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

Role of phenylalanine-327 in the closure of loop 6 of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum
AG Day, P Chène, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
Kinetic characterization of the recombinant ribonuclease from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (barnase) and investigation of key residues in catalysis by site-directed mutagenesis
DE Mossakowska, K Nyberg, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
28
Engineering a novel specificity in subtilisin BPN'
M Rheinnecker, G Baker, J Eder, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
Folding of subtilisin BPN': characterization of a folding intermediate
J Eder, M Rheinnecker, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
Investigation of binding between recA protein and single-stranded polynucleotides with the aid of a fluorescent deoxyribonucleic acid derivative.
MS Silver, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
22
Reaction of modified and unmodified tRNATyr substrates with tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (Bacillus stearothermophilus)
JM Avis, AG Day, GA Garcia, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
Use of binding energy in catalysis: optimization of rate in a multistep reaction.
JM Avis, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
INTERNAL THERMODYNAMICS OF POSITION 51 MUTANTS AND NATURAL VARIANTS OF TYROSYL-TRANSFER RNA-SYNTHETASE
CK Ho, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
25
Circular dichroism studies of barnase and its mutants: characterization of the contribution of aromatic side chains.
S Vuilleumier, J Sancho, R Loewenthal, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32
Structure and dynamics of barnase complexed with 3'-GMP studied by NMR spectroscopy
EM Meiering, M Bycroft, MJ Lubienski, AR Fersht
Biochemistry
(2002)
32