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Carbene footprinting accurately maps binding sites in protein–ligand and protein–protein interactions (2016)
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Manzi, L., Barrow, A. S., Scott, D., Layfield, R., Wright, T. G., Moses, J. E., & Oldham, N. J. (2016). Carbene footprinting accurately maps binding sites in protein–ligand and protein–protein interactions. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13288. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13288

Specific interactions between proteins and their binding partners are fundamental to life processes. The ability to detect protein complexes, and map their sites of binding, is crucial to understanding basic biology at the molecular level. Methods th... Read More about Carbene footprinting accurately maps binding sites in protein–ligand and protein–protein interactions.

Design of nucleotide-mimetic and non-nucleotide inhibitors of the translation initiation factor eIF4E: Synthesis, structural and functional characterisation (2016)
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Soukarieh, F., Nowicki, M. W., Bastide, A., Poyry, T., Jones, C., Dudek, K., …Fischer, P. M. (2016). Design of nucleotide-mimetic and non-nucleotide inhibitors of the translation initiation factor eIF4E: Synthesis, structural and functional characterisation. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 124, 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.08.047

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is considered as the corner stone in the cap-dependent translation initiation machinery. Its role is to recruit mRNA to the ribosome through recognition of the 50 - terminal mRNA cap structure (m7 G... Read More about Design of nucleotide-mimetic and non-nucleotide inhibitors of the translation initiation factor eIF4E: Synthesis, structural and functional characterisation.

Mass spectrometry insights into a tandem ubiquitin-binding domain hybrid engineered for the selective recognition of unanchored polyubiquitin (2016)
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Scott, D., Garner, T. P., Long, J., Strachan, J., Mistry, S. C., Bottrill, A. R., …Layfield, R. (in press). Mass spectrometry insights into a tandem ubiquitin-binding domain hybrid engineered for the selective recognition of unanchored polyubiquitin. Proteomics, 16(14), https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201600067

Unanchored polyubiquitin chains are emerging as importanregulators of cellular physiology with diverse roles paralleling those of substrate-conjugated polyubiquitin. However tools able to discriminate unanchored polyubiquitin chains of different isop... Read More about Mass spectrometry insights into a tandem ubiquitin-binding domain hybrid engineered for the selective recognition of unanchored polyubiquitin.

Defective recognition of LC3B by mutant SQSTM1/p62 implicates impairment of autophagy as a pathogenic mechanism in ALS-FTLD (2016)
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Goode, A., Butler, K., Long, J., Cavey, J., Scott, D., Shaw, B., …Layfield, R. (2016). Defective recognition of LC3B by mutant SQSTM1/p62 implicates impairment of autophagy as a pathogenic mechanism in ALS-FTLD. Autophagy, 12(7), 1094-1104. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2016.1170257

Growing evidence implicates impairment of autophagy as a candidate pathogenic mechanism in the spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders which includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (ALS-FTLD). SQSTM1, which encode... Read More about Defective recognition of LC3B by mutant SQSTM1/p62 implicates impairment of autophagy as a pathogenic mechanism in ALS-FTLD.

Acyl hydrolases from trans-AT polyketide synthases target acetyl units on acyl carrier proteins (2016)
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Jenner, M., Afonso, J. P., Kohlhaas, C., Karbaum, P., Frank, S., Piel, J., & Oldham, N. J. (in press). Acyl hydrolases from trans-AT polyketide synthases target acetyl units on acyl carrier proteins. Chemical Communications, 52(30), https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01453D

Acyl hydrolase (AH) domains are a common feature of trans-AT PKSs. They have been hypothesised to perform a proofreading function by removing acyl chains from stalled sites. This study determines the substrate tolerance of the AH PedC for a range of... Read More about Acyl hydrolases from trans-AT polyketide synthases target acetyl units on acyl carrier proteins.

Genomic analysis of serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals extensive similarities between carriage and disease-associated organisms (2016)
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Oldfield, N. J., Harrison, O. B., Bayliss, C. D., Maiden, M. C., Ala'Aldeen, D. A., & Turner, D. P. (2016). Genomic analysis of serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals extensive similarities between carriage and disease-associated organisms. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 213(11), 1777-1785. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw008

Background. Neisseria meningitidis is a frequent colonizer of the human nasopharynx with asymptomatic carriage providing the reservoir for invasive, disease-causing strains. Serogroup Y (MenY) strains are a major cause of meningococcal disease. High... Read More about Genomic analysis of serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals extensive similarities between carriage and disease-associated organisms.