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David Lawson
Biological Chemistry Department
Dave Lawson

2011

Syson, K., Stevenson, C. E. M., Rejzek, M., Fairhurst, S. A, Nair, A., Bruton, C. J., Field, R. A., Chater, K. F., Lawson, D. M. & Bornemann, S. (2011). Structure of a Streptomyces maltosyltransferase GlgE: a homologue of a genetically validated anti-tuberculosis target. J. Biol. Chem., doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.279315.

Le, T. B. K., Schumacher, M. A., Lawson D. M., Brennan, R. G. & Buttner, M. J. (2011). The crystal structure of the TetR family transcriptional repressor SimR bound to DNA and the role of a flexible N-terminal extension in minor groove binding. Nucleic Acids Res., doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr640.

Le, T. B. K., Stevenson, C. E. M., Fiedler, H.-P., Maxwell, A., Lawson D. M. & Buttner, M. J. (2011). Structures of the TetR-like simocyclinone efflux pump repressor, SimR, and the mechanism of ligand-mediated derepression. J. Mol. Biol., 408, 40-56.

Le, T. B. K., Stevenson, C. E. M., Buttner, M. J. & Lawson D. M. (2011). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the TetR-like efflux pump regulator SimR. Acta Cryst., F67, 307-309.

Ashby, J. A., Stevenson, C. E. M., Lawson, D. M. & Maule, A. J. (2011). Structure-based mutational analysis of eIF4E in relation to sbm1 resistance to Pea seed-borne mosaic virus in pea. PLoS ONE, 6, e15873.

Rejzek, M., Stevenson, C. E., Southard, A. M., Stanley, D., Denyer, K., Smith, A. M., Naldrett, M. J., Lawson, D. M., & Field, R. A.  (2011). Chemical genetics and cereal starch metabolism: structural basis of the non-covalent and covalent inhibition of barley β-amylase. Molecular Biosystems, 7, 718-730.

2010

Metzger, U., Keller, S., Stevenson, C. E. M., Heide, L. & Lawson, D. M. (2010). Structure and mechanism of the magnesium-independent aromatic prenyltransferase CloQ from the clorobiocin biosynthetic pathway. J. Mol. Biol., 404, 612-626.

Gómez García, I., Stevenson, C. E., Usón, I., Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T. & Lawson, D. M. (2010). The crystal structure of the novobiocin biosynthetic enzyme NovP: the first representative structure for the TylF O-methyltransferase superfamily. J. Mol. Biol., 395, 390-407.

2009

Edwards, M. J., Flatman, R. H., Mitchenall, L. A., Stevenson, C. E. M., Le, T. B. K., Clarke, T. A., McKay, A. R., Fiedler, H.-P., Buttner, M. J., Lawson, D. M. & Maxwell, A. (2009). A crystal structure of the bifunctional antibiotic, simocyclinone D8, bound to DNA gyrase. Science, 326, 1415-1418.

Gunasekaran P., Grandison G., Cowtan K., Mak L., Lawson D. M., Morris R. J. (2009) Ligand Electron Density Shape Recognition Using 3D Zernike Descriptors Sheffield, Pattern Recognition in Biology, 7-9 Sept 2009 Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 125-136.

Edwards, M. J., Flatman, R. H., Mitchenall, L. A., Stevenson, C. E., Maxwell, A. & Lawson, D. M. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a complex formed between the antibiotic simocyclinone D8 and the DNA breakage-reunion domain of Escherichia coli DNA gyrase. Acta Cryst. F65, 846-848.

Ashby, J. A., Stevenson, C. E., Maule, A. J. & Lawson, D. M. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E from Pisum sativum. Acta Cryst. F65, 836-838.

2008

Gómez García, I., Freel Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T. & Lawson, D. M. (2008). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the O-carbamoyltransferase NovN from the novobiocin-biosynthetic cluster of Streptomyces spheroides. Acta Cryst. F64, 1000-1002.

Tello, M., Rejzek, M., Wilkinson, B., Lawson, D. M. & Field, R. A. (2008). Tyl1a, a dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3,4-isomerase from Streptomyces fradiae: structure prediction, mutagenesis and solvent isotope incorporation experiments to investigate reaction mechanism. ChemBioChem, 9, 1295-1302.

2007

Burrell, M. R., Just, V. J., Bowater, L., Fairhurst, S. A., Requena, L., Lawson, D. M. & Bornemann, S. (2007). Oxalate decarboxylase and oxalate oxidase activities can be interchanged with a specificity switch of up to 282,000 by mutating an active site lid. Biochemistry, 46, 12327-12336.

Just, V. J., Burrell, M. R., Bowater, L., McRobbie, I., Stevenson, C. E. M., Lawson, D. M. & Bornemann, S. (2007). The identity of the active site of oxalate decarboxylase and the importance of the stability of active site lid conformations. Biochem. J., 407, 397-406.

Usón, I., Stevenson, C. E. M., Lawson, D. M. & Sheldrick, G. M. (2007). Structure determination of the O-methyltransferase NovP using the 'free lunch algorithm' as implemented in SHELXE. Acta Crystallographica, D63, 1069-1074.

Burman, J. D., Stevenson, C. E. M., Sawers, R. G. & Lawson, D. M. (2007). The crystal structure of Escherichia coli TdcF, a member of the highly conserved YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family. BMC Struct. Biol., 7, 30.

Stevenson, C. E. M., Kock, H., Mootien, S., Davies, S. C., Bibb, M. J. & Lawson, D. M. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of AbsC, a novel regulator of antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor. Acta Cryst., F63, 233-235.

Stevenson, C. E. M., Freel Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T. & Lawson, D. M. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the O-methyltransferase NovP from the novobiocin-biosynthetic cluster of Streptomyces spheroides. Acta Cryst., F63, 236-238.

2006

Keller, S., Pojer, F., Heide, L. & Lawson, D. M. (2006). Molecular replacement in the "twilight zone": crystal structure determination of the non-heme iron oxygenase NovR from Streptomyces spheroides through repeated density modification of a poor molecular replacement solution. Acta Cryst., D62, 1564-1570.

Keller, S., Pojer, F., Heide, L. & Lawson, D. M. (2006). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the aromatic prenyltransferase CloQ from the clorobiocin biosynthetic cluster of Streptomyces roseochromogenes. Acta Cryst., F62, 1153-1155.

Stevenson, C. E. M., Burton, N., Costa, M. M., Nath, U., Dixon, R. A., Coen, E. S. & Lawson, D. M. (2006). Crystal structure of the MYB domain of the RAD transcription factor from Antirrhinum majus. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 65, 1041-1045.

Jakimowicz, P., Tello, M., Freel Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T., Buttner, M. J., Field, R. A. & Lawson, D. M. (2006). The 1.6 Å resolution crystal structure of NovW: a 4-keto-6-deoxy sugar epimerase from the novobiocin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces spheroides. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 63, 261-265.

Tello, M., Jakimowicz, P., Errey, J. C., Freel Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T., Buttner, M. J., Lawson, D. M. & Field, R. A. (2006). Characterisation of Streptomyces spheroides NovW and revision of its functional assignment to a dTDP-6-deoxy-d-xylo-4-hexulose 3-epimerase. Chem. Comm., 1079-1081.  

2005

Stevenson, C. E. M., Burton, N., Costa, M., Nath, U., Dixon, R. A., Coen, E. & Lawson, D. M. (2005). Crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of the RAD protein from Antirrhinum majus. Acta Cryst., F61, 885-888.

2004

Stevenson, C. E. M., Tanner, A., Bowater, L., Bornemann, S. & Lawson, D. M. (2004). SAD at home: solving the structure of oxalate decarboxylase with the anomalous signal from manganese using X-ray data collected on a home source. Acta Cryst., D60, 2403-2406.

Burman, J. D., Harris, R. L., Hauton, K. A., Lawson, D. M. & Sawers, R. G. (2004). The iron-sulfur cluster in the L-serine dehydratase TdcG from Escherichia coli is required for enzyme activity. FEBS Lett., 576, 442-444.

Just, V. J., Stevenson, C. E. M., Bowater, L., Tanner, A., Lawson, D. M. & Bornemann, S. (2004). A closed conformation of Bacillus subtilis oxalate decarboxylase OxdC provides evidence for the true identity of the active site. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 19867-19874.

2003

Bornemann, S., Lawson, D. M. & Thorneley, R. N. (2003). A Branch Point in Chorismate Synthase Research. Structure, 11, 1463-1465.

Jakimowicz, P., Freel Meyers, C. L., Walsh, C. T., Buttner, M. J. & Lawson, D. M. (2003). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies on the putative dTDP sugar epimerase NovW from the novobiocin biosynthetic cluster of Streptomyces spheroides. Acta Cryst., D59, 1507-1509.

Güse, A., Stevenson, C. E. M., Kuper, J., Buchanan, G., Schwarz, G., Giordano, G., Magalon, A., Mendel, R. R., Lawson, D. M. & Palmer, T. (2003). Biochemical and structural analysis of the molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein MobA. J. Biol. Chem., 278, 25302-25307.

Lawson, D. M., Stevenson, C. E. M., Andrew, C. R., George, S. J. & Eady, R. R. (2003). A two-faced molecule offers NO explanation: the proximal binding of nitric oxide to heme. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 31, 553-557.

Burman, J. D., Stevenson, C. E. M., Hauton, K. A., Sawers, G. & Lawson, D. M. (2003). Crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of the E. coli hypothetical protein TdcF. Acta Cryst., D59, 1076-1078.

Strange R. W., Smith B. E., Eady R. R., Lawson D. & Hasnain S. S. (2003). XAFS studies of nitrogenase: the MoFe and VFe proteins and the use of crystallographic coordinates in three-dimensional EXAFS data analysis. J. Synch. Rad., 10, 71-75.

Maxwell, A. & Lawson, D.M. (2003). The ATP-binding site of type II topoisomerases as a target for antibacterial drugs. Curr. Top. Med. Chem., 3, 283-303

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