School of Medicine

Biochemistry

Protein S: function, regulation, and clinical perspectives. ; Majumder R, Nguyen T.Curr Opin Hematol. 2021 Jul 1. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000663. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34224431

Sengupta T, Majumder R, Majumder S. (2021) Role of vitamin D in treating COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: problems and perspectives.Mol Cell Biochem. 18:1-7 Pubmed PMID: 33604809 

Sengupta T, Koklic T, Lentz BR, Majumder R. (2021) Phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine regulate the structure and function of FVIIa and its interaction with soluble tissue factor. Biosci Rep. 41, BSR20204077 Pubmed PMID: 33479740 

Chakraborty S, Sengupta T, Majumder S and Majumder R. (2020) COVID-19: A Probable Role of the Anticoagulant, Protein S in Managing COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy. Aging,19,15954-15961 Pubmed PMID: 32826388 

Pilli VS, Datta A, Dorsey A, Liu, B and Majumder R. (2020) Modulation of Protein S and Growth Arrest Specific 6 Protein Signaling Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Cell Survival and Proliferation. Oncology Reports, 44,1322-1332 Pubmed PMID: 32945517 

Majumder R. (2020) Regulation of Venous Thrombosis by Platelet Protein S. Blood, 135,1922-1923 Pubmed PMID: 32463885 

Holly SP, Gera N, Wang P, Wilson A, Guan Z, Lin L, Cooley B, Alfar HR, Patil RG, Piatt R, Leisner TM, Bergmeier W, Majumder R, Parise LV. (2019) Ether lipid metabolism by AADACL1 regulates platelet function and thrombosis. Blood Adv. 3, 3818-3828 PubMed PMID: 31770438

Fricke DR, Chatterjee S, Majumder R. (2019) Protein S in preventing thrombosis. Aging. 11, 847-848 PubMed PMID: 30683834 

Pilli VS, Datta A, Sadaf A, Catalano D, Szabo G., Majumder, R. (2018) Hypoxia downregulates protein S expression*. Blood. 132, 452-455 *- featured article on cover and contains a commentary, 132, 348-349 PubMed PMID: 29784640 

Plautz WE, Chattopadhyay R, Goldfeld EI, Samelson-Jones BJ, Pilli VS, Campello E, Datta A, Arruda VR, Simioni P., Majumder R. (2018) Padua FIXa resistance to Protein S and a potential therapy for hyperactive FIXa. Thromb Res.170, 133-141 PubMed PMID: 30189336 

Phosphatidylserine and Phosphatidylethanolamine Regulate the Structure and Function of FVIIa and Its Interaction with Soluble Tissue Factor Tanusree Sengupta, Tilen Koklic, Barry R Lentz and Rinku Majumder, Bioscience Reports (in press)  DOI: 10.1042/BSR20204077

Pilli VS, Majumder R. The Regulation of Recombinant Protein S Secretion by Extracellular Factors (2017) Current Chemical Biology Vol. 11

Anticoagulant Protein S Targets the Factor IXa Heparin-Binding Exosite to Prevent Thrombosis. William E. Plautz, Vijaya Satish Sekhar Pilli, Brian C. Cooley, Rima Chattopadhyay, Pamela R. Westmark, Todd Getz, David Paul, Wolfgang Bergmeier, John P. Sheehan, Rinku Majumder 

URL: /biochemistry/docs/ATVBAHA.117.310588.full (1).pdf

Pilli VS, Plautz W, Majumder R. The Journey of Protein S from an Anticoagulant to a Signaling Molecule. (2016) JSM Biochem Mol Biol 3 (1): 1014

Choudhury S, Plautz WE, Zacarias C, Majumder R. Mini-Review on "A Novel One-Step Purification of Mouse Factor IX." J Rare Dis Res Treat. 2016; 1(2):8-10. No abstract available. PMID 27819071

A novel one-step purification of mouse factor IX. Pilli VS, Plautz WE, Monroe DM 3rd, Majumder R. Thromb Res. 2016 Mar;139:125-6. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.01.013. Epub 2016 Jan 26. No abstract available.

Tilen Koklic, Rima Chattopadhyay Rinku Majumder, Barry R Lentz. Factor Xa dimerization competes with prothrombinase complex formation on platelet-like membrane surfaces. Biochem J. 2015, 467(1):37-46.

Rinku Majumder*, Tanusree Sengupta, Daud Cole, Rima Chattopadhyay, Barry R. Lentz, Dougald Monroe & Subir Biswas: Regulation of Clotting FIXa by Phosphatidylserine, Plos One , 2014, 9(6): e100006.

Tilen Koklic § , Rinku Majumder §  & Barry R. Lentz : Ca2+ Switches the Effect of PS-containing Membranes on Factor Xa from Activating to Inhibiting in the Range of Plasma Ca2+Concentration. Biochemical Journal, 2014, 462 (3): 591-601.  (§- both authors contributed equally)

Kinshuk Raj Srivasatava, Rinku Majumder , William H. Kane, Mary Ann Quinn-Allen, and Barry   R. Lentz : Phosphatidylserine and FVa Regulate FXa Structure. Biochemical Journal, 2014, 459(1): 229-239(Selected as a Podcast)

Rinku Majumder, Tilen koklic, Alireza Rezaie & Barry R. Lentz: Phosphatidylserine-induced  Factor Xa Dimerization and Binding to Factor Va are Competing Processes in Solution. Biochemistry. 2013 , 52(1):143-51 (Selected as a highlighted paper in Biochemistry web page)

Rima Chattopadhyay, Tanusree Sengupta and  Rinku Majumder* : Inhibition of Intrinsic Xase by  Protein  S - a novel regulatory role of Protein S independent of Activated Protein C, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2012, 32(10) : 2387-2393. (Selected   as a cover page figure) (*- Corresponding Author)

Rinku Majumder*, Xiaoe Liang, Mary Ann Quinn-Allen, William H. Kane* and Barry R. Lentz*  Modulation of prothrombinase assembly and activity by phosphatidylethanolamine,J. Biol.  Chem. 2011, 286: 35535-3554.

Tilen Koklic§, Rinku Majumder§, Gabriel E. Weinreb, and Barry R. Lentz. Factor Xa Binding to Phosphatidylserine-Containing Membranes Produces an Inactive Membrane-Bound Dimer, Biophysical Journal, 2009, 97(8), 2232-2241. (§- First two authors contributed equally).

Rima Chattopadhyay, Shalmali Sen, Roxana Iacob, Rinku Majumder, Kenneth B. Tomer and Barry R. Lentz. Functional and Structural Characterization of Factor Xa Dimer in Solution, Biophysical Journal, 2008, 96(3): 974 - 986.

Rinku Majumder, Mary Ann Quinn-Allen, William H. Kane & Barry R. Lentz. A Phosphatidylserine Binding Site in Factor Va C1 Domain Regulates both Assembly and Activity of the Prothrombinase Complex , Blood, 2008,112 (7): 2795-2802.

Rinku Majumder, G. E. Weinreb and Barry. R. Lentz. Efficient thrombin generation requires molecular phosphatidylserine, not a membrane surface. Biochemistry, 2005, 44(51):16998-7006.

Rinku Majumder, Mary Ann Quinn-Allen, William H. Kane and Barry R.Lentz. The phosphatidylserine binding site of the factor Va C2 domain accounts for membrane binding but does not contribute to the assembly or activity of a human factor Xa-factor Va complex. Biochemistry, 2005, 44(2):711-718.

 Rinku Majumder, Jiangfang Wang and Barry R.Lentz: Functional and structural consequences of water-soluble phosphatidylserine binding to bovine factor Xa. Biophysical Journal, 2003, 84 (2), 1238-1251.

G.E.Weinreb§, K. Mukhopadhyay§, Rinku Majumder§, and B.R. Lentz. The Cooperative Roles of Membranes and Factor Va in the Membrane-Bound Prothrombinase Complex. J. Biol. Chem., 2003, 278(8): 5679-84. (§-  authors contributed equally to this work).

Rinku Majumder, Gabriel Weinreb, Xin Zhai & Barry R.Lentz. Soluble Phosphatidylserine Triggers Assembly in Solution of a Prothrombin Activating Complex in the Absence of a Membrane Surface.  J Biol Chem. 2002, 277(33), 29765-73.

 Arvind Srivastava , JianfangWang,  Rinku Majumder , Aliraza Rezaie, J Stenflo, Charles Esmon,  Barry R Lentz. Localization of phosphatidylserine binding sites to structural domains of factor Xa. J Biol Chem. 2002; 277(3):1855-63.

Mou Banerjee§, Rinku Majumder§ , Gabriel Weinreb§ and Barry R. Lentz: Role of procoagulant lipids in human prothrombin activation. 2: Soluble phosphatidyl serine up regulates and directs factor Xa to appropriate peptide bonds in prothrombin. Biochemistry, 2002, 41(3): 950-957. (§- authors contributed equally to this work).

Jogin Wu, C Zhou, Rinku Majumder , DD Powers, Gabriel Weinreb, Barry R Lentz: Role of procoagulant lipids in human prothrombin activation. 1. Prothrombin activation by factor X(a) in the absence of factor V(a) and in the absence and presence of membranes. Biochemistry, 2002, 41(3):935-49.

Rinku Ghosh (Majumder), S Biswas &  S Roy: An apyrase from Mimosa pudica contains N5,N10-methenyl tetrahydrofolate and is stimulated by light. Eur. J. Biochem. 1998; 258(3):1009-13.

Rinku Ghosh (Majumder), PC Sen & S Biswas: Mimosa pudica apyrase requires polysaccharide and Ca2+ for the activity. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 1998, 187(1-2):47-55.

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