Journal Papers

1. C.F.Baca,^‡ P. Majumder,^‡,* J. H. Hickling, D. J. Patel, L. A. Marraffini*; A CARF-TIR effector forms filament networks to degrade NAD+ during type III CRISPR-Cas anti-viral response; Science, 388, 1177 (2025) (^‡co-first and *co-corresponding author)


2. C.F.Baca,^‡ P. Majumder,^‡ J. H. Hickling, L. Ye, S. F. Brady, D. J. Patel, L. A. Marraffini; CRISPR systems convert ATP to ITP by the Cad1 adenosine deaminase to provide antiviral immunity; Cell, 187, 7183-7195 (2024) (^‡co-first author)


3. C. F. Baca, Y. Yu, J. T. Rostøl, P. Majumder, D. J. Patel, L. A. Marraffini; The CRISPR effector Cam1 mediates membrane depolarization to provide phage defense during the Type III CRISPR-Cas immune response; Nature, 625, 797-804 (2024)


4. P. Majumder, S. Ahmed, P. Ahuja, A. Athreya, R. Ranjan, A. Penmatsa; Cryo-EM structure of antibacterial efflux transporter QacA from Staphylococcus aureus reveals a novel extracellular loop with allosteric role; The EMBO Journal, 42:e113418 (2023)


5. S. Dudey, P. Majumder, A. Penmatsa, A. A. Sardesai; Topological analyses of the L-lysine exporter LysO reveal a critical role for a conserved pair of intramembrane solvent-exposed acidic residue; Journal of Biological Chemistry, 297(4) 101168 (2021)


6. B. Khatri, P. Majumder, J. Nagesh, A. Penmatsa and J. Chatterjee; Increasing protein stability by engineering the n→ π∗ interaction at the β-turn; Chemical Science, 11, 9480-9487 (2020)


7. P. Majumder, S. Khare, A. Athreya, N. Hussain, A. Gulati and A. Penmatsa; Dissection of protonation sites for antibacterial recognition and transport in QacA, a multi-drug efflux transporter; Journal of Molecular Biology, 431, 2163-2179 (2019)


8. P. Majumder, A. K. Mallela and A. Penmatsa; Transporters Through the Looking Glass: An Insight into the Mechanisms of Ion-Coupled Transport and Methods That Help Reveal Them; Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 98, 283-300 (2018)