Updated March 2008

Zhang YQ and Rao R. (2008) A spoke in the wheel: Calcium spikes disrupt yeast cell cycle. Cell Cycle 7(7): 870-3. [PDF] Pubmed

Faddy HM, Smart CE, Xu R, Lee GY, Kenny PA, Feng M, Rao R, Brown MA, Bissell MJ, Roberts-Thomson SJ, Monteith GR. (2008) Localization of plasma membrane and secretory calcium pumps in the mammary gland. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 369(3): 977-87. [PDF] Pubmed

Muend S and Rao R. (2008) Fungicidal activity of amiodarone is tightly coupled to calcium influx. FEMS Yeast Res 8(3): 425-31. [PDF] Pubmed

Xiang M, Feng M, Muend S, and Rao R. (2007) A human Na+/H+ antiporter sharing evolutionary origins with bacterial NhaA may be a candidate gene for essential hypertension. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(47): 18677-81. [PDF] Pubmed

Zhang YQ and Rao R. (2007) Global disruption of cell cycle progression and nutrient response by the antifungal agent amiodarone. J Biol Chem 282(52): 37844-53. [PDF] Pubmed

Yadav J, Muend S, Zhang Y, and Rao R. (2007) A phenomics approach in yeast links proton and calcium pump function in the Golgi. Mol Biol Cell 18(4): 1480-9. [PDF] [Supplemental Data] Pubmed

Hill JK, Brett CL, Chyou A, Kallay LM, Sakaguchi M, Rao R, and Gillespie PG. (2006) Vestibular hair bundles control pH with (Na+, K+)/H+ exchangers NHE6 and NHE9. J Neurosci 26(39): 9944-55. [PDF] Pubmed

Mukherjee S, Kallay L, Brett CL, Rao R. (2006) Mutational analysis of the intramembranous H10 loop of yeast Nhx1 reveals a critical role in ion homeostasis and vesicle trafficking. Biochem J 398(1): 97-105. [PDF] Pubmed

Brett CL, Donowitz M, and Rao R. (2006) Does the proteome encode organellar pH? FEBS Lett 580(3): 717-9. [PDF] PubMed

Xiang M, Mohamalawari D, and Rao R. (2005) A novel isoform of the secretory pathway Ca2+, Mn2+-ATPase, hSPCA2, has unusual properties and is expressed in brain. J Biol Chem 280(12): 11608-14. [PDF] PubMed

Brett CL, Tukaye DN, Mukherjee S, and Rao R. (2005) The yeast endosomal Na+(K+)/H+ exchanger Nhx1 regulates cellular pH to control vesicle trafficking. Mol Biol Cell 16(3): 1396-405. [PDF] PubMed

Brett CL, Donowitz M, and Rao R. (2005) The evolutionary origins of eukaryotic sodium/proton exchangers. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 288(2): C223-39. [Supplementary Info: Table 1S.html Fig 1S.png (136k) Fig 2S.png (544k) Fig 3S.png (340k) Fig 4S.png (660k)] [PDF] PubMed

Rao R, and Inesi G. (2004) Inherited Disorders of Calcium ATPases: Role in Health and Disease. Membrane Transport Diseases: Molecular basis of inherited transport defects. (S. Broer and C.A. Wagner, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers).

Ton V-K, and Rao R. (2004) Expression of Hailey-Hailey Disease mutations in yeast. J Invest Dermatol 123(6): 1192-4. [PDF] PubMed

Ton V-K, and Rao R. (2004) Functional expression of heterologous proteins in yeast. Insights into calcium signaling and calcium transporting ATPases. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 287(3): C580-9. [PDF] PubMed

Ali R, Brett CL, Mukherjee S, and Rao R. (2004) Inhibition of sodium/proton exchange by a Rab-GTPase activating protein regulates endosomal traffic in yeast. J Biol Chem 279: 4498-4506. [PDF] PubMed

Mandal D, Rulli S, and Rao R. (2003) Packing interactions between transmembrane helices alter ion selectivity of the yeast Golgi Ca2+/Mn2+-ATPase Pmr1. J Biol Chem 278: 35292-35298. [PDF] PubMed

Gupta SS, Ton V-K, Beaudry V, Rulli S, Cunningham KW, and Rao R. (2003) Antifungal activity of amiodarone is mediated by disruption of calcium homeostasis. J Biol Chem 278: 28831-28839. [PDF] PubMed

Cronin SR, Rao R, and Hampton RY. (2002) Cod1p/Spf1p is a P-type ATPase involved in ER function and Ca2+ homeostasis. J Cell Biol 157, 1017-1028. [PDF] PubMed

Brett CL, Wei Y, Donowitz M, and Rao R. (2002) Human Na+/H+ exchanger NHE6 is found in the recycling endosomes of cells, not mitochondria. Am J Phys Cell Physiol 282(5): C1031-41. [PDF] PubMed

Ton VK, Mandal D, Vahadji C, and Rao R. (2002) Functional Expression in Yeast of the Human Secretory Pathway Ca2+, Mn2+-ATPase Defective in Hailey-Hailey Disease. J Biol Chem 277(8): 6422-6427. [PDF] PubMed

Wells KM, and Rao R. (2001) The yeast Na+/H+ exchanger Nhx1 is an N-linked glycoprotein. Topological implications. J Biol Chem 276: 3401-3407. [PDF] PubMed

Mandal D, Woolf TB, and Rao R. (2000)  Manganese selectivity of the yeast secretory pathway ion pump, Pmr1, is defined by residue Q783 in transmembrane segment 6. Residue D778 is essential for transport. J Biol Chem 275(31): 23933-8. [PDF] PubMed

Wei Y, Chen J, Rosas G, Tompkins DA, Holt PA, and Rao R. (2000) Phenotypic screening of mutations in Pmr1, the yeast secretory pathway Ca2+/Mn2+-ATPase, reveals residues critical for ion selectivity and transport. J Biol Chem 275(31): 23927-32. [PDF] PubMed

Wei Y, Marchi V, Wang R, and Rao R. (1999)  An N-terminal EF hand-like motif modulates ion transport by Pmr1, the yeast Golgi Ca2+/Mn2+-ATPase.  Biochemistry 38: 14534-14541. [PDF] PubMed

Nass R, and Rao R. (1999)  The yeast endosomal Na+/H+ Exchanger, Nhx1, confers osmotolerance following acute hypertonic shock.  Microbiology 145: 3221-3228. [PDF] PubMed

Marchi V, Sorin A, Wei Y, and Rao R. (1999)  Induction of vacuolar Ca2+-ATPase and H+/Ca2+ exchange activity in yeast mutants lacking Pmr1, the Golgi Ca2+-ATPase.  FEBS Lett 454: 181-186. [PDF] PubMed

Gaxiola RA, Rao R, Sherman A, Grisafi P, Alper S, and Fink GR. (1999)  The Arabidopsis thaliana proton transporters, AtNhx1 and Avp1, can function in cation detoxification in yeast.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 1480-1485. [PDF] PubMed

Nass R, and Rao R. (1998)  Novel localization of a Na+/H+ exchanger in a late endosomal compartment of yeast. Implications for vacuole biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 21054-21060. [PDF] PubMed

Nakamoto RK, Verjovski-Almeida S, Allen KE, Ambesi A, Rao R, and Slayman CW. (1998)   Substitutions of aspartate 378 in the phosphorylation domain of the yeast PMA1 H+-ATPase disrupt protein folding and biogenesis. J Biol Chem  273: 7338-7344.  [PDF] PubMed

Nass R, Cunningham KW, and Rao R. (1997)  Intracellular sequestration of sodium by a novel Na+/H+ exchanger in yeast is enhanced by mutations in the plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Insights into mechanisms of Na+ tolerance. J Biol Chem 272: 26145-26152. [PDF] PubMed

Sorin A, Rosas G, and Rao R. (1997)  PMR1, a Ca2+-ATPase in yeast Golgi, has properties distinct from sarco/endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane calcium pumps. J. Biol. Chem 272: 9895-9901.  [PDF] PubMed

Rao R, and Slayman CW. (1996)  The fungal P-ATPases: a functionally diverse family of cation pumps. The Mycota Vol. IV: 29-56 (R. Brambl and G.A. Marzluf, eds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin).