Dr John Rafferty
School of Biosciences
Reader in Structural Biology
Principal Admissions Tutor
j.rafferty@sheffield.ac.uk
Firth Court
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Dr John Rafferty
School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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Career history
- 2005 - present: Reader in Structural Biology, School of Biosciences, Sheffield Univ
- 1999 - 2004: Royal Society Olga Kennard Fellow, Mol.Biol.&Biotech.Dept, Sheffield Univ
- 1996 - 1999: BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, Mol.Biol.&Biotech.Dept, Sheffield Univ.
- 1992 - 1996: PDRA, Mol.Biol. & Biotech. Dept, Sheffield Univ.
- 1990 - 1991: PDRA, Biochem. & Mol.Biol. Dept, Leeds Univ.
- 1989 - 1990: PDRA, Biophysics Dept, Leeds Univ.
- 1986 - 1990: PhD, Biophysics Dept, Leeds Univ.
- Research interests
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Structural Biology
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Structural and functional characterization of NanU, a novel high-affinity sialic acid-inducible binding protein of oral and gut-dwelling Bacteroidetes species.. Biochem J, 458(3), 499-511. View this article in WRRO
- Mutants of phage bIL67 RuvC with enhanced Holliday junction binding selectivity and resolution symmetry.. Mol Microbiol, 89(6), 1240-1258. View this article in WRRO
- Insights into the structure and assembly of the Bacillus subtilis clamp-loader complex and its interaction with the replicative helicase.. Nucleic Acids Res, 41(9), 5115-5126. View this article in WRRO
- The CouPSTU and TarPQM transporters in Rhodopseudomonas palustris: redundant, promiscuous uptake systems for lignin-derived aromatic substrates.. PLoS One, 8(3), e59844. View this article in WRRO
- The Stalk Region of the RecU Resolvase Is Essential for Holliday Junction Recognition and Distortion. J MOL BIOL, 410(1), 39-49.
- The virulence factor PEB4 (Cj0596) and the periplasmic protein Cj1289 are two structurally related SurA-like chaperones in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni.. J Biol Chem, 286(24), 21254-21265.
- Structural studies of fatty acyl-(acyl carrier protein) thioesters reveal a hydrophobic binding cavity that can expand to fit longer substrates.. J Mol Biol, 365(1), 135-145.
- RusA Holliday junction resolvase: DNA complex structure--insights into selectivity and specificity.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(19), 5577-5584. View this article in WRRO
- Structural insight into gene transcriptional regulation and effector binding by the Lrp/AsnC family.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(5), 1439-1449. View this article in WRRO
- The structure of Escherichia coli RusA endonuclease reveals a new Holliday junction DNA binding fold.. Structure, 11(12), 1557-1567.
- Structural basis of Synercid (quinupristin-dalfopristin) resistance in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens.. J Biol Chem, 278(32), 29963-29970.
- Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis SPP1 phage helicase loader protein G39P.. J Biol Chem, 278(17), 15304-15312.
- Analysis of the catalytic and binding residues of the diadenosine tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans by site-directed mutagenesis. J BIOL CHEM, 278(7), 4435-4439.
All publications
Journal articles
- A diverse set of Enterococcus-infecting phage provides insight into phage host-range determinants. Virus Research, 347, 199426-199426.
- Expanding the RNA polymerase biocatalyst solution space for mRNA manufacture. Biotechnology Journal, 19(6).
- The stringent response inhibits 70S ribosome formation in Staphylococcus aureus by impeding GTPase-ribosome interactions. mBio.
- Characterisation of a tripartite α-pore forming toxin from Serratia marcescens. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
- Identification and structural analysis of the tripartite α-pore forming toxin of Aeromonas hydrophila. Nature Communications, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
- The molecular basis of endolytic activity of a multidomain alginate lyase from Defluviitalea phaphyphila, a representative of a new lyase family, PL39. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294(48), 18077-18091.
- A New Mechanism for High-Affinity Uptake of C4-Dicarboxylates in Bacteria Revealed by the Structure of Rhodopseudomonas palustris MatC (RPA3494), a Periplasmic Binding Protein of the Tripartite Tricarboxylate Transporter (TTT) Family. Journal of Molecular Biology, 431(2), 351-367.
- Structural basis for high-affinity adipate binding to AdpC (RPA4515), an orphan periplasmic-binding protein from the tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT) family in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. FEBS Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Structural insights into dynamics of RecU–HJ complex formation elucidates key role of NTR and stalk region toward formation of reactive state. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(2), 975-986. View this article in WRRO
- Direct observation of DNA threading in flap endonuclease complexes. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 23, 640-646. View this article in WRRO
- Structural and functional characterization of NanU, a novel high-affinity sialic acid-inducible binding protein of oral and gut-dwelling Bacteroidetes species.. Biochem J, 458(3), 499-511. View this article in WRRO
- Mutants of phage bIL67 RuvC with enhanced Holliday junction binding selectivity and resolution symmetry.. Mol Microbiol, 89(6), 1240-1258. View this article in WRRO
- Insights into the structure and assembly of the Bacillus subtilis clamp-loader complex and its interaction with the replicative helicase.. Nucleic Acids Res, 41(9), 5115-5126. View this article in WRRO
- The CouPSTU and TarPQM transporters in Rhodopseudomonas palustris: redundant, promiscuous uptake systems for lignin-derived aromatic substrates.. PLoS One, 8(3), e59844. View this article in WRRO
- Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the receiver domain of a putative response regulator, BPSL0128, from Burkholderia pseudomallei.. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 68(Pt 8), 917-922.
- The Stalk Region of the RecU Resolvase Is Essential for Holliday Junction Recognition and Distortion. J MOL BIOL, 410(1), 39-49.
- The virulence factor PEB4 (Cj0596) and the periplasmic protein Cj1289 are two structurally related SurA-like chaperones in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni.. J Biol Chem, 286(24), 21254-21265.
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF PALOURDE TAPES DECUSSATUS (L.) OF RELEVANCE TO ITS EXPLOITATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. Biology & Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 110(2), 95-108.
- Studies of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase and implications for the development of antiparasitic agents.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 63(Pt 3), 328-338. View this article in WRRO
- Structural studies of fatty acyl-(acyl carrier protein) thioesters reveal a hydrophobic binding cavity that can expand to fit longer substrates.. J Mol Biol, 365(1), 135-145.
- RusA Holliday junction resolvase: DNA complex structure--insights into selectivity and specificity.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(19), 5577-5584. View this article in WRRO
- Structural insight into gene transcriptional regulation and effector binding by the Lrp/AsnC family.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(5), 1439-1449. View this article in WRRO
- The Structure of Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase and Its Role in Substrate Selection and Sequence-Specific Cleavage. Structure, 13(9), 1341-1351.
- Rapid analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes using MALDI TOF mass spectrometry and ion pair reverse phase liquid chromatography.. J Biochem Biophys Methods, 58(1), 39-48.
- The structure of Escherichia coli RusA endonuclease reveals a new Holliday junction DNA binding fold.. Structure, 11(12), 1557-1567.
- Crystallization of RusA Holliday junction resolvase from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 12), 2262-2264.
- Non-cytotoxic variants of the Kid protein that retain their auto-regulatory activity. Plasmid, 50(2), 120-130.
- Structural basis of Synercid (quinupristin-dalfopristin) resistance in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens.. J Biol Chem, 278(32), 29963-29970.
- Expression, purification and crystallization of the Plasmodium falciparum enoyl reductase.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 7), 1246-1248.
- Crystallization of the Bacillus subtilis SPP1 bacteriophage helicase loader protein G39P.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 6), 1090-1092.
- Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis SPP1 phage helicase loader protein G39P.. J Biol Chem, 278(17), 15304-15312.
- Analysis of the catalytic and binding residues of the diadenosine tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans by site-directed mutagenesis. J BIOL CHEM, 278(7), 4435-4439.
- Squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase - Alteration of substrate selectivity and identification of arginine and lysine residues important in catalytic activity. J BIOL CHEM, 277(46), 43918-43923.
- The RuvABC resolvasome.. Eur J Biochem, 269(22), 5492-5501.
- A novel ligand-binding domain involved in regulation of amino acid metabolism in prokaryotes. J BIOL CHEM, 277(40), 37464-37468.
- Structural and functional analysis of the kid toxin protein from E. coli plasmid R1.. Structure, 10(10), 1425-1433.
- X-ray crystallographic studies on butyryl-ACP reveal flexibility of the structure around a putative acyl chain binding site.. Structure, 10(6), 825-835.
- The crystal structure of diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans in free and binary complex forms.. Structure, 10(4), 589-600.
- Crystallization of a complex of Caenorhabditis elegans diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase and a non-hydrolysable substrate analogue, AppCH2ppA.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 3), 526-528.
- Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies on acyl-(acyl carrier protein) from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 2), 330-332.
- Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies on the parD-encoded protein Kid from Escherichia coli plasmid R1.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 2), 355-358.
- Crystallization and quaternary structure analysis of an Lrp-like regulatory protein from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 57(Pt 6), 886-888.
- A study of the structure-activity relationship for diazaborine inhibition of Escherichia coli enoyl-ACP reductase.. J Mol Biol, 309(1), 171-180.
- Analysis of the structure, substrate specificity, and mechanism of squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase.. Structure, 9(5), 347-353.
- Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase from squash (Cucurbita moschata).. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 57(Pt 3), 451-453.
- Crystal structure of the Lrp-like transcriptional regulator from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.. EMBO J, 20(5), 990-997.
- Plant glycerol-3-phosphate-l-acyltransferase (GPAT): structure selectivity studies. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 677-679.
- Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 680-681.
- Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 680-680.
- Plant glycerol-3-phosphate-1-acyltransferase (GPAT): structure selectivity studies. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 677-677.
- The X-ray structure of Brassica napus beta-keto acyl carrier protein reductase and its implications for substrate binding and catalysis.. Structure, 8(4), 339-347.
- Crystallization of the NADP-dependent beta-keto acyl-carrier protein reductase from Brassica napus.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 56(Pt 1), 86-88.
- Crystallographic analysis of triclosan bound to enoyl reductase.. J Mol Biol, 294(2), 527-535.
- Inhibitor binding studies on enoyl reductase reveal conformational changes related to substrate recognition.. J Biol Chem, 274(43), 30811-30817.
- Crystallization of Escherichia coli RuvA complexed with a synthetic Holliday junction.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 55(Pt 1), 263-265.
- The X-ray structure of Escherichia coli enoyl reductase with bound NAD+ at 2.1 A resolution.. J Mol Biol, 284(5), 1529-1546.
- Crystal structure of E.coli RuvA with bound DNA Holliday junction at 6 A resolution.. Nat Struct Biol, 5(6), 441-446.
- Mechanism of action of diazaborines.. Biochem Pharmacol, 55(10), 1541-1549.
- Crystallization of the NADP-dependent beta-keto acyl carrier protein reductase from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 54(Pt 3), 427-429.
- Structural similarities between Escherichia coli RuvA protein and other DNA-binding proteins and a mutational analysis of its binding to the holliday junction.. J Mol Biol, 278(1), 105-116.
- Insights into the mechanisms of homologous recombination from the structure of RuvA.. Curr Opin Struct Biol, 7(6), 798-803.
- Crystallization of E. coli RuvA gives insights into the symmetry of a Holliday junction/protein complex.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 53(Pt 1), 122-124.
- A mechanism of drug action revealed by structural studies of enoyl reductase.. Science, 274(5295), 2107-2110.
- Crystallization of Escherichia coli enoyl reductase and its complex with diazaborine.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 52(Pt 6), 1181-1184.
- Crystal structure of DNA recombination protein RuvA and a model for its binding to the Holliday junction.. Science, 274(5286), 415-421.
- Common themes in redox chemistry emerge from the X-ray structure of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase.. Structure, 3(9), 927-938.
- The Met Repressor-Operator Complex: DNA Recognition by ?-Strands. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 726(1 DNA Damage), 105-117.
- Crystallization of the NADH-specific enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase from Brassica napus.. J Mol Biol, 237(2), 240-242.
- Crystallization and initial X-ray analysis of the C2-subunit of crustacyanin. Journal of Molecular Biology, 224(1), 283-284.
- Cooperative tandem binding of met repressor of Escherichia coli. Nature, 341(6244), 711-715.
- Three-dimensional crystal structures of Escherichia coli met repressor with and without corepressor. Nature, 341(6244), 705-710.
- Crystallization of the met repressor from Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology, 200(1), 217-219.
- Conformational dynamics of cohesin/Scc2 loading complex are regulated by Smc3 acetylation and ATP binding. Nature Communications, 14(1).
- Structural and functional characterisation of a stable, broad-specificity multimeric sialidase from the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia. Biochemical Journal.
- The structural basis for high‐affinity uptake of lignin‐derived aromatic compounds by proteobacterial TRAP transporters. The FEBS Journal.
Chapters
- Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants — Metabolic Pathways, Structure and Organization, Lipids in Photosynthesis (pp. 11-34). Springer Netherlands
- Determination of the X-Ray Crystallographic Structure of E.coli Butyryl-ACP, Advanced Research on Plant Lipids (pp. 139-142). Springer Netherlands
- Structural Studies on Plant and Bacterial Reductases Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids (pp. 38-41). Springer Netherlands
- Towards a Structural Understanding of Enzymes of Lipid Biosynthesis, Plant Lipid Metabolism (pp. 55-57). Springer Netherlands
Conference proceedings papers
- Acyltransferases and their role in the biosynthesis of lipids - opportunities for new oils. Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 158(4) (pp 505-513)
Preprints
- Expanding the RNA polymerase biocatalyst solution space for mRNA manufacture, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Conformational dynamics of cohesin/Scc2 loading complex are regulated by Smc3 acetylation and ATP binding, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Conformational dynamics of cohesin/Scc2 loading complex are regulated by Smc3 acetylation and ATP binding, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- (p)ppGpp inhibits 70S ribosome formation in Staphylococcus aureus by impeding GTPase-ribosome interactions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Structural and functional characterization of NanU, a novel high-affinity sialic acid-inducible binding protein of oral and gut-dwelling Bacteroidetes species.. Biochem J, 458(3), 499-511. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching activities
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Level 3 modules
- MBB344 Genomic Science
- MBB362 Biochemistry Data Handling
Level 2 modules
- MBB261 Biochemistry 2
- MBB265 Practical Molecular Bioscience 2
Level 1 modules
- MBB161 Biochemistry (Module Coordinator)
- MBB165 Practical Molecular Bioscience 1
- Professional activities and memberships
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External examiner Univ. Birmingham