• Puthenveetil, R., Auger, S.A., Gomez-Navarro, N., Rana, M.S., Das, R., Healy, L.B.(postbac author), Suazo, K.F., Shi, Z., Swenson, R.E., Distefano, M.D. and Banerjee, A. “Orthogonal Enzyme-Substrate Design Strategy for Discovery of Human Protein Palmitoyltransferase Substrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2023 Sep 29, online ahead of print
• Raina, R. and Banerjee, A. “Architects of the membrane: structures of eukaryotic choline phosphotransferase 1 and choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase 1” Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2023 Sep;30(9):1247-1250
• Puthenveetil, R., Gomez-Navarro, N. and Banerjee, A. “Access and utilization of long chain fatty acyl-CoA by zDHHC protein acyltransferases” Curr. Opin. Str. Biol. 2022 Dec:77:102463.
• Banerjee, A. and Palacin, M. “Understanding membrane and membrane proteins: Where do we go now?” Curr. Opin. Str. Biol. 2022 Dec:77:102471
• Murphy, R.E and Banerjee, A. “In vitro reconstitution of substrate S-acylation by the zDHHC family of protein acyltransferases” Open Biology 2022 Apr; 12(4):210390
• Lee, C.J.*; Stix; R.*(postbac author); Rana, M.S.; Shikwana, F.(postbac author); Murphy, R.E.; Ghirlando, R.; Faraldo-Gómez, J.D.+ and Banerjee, A.+ “Bivalent recognition of fatty acyl-CoA by a human integral membrane palmitoyltransferase.” PNAS., 2022 Feb 15;119(7):e2022050119.
• Vilmen, G.; Banerjee, A. and Freed, E.O. “Rafting through the palms: S-acylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces lipid reorganization.” Dev Cell. 2021 Oct 25;56(20):2787-2789.
• Puthenveetil, R.; Lun, C.M.;Murphy, R.E.; Healy, L.B. (postbac author) ; Vilmen, G.; Christenson, E.T.; Freed, E.O.; and Banerjee, A. “S-acylation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Mechanistic Dissection, In Vitro Reconstitution and Role in Viral Infectivity.” J. Biol. Chem., 2021 Oct;297(4):101112
• Vindu, A.; Shin, B.S.; Choi, K. (postbac author); Christenson, E.T.; Ivanov, I.P.; Cao, C.; Banerjee, A. and Dever, T.* “Translational autoregulation of the S. cerevisiae high-affinity polyamine transporter Hol1.” Mol. Cell., 2021, Jul30:S1097-2765(21)00589-X. Online ahead of print.
• Guardia, C.M.*; Christenson, E.T. *; Zhou, W.; Tan, X. ; Lian, T.; Faraldo-Gómez, J.D. +; Bonifacino, J.S.+; Jiang, J.+ and Banerjee, A.+ “The structure of human ATG9A and its interplay with the lipid bilayer..” Autophagy, 2020 Dec;16(12):2292.
• Guardia, C.M.*; Tan, X.*; Lian, T.*; Rana, M.S.*; Zhou, W.; Christenson, E.T.; Lowry, A.J. (postbac author); Faraldo-Gómez, J.D.; Bonifacino, J.S.+; Jiang, J.+ and Banerjee, A.+ “Structure of Human ATG9A, the Only Transmembrane Protein of the Core Autophagy Machinery.” Cell Reports, 2020 Jun 30;31(13):107837.
• Stix, R. (postbac author); Lee, C.; Faraldo-Gómez, J.D. and Banerjee, A. “Structure and Mechanism of DHHC Protein Acyltransferases.” J Mol Biol., 2020 Aug 21;432(18):4983
• Puthenveetil, R.; Lee, C. and Banerjee, A. “Production of Recombinant Transmembrane Proteins From Mammalian Cells for Biochemical and Structural Analyses.” Curr Protoc Cell Biol., 2020 Jun;87(1):e106.
• Stix, R. (postbac author); Song, J.; Banerjee, A.* and Faraldo-Gómez J.D.* “DHHC20 Palmitoyl-Transferase Reshapes the Membrane to Foster Catalysis.” Biophys. J., 2019, pii: S0006-3495(19)30908-7.
• Christenson, E.T.; Isaac, D.T.; Yoshida, K.; Lipo E.; Kim, J.S.; Ghirlando R.; Isberg, R. R. and Banerjee, A. “The iron-regulated vacuolar Legionella pneumophila MavN protein is a transition-metal transporter.” PNAS, 2019, 116, 17775-17785.
• Lee, C.; Mitra, M.S.; Bae, C.; Li, Y. and Banerjee, A. “In vitro reconstitution of Wnt acylation reveals structural determinants of substrate recognition by the acyltransferase human Porcupine .” J. Biol. Chem., 2019, 294, 231-245.
• Mitra, M.S.; Wang, X. (postbac author) and Banerjee, A. “An improved strategy for fluorescent tagging of membrane proteins for overexpression and purification in mammalian cells.” Biochemistry, 2018, 57, 6741-6751.
• Mitra, M.S.; Lee, C. and Banerjee, A. “The molecular mechanism of DHHC protein acyltransferases.” Biochem. Soc. Trans., 2018, 47, 157-167.
• Rana, M.S.*; Kumar, P.*; Lee, C.J.; Verardi,R.; Rajashankar,K.R. and Banerjee, A. “Fatty acyl recognition and transfer by an integral membrane S-acyltransferase.” Science, 2018, 359, eaao6326. (* denotes equal contribution)
• Christenson, E.T.; Gallegos, A.S.(postbac author) and Banerjee, A. “In vitro reconstitution, functional dissection and mutational analysis of metal ion transport by Mitoferrin-1. ” J. Biol. Chem., 2018, Epub ahead of print.
• Verardi, R.; Kim, J.S.; Ghirlando, R. and Banerjee, A. “Structural Basis for Substrate Recognition by the Ankyrin Repeat Domain of Human DHHC17 Palmitoyltransferase.” Structure, 2017, 25, 1337-1347.

Graduate and post doctoral research

• Banerjee, A.; Campbell, E.; MacKinnon, A. and MacKinnon, R. “Structural basis of K+ channel block by a toxin from scorpion venom. ” Elife, 2013, 2:e00594.
• Qi, Y.; Spong, M. C.; Banerjee, A. and Verdine, G. L. “Strandwise translocation of a DNA glycosylase along undamaged DNA during the search for lesions. ” PNAS, 2012, 109, 1086-1091.
• Lee, S.Y.*; Banerjee, A.* and MacKinnon, R. “Two separate interfaces between the voltage sensor and pore are required for the function of voltage-dependent K(+) channels. ” PLoS Biol., 2009, 7, e47. (* denotes equal contribution)
• Qi, Y.*; Spong, M. C.*; Nam, K.*; Banerjee, A.*; Jiralerspong, S.; Karplus, M. and Verdine, G. L. “Encounter, detection and extrusion of an intrahelical DNA lesion by a base-excision DNA repair enzyme. ” Nature, 2009, 462, 762-766. (* denotes equal contribution)
• Banerjee, A. and MacKinnon, R. “Inferred Motions of the S3a Helix during Voltage-Dependent K(+) Channel Gating. ” J. Mol. Biol., 2008, 381, 569-580.
• Radom, C.; Banerjee, A. and Verdine, G. L. “Structural characterization of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase variants bearing active site mutations. ” J. Biol. Chem., 2006, 282, 9182-9194.
• Banerjee, A. and Verdine, G. L. “A nucleobase lesion remodels the interaction of its normal neighbor in a DNA glycosylase complex. ” PNAS, 2006, 103,15020-15025.
• Blainey, P.C.; van Oijen.; A. M.; Banerjee, A.; Verdine, G. L and Xie, X. S. “A base-excision DNA-repair protein finds intrahelical lesion bases by fast sliding in contact with DNA. ” PNAS, 2006, 103,5752-5757.
• Banerjee, A.; Santos, W. L. and Verdine, G. L. “Structure of a DNA glycosylase searching for lesions. ” Science, 2006, 311, 1153-1157.
• Banerjee, A.; Yang, W.; Karplus, M. and Verdine , G. L. “Disulfide trapping of a repair enzyme interrogating undamaged DNA elucidates recognition of damaged DNA. ” Nature, 2005, 434, 612-618.
• Fromme, J. C.; Banerjee, A. and Verdine, G. L. “DNA glycosylase recognition and catalysis. ” Cur. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2004, 14, 43-49.
• Fromme, J. C.; Banerjee, A.; Huang, S. and Verdine, G. L. “Structural basis for removal of adenine mispaired with 8-oxoguanine by MutY adenine DNA glycosylase. ” Nature, 2004, 427, 652-656.
• Pal, D.; Mahapatra, P.; Manna, T.; Chakrabarti, P.; Bhattacharyya, B.; Banerjee, A.; Basu, G. and Roy S. “Conformational properties of alpha-tubulin tail peptide: implications for tail-body interaction. ” Biochemistry, 2001, 40, 15512-15519.

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