Publications

Featured Publications (Selected first-author, *corresponding-author, and collaborative works)

A. Metals in Medicine (Photoactive Metal Therapeutics):

1. Banaspati, B.; Das, A.; Sultana, J. P.; Raza, M. K.;* Goswami, T. K.* Mn(III) porphyrins as photosensitizers: structural, photophysical and anticancer studies. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 11743-11756.

2. Musib, D.; Upadhyay, A.; Pal, M.; Raza, M. K.; Saha, I.; Kunwar, A.; Roy, M.* Red light-activable biotinylated copper(II) complex-functionalized gold nanocomposite (Biotin-Cu@AuNP) towards targeted photodynamic therapy. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2023, 243, 112183.

3. Musib, D.; Ramu, V.; Raza, M. K.; Upadhyay, A.; Pal, M.; Roy, M.* La(iii)-curcumin-functionalized gold nanocomposite as a red light-activatable mitochondria-targeting PDT agent†. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 686-701.

4. Bera, A.; Gautam, S.; Raza, M. K.; Pal, A.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* BODIPY-dipicolylamine complexes of platinum(II): X-ray structure, cellular imaging and organelles specific near-IR light type-II PDT. Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 3925-3936.

5. Manav, N.; Lone, M. Y.; Raza, M. K.; Chavda, J.; Moric, S.; Gupta, I.* Luminescent Iridium(III) Dipyrrinato Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray Structures, DFT and Photocytotoxicity Studies of Glycosylated Derivatives. Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 3849-3863 (Selected for Cover Page and as HOT Article).

6. Bera, A.; Gautam, S.; Raza, M. K.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Oxoplatin-B, a cisplatin-based platinum (IV) complex with photoactive BODIPY for mitochondria specific “chemoPDT” activity. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2021, 223, 111526.

7. Bhattacharyya, U.; Verma, B. K.; Saha, R.; Mukherjee, N.; Raza, M. K.; Sahoo, S.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Structurally Characterized BODIPY-Appended Oxidovanadium (IV) β-Diketonates for Mitochondria-Targeted Photocytotoxicity. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 4282-4292.

8. Pandey, V.; Raza, M. K.; Joshi, P.; Gupta, I.* Synthesis of water-soluble thioglycosylated trans-A₂B₂ porphyrins: cellular uptake and photodynamic efficiency. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 6309-6322.

9. Musib, D.; Pal, M.; Raza, M. K.;* Roy, M.* Photo-physical, Theoretical and Photo-cytotoxic Evaluation of a New Class of Lanthanide (III)-curcumin/diketone Complexes for PDT Application. Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 10786-10798.

10. Banaspati, A.; Raza, M. K.;* Goswami, T. K.* Ni(II) Curcumin Complexes for Cellular Imaging and Photo-triggered in vitro Anticancer Activity. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2020, 204, 112632.

11. Das, D.; Banaspati, A.; Das, A.; Bora, A.; Raza, M. K.;* Goswami, T. K.* Visible light-induced cytotoxicity studies on Co (ii) complexes having an anthracene-based curcuminoid ligand. Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 12933-12942.

12. Garai, A.; Gandhi, A.; Ramu, V.; Raza, M. K.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Photochemotherapy of Infrared Active BODIPY-Appended Iron (III) Catecholates for in vivo Tumor Growth Inhibition. ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 9333-9338.

13. Raza, M. K.; Gautam, S.; Howlader, P.; Bhattacharyya; A.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Pyriplatin-Boron-Dipyrromethene Conjugates for Imaging and Mitochondria-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 14374-14385.

14. Raza, M. K.; Gautam, S.; Garai, A.; Mitra, K.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Monofunctional BODIPY-Appended Imidazoplatin for Cellular Imaging and Mitochondria-Targeted Photocytotoxicity. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 11019-11029.

15. Raza, M. K.; Mitra, K.; Shettar, A.; Basu, U.; Kondaiah, P.;* Chakravarty, A. R.* Photoactive Platinum(II) β-Diketonates as Dual-Action Anticancer Agents. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 13234-13243.

B. Metals in Biology (Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Viral Diseases):

1. Maio N.;* Raza, M. K.; Li, Y.; Zhang, De-Liang.; Bollinger Jr, J. M.; Krebs, C.; Rouault, T. A.* An iron- sulfur cluster in the zinc-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 helicase modulates its RNA binding and unwinding activities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2023, 120, e2303860120.

(Highlighted in NIH News: Antiviral drug TEMPOL targets multiple SARS-CoV-2 proteins).

2. Salay+, L. E.; Blee+, A. M.; Raza+, M. K.; Gallagher, K. S.; Chen, H.; Dorfeuille, A. J.; Barton, J. K.;* Chazin, W. J.* Modification of the 4Fe-4S Cluster Charge Transport Pathway Alters RNA Synthesis by Yeast DNA Primase. Biochemistry, 2022, 61, 1113-1123 (+Equal first co-author).

Reviews/Perspective/Highlights:

1. Bashir, M.; Raza, M. K.;* Five-in-One Antibacterial Strategy: A Mn(I) Complex Lights Up the Fight Against Tuberculosis. ChemBioChem, 2025, e202500529.

2. Raza, M. K.;* Kumar, A. Vanadium Complexes for Mitochondria-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy. ChemBioChem, 2025, e20240090.

3. Raza, M. K.;* Jaychandran, V. R.; Bashir, S. Investigating Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Infectious Diseases: A Review of Characterization Techniques. Inorganics, 2024, 12, 25.

4. Bag, G.; Musib, D.; Raza, M. K.; Castonguay, A.; Roy, M. Recent Advances on the Photo-Chemotherapeutic Potential of Manganese Carbonyl Complexes. Polyhedron, 2024, 249, 116778.

5. Raza, M. K.;* Noor, A.; Samantray, P. K.* Ir(III) and Ru(II) Complexes in Photoredox Catalysis and Photodynamic Therapy: A New Paradigm Towards Anti-Cancer Applications. ChemBioChem, 2021, 22, 3270-3272.

Book Chapters:

1. Raza, M. K.;* Karges, J.* Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Viral Diseases. The Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, 2024, (DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2851).

Patent:

1. Chakravarty, A. R.; Raza, M. K.; Gandhi, A.; Kondaiah, P. Platinum-based boron dipyrromethene compound and method thereof. Indian Patent, IN378344440, Granted 2021 (WIPO).