Structural Biology of Macromolecules and Macromolecular complexes from India

Structural biology research groups located in India constitute the INDIA-BAG and will utilize MX, SAXS and CryoEM to study different biological macromolecules. Together, these groups address multiple pathways in animals, plants, bacteria and fungi. These studies will provide fundamental mechanistic insight regarding different processes critical for the survival and propagation of the relevant organism. Many groups in the BAG study proteins from pathogens to identify novel intervention points that can be the targeted with small molecule inhibitors to inhibit the growth of the corresponding infectious agents. There are more than 50 groups that are part of this BAG and the allocated beamtime will be available for over 500 young researchers. A brief description of all the research groups is provided in the global summary and a summary of the research contributions involving data collected at ESRF is provided in the last BAG report.