Rohini Qamra

Clinical Assistant Professor

Education

B.S. Delhi University, India

M.S. Delhi University, India

Ph.D. Hyderabad University, India

Postdoctoral fellow at IMCB Singapore and New York University

Areas of Research Interest

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Fellowships/Honors

Indian National Science Academy Medal for Young Scientist (2008)

DST Fast Track Young Scientist Fellowship (2005)

Junior Research Fellowship (1999)

Gold medalist (M.Sc.) Delhi University (1999)

Publications

Qamra, R. and Hubbard, S.R. (2013) Structural basis for the interaction of the adaptor protein Grb14 with activated Ras. PLoS One 8(8), e72473

Ling, S.H., Qamra, R. and Song, H. (2011) Structural and functional insights into eukaryotic mRNA decapping. Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. RNA 2(2), 193-208

Cheng, Z., He, Y.W., Lim, S.C., Qamra, R., Walsh, M.A., Zhang, L.H. and Song, H. (2010) Structural basis of the sensor-synthase interaction in autoinduction of the quorum sensing signal DSF biosynthesis. Structure 18(9), 1199-1209

Qamra, R. (2008) The atypical Hsp60s of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc. Indian Natl. Acad. 74(3), 149-160

Qamra, R., Prakash, P., Aruna, B., Hasnain, S.E. and Mande, S.C. (2006) The 2.15 Å crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chorismate mutase reveals an unexpected gene duplication and suggests a role in host-pathogen interactions. Biochemistry 45, 6997-7005

Vijayakrishnan, S., Qamra, R., Verma, C.S., Sen, R. and Mande, S.C. (2006) Cation-mediated interplay of loops in Chaperonin-10. JBSD 23, 365-376

Qamra, R., Mande, S.C., Coates, A.R.M. and Henderson, B. (2005) Unusual chaperonins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis 85, 385-394

Qamra, R., Prakash, P., Aruna, B., Hasnain, S.E. and Mande, S.C. (2005) Crystallization and preliminary characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chorismate mutase. Acta Crystallographica F 61, 473-475

Qamra, R. and Mande, S.C. (2004) Crystal Structure of the 65 kDa Heat Shock Protein, Chaperonin 60.2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Bacteriol. 186, 8105-8113

Qamra, R., Srinivas, V. and Mande, S.C. (2004) Mycobacterium tuberculosis GroEL homologues unusually exist as lower oligomers and retain the ability to suppress aggregation of substrate proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 342, 605-617

Qamra, R., Taneja, B. and Mande S.C. (2002) Identification of conserved residue patterns in small-barrel proteins. Protein Engg. 15, 967-977