Prof Richard Pickersgill
Professor of Structural Biology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology
2024
Gu S, Bradley-Clarke J, Rose R-S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2024). Enzyme-cargo encapsulation peptides bind between tessellating tiles of the bacterial microcompartment shell. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 300 (6)
10-05-2024
10-05-2024
2022
Zhang S, Gu S, Rycroft P, Ruaudel F, Delolme F, Robert X, Ballut L, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE (2022). Scaffolding Protein GspB/OutB Facilitates Assembly of the Dickeya dadantii Type 2 Secretion System by Anchoring the Outer Membrane Secretin Pore to the Inner Membrane and to the Peptidoglycan Cell Wall. mBio, American Society for Microbiology, e0025322-e0025322.
12-05-2022
12-05-2022
2020
Robledo Retana T, Bradley-Clarke J, Croll T, Rose R, Stagg AJ, Villalba M, Honti I and Pickersgill RW (2020). Lig v 1 structure and the inflammatory response to the Ole e 1 protein family. Allergy
02-05-2020
02-05-2020
2019
Conti D, Gul P, Islam A, Martín-Durán JM, Pickersgill RW and Draviam VM (2019). Kinetochores attached to microtubule-ends are stabilised by astrin bound pp1 to ensure proper chromosome segregation. eLife, eLife Sciences Publications Ltd vol. 8
24-12-2019
24-12-2019
UDDIN I, PICKERSGILL R and Gosal W (2019). Structure of Nanotubes Formed From Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins.
10-01-2019
10-01-2019
2018
Lee MJ, Mantell J, Brown IR, Fletcher JM, Verkade P, Pickersgill RW, Woolfson DN, Frank S and Warren MJ (2018). De novo targeting to the cytoplasmic and luminal side of bacterial microcompartments. Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
24-08-2018
24-08-2018
Pluta P, Roversi P, Bernardo-Seisdedos G, Rojas AL, Cooper JB, Gu S, Pickersgill RW and Millet O (2018). Structural basis of pyrrole polymerization in human porphobilinogen deaminase. Biochim Biophys Acta
14-06-2018
14-06-2018
Uddin I, Frank S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2018). A Generic Self-Assembly Process in Microcompartments and Synthetic Protein Nanotubes. Small vol. 14 (19)
09-05-2018
09-05-2018
Uddin I, Frank S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2018). Synthetic Protein Nanotubes: A Generic Self‐Assembly Process in Microcompartments and Synthetic Protein Nanotubes (Small 19/2018). Small, Wiley vol. 14 (19)
01-05-2018
01-05-2018
2017
Abbott W, Alber O, Bayer E, Berrin J-G, Boraston A, Brumer H, Brzezinski R, Clarke A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Cockburn D, Coutinho P, Czjzek M, Dassa B, Davies GJ, Eijsink V, Eklof J, Felice A, Ficko-Blean E, Pincher G, Fontaine T, et al. (2017). Ten years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes. GLYCOBIOLOGY vol. 28 (1), 3-8.
11-10-2017
11-10-2017
Tabaee Damavandi P, Dove MT and Pickersgill RW (2017). A review of drug therapy for sporadic fatal insomnia. Prion vol. 11 (5), 293-299.
04-10-2017
04-10-2017
Gu S, Vladimir VE, Shaw R, Pickersgill and Garnett JA (2017). The role of intrinsic disorder and dynamics in the assembly and function of the type II secretion system. BBA - Proteins and Proteomics, Elsevier
19-07-2017
19-07-2017
Qui J, Zeng Y, Pickersgill R, Donnan R, Sushko O and Yang B (2017). Introducing Quasi-Optical Terahertz Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. 2017 XI International Conference on Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT).
01-05-2017
01-05-2017
2015
Gu S, Sushko O, Deery E, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2015). Crystal structure of CobK reveals strand-swapping between Rossmann-fold domains and molecular basis of the reduced precorrin product trap. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 5 (1)
30-11-2015
30-11-2015
Ali S, Søndergaard CR, Teixeira S and Pickersgill RW (2015). Structural insights into the loss of catalytic competence in pectate lyase activity at low pH. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 589 (21), 3242-3246.
28-09-2015
28-09-2015
Sushko O, Qiu J, Dubrovka R, Pickersgill RW and Donnan RS (2015). Sub-Terahertz Spectroscopy as a Probe for Protein Stability in an Ionic Environment. 2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz).
01-08-2015
01-08-2015
2014
Pang A, Frank S, Brown I, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2014). Structural insights into higher order assembly and function of the bacterial microcompartment protein PduA. J Biol Chem vol. 289 (32), 22377-22384.
08-08-2014
08-08-2014
Lawrence AD, Taylor SL, Scott A, Rowe ML, Johnson CM, Rigby SEJ, Geeves MA, Pickersgill RW, Howard MJ and Warren MJ (2014). FAD binding, cobinamide binding and active site communication in the corrin reductase (CobR). Biosci Rep vol. 34 (4)
04-07-2014
04-07-2014
Palmer DJ, Schroeder S, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Lobo SA, Saraiva LM, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Ferguson SJ, Pickersgill RW, Brown DG and Warren MJ (2014). The structure, function and properties of sirohaem decarboxylase - an enzyme with structural homology to a transcription factor family that is part of the alternative haem biosynthesis pathway. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY vol. 93 (2), 247-261.
01-01-2014
01-01-2014
2013
Terali K, Beavil RL, Pickersgill RW and van der Giezen M (2013). The effect of the adaptor protein Isd11 on the quaternary structure of the eukaryotic cysteine desulphurase Nfs1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun vol. 440 (2), 235-240.
18-10-2013
18-10-2013
Gu S, Rehman S and Pickersgill RW (2013). Crystal structure of the bacterial type II secretion system secretin/pilotin complex.
25-08-2013
25-08-2013
Rehman S, Gu S, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW (2013). Anatomy of secretin binding to the Dickeya dadantii type II secretion system pilotin. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 69 (Pt 8), 1381-1386.
01-08-2013
01-08-2013
DONNAN RS, Pickersgill R, Krauss N, Yang B and Sushko O (2013). Lagrangian dynamics analysis of sub-THz skeletal absorption spectra of amino acids acquired by vector network analysis. Chemical Physics Letters, Elsevier vol. 558, 104-108.
12-02-2013
12-02-2013
2012
Pang A, Liang M, Prentice MB and Pickersgill RW (2012). Substrate channels revealed in the trimeric Lactobacillus reuteri bacterial microcompartment shell protein PduB. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 68 (Pt 12), 1642-1652.
01-12-2012
01-12-2012
Ali S, Blakeley M, Søndergaard CR, Pellegrini E, Teixeira SCM and Pickersgill RW (2012). A joint neutron/X-ray crystallographic study on the mechanism of pectate lyase.
07-08-2012
07-08-2012
Gu S, Kelly G, Wang X, Frenkiel T, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW (2012). Solution structure of homology region (HR) domain of type II secretion system. J Biol Chem vol. 287 (12), 9072-9080.
16-03-2012
16-03-2012
Gu S, Rehman S, Wang X, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW (2012). Structural and functional insights into the pilotin-secretin complex of the type II secretion system. PLoS Pathog vol. 8 (2)
01-02-2012
01-02-2012
Martin JE, Chowdhury ATMD, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Minassian B, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rahman MM, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger G, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, et al. (2012). Intestinal Glycogen Storage Disease, and the Molecular Basis of Pseudo-obstruction with Polyglucosan Bodies.
01-01-2012
01-01-2012
Wang X, Pineau C, Gu S, Guschinskaya N, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE (2012). Cysteine Scanning Mutagenesis and Disulfide Mapping Analysis of Arrangement of GspC and GspD Protomers within the Type 2 Secretion System. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY vol. 287 (23), 19082-19093.
01-01-2012
01-01-2012
Deery E, Schroeder S, Lawrence AD, Taylor SL, Seyedarabi A, Waterman J, Wilson KS, Brown D, Geeves MA, Howard MJ, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ (2012). An enzyme-trap approach allows isolation of intermediates in cobalamin biosynthesis. NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY vol. 8 (11), 933-940.
01-01-2012
01-01-2012
2011
Ali S, Texeira S and Pickersgill RW (2011). Joint neutron/X-ray crystallographic study on the mechanism of pectate lyase.
22-08-2011
22-08-2011
Martin JE, Chowdhury AH, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger GJ, Rahman MM, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, Aziz Q, et al. (2011). A Novel Phenotype of Glycogen Storage Disease Presenting as Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular Disease. Gastroenterology, Elsevier vol. 140 (5), s-705.
01-05-2011
01-05-2011
Pang A, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2011). Structure of PduT, a trimeric bacterial microcompartment protein with a 4Fe-4S cluster-binding site. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 67 (Pt 2), 91-96.
01-02-2011
01-02-2011
Romao CV, Ladakis D, Lobo SAL, Carrondo MA, Brindley AA, Deery E, Matias PM, Pickersgill RW, Saraiva LM and Warren MJ (2011). Evolution in a family of chelatases facilitated by the introduction of active site asymmetry and protein oligomerization. P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 108 (1), 97-102.
04-01-2011
04-01-2011
Martin JE, Chowdhury AH, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger GJ, Rahman MM, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, Ariz Q, et al. (2011). A Novel Phenotype of Glycogen Storage Disease Presenting as Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular Disease.
01-01-2011
01-01-2011
2010
Seyedarabi A, Hutchison T, To TT, Deery E, Brindley A, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2010). Cloning, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of cobalamin methyltransferases from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun vol. 66 (Pt 12), 1652-1656.
01-12-2010
01-12-2010
Seyedarabi A, Sullivan JA, Sasakawa C and Pickersgill RW (2010). A disulfide driven domain swap switches off the activity of Shigella IpaH9.8 E3 ligase. FEBS Lett vol. 584 (19), 4163-4168.
08-10-2010
08-10-2010
Shala K, Yang B, TT T, Pickersgill RW, Krauss N and Donnan RS (2010). Millimeter wave spectroscopy of glucose and a calcium-binding protein using a vector network analyser. 35th IRMMW-THZ Internation Conference, 2010 Rome, Italy 5 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010.
01-10-2010
01-10-2010
Login FH, Fries M, Wang XH, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE (2010). A 20-residue peptide of the inner membrane protein OutC mediates interaction with two distinct sites of the outer membrane secretin OutD and is essential for the functional type II secretion system in Erwinia chrysanthemi. Molecular Microbiology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd vol. 76 (4), 944-955.
21-04-2010
21-04-2010
Seyedarabi A, To TT, Ali S, Hussain S, Fries M, Madsen R, Clausen MH, Teixteira S, Brocklehurst K and Pickersgill RW (2010). Structural insights into substrate specificity and the anti beta-elimination mechanism of pectate lyase. Biochemistry vol. 49 (3), 539-546.
26-01-2010
26-01-2010
2009
Heldt D, Frank S, Seyedarabi A, Ladikis D, Parsons JB, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2009). Structure of a trimeric bacterial microcompartment shell protein, EtuB, associated with ethanol utilization in Clostridium kluyveri. BIOCHEM J vol. 423, 199-207.
15-10-2009
15-10-2009
Brocklehurst K, Gul S and Pickersgill RW (2009). Substrate Recognition. Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry 473-504.
23-09-2009
23-09-2009
2008
Brindley AA, Pickersgill RW, Partridge JC, Dunstan DJ, Hunt DM and Warren MJ (2008). Enzyme sequence and its relationship to hyperbaric stability of artificial and natural fish lactate dehydrogenases. PLoS One vol. 3 (4)
30-04-2008
30-04-2008
Lawrence AD, Deery E, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Pickersgill RW, Rigby SEJ and Warren MJ (2008). Identification, characterization, and structure/function analysis of a corrin reductase involved in adenosylcobalamin biosynthesis. J BIOL CHEM vol. 283 (16), 10813-10821.
18-04-2008
18-04-2008
2007
Fries M, Ihrig J, Brocklehurst K, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW (2007). Molecular basis of the activity of the phytopathogen pectin methylesterase. EMBO J vol. 26 (17), 3879-3887.
05-09-2007
05-09-2007
Frank S, Deery E, Brindley AA, Leech HK, Lawrence A, Heathcote P, Schubert HL, Brocklehurst K, Rigby SEJ, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW (2007). Elucidation of substrate specificity in the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic methyltransferases. Structure and function of the C20 methyltransferase (CbiL) from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. J Biol Chem vol. 282 (33), 23957-23969.
17-08-2007
17-08-2007
2006
Ooi A, Hussain S, Seyedarabi A and Pickersgill RW (2006). Structure of internalin C from Listeria monocytogenes. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 62 (Pt 11), 1287-1293.
01-11-2006
01-11-2006
Opaleye O, Rose R-S, Whittaker MM, Woo E-J, Whittaker JW and Pickersgill RW (2006). Structural and spectroscopic studies shed light on the mechanism of oxalate oxidase. J Biol Chem vol. 281 (10), 6428-6433.
10-03-2006
10-03-2006
Graham CE, Brocklehurst K, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ (2006). Characterization of retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 3. Biochem J vol. 394 (Pt 1), 67-75.
15-02-2006
15-02-2006
2005
Frank S, Brindley AA, Deery E, Heathcote P, Lawrence AD, Leech HK, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ (2005). Anaerobic synthesis of vitamin B12: characterization of the early steps in the pathway. Biochem Soc Trans vol. 33 (Pt 4), 811-814.
01-08-2005
01-08-2005
Okuda J, Toyotome T, Kataoka N, Ohno M, Abe H, Shimura Y, Seyedarabi A, Pickersgill R and Sasakawa C (2005). Shigella effector IpaH9.8 binds to a splicing factor U2AF(35) to modulate host immune responses. BIOCHEM BIOPH RES CO vol. 333 (2), 531-539.
29-07-2005
29-07-2005
2004
Jenkins J, Shevchik VE, Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat N and Pickersgill RW (2004). The crystal structure of pectate lyase Pel9A from Erwinia chrysanthemi. J BIOL CHEM vol. 279 (10), 9139-9145.
05-03-2004
05-03-2004
2003
Pickersgill RW (2003). A primordial structure underlying amyloid. STRUCTURE vol. 11 (2), 137-138.
01-02-2003
01-02-2003
PICKERSGILL RW and Jenkins JA (2003). The structures and active sites of pectinases., Editors: Voragen AGJ, Voragen F, Schols H and Visser R. International symposium on pectins and pectinases (2nd) Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1 Jan 1970.
01-01-2003
01-01-2003
2002
Pickersgill RW (2002). Complex cell signaling molecules from ancient molecular glue. STRUCTURE vol. 10 (10), 1287-1288.
01-10-2002
01-10-2002
Woo EJ, Marshall J, Bauly J, Chen JG, Venis M, Napier RM and Pickersgill RW (2002). Crystal structure of auxin-binding protein 1 in complex with auxin. EMBO J vol. 21 (12), 2877-2885.
17-06-2002
17-06-2002
Palomäki T, Pickersgill R, Riekki R, Romantschuk M and Saarilahti HT (2002). A putative three-dimensional targeting motif of polygalacturonase (PehA), a protein secreted through the type II (GSP) pathway in Erwinia carotovora. Mol Microbiol vol. 43 (3), 585-596.
01-02-2002
01-02-2002
2001
Lo Leggio L, Kalogiannis S, Eckert K, Teixeira SC, Bhat MK, Andrei C, Pickersgill RW and Larsen S (2001). Substrate specificity and subsite mobility in T. aurantiacus xylanase 10A. FEBS Lett vol. 509 (2), 303-308.
07-12-2001
07-12-2001
Jenkins J and Pickersgill R (2001). The architecture of parallel beta-helices and related folds. PROG BIOPHYS MOL BIO vol. 77 (2), 111-175.
01-10-2001
01-10-2001
Hogg D, Woo EJ, Bolam DN, McKie VA, Gilbert HJ and Pickersgill RW (2001). Crystal structure of mannanase 26A from Pseudomonas cellulosa and analysis of residues involved in substrate binding. J Biol Chem vol. 276 (33), 31186-31192.
17-08-2001
17-08-2001
Teixeira S, Lo Leggio L, Pickersgill R and Cardin C (2001). Anisotropic refinement of the structure of Thermoascus aurantiacus xylanase I. ACTA CRYSTALLOGR D vol. 57, 385-392.
01-03-2001
01-03-2001
Jenkins J, Mayans O, Smith D, Worboys K and Pickersgill RW (2001). Three-dimensional structure of Erwinia chrysanthemi pectin methylesterase reveals a novel esterase active site. J Mol Biol vol. 305 (4), 951-960.
26-01-2001
26-01-2001
2000
Woo EJ, Bauly J, Chen JG, Marshall J, Macdonald H, Lazarus C, Goodenough P, Venis M, Napier R and Pickersgill R (2000). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of the auxin receptor ABP1. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 56 (11), 1476-1478.
01-11-2000
01-11-2000
Woo E-J, Dunwell JM, Goodenough PW, Marvier AC and Pickersgill RW (2000). Germin is a manganese containing homohexamer with oxalate oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Springer Nature vol. 7 (11), 1036-1040.
01-11-2000
01-11-2000
Leggio LL, Jenkins J, Harris GW and Pickersgill RW (2000). X‐ray crystallographic study of xylopentaose binding to Pseudomonas fluorescens xylanase A. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 41 (3), 362-373.
01-01-2000
01-01-2000
1999
Leggio LL and Pickersgill RW (1999). Xylanase–oligosaccharide interactions studied by a competitive enzyme assay. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Elsevier vol. 25 (8-9), 701-709.
01-11-1999
01-11-1999
Leggio LL, Kalogiannis S, Bhat MK and Pickersgill RW (1999). High resolution structure and sequence of T. aurantiacus Xylanase I: Implications for the evolution of thermostability in family 10 xylanases and enzymes with βα‐barrel architecture. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 36 (3), 295-306.
15-08-1999
15-08-1999
Aliwan FO, Kroon PA, Faulds CB, Pickersgill R and Williamson G (1999). Ferulic acid esterase‐III from Aspergillus niger does not exhibit lipase activity. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Wiley vol. 79 (3), 457-459.
01-03-1999
01-03-1999
Scott M, Pickersgill RW, Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ and Harris GW (1999). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of arabinanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 55 (2), 544-546.
01-02-1999
01-02-1999
Pickersgill R, Scott M, Smith D, Worboys K and Jenkins J (1999). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the endo‐polygalacturonase from Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 55 (1), 320-322.
01-01-1999
01-01-1999
1998
Woo E-J, Dunwell JM, Goodenough PW and Pickersgill RW (1998). Barley oxalate oxidase is a hexameric protein related to seed storage proteins: evidence from X‐ray crystallography. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 437 (1-2), 87-90.
16-10-1998
16-10-1998
Pickersgill R, Smith D, Worboys K and Jenkins J (1998). Crystal Structure of Polygalacturonase from Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora *. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 273 (38), 24660-24664.
01-09-1998
01-09-1998
Pickersgill R, Harris G, Leggio LL, Mayans O and Jenkins J (1998). Superfamilies: the 4/7 superfamily of βα-barrel glycosidases and the right-handed parallel β-helix superfamily.
01-05-1998
01-05-1998
Faulds CB, Aliwan FO, de Vries RP, Pickersgill RW, Visser J and Williamson G (1998). Chemical and thermal stability of ferulic acid (feruloyl) esterases from Aspergillus. Progress in Biotechnology, Elsevier vol. 15, 41-46.
01-01-1998
01-01-1998
Scott M, Pickersgill RW, Hazlewood GP, Bolam D, Gilbert HJ and Harris GW (1998). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of a family 26 endo‐β‐1,4 mannanase (ManA) from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 54 (1), 129-131.
01-01-1998
01-01-1998
Jenkins J, Mayans O and Pickersgill R (1998). Structure and Evolution of Parallel β-Helix Proteins. Journal of Structural Biology, Elsevier vol. 122 (1-2), 236-246.
01-01-1998
01-01-1998
1997
Harris GW, Pickersgill RW, Connerton I, Debeire P, Touzel J, Breton C and Pérez S (1997). Structural basis of the properties of an industrially relevant thermophilic xylanase. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 29 (1), 77-86.
01-09-1997
01-09-1997
Lo Leggio L, Parry NJ, Van Beeumen J, Claeyssens M, Bhat MK and Pickersgill RW (1997). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of the major endoglucanase from Thermoascus aurantiacus. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 53 (5), 599-604.
01-09-1997
01-09-1997
Spurway TD, Morland C, Cooper A, Sumner I, Hazlewood GP, O'Donnell AG, Pickersgill RW and Gilbert HJ (1997). Calcium Protects a Mesophilic Xylanase from Proteinase Inactivation and Thermal Unfolding*. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 272 (28), 17523-17530.
01-07-1997
01-07-1997
Mayans O, Scott M, Connerton I, Gravesen T, Benen J, Visser J, Pickersgill R and Jenkins J (1997). Two crystal structures of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus reveal a pH driven conformational change and striking divergence in the substrate-binding clefts of pectin and pectate lyases. Structure, Elsevier vol. 5 (5), 677-689.
01-05-1997
01-05-1997
Charnock SJ, Lakey JH, Virden R, Hughes N, Sinnott ML, Hazlewood GP, Pickersgill R and Gilbert HJ (1997). Key Residues in Subsite F Play a Critical Role in the Activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens Subspecies cellulosa Xylanase A Against Xylooligosaccharides but Not Against Highly Polymeric Substrates such as Xylan*. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 272 (5), 2942-2951.
01-01-1997
01-01-1997
1996
Groves MR, Taylor MA, Scott M, Cummings NJ, Pickersgill RW and Jenkins JA (1996). The prosequence of procaricain forms an α-helical domain that prevents access to the substrate-binding cleft. Structure, Elsevier vol. 4 (10), 1193-1203.
01-10-1996
01-10-1996
Katerelos NA, Taylor MAJ, Scott M, Goodenough PW and Pickersgill RW (1996). Crystal structure of a caricain D158E mutant in complex with E‐64. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 392 (1), 35-39.
19-08-1996
19-08-1996
Jenkins J, Scott M, Mayans O, Pickersgill R, Harris G, Connerton I and Gravesen T (1996). Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus niger. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 52 (2), 402-404.
01-03-1996
01-03-1996
Harris GW, Jenkins JA, Connerton I and Pickersgill RW (1996). Refined Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Domain of Xylanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens at 1.8 Å Resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 52 (2), 393-401.
01-03-1996
01-03-1996
1995
Jenkins J, Leggio LL, Harris G and Pickersgill R (1995). β‐Glucosidase, β‐galactosidase, family A cellulases, family F xylanases and two barley glycanases form a superfamily of enzymes wit 8‐fold β/α architecture and with two conserved glutamates near the carboxy‐terminal ends of β‐strands four and seven. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 362 (3), 281-285.
10-04-1995
10-04-1995
Smyth MG, Pickersgill RW and Lax AJ (1995). The potent mitogen Pasteurella multocida toxin is highly resistant to proteolysis but becomes susceptible at lysosomal pH. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 360 (1), 62-66.
20-02-1995
20-02-1995
1994
Harris GW, Jenkins JA, Connerton I, Cummings N, Leggio LL, Scott M, Hazlewood GP, Laurie JI, Gilbert HJ and Pickersgill RW (1994). Structure of the catalytic core of the family F xylanase from Pseudomonas fluorescens and identification of the xylopentaose-binding sites. Structure, Elsevier vol. 2 (11), 1107-1116.
01-11-1994
01-11-1994
Pickersgill R, Jenkins J, Harris G, Nasser W and Robert-Baudouy J (1994). The structure of Bacillus subtilis pectate lyase in complex with calcium. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Springer Nature vol. 1 (10), 717-723.
01-10-1994
01-10-1994
Pickersgill R, Varvill K, Jones S, Perry B, Fischer B, Henderson I, Garrard S, Sumner I and Goodenough P (1994). Making a small enzyme smaller; removing the conserved loop structure of hen lysozyme. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 347 (2-3), 199-202.
27-06-1994
27-06-1994
Taylor MAJ, Baker KC, Connerton IF, Cummings NJ, Harris GW, Henderson IMJ, Jones ST, Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Warwicker J and Goodenough PW (1994). An unequivocal example of cysteine proteinase activity affected by multiple electrostatic interactions. Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 7 (10), 1267-1276.
01-01-1994
01-01-1994
1993
Loris R, Steyaert J, Maes D, Lisgarten J, Pickersgill R and Wyns L (1993). Crystal structure determination and refinement at 2.3-A resolution of the lentil lectin. Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 32 (51)
01-12-1993
01-12-1993
Bhat MK, Pickersgill RW, Perry BN, Brown RA, Jones ST, Mueller-Harvey I, Sumner IG and Goodenough PW (1993). Modification of the head-group selectivity of porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 by protein engineering. Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 32 (45), 12203-12208.
01-11-1993
01-11-1993
Sumner IG, Vaughan A, Eisenthal R, Pickersgill RW, Owen AJ and Goodenough PW (1993). Kinetic analysis of papaya proteinase Ω. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Elsevier vol. 1164 (3), 243-251.
01-08-1993
01-08-1993
SUMNER IG, HARRIS GW, TAYLOR MAJ, PICKERSGILL RW, OWEN AJ and GOODENOUGH PW (1993). Factors effecting the thermostability of cysteine proteinases from Carica papaya. The FEBS Journal, Wiley vol. 214 (1), 129-134.
01-05-1993
01-05-1993
Reveil DF, Cummings NJ, Baker KC, Collins ME, Taylor MAJ, Sumner IG, Pickersgill RW, Connerton IF and Goodenough PW (1993). Nucleotide sequence and expression in Eschericia coli of cDNAs encoding papaya proteinase omega from Carica papaya. Gene, Elsevier vol. 127 (2), 221-225.
01-05-1993
01-05-1993
Golubev AM, Kilimnik AY, Neustroev KN and Pickersgill RW (1993). Crystals of β-Xylanase from Aspergillus oryzae. Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 230 (2), 661-663.
01-03-1993
01-03-1993
Pickersgill RW, Debeire P, Debeire-Gosselin M and Jenkins JA (1993). Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Analysis of a Thermophilic Bacillus Xylanase. Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 230 (2), 664-666.
01-03-1993
01-03-1993
Jones ST, Ahlström P, Berendsen HJC and Pickersgill RW (1993). Molecular dynamics simulation of a phospholipase A2-substrate complex. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Elsevier vol. 1162 (1-2), 135-142.
01-03-1993
01-03-1993
Pickersgill RW, Jenkins JA, Scott M, Connerton I, Hazlewood GP and Gilbert HJ (1993). Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Analysis of the Catalytic Domain of Xylanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa. Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 229 (1), 246-248.
01-01-1993
01-01-1993
Pickersgill RW (1993). Design and engineering of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced performance in the agricultural and food industries. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Wiley vol. 57 (3), 290-291.
01-01-1993
01-01-1993
Loris R, Steyaert J, Maes D, Lisgarten J, Pickersgill R and Wyns L (1993). Corrections: Crystal Structure Determination and Refinement at 2.3-Å Resolution of the Lentil Lectin (Biochemistry (1993) 32(34) (8772–8781) (10.1021/bi00085a007)). Biochemistry vol. 32 (51)
01-01-1993
01-01-1993
1992
Jenkins J, Nasser W, Scott M, Pickersgill R, Vignon J-C and Robert-Baudouy J (1992). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the pectate lyase from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 228 (4), 1255-1258.
01-12-1992
01-12-1992
Pickersgill RW, Harris GW and Garman E (1992). Structure of monoclinic papain at 1.60 Å resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 48 (1), 59-67.
01-02-1992
01-02-1992
Harris GW, Pickersgill RW, Howlin B and Moss DS (1992). The segmented anisotropic refinement of monoclinic papain by the application of the rigid‐body TLS model and comparison to bovine ribonuclease A. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 48 (1), 67-75.
01-02-1992
01-02-1992
Loris R, Lisgarten J, Maes D, Pickersgill R, Körber F, Reynolds C and Wyns L (1992). Two crystal forms of the lentil lectin diffract to high resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 223 (2), 579-581.
01-01-1992
01-01-1992
1991
Pickersgill RW, Rizkallah P, Harris GW and Goodenough PW (1991). Determination of the structure of papaya protease omega. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 47 (5), 766-771.
01-10-1991
01-10-1991
Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Collins ME, Warwicker J, Perry B, Bhat KM and Goodenough PW (1991). Modification of the stability of phospholipase A2 by charge engineering. FEBS Letters, Wiley vol. 281 (1-2), 219-222.
09-04-1991
09-04-1991
Bhat KM, Sumner IG, Perry BN, Collins ME, Pickersgill RW and Goodenough PW (1991). A novel method for the purification of porcine phospholipase A2 expressed in E.coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Elsevier vol. 176 (1), 371-377.
01-04-1991
01-04-1991
Goodenough PW, Bhat KM, Collins ME, Perry BN, Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Warwicker J, de Haas GH and Verheij HM (1991). Changes in activity of porcine phospholipase A2 brought about by charge engineering of a major structural element to alter stability. Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 4 (8), 929-934.
01-01-1991
01-01-1991
Pickersgill RW and Goodenough PW (1991). Enzyme engineering. Trends in Food Science & Technology, Elsevier vol. 2, 122-126.
01-01-1991
01-01-1991
1990
PICKERSGILL RW, SUMNER IG and GOODENOUGH PW (1990). Preliminary crystallographic data for protease Ω. The FEBS Journal, Wiley vol. 190 (2), 443-444.
01-06-1990
01-06-1990
1989
Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Collins ME and Goodenough PW (1989). Structural and electrostatic differences between actinidin and papain account for differences in activity. Biochemical Journal, Portland Press vol. 257 (1), 310-312.
01-01-1989
01-01-1989
1988
Pickersgill RW, Goodenough PW, Sumner IG and Collins ME (1988). The electrostatic fields in the active-site clefts of actinidin and papain. Biochemical Journal, Portland Press vol. 254 (1), 235-238.
15-08-1988
15-08-1988
Pickersgill RW (1988). A rapid method of calculating charge–charge interaction energies in proteins. Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 2 (3), 247-248.
01-01-1988
01-01-1988
1987
Pickersgill RW (1987). One‐dimensional disorder in spinach ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase crystals. Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) vol. 43 (4), 502-506.
01-07-1987
01-07-1987
1983
ADAMS MJ, GOVER S, PICKERSGILL RW and HELLIWELL JR (1983). Structure-function relationships of NAD+- and NADP+-dependent dehydrogenases with particular reference to the three-dimensional structure of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. Biochemical Society Transactions, Portland Press vol. 11 (4), 429-435.
01-08-1983
01-08-1983
Adams MJ, Archibald IG, Bugg CE, Carne A, Gover S, Helliwell JR, Pickersgill RW and White SW (1983). The three dimensional structure of sheep liver 6‐phosphogluconate dehydrogenase at 2.6 A resolution. The EMBO Journal, Springer Nature vol. 2 (6), 1009-1014.
01-06-1983
01-06-1983
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology
BBSRC AIDD CTP CASE Award: Yu-Yuan Yang
Richard Pickersgill and Arianna Fornili
£8,600 Evotec EVOTEC (UK) LIMITED (01-10-2023 - 30-09-2027)
Richard Pickersgill and Arianna Fornili
£8,600 Evotec EVOTEC (UK) LIMITED (01-10-2023 - 30-09-2027)
Vitamin scavenging in the gut: Structure/function of the tight-binding B12 foraging machinery in Bacteroides - and its biotechnological applications
Richard Pickersgill
£283,203 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-04-2023 - 31-03-2026)
Richard Pickersgill
£283,203 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-04-2023 - 31-03-2026)
Structure of the assembly platform of the type II secretion system
Richard Pickersgill, Vidya Darbari and Arianna Fornili
£579,168 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (28-10-2022 - 27-10-2025)
Richard Pickersgill, Vidya Darbari and Arianna Fornili
£579,168 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (28-10-2022 - 27-10-2025)
Highthroughput Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging Across Scales
Viji Draviam Sastry, Caroline Brennan, Vidya Darbari, Jose Martin Duran, Ivan Kadurin, Maria Isabel Palacios De Castro, Richard Pickersgill, Sarah McClelland, Tyson Sharp and Martin Knight
£386,205 MRC Medical Research Council (01-10-2022 - 31-03-2023)
Viji Draviam Sastry, Caroline Brennan, Vidya Darbari, Jose Martin Duran, Ivan Kadurin, Maria Isabel Palacios De Castro, Richard Pickersgill, Sarah McClelland, Tyson Sharp and Martin Knight
£386,205 MRC Medical Research Council (01-10-2022 - 31-03-2023)
BBSRC DTP 2016 (LIDO)`
Richard Pickersgill
£104,696 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-10-2016 - 30-09-2020)
Richard Pickersgill
£104,696 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-10-2016 - 30-09-2020)