Dr Taufiq Rahman

University position
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Dr Taufiq Rahman is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students.
Departments
Research Themes
Interests
My research interests broadly lie in two categories - structure-function studies of intracellular calcium channels and rational design and development of selective modulators of signalling proteins including ion channels
Research Focus
Keywordscalcium signalling in silico screening rational drug design single channel recording |
Clinical conditionsNo direct clinical relevance |
Equipment
Computational modelling
Electrophysiological recording techniques
Fluorescence microscopy
Collaborators
Cambridge | United KingdomSandip Patel Web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdb/res... |
Publications
2013
Churamani D, Hooper R, Rahman T, Brailoiu E, Patel S (2013), “The N-terminal region of two-pore channel 1 regulates trafficking and activation by NAADP.” Biochem J Details
Li C, Enomoto M, Rossi AM, Seo MD, Rahman T, Stathopulos PB, Taylor CW, Ikura M, Ames JB (2013), “CaBP1, a neuronal Ca2+ sensor protein, inhibits inositol trisphosphate receptors by clamping intersubunit interactions.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(21):8507-12 Details
Saleem H, Tovey SC, Rahman T, Riley AM, Potter BV, Taylor CW (2013), “Stimulation of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate (IP(3)) Receptor Subtypes by Analogues of IP(3).” PLoS One 8(1):e54877 Details
Sun Y, Rossi AM, Rahman T, Taylor CW (2013), “Activation of IP3 receptors requires an endogenous 1-8-14 calmodulin-binding motif.” Biochem J 449(1):39-49 Details
2012
Rahman T (2012), “Dynamic clustering of IP3 receptors by IP3.” Biochem Soc Trans 40(2):325-30 Details
Rossi AM, Tovey SC, Rahman T, Prole DL, Taylor CW (2012), “Analysis of IP3 receptors in and out of cells.” Biochim Biophys Acta 1820(8):1214-27 Details
2011
Musa MA, Cooperwood JS, Khan MO, Rahman T (2011), “In-vitro antiproliferative activity of benzopyranone derivatives in comparison with standard chemotherapeutic drugs.” Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 344(2):102-10 Details
Patel S, Ramakrishnan L, Rahman T, Hamdoun A, Marchant JS, Taylor CW, Brailoiu E (2011), “The endo-lysosomal system as an NAADP-sensitive acidic Ca(2+) store: role for the two-pore channels.” Cell Calcium 50(2):157-67 Details
2010
Brailoiu E, Rahman T, Churamani D, Prole DL, Brailoiu GC, Hooper R, Taylor CW, Patel S (2010), “An NAADP-gated two-pore channel targeted to the plasma membrane uncouples triggering from amplifying Ca2+ signals.” J Biol Chem 285(49):38511-6 Details
Ding Z, Rossi AM, Riley AM, Rahman T, Potter BV, Taylor CW (2010), “Binding of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and adenophostin A to the N-terminal region of the IP3 receptor: thermodynamic analysis using fluorescence polarization with a novel IP3 receptor ligand.” Mol Pharmacol 77(6):995-1004 Details
Rahman T, Rahmatullah M (2010), “Proposed structural basis of interaction of piperine and related compounds with monoamine oxidases.” Bioorg Med Chem Lett 20(2):537-40 Details
Rahman T, Taylor CW (2010), “Nuclear patch-clamp recording from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors.” Methods Cell Biol 99:199-224 Details
Tovey SC, Dedos SG, Rahman T, Taylor EJ, Pantazaka E, Taylor CW (2010), “Regulation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors by cAMP independent of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.” J Biol Chem 285(17):12979-89 Details
2009
Rahman T, Taylor CW (2009), “Dynamic regulation of IP3 receptor clustering and activity by IP3.” Channels (Austin) 3(4):226-32 Details
Rossi AM, Riley AM, Tovey SC, Rahman T, Dellis O, Taylor EJ, Veresov VG, Potter BV, Taylor CW (2009), “Synthetic partial agonists reveal key steps in IP3 receptor activation.” Nat Chem Biol 5(9):631-9 Details
Taufiq-Ur-Rahman, Skupin A, Falcke M, Taylor CW (2009), “Clustering of InsP3 receptors by InsP3 retunes their regulation by InsP3 and Ca2+.” Nature 458(7238):655-9 Details
Taylor CW, Prole DL, Rahman T (2009), “Ca(2+) channels on the move.” Biochemistry 48(51):12062-80 Details
Taylor CW, Rahman T, Tovey SC, Dedos SG, Taylor EJ, Velamakanni S (2009), “IP3 receptors: some lessons from DT40 cells.” Immunol Rev 231(1):23-44 Details
Taylor CW, Taufiq-Ur-Rahman, Pantazaka E (2009), “Targeting and clustering of IP3 receptors: key determinants of spatially organized Ca2+ signals.” Chaos 19(3):037102 Details
2006
Dellis O, Dedos SG, Tovey SC, Taufiq-Ur-Rahman, Dubel SJ, Taylor CW (2006), “Ca2+ entry through plasma membrane IP3 receptors.” Science 313(5784):229-33 Details


