Mrs Rajini Brammananth - Researcher Profile

Biography

Rajini works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Assistant.

Qualifications

SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2001

Publications

Journal Articles

Pelosi, A., Smith, D.J., Brammananth, R., Topolska, A.E., Billman-Jacobe, H., Nagley, P., Crellin, P.K., Coppel, R.L., 2012, Identification of a novel gene product that promotes survival of mycobacterium smegmatis in macrophages, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 2 (e31788), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-11.

Zhang, J., Czabotar, P.E., Policheni, A.N., Caminschi, I., Wan, S., Kitsoulis, S., Tullett, K.M., Robin, A.Y., Brammananth, R., van Delft, M.F., Lu, J., O'Reilly, L.A., Josefsson, E.C., Kile, B.T., Chin, W., Mintern, J.D., Olshina, M.A., Wong, W., Baum, J., Wright, M.D., Huang, D.C., Mohandas, N., Coppel, R.L., Colman, P.M., Nicola, N.A., Shortman, K., Lahoud, M.H., 2012, The dendritic cell receptor Clec9A binds damaged cells via exposed actin filaments, Immunity [P], vol 36, issue 4, Cell Press, USA, pp. 646-657.

Rainczuk, A.K., Yamaryo-Botte, Y., Brammananth, R., Stinear, T.P., Seemann, T., Coppel, R.L., McConville, M.J., Crellin, P.K., 2012, The lipoprotein LpqW is essential for the mannosylation of periplasmic glycolipids in Corynebacteria, Journal Of Biological Chemistry [P], vol 287, issue 51, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc., USA, pp. 42726-42738.

Crellin, P.K., Brammananth, R., Coppel, R.L., 2011, Decaprenylphosphoryl-beta-D-ribose 2'-epimerase, the target of benzothiazinones and dinitrobenzamides, is an essential enzyme in Mycobacterium smegmatis, PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 2 (Art. No: e16869), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-8.

Scoble, J.A., McAlister, A.D., Fulton, Z.J., Troy, S.T., Byres, E., Vivian, J., Brammananth, R., Wilce, M.C.J., Le Nours, J., Zaker-Tabrizi, L., Coppel, R.L., Crellin, P., Rossjohn, J., Beddoe, T.C., 2010, Crystal structure and comparative functional analyses of a Mycobacterium aldo-keto reductase, Journal of Molecular Biology [P], vol 398, issue 1, Academic Press, UK, pp. 26-39.

Crellin, P., Vivian, J., Scoble, J.A., Chow, F.M., West, N.P., Brammananth, R., Proellocks, N.I., Shahine, A.E., Le Nours, J., Wilce, M.C., Britton, W.J., Coppel, R.L., Rossjohn, J., Beddoe, T.C., 2010, Tetrahydrolipstatin inhibition, functional analyses, and three-dimensional structure of a lipase essential for mycobacterial viability, Journal Of Biological Chemistry [P], vol 285, issue 39, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc., USA, pp. 30050-30060.

Fulton, Z.J., McAlister, A.D., Wilce, M.C., Brammananth, R., Zaker-Tabrizi, L., Perugini, M.A., Bottomley, S.P., Coppel, R.L., Crellin, P., Rossjohn, J., Beddoe, T.C., 2008, Crystal structure of a UDP-glucose-specific glycosyltransferase from a Mycobacterium species, Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol 283, issue 41, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc., United States, pp. 27881-27890.

Fulton, Z.J., Crellin, P., Brammananth, R., Zaker-Tabrizi, L., Coppel, R.L., Rossjohn, J., Beddoe, T.C., 2008, Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of a putative glycosyltransferase of the GT-A fold found in mycobacteria, Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Online, vol 64, issue Pt 5, Wiley-Blackwell Munksgaard, Denmark, pp. 428-431.

Crellin, P., Kovacevic, S., Martin, K.L., Brammananth, R., Morita, Y.S., Billman-Jacobe, H., McConville, M.J., Coppel, R.L., 2008, Mutations in pimE restore lipoarabinomannan synthesis and growth in a Mycobacterium smegmatis lpqW mutant, Journal of Bacteriology, vol 190, issue 10, American Society for Microbiology, USA, pp. 3690-3699.

Marland, Z., Beddoe, T.C., Zaker-Tabrizi, L., Lucet, I., Brammananth, R., Whisstock, J.C., Wilce, M.C.J., Coppel, R.L., Crellin, P.K., Rossjohn, J., 2006, Hijacking of a substrate-binding protein scaffold for use in mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis, Journal of Molecular Biology, vol 359, issue 4, Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd, London UK, pp. 983-997.