Publications

Research Publications

22. “Ferritin: A Promising Nanoreactor & Nanocarrier for Bio-nanotechnology”. (Invited)
       Mohanty A., Parida A., Raut R. K., Behera R. K*.
       ACS Bio & Med Chem Au; 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.2c00003

21. “Alteration of Coaxial Heme Ligands Reveals the Role of Heme in Bacterioferritin from Mycobacterium
       tuberculosis”.
       Mohanty A., Parida A., Subhadarshanee B., Behera, N., Subudhi, T., Koochana P. K., Behera, R.K*.
       Inorganic Chemistry; 2021, 60(22), 16937-16952.

20. “Kinetics of Ferritin Self-assembly by Laser Light Scattering: Impact of Subunit Concentration, pH and Ionic
       Strength”. Mohanty A., Mithra K., Jena SS*, Behera, R.K*.
       Biomacromolecules; 2021, 22(4), 1389-1398.

19. “Flavin mediated Reductive Iron Mobilization from Frog M and Mycobacterial Ferritins: Impact of their Size,
       Charge and Reactivities with NADH/O2”
       Koochana P. K., Mohanty A., Parida A., Behera N., Behera P.M., Dixit A., Behera, R.K*.
       Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry; 2021, 26(2-3), 265-281.
18. "Impact of Phosphate on Iron Mineralization and Mobilization in Non-heme Bacterioferritin B from
        Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
        Parida, A; Mohanty, A; Kansara, B; Behera, R.K*.
        Inorganic Chemistry; 2020, 59(1), 629-641.

17. "Iron Mineralizing Bacterioferritin A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibits Unique Catalase-Dps like 
       Dual Activities".
       Mohanty, A; Subhadarshanee, B; Barman, P; Mahapatra, C; Aishwarya, B.; Behera, R.K*.
       Inorganic Chemistry; 2019, 58(8), 4741-4752.

16.  “Phenthiazines and Phenoxazines: As Electron Transfer Mediators for Ferritin Iron Release.”
        Koochana PK, Mohanty A, Subhadarshanee B, Satpati S, Naskar R, Dixit A, Behera R.K*.
        Dalton Transactions; 2019, 48(10), 3314-26.

15. “Releasing Iron from Ferritin Protein Nanocage by Reductive Method: The Role of Electron Transfer
        Mediator.”
        Koochana PK, Mohanty A, Das S, Subhadarshanee B, Satpati S, Dixit A, Sabat SC, Behera R.K*.
        Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – General Subjects.; 2018, 1862, 1190-1198.

14.  “Surface Charge Dependent Separation of Modified and Hybrid Ferritin in Native PAGE: Impact of
        Lysine 104”.
        Subhadarshanee B, Mohanty A, Jagdev MK, Vasudevan D, Behera R.K*.
        Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics.; 2017, 1865, 1267-73.

13.  “Solving Biology's Iron Chemistry Problem with Ferritin Protein Nanocages”
        Theil EC, Tosha T, Behera R.K.
        Accounts of Chemical Research.; 2016, 49, 784-91.

12.  “Fe2+ Substrate Transport through Ferritin Protein Cage Ion Channels Influences Enzyme Activity and  
        Biomineralization”.
        Behera, R.K., Torres. R., Tosha, T., Bradley, J.M., Goulding, C.W., and Theil, E.C.
        Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.; 2015, 20(6), 957-69.

11.   “Moving Fe2+ from Ferritin Ion Channels to Catalytic OH Centers Depends on Conserved Protein Cage  
         Carboxylates.”
         Behera, R. K and Theil, E. C.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci (PNAS) USA,; 2014, 111(22), 7925-30.

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10.  “Spectroscopic studies of single and double variants of M ferritin: lack of conversion of a biferrous substrate 
       site into a cofactor site for O2 activation.”
       Kwak, Y, Schwartz J.K., Haldar,S., Behera, R.K., Tosha, T., Theil, E.C., and Solomon, E.I.
       Biochemistry.; 2014, 53(3), 473-82.

9. “Thermodynamic effects of the alteration of the axial ligand on the unfolding of thermostable cytochrome c.”
      Behera, R. K*., Nakajima, H., Rajbongshi, J., Watanabe, Y., and Mazumdar, S*.
      Biochemistry.; 2013, 52(8), 1373-84. *Corresponding Author.

8.  “Ferritins for Chemistry and for Life.”
      Theil, E. C., Behera, R. K., and Tosha, T
      Coordination Chemistry Reviews.; 2013, 257, 579-86.

7. “Ferritin and ferrihydrite nanoparticles as iron sources for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.”
      Dehner, C., Soto, N.M., Behera, R. K., Theil, E. C., Maurice, P. A., and DuBois, J. L.
      Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.; 2013, 18(3), 371-81.

6. “Ferritin protein nanocage ion channels: gating by N-terminal extensions.”
     Tosha, T., Behera, R. K., Ng, H. L., Bhattasali, O., Alber, T., and Theil, E. C.
     The Journal of Biological Chemistry.; 2012, 287, 13016-25.

5. “Ferritin ion channel disorder inhibits Fe(II)/O2 reactivity at distant sites.”
      Tosha, T., Behera, R. K., and Theil, E. C.
      Inorganic Chemistry.; 2012, 51, 11406-11.

4. “Modification of the heme active site to increase the peroxidase activity of thermophilic cytochrome P450: a 
      rational approach.”
     Behera, R. K., Goyal, S., and Mazumdar, S.
     Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.; 2010, 104, 1185-1194.

3. “Thermodynamic basis of the thermostability of CYP175A1 from Thermus thermophilus.”
      Behera, R. K., and Mazumdar, S.
      International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.; 2010, 46, 412-418.

2. “Roles of two surface residues near the access channel in the substrate recognition by cytochrome P450cam.”
      Behera, R. K., and Mazumdar, S.
      Biophysical chemistry. 2008, 135, 1-6.

Book Chapters

1.  “The Chemistry of Nature's Iron BioMinerals In Ferritin Protein Nanocages.”

      Theil, E. C., and Behera, R. K.

      Book title - Coordination Chemistry in Protein Cages: Principles, Design, and  Applications.

      First edition, Edited by Takafumi Ueno and Yoshihito Watanabe. 

      John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013, Chapter 1, page 3-24.

Conference Abstracts Published in Journal

5.  “How ferritin protein cage link ion channels Fe²⁺ transport to the active site: More sophistication in ferritin function”.

      Theil, E.C., and Behera, R.K.

      American Journal of Hematology.; 2013, 88, 5 (Podium 12).

4.  “Fe(II) exit pore gates in ferritin are the N-termini of the polypeptide subunits.”.

      Behera, R.K., Tosha, T., Ng, H., Bhattasali, O., Alber, T., and Theil, E.C.

      Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.; 2011, 16 (Suppl 1): S1- S711.

3.  “Ion channels in ferritin nanocages: Moving iron and nucleating minerals”.

      Theil, E.C., Tosha, T., Haldar, S., and Behera, R.K.

      American Journal of Hematology.; 2011, 86, 9 (Podium 24).

2.  “The effect of axial ligand mutation on conformational stability and unfolding profiles of thermostable cytochrome c”

      Behera, R.K., Nakajima, H., Watanabe, Y and Mazumdar, S.

      Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.; 2009, 14 (Suppl 1) S216.

1. “Substrate recognition and conformational stability of the active site in cytochrome P450cam”.

     Behera, R.K., Manna, S.K., and Mazumdar, S.

     Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.; 2009, 14 (Suppl 1) S38.