2011

Boutemy LS, King SR, Win J, Hughes RK, Clarke TA, Blumenschein TM, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ* (2011) Structure of Phytophthora RXLR effector proteins: a conserved but adaptable fold underpins functional diversity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.262303

Li C, Sato K, Monari S, Salard I, Sola M, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2011) Metal-binding loop length is a determinant of the pKa of a histidine ligand at a type-1 copper site. Inorganic Chemistry. 50: 482-88.

2010

Pointon JA, Smith WD, Saalbach G, Crow A, Kehoe MA & Banfield MJ* (2010) A highly unusual thioester bond in a bacterial adhesin is required for efficient host cell interaction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285: 33858-66.

Badarau A, Firbank SJ, McCarthy AA, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2010) Visualising the metal-binding versatility of copper trafficking sites. Biochemistry. 49: 7798-810.

Smith WD, Pointon JA, Abbott EL, Kang HJ, Baker EN, Hirst BH, Wilson JA, Banfield MJ & Kehoe MA (2010) Roles of minor pilin subunits Spy0125 and Spy0130 in the M1 Streptococcus pyogenes strain SF370. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 4651-9.

Oliva R, Win J, Raffaele S, Boutemy L, Bozkurt TO, Chaparro-Garcia A, Segretin ME, Stam R, Schornack S, Cano LM, van Damme M, Huitema E, Thines M, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S (2010) Filamentous plant pathogen effectors: From sequence to function. Cellular Microbiology. 12: 705-15.

Solovyova AS, Pointon JA, Race PR, Smith WD, Kehoe MA & Banfield MJ (2010) Solution structure of the major (Spy0128) and minor (Spy0125 and Spy0130) pili subunits from Streptococcus pyogenes. European Biophysical Journal. 39: 469-80.

2009

Crow A, Race PR, Jubelin G, Varela-Chavez C, Escoubas J-M, Oswald E & Banfield MJ* (2009) Crystal structures of Cif from bacterial pathogens Photorhabdus luminescens and Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS-ONE 4: e5582.

Jubelin G, Varela–Chavez C, Taieb F, Banfield MJ, Samba-Louaka A, Nobe R, Nougayrède J-P, Zumbhil R, Givaudan A, Escoubas J-M & Oswald E (2009) Cycle Inhibiting Factors (CIFs) are a growing family of functional cyclomodulins present in invertebrate and mammal pathogens. PLoS-ONE 4: e4855

Sato K, Li C, Salard I, Thompson AJ, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2009) Metal-binding loop length and not sequence dictates structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 106: 5616-21.

Race PR, Bentley ML, Melvin JA, Crow A, Hughes RK, Smith WD, Sessions RB, Kehoe MK, McCafferty DG & Banfield MJ* (2009) Crystal structure of S. pyogenes sortase A: Implications for sortase mechanism. Journal of Biologicial Chemistry. 284: 6924-33.

2008

Yanagisawa S, Crowley PB, Firbank SJ, Lawler AT, Hunter DM, McFarlane W, Li C, Kohzuma T, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2008) π-Interaction tuning of the active site properties of metalloproteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130:15420-28.

Tottey S, Waldron KJ, Firbank SJ, Reale B, Bessant C, Sato K, Cheek TR, Gray J, Banfield MJ, Dennison C & Robinson NJ (2008) Protein-folding location can regulate manganese versus copper- or zinc-binding. Nature. 455:1138-42.

Crowley PB, Matias PM, Mi H, Firbank S, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2008) Regulation of protein function: Crystal packing interfaces and conformational dimerization. Biochemistry. 47:6583-89.

Rath O, Park S, Tang HH, Banfield MJ, Brady RL, Lee YC, Dignam JD, Sedivy JM, Kolch W & Yeung KC (2008) The RKIP (Raf-1 Kinase Inhibitor Protein) conserved pocket binds to the phophorylated N-region of Raf-1 and inhibits the Raf-1 mediated activated phosphorylation of MEK. Cell Signalling. 20: 935-41.

Sato K, Firbank SJ, Li C, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2008) Assessing the Importance of the Long Type 1 Copper-Binding Loop of Nitrite Reductase for Structure and Function. Chemistry – A European Journal. 14: 5820-28.

Badarau A, Firbank SJ, Waldron KJ, Robinson NJ, YanagisawaS, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2008) Iron uptake and structure of FutA2: A frerric binding protein from Synechocytis PCC 6803. Journal of Biologicial Chemistry 238: 12520-7

2007

i C, Banfield MJ & Dennison C (2007) Engineering copper sites in proteins: Loops confer native structures and properties to chimeric cupredoxins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129: 709-18.

Race PR, Solovyova AS & Banfield MJ (2007) Probing the effects of serine phosphorylation at residues 434 and 463 on the solution structure of EPEC Tir. Biophysical Journal 93: 586-96