Dr Andrew Hitchcock
School of Biosciences
Royal Society Research Fellow
- Profile
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- 2019 - Present: Royal Society University Research Fellowship, University of Sheffield.
- 2014-2019: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
- 2013-2014: Visiting Researcher, Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, UK
- 2011-2014: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, UK
- 2007-2011: PhD, Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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Journal articles
- Methionine synthesis and glycine betaine demethylation are intricately intertwined in cosmopolitan marine bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(38). View this article in WRRO
- Cyanobacterial redox carriers support photosynthesis in a purple phototrophic bacterium. Biochemical Journal. View this article in WRRO
- High-light-inducible proteins control associations between chlorophyll synthase and the Photosystem II biogenesis factor Ycf39. Plant Physiology, 198(2). View this article in WRRO
- The diversity of physiology and metabolism in chlorophototrophic bacteria, 1-98.
- Functional connectivity of red chlorophylls in cyanobacterial photosystem I revealed by fluence-dependent transient absorption. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129(12), 3191-3197. View this article in WRRO
- Tethering ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase to photosystem I promotes photosynthetic cyclic electron transfer. The Plant Cell, 37(3). View this article in WRRO
- Metabolism of hemicelluloses by root-associated Bacteroidota species. The ISME Journal, 19(1). View this article in WRRO
- Resonant vibrational enhancement of downhill energy transfer in the C-phycocyanin chromophore dimer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(46), 11569-11576. View this article in WRRO
- Single-molecule detection of the encounter and productive electron transfer complexes of a photosynthetic reaction center. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(29), 20019-20032. View this article in WRRO
- Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol is required for dimerisation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre-light harvesting 1 core complex. Biochemical Journal, 481(13), 823-838. View this article in WRRO
- Generalized biomolecular modeling and design with RoseTTAFold All-Atom. Science, 384(6693). View this article in WRRO
- Coordinating plant pigment production: a green role for ORANGE family proteins. Molecular Plant, 16(9), 1366-1369. View this article in WRRO
- Twisted carotenoids do not support efficient intramolecular singlet fission in the orange carotenoid protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(26), 6135-6142. View this article in WRRO
- The structure and assembly of reaction centre-light-harvesting 1 complexes in photosynthetic bacteria. Bioscience Reports, 43(5). View this article in WRRO
- Phycobilisome’s exciton transfer efficiency relies on an energetic funnel driven by chromophore–linker protein interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(21), 11659-11668. View this article in WRRO
- Photosynthesis in the near infrared: the γ subunit of Blastochloris viridis LH1 red-shifts absorption beyond 1000 nm. Biochemical Journal, 480(6), 455-460.
- Cryo-EM structure of the four-subunit Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome bc1 complex in styrene maleic acid nanodiscs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(12).
- Cysteine biosynthesis in Campylobacter jejuni: substrate specificity of CysM and the dualism of sulfide. Biomolecules, 13(1).
- Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynthesis Research, 155(3), 219-245. View this article in WRRO
- Zeta-carotene isomerase (Z-ISO) Is required for light-independent carotenoid biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Microorganisms, 10(9). View this article in WRRO
- Exploiting violet-blue light to kill Campylobacter jejuni: analysis of global responses, modeling of transcription factor activities, and identification of protein targets. mSystems, 7(4).
- Cryo-EM structures of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cytochrome b6f complex with and without the regulatory PetP subunit. Biochemical Journal, 479(13), 1487-1503.
- Priming with biocides: a pathway to antibiotic resistance?. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 133(2), 830-841.
- The terminal enzymes of (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis. Royal Society Open Science, 9(5).
- Changes in supramolecular organization of cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane complexes in response to far-red light photoacclimation. Science Advances, 8(6). View this article in WRRO
- A widely distributed phosphate-insensitive phosphatase presents a route for rapid organophosphorus remineralization in the biosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5). View this article in WRRO
- FRET measurement of cytochrome bc1 and reaction centre complex proximity in live Rhodobacter sphaeroides cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1863(2). View this article in WRRO
- The structural basis for high‐affinity uptake of lignin‐derived aromatic compounds by proteobacterial TRAP transporters. The FEBS Journal, 289(2), 436-456.
- Redesigning the photosynthetic light reactions to enhance photosynthesis – the PhotoRedesign consortium. The Plant Journal, 109(1), 23-34.
- Cryo-EM structure of the dimeric Rhodobacter sphaeroides RC-LH1 core complex at 2.9 Å : the structural basis for dimerisation. Biochemical Journal, 478(21), 3923-3937. View this article in WRRO
- Cryo-EM structure of the monomeric Rhodobacter sphaeroides RC–LH1 core complex at 2.5 Å. Biochemical Journal, 478(20), 3775-3790. View this article in WRRO
- Combinatorial assembly platform enabling engineering of genetically stable metabolic pathways in cyanobacteria. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(21).
- Transporter characterisation reveals aminoethylphosphonate mineralisation as a key step in the marine phosphorus redox cycle. Nature Communications, 12. View this article in WRRO
- Evolution of Ycf54-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis in cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(10).
- Cytochrome b6f – orchestrator of photosynthetic electron transfer. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1862(5). View this article in WRRO
- Structures of Rhodopseudomonas palustris RC-LH1 complexes with open or closed quinone channels. Science Advances, 7(3). View this article in WRRO
- Xanthophyll carotenoids stabilise the association of cyanobacterial chlorophyll synthase with the LHC-like protein HliD. Biochemical Journal, 477(20), 4021-4036.
- A thermostable protein matrix for spectroscopic analysis of organic semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(32), 13898-13907. View this article in WRRO
- Type IV pili-independent photocurrent production by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11.
- A photosynthetic antenna complex foregoes unity carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer efficiency to ensure photoprotection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(12), 6502-6508.
- Progress and challenges in engineering cyanobacteria as chassis for light-driven biotechnology.. Microbial Biotechnology, 13(2), 363-367.
- Cryo-EM structure of the spinach cytochrome b6 f complex at 3.6 Å resolution. Nature, 575(7783), 535-539. View this article in WRRO
- Atoms to phenotypes: Molecular design principles of cellular energy metabolism. Cell, 179(5), 1098-1111.e23. View this article in WRRO
- Membrane organization of photosystem I complexes in the most abundant phototroph on Earth. Nature Plants, 5(8), 879-889. View this article in WRRO
- The ChlD subunit links the motor and porphyrin binding subunits of magnesium chelatase. Biochemical Journal, 476(13), 1875-1887. View this article in WRRO
- Structural and functional characterization of IdiA/FutA (Tery_3377), an iron-binding protein from the ocean diazotroph Trichodesmium erythraeum. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(47), 18099-18109.
- Plant and algal chlorophyll synthases function in Synechocystis and interact with the YidC/Alb3 membrane insertase. FEBS Letters , 592(18), 3062-3073. View this article in WRRO
- Probing the quality control mechanism of the Escherichia coli twin-arginine translocase with folding variants of ade novo-designed heme protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(18), 6672-6681. View this article in WRRO
- A Rhamnose-Inducible System for Precise and Temporal Control of Gene Expression in Cyanobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology, 7(4), 1056-1066. View this article in WRRO
- Probing the local lipid environment of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome bc(1) and Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 cytochrome b(6)f complexes with styrene maleic acid. BBA - Bioenergetics, 1859(3), 215-225.
- Identification of protein W, the elusive sixth subunit of the Rhodopseudomonas palustris reaction center-light harvesting 1 core complex. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1859(2), 119-128. View this article in WRRO
- Desert dust as a source of iron to the globally important diazotroph Trichodesmium. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8(JAN).
- Repurposing a photosynthetic antenna protein as a super-resolution microscopy label. Scientific Reports, 7(1). View this article in WRRO
- The molecular basis of phosphite and hypophosphite recognition by ABC-transporters. Nature Communications, 8. View this article in WRRO
- Transcriptome and proteome dynamics in chemostat culture reveal how Campylobacter jejuni modulates metabolism, stress responses and virulence factors upon changes in oxygen availability. Environmental Microbiology, 19(10), 4326-4348. View this article in WRRO
- Lateral Segregation of Photosystem I in Cyanobacterial Thylakoids. Plant Cell, 29(5), 1119-1136. View this article in WRRO
- Determination of cell doubling times from the return-on-investment time of photosynthetic vesicles based on atomic detail structural models. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(15), 3787-3797. View this article in WRRO
- Augmenting light coverage for photosynthesis through YFP-enhanced charge separation at the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre.. Nature Communications, 8. View this article in WRRO
- Tapping the Unused Potential of Photosynthesis with a Heterologous Electron Sink. ACS Synthetic Biology, 5(12), 1369-1375. View this article in WRRO
- Evidence for polyploidy in the globally important diazotroph Trichodesmium. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363(21). View this article in WRRO
- Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll a in a Purple Bacterial Phototroph and Assembly into a Plant Chlorophyll–Protein Complex. ACS Synthetic Biology, 5(9), 948-954. View this article in WRRO
- Two Unrelated 8-Vinyl Reductases Ensure Production of Mature Chlorophylls in Acaryochloris marina. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 198(9), 1393-1400. View this article in WRRO
- Quantifying Integrated Proteomic Responses to Iron Stress in the Globally Important Marine Diazotroph Trichodesmium. PLOS ONE, 10(11), e0142626-e0142626.
- Phosphite utilization by the globally important marine diazotroph
T richodesmium. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 7(6), 824-830.
- It takes two to tango: two TatA paralogues and two redox enzyme-specific chaperones are involved in the localization of twin-arginine translocase substrates in Campylobacter jejuni.. Microbiology, 160(Pt 9), 2053-2066. View this article in WRRO
- A bioelectrochemical approach to characterize extracellular electron transfer by synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Plos One, 9(3).
- Hydrogenase activity in the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni depends upon a novel ABC-type nickel transporter (NikZYXWV) and is SlyD-independent. Microbiology, 158(6), 1645-1655.
- Roles of the twin-arginine translocase and associated chaperones in the biogenesis of the electron transport chains of the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Microbiology, 156(10), 2994-3010.
- Reduction of fumarate, mesaconate and crotonate by Mfr, a novel oxygen‐regulated periplasmic reductase in Campylobacter jejuni. Environmental Microbiology, 12(3), 576-591.
- A Multicopper Oxidase (Cj1516) and a CopA Homologue (Cj1161) Are Major Components of the Copper Homeostasis System of
Campylobacter jejuni. Journal of Bacteriology, 190(24), 8075-8085.
- Phosphite binding by the HtxB periplasmic binding protein depends on the protonation state of the ligand. Scientific Reports, 9(1).
Book chapters
- New insights in bacterial organophosphorus cycling: From human pathogens to environmental bacteria, Advances in Microbial Physiology (pp. 1-49). Elsevier
- Emerging roles for soil Bacteroidetes in complex carbon and organic phosphorus cycling
- Engineering purple bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis to study the roles of carotenoids in light-harvesting complexes, Methods in Enzymology (pp. 137-184). Elsevier
- Photosynthesis | Carotenoids in Photosynthesis – Structure and Biosynthesis, Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry III (pp. 163-185). Elsevier
- Quantifying the Interaction of Phosphite with ABC Transporters: MicroScale Thermophoresis and a Novel His-Tag Labeling Approach, Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 51-62). Springer US
- Photosynthetic apparatus in purple bacteria, Light Harvesting in Photosynthesis (pp. 95-120).
Conference proceedings
- Performance of a bacterium as an energy conversion device in terms of energy-return-on-investment determined from atomic-detail structural models. Biophysical Journal, Vol. 116(3 (Suppl. 1)) (pp 418a-419a) View this article in WRRO
Preprints
- The Impact of Carotenoid Energy Levels on the Exciton Dynamics and Singlet-Triplet Annihilation in the Bacterial Light-Harvesting 2 Complex, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Singlet fission contributes to solar energy harvesting in photosynthesis, arXiv.
- Tethering ferredoxin-NADP+reductase to photosystem I promotes photosynthetic cyclic electron transfer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Hybrid xyloglucan utilisation loci are prevalent among plant-associated Bacteroidota, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Assessment of the Role and Origin of S* in Orange Carotenoid Protein Photoconversion, arXiv.
- Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol is required for dimerization of theRhodobacter sphaeroidesRC-LH1 core complex, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Generalized Biomolecular Modeling and Design with RoseTTAFold All-Atom, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Twisted carotenoids do not support efficient intramolecular singlet fission in the orange carotenoid protein, arXiv.
- Methionine synthesis and glycine betaine demethylation are intricately intertwined in cosmopolitan marine bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(38). View this article in WRRO
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