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An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins (2021)
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Brennan, A., Layfield, R., Long, J., Williams, H. E., Oldham, N. J., Scott, D., & Searle, M. S. (2022). An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298(2), Article 101514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101514

Recognition of human autophagy-related 8 (hATG8) proteins by autophagy receptors represents a critical step within this cellular quality control system. Autophagy impairment is known to be a pathogenic mechanism in the motor neuron disorder amyotroph... Read More about An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins.

Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation (2021)
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Griffiths, R. C., Smith, F. R., Long, J. E., Scott, D., Williams, H. E., Oldham, N. J., …Mitchell, N. J. (2022). Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(2), Article e202110223. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110223

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) enhance the repertoire of protein function and mediate or influence the activity of many cellular processes. The preparation of site-specifically and homogeneously modified proteins, to apply as tools to unders... Read More about Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation.

Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation (2021)
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Griffiths, R. C., Smith, F. R., Long, J. E., Scott, D., Williams, H. E. L., Oldham, N. J., …Mitchell, N. J. (2022). Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation. Angewandte Chemie, 134(2), Article e202110223. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110223

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) enhance the repertoire of protein function and mediate or influence the activity of many cellular processes. The preparation of site-specifically and homogeneously modified proteins, to apply as tools to unders... Read More about Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation.

Combined Chemical Modification and Collision Induced Unfolding Using Native Ion Mobility‐Mass Spectrometry Provides Insights into Protein Gas‐Phase Structure (2021)
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Al‐jabiry, A., Palmer, M., Langridge, J., Bellamy‐Carter, J., Robinson, D., & Oldham, N. J. (2021). Combined Chemical Modification and Collision Induced Unfolding Using Native Ion Mobility‐Mass Spectrometry Provides Insights into Protein Gas‐Phase Structure. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27(55), 13783-13792. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101857

Native mass spectrometry is now an important tool in structural biology. Thus, the nature of higher protein structure in the vacuum of the mass spectrometer is an area of significant interest. One of the major goals in the study of gas-phase protein... Read More about Combined Chemical Modification and Collision Induced Unfolding Using Native Ion Mobility‐Mass Spectrometry Provides Insights into Protein Gas‐Phase Structure.

Mapping the interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and the inhibitor hippuristanol using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry (2021)
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Lloyd, J. R., Hogan, A., Paschalis, V., Bellamy-Carter, J., Bottley, A., Seymour, G. B., …Oldham, N. J. (2021). Mapping the interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and the inhibitor hippuristanol using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry. Proteomics, 21(21-22), Article 2000288. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.202000288

Protein-ligand interactions are central to protein activity and cell functionality. Improved knowledge of these relationships greatly benefits our understanding of key biological processes and aids in rational drug design towards the treatment of cli... Read More about Mapping the interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and the inhibitor hippuristanol using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry.

Iridoid Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Aphids Mimics Iridoid?Producing Plants (2021)
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Partridge, S. J., Withall, D. M., Caulfield, J. C., Pickett, J. A., Stockman, R. A., Oldham, N. J., & Birkett, M. A. (2021). Iridoid Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Aphids Mimics Iridoid?Producing Plants. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27(25), 7231-7234. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202001356

Biosynthesis of (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)?nepetalactol (1) and (4aS,7S,7aR)?nepetalactone (2) in plants involves iridoid synthase (ISY), an atypical reductive cyclase that catalyses the reduction of 8?oxogeranial into the reactive enol of (S)?8?oxocitronellal,... Read More about Iridoid Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Aphids Mimics Iridoid?Producing Plants.

Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques (2021)
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Gillis, R. B., Solomon, H. V., Govada, L., Oldham, N. J., Dinu, V., Jiwani, S. I., …Adams, G. G. (2021). Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 1737. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81251-2

© 2021, The Author(s). This study concerns glulisine, a rapid-acting insulin analogue that plays a fundamental role in diabetes management. We have applied a combination of methods namely X-ray crystallography, and biophysical characterisation to pro... Read More about Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques.