Amarnath
Chatterjee, PhD.

amarnath@scripps.edu

phone: +1 858 784 8359 
fax     : +1 858 784 8014 

Research Interests

My interests encompass structure, function and dynamics studies of biological macro -molecules using solution NMR spectroscopy in the context of structural genomics.

Curriculum Vitae

1998 BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi University, Delhi, India

2000 MSc Chemistry, IIT Roorkee (Formerly University of Roorkee), Roorkee, India.

2000 – 2006 Ph. D. (Biophysics), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.

Feb 2006 – June 2006 Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.

July 2006 – present Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

Publications

1. A. Chatterjee, P. M. Mohan, A. Prabhu, A. Ghosh-Roy, R. V. Hosur. Equilibrium unfolding of DLC8 monomer by urea and guanidine hydrochloride: Distinctive global and residue level features. Biochimie. 2007, 89, 117-134.

2. A. Chatterjee, R. V. Hosur. Following autolysis in proteases by NMR: insights into multiple unfolding pathways and mutational plasticities. Biophys Chem. 2006, 123, 1-10.

3. A. Chatterjee, A. Kumar, R. V. Hosur. Alanine check points in HNN and HN(C)N spectra. J Magn Reson. 2006, 181, 21-28.

4. J. Chugh, A. Chatterjee, A. Kumar, R. K. Mishra, R. Mittal, R. V. Hosur. Structural characterization of the large soluble oligomers of the GTPase effector domain of dynamin. FEBS J. 2006, 273, 388-397.

5. P. M. Mohan, M. Barve, A. Chatterjee, R. V. Hosur. pH driven conformational dynamics and dimer-to-monomer transition in DLC8. Protein Sci. 2006, 15, 335-342.

6. A. Chatterjee, P. Mridula, R. K. Mishra, R. Mittal, R. V. Hosur. Folding regulates autoprocessing of HIV-1 protease precursor. J Biol Chem. 2005, 280, 11369-11378.

7. A. Chatterjee, A. Kumar, J. Chugh, S. Srivastava, N. S. Bhavesh, and R. V. Hosur. NMR of unfolded proteins. J. Chem. Sci. ( Indian Academy of Sciences). 2005, 117, 3-21.

8. N. S. Bhavesh, A. Chatterjee, S. C. Panchal, R. V. Hosur. Application of HN(C)N to rapid estimation of 1J(N-C(alpha)) coupling constants correlated to psi torsion angles in proteins: implication to structural genomics. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003, 311, 678-684.

9. A. Chatterjee, N. S. Bhavesh, S. C. Panchal, R. V. Hosur. A novel protocol based on HN(C)N for rapid resonance assignment in ((15)N, (13)C) labeled proteins: implications to structural genomics. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002, 293, 427-432.

10. M. Kumar, K. K. Kannan, M. V. Hosur, N. S. Bhavesh, A. Chatterjee, R. Mittal, R. V. Hosur. Effects of remote mutation on the autolysis of HIV-1 PR: X-ray and NMR investigations. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002, 294, 395-401.