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Last published 2025
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Divya Sapkota

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Graduate Assistant

Also affiliated: Helen Keller International Nepal (2021)

Unknown Researcher

3 h-index 4 pubs 12 cited

  • Ribosomes
  • Humans
  • RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Anticodon
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Peptide Elongation Factor 1
  • RNA, Transfer

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Divya Sapkota's research investigates the molecular mechanisms of protein synthesis and its regulation, with a particular focus on the role of ribosomes and transfer RNAs. Sapkota has published work examining conformational changes in ribosomes during translation elongation, utilizing molecular dynamics simulations to resolve these processes. Further research has explored the structural dynamics of ribosomal proteins in the context of Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a congenital bone marrow failure syndrome. Collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Dylan Girodat and Anuradha Chowdhury, have resulted in shared publications in these areas. Sapkota's work also includes computational studies on the physical properties of molecules, such as the diffusion and solvation of sucrose.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 4
  • Citations: 12

Selected Publications

  • BPS2026 – Regulation of the KCNQ4 channel via the interplay between phosphorylation, calmodulin, and PIP2 (2026)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • BPS2026 – Diamond-blackfan anemia-associated mutations in ribosomal protein uL18 alter its N- and C-terminal structural dynamics (2026)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Human protein synthesis requires aminoacyl-tRNA pivoting during proofreading (2025)
    Nature Communications 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Human Protein Synthesis Requires aminoacyl-tRNA Pivoting During Proofreading (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • BPS2025 - Diamond-Blackfan anemia-associated mutations perturb uL5 helix stability and conformational ensemble (2025)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Conformational changes of ribosomes during translation elongation resolved by molecular dynamics simulations (2024)
    Current Opinion in Structural Biology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of Diamond-Blackfan anemia associated mutations on structural dynamics of ribosomal protein uL5 (2024)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

6 Collaborators 4 Institutions 2 Countries

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