Publications
On this page you can find out about publications based on research conducted in the Biomolecular NMR facility.
2025
do Aido-Machado R, Baxter NJ, Rowe ML, Pohare MB, Vitovski S, Sayers JR & Waltho JP
1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of flap endonuclease from Plasmodium falciparum
Hancock LP, Palmer JS, Allwood EG, Smaczynska-de Rooij II, Hodder AJ, Rowe ML, Williamson MP & Ayscough KR
Competitive binding of actin and SH3 domains at proline-rich regions of Las17/WASP regulates actin polymerisation
O鈥橠ea F, Seargeant AJ, Hurcum J, do Aido-Machado R, Rowe ML, Baxter NJ, Waltho JP, Sayers JR & Williamson MP
Improvement in protein HSQC spectra from addition of betaine
Davis JL, Norwood JS, Smith RE, O'Dea F, Chellappa K, Rowe ML, Williamson MP, Stafford GP, Vinogradov E, Maes E , Gu茅rardel Y et al
Corrigendum to 鈥淒issecting the Enterococcal Polysaccharide Antigen (EPA) structure to explore innate immune evasion and phage specificity鈥 [Carbohydr. Polym. 347 (1 January 2025) 122686]
Davis JL, Norwood JS, Smith RE, O'Dea F, Chellappa K, Rowe ML, Williamson MP, Stafford GP, Vinogradov E, Maes E , Gu茅rardel Y et al
Dissecting the enterococcal polysaccharide antigen (EPA) structure to explore innate immune evasion and phage specificity
2024
Cruz-Navarrete FA, Baxter NJ, Flinders AJ, Buzoianu A, Cliff MJ, Baker PJ & Waltho JP
Peri active site catalysis of proline isomerisation is the molecular basis of allomorphy in 尾-phosphoglucomutase
Trevitt CR, Yashwanth Kumar DR, Fowler NJ & Williamson MP
Interactions between the protein barnase and co-solutes studied by NMR
Galley NF, Greetham D, Alam谩n-Z谩rate MG, Williamson MP, Evans CA, Spittal WD, Buddle JE, Freeman J, Davis GL, Dickman MJ , Wilcox MH et al
Clostridioides difficile canonical L,D-transpeptidases catalyze a novel type of peptidoglycan cross-links and are not required for beta-lactam resistance
2023
Hassan MU, Chaudhuri RR & Williamson MP
DUF916 and DUF3324 in the WxL protein cluster bind to WxL and link bacterial and host surfaces
Fowler NJ, Albalwi MF, Lee S, Hounslow AM & Williamson MP
Improved methodology for protein NMR structure calculation using hydrogen bond restraints and ANSURR validation: The SH2 domain of SH2B1
2022
Hobbs B, Drant J & Williamson MP
The measurement of binding affinities by NMR chemical shift perturbation.
Lyon RF, Southam HM, Trevitt CR, Liao C, El-Khamisy SF, Poole RK & Williamson MP
CORM-3 induces DNA damage through Ru(II) binding to DNA.
Robertson A, Cruz-Navarrete FA, Wood H, Vekaria N, Hounslow A, Bisson C, Cliff M, Baxter N & Waltho J
An enzyme with high catalytic proficiency utilizes distal site substrate binding energy to stabilize the closed state but at the expense of substrate inhibition.
Davis JL, Hounslow AM, Baxter NJ, Mesnage S & Williamson MP
1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments of a conserved putative cell wall binding domain from Enterococcus faecalis
Abosamaha A, Williamson MP & Gilmour DJ
Utilization and accumulation of compatible solutes in Halomonas pacifica: a species of moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from a saline lake in South Libya
2019
Williamson MP
Drawing single NMR spins and understanding relaxation
Natural Product Communications, 2019, 14, 1-9
Iorgu AI, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Levy C, Waltho JP, Hay S, Scrutton NS
Nonequivalence of second sphere "noncatalytic" residues in pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase in relation to local dynamics linked to H-transfer in reactions with NADH and NADPH coenzymes
Czarnota S, Johannissen LO, Baxter NJ, Rummel F, Wilson AL, Cliff MJ, Levy CW, Scrutton NS, Waltho JP, Hay S
Equatorial active site compaction and electrostatic reorganization in catechol-O-methyltransferase
Williamson MP
The nuclear Overhauser effect
in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, Elsevier, 2019, 3rd Ed (P. Worsfold, C. Poole, A. Townshend and M. Mir贸, Eds), Vol 7, pp 264-271
Iorgu AI, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP, Scrutton NS, Hay S
Isotopically labeled flavoenzymes and their uses in probing reaction mechanisms
Smith RE, Salamaga B, Szkuta P, Hajdamowicz N, Prajsnar TK, Bulmer GS, Fontaine T, Ko艂odziejczyk J, Herry JM, Hounslow AM, Williamson MP, Serror P, Mesnage S
Decoration of the enterococcal polysaccharide antigen EPA is essential for virulence, cell surface charge and interaction with effectors of the innate immune system
Fairbanks SD, Robertson CC, Keene FR, Thomas JA, Williamson MP
Structural investigation into the threading intercalation of a chiral dinuclear ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complex through a B-DNA oligonucleotide
Williamson MP, Kitahara R
Characterization of low-lying excited states of proteins by high-pressure NMR
Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2019;1867(3):350-358
2018
Pandya MJ, Schiffers S, Hounslow AM, Baxter NJ, Williamson MP
Why the energy landscape of barnase is hierarchical
Southam HM, Smith TW, Lyon RL, Liao C, Trevitt CR, Middlemiss LA, Cox FL, Chapman JA, El-Khamisy SF, Hippler M, Williamson MP, Henderson PJF, Poole RK
A thiol-reactive Ru(II) ion, not CO release, underlies the potent antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties of CO-releasing molecule-3
Bennet IA, Finger LD, Baxter NJ, Ambrose B, Hounslow AM, Thompson MJ, Exell JC, Shahari NNBM, Craggs TD, Waltho JP, Grasby JA
Regional conformational flexibility couples substrate specificity and scissile phosphate diester selectivity in human flap endonuclease 1
Wang Q, He Y, Lu R, Wang WM, Yang KW, Fan HM, Jin Y, Blackburn GM
Thermokinetic profile of NDM-1 and its inhibition by small carboxylic acids
Iorgu AI, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP, Hay S, Scrutton NS
1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase from Enterobacter cloacae PB2
2017
Kudhair BK, Hounslow AM, Rolfe MD, Crack JC, Hunt DM, Buxton RS, Smith LJ, Le Brun NE, Williamson MP, Green J
Structure of a Wbl protein and implications for NO sensing by M. tuberculosis
Baxter NJ, Zacharchenko T, Barsukov IL, Williamson MP
Pressure-dependent chemical shifts in the R3 domain of talin show that it is thermodynamically poised for binding to either vinculin or RIAM
Heyam A, Coupland CE, D茅gut C, Haley RA, Baxter NJ, Jakob L, Aguiar PM, Meister G, Williamson MP, Lagos D, Plevin MJ
Conserved asymmetry underpins homodimerization of Dicer-associated double-stranded RNA-binding proteins
Serimbetov Z, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP
1H, 15N, 13C backbone resonance assignments of human phosphoglycerate kinase in a transition state analogue complex with ADP, 3-phosphoglycerate and magnesium trifluoride
Williamson MP
The transferred NOE
in Modern Magnetic Resonance (Webb GA, Ed), Springer, 2017,
Williamson MP
Chemical shift perturbation
in Modern Magnetic Resonance (Webb GA, Ed), Springer, 2017,
Golovin AV, Smirnov IV, Stepanova AV, Zalevskiy AO, Zlobin AS, Ponomarenko NA, Belogurov AA, Knorre VD, Hurs EN, Chatziefthimiou SD, Wilmanns M, Blackburn GM, Khomutov RM, Gabibov AG
Evolution of catalytic centers of antibodies by virtual screening of broad repertoire of mutants using supercomputer
Blanchet P, Bebin M, Bruet S, Cooper GM, Thompson ML, Duban-Bedu B, Gerard B, Piton A, Suckno S, Deshpande C, Clowes V, Vogt J, Turnpenny P, Williamson MP, Alembik Y; Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Study Consortium; Deciphering Developmental Disorders Consortium, Glasgow E, McNeill A
MYT1L mutations cause intellectual disability and variable obesity by dysregulating gene expression and development of the neuroendocrine hypothalamus
Jin Y, Molt RW Jr, Pellegrini E, Cliff MJ, Bowler MW, Richards NGJ, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP
Assessing the influence of mutation on GTPase transition dtates by using X-ray crystallography, 19F鈥匩MR, and DFT approaches
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Eaton JD, Williamson MP
Multisite binding of epigallocatechin gallate to human serum albumin measured by NMR and isothermal calorimetry
Jin Y, Molt RW Jr, Blackburn GM
Metal fluorides: Tools for structural and computational analysis of phosphoryl transfer enzymes
Czarnota S, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP, Scrutton NS, Hay S
1H, 15N, 13C backbone resonance assignments of human soluble catechol O-methyltransferase in complex with S-adenosyl-L-methionine and 3,5-dinitrocatechol
Jin Y, Richards NG, Waltho JP, Blackburn GM
Metal fluorides as analogues for studies on phosphoryl transfer enzymes
2016
Bye JW, Maxter NJ, Falconer RJ, Williamson MP
A molecular mechanism for the Hofmeister effect derived from NMR and DSC measurements on barnase
ACS Omega 2016 1:669-679
Yasid NA, Rolfe MD, Green J, Williamson MP
Homeostasis of metabolites in Escherichia coli on transition from anaerobic to aerobic conditions and the transient secretion of pyruvate.
Smirnov IV, Golovin AV, Chatziefthimiou SD, Stepanova AV, Peng Y, Zolotareva OI, Belogurov AA Jr, Kurkova IN, Ponomarenko NA, Wilmanns M, Blackburn GM, Gabibov AG, Lerner RA
Robotic QM/MM-driven maturation of antibody combining sites
Blackburn GM, H盲gele G, Hottgenroth A, Ivory AJ, Jakeman DL, Spiske R
Automated lineshape analysis of complex NMR spectra for a novel synthetic tetrafluorobisphosphonate, a potential ligand for phosphoglycerate kinase
Rawlings AE, Bramble JP, Hounslow AM, Williamson MP, Monnington AE, Cooke DJ, Staniland SS
Ferrous iron binding key to Mms6 magnetite biomineralisation: A mechanistic study to understand magnetite formation using pH titration and NMR spectroscopy
Hollingshead S, Kope膷n谩 J, Armstrong DR, Bu膷insk谩 L, Jackson PJ, Chen GE, Dickman MJ, Williamson MP, Sobotka R, Hunter CN
Synthesis of chlorophyll-binding proteins in a fully segregated 螖ycf54 strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803
Jin Y, Molt RW Jr, Waltho JP, Richards NG, Blackburn GM
19F鈥匩MR and DFT analysis reveal structural and electronic transition state features for RhoA-catalyzed GTP hydrolysis
Xu Y, Streets AJ, Hounslow AM, Tran U, Jean-Alphonse F, Needham AJ, Vilardaga JP, Wessely O, Williamson MP, Ong ACM
The Polycystin-1, Lipoxygenase, and 伪-Toxin domain regulates polycystin-1 trafficking
Dennison AJ, Jones RA, Staniforth RA, Parnell AJ
Interaction of partially denatured insulin with a DSPC floating lipid bilayer
2015
Craven CJ
Evaluation of predictions of the stochastic model of organelle production based on exact distributions
Terekhov S, Smirnov I, Bobik T, Shamborant O, Zenkova M, Chernolovskaya E, Gladkikh D, Murashev A, Dyachenko I, Palikov V, Palikova Y, Knorre V, Belogurov A Jr, Ponomarenko N, Blackburn GM, Masson P, Gabibov A
A novel expression cassette delivers efficient production of exclusively tetrameric human butyrylcholinesterase with improved pharmacokinetics for protection against organophosphate poisoning
Davis PJ, Holmes D, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA
Limited proteolysis reveals that amyloids from the 3D domain-swapping cystatin B have a non-native 尾-sheet topology
Williamson MP
Pressure-dependent conformation and fluctuation in folded protein molecules
In High Pressure Bioscience 鈥 Basic Concepts, Applications and Frontiers (Ed. K. Akasaka and H. Matsuki), 2015, Springer,.
Xu Y, Ong ACM, Williamson MP and Hounslow AM
Backbone assignment and secondary structure of the PLAT domain of human polycystin-1
Asakura T, Okushita K and Williamson MP
Analysis of the structure of Bombyx mori silk fibroin by NMR
Macromolecules 2015 48:2345-2357
Asakura T, Ohata T, Kametani S, Okushita K, Yazawa K, Nishiyama Y, Nishimura K, Aoki A, Suzuki F, Kaji H, Ulrich AS, Williamson MP
Inter-molecular packing in B. mori silk fibroin: multinuclear NMR study of the model peptide (Ala-Gly)15 defines a heterogeneous antiparallel antipolar mode of assembly in the Silk II form
Macromolecules 2015 48:28-36
Volk M, Milanesi L, Waltho JP, Hunter CA, Beddard GS
The roughness of the protein energy landscape results in anomalous diffusion of the polypeptide backbone
2014
Jin Y, Bhattasali D, Pellegrini E, Forget SM, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Bowler MW, Jakeman DL, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP
伪-Fluorophosphonates reveal how a phosphomutase conserves transition state conformation over hexose recognition in its two-step reaction
Trevitt CR, Hosszu LL, Batchelor M, Panico S, Terry C, Nicoll AJ, Risse E, Taylor WA, Sandberg MK, Al-Doujaily H, Linehan JM, Saibil HR, Scott DJ, Collinge J, Waltho JP, Clarke AR
N-terminal domain of prion protein directs its oligomeric association
Okushita K, Asano A, Williamson MP, Asakura T
Local structure and dynamics of serine in the heterogeneous structure of the crystalline domain of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in Silk II form studied by 2D 13颁鈥13C homonuclear correlation NMR and relaxation time observation
Macromolecules 2014 47:4308鈥4316
Krishnan R, Tsubery H, Proschitsky MY, Asp E, Lulu M, Gilead S, Gartner M, Waltho JP, Davis PJ, Hounslow AM, Kirschner DA, Inouye H, Myszka DG, Wright J, Solomon B, Fisher RA
A bacteriophage capsid protein provides a general amyloid interaction motif (GAIM) that binds and remodels misfolded protein assemblies
Mesnage S, Dellarole M, Baxter NJ, Rouget JB, Dimitrov JD, Wang N, Fujimoto Y, Hounslow AM, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Fukase K, Foster SJ, Williamson MP
Molecular basis for bacterial peptidoglycan recognition by LysM domains
Krishnan R, Tsubery H, Proschitsky MY, Asp E, Lulu M, Gilead S, Gartner M, Waltho JP, Davis PJ, Hounslow AM, Kirschner DA, Inouye H, Myszka DG, Wright J, Solomon B, Fisher RA
A bacteriophage capsid protein provides a general amyloid interaction motif (GAIM) that binds and remodels misfolded protein assemblies
Kitazawa S, Kameda T, Kumo A, Yagi-Utsumi M, Baxter NJ, Kato K, Williamson MP, Kitahara R
Close identity between alternatively folded state N2 of ubiquitin and the conformation of the protein bound to the ubiquitin-activating enzyme
2013
Wilson T, Costa PJ, F茅lix V, Williamson MP, Thomas JA
Structural studies on dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes that bind diastereoselectively to an antiparallel folded human telomere sequence
Williamson MP, Hounslow AM, Ford J, Fowler K, Hebditch M, Hansen PE
Detection of salt bridges to lysines in solution in barnase
Taler-Vercic A, Kirsipuu T, Friedemann M, Noorm盲gi A, Polajnar M, Smirnova J, Znidaric MT, Zganec M, Skarabot M, Vilfan A, Staniforth RA, Palumaa P, Zerovnik E
The role of initial oligomers in amyloid fibril formation by human stefin B
Williamson MP
Using chemical shift perturbation to characterise ligand binding
Moody RG, Williamson MP
Structure and function of a bacterial Fasciclin I Domain Protein elucidates function of related cell adhesion proteins such as TGFBIp and periostin
Caballero-Lima D, Kaneva IN, Watton SP, Sudbery PE, Craven CJ
The spatial distribution of the exocyst and actin cortical patches is sufficient to organize hyphal tip growth
Salmon RC, Cliff MJ, Rafferty JB, Kelly DJ
The CouPSTU and TarPQM transporters in Rhodopseudomonas palustris: redundant, promiscuous uptake systems for lignin-derived aromatic substrates
Kitahara R, Hata K, Li H, Williamson MP, Akasaka K
Pressure-induced chemical shifts as probes for conformational fluctuations in proteins
Kitazawa S, Kameda T, Yagi-Utsumi M, Sugase K, Baxter NJ, Kato K, Williamson MP, Kitahara R
Solution structure of the Q41N variant of ubiquitin as a model for the alternatively folded N2 state of ubiquitin
Pudney CR, Guerriero A, Baxter NJ, Johannissen LO, Waltho JP, Hay S, Scrutton NS
Fast protein motions are coupled to enzyme H-transfer reactions
Ilyushin DG, Smirnov IV, Belogurov AA Jr, Dyachenko IA, Zharmukhamedova TIu, Novozhilova TI, Bychikhin EA, Serebryakova MV, Kharybin ON, Murashev AN, Anikienko KA, Nikolaev EN, Ponomarenko NA, Genkin DD, Blackburn GM, Masson P, Gabibov AG
Chemical polysialylation of human recombinant butyrylcholinesterase delivers a long-acting bioscavenger for nerve agents in vivo
2012
Blackburn GM, Bowler MW, Jin Y, Waltho JP
Reflections on biocatalysis involving phosphorus
Milanesi L, Waltho JP, Hunter CA, Shaw DJ, Beddard GS, Reid GD, Dev S, Volk M
Measurement of energy landscape roughness of folded and unfolded proteins
Jin Y, Cliff MJ, Baxter NJ, Dannatt HR, Hounslow AM, Bowler MW, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP
Charge-balanced metal fluoride complexes for protein kinase A with adenosine diphosphate and substrate peptide SP20
Paramore R, Morgan GJ, Davis PJ, Sharma CA, Hounslow A, Taler-Vercic A, Zerovnik E, Waltho JP, Cliff MJ, Staniforth RA
Mapping local structural perturbations in the native state of stefin B (cystatin B) under amyloid forming conditions
Williamson MP, Potts JR
Intrinsically disordered proteins: administration not executive
Griffin JL, Bowler MW, Baxter NJ, Leigh KN, Dannatt HR, Hounslow AM, Blackburn GM, Webster CE, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP
Near attack conformers dominate beta-phosphoglucomutase complexes where geometry and charge distribution reflect those of substrate
Asakura T, Okonogi M, Horiguchi K, Aoki A, Sait么 H, Knight DP, Williamson MP
Two different packing arrangements of antiparallel polyalanine
Tomlinson JH, Williamson MP
Amide temperature coefficients in the protein G B1 domain
2011
Trotter EW, Rolfe MD, Hounslow AM, Craven CJ, Williamson MP, Sanguinetti G, Poole RK, Green J
Reprogramming of Escherichia coli K-12 metabolism during the initial phase of transition from an anaerobic to a micro-aerobic environment
Zeng Z, Luo P, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Tang G, Xu P, Zhao Y, Blackburn GM
Chiral phosphoproline-catalyzed asymmetric Michael addition of ketones to nitroolefins: an experimental and theoretical study
Milanesi L, Hunter CA, Tzokova N, Waltho JP, Tomas S
Versatile low-molecular-weight hydrogelators: achieving multiresponsiveness through a modular design
Bingle CD, Seal RL, Craven CJ
Systematic nomenclature for the PLUNC/PSP/BSP30/SMGB proteins as a subfamily of the BPI fold-containing superfamily
Bingle CD, Bingle L, Craven CJ
Distant cousins: genomic and sequence diversity within the BPI fold-containing (BPIF)/PLUNC protein family
Jelinska C, Davis PJ, Kenig M, Zerovnik E, Kokalj SJ, Guncar G, Turk D, Turk V, Clarke DT, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA
Modulation of contact order effects in the two-state folding of stefins A and B
Zerovnik E, Stoka V, Mirtic A, Guncar G, Grdadolnik J, Staniforth RA, Turk D, Turk V
Mechanisms of amyloid fibril formation--focus on domain-swapping
Kale A, Phansopa C, Suwannachart C, Craven CJ, Rafferty JB, Kelly DJ
The virulence factor PEB4 (Cj0596) and the periplasmic protein Cj1289 are two structurally related SurA-like chaperones in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni
Ullah S, Ishimoto T, Williamson MP, Hansen PE
Ab initio calculations of deuterium isotope effects on chemical shifts of salt-bridged lysines
Xiaoxia L, Marston JP, Baxter NJ, Hounslow AM, Yufen Z, Blackburn GM, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP
Prioritization of charge over geometry in transition state analogues of a dual specificity protein kinase
Chiang SC, Veldhuizen EJ, Barnes FA, Craven CJ, Haagsman HP, Bingle CD
Identification and characterisation of the BPI/LBP/PLUNC-like gene repertoire in chickens reveals the absence of a LBP gene
Ratcliffe EC, Tunnicliffe RB, Ng IW, Adams PG, Qian P, Holden-Dye K, Jones MR, Williamson MP, Hunter CN
Experimental evidence that the membrane-spanning helix of PufX adopts a bent conformation that facilitates dimerisation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides RC-LH1 complex through N-terminal interactions
2010
Nicoll AJ, Trevitt CR, Tattum MH, Risse E, Quarterman E, Ibarra AA, Wright C, Jackson GS, Sessions RB, Farrow M, Waltho JP, Clarke AR, Collinge J
Pharmacological chaperone for the structured domain of human prion protein
Hosszu LL, Tattum MH, Jones S, Trevitt CR, Wells MA, Waltho JP, Collinge J, Jackson GS, Clarke AR
The H187R mutation of the human prion protein induces conversion of recombinant prion protein to the PrPSc-like form
Zerovnik E, Staniforth RA, Turk D
Amyloid fibril formation by human stefins: Structure, mechanism and putative functions
Tomlinson JH, Green VL, Baker PJ, Williamson MP
Structural origins of pH-dependent chemical shifts in the B1 domain of protein G
Williamson MP, Sutcliffe MJ
Protein-protein interactions
Marston FY, Grainger WH, Smits WK, Hopcroft NH, Green M, Hounslow AM, Grossman AD, Craven CJ, Soultanas P
When simple sequence comparison fails: the cryptic case of the shared domains of the bacterial replication initiation proteins DnaB and DnaD
Correia MA, Abbott DW, Gloster TM, Fernandes VO, Prates JA, Montanier C, Dumon C, Williamson MP, Tunnicliffe RB, Liu Z, Flint JE, Davies GJ, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Fontes CM, Gilbert HJ
Signature active site architectures illuminate the molecular basis for ligand specificity in family 35 carbohydrate binding module
Wilson T, Williamson MP, Thomas JA
Differentiating quadruplexes: binding preferences of a luminescent dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex with four-stranded DNA structures
Cliff MJ, Bowler MW, Varga A, Marston JP, Szabo J, Hounslow AM, Baxter NJ, Blackburn GM, Vas M, Waltho JP
Transition state analogue structures of human phosphoglycerate kinase establish the importance of charge balance in catalysis
Giamarchi A, Feng S, Rodat-Despoix L, Xu Y, Bubenshchikova E, Newby LJ, Hao J, Gaudioso C, Crest M, Lupas AN, Honor茅, Williamson MP, Obara T, Ong AC, Delmas P
A polycystin-2 dimerization domain essential for the function of heteromeric polycystin complexes
Baxter NJ, Bowler MW, Alizadeh T, Cliff MJ, Hounslow AM, Wu B, Berkowitz DB, Williams NH, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP
Atomic details of near-transition state conformers for enzyme phosphoryl transfer revealed by MgF3- rather than by phosphoranes
Waywell P, Gonzalez V, Gill MR, Adams H, Meijer AJHM, Williamson MP, Thomas JA
Structure of the complex of [Ru(tpm)(dppz)py]2+ with a B-DNA oligonucleotide - a single-residue binding switch for a metallo-intercalator
Tomlinson JH, Craven CJ, Williamson MP, Pandya MJ
Dimerization of protein G B1 domain at low pH: a conformational switch caused by loss of a single hydrogen bond
Marston JP, Cliff MJ, Reed MA, Blackburn GM, Hounslow AM, Craven CJ, Waltho JP
Structural tightening and interdomain communication in the catalytic cycle of phosphoglycerate kinase
Long J, Garner TP, Pandya MJ, Craven CJ, Chen P, Shaw B, Williamson MP, Layfield R, Searle MS
Dimerisation of the UBA domain of p62 inhibits ubiquitin binding and regulates NF-kappaB signalling
Waywell P, Thomas JA, Williamson MP
Structural analysis of the binding of the diquaternary pyridophenazine derivative dqdppn to B-DNA oligonucleotides
2009
Baxter NJ, Hounslow AM, Bowler MW, Williams NH, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP
MgF3- and alpha-galactose 1-phosphate in the active site of beta-phosphoglucomutase form a transition state analogue of phosphoryl transfer
Smart JP, Cliff MJ, Kelly DJ
A role for tungsten in the biology of Campylobacter jejuni: tungstate stimulates formate dehydrogenase activity and is transported via an ultra-high affinity ABC system distinct from the molybdate transporter
Wilton DJ, Kitahara R, Akasaka K, Pandya MJ, Williamson MP
Pressure-dependent structure changes in barnase on ligand binding reveal intermediate rate fluctuations
Suzuki Y, Takahashi R, Shimizu T, Tansho M, Yamauchi K, Williamson MP, Asakura T
Intra- and intermolecular effects on 1H chemical shifts in a silk model peptide determined by high-field solid state 1H NMR and empirical calculations
Menon BR, Waltho JP, Scrutton NS, Heyes DJ
Cryogenic and laser photoexcitation studies identify multiple roles for active site residues in the light-driven enzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase
Hosszu LL, Trevitt CR, Jones S, Batchelor M, Scott DJ, Jackson GS, Collinge J, Waltho JP, Clarke AR
Conformational properties of beta-PrP
Hart T, Hosszu LL, Trevitt CR, Jackson GS, Waltho JP, Collinge J, Clarke AR
Folding kinetics of the human prion protein probed by temperature jump
Wilton DJ, Kitahara R, Akasaka K, Williamson MP
Pressure-dependent 13C chemical shifts in proteins: origins and applications
Tomlinson JH, Ullah S, Hansen PE, Williamson MP
Characterisation of salt bridges to lysines in the Protein G B1 domain
Guranowski A, Starzynska E, Pietrowska-Borek M, Rejman D, Blackburn GM
Novel diadenosine polyphosphate analogs with oxymethylene bridges replacing oxygen in the polyphosphate chain: potential substrates and/or inhibitors of Ap4A hydrolases
Nakazawa Y, Suzuki Y, Williamson MP, Saito H, Asakura T
The interaction of amyloid Abeta(1-40) with lipid bilayers and ganglioside as studied by 31P solid-state NMR
Williamson MP, Craven CJ
Automated protein structure calculation from NMR data
Golicnik M, Olguin LF, Feng G, Baxter NJ, Waltho JP, Williams NH, Hollfelder F
Kinetic analysis of beta-phosphoglucomutase and its inhibition by magnesium fluoride
Skerget K, Vilfan A, Pompe-Novak M, Turk V, Waltho JP, Turk D, Zerovnik E
The mechanism of amyloid-fibril formation by stefin B: temperature and protein concentration dependence of the rates
Cliff MJ, Craven CJ, Marston JP, Hounslow AM, Clarke AR, Waltho JP
The denatured state of N-PGK is compact and predominantly disordered
Nyon MP, Rice DW, Berrisford JM, Hounslow AM, Moir AJ, Huang H, Nathan S, Mahadi NM, Bakar FD, Craven CJ
Catalysis by Glomerella cingulata cutinase requires conformational cycling between the active and inactive states of its catalytic triad
Cioffi M, Hunter CA, Packer MJ, Pandya MJ, Williamson MP
Use of quantitative 1H NMR chemical shift changes for ligand docking into barnase
2008
Milanesi L, Jelinska C, Hunter CA, Hounslow AM, Staniforth RA, Waltho JP
A method for the reversible trapping of proteins in non-native conformations
Milanesi L, Tomas S, Hunter CA, Weinstein JA, Edge R, Navaratnam S, Waltho JP, Best J
A pulse-radiolysis approach to fast reductive cleavage of a disulfide bond to uncage enzyme activity
Guranowski A, Wojdyla AM, Pietrowska-Borek M, Bieganowski P, Khurs EN, Cliff MJ, Blackburn GM, Blaziak D, Stec WJ
Fhit proteins can also recognize substrates other than dinucleoside polyphosphates
Hounslow AM, Carran J, Brown RJ, Rejman D, Blackburn GM, Watts DJ
Determination of the microscopic equilibrium dissociation constants for risedronate and its analogues reveals two distinct roles for the nitrogen atom in nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate drugs
Wilton DJ, Ghosh M, Chary KV, Akasaka K, Williamson MP
Structural change in a B-DNA helix with hydrostatic pressure
Nyon MP, Rice DW, Berrisford JM, Huang H, Moir AJ, Craven CJ, Nathan S, Mahadi NM, Abu Bakar FD
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of recombinant Glomerella cingulata cutinase
Bocian W, Kawecki R, Bednarek E, Sitkowski J, Williamson MP, Hansen PE, Kozerski L
Binding of topotecan to a nicked DNA oligomer in solution
Wilton DJ, Tunnicliffe RB, Kamatari YO, Akasaka K, Williamson MP
Pressure-induced changes in the solution structure of the GB1 domain of protein G
Baxter NJ, Blackburn GM, Marston JP, Hounslow AM, Cliff MJ, Bermel W, Williams NH, Hollfelder F, Wemmer DE, Waltho JP
Anionic charge is prioritized over geometry in aluminum and magnesium fluoride transition state analogs of phosphoryl transfer enzymes
Morgan GJ, Giannini S, Hounslow AM, Craven CJ, Zerovnik E, Turk V, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA
Exclusion of the native alpha-helix from the amyloid fibrils of a mixed alpha/beta protein
2007
Nagy T, Tunnicliffe RB, Higgins LD, Walters C, Gilbert HJ, Williamson MP
Characterization of a double dockerin from the cellulosome of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces equi
Zerovnik E, Skarabot M, Skerget K, Giannini S, Stoka V, Jenko-Kokalj S, Staniforth RA
Amyloid fibril formation by human stefin B: influence of pH and TFE on fibril growth and morphology
Cicortas Gunnarsson L, Montanier C, Tunnicliffe RB, Williamson MP, Gilbert HJ, Nordberg Karlsson E, Ohlin M
Novel xylan-binding properties of an engineered family 4 carbohydrate-binding module
Tintaru AM, Hautbergue GM, Hounslow AM, Hung ML, Lian LY, Craven CJ, Wilson SA
Structural and functional analysis of RNA and TAP binding to SF2/ASF
Tintaru AM, Hautbergue GM, Hounslow AM, Lian LY, Wilson SA, Craven CJ
Assignment of 1H, 13C, and 15N resonances for SF2 RNA recognition motif 2
Shoemark DK, Cliff MJ, Sessions RB, Clarke AR
Enzymatic properties of the lactate dehydrogenase enzyme from Plasmodium falciparum
Jenko Kokalj S, Guncar G, Stern I, Morgan G, Rabzelj S, Kenig M, Staniforth RA, Waltho JP, Zerovnik E, Turk D
Essential role of proline isomerization in stefin B tetramer formation
Moody RG, Phillips-Jones MK, Williamson MP
1H, 13C and 15N assignments for the Rhodobacter sphaeroides fasciclin 1 domain protein (Fdp)
Biomol NMR Assignments 2007 1:11-12
2006
Cliff MJ, Alizadeh T, Jelinska C, Craven CJ, Staniforth RA, Waltho JP
A thiol labelling competition experiment as a probe for sidechain packing in the kinetic folding intermediate of N-PGK
Tunnicliffe RB, Ratcliffe EC, Hunter CN, Williamson MP
The solution structure of the PufX polypeptide from Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Williamson MP, McCormick TG, Nance CL, Shearer WT
Epigallocatechin gallate, the main polyphenol in green tea, binds to the T-cell receptor, CD4: Potential for HIV-1 therapy
Wells MA, Jelinska C, Hosszu LL, Craven CJ, Clarke AR, Collinge J, Waltho JP, Jackson GS
Multiple forms of copper (II) co-ordination occur throughout the disordered N-terminal region of the prion protein at pH 7.4
Baxter NJ, Olguin LF, Golicnik M, Feng G, Hounslow AM, Bermel W, Blackburn GM, Hollfelder F, Waltho JP, Williams NH
A Trojan horse transition state analogue generated by MgF3- formation in an enzyme active site
Wells MA, Jackson GS, Jones S, Hosszu LL, Craven CJ, Clarke AR, Collinge J, Waltho JP
A reassessment of copper(II) binding in the full-length prion protein
Williamson MP, Suzuki Y, Bourne NT, Asakura T
Binding of amyloid beta to ganglioside micelles is dependent on histidine 13
Laguri C, Stenzel RA, Donohue TJ, Phillips-Jones MK, Williamson MP
Activation of the global gene regulator PrrA (RegA) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Joebstl E, Howse JR, Fairclough JP, Williamson MP
Noncovalent cross-linking of casein by epigallocatechin gallate characterized by single molecule force microscopy
Potter CA, Jeong EL, Williamson MP, Henderson PJ, Phillips-Jones MK
Redox-responsive in vitro modulation of the signalling state of the isolated PrrB sensor kinase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides NCIB 8253
Berrisford JM, Hounslow AM, Akerboom J, Hagen WR, Brouns SJ, van der Oost J, Murray IA, Blackburn GM, Waltho JP, Rice DW, Baker PJ
Evidence supporting a cis-enediol-based mechanism for Pyrococcus furiosus phosphoglucose isomerase
Williamson MP
The Nuclear Overhauser Effect
Modern Magnetic Resonance (Ed Asakura T, Saito H, Ando I) Vol 1: Chemistry
Kluwer Academic Press 2006 405-408
Williamson MP
The transferred NOE
Modern Magnetic Resonance (Ed Craik D) Vol 2: Medical Uses
Kluwer Academic Press 2006 1339-1344
Leon-Kempis MR, Guccione E, Mulholland F, Williamson MP, Kelly DJ
The Campylobacter jejuni PEB1a adhesin is an aspartate/glutamate-binding protein of an ABC transporter essential for microaerobic growth on dicarboxylic amino acids
Cartron ML, Maddocks S, Gillingham P, Craven CJ, Andrews SC
Feo - transport of ferrous iron into bacteria
Reed MA, Jelinska C, Syson K, Cliff MJ, Splevins A, Alizadeh T, Hounslow AM, Staniforth RA, Clarke AR, Craven CJ, Waltho JP
The denatured state under native conditions: a non-native-like collapsed state of N-PGK
Kenig M, Jenko-Kokalj S, Tusek-Znidaric M, Pompe-Novak M, Guncar G, Turk D, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA, Avbelj F, Zerovnik E
Folding and amyloid-fibril formation for a series of human stefins' chimeras: any correlation?
Baxter NJ, Roetzer A, Liebig HD, Sedelnikova SE, Hounslow AM, Skern T, Waltho JP
Structure and dynamics of coxsackievirus B4 2A proteinase, an enyzme involved in the etiology of heart disease
Milanesi L, Hunter CA, Sedelnikova SE, Waltho JP
Amplification of bifunctional ligands for calmodulin from a dynamic combinatorial library
2005
Hosszu LL, Wells MA, Jackson GS, Jones S, Batchelor M, Clarke AR, Craven CJ, Waltho JP, Collinge J
Definable equilibrium states in the folding of human prion protein
Tunnicliffe RB, Waby JL, Williams RJ, Williamson MP
An experimental investigation of conformational fluctuations in proteins G and L
Joebstl E, Fairclough JP, Davies AP, Williamson MP
Creaming in black tea
Jelinska C, Conroy MJ, Craven CJ, Hounslow AM, Bullough PA, Waltho JP, Taylor GL, White MF
Obligate heterodimerization of the archaeal Alba2 protein with Alba1 provides a mechanism for control of DNA packaging
Williamson MP
Systems biology: will it work?
Flint J, Bolam DN, Nurizzo D, Taylor EJ, Williamson MP, Walters C, Davies GJ, Gilbert HJ
Probing the mechanism of ligand recognition in family 29 carbohydrate binding
Syson K, Thirlway J, Hounslow AM, Soultanas P, Waltho JP
Solution Structure of the Helicase-Interaction Domain of the Primase DnaG A Model for Helicase Activation
Exley RM, Shaw J, Mowe E, Sun Y-H, West NP, Williamson MP, Botto, M, Smith H, Tang CM
Available carbon source influences the resistance of Neisseria meningitidis against complement
J Exp Med. 2005 201:1637-1645
Zhong Q, Watson MJ, Lazar CS, Hounslow AM, Waltho JP, Gill GN
Determinants of the endosomal localization of sorting nexin 1
Tunnicliffe RB, Bolam DN, Pell G, Gilbert HJ, Williamson MP
Structure of a mannan-specific family 35 carbohydrate-binding module: evidence for significant conformational changes upon ligand binding.
Trevitt CR, Craven CJ, Milanesi L, Syson K, Mattinen ML, Perkins J, Annila A, Hunter CA, Waltho JP
Enhanced ligand affinity for receptors in which components of the binding site are independently mobile
2004
Bocian W, Kawecki R, Bednarek E, Sitkowski J, Pietrzyk A, Williamson MP, Hansen PE, Kozerski L
Multiple binding modes of the camptothecin family to DNA oligomers.
Hosszu LL, Jackson GS, Trevitt CR, Jones S, Batchelor M, Bhelt D, Prodromidou K, Clarke AR, Waltho JP, Collinge J
The residue 129 polymorphism in human prion protein does not confer susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by altering the structure or global stability of PrPC
Joebstl E, O'Connell J, Fairclough JP, Williamson MP
Molecular model for astringency produced by polyphenol/protein interactions
Milanesi L, Reid GD, Beddard GS, Hunter CA, Waltho JP
Synthesis and photochemistry of a new class of photocleavable protein cross-linking reagents
Parker MJ, Aulton-Jones M, Hounslow AM, Craven CJ
A combinatorial selective labeling method for the assignment of backbone amide NMR resonances
LeClair EE, Nomellini V, Bahena M, Singleton V, Bingle L, Craven CJ, Bingle CD
Cloning and expression of a mouse member of the PLUNC protein family exclusively expressed in tongue epithelium
Bingle CD, LeClair EE, Havard S, Bingle L, Gillingham P, Craven CJ
Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of the PLUNC gene family
Bingle CD, Craven CJ
Meet the relatives: a family of BPI- and LBP-related proteins
Cliff MJ, Higgins LD, Sessions RB, Waltho JP, Clarke AR
Beyond the EX1 limit: probing the structure of high-energy states in protein unfolding
Japelj B, Waltho JP, Jerala R
Comparison of backbone dynamics of monomeric and domain-swapped stefin A
Sanders A, Jeremy Craven C, Higgins LD, Giannini S, Conroy MJ, Hounslow AM, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA
Cystatin forms a tetramer through structural rearrangement of domain-swapped dimers prior to amyloidogenesis
Nakano E, Williamson MP, Williams NH, Powers HJ
Copper-mediated LDL oxidation by homocysteine and related compounds depends largely on copper ligation
2003
Laguri C, Phillips-Jones MK, Williamson MP
Solution structure and DNA binding of the effector domain from the global regulator PrrA (RegA) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: insights into DNA binding specificity
Williamson MP
Many residues in cytochrome c populate alternative states under equilibrium conditions
Williamson MP, Akasaka K, Refaee M
The solution structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor at high pressure
Pell G, Williamson MP, Walters C, Du H, Gilbert HJ, Bolam DN
Importance of hydrophobic and polar residues in ligand binding in the family 15 carbohydrate-binding module from Cellvibrio japonicus Xyn10C
Bingle CD, Craven CJ
Comparative analysis of the PLUNC (palate, lung and nasal epithelium clone) protein families
Reed MA, Hounslow AM, Sze KH, Barsukov IG, Hosszu LL, Clarke AR, Craven CJ, Waltho JP
Effects of domain dissection on the folding and stability of the 43 kDa protein PGK probed by NMR
Bailey S, Sedelnikova SE, Mesa P, Ayora S, Waltho JP, Ashcroft AE, Baron AJ, Alonso JC, Rafferty JB
Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis SPP1 phage helicase loader protein G39P
Refaee M, Tezuka T, Akasaka K, Williamson MP
Pressure-dependent changes in the solution structure of hen egg-white lysozyme
Horsburgh GJ, Atrih A, Williamson MP, Foster SJ
LytG of Bacillus subtilis is a novel peptidoglycan hydrolase: the major active glucosaminidase
Jakeman DL, Ivory AJ, Blackburn GM, Williamson MP
Orientation of 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate analogs bound to phosphoglycerate kinase