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Isolation and characterization of DNA aptamers against the HlyE antigen of Salmonella Typhi (2024)
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Ahmad Najib, M., Winter, A., Mustaffa, K. M. F., Ong, E. B. B., Selvam, K., Khalid, M. F., …Aziah, I. (in press). Isolation and characterization of DNA aptamers against the HlyE antigen of Salmonella Typhi. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 28416. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78685-9

Aptamers have emerged as prominent ligands in clinical diagnostics because they provide various advantages over antibodies, such as quicker generation time, reduced manufacturing costs, minimal batch-to-batch variability, greater modifiability, and i... Read More about Isolation and characterization of DNA aptamers against the HlyE antigen of Salmonella Typhi.

Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis. (2024)
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Holder, L., Yuce, E., Oriomah, G., Jenkins, A.-P., Reynisson, J., Winter, A., & Cosgrove, S. (in press). Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis. ChemBioChem, 25(18), Article e202400428. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202400428

Biocatalysis has played a limited role in the early stages of drug discovery. This is often attributed to the limited substrate scope of enzymes not affording access to vast areas of novel chemical space. Here, we have shown a promiscuous nitroreduct... Read More about Accessing active fragments for drug discovery utilising nitroreductase biocatalysis..

Effect of cardiolipin on the lamellarity and elongation of liposomes hydrated in PBS (2024)
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Piccinini, A., Kohlbrecher, J., Moussaoui, D., Winter, A., & Prévost, S. (in press). Effect of cardiolipin on the lamellarity and elongation of liposomes hydrated in PBS. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 669, 844-855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.211


Lamellarity and shape are important factors in the formation of vesicles and determine their role in biological systems and pharmaceutical applications. Cardiolipin (CL) is a major lipid in many biological membranes and exerts a gr... Read More about Effect of cardiolipin on the lamellarity and elongation of liposomes hydrated in PBS.

Galactokinase-like protein from Leishmania donovani: Biochemical and structural characterization of a recombinant protein. (2024)
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Baber, H., Aghajani, A., Gallimore, B. H., Bethel, C., Hyatt, J. G., King, E. F. B., …Winter, A. (2024). Galactokinase-like protein from Leishmania donovani: Biochemical and structural characterization of a recombinant protein. Biochimie, 223, 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2024.03.017

Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the protozoan Leishmania spp. parasites. Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries around the world, and resistance to current anti-leishmanial drugs is rising. Our work has identified... Read More about Galactokinase-like protein from Leishmania donovani: Biochemical and structural characterization of a recombinant protein..

Molecular Changes in Dengue Envelope Protein Domain III upon Interaction with Glycosaminoglycans. (2020)
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Hyatt, J. G., Prévost, S., Devos, J. M., Mycroft-West, C. J., Skidmore, M. A., & Winter, A. (2020). Molecular Changes in Dengue Envelope Protein Domain III upon Interaction with Glycosaminoglycans. Pathogens an international, open access journal of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions, 9(11), Article 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9110935

Dengue fever is a rapidly emerging vector-borne viral disease with a growing global burden of approximately 390 million new infections per annum. The Dengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus spread by female mosquitos of the aedes genus, but the mechanism... Read More about Molecular Changes in Dengue Envelope Protein Domain III upon Interaction with Glycosaminoglycans..

Characterization of Three Druggable Hot-Spots in the Aurora-A/TPX2 Interaction Using Biochemical, Biophysical, and Fragment-Based Approaches (2017)
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McIntyre, P. J., Collins, P. M., Vrzal, L., Birchall, K., Arnold, L. H., Mpamhanga, C., …Bayliss, R. (2017). Characterization of Three Druggable Hot-Spots in the Aurora-A/TPX2 Interaction Using Biochemical, Biophysical, and Fragment-Based Approaches. ACS chemical biology, 12(11), 2906-2914. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00537

Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain. (2017)
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DiCara, D. M., Chirgadze, D. Y., Pope, A. R., Karatt-Vellatt, A., Winter, A., Slavny, P., …McCafferty, J. (2017). Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain. Scientific reports, 9000 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09460-2

The growth and motility factor Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor (HGF/SF) and its receptor, the product of the MET proto-oncogene, promote invasion and metastasis of tumor cells and have been considered potential targets for cancer therapy. We... Read More about Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain..

A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex (2016)
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Winter, A. (2016). A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex. Open Biology, 160032 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.160032

The protease separase plays a key role in sister chromatid disjunction and centriole disengagement. To maintain genomic stability, separase activity is strictly regulated by binding of an inhibitory protein, securin. Despite its central role in cell... Read More about A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex.

Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains (2015)
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Winter, A., Schmid, R., & Bayliss, R. (2015). Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains. PLoS Computational Biology, e1004548 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004548

Separases are large proteins that mediate sister chromatid disjunction in all eukaryotes. They belong to clan CD of cysteine peptidases and contain a well-conserved C-terminal catalytic protease domain similar to caspases and gingipains. However, unl... Read More about Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains.

Exploring the chemical space of the lysine-binding pocket of the first kringle domain of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) yields a new class of inhibitors of HGF/SF-MET binding. (2015)
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Winter. (2015). Exploring the chemical space of the lysine-binding pocket of the first kringle domain of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) yields a new class of inhibitors of HGF/SF-MET binding. Chemical Science, 6147 - 6157. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC02155C

The growth/motility factor hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) and its receptor, the tyrosine kinase MET, constitute a signalling system essential for embryogenesis and for tissue/organ regeneration in post-natal life. HGF/SF-MET signall... Read More about Exploring the chemical space of the lysine-binding pocket of the first kringle domain of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) yields a new class of inhibitors of HGF/SF-MET binding..