Ramanujan Fellow
(Scientist)




Publications

1. Bhat, Y.A., Bhat, J. Y., Sheik, A.S., Dar, M. A. Amin, S., Peterson, C. L., Udgaonkar, J.B., & Wani A. H. Dynamic conformations of chromatin remodeler ISWI during nucleosome sliding revealed by hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry. Biochemistry, 2025, doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.5c00330

 

2. Fouziya, S.1†, Krietenstein, N.2†, Mir, U. S.,3† Mieczkowski, J.4, Khan, M. A1, Baba, A.1, Dar, M. A.1, Altaf, M.3 & Wani A. H.1* Genome wide nucleosome landscape shapes 3D chromatin organization. Science Advances 2024  www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn2955 

 

3. Younus A Bhat, Javaid Y Bhat,Shajrul Amin, Jayant B Udgaonkar & Wani A. H.* HDX-MS reveals conformational dynamics of chromatin remodeler ISWI in resting state and during nucleosome sliding (biorxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.30.549839

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.30.549839v1.full 

 

4. Amin, A., Kadam, S, Mieczkowski, J., Ahmad, I., Bhat, Y. A., Shah, F., Tolstorukov, M., Kingston, R. E., Padinhateeri, R. & Wani A. H.*  Disruption of Polyhomeotic polymerization decreases nucleosome occupancy and alters genome accessibility Life-Science Alliance 2023 Vol.6, e202201768

  www.life-science-alliance.org/content/6/5/e202201768/tab-figures-data 

 

5Michieletto, D., Marrenduzzo, D. & Wani A. H.* Chromosome-wide simulations uncover folding pathway and 3D organization of interphase chromosome (Bioarchives) arxiv.org/abs/1604.03041 



6. Shah, F. R.,  Bhat, Y. A. & Wani, A. H.* Subnuclear distribution of proteins: Links with genome architecture. Nucleus, 2018 Jan 1;9(1):42-55. doi: 10.1080/19491034.2017 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19491034.2017.1361578#abstract 

 

7. Wani, A. H., Boettiger, A. N., Shorderet, P., Ergun, A., Munger, C., Saderyev, R. I., Zhuang, X., Kingston, R. E. & Francis, N. J. * Chromatin topology is coupled to Polycomb Group protein subnuclear organization. Nature Commu., 2016 7:10291doi: 10.1038/ncomms10291.

www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10291 

 

8. Follmer. N. E., Wani, A. H., & Francis, N. J. *. Polycomb group proteins remain bound at specific sites during mitosis. PloS Genetics2012, 8,12: e1003135.

journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1003135 

 

9. Wani, A. H. and Udgaonkar, J. B.* Mass spectrometry studies of protein folding. Current Science, 2012, 102, 2, 245-265.

www.jstor.org/stable/24083851  

 

10. Wani, A. H. and Udgaonkar, J. B. *  Native state dynamics drive the unfolding of the SH3 domain of PI3 kinase at high denaturant concentration. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009, 106, 49: 20711-20716.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0908617106 

 

11. Wani, A. H. and Udgaonkar, J. B. *  Revealing a concealed intermediate that forms after the rate-limiting step of refolding of the SH3 domain of PI3 kinase. Journal of Molecular Biology, 2009, 387, 2: 348-362.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19356591/ 

 

 

12. Wani, A. H. and Udgaonkar, J. B. *  HX-ESI-MS and optical studies of the unfolding of thioredoxin indicate stabilization of a partially unfolded, aggregation-competent intermediate at low pH. Biochemistry, 2006,45, 37, 11226-11238

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi060647h 

 

13. Modi, S., Wani, A. H.  & Krishnan Y. * The PNA-DNA hybrid I-motif: implications for sugar-sugar contacts in i-motif tetramerization. Nucleic acids research, 2006, 34, 16, 4354-4363.

academic.oup.com/nar/article/34/16/4354/3111896