Rakhi Paul

Dr. Rakhi Paul

M.Sc.,Ph.D.
Department Physics
Designation Assistant Professor in West Bengal Education Service
Qualification M.Sc. in Physics, Calcutta University
Ph.D, HNBI(Homi Bhaba National Institute)
Specialization Protein Crystallography
Email rakhi.paul@gmail.com

Teaching Experience

  • 4 years

Colleges served

  • Bethune college (2015 - till date)

Research

  • Interested in the field of structural biology, especially in protein crystallography. Experienced in Work with crystal structures of enzymes and its structure-function relationships.


Publications

  • Paul R, Chatterjee S, Nath S, & Sen U. "Large-scale conformational changes and redistribution of surface negative charge upon sugar binding dictate the fidelity of phosphorylation in Vibrio cholerae fructokinase". Nature Scientific Reports. 8.10.1038/ s41598-018-35236-3 (2018).
  • Paul R, Patra MD, Sen U. Crystal Structure of Apo and Ligand Bound Vibrio cholerae Ribokinase (Vc-RK): Role of Monovalent Cation Induced Activation and Structural Flexibility in Sugar Phosphorylation. Adv Exp Med Biol.2015; 842:293-307.
  • Paul R, Dandopath Patra M, Banerjee R, Sen U. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a ribokinase from Vibrio cholerae O395. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Aug; 70 (Pt 8):1098-102.
  • Paul R, Nath S, Sen U. Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a fructokinase from Vibrio cholerae O395. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2012 Dec 1;68(Pt 12):1564-7.