. Biomacromolecules, 15 (9), 3278-3289. doi: 10.1021/bm500670r
Conference Paper
Kumar, Akshita, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Lescar, Julien, Verma, Chandra and Miserez, Ali (2016). Squid's suckerin proteins in bits and bytes. 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, Los Angeles, CA, 27 February-2 March 2016. St. Louis, MO USA: Cell Press. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.1835