Structural Biology of Immune Recognition, Molecular Mimicry and Allergy

Understanding the physiological processes of self-nonself discrimination in terms of physicochemical principles of molecular interactions has been a major focus of our research. Our work on the pluripotency of primary immune response led to discovering new ways of antibody degeneracy and has impacted the evolving paradigm shift in immune recognition and generation of antibody repertoire [Immunity (2006) 24:359]. We have analyzed how immune system reacts when encountered with the antigens that keep changing shape and showed that the restricted paratope conformational repertoire on binding of an antigen to multiple independent antibodies may be relevant for minimizing possibility of selfreactive antibodies. Molecular insights into the functional mimicry in the context of immune response were addressed using structural, immunological and thermodynamic approaches. We have demonstrated how paratope plasticity facilitates molecular mimicry of otherwise unrelated antigens. While our analyses of carbohydrate-peptide mimicry provided important conceptual leads towards design and development of new generation of vaccines, the analyses involving carbohydrate-porphyrin mimicry provided possible mechanistic understanding of the molecular pathology of porphyria. Structural issues pertaining to innate immunity and food allergies are also being addressed.

Fellowship/ Membership of Professional bodies

• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (2004)
• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (2001)
• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (India) (1995)
• Member, Molecular Immunology Forum (1995)
• Member, Guha Research Conference (1993-2013)

• Sunil Kumar Tripathi
  Young Investigator
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• Abha Jain
  Senior Research Fellow
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• Harmeet Kaur
  Senior Research Fellow
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• Sarita Chandan Sharma
  Junior Research Fellow
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• Sheenam Verma
  Junior Research Fellow
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• Neha Sharma
  Project Assistant
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• Meha Shikhi
  Junior Research Fellow
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• Zaid Kamal Madni
  Junior Research Fellow
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1. Jain A, Kumar A, Salunke DM (2016) Crystal structure of the vicilin from Solanum melongena reveals existence of different anionic ligands in structurally similar pockets.Sci Rep. 6:23600
2. Kumar A, Gupta C, Nair DT, Salunke DM. (2016) MP-4 contributes to snake venom neutralization by Mucuna pruriens seeds through an indirect antibody-mediated mechanism. J Biol Chem.138:4522
3. Kaur H, Salunke DM (2015)  Antibody promiscuity: Understanding the paradigm shift in antigen recognition. IUBMB Life 67:498
4. Khan T, Salunke DM. (2014) Adjustable locks and flexible keys: plasticity of epitope-paratope interactions in germline antibodies. J Immunol. 192:5398.
5. Gill J, Jayaswal P, Salunke DM. (2014) Antigen exposure leads to rigidification of germline antibody combining site. J Bioinform Comput Biol 12:1450006.
6. Salunke DM, Gill J, Dwevedi A. (2014) Comparative structural proteomics of allergenic proteins from plant pollen. J Ind Inst Sci 94:119.
7. Sharma R, Lomash S, Salunke DM. (2013) Putative bioactive motif of tritrpticin revealed by an antibody with biological receptor like properties. PloS One 8:e75582.
8. Tapryal S, Gaur V, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2013) Structural evaluation of a mimicry recognizing paratope: plasticity in antigen-antibody interactions manifests in molecular mimicry. J Immunol 191:456-463.
9. Bhowmick A, Salunke DM. (2013) Limited conformational flexibility in the paratope may be responsible for degenerate specificity of HIV epitope recognition. Int Immunol. 25:77.
10. Salunke DM, Kaur H, Gill J. (2013) New paradigms in antibody specificity: Structural biology of antigen recognition by germline antibodies in Biomolecular Forms and Functions (Ed. M. Bansal and N. Srinivasan) World Scientific Publishing, pp. 173
11. Khan T, Salunke DM. (2012) Structural Elucidation of the Mechanistic Basis of Degeneracy in the Primary Humoral Response. J Immunol 188:1819.
12. Tomar D, Khan T, Singh RR, Mishra S, Gupta S, Surolia A, Salunke DM. (2012) Crystallographic study of novel transthyretin ligands exhibiting negative-cooperativity between two thyroxine binding sites. Plos One 7:e43522.
13. Gaur V, Chanana V, Jain A, Salunke DM. (2011) The structure of a haemopexin-fold protein from cow pea (Vigna unguiculata) suggests functional diversity of haemopexins in plants. Acta Crystallogr. F67:193.
14. Tapryal S, Krishnan L, Batra JK, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2010) Cloning, expression and efficient refolding of carbohydrate-peptide mimicry recognizing single chain antibody 2D10. Protein Expression Purification. 72:162.
15. Lomash S, Nagpal S, Salunke DM. (2010) An antibody as surrogate receptor reveals determinants of activity of an innate immune peptide antibiotic. J Biol Chem 285:35750.
16. Gaur V, Qureshi IA, Singh A, Chanana V, Salunke DM. (2010) Crystal structure and functional insights of hemopexin fold protein from grass pea. Plant Physiol 152:1842.
17. Gupta V, Gupta RK, Khare G, Salunke DM, Surolia A, Tyagi AK. (2010) Structural ordering of disordered ligand-binding loops of biotin protein ligase into active conformations as a consequence of dehydration. PLoS One 5:e9222.
18. Gupta V, Gupta RK, Khare G, Salunke DM, Tyagi AK. (2009) Crystal structure of Bfr A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: incorporation of selenomethionine results in cleavage and demetallation of haem. PLoS One 4:e8028.
19. Krishnan L, Sahni G, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2008) Role of antibody paratope conformational flexibility in the manifestation of molecular mimicry. Biophys J 94:1367.
20. Kaur KJ, Sarkar P, Nagpal S, Khan T, Salunke DM. (2008) Structure-function analyses involving palindromic analogs of tritrypticin suggest autonomy of anti endotoxin and antibacterial activities. Protein Sci 17:545.
21. Dutta RC, Nagpal S, Salunke DM. (2008) Functional mapping of apidaecin through secondary structure correlation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 40:1005.
22. Ganguly N, Giang PH, Gupta C, Basu SK, Siddiqui I, Salunke DM, Sharma P. (2008) Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretory proteins CFP-10, ESAT-6 and the CFP10:ESAT6 complex inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB transactivation by downregulation of reactive oxidative species (ROS) production. Immunol Cell Biol 86:98.
23. Gupta P, Gaur V, Salunke DM. (2008) Purification, identification and preliminary crystallographic studies of a 2S albumin seed protein from Lens culinaris. Acta Crystallogr F64:733.
24. Gupta V, Gupta RK, Khare G, Surolia A, Salunke DM, Tyagi AK. (2008) crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of biotin acetyl-CoA carboxylase ligase (BirA) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallogr F64:524
25. Gupta V, Gupta RK, Khare G, Salunke DM, Tyagi AK. (2008) Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of bacterioferritin A from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallogr F64:398.
26. Gaur V, Sethi DK, Salunke DM. (2008) Purification, identification and preliminary crystallographic studies of Pru du amandin, an allergenic protein from Prunus dulcis. Acta Crystallogr F64:32.
27. Krishnan L, Lomash S, Raj BPJ, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2007) Paratope Plasticity in Diverse Modes Facilitates Molecular Mimicry in Antibody Response. J Immunol 178:7923.
28. Kaur KJ, Pandey S, Salunke DM. (2007) Design of a functionally equivalent nonglycosylated analog of the glycopeptide antibiotic formaecin I. Protein Sci 16:309.
29. Bhowmick A, Krishnan L, Salunke DM. (2007) Structural Immunology: Mechanisms of antigen recognition. J Ind Inst Sci 87:35.
30. Qureshi IA, Sethi DK, Salunke DM. (2006) Purification, identification and preliminary crystallographic studies on an allergenic protein from Lathyrus sativus. Acta Crystallogr F62:869
31. Sethi DK, Agarwal A, Manivel V, Rao KVS, Salunke DM. (2006) Differential epitope positioning within the germline antibody paratope enhances promiscuity in the primary immune response. Immunity 24:429.
32. Goel M, Damai RS, Sethi DK, Kaur KJ, Maiya BG, Swamy, MJ, Salunke DM. (2005) Crystal Structures of PNA-Porphyrin Complex in the Presence and Absence of Lactose: Mapping the Conformational Changes on Lactose Binding, Interacting Surfaces and Supramolecular Aggregations. Biochemistry 44:5588.
33. Jha BK, Salunke DM, Datta K. (2005) Central role of hyaluronan in regulating the function of multi-ligand binding human hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1) in Hyaluronan: structure, metabolism, biological activities, therapeutic applications (Ed. Balazs EA and Hascall VC) Matrix Biology Institute, pp. 89.
34. Goel M, Krishnan L, Kaur S, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2004) Plasticity within the antigen combining site may manifest as molecular mimicry in the humoral immune response J Immunol 173:7358.
35. Chanana V, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2004) Purification, identification and preliminary crystallographic characterization of a novel seed protein from Vigna unguiculata. Acta Crystallogr D60:2100.
36. Goel M, Anuradha P, Kaur KJ, Maiya BG, Swamy MJ, Salunke DM. (2004) Porphyrin binding to jacalin is facilitated by the inherent plasticity of the carbohydrate binding site: Novel mode of lectin-ligand interaction. Acta Crystallogr D60:281.
37. Chakrabarty P, Sethi DK, Padhan N, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A. (2004) Identification and characterization of EhCaBP2: a second member of the calcium-binding protein family of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. J Biol Chem 279:12898.
38. Jha BK, Mitra N, Rana R, Surolia A, Salunke DM, Datta K. (2004) pH and cation induced thermodynamic stability of human hyaluronan binding protein 1 regulates its hyaluronan affinity. J Biol Chem 279:23061.
39. Basu SK, Batra JK, Salunke DM. (2004) Deep Roots, Open Skies: New Biology in India. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd, New Delhi pp1-200.
40. Jha BK, Salunke DM, Datta K. (2003) Structural flexibility of multifunctional HABP1 may be important for regulating its binding to different ligands. J Biol Chem. 278:27464.
41. Nair DT, Kaur KJ, Singh K, Mukherjee P, Rajagopal D, George A, Bal V, Rath S, Rao KVS, Salunke DM. (2003) Mimicry of native peptide antigens by the corresponding retro-inverso analogs is dependent on their intrinsic structure and interaction propensities. J Immunol 170:1362.
42. Gangatirkar P, Gangadharan S, Narendranath A, Nagpal S, Salunke DM, Karande AA. (2002) Monoclonal antibodies to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) inhibit binding of the hormone to its receptor. Hybrid Hybridomics 21:281
43. Nair DT, Singh K, Siddiqui Z, Nayak BP, Rao KVS, Salunke DM (2002) Epitope recognition by diverse antibodies suggests conformational convergence in an antibody response. J Immunol 168:2371.
44. Manivel V, Bayiroglu F, Siddiqui Z, Salunke DM, Rao KVS. (2002) The primary antibody repertoire represents a linked network of degenerate antigen-specificities. J Immunol 169:888.
45. Nagpal S, Kaur KJ, Jain D, Salunke DM. (2002) Plasticity in structure and interactions is critical for the action of indolicidin, an antibacterial peptide of innate immune origin. Protein Sci 11:2158.
46. Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N, Jain D, Salunke DM, Datta A. (2002) Active site geometry of oxalate decarboxylase from Flammulina velutipes: Role of histidine coordinated manganese in substrate recognition. Protein Sci 11:2138.
47. Hemachand T, Gopalakrishnan B, Salunke DM, Totey SM, Shaha C. (2002) Sperm plasma membrane associated glutathione S- transferases as gamete recognition molecules. J Cell Sci 115:2053.
48. Jha BK, Salunke DM, Datta K. (2002) Disulfide bond formation through Cys186 facilitates functionally relevant dimerization of trimeric hyaluronan-binding protein 1. Eur J Biochem 269:298.
49. Jain D, Nair DT, Swaminathan GJ, Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Salunke DM. (2001) Structure of the induced antibacterial protein from Tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta: Implications to molecular evolution. J Biol Chem 276:41377.
50. Goel M, Jain D, Kaur K, Kenoth R, Maiya BG, Swamy MJ, Salunke DM. (2001) Functional equality in the absence of structural similarity: an added dimension to molecular mimicry. J Biol Chem 276: 39277.
51. Jain D, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2001) Enhanced binding of a rationally designed peptide ligand of concanavalin a arises from improved geometrical complementarity. Biochemistry 40:12059.
52. Nayak SK, Bagga S, Gaur D, Nair DT, Salunke DM, Batra JK. (2001) Mechanism of specific target recognition and RNA hydrolysis by ribonucleolytic toxin restrictocin. Biochemistry 40:9115.
53. Jain D, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (2001) Plasticity in protein-peptide recognition: crystal structures of two different peptides bound to concanavalin A. Biophys J 80:2912.
54. Kaur KJ, Jain D, Goel M, Salunke DM. (2001) Immunological implications of structural mimicry between a dodecapeptide and a carbohydrate moiety. Vaccine 19: 3124.
55. Kumar R, Choudhury NR, Salunke DM, Datta K. (2001) Evidence for clustered mannose as a new ligand for hyaluronan- binding protein (HABP1) from human fibroblasts. J Biosci 26:325.
56. Chavali GB, Vijayalakshmi C, Salunke DM. (2001) Analysis of sequence signature defining functional specificity and structural stability in helix-loop-helix proteins. Proteins 42:471.
57. Nair DT, Singh K, Sahu N, Rao KVS, Salunke DM. (2000) Crystal structure of an antibody bound to an immunodominant peptide epitope: Novel features in peptide -antibody recognition. J Immunol 165:6949.
58. Manivel V, Sahoo NC, Salunke DM, Rao KVS. (2000) Maturation of an antibody response is governed by modulations in flexibility of the antigen-combining site. Immunity 13:611.
59. Jain D, Kaur KJ, Sundaravadivel B, Salunke DM. (2000) Structural and functional consequences of peptide-carbohydrate mimicry: crystal structure of a carbohydrate-mimicking peptide bound to concanavalin A. J Biol Chem 275:16098.
60. Jain D, Kaur KJ, Goel M, Salunke DM. (2000) Structural basis of functional mimicry between carbohydrate and peptide ligands of ConA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 272:843.
61. Jain D, Kaur K, Chavali GB, Salunke DM (2000) Ligand-receptor recognition and molecular mimicry. In Biophysical Processes in Living Systems (Ed) Pardha Saradhi P, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi. pp217-223.
62. Nagpal S, Gupta V, Kaur KJ, Salunke DM. (1999) Structure-function analysis of tritrypticin, an antibacterial peptide of innate immune origin. J Biol Chem 274:23296.
63. Mukherjee SB, Aravinda S, Gopalkrishnan B, Nagpal S, Salunke DM, Shaha C. (1999) Secretion of glutathione S-transferases (GST) isoforms in the seminiferous tubular fluid, tissue distribution and sex steroid binding by rGSTM1. Biochem J 340:309.
64. Gupta V, Muyldermans S, Wyns, Salunke DM. (1999) The crystal structure of recombinant rat pancreatic RNase A. Proteins 35:1.
65. Salunke DM, Kaur KJ, Jain D, Chavali GB. (1999) Structural basis of molecular mimicry and its Implications to Immune Response. In Perspectives in Structural Biology (Eds) Vijayan M et al, Universities Press (India), Hyderabad.p45.
66. Gopalkrishnan B, Aravinda S, Pawshe CH, Totey SM, Nagpal S, Salunke DM, Shaha C. (1998) Studies on glutathione S-transferases important for sperm function: Evidence of catalytic activity-independent functions. Biochem J 329:231.
67. Jain D, Kaur K, Salunke DM. (1998) Molecular mimicry: correlation of immune response with antigenic structure. In Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Immunology. (Eds) Talwar GP et al. Monduzzi Editore S.p.A.-Bologna (Italy)
68. Kaur K, Khurana S, Salunke DM. (1997) Topological analysis of the functional mimicry between a peptide and a carbohydrate moiety. J Biol Chem 272:5539.
69. Grewal N, Nagpal S, Chavali GB, Majumdar SS, Pal R, Salunke DM. (1997) Ligand-induced receptor dimerization may be critical for signal transduction by choriogonadotropin. Biophys J 73:1190.
70. Chavali GB, Nagpal, S, Majumdar SS, Singh O, Salunke DM. (1997) Helix-loop-helix motif in GnRH associated peptide is critical for negative regulation of prolactin secretion. J Mol Biol 272:731.
71. Khurana S, Raghunathan V, Salunke DM. (1997) The variable domain glycosylation in a monoclonal antibody specific to GnRH modulates antigen binding. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 234:465.
72. Swaminathan GJ, Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Salunke DM. (1997) 3-dimensional structure of an induced antibacterial protein from Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta FASEB J 11:A1362.
73. S Khurana, V Raghunathan, DM Salunke. (1996) Influence of variable domain glycosylation on antigen binding: crystal structure of anti-GnRH Fab fragment. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 65:143
74. Arvinda S, Gopalskrishnan B, Dey CS, Totey SM, Pawshe CM, Salunke DM, Kaur K, Shaha C. (1995) A testicular protein important for fertility has glutathione S-transferase activity and is localized extracellularly in the seminiferous tubules. J Biol Chem 270:15675.
75. Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Salunke DM, Gupta HM, Dutta RK (1995) Purification and partial characterization of an induced antibacterial protein in the silkworm, bombyx mori. J Invert Path 65:17.
76. Raghunathan V, Khurana S, Gupta V, Khurana R, Udgaonkar JB, Salunke DM. (1994) Crystallization and molecular packing analysis of barstar crystals. J Mol Biol 243:533.
77. Grewal N, Talwar GP, Salunke DM. (1994) Computer modeling of the interaction between human choriogonadotropin and its receptor. Protein Engineer 7:205.
78. Alok D, Krishnan T, Salunke DM, Gupta HM, Talwar GP, Garg LC. (1994) Precocious ovarian recrudescence and induced off-season spawning of Heteropneustes fossilis by D-Lys6 salmon gonadotropin releasing hormone analog (sGnRH-A) J Fish Biol 45:909.
79. Gupta HM, Pal R, Raghunathan V, Nagpal S, Talwar GP, Salunke DM. (1994) GnRH structure and Vaccine design. in Recombinant and Synthetic Vaccines (eds. Talwar GP et al.) Narosa Publishing House, pp. 309. 
80. Grewal N, Salunke DM. (1993) Antigenic domain of the flagellin from S. paratyphi shares structural fold with subtilisin. FEBS Lett 322:111.
81. Gupta HM, Talwar GP, Salunke DM. (1993) A novel computer modelling approach to the structures of small bioactive peptides. The structure of gonadotropin releasing hormone. Proteins 16:48.
82. Talwar GP, Om Singh, Pal R, Chatterjee N, Arunan K, Sad S, Raghunathan V, Sahai P, Gupta HM, Salunke DM. (1993) Vaccines against LHRH and hCG. In Immunology of Reproduction (ed. Naz RK) p235. CRC Press.
83. Gupta HM, Salunke DM. (1992) Prolactin inhibiting factor has structural motif common to developmental-gene regulators. Curr Sci 62:374.
84. Salunke DM. (1991) Common substructural modules in proteins can be recognized from patterns in their sequences. In Immunology: Perspectives in reproduction and infection. (ed. Gupta SK) Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.
85. Salunke DM, Caspar DLD, Garcea RL. (1989) Polymorphism in the assembly of polyomavirus capsid protein VP1. Biophys J 56:887.
86. Mande SC, Raghunathan S, Salunke DM, Islam Khan M, Swamy MJ, Surolia A, Vijayan M. (1988) Structural studies on peanut lectin. Ind J Biochem Biophys 25:166.
87. Caspar DLD, Clarage J, Salunke DM, Clarage M. (1988) Liquid-like movements in crYstalline insulin. Nature 332:659.
88. Garcea RL, Salunke DM, Caspar DLD. (1987) Site-directed mutation affecting polyomavirus assembly in vitro. Nature 329:86.
89. Salunke DM, Caspar DLD, Garcea RL. (1986) Self-assembly of purified polyomavirus capsid protein VP1. Cell 46:895.
90. Raghavendra K, Salunke DM, Caspar DLD, Schuster TM. (1986) Disk aggregate of TMV protein in solution:Electron microscopy observations. Biochemistry 25:6276.
91. Salunke DM, Caspar DLD. (1986) Self-assembly of cloned polyoma-virus capsid protein. Biophysical J 49:A227.
92. Phillips WC, Caspar DLD, Cahoon M, Salunke DM. (1986) Colloidal Crystals of Tobacco Mosaic-Virus and its Protein Disk Aggregate. Biophysical J 49:A528.
93. Raghavendra K, Salunke DM, Caspar DLD, Schuster TM. (1986) Structure and Properties of Disk Aggregates of Tobacco Mosaic-Virus Protein (TMVP) in solution. Biophysical J 49:A226.
94. Salunke DM, Veerapandian B, Kodandapani R, Vijayan M. (1985) Structural transformations in protein crystals caused by controlled dehydration. J Biosci 8:37.
95. Veerapandian B, Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1985) X-ray characterization of an additional binding site in lysozyme. FEBS Lett 186:163.
96. Salunke DM, Swamy MJ, Islam Khan M, Mande SC, Surolia A, Vijayan M. (1985) Arrangement of subunits in peanut lectin. Rotation function and chemical cross-linking studies. J Biol Chem 260:13576.
97. Salunke DM, Veerapandian B, Kodandapani R, Vijayan M. (1985) Water-mediated transformations in protein crystals. Acta Crystallogr B41:431.
98. Salunke DM, Veerapandian B, Vijayan M. (1984) Water-mediated structural transformations in a new crystal form of ribonuclease A and tetragonal lysozyme. Curr Sci 53:231.
99. Veerapandian B, Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1984) 3,3',5,5'-Tetrabromophenol sulphonaphthalein (Bromophenol blue, C19H10Br4O5S). Acta Crystallogr C40:500.
100. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1984) Conformational analysis of D-pantothenic acid. Biochem Biophys Acta 798:180.
101. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1984) Crystal Structure of the amino acid -vitamin complex L-lysine D-pantothenate. Biochem Biophys Acta 798:175.
102. Vijayan M, Salunke DM. (1984) Structural mobility and transformations in globular proteins. J Biosci 6:357.
103. Salunke DM, Kodandapani R, Vijayan M. (1984) Environmental-Effects On Water-Mediated Transformations In The Crystals Of Ribonuclease-A. Acta Crystallogr A40:C53.
104. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1983) X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids, IX. The crystal structure of L-ornithine L-aspartate hemihydrate. Int J Peptide Protein Res 22:154.
105. Salunke DM, Islam Khan M, Surolia A, Vijayan M. (1983) Preparation and preliminary studies of three acidic pH crystal forms of the anti T-lectin from peanut. FEBS Lett 156:127.
106. Salunke DM. (1982) X-ray studies of molecular interactions involving amino acids. PhD Thesis IISc, Bangalore.
107. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1982) L-arginine L-aspartate. (X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids and peptides. VII). Acta Crystallogr B38:1328.
108. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1982) N-acetyl glycyl L-lysine methyl ester acetate (X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids and peptides. VI). Acta Crystallogr B38:287.
109. Salunke DM, Islam Khan M, Surolia, Vijayan M. (1982) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the anti-T lectin from peanut. J Mol Biol 154:177.
110. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1981) X-ray studies of amino acid-vitamin interactions: The crystal structure of lysine pantothenate. Acta Crystallogr A37:C65.
111. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1981) Specific interactions involving guanidyl group observed in crystal structures. Int J Peptide Protein Res 18:348.
112. Salunke DM, Vijayan M. (1979) Preliminary X-ray studies on N-acetyl glycyl L-lysine methyl ester acetate, L-arginine L-aspartate and L-ornithine L-aspartate. Curr Sci 48:1071.