Advantage West Midlands (AWM)

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 ISSN 0096-1523.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

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 ISSN 0264-6021.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC)

Cook, Jonathan P., Baverstock, Tyler C., McAndrew, Martin B. L., Roper, David I., Stansfeld, Phillip J. and Crow, Allister (2023) Activator-induced conformational changes regulate division-associated peptidoglycan amidases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (24). e2302580120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2302580120 ISSN 0027-8424.

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

(2015) Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nature Communications, 6 . pp. 1-11. 7719. doi:10.1038/ncomms8719 ISSN 2041-1723.

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 ISSN 0045-2068.

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 ISSN 0957-4484.

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 ISSN 2050-084X.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 0968-0896.

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 ISSN 0006-2960.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 0006-2960.

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 ISSN 1553-7366.

Birmingham Science City

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 ISSN 2045-2322.

(2015) Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nature Communications, 6 . pp. 1-11. 7719. doi:10.1038/ncomms8719 ISSN 2041-1723.

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 ISSN 1554-8929.

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 ISSN 0096-1523.

Croatia. Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

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 ISSN 0006-2960.

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 ISSN 1755-4330.

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 ISSN 0045-2068.

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 ISSN 1757-9694.

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 ISSN 0264-6021.

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 ISSN 2050-084X.

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 ISSN 1932-6203.

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 ISSN 01692607.

European Union (EU)

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 ISSN 2079-6382.

European Union FP6 Integrated Project EUR-INTAFAR

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 ISSN 0960-894X.

France. Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost Republike Slovenije [Public Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia] (ARRS)

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

Javni Sklad Republike Slovenije za Razvoj Kadrov in Štipendije [Slovene Human Resources and Scholarship Fund]

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

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 ISSN 2079-6382.

Medical Research Council

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 ISSN 0907-4449.

Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC)

Cook, Jonathan P., Baverstock, Tyler C., McAndrew, Martin B. L., Roper, David I., Stansfeld, Phillip J. and Crow, Allister (2023) Activator-induced conformational changes regulate division-associated peptidoglycan amidases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (24). e2302580120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2302580120 ISSN 0027-8424.

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

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 ISSN 2045-2322.

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 ISSN 2079-6382.

(2015) Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nature Communications, 6 . pp. 1-11. 7719. doi:10.1038/ncomms8719 ISSN 2041-1723.

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 ISSN 1554-8929.

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 ISSN 1554-8929.

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 ISSN 2050-084X.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 0096-1523.

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 ISSN 0968-0896.

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 ISSN 0006-2960.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 1046-5928.

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 ISSN 0378-1097.

Medical Research Council (MRC)

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 ISSN 1744-3091.

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 ISSN 0264-6021.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

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 ISSN 0022-2836.

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia

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 ISSN 0960-894X.

National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) (NHMRC)

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 ISSN 2041-1723.

(2015) Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nature Communications, 6 . pp. 1-11. 7719. doi:10.1038/ncomms8719 ISSN 2041-1723.

National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.) (NIH NIAID)

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 ISSN 2041-1723.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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 ISSN 0264-6021.

New South Wales Government

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 ISSN 2041-1723.

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

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 ISSN 1553-7366.

Quebecois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies

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 ISSN 0264-6021.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

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 ISSN 0957-4484.

Royal Society (Great Britain)

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 ISSN 0907-4449.

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 ISSN 1046-5928.

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 ISSN 0378-1097.

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award

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 ISSN 0907-4449.

Science City Research Alliance

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7)

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 ISSN 2079-6382.

Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP6)

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 ISSN 0968-0896.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

Slovenia. Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport (MIZŠ)

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 ISSN 0223-5234.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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 ISSN 1553-7366.

The Darwin Trust of Edinburgh

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 ISSN 0378-1097.

UK Midlands BAG

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 ISSN 1744-3091.

UNESCO–L’Oreal International Fellowship ‘For Women in Science’

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 ISSN 1744-3091.

United States. Public Health Service (PHS)

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 ISSN 1553-7366.

University College London Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust‏ (UCLHFT)

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 ISSN 0957-4484.

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine

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 ISSN 1553-7366.

University of Warwick

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 ISSN 1755-4330.

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 ISSN 0096-1523.

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 ISSN 0968-0896.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

Wellcome Trust (London, England)

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 ISSN 2045-2322.

(2015) Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nature Communications, 6 . pp. 1-11. 7719. doi:10.1038/ncomms8719 ISSN 2041-1723.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 0096-1523.

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 ISSN 0968-0896.

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 ISSN 0021-9258.

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 ISSN 1046-5928.

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 ISSN 0378-1097.