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

Pathway and stability of protein folding.
AR Fersht, M Bycroft, A Horovitz, JT Kellis, A Matouschek, L Serrano
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
(1991)
332
COSMIC analysis of the major α-helix of barnase during folding
A Horovitz, L Serrano, AR Fersht
Journal of molecular biology
(1991)
219
Aromatic-aromatic interactions and protein stability Investigation by double-mutant cycles
L Serrano, M Bycroft, AR Fersht
Journal of molecular biology
(1991)
218
Linear free energy relationships in enzyme binding interactions studied by protein engineering
AR Fersht, TN Wells
Protein Engineering Design and Selection
(1991)
4
Protein engineering in analysis of protein folding pathways and stability.
A Matouschek, AR Fersht
Methods Enzymol
(1991)
202
STABILIZATION OF BARNASE BY AN INTERACTION BETWEEN 2 OPPOSITELY CHARGED SIDE-CHAINS
D SALI, M BYCROFT, AR FERSHT
TECHNIQUES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY II
(1991)
Strength and co-operativity of contributions of surface salt bridges to protein stability
A Horovitz, L Serrano, B Avron, M Bycroft, AR Fersht
Journal of molecular biology
(1990)
216
Strategy for analysing the co-operativity of intramolecular interactions in peptides and proteins
A Horovitz, AR Fersht
J Mol Biol
(1990)
214
Detection and characterization of a folding intermediate in barnase by NMR
M Bycroft, A Matouschek, JT Kellis, L Serrano, AR Fersht
Nature
(1990)
346
Transient folding intermediates characterized by protein engineering.
A Matouschek, JT Kellis, L Serrano, M Bycroft, AR Fersht
Nature
(1990)
346