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

DISSECTION OF ENZYME STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY
AR FERSHT
BIOL CHEM H-S
(1988)
369
ASYMMETRY OF TYROSYL-TRANSFER RNA-SYNTHETASE IN SOLUTION
WHJ WARD, AR FERSHT
BIOCHEMISTRY-US
(1988)
27
ARTIFACTS IN THE APPLICATION OF LINEAR FREE-ENERGY ANALYSIS
AR FERSHT
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
(1987)
1
Prediction of electrostatic effects of engineering of protein charges
MJ Sternberg, FR Hayes, AJ Russell, PG Thomas, AR Fersht
Nature
(1987)
330
Rational modification of enzyme catalysis by engineering surface charge
AJ Russell, AR Fersht
Nature
(1987)
328
STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIPS
AR FERSHT
PROTEIN ENG
(1987)
1
SUBUNIT INTERACTIONS IN TYROSYL TRANSFER-RNA SYNTHETASE
WHJ WARD, DH JONES, AR FERSHT
PROTEIN ENG
(1987)
1
SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS IN THE EFFECTOR SITE OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE
FTK LAU, AR FERSHT
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
(1987)
1
USING PROTEIN ENGINEERING TO UNDERSTAND CATALYTIC YIELD
TNC WELLS, AR FERSHT
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
(1987)
1
Conversion of allosteric inhibition to activation in phosphofructokinase by protein engineering.
FT Lau, AR Fersht
Nature
(1987)
326