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

Enzymic editing mechanisms in protein synthesis and DNA replication
AR Fersht
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
(1980)
5
INTRAMOLECULAR CATALYSIS AND THE MECHANISM OF ENZYME ACTION
AR FERSHT, AJ KIRBY
CHEMISTRY IN BRITAIN
(1980)
16
FIDELITY OF REPLICATION OF PHAGE-PHI-X174 DNA BY DNA POLYMERASE-III HOLOENZYME - SPONTANEOUS MUTATION BY MISINCORPORATION
AR Fersht
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(1979)
76
Rapid intramolecular coupling of active sites in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of Escherichia coli: mechanism for rate enhancement in a multimeric structure.
MJ Danson, AR Fersht, RN Perham
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(1978)
75
REACTION PATHWAY AND RATE-DETERMINING STEP IN AMINOACYLATION OF TRANSFER-RNA ARG CATALYZED BY ARGINYL-TRANSFER RNA-SYNTHETASE FROM YEAST
AR FERSHT, J GANGLOFF, G DIRHEIMER
BIOCHEMISTRY
(1978)
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AMINOACYLADENYLATE MECHANISM IN AMINOACYLATION REACTION OF YEAST PHENYLALANYL-TRANSFER-RNA SYNTHETASE
F FASIOLO, AR FERSHT
EUR J BIOCHEM
(1978)
85
Energy Expenditure in the Editing Mechanism of Protein Synthesis
RS MULVEY, AR FERSHT
Biochemical Society Transactions
(1977)
5
EDITING MECHANISMS IN AMINOACYLATION OF TRANSFER-RNA - ATP CONSUMPTION AND BINDING OF AMINOACYL-TRANSFER-RNA BY ELONGATION-FACTOR TU
RS MULVEY, AR FERSHT
BIOCHEMISTRY
(1977)
16
EDITING MECHANISMS IN PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS - REJECTION OF VALINE BY ISOLEUCYL-TRANSFER-RNA SYNTHETASE
AR FERSHT
BIOCHEMISTRY
(1977)
16
SUBUNIT INTERACTIONS IN METHIONYL-TRANSFER-RNA SYNTHETASE OF BACILLUS-STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
RS MULVEY, AR FERSHT
BIOCHEMISTRY-US
(1976)
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