All Publications

T. Subudhi, N. Behera, and R. K. Behera,"The iron-thiol-oxygen nexus for iron flux from bare and ferritin-caged mineral and safeguarding DNA: impact of thiol structure and protein coat", Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol.14, no.4, pp.1352-1370, RSC 2026, View Details       Article

B. Subhadarshanee, M. K. Jagdev, G. Bhattacharyya, A. Parida, A. Mohanty, D. Vasudevan, and R. K. Behera,"Gradual modification of ferritin 4-fold pore promotes cage instability, Fe2+ exit, and iron-induced protein precipitation", Biochemistry, ACS 2026, View Details       Article

A. Parida, G. Bhattacharyya, S. Mallik, and R. K. Behera,"Rational pore engineering reveals the relative contribution of enzymatic sites and self-assembly towards rapid ferroxidase activity and mineralization: impact of electrostatic guiding and cage-confinement in bacterioferritin", Chemical Science, RSC 2025, 10.1039/D4SC07021F       Article

N. Behera, G. Bhattacharyya, and R. K. Behera,"In vitro iron release from intact ferritin protein nanocages: impact of physiological reducing agents and the ascorbate-quinone redox couple", Chemistry – An Asian Journal, vol.20, no.24, pp.e00803, Wiley 2025, View Details       Article

R. K. Raut, G. Bhattacharyya, S. Mallik, and R. K. Behera,"Improving the gastric resilience of ferritin nanocages by fabrication with gelatin for the development of oral iron supplements", ChemBioChem, vol.26, no.22, pp.e202500620, Wiley, November 2025, 10.1002/cbic.202500620       Article

N. Behera, G. Bhattacharyya, S. Behera, and R. K. Behera,"Iron Mobilization from Intact Ferritin: Effect of Differential Redox Activity of Quinone Derivatives with NADH/O2 and In Situ Generated ROS.", Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Springer Nature 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-024-02058-w       Article

R. K. Raut, G. Bhattacharyya, and R. K. Behera,"Gastric stability of bare and chitosan-fabricated ferritin and its bio-mineral: implication for potential dietary iron supplements", Dalton Transactions, vol.53, no.33, pp.13815-13830, RSC, July 2024, 10.1039/D4DT01839G       Article

A. Parida, A. Mohanty, R. K. Raut, I. Padhy, and R. K. Behera,"Modification of 4-fold and B-pores in bacterioferritin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals their role in Fe2+ entry and oxidoreductase activity.", Inorganic Chemistry, vol.62, no.1, pp.178-191, ACS, January 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03156       Article

A. Parida and R. K. Behera,"Iron Accumulation in Ferritin.", Protein Cages, ch.7, vol.2671, pp.121-134, Springer Nature, methods in molecular biology, June 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3222-2_7       Inbook

A. Mohanty, A. Parida, R. K. Raut, and R. K. Behera,"Ferritin: A Promising Nanoreactor & Nanocarrier for Bio-nanotechnology.", ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, vol.2, no.3, pp.258-281, ACS 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.2c00003       Article