Our major research programme concerns the folding, stability and activity of proteins. We apply a broad multi-disciplinary approach that combines methods and ideas of molecular biology and physical-organic chemistry. We use techniques including protein engineering, DNA cloning, sequencing and mutagenesis, cell culture, gene and peptide synthesis, spectroscopy, rapid reaction techniques, multi-dimensional NMR (we have a 500, 600, 700 and an 800 MHz spectrometers) and x-ray protein crystallography.

Current major projects include: protein folding, misfolding and disease; drug discovery; and structure-activity relationships of proteins involved in cancer and disease.

Although now emeritus, I am still fully active in research with long term funding, including an MRC Programme Grant.

Publications

Structure of human MDM4 N-terminal domain bound to a single-domain antibody.
GW Yu, M Vaysburd, MD Allen, G Settanni, AR Fersht
J Mol Biol
(2008)
385
Physical and functional interactions between human mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein and tumour suppressor p53.
TS Wong, S Rajagopalan, FM Townsley, SM Freund, M Petrovich, D Loakes, AR Fersht
Nucleic acids research
(2008)
37
14-3-3 activation of DNA binding of p53 by enhancing its association into tetramers.
S Rajagopalan, AM Jaulent, M Wells, DB Veprintsev, AR Fersht
Nucleic acids research
(2008)
36
PHYS 27-Experimental resolution of the early events in the folding of B domain of Protein A
DM Vu, SH Brewer, S Sato, AR Fersht, RB Dyer
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2008)
236
A sequential assignment procedure for proteins that have intermediate line widths in MAS NMR spectra: amyloid fibrils of human CA150.WW2.
J Becker, N Ferguson, J Flinders, B-J van Rossum, AR Fersht, H Oschkinat
ChemBioChem
(2008)
9
Targeted rescue of a destabilized mutant of p53 by an in silico screened drug
FM Boeckler, AC Joerger, G Jaggi, TJ Rutherford, DB Veprintsev, AR Fersht
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2008)
105
Conservation of transition state structure in fast folding peripheral subunit-binding domains.
TD Sharpe, N Ferguson, CM Johnson, AR Fersht
Journal of Molecular Biology
(2008)
383
From the first protein structures to our current knowledge of protein folding: Delights and scepticisms
AR Fersht
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
(2008)
9
Structural biology of the tumor suppressor p53
AC Joerger, AR Fersht
Annual review of biochemistry
(2008)
77
Redesigning Enzymes by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
AR Fersht, GP Winter
Ciba Found Symp
(2008)
111