Publications
2024
Journal Article
15 (1), 9868 (2024)
The emergence of Sox and POU transcription factors predates the origins of animal stem cells. Nature Communications
Journal Article
15 (1), 9306 (2024)
Structural variation of types IV-A1- and IV-A3-mediated CRISPR interference. Nature Communications
Journal Article
Methylthio-alkane reductases use nitrogenase metalloclusters for carbon-sulfur bond cleavage. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.10.19.619033 (2024)
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96, 126121 (2024)
The mitochondrial citrate synthase from Tetrahymena thermophila does not form an intermediate filament. European Journal of Protistology
Journal Article
A general substitution matrix for structural phylogenetics. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.09.19.613819 (2024)
Conference Paper
1865, 149196, (2024)
The evolution of assembly complexity of earth’s most important CO2 fixing enzyme. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: BBA
Journal Article
34 (17), S0960-9822(24)00921-7, pp. 3855 - 3865.e7 (2024)
Characterization of the SUF FeS cluster synthesis machinery in the amitochondriate eukaryote Monocercomonoides exilis. Current Biology
Preprint
Frequent transitions in self-assembly across the evolution of a central metabolic enzyme. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.07.05.602260 (2024)
Preprint
Bottom-up reconstruction of minimal pyrenoids provides insights into the evolution and mechanisms of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.06.28.601168 (2024)
Journal Article
628 (8009), pp. 894 - 900 (2024)
Emergence of fractal geometries in the evolution of a metabolic enzyme. Nature
Journal Article
383 (6689), eadg4320 (2024)
Evolution-inspired engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Science
Preprint
2-oxoglutarate triggers assembly of active dodecameric Methanosarcina mazei glutamine synthetase. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2024)
Journal Article
15 (3), e0331423 (2024)
Two distinct ferredoxins are essential for nitrogen fixation by the iron nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus. mBio
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Layered entrenchment maintains essentiality in protein-protein interactions. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.01.18.576253 (2024)
Preprint
Cardiac stress leads to regulation of Filamin C dimerisation via an ancient phosphorylation-modulated interaction with HSPB7. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.01.05.574393 (2024)
Journal Article
15 (1), 318 (2024)
The virulence regulator VirB from Shigella flexneri uses a CTP-dependent switch mechanism to activate gene expression. Nature Communications 2023
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Molecular model of a bacterial flagellar motor in situ reveals a “parts-list” of protein adaptations to increase torque. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2023.09.08.556779 (2023)
Journal Article
14 (1), 4056 (2023)
Molecular basis and design principles of switchable front-rear polarity and directional migration in Myxococcus xanthus. Nature Communications
Journal Article
89 (7), e0023823 (2023)
Functional degeneracy in Paracoccus denitrificans Pd1222 is coordinated via RamB, which links expression of the Glyoxylate cycle to activity of the Ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Journal Article
9 (22), eadg6689 (2023)
A bacterial tungsten-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase forms an enzymatic decorated protein nanowire. Science Advances
Preprint
Characterisation of the SUF FeS cluster machinery in the amitochondriate eukaryote Monocercomonoides exilis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2023.03.30.534840 (2023)
Journal Article
4, uqad011 (2023)
Ancestral reconstruction of the MotA stator subunit reveals that conserved residues far from the pore are required to drive flagellar motility. microLife
Journal Article
10, 1072606 (2023)
Parameterization of a single H-bond in orange carotenoid protein by atomic mutation reveals principles of evolutionary design of complex chemical photosystems. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Journal Article
22, pp. 1415 - 1427 (2023)
Evidence for an early green/red photocycle that precedes the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptor cyanobacteriochromes. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
Journal Article
7, pp. 756 - 767 (2023)
Fortuitously compatible protein surfaces primed allosteric control in cyanobacterial photoprotection. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2022
Journal Article
378 (6616), pp. 155 - 160 (2022)
Evolution of increased complexity and specificity at the dawn of form I Rubiscos. Science
Journal Article
7, 1442–1452 (2022)
Diadenosine tetraphosphate regulates biosynthesis of GTP in Bacillus subtilis. Nature Microbiology
Journal Article
8, 35 (2022)
GGDEF domain as spatial on-switch for a phosphodiesterase by interaction with landmark protein HubP. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Journal Article
73, 102339 (2022)
Non-adaptive complexity and biochemical function. Current Opinion in Structural Biology
Journal Article
7 (6), e00412-22 (2022)
ATPase activity of Bacillus subtilis RecA affects the dynamic formation of RecA filaments at DNA double strand breaks. mSphere
Journal Article
13, 7291 (2022)
Structural basis for lipid and copper regulation of the ABC transporter MsbA. Nature Communications
Journal Article
31 (11), e4449 (2022)
Simple mechanisms for the evolution of protein complexity. Protein Science 2021
Preprint
Construction of multicellular yeast networks using the communication toolkit with variable specificity and attenuation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2021.09.27.462023 (2021)
Journal Article
10, e70160 (2021)
Structure and mechanistic features of the prokaryotic minimal RNase P. eLife 2020
Journal Article
588 (7838), pp. 503 - 508 (2020)
A hydrophobic ratchet entrenches molecular complexes. Nature
Journal Article
370 (6519) (2020)
Comment on "Ancient origins of allosteric activation in a Ser-Thr kinase". Science
Journal Article
581 (7809), pp. 480 - 485 (2020)
Origin of complexity in haemoglobin evolution. Nature 2019
Journal Article
569 (7756), pp. 438 - 442 (2019)
An ultra-stable gold-coordinated protein cage displaying reversible assembly. Nature 2018
Journal Article
293 (51), pp. 19511 - 19521 (2018)
It takes a dimer to tango: Oligomeric small heat shock proteins dissociate to capture substrate. J Biol Chem
Journal Article
359 (6378), pp. 930 - 935 (2018)
Structural principles that enable oligomeric small heat-shock protein paralogs to evolve distinct functions. Science 2017
Journal Article
47, pp. 113 - 122 (2017)
Evolution of protein specificity: insights from ancestral protein reconstruction. Curr Opin Struct Biol
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46, pp. 247 - 269 (2017)
Reconstructing Ancient Proteins to Understand the Causes of Structure and Function. Annu Rev Biophys 2015
Journal Article
87 (8), pp. 4370 - 6 (2015)
Bayesian deconvolution of mass and ion mobility spectra: from binary interactions to polydisperse ensembles. Anal Chem 2014
Journal Article
111 (16), pp. E1562 - 70 (2014)
The structured core domain of alphaB-crystallin can prevent amyloid fibrillation and associated toxicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Journal Article
115 (1), pp. 11 - 20 (2014)
Dynamical structure of alphaB-crystallin. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 2013
Journal Article
368 (1617), p. 20110405 (2013)
C-terminal interactions mediate the quaternary dynamics of alphaB-crystallin. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci