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Hrast, Martina, Jukič, Marko, Patin, Delphine, Tod, Julie, Dowson, Christopher G., Roper, David I., Barreteau, Hélène and Gobec, Stanislav (2018) In silico identification, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel tetrazole inhibitors of MurB. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 91 (6). pp. 1101-1112. doi:10.1111/cbdd.13172

Meyer, Karen, Addy, Christine, Akashi, Satoko, Roper, David I. and Tame, Jeremy R. H. (2018) The crystal structure and oligomeric form of Escherichia coli L,D-carboxypeptidase A. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 499 (3). pp. 594-599. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.195

Batson, Sarah, de Chiara, Cesira, Majce, Vita, Lloyd, Adrian J., Gobec, Stanislav, Rea, Dean, Fülöp, Vilmos, Thoroughgood, Christopher W., Simmons, Katie J., Dowson, Christopher G., Fishwick, Colin W. G., de Carvalho, Luiz Pedro S. and Roper, David I. (2017) Inhibition of D-Ala : D-Ala ligase through a phosphorylated form of the antibiotic D-cycloserine. Nature Communications, 8 (1). 1939 . doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02118-7

Sychantha, David, Jones, Carys S., Little, Dustin J., Moynihan, Patrick J., Robinson, Howard, Galley, Nicola F., Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G., Howell, P. Lynne and Clarke, Anthony J. (2017) In vitro characterization of the antivirulence target of Gram-positive pathogens, peptidoglycan O-acetyltransferase A (OatA). PLOS Pathogens, 13 (10). e1006667. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006667

Tran, Anh T., Watson, Emma E., Pujari, Venugopal, Conroy, Trent, Dowman, Luke J., Giltrap, Andrew M., Pang, Angel, Wong, Weng-Ruh, Linington, Roger G., Saunders, Jessica, Charman, Susan A., West, Nicholas P., Bugg, Tim, Tod, Julie, Dowson, Christopher G., Roper, David I., Crick, Dean C., Britton, Warwick J. and Payne, Richard J. (2017) Sansanmycin natural product analogues as potent and selective anti-mycobacterials that inhibit lipid I biosynthesis. Nature Communications, 8 . 14414 . doi:10.1038/ncomms14414

Calvez, Philippe, Breukink, Eefjan, Roper, David I., Dib, Mélanie, Contreras-Martel, Carlos and Zapun, André (2017) Substitutions in PBP2b from β-lactam resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae have different effects on enzymatic activity and drug reactivity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292 (7). pp. 2854-2865. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.764696

Vajs, Jure, Proud, Conor, Brozovic, Anamaria, Gazvoda, Martin, Lloyd, Adrian J., Roper, David I., Osmak, Maja, Košmrlj, Janez and Dowson, Christopher G. (2017) Diaryltriazenes as antibacterial agents against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Mycobacterium smegmatis. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 127 . pp. 223-234. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.12.060

Broughton, Claire E., Berg, Hugo van den, Wemyss, Alan M., Roper, David I. and Rodger, Alison (2016) Beyond the discovery void : new targets for antibacterial compounds. Science Progress, 99 (2). pp. 153-182. doi:10.3184/003685016X14616130512308

Usha, Veeraraghavan, Lloyd, Adrian J., Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G., Kozlov, Guennadi, Gehring, Kalle, Chauhan, Smita, Imam, Hasan T., Blindauer, Claudia A. and Besra, Gurdyal S. (2016) Reconstruction of diaminopimelic acid biosynthesis allows characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis N-succinyl-L,L-diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase. Scientific Reports, 6 . 23191. doi:10.1038/srep23191

Kaner, Rebecca A., Allison, Simon A., Faulkner, Alan D., Simpson, Daniel H., Waterfield, Nicholas R., Phillips, Roger M., Roper, David I., Shepherd, Samantha L. and Scott, Peter (2016) Anticancer metallohelices : nanomolar potency and high selectivity. Chemical Science, 7 (2). pp. 951-958. doi:10.1039/c5sc03677a

Broughton, Claire E., Roper, David I., Berg, Hugo van den and Rodger, Alison (2015) Bacterial cell division : experimental and theoretical approaches to the divisome. Science Progress, 98 (4). pp. 313-345. doi:10.3184/003685015X14461391862881

Teo, Alvin and Roper, David I. (2015) Core steps of membrane-bound peptidoglycan biosynthesis : recent advances, insight and opportunities. Antibiotics, 4 (4). pp. 495-520. doi:10.3390/antibiotics4040495

Kaner, Rebecca A., Allison, Simon A., Faulkner, Alan D., Simpson, Daniel H., Waterfield, Nicholas R., Phillips, Roger M., Roper, David I., Shepherd, Samantha L. and Scott, Peter (2015) Data for Anticancer metallohelices : nanomolar potency and high selectivity. [Dataset]

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Dow, Claire E., Berg, Hugo van den, Roper, David I. and Rodger, Alison (2015) Biological insights from a simulation model of the critical FtsZ accumulation required for prokaryotic cell division. Biochemistry, 54 (24). pp. 3803-3813. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00261

Li, Qiong, Cheng, Wang, Morlot, Cécile, Bai, Xiao-Hui, Jiang, Yong-Liang, Wang, Wenjia, Roper, David I., Vernet, Thierry, Dong, Yu-Hui, Chen, Yuxing and Zhou, Cong-Zhao (2015) Full-length structure of the major autolysin LytA. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, 71 (6). pp. 1373-1381. doi:10.1107/S1399004715007403

Faulkner, Alan D., Kaner, Rebecca A., Abdallah, Qasem M. A., Clarkson, Guy J., Fox, David J., Gurnani, Pratik, Howson, Suzanne E., Phillips, Roger M. , Roper, David I., Simpson, Daniel H. and Scott, Peter (2014) Asymmetric triplex metallohelices with high and selective activity against cancer cells. Nature Chemistry, Volume 6 (Number 9). pp. 797-803. doi:10.1038/nchem.2024

Braddick, Darren, Sandhu, Sandeep, Roper, David I., Chappell, M. J. (Michael J.) and Bugg, Tim (2014) Observation of the time-course for peptidoglycan lipid intermediate II polymerization by Staphylococcus aureus monofunctional transglycosylase. Microbiology, Volume 160 (Part 8). pp. 1628-1636. doi:10.1099/mic.0.079442-0

Galley, Nicola F., O'Reilly, Amy M. and Roper, David I. (2014) Prospects for novel inhibitors of peptidoglycan transglycosylase. Bioorganic Chemistry, Volume 55 (Number 100). pp. 16-26. doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2014.05.007

Paulin, Sarah, Jamshad, Mohammed, Dafforn, Tim, Garcia-Lara, Jorge, Foster, Simon J., Galley, Nicola F., Roper, David I., Rosado, Helena and Taylor, Peter W. (2014) Surfactant-free purification of membrane protein complexes from bacteria : application to the staphylococcal penicillin-binding protein complex PBP2/PBP2a. Nanotechnology, Volume 25 (Number 28). Article number 285101. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/25/28/285101

Rodolis, Maria T., Mihalyi, Agnes, O'Reilly, Amy M., Slikas, Justinas, Roper, David I., Hancock, Robert E. W. and Bugg, Tim (2014) Identification of a novel inhibition site in Translocase MraY based upon the site of interaction with Lysis Protein E from Bacteriophage ϕX174. Chembiochem, Volume 15 (Number 9). pp. 1300-1308. doi:10.1002/cbic.201402064

Lloyd, Adrian J., Potter, Nicola J., Fishwick, Colin W. G., Roper, David I. and Dowson, Christopher G. (2013) Adenosine Tetraphosphoadenosine drives a continuous ATP-release assay for Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and other Adenylate-forming enzymes. ACS Chemical Biology, 8 (10). pp. 2157-2163. doi:10.1021/cb400248f

Lloyd, Adrian J., Potter, Nicola J., Fishwick, Colin W. G., Roper, David I. and Dowson, Christopher G. (2013) Adenosine tetraphosphoadenosine drives a continuous ATP-release assay for aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and other adenylate-forming enzymes. ACS Chemical Biology, 8 (10). pp. 2157-2163. doi:10.1021/cb400248f

Valegård, Karin, Iqbal, Aman, Kershaw, Nadia J., Ivison, David, Généreux, Catherine, Dubus, Alain, Blikstad, Cecilia, Demetriades, Marina, Hopkinson, Richard J., Lloyd, Adrian J., Roper, David I., Schofield, Christopher J., Andersson, Inger and McDonough, Michael A. (2013) Structural and mechanistic studies of theorf12 gene product from the clavulanic acid biosynthesis pathway. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, Volume 69 (Number 8). pp. 1567-1579. doi:10.1107/S0907444913011013

Dow, Claire E., Rodger, Alison, Roper, David I. and Berg, Hugo van den (2013) A model of membrane contraction predicting initiation and completion of bacterial cell division. Integrative Biology (Number 5). pp. 778-795. doi:10.1039/c3ib20273a

Majce, Vita, Ruane, Karen M., Gobec, Stanislav and Roper, David I. (2013) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a UDP-MurNAc-tripeptideD-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme (PaMurF) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, Volume 69 (number 5). pp. 503-505. doi:10.1107/S1744309113005344

Pacheco‑Gómez, Raúl, Cheng, Xi, Hicks, Matthew R., Smith, Corinne J., Roper, David I., Addinall, Stephen G., Rodger, Alison and Dafforn, Tim (2013) Tetramerization of ZapA is required for FtsZ bundling. Biochemical Journal, Volume 449 (Number 3). pp. 795-802. doi:10.1042/BJ20120140

Meigh, Louise, Greenhalgh, Sophie A., Rodgers, Thomas L., Cann, Martin J., Roper, David I. and Dale, Nicholas (2013) CO2 directly modulates connexin 26 by formation of carbamate bridges between subunits. eLife, Volume 2 . Article number e01213. doi:10.7554/eLife.01213

Zapun, André, Philippe, Jules, Abrahams, Katherine A., Signor, Luca, Roper, David I., Breukink, Eefjan and Vernet, Thierry (2013) In vitro reconstitution of peptidoglycan assembly from the gram-positive pathogen streptococcus pneumoniae. ACS Chemical Biology, Volume 8 (Number 12). pp. 2688-2696. doi:10.1021/cb400575t

Ruane, Karen M., Lloyd, Adrian J., Fülöp, Vilmos, Dowson, Christopher G., Barreteau, Hélène, Boniface, Audrey, Dementin, Sébastien, Blanot, Didier, Mengin-Lecreulx, Dominique, Gobec, Stanislav, Dessen, Andréa and Roper, David I. (2013) Specificity determinants for lysine incorporation in staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan as revealed by the structure of a MurE enzyme ternary complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 288 (Number 46). Article number 33439. doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.508135

Yoshida, Hisashi, Kawai, Fumihiro, Obayashi, Eiji, Akashi, Satoko, Roper, David I., Tame, Jeremy R.H. and Park, Sam-Yong (2012) Crystal structures of penicillin-binding protein 3 (PBP3) from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the apo and cefotaxime‐bound forms. Journal of Molecular Biology, Volume 423 (Number 3). pp. 351-364. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2012.07.012

Turner, Daniel J., Portman, Ian, Dafforn, Tim, Rodger, Alison, Roper, David I., Smith, Corinne J. and Turner, Matthew S. (2012) The Mechanics of FtsZ fibers. Biophysical Journal, Vol.102 (No.4). pp. 731-738. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.015

Pacheco-Gómez, Raúl, Roper, David I., Dafforn, Tim and Rodger, Alison (2011) The pH dependence of polymerization and bundling by the essential bacterial cytoskeltal protein FtsZ. PLoS One, Vol.6 (No.6). e19369. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019369

Bugg, Tim, Braddick, Darren, Dowson, Christopher G. and Roper, David I. (2011) Bacterial cell wall assembly : still an attractive antibacterial target. Trends in Biotechnology, Vol.29 (No.4). pp. 167-173. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.12.006

Hattersley, John G., Pérez-Velázquez, J., Chappell, M. J. (Michael J.), Bearup, Daniel James, Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G., Bugg, Tim and Evans, Neil D. (2011) Indistinguishability and identifiability of kinetic models for the MurC reaction in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol.104 (No.2). pp. 70-80. doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.07.009

Batson, Sarah, Rea, Dean, Fülöp, Vilmos and Roper, David I. (2010) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase (EcDdlB) from Escherichia coli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.66 (No.4). pp. 405-408. doi:10.1107/S1744309110003970

Kawai, Fumihiro, Clarke, Thomas B., Roper, David I., Han, Gab-Jo, Hwang, Kwang Yeon, Unzai, Satoru, Obayashi, Eiji, Park, Sam-Yong and Tame, Jeremy R. H. (2010) Crystal structures of penicillin-binding proteins 4 and 5 from Haemophilus influenzae. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol.396 (No.3). pp. 634-645. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.055

Paradis-Bleau, Catherine, Lloyd, Adrian, Sanschagrin, Francois, Maaroufi, Halim, Clarke, Thomas B., Blewett, Ann, Dowson, Christopher G., Roper, David I., Bugg, Tim and Levesque, Roger C. (2009) Pseudomonas aeruginosa MurE amide ligase : enzyme kinetics and peptide inhibitor. Biochemical Journal, Vol.421 (No. 2). pp. 263-272. doi:10.1042/BJ20081395

Cressina, Elena, Lloyd, Adrian J., De Pascale, Gianfranco, Mok, B. James, Caddick, Stephen, Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G. and Bugg, Tim (2009) Inhibition of tRNA-dependent ligase MurM from Streptococcus pneumoniae by phosphonate and sulfonamide inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.17 (No.9). pp. 3443-3455. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.03.028

Usha, Veeraraghavan, Dover, Lynn G., Roper, David I., Fuetterer, Klaus and Besra, Gurdyal S. (2009) Structure of the diaminopimelate epimerase DapF from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, Vol.65 (No.4). pp. 383-387. doi:10.1107/S0907444909002522

Clarke, Thomas B., Kawai, Fumihiro, Park, Sam-Yong, Tame, Jeremy R. H., Dowson, Christopher G. and Roper, David I. (2009) Mutational analysis of the substrate specificity of Escherichia coli penicillin binding protein 4. Biochemistry, Vol.48 (No.12). pp. 2675-2683. doi:10.1021/bi801993x

Sova, Matej, Cadez, Gasper, Turk, Samo, Majce, Vita, Polanc, Slovenko, Batson, Sarah, Lloyd, Adrian, Roper, David I., Fishwick, Colin W. G. and Gobec, Stanislav (2009) Design and synthesis of new hydroxyethylamines as inhibitors of D-alanyl-D-lactate ligase (VanA) and D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase (DdlB). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol.19 (No.5). pp. 1376-1379. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.01.034

De Pascale, Gianfranco, Lloyd, Adrian J., Schouten, James A., Gilbey, Andrea M., Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G. and Bugg, Tim (2008) Kinetic characterization of lipid II-Ala:Alanyl-tRNA ligase (MurN) from streptococcus pneumoniae using semisynthetic aminoacyl-lipid II substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.283 (No.50). pp. 34571-34579. doi:10.1074/jbc.M805807200

Rea, Dean, Hovington, Rebecca, Rakus, John F., Gerlt, John A., Fülöp, Vilmos, Bugg, Tim and Roper, David I. (2008) Crystal structure and functional assignment of YfaU, a metal ion dependent class II aldolase from Escherichia coli K12. Biochemistry, Vol.47 (No.38). pp. 9955-9965. doi:10.1021/bi800943g

Alderwick, Luke J., Dover, Lynn G., Veerapen, Natacha, Gurcha, Sudagar S., Kremer, Laurent, Roper, David I., Pathak, Ashish K., Reynolds, Robert C. and Besra, Gurdyal S. (2008) Expression, purification and characterisation of soluble GlfT and the identification of a novel galactofuranosyltransferase Rv3782 involved in priming GlfT-mediated galactan polymerisation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein Expression and Purification, Vol.58 (No.2). pp. 332-341. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2007.11.012

Lloyd, Adrian J., Gilbey, Andrea M., Blewett, Anne M., De Pascale, Gianfranco, El Zoeiby, Ahmed, Levesque, Roger C., Catherwood, Anita C., Tomasz, Alexander, Bugg, Tim, Roper, David I. and Dowson, Christopher G. (2008) Characterization of tRNA-dependent peptide bond formation by MurM in the synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae peptidoglycan. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.283 (No.10). pp. 6402-6417. doi:10.1074/jbc.M708105200

Usha, Veeraraghavan, Dover, Lynn G., Roper, David I. and Besra, Gurdyal S. (2008) Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis diaminopimelic acid epimerase: paired cysteine residues are crucial for racemization. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol.280 (No.1). pp. 57-63. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01049.x

Rea, Dean, Fülöp, Vilmos, Bugg, Tim and Roper, David I. (2007) Structure and mechanism of HpcH : a metal ion dependent class II aldolase from the homoprotocatechuate degradation pathway of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol.373 (No.4). pp. 866-876. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.048

Lysenko, Elena S., Clarke, Thomas B., Shchepetov, Mikhail, Ratner, Adam J., Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G. and Weiser, Jeffrey N. (2007) Nod1 signaling overcomes resistance of S. pneumoniae to opsonophagocytic killing. PL o S Pathogens , Vol.3 (No.8). pp. 1073-1081. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118

Cressina, Elena, Lloyd, Adrian J., De Pascale, Gianfranco, Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G. and Bugg, Tim (2007) Adenosine phosphonate inhibitors of lipid II: Alanyl tRNA ligase MurM from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol.17 (No.16). pp. 4654-4656. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.05.071

Lysenko, Elena S., Clarke, Thomas B., Shchepetov, Mikhail, Ratner, Adam J., Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G. and Weiser, Jeffrey N. (2007) Nod1 signaling overcomes resistance of S. pneumoniae to opsonophagocytic killing. PLoS Pathogens, Vol.3 (No.8). pp. 1073-1081. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030118

Izumi, Atsushi, Rea, Dean, Adachi, Tomoko, Unzai, Satoru, Park, Sam-Yong, Roper, David I. and Tame, Jeremy R. H. (2007) Structure and mechanism of HpcG, a hydratase in the homoprotocatechuate degradation pathway of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol.370 (No.5). pp. 899-911. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.006

Lee, Sarah C., Stoilova-Mcphie, Svetla, Baxter, Laura, Fülöp, Vilmos, Henderson, Janey, Rodger, Alison, Roper, David I., Scott, David J., Smith, Corinne J. and Morgan, J. Alun W. (2007) Structural characterisation of the insecticidal toxin XptA1, reveals a 1.15 MDa tetramer with a cage-like structure. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol.366 (No.5). pp. 1558-1568. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.12.057

Adachi, Tomoko, Izumi, Atsushi, Rea, Dean, Park, Sam-Yong, Tame, Jeremy R. H. and Roper, David I. (2006) Expression, purification and crystallization of 2-oxo-hept-4-ene-1,7-dioate hydratase (HpcG) from Escherichia coli C. Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology And Crystallization Communicati, 62 (Part 10). pp. 1010-1012. doi:10.1107/S1744309106035901

Usha, Veeraraghavan, Dover, Lynn G., Roper, David I., Lloyd, Adrian J. and Besra, Gurdyal S. (2006) Use of a codon alteration strategy in a novel approach to cloning the Mycobacterium tuberculosis diaminopimelic acid epimerase. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 262 (Number 1). pp. 39-47. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00356.x

Tötemeyer, Sabine, Sheppard, Mark, Lloyd, Adrian, Roper, David I., Dowson, Christopher G., Underhill, David, Murray, Peter, Maskell, Duncan and Bryant, Clare (2006) IFN-gamma enhances production of nitric oxide from macrophages via a mechanism that depends on nucleotide oligomerization domain-2. Journal of Immunology, Vol.176 (No.8). pp. 4804-4810.

Kishida, H., Unzai, Satoru, Roper, David I., Lloyd, A, Park, S.Y. and Tame, Jeremy R. H. (2006) Crystal structure of penicillin binding protein 4 (dacB) from Escherichia coli, both in the native form and covalently linked to various antibiotics. Biochemistry, Vol.45 (No.3). pp. 783-792. doi:10.1021/bi051533t