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Optical control of ultrafast structural dynamics in a fluorescent protein Christopher D. M. Hutchison, James Baxter, Ann Fitzpatrick, Gabriel Dorlhiac, Alisia Fadini, Samuel Perrett, Karim Maghlaoui, Salomé Bodet Lefèvre, Violeta Cordon-Preciado, Josie L. Ferreira, Volha U. Chukhutsina, Douglas Garratt, Jonathan Barnard, Gediminas Galinis, Flo Glencross, Rhodri M. Morgan, Sian Stockton, Ben Taylor, Letong Yuan, Matthew G. Romei, Chi-Yun Lin, Jon P. Marangos, Marius Schmidt, Viktoria Chatrchyan, Tiago Buckup, Dmitry Morozov, Jaehyun Park, Sehan Park, Intae Eom, Minseok Kim, Dogeun Jang, Hyeongi Choi, Hyojung Hyun, Gisu Park, Eriko Nango, Rie Tanaka, Shigeki Owada, Kensuke Tono, Daniel P. Deponte, Sergio Carbajo, Matt Seaberg, Andrew Aquila, Sebastien Boutet, Anton Barty, So Iwata, Steven G. Boxer, Gerrit Groenhof, Jasper J. Van Thor
Nature Chemistry, 4 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01275-1 Fluorescence polarisation activity-based protein profiling for the identification of deoxynojirimycin-type inhibitors selective for lysosomal retaining alpha- and beta-glucosidases Daniël Van Der Gracht, Rhianna J. Rowland, Véronique Roig-Zamboni, Maria J. Ferraz, Max Louwerse, Paul P. Geurink, Johannes M. F. G. Aerts, Gerlind Sulzenbacher, Gideon J. Davies, Herman S. Overkleeft, Marta Artola
Chemical Science, 21 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01021J Module walking using an SH3-like cell-wall-binding domain leads to a new GH184 family of muramidases Olga Moroz, Elena Blagova, Andrey A. Lebedev, Lars K. Skov, Roland A. Pache, Kirk M. Schnorr, Lars Kiemer, Esben P. Friis, Søren Nymand-Grarup, Li Ming, Liu Ye, Mikkel Klausen, Marianne T. Cohn, Esben G. W. Schmidt, Gideon J. Davies, Keith S. Wilson
Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 79 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1107/S2059798323005004 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access 5-substituted pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate derivatives have potential for selective inhibition of human jumonji-c domain-containing protein 5 Lennart Brewitz, Yu Nakashima, Sonia K. Piasecka, Eidarus Salah, Sally C. Fletcher, Anthony Tumber, Thomas P. Corner, Tristan J. Kennedy, Giorgia Fiorini, Armin Thalhammer, Kirsten E. Christensen, Mathew L. Coleman, Christopher J. Schofield
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Nature Communications, 14 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40817-6 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Stability engineering of ferulic acid decarboxylase unlocks enhanced aromatic acid decarboxylation George W. Roberts, Karl Fisher, Thomas Jowitt, David Leys
Current Research In Chemical Biology, 10 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.crchbi.2023.100043 Discovery, SAR study of GST inhibitors from a novel quinazolin-4(1H)-one focused DNA-encoded library Xin Wen, Minmin Zhang, Zhiqiang Duan, Yanrui Suo, Weiwei Lu, Rui Jin, Baiyang Mu, Kaige Li, Xu Zhang, Linghua Meng, Yu Hong, Xingyu Wang, Hangchen Hu, Jian Zhu, Weixiao Song, Aijun Shen, Xiaojie Lu
Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02129 Optimization of M3 antagonist–PDE4 Inhibitor (MAPI) dual pharmacology molecules for the treatment of COPD Andrea Rizzi, Gabriele Amari, Fausto Pivetti, Maurizio Delcanale, Francesco Amadei, Alice Pappani, Luca Fornasari, Gino Villetti, Gessica Marchini, Anna Rita Pisano, Vanessa Pitozzi, Maria Gloria Pittelli, Marcello Trevisani, Michela Salvadori, Valentina Cenacchi, Alessandro Fioni, Paola Puccini, Maurizio Civelli, Riccardo Patacchini, Charles Baker-Glenn, Hervé Van De Poël, Wesley Blackaby, Kevin Nash, Elisabetta Armani
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Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 79 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1107/S2059798323004473 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Design of heme enzymes with a tunable substrate binding pocket adjacent to an open metal coordination site Indrek Kalvet, Mary Ortmayer, Jingming Zhao, Rebecca Crawshaw, Nathan M. Ennist, Colin Levy, Anindya Roy, Anthony P. Green, David Baker
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Communications Chemistry, 6 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00953-y Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) open access Structural basis of bacterial glyeans biosynthesis and processing: impact in human health and disease Itxaso Anso
Jul 2023 Thesis I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography
Engineering of a reductive aminase to enable the synthesis of a key intermediate to a CDK 2/4/6 inhibitor Jeremy Steflik, Amelia Gilio, Michael Burns, Gideon Grogan, Rajesh Kumar, Russell Lewis, Carlos Martinez
Acs Catalysis, Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c01534 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography Targeting of multiple tumor-associated antigens by individual T cell receptors during successful cancer immunotherapy Garry Dolton, Cristina Rius, Aaron Wall, Barbara Szomolay, Valentina Bianchi, Sarah A. E. Galloway, Md Samiul Hasan, Théo Morin, Marine E. Caillaud, Hannah L. Thomas, Sarah Theaker, Li Rong Tan, Anna Fuller, Katie Topley, Mateusz Legut, Meriem Attaf, Jade R. Hopkins, Enas Behiry, Joanna Zabkiewicz, Caroline Alvares, Angharad Lloyd, Amber Rogers, Peter Henley, Christopher Fegan, Oliver Ottmann, Stephen Man, Michael D. Crowther, Marco Donia, Inge Marie Svane, David K. Cole, Paul E. Brown, Pierre Rizkallah, Andrew K. Sewell
Cell, 33 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.06.020 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Identification of structural determinants of nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (NAMPT) activity and substrate selectivity Dorothée Houry, Arne Raasakka, Eugenio Ferrario, Marc Niere, Ersilia Bifulco, Petri Kursula, Mathias Ziegler
Journal Of Structural Biology, 66 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108004 From tethered to freestanding stabilizers of 14‐3‐3 protein‐protein interactions via fragment linking Emira J. Visser, Priyadarshini Jaishankar, Eline Sijbesma, Marloes A. M. Pennings, Edmee M. F. Vandenboorn, Xavier Guillory, R. Jeffrey Neitz, John Morrow, Shubhankar Dutta, Adam R. Renslo, Luc Brunsveld, Michelle R. Arkin, Christian Ottmann
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308004 Regio‐ and stereoselective steroid hydroxylation by CYP109A2 from Bacillus megaterium explored by X‐ray crystallography and computational modeling Ilona K. Jóźwik, Elvira Bombino, Ammar Abdulmughni, Philip Hartz, Henriette J. Rozeboom, Hein J. Wijma, Reinhard Kappl, Dick B. Janssen, Rita Bernhardt, Andy-Mark W. H. Thunnissen
The Febs Journal, Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16906 N-acetylmuramic acid recognition by MurK kinase from the MurNAc auxotrophic oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia Aleksandra Cecylia Stasiak, Karolin Gogler, Marina Borisova, Phillipp Fink, Christoph Mayer, Thilo Stehle, Georg Zocher
Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 38 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105076 Contacts in the nervous system: Structural insights into contactin mediated neural adhesion & signaling Lucas M. P. Chataigner
Jul 2023 Thesis B21-High Throughput SAXS I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography
Integrative approaches in fragment-based drug discovery Harold Grosjean
Jul 2023 Thesis I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) open access
Systematic study of heteroarene stacking using a congeneric set of molecular glues for procaspase-6 Takaya Togo, Linh Tram, Laura G. Denton, Xochina Elhilali-Pollard, Jun Gu, Jinglei Jiang, Chenglei Liu, Yan Zhao, Yanlong Zhao, Yinzhe Zheng, Yunping Zheng, Jingjing Yang, Panpan Fan, Michelle R. Arkin, Harri Härmä, Deqian Sun, Stacie S. Canan, Steven E. Wheeler, Adam R. Renslo
Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, 66 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00590 Cysteine synthase: multiple structures of a key enzyme in cysteine synthesis and a potential drug target for Chagas disease and leishmaniasis Kate Sowerby, Stefanie Freitag-Pohl, Ana Milena Murillo, Ariel Mariano Silber, Ehmke Pohl
Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 79 June 2023 DOI: 10.1107/S2059798323003613 Structure of bovine CD46 ectodomain Hazel Aitkenhead, David I. Stuart, Kamel El Omari
Viruses, 15 June 2023 DOI: 10.3390/v15071424 Molecular basis for the reversible ADP-ribosylation of guanosine bases Marion Schuller, Roberto Raggiaschi, Petra Mikolcevic, Johannes G. M. Rack, Antonio Ariza, Yugeng Zhang, Raphael Ledermann, Christoph Tang, Andreja Mikoc, Ivan Ahel
Molecular Cell, 116 June 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.013 The structural basis of the talin-KANK1 interaction that coordinates the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons at focal adhesions Xingchen Li, Benjamin T. Goult, Christoph Ballestrem, Thomas Zacharchenko
Open Biology, 13 June 2023 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230058 Eyes on topical ocular disposition: the considered design of a lead Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that utilizes a unique azetidin-3-amino bridging scaffold to attenuate off-target kinase activity, while driving potency and aqueous solubility Heeren M. Gordhan, Steven T. Miller, Daphne C. Clancy, Maria Ina, Alan V. Mcdougal, D’quan K. Cutno, Robert V. Brown, Cynthia L. Lichorowic, Jill M. Sturdivant, Kyle A. Vick, Stuart S. Williams, Mitchell A. Delong, Jeffrey C. White, Casey C. Kopczynski, David A. Ellis
Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, June 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00519 Discovery and optimization of the first ATP competitive Type-III c-MET inhibitor Iacovos N. Michaelides, Gavin W. Collie, Ulf Börjesson, Christina Vasalou, Omar Alkhatib, Louise Barlind, Tony Cheung, Ian L. Dale, Kevin J. Embrey, Edward J. Hennessy, Puneet Khurana, Cheryl M. Koh, Michelle L. Lamb, Jianming Liu, Thomas A. Moss, Daniel J. O’neill, Christopher Phillips, Joseph Shaw, Arjan Snijder, R. Ian Storer, Christopher J. Stubbs, Fujin Han, Chengzhi Li, Jingchuan Qiao, Dong-Qing Sun, Jingwen Wang, Peng Wang, Wenzhen Yang
Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, June 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00401 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Development of plastic degrading enzymes for future industrial PET biorecycling Rosie Graham
June 2023 Thesis I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
Leveraging local perturbations to map allosteric networks of phosphatases Tamar Skaist Mehlmam
June 2023 Thesis I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography
Outer membrane utilisomes mediate glycan uptake in gut Bacteroidetes Joshua B. R. White, Augustinas Silale, Matthew Feasey, Tiaan Heunis, Yiling Zhu, Hong Zheng, Akshada Gajbhiye, Susan Firbank, Arnaud Basle, Matthias Trost, David N. Bolam, Bert Van Den Berg, Neil A. Ranson
Nature, 10 June 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06146-w Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography An anti-biofilm cyclic peptide targets a secreted aminopeptidase from P. aeruginosa Christopher J. Harding, Marcus Bischoff, Megan Bergkessel, Clarissa M. Melo Czekster
Nature Chemical Biology, 60 June 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01373-8 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Exploring the 5-substituted 2-aminobenzothiazole-based DNA Gyrase B inhibitors active against ESKAPE pathogens Maša Sterle, Martina Durcik, Clare E. M. Stevenson, Sara Henderson, Petra Eva Szili, Marton Czikkely, David M. Lawson, Anthony Maxwell, Dominique Cahard, Danijel Kikelj, Nace Zidar, Csaba Pal, Lucija Peterlin Mašič, Janez Ilaš, Tihomir Tomašič, Andrej Emanuel Cotman, Anamarija Zega
Acs Omega, June 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01930 Structural insights into the DNA recognition mechanism by the bacterial transcription factor PdxR Ida Freda, Cécile Exertier, Anna Barile, Antonio Chaves-Sanjuan, Mirella Vivoli Vega, Misha N. Isupov, Nicholas J. Harmer, Elena Gugole, Paolo Swuec, Martino Bolognesi, Anita Scipioni, Carmelinda Savino, Martino luigi Di salvo, Roberto Contestabile, Beatrice Vallone, Angela Tramonti, Linda Celeste Montemiglio
Nucleic Acids Research, 33 June 2023 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad552 5-Carboxy-8-hydroxyquinoline is a broad spectrum 2-oxoglutarate oxygenase inhibitor which causes iron translocation Richard J. Hopkinson, Anthony Tumber, Clarence Yapp, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury, Weishen Aik, Ka Hing Che, Xuan Shirley Li, Jan B. L. Kristensen, Oliver N. F. King, Mun Chiang Chan, Kar Kheng Yeoh, Hwanho Choi, Louise Walport, Cyrille C. Thinnes, Jacob T. Bush, Clarisse Lejeune, Anna M. Rydzik, Nathan R. Rose, Eleanor A. Bagg, Michael A. Mcdonough, Tobias J. Krojer, Wyatt W. Yue, Stanley S. Ng, Lars Olsen, Paul E. Brennan, Udo Oppermann, Susanne Müller, Robert J. Klose, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Christopher J. Schofield, Akane Kawamura
Chemical Science, 4 June 2023 DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51122g Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography A small-molecule PI3Kα activator for cardioprotection and neuroregeneration Grace Q. Gong, Benoit Bilanges, Ben Allsop, Glenn Masson, Victoria Roberton, Trevor Askwith, Sally Oxenford, Ralitsa R. Madsen, Sarah E. Conduit, Dom Bellini, Martina Fitzek, Matt Collier, Osman Najam, Zhenhe He, Ben Wahab, Stephen H. Mclaughlin, A. W. Edith Chan, Isabella Feierberg, Andrew Madin, Daniele Morelli, Amandeep Bhamra, Vanesa Vinciauskaite, Karen E. Anderson, Silvia Surinova, Nikos Pinotsis, Elena Lopez-Guadamillas, Matthew Wilcox, Alice Hooper, Chandni Patel, Maria A. Whitehead, Tom D. Bunney, Len R. Stephens, Phillip T. Hawkins, Matilda Katan, Derek M. Yellon, Sean M. Davidson, David M. Smith, James B. Phillips, Richard Angell, Roger L. Williams, Bart Vanhaesebroeck
Nature, 6 May 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05972-2 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography Structure–function study of a Ca 2+ -independent metacaspase involved in lateral root emergence Simon Stael, Igor Sabljic, Dominique Audenaert, Thilde Andersson, Liana Tsiatsiani, Robert P. Kumpf, Andreu Vidal-Albalat, Cecilia Lindgren, Dominique Vercammen, Silke Jacques, Long Nguyen, Maria Njo, Álvaro D. Fernández-Fernández, Tine Beunens, Evy Timmerman, Kris Gevaert, Marc Van Montagu, Jerry Stahlberg, Peter V. Bozhkov, Anna Linusson, Tom Beeckman, Frank Van Breusegem
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 120 May 2023 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303480120 Serum albumin binding knob domains engineered within a VH framework III bispecific antibody format and as chimeric peptides Ralph Adams, Callum Joyce, Mikhail Kuravskiy, Katriona Harrison, Zainab Ahdash, Matthew Balmforth, Kelda Chia, Cinzia Marceddu, Matthew Coates, James Snowden, Emmanuel Goursaud, Karelle Ménochet, Jean Van Den Elsen, Richard J. Payne, Alastair D. G. Lawson, Anthony Scott-Tucker, Alex Macpherson
Frontiers In Immunology, 14 May 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1170357 Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Utilization of dietary mixed-linkage β-glucans by the Firmicute Blautia producta Ravindra Pal Singh, Jayashree Niharika, Raksha Thakur, Ben A. Wagstaff, Gulshan Kumar, Rikuya Kurata, Dhaval Patel, Colin W. Levy, Takatsugu Miyazaki, Robert A. Field
Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 53 May 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104806 Versatile chemo-biocatalytic cascade driven by a thermophilic and irreversible C–C bond-forming α-oxoamine synthase Ben Ashley, Arnaud Basle, Mariyah Sajjad, Ahmed El Ashram, Panayiota Kelis, Jon Marles-Wright, Dominic J. Campopiano
Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 55 May 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c00243 Structural and biochemical characterization establishes a detailed understanding of KEAP1-CUL3 complex assembly Roslin J. Adamson, N Connor Payne, Sergio G. Bartual, Ralph Mazitschek, Alex N. Bullock
Free Radical Biology And Medicine, 148 May 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.04.021 In vitro selection of macrocyclic peptide inhibitors containing cyclic γ2,4-amino acids targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease Takashi Miura, Tika R. Malla, C. David Owen, Anthony Tumber, Lennart Brewitz, Michael A. Mcdonough, Eidarus Salah, Naohiro Terasaka, Takayuki Katoh, Petra Lukacik, Claire Strain-Damerell, Halina Mikolajek, Martin A. Walsh, Akane Kawamura, Christopher J. Schofield, Hiroaki Suga
Nature Chemistry, 81 May 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01205-1 Resurrection of plant disease resistance proteins via helper NLR bioengineering Mauricio P. Contreras, Hsuan Pai, Muniyandi Selvaraj, Amirali Toghani, David M. Lawson, Yasin Tumtas, Cian Duggan, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Clare E. M. Stevenson, Adeline Harant, Abbas Maqbool, Chih-Hang Wu, Tolga O. Bozkurt, Sophien Kamoun, Lida Derevnina
Science Advances, 9 May 2023 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3861 Design of rigid protein–protein interaction inhibitors enables targeting of undruggable Mcl-1 David Hargreaves, Rodrigo J. Carbajo, Michael S. Bodnarchuk, Kevin Embrey, Philip B. Rawlins, Martin Packer, Sébastien L. Degorce, Alexander W. Hird, Jeffrey W. Johannes, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Markus Schade
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 120 May 2023 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221967120 Effector target-guided engineering of an integrated domain expands the disease resistance profile of a rice NLR immune receptor Josephine H. R. Maidment, Motoki Shimizu, Adam R. Bentham, Sham Vera, Marina Franceschetti, Apinya Longya, Clare E. M. Stevenson, Juan Carlos De La Concepcion, Aleksandra Bialas, Sophien Kamoun, Ryohei Terauchi, Mark J. Banfield
Elife, 12 May 2023 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.81123 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access High-throughput screen with the L,D-transpeptidase LdtMt2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals novel classes of covalently reacting inhibitors Mariska De Munnik, Pauline Lang, Francisco De Dios Anton, Monica Cacho, Robert H. Bates, Jurgen Brem, Beatriz Rodríguez Miquel, Christopher J. Schofield
Chemical Science, May 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC06858C Engineering mutually orthogonal PylRS/tRNA pairs for dual encoding of functional histidine analogues Christopher J. Taylor, Florence J. Hardy, Ashleigh J. Burke, Riley M. Bednar, Ryan A. Mehl, Anthony P. Green, Sarah L. Lovelock
Protein Science, Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4640 Discovery and validation of the binding poses of allosteric fragment hits to protein tyrosine phosphatase 1b: from molecular dynamics simulations to X-ray crystallography Jack B. Greisman, Lindsay Willmore, Christine Y. Yeh, Fabrizio Giordanetto, Sahar Shahamadtar, Hunter Nisonoff, Paul Maragakis, David E. Shaw
Journal Of Chemical Information And Modeling, Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00236 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access To target or not to target Schistosoma mansoni cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 4A? Yang Zheng, Susanne Schroeder, Georgi K. Kanev, Sanaa S. Botros, Samia William, Abdel-Nasser A. Sabra, Louis Maes, Guy Caljon, Carmen Gil, Ana Martinez, Irene G. Salado, Koen Augustyns, Ewald Edink, Maarten Sijm, Erik De Heuvel, Iwan J. P. De Esch, Tiffany Van Der Meer, Marco Siderius, Geert Jan Sterk, David Brown, Rob Leurs
International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 24 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076817 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) open access An ancient metalloenzyme evolves through metal preference modulation K. M. Sendra, Anna Barwinska-Sendra, E. S. Mackenzie, A. Basle, T. E. Kehl-Fie, K. J. Waldron
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 31 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02012-0 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access A heme pocket aromatic quadrupole modulates gas binding to cytochrome c′-β: implications for NO sensors Hannah R. Adams, Dimitri A. Svistunenko, Michael T. Wilson, Sotaro Fujii, Richard W. Strange, Zoe A. Hardy, Priscilla A. Vazquez, Tyler Dabritz, Gabriel J. Streblow, Colin R. Andrew, Michael A. Hough
Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 113 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104742 Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access ERCC6L2 mitigates replication stress and promotes centromere stability Christopher J. Carnie, Lucy Armstrong, Marek Sebesta, Antonio Ariza, Xiaomeng Wang, Emily Graham, Kang Zhu, Dragana Ahel
Cell Reports, 42 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112329 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access PK1 from Drosophila obscurin is an inactive pseudokinase with scaffolding properties Thomas Zacharchenko, Till Dorendorf, Nicolas Locker, Evert Van Dijk, Anja Katzemich, Kay Diederichs, Belinda Bullard, Olga Mayans
Open Biology, 13 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220350 Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis sigma factors Katherine M. Collins, Nicola J. Evans, James H. Torpey, Jonathon M. Harris, Bethany A. Haynes, Amy H. Camp, Rivka L. Isaacson
Microorganisms, 11 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11041077 Structural and mechanistic investigations of the key esterification step in mupirocin and thiomarinol biosynthesis Nahida Akter
Apr 2023 Thesis I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
A systematic approach to the discovery of protein–protein interaction stabilizers Dyana N. Kenanova, Emira Visser, Johanna M. Virta, Eline Sijbesma, Federica Centorrino, Holly R. Vickery, Mengqi Zhong, R. Jeffrey Neitz, Luc Brunsveld, Christian Ottmann, Michelle R. Arkin
Acs Central Science, Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01449 Discovery of an in vivo chemical probe for BCL6 inhibition by optimization of tricyclic quinolinones Alice C. Harnden, Owen A. Davis, Gary M. Box, Angela Hayes, Louise D. Johnson, Alan T. Henley, Alexis K. De Haven Brandon, Melanie Valenti, Kwai-Ming J. Cheung, Alfie Brennan, Rosemary Huckvale, Olivier A. Pierrat, Rachel Talbot, Michael D. Bright, Hafize Aysin Akpinar, Daniel S. J. Miller, Dalia Tarantino, Sharon Gowan, Selby De Klerk, Peter C. Mcandrew, Yann-Vai Le Bihan, Mirco Meniconi, Rosemary Burke, Vladimir Kirkin, Rob Van Montfort, Florence I. Raynaud, Olivia W. Rossanese, Benjamin R. Bellenie, Swen Hoelder
Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00155 New studies towards lignin valorisation Diamond Light Source
Apr 2023 Science Highlight B21-High Throughput SAXS I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I23-Long wavelength MX
IgE, IgE receptors and anti-IgE biologics: protein structures and mechanisms of action J. M. Mcdonnell, B. Dhaliwal, B. J. Sutton, H. J. Gould
Annual Review Of Immunology, 41 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1146/immunol.2023.41.issue-1 Tuning liver pyruvate kinase activity up or down with a new class of allosteric modulators Amalyn Nain-Perez, Oscar Nilsson, Aleksei Lulla, Liliana Håversen, Paul Brear, Sara Liljenberg, Marko Hyvonen, Jan Borén, Morten Grøtli
European Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, 250 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115177 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access Characterization of the l-arabinofuranose-specific GafABCD ABC transporter essential for l-arabinose-dependent growth of the lignocellulose-degrading bacterium Shewanella sp. ANA-3 Konstantinos Drousiotis, Reyme Herman, Judith Hawkhead, Andrew Leech, Anthony Wilkinson, Gavin H. Thomas
Microbiology, 169 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001308 Rapid escape of new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants from BA.2 directed antibody responses Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc, Raksha Das, Daming Zhou, Helen M. Ginn, Chang Liu, Helen M. E. Duyvesteyn, Jiandong Huo, Rungtiwa Nutalai, Piyada Supasa, Muneeswaran Selvaraj, Thushan I. De Silva, Megan Plowright, Thomas A. H. Newman, Hailey Hornsby, Alexander J. Mentzer, Donal Skelly, Thomas G. Ritter, Nigel Temperton, Paul Klenerman, Eleanor Barnes, Susanna J. Dunachie, Cornelius Roemer, Thomas P. Peacock, Neil G. Paterson, Mark A. Williams, David R. Hall, Elizabeth E. Fry, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Jingshan Ren, David I. Stuart, Gavin R. Screaton
Cell Reports, Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112271 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Structural and biophysical characterization of the Borna disease virus 1 phosphoprotein Jack D. Whitehead, Jonathan M. Grimes, Jeremy R. Keown
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, 79 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X23000717 Journal Paper B21-High Throughput SAXS I03-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Structural basis of the inhibition of cystathionine γ‐lyase from Toxoplasma gondii by propargylglycine and cysteine Carmen Fernández-Rodríguez, Carolina Conter, Iker Oyenarte, Filippo Favretto, Iban Quintana, Maria Luz Martinez-Chantar, Alessandra Astegno, Luis Alfonso Martinez-Cruz
Protein Science, Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4619 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access Room-temperature crystallography reveals altered binding of small-molecule fragments to PTP1B Tamar Skaist Mehlmam, Justin T. Biel, Syeda Maryam Azeem, Elliot R. Nelson, Sakib Hossain, Louise Dunnett, Neil G. Paterson, Alice Douangamath, Romain Talon, Danny Axford, Helen Orins, Frank Von Delft, Daniel A. Keedy
Elife, 12 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.84632 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access Interactions of hydrolyzed β-lactams with the L1 metallo-β-lactamase: Crystallography supports stereoselective binding of cephem/carbapenem products Philip Hinchliffe, Karina Calvopina, Patrick Rabe, Maria F. Mojica, Christopher J. Schofield, Gary I. Dmitrienko, Robert A. Bonomo, Alejandro J. Vila, James Spencer
Journal Of Biological Chemistry, 399 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104606 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access Immunodominant surface epitopes power immune evasion in the African trypanosome Anastasia Gkeka, Francisco Aresta-Branco, Gianna Triller, Evi P. Vlachou, Monique Van Straaten, Mirjana Lilic, Paul Dominic B. Olinares, Kathryn Perez, Brian T. Chait, Renata Blatnik, Thomas Ruppert, Joseph P. Verdi, C. Erec Stebbins, F. Nina Papavasiliou
Cell Reports, 42 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112262 Structure based discovery of inhibitors of CYP125 and CYP142 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mona M. Katariya, Matthew Snee, Richard B. Tunnicliffe, Madeline E. Kavanagh, Helena I. M. Boshoff, Cecilia N. Amadi, Colin W. Levy, Andrew W. Munro, Chris Abell, David Leys, Anthony G. Coyne, Kirsty J. Mclean
Chemistry – A European Journal, Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203868 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access The structure of AgamOBP5 in complex with the natural insect repellents Carvacrol and Thymol: Crystallographic, fluorescence and thermodynamic binding studies Panagiota G. V. Liggri, Katerina E. Tsitsanou, Evgenia C. V. Stamati, Francesca Saitta, Christina E. Drakou, Demetres D. Leonidas, Dimitrios Fessas, Spyros E. Zographos
International Journal Of Biological Macromolecules, 6 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124009 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) Domain shuffling of a highly mutable ligand binding fold drives adhesin generation across the bacterial kingdom Rob Barringer, Alice E. Parnell, Aleix Lafita, Vivian Monzon, Catherine R. Back, Mariusz Madej, Jan Potempa, Angela H. Nobbs, Steven G. Burston, Alex Bateman, Paul R. Race
Proteins: Structure, Function, And Bioinformatics, Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26487 Design, synthesis and characterisation of a novel type II B-RAF paradox breaker inhibitor Rohit Arora, Joannes T. M. Linders, Samia Aci-Sèche, Thomas Verheyen, Erika Van Heerde, Dirk Brehmer, Apirat Chaikuad, Stefan Knapp, Pascal Bonnet
European Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, 25 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115231 Crystal structure and ligandability of the 14-3-3/pyrin interface Roxanne Lau, Michael M. Hann, Christian Ottmann
Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications, 10 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.02.013 Journal Paper I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access Discovery and development strategies for SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 macrodomain inhibitors Marion Schuller, Tryfon Zarganes-Tzitzikas, James Bennett, Stephane De Cesco, Daren Fearon, Frank Von Delft, Oleg Fedorov, Paul E. Brennan, Ivan Ahel
Pathogens, 12 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020324 A conserved zinc-binding site in Acinetobacter baumannii PBP2 required for elongasome-directed bacterial cell shape Carmina Micelli, Yunfei Dai, Nicole Raustad, Ralph R. Isberg, Christopher G. Dowson, Adrian J. Lloyd, Edward Geisinger, Allister Crow, David I. Roper
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 120 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215237120 Initiation of fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Kevin J. Mcnaught, Eugene Kuatsjah, Michael Zahn, Érica T. Prates, Huiling Shao, Gayle J. Bentley, Andrew R. Pickford, Josephine N. Gruber, Kelley V. Hestmark, Daniel A. Jacobson, Brenton C. Poirier, Chen Ling, Myrsini San Marchi, William E. Michener, Carrie D. Nicora, Jacob N. Sanders, Caralyn J. Szostkiewicz, Dušan Veličković, Mowei Zhou, Nathalie Munoz, Young-Mo Kim, Jon K. Magnuson, Kristin E. Burnum-Johnson, Kendall N. Houk, John E. Mcgeehan, Christopher W. Johnson, Gregg T. Beckham
Metabolic Engineering, 3 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.02.006 The ROK kinase N-acetylglucosamine kinase uses a sequential random enzyme mechanism with successive conformational changes upon each substrate binding Sumita Roy, Mirella Vivoli Vega, Jessica R. Ames, Nicole Britten, Amy Kent, Kim Evans, Michail N. Isupov, Nicholas J. Harmer
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Structure, 45 Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.01.010 Synthesis of uronic acid 1-azasugars as putative inhibitors of α-iduronidase, β-glucuronidase and heparanase Gareth G. Doherty, Geraldine Jia Ming Ler, Norbert Wimmer, Paul V. Bernhardt, Roger A. Ashmus, David J. Vocadlo, Zachary Armstrong, Gideon J. Davies, Mauro Maccarrone, Jin-Ping Li, Yasmin Kayal, Vito Ferro
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