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

Fidelity of DNA replication under conditions used for oligodeoxynucleotide-directed mutagenesis.
JP Shi, AR Fersht
Journal of molecular biology
(1984)
177
Genetic dissection of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase
G WINTER, P CARTER, MMY WAYE, DM BLOW, AJ WILKINSON, J-P SHI, AR FERSHT
Biochemical Society Transactions
(1984)
12
Basis of biological specificity
AR Fersht
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
(1984)
9
A large increase in enzyme-substrate affinity by protein engineering.
AJ Wilkinson, AR Fersht, DM Blow, P Carter, G Winter
Nature
(1984)
307
Fidelity of DNA replication in vitro.
AR Fersht
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
(1984)
179
REPLICATION OF PHI-X174 DNA BY CALF THYMUS DNA POLYMERASE-ALPHA - MEASUREMENT OF ERROR RATES AT THE AMBER-16 CODON
F Grosse, G Krauss, JW Knill-Jones, AR Fersht
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
(1984)
179
Deletion mutagenesis using an ‘M13 splint’: the N‐terminal structural domain of tyrosyl‐tRNA synthetase (B. stearothermophilus) catalyses the formation of tyrosyl adenylate.
MM Waye, G Winter, AJ Wilkinson, AR Fersht
The EMBO journal
(1983)
2
Accuracy of DNA polymerase‐alpha in copying natural DNA.
F Grosse, G Krauss, JW Knill-Jones, AR Fersht
The EMBO Journal
(1983)
2
FIDELITY OF REPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE PHI-X174 DNA INVITRO AND INVIVO
AR Fersht, JW Knill-Jones
Journal of molecular biology
(1983)
165
Kinetics of base misinsertion by DNA polymerase I of Escherichia coli.
AR Fersht, JP Shi, WC Tsui
J Mol Biol
(1983)
165