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Rajat Kumar Jha

@rajat-jha.bsky.social
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Biochemistry PhD candidate in @smithlabumbc.bsky.social‬ at UMBC. Studying aminoacyl transferases. Love ⚽

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SmithLabUMBC @smithlabumbc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚨 Just in press @jmolbiol.bsky.social 🚨 Kate, Candice, and Mark's paper on the structure of the V. cholerae NFeoB NTPase catalytic cycle. Serendipity of a P1 spacegroup with 4 mols in the ASU played a role in capturing all the states, and Mg is pivotal! Read the paper here: tinyurl.com/mr3dmmjz
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The structure of the full catalytic cycle of Vibrio cholerae NFeoB
The acquisition of iron is critical for the survival and the virulence of numerous infectious pathogens, and most bacteria acquire ferrous iron (Fe2+)…
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SmithLabUMBC @smithlabumbc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Congrats to the newly-minted Ph.D. from the @smithlabumbc.bsky.social Dr. Misti Cartwright @chemisti.bsky.social ! Way to go on an excellent thesis defense!!
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Rajat Kumar Jha @rajat-jha.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
Nuclei define eukaryotes, enabling macromolecular compartmentalization and cellular regulation. Each nucleus is believed to contain one or more haploid sets of chromosomes (1N). However, we discovered...
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Broad Institute @broadinstitute.org · 15/05/2025
Using laboratory-evolved versions of enzymes called CASTs, researchers have achieved a long-standing goal of genome editing: inserting entire healthy genes into human cells efficiently enough for potential therapeutic applications. @isaacwitte.bsky.social @eitzingersimon.bsky.social
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Evolved gene editor inserts entire genes in human cells
The new system is the first to use a DNA-mobilizing enzyme called a CRISPR-associated transposase to make targeted gene-sized edits at therapeutically useful levels in human cells.
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SmithLabUMBC @smithlabumbc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Here's one to add to your Friday reading list! 🚨Just in press in J. Mol. Biol.🚨: a beautiful review on the structures, mechanisms, regulation, and open questions of aminoacyl-tRNA-protein transferases by Misti and Rajat who work on amino acid transferases! Read the paper here: tinyurl.com/mr386wsn
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Structure and mechanism of aminoacyl-tRNA-protein L/F- and R-transferases
The aminoacyl-tRNA-protein transferases (also known as aa-transferases) are a class of enzymes that utilize a highly conserved GCN5-related N-acetyltr…
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Coskun Lipid Cellar @ ZML Dresden @lipid.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
An amazing new enabling technology. Measurements of molecular size and shape on a chip. Couldn't be prouder of our friend Madhavi Krishnan of @ox.ac.uk this was and is one among the must fun collaborations I ever had. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Measurements of molecular size and shape on a chip
Size and shape are critical discriminators between molecular species and states. We describe a microchip-based high-throughput imaging approach offering rapid and precise determination of molecular pr...
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perlstein.bsky.social @perlstein.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
So excited to get this work out there! We have been working hard to "crack the CIA code" - more to come soon! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Cia1 and Cia2 subunits of the CTC mediate recognition of apo-FeS proteins with a C-terminal targeting complex recognition motif
The cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly (CIA) targeting complex is responsible for maturation of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur enzymes, numbering >30 proteins critical for fundamental processes...
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Cynthia Wolberger @cwolberger.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Wow. This is really stunning . www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain
Mitochondria regenerate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation. This process is carried out by five membrane-bound complexes collectively known as the respiratory chain, workin...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 03/03/2025
At least some meetings essential to approving new grants by the National Institutes of Health will be back on track later this month. scim.ag/41FbfEg
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NIH announces some key grant-review meetings will restart in late March
Trump policy blocking required notices has frozen reviews of thousands of grants
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Structural Biology @actacrystd.iucr.org · 04/03/2025
AlphaFold has achieved significant success in protein prediction, even winning a Nobel Prize. AlphaFold3 now includes predictions for different molecules. What are the current limitations in predicting RNA structure? #3DRNAStructure #AlphaFold3 doi.org/10.1107/S205...
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