Prof Richard Pickersgill

Richard Pickersgill

Professor of Structural Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology

2024

bullet iconEnzyme-cargo encapsulation peptides bind between tessellating tiles of the bacterial microcompartment shell
Gu S, Bradley-Clarke J, Rose R-S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 300 (6) 
10-05-2024

2022

Relevant PublicationScaffolding Protein GspB/OutB Facilitates Assembly of the Dickeya dadantii Type 2 Secretion System by Anchoring the Outer Membrane Secretin Pore to the Inner Membrane and to the Peptidoglycan Cell Wall.
Zhang S, Gu S, Rycroft P, Ruaudel F, Delolme F, Robert X, Ballut L, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE
Mbio, American Society For Microbiology, e0025322-e0025322.  
12-05-2022

2020

Relevant PublicationLig v 1 structure and the inflammatory response to the Ole e 1 protein family.
Robledo Retana T, Bradley-Clarke J, Croll T, Rose R, Stagg AJ, Villalba M, Honti I and Pickersgill RW
Allergy 
02-05-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationKinetochores attached to microtubule-ends are stabilised by astrin bound pp1 to ensure proper chromosome segregation
Conti D, Gul P, Islam A, Martín-Durán JM, Pickersgill RW and Draviam VM
Elife, Elife Sciences Publications Ltd vol. 8 
24-12-2019
Relevant PublicationStructure of Nanotubes Formed From Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins
UDDIN I, PICKERSGILL R and Gosal W
 
10-01-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationDe novo targeting to the cytoplasmic and luminal side of bacterial microcompartments
Lee MJ, Mantell J, Brown IR, Fletcher JM, Verkade P, Pickersgill RW, Woolfson DN, Frank S and Warren MJ
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1) 
24-08-2018
Relevant PublicationStructural basis of pyrrole polymerization in human porphobilinogen deaminase.
Pluta P, Roversi P, Bernardo-Seisdedos G, Rojas AL, Cooper JB, Gu S, Pickersgill RW and Millet O
Biochim Biophys Acta 
14-06-2018
Relevant PublicationA Generic Self-Assembly Process in Microcompartments and Synthetic Protein Nanotubes
Uddin I, Frank S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Small vol. 14 (19) 
09-05-2018
Relevant PublicationSynthetic Protein Nanotubes: A Generic Self‐Assembly Process in Microcompartments and Synthetic Protein Nanotubes (Small 19/2018)
Uddin I, Frank S, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Small, Wiley vol. 14 (19) 
01-05-2018

2017

bullet iconTen years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes
Abbott W, Alber O, Bayer E, Berrin J-G, Boraston A, Brumer H, Brzezinski R, Clarke A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Cockburn D, Coutinho P, Czjzek M, Dassa B, Davies GJ, Eijsink V, Eklof J, Felice A, Ficko-Blean E, Pincher G, Fontaine T, et al.
Glycobiology vol. 28 (1), 3-8.  
11-10-2017
bullet iconA review of drug therapy for sporadic fatal insomnia.
Tabaee Damavandi P, Dove MT and Pickersgill RW
Prion vol. 11 (5), 293-299.  
04-10-2017
bullet iconThe role of intrinsic disorder and dynamics in the assembly and function of the type II secretion system
Gu S, Vladimir VE, Shaw R, Pickersgill and Garnett JA
Bba - Proteins and Proteomics, Elsevier 
19-07-2017
bullet iconIntroducing Quasi-Optical Terahertz Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
Qui J, Zeng Y, Pickersgill R, Donnan R, Sushko O and Yang B
2017 XI International Conference on Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT)., 26-29.  
01-05-2017

2015

bullet iconCrystal structure of CobK reveals strand-swapping between Rossmann-fold domains and molecular basis of the reduced precorrin product trap
Gu S, Sushko O, Deery E, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 5 (1) 
30-11-2015
bullet iconStructural insights into the loss of catalytic competence in pectate lyase activity at low pH
Ali S, Søndergaard CR, Teixeira S and Pickersgill RW
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 589 (21), 3242-3246.  
28-09-2015
bullet iconSub-Terahertz Spectroscopy as a Probe for Protein Stability in an Ionic Environment
Sushko O, Qiu J, Dubrovka R, Pickersgill RW and Donnan RS
2015 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)., 1-2.  
01-08-2015

2014

bullet iconStructural insights into higher order assembly and function of the bacterial microcompartment protein PduA.
Pang A, Frank S, Brown I, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 289 (32), 22377-22384.  
08-08-2014
bullet iconFAD binding, cobinamide binding and active site communication in the corrin reductase (CobR).
Lawrence AD, Taylor SL, Scott A, Rowe ML, Johnson CM, Rigby SEJ, Geeves MA, Pickersgill RW, Howard MJ and Warren MJ
Biosci Rep vol. 34 (4) 
04-07-2014
bullet iconThe structure, function and properties of sirohaem decarboxylase - an enzyme with structural homology to a transcription factor family that is part of the alternative haem biosynthesis pathway
Palmer DJ, Schroeder S, Lawrence AD, Deery E, Lobo SA, Saraiva LM, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Ferguson SJ, Pickersgill RW, Brown DG and Warren MJ
Molecular Microbiology vol. 93 (2), 247-261.  
01-01-2014

2013

bullet iconThe effect of the adaptor protein Isd11 on the quaternary structure of the eukaryotic cysteine desulphurase Nfs1.
Terali K, Beavil RL, Pickersgill RW and van der Giezen M
Biochem Biophys Res Commun vol. 440 (2), 235-240.  
18-10-2013
bullet iconCrystal structure of the bacterial type II secretion system secretin/pilotin complex
Gu S, Rehman S and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances. vol. 69 (a1), s351-s351.  
25-08-2013
bullet iconAnatomy of secretin binding to the Dickeya dadantii type II secretion system pilotin.
Rehman S, Gu S, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 69 (Pt 8), 1381-1386.  
01-08-2013
bullet iconLagrangian dynamics analysis of sub-THz skeletal absorption spectra of amino acids acquired by vector network analysis
DONNAN RS, Pickersgill R, Krauss N, Yang B and Sushko O
Chemical Physics Letters, Elsevier vol. 558, 104-108.  
12-02-2013

2012

bullet iconSubstrate channels revealed in the trimeric Lactobacillus reuteri bacterial microcompartment shell protein PduB.
Pang A, Liang M, Prentice MB and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 68 (Pt 12), 1642-1652.  
01-12-2012
bullet iconA joint neutron/X-ray crystallographic study on the mechanism of pectate lyase
Ali S, Blakeley M, Søndergaard CR, Pellegrini E, Teixeira SCM and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances. vol. 68 (a1), s91-s91.  
07-08-2012
bullet iconSolution structure of homology region (HR) domain of type II secretion system.
Gu S, Kelly G, Wang X, Frenkiel T, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 287 (12), 9072-9080.  
16-03-2012
bullet iconStructural and functional insights into the pilotin-secretin complex of the type II secretion system.
Gu S, Rehman S, Wang X, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW
Plos Pathog vol. 8 (2) 
01-02-2012
bullet iconPathology: A Structural Biologist's View
Pickersgill RW
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. vol. 226, S7-S7.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconIntestinal Glycogen Storage Disease, and the Molecular Basis of Pseudo-obstruction with Polyglucosan Bodies
Martin JE, Chowdhury ATMD, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Minassian B, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rahman MM, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger G, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, et al.
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. vol. 226, S24-S24.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconCysteine Scanning Mutagenesis and Disulfide Mapping Analysis of Arrangement of GspC and GspD Protomers within the Type 2 Secretion System
Wang X, Pineau C, Gu S, Guschinskaya N, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE
Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 287 (23), 19082-19093.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconAn enzyme-trap approach allows isolation of intermediates in cobalamin biosynthesis
Deery E, Schroeder S, Lawrence AD, Taylor SL, Seyedarabi A, Waterman J, Wilson KS, Brown D, Geeves MA, Howard MJ, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ
Nature Chemical Biology vol. 8 (11), 933-940.  
01-01-2012

2011

bullet iconJoint neutron/X-ray crystallographic study on the mechanism of pectate lyase
Ali S, Texeira S and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances. vol. 67 (a1), c734-c734.  
22-08-2011
bullet iconA Novel Phenotype of Glycogen Storage Disease Presenting as Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular Disease
Martin JE, Chowdhury AH, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger GJ, Rahman MM, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, Aziz Q, et al.
Gastroenterology, Elsevier vol. 140 (5), s-705.  
01-05-2011
bullet iconStructure of PduT, a trimeric bacterial microcompartment protein with a 4Fe-4S cluster-binding site.
Pang A, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 67 (Pt 2), 91-96.  
01-02-2011
bullet iconEvolution in a family of chelatases facilitated by the introduction of active site asymmetry and protein oligomerization
Romao CV, Ladakis D, Lobo SAL, Carrondo MA, Brindley AA, Deery E, Matias PM, Pickersgill RW, Saraiva LM and Warren MJ
P Natl Acad Sci Usa vol. 108 (1), 97-102.  
04-01-2011
bullet iconA Novel Phenotype of Glycogen Storage Disease Presenting as Gastrointestinal Neuromuscular Disease
Martin JE, Chowdhury AH, McElwaine S, Fikree A, Broad J, Knowles CH, Allen L, Bevan S, Burt E, Hymas AJ, Rowburrey PJ, Sanger GJ, Rahman MM, Thomas AA, Yiannakou Y, Cooper SC, Evagora CA, Levey PM, Cotter FE, Ariz Q, et al.
GASTROENTEROLOGY. vol. 140 (5), S705-S705.  
01-01-2011

2010

bullet iconCloning, purification and preliminary crystallographic analysis of cobalamin methyltransferases from Rhodobacter capsulatus.
Seyedarabi A, Hutchison T, To TT, Deery E, Brindley A, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun vol. 66 (Pt 12), 1652-1656.  
01-12-2010
bullet iconA disulfide driven domain swap switches off the activity of Shigella IpaH9.8 E3 ligase.
Seyedarabi A, Sullivan JA, Sasakawa C and Pickersgill RW
Febs Lett vol. 584 (19), 4163-4168.  
08-10-2010
bullet iconMillimeter wave spectroscopy of glucose and a calcium-binding protein using a vector network analyser
Shala K, Yang B, TT T, Pickersgill RW, Krauss N and Donnan RS
35th IRMMW-THZ Internation Conference, 2010 Rome, Italy 5 Sep 2010 - 10 Sep 2010., 1-2.  
01-10-2010
bullet iconA 20-residue peptide of the inner membrane protein OutC mediates interaction with two distinct sites of the outer membrane secretin OutD and is essential for the functional type II secretion system in Erwinia chrysanthemi
Login FH, Fries M, Wang XH, Pickersgill RW and Shevchik VE
Molecular Microbiology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd vol. 76 (4), 944-955.  
21-04-2010
bullet iconStructural insights into substrate specificity and the anti beta-elimination mechanism of pectate lyase.
Seyedarabi A, To TT, Ali S, Hussain S, Fries M, Madsen R, Clausen MH, Teixteira S, Brocklehurst K and Pickersgill RW
Biochemistry vol. 49 (3), 539-546.  
26-01-2010

2009

bullet iconStructure of a trimeric bacterial microcompartment shell protein, EtuB, associated with ethanol utilization in Clostridium kluyveri
Heldt D, Frank S, Seyedarabi A, Ladikis D, Parsons JB, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
Biochem J vol. 423, 199-207.  
15-10-2009
bullet iconSubstrate Recognition
Brocklehurst K, Gul S and Pickersgill RW
In Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry, Wiley 473-504.  
23-09-2009

2008

bullet iconEnzyme sequence and its relationship to hyperbaric stability of artificial and natural fish lactate dehydrogenases.
Brindley AA, Pickersgill RW, Partridge JC, Dunstan DJ, Hunt DM and Warren MJ
Plos One vol. 3 (4) 
30-04-2008
bullet iconIdentification, characterization, and structure/function analysis of a corrin reductase involved in adenosylcobalamin biosynthesis
Lawrence AD, Deery E, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Pickersgill RW, Rigby SEJ and Warren MJ
J Biol Chem vol. 283 (16), 10813-10821.  
18-04-2008

2007

bullet iconMolecular basis of the activity of the phytopathogen pectin methylesterase.
Fries M, Ihrig J, Brocklehurst K, Shevchik VE and Pickersgill RW
Embo J vol. 26 (17), 3879-3887.  
05-09-2007
bullet iconElucidation of substrate specificity in the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic methyltransferases. Structure and function of the C20 methyltransferase (CbiL) from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.
Frank S, Deery E, Brindley AA, Leech HK, Lawrence A, Heathcote P, Schubert HL, Brocklehurst K, Rigby SEJ, Warren MJ and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 282 (33), 23957-23969.  
17-08-2007

2006

bullet iconStructure of internalin C from Listeria monocytogenes.
Ooi A, Hussain S, Seyedarabi A and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr vol. 62 (Pt 11), 1287-1293.  
01-11-2006
bullet iconStructural and spectroscopic studies shed light on the mechanism of oxalate oxidase.
Opaleye O, Rose R-S, Whittaker MM, Woo E-J, Whittaker JW and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 281 (10), 6428-6433.  
10-03-2006
bullet iconCharacterization of retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 3.
Graham CE, Brocklehurst K, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ
Biochem J vol. 394 (Pt 1), 67-75.  
15-02-2006

2005

bullet iconAnaerobic synthesis of vitamin B12: characterization of the early steps in the pathway.
Frank S, Brindley AA, Deery E, Heathcote P, Lawrence AD, Leech HK, Pickersgill RW and Warren MJ
Biochem Soc Trans vol. 33 (Pt 4), 811-814.  
01-08-2005
bullet iconShigella effector IpaH9.8 binds to a splicing factor U2AF(35) to modulate host immune responses
Okuda J, Toyotome T, Kataoka N, Ohno M, Abe H, Shimura Y, Seyedarabi A, Pickersgill R and Sasakawa C
Biochem Bioph Res Co vol. 333 (2), 531-539.  
29-07-2005

2004

bullet iconThe crystal structure of pectate lyase Pel9A from Erwinia chrysanthemi
Jenkins J, Shevchik VE, Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat N and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 279 (10), 9139-9145.  
05-03-2004

2003

bullet iconA primordial structure underlying amyloid
Pickersgill RW
Structure vol. 11 (2), 137-138.  
01-02-2003
bullet iconThe structures and active sites of pectinases.
PICKERSGILL RW and Jenkins JA
International symposium on pectins and pectinases (2nd) Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1 Jan 1970., 267-278. Editors: Voragen AGJ, Voragen F, Schols H and Visser R. 
01-01-2003

2002

bullet iconComplex cell signaling molecules from ancient molecular glue
Pickersgill RW
Structure vol. 10 (10), 1287-1288.  
01-10-2002
bullet iconCrystal structure of auxin-binding protein 1 in complex with auxin
Woo EJ, Marshall J, Bauly J, Chen JG, Venis M, Napier RM and Pickersgill RW
Embo J vol. 21 (12), 2877-2885.  
17-06-2002
bullet iconA putative three-dimensional targeting motif of polygalacturonase (PehA), a protein secreted through the type II (GSP) pathway in Erwinia carotovora.
Palomäki T, Pickersgill R, Riekki R, Romantschuk M and Saarilahti HT
Mol Microbiol vol. 43 (3), 585-596.  
01-02-2002

2001

bullet iconSubstrate specificity and subsite mobility in T. aurantiacus xylanase 10A.
Lo Leggio L, Kalogiannis S, Eckert K, Teixeira SC, Bhat MK, Andrei C, Pickersgill RW and Larsen S
Febs Lett vol. 509 (2), 303-308.  
07-12-2001
bullet iconThe architecture of parallel beta-helices and related folds
Jenkins J and Pickersgill R
Prog Biophys Mol Bio vol. 77 (2), 111-175.  
01-10-2001
bullet iconCrystal structure of mannanase 26A from Pseudomonas cellulosa and analysis of residues involved in substrate binding.
Hogg D, Woo EJ, Bolam DN, McKie VA, Gilbert HJ and Pickersgill RW
J Biol Chem vol. 276 (33), 31186-31192.  
17-08-2001
bullet iconAnisotropic refinement of the structure of Thermoascus aurantiacus xylanase I
Teixeira S, Lo Leggio L, Pickersgill R and Cardin C
Acta Crystallogr D vol. 57, 385-392.  
01-03-2001
bullet iconThree-dimensional structure of Erwinia chrysanthemi pectin methylesterase reveals a novel esterase active site.
Jenkins J, Mayans O, Smith D, Worboys K and Pickersgill RW
J Mol Biol vol. 305 (4), 951-960.  
26-01-2001

2000

bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of the auxin receptor ABP1
Woo EJ, Bauly J, Chen JG, Marshall J, Macdonald H, Lazarus C, Goodenough P, Venis M, Napier R and Pickersgill R
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 56 (11), 1476-1478.  
01-11-2000
bullet iconGermin is a manganese containing homohexamer with oxalate oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities
Woo E-J, Dunwell JM, Goodenough PW, Marvier AC and Pickersgill RW
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Springer Nature vol. 7 (11), 1036-1040.  
01-11-2000
bullet iconX‐ray crystallographic study of xylopentaose binding to Pseudomonas fluorescens xylanase A
Leggio LL, Jenkins J, Harris GW and Pickersgill RW
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 41 (3), 362-373.  
01-01-2000

1999

bullet iconXylanase–oligosaccharide interactions studied by a competitive enzyme assay
Leggio LL and Pickersgill RW
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Elsevier vol. 25 (8-9), 701-709.  
01-11-1999
bullet iconHigh resolution structure and sequence of T. aurantiacus Xylanase I: Implications for the evolution of thermostability in family 10 xylanases and enzymes with βα‐barrel architecture
Leggio LL, Kalogiannis S, Bhat MK and Pickersgill RW
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 36 (3), 295-306.  
15-08-1999
bullet iconFerulic acid esterase‐III from Aspergillus niger does not exhibit lipase activity
Aliwan FO, Kroon PA, Faulds CB, Pickersgill R and Williamson G
Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture, Wiley vol. 79 (3), 457-459.  
01-03-1999
bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of arabinanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa
Scott M, Pickersgill RW, Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ and Harris GW
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 55 (2), 544-546.  
01-02-1999
bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the endo‐polygalacturonase from Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora
Pickersgill R, Scott M, Smith D, Worboys K and Jenkins J
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 55 (1), 320-322.  
01-01-1999

1998

bullet iconBarley oxalate oxidase is a hexameric protein related to seed storage proteins: evidence from X‐ray crystallography
Woo E-J, Dunwell JM, Goodenough PW and Pickersgill RW
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 437 (1-2), 87-90.  
16-10-1998
bullet iconCrystal Structure of Polygalacturonase from Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora *
Pickersgill R, Smith D, Worboys K and Jenkins J
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 273 (38), 24660-24664.  
01-09-1998
bullet iconSuperfamilies: the 4/7 superfamily of βα-barrel glycosidases and the right-handed parallel β-helix superfamily
Pickersgill R, Harris G, Leggio LL, Mayans O and Jenkins J
Biochemical Society Transactions. vol. 26 (2), 190-197.  
01-05-1998
bullet iconChemical and thermal stability of ferulic acid (feruloyl) esterases from Aspergillus
Faulds CB, Aliwan FO, de Vries RP, Pickersgill RW, Visser J and Williamson G
Progress in Biotechnology, Elsevier vol. 15, 41-46.  
01-01-1998
bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of a family 26 endo‐β‐1,4 mannanase (ManA) from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa
Scott M, Pickersgill RW, Hazlewood GP, Bolam D, Gilbert HJ and Harris GW
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 54 (1), 129-131.  
01-01-1998
bullet iconStructure and Evolution of Parallel β-Helix Proteins
Jenkins J, Mayans O and Pickersgill R
Journal of Structural Biology, Elsevier vol. 122 (1-2), 236-246.  
01-01-1998

1997

bullet iconStructural basis of the properties of an industrially relevant thermophilic xylanase
Harris GW, Pickersgill RW, Connerton I, Debeire P, Touzel J, Breton C and Pérez S
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Wiley vol. 29 (1), 77-86.  
01-09-1997
bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of the major endoglucanase from Thermoascus aurantiacus
Lo Leggio L, Parry NJ, Van Beeumen J, Claeyssens M, Bhat MK and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 53 (5), 599-604.  
01-09-1997
bullet iconCalcium Protects a Mesophilic Xylanase from Proteinase Inactivation and Thermal Unfolding*
Spurway TD, Morland C, Cooper A, Sumner I, Hazlewood GP, O'Donnell AG, Pickersgill RW and Gilbert HJ
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 272 (28), 17523-17530.  
01-07-1997
bullet iconTwo crystal structures of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus reveal a pH driven conformational change and striking divergence in the substrate-binding clefts of pectin and pectate lyases
Mayans O, Scott M, Connerton I, Gravesen T, Benen J, Visser J, Pickersgill R and Jenkins J
Structure, Elsevier vol. 5 (5), 677-689.  
01-05-1997
bullet iconKey Residues in Subsite F Play a Critical Role in the Activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens Subspecies cellulosa Xylanase A Against Xylooligosaccharides but Not Against Highly Polymeric Substrates such as Xylan*
Charnock SJ, Lakey JH, Virden R, Hughes N, Sinnott ML, Hazlewood GP, Pickersgill R and Gilbert HJ
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 272 (5), 2942-2951.  
01-01-1997

1996

bullet iconThe prosequence of procaricain forms an α-helical domain that prevents access to the substrate-binding cleft
Groves MR, Taylor MA, Scott M, Cummings NJ, Pickersgill RW and Jenkins JA
Structure, Elsevier vol. 4 (10), 1193-1203.  
01-10-1996
bullet iconCrystal structure of a caricain D158E mutant in complex with E‐64
Katerelos NA, Taylor MAJ, Scott M, Goodenough PW and Pickersgill RW
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 392 (1), 35-39.  
19-08-1996
bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X‐ray analysis of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus niger
Jenkins J, Scott M, Mayans O, Pickersgill R, Harris G, Connerton I and Gravesen T
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 52 (2), 402-404.  
01-03-1996
bullet iconRefined Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Domain of Xylanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens at 1.8 Å Resolution
Harris GW, Jenkins JA, Connerton I and Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 52 (2), 393-401.  
01-03-1996

1995

bullet iconβ‐Glucosidase, β‐galactosidase, family A cellulases, family F xylanases and two barley glycanases form a superfamily of enzymes wit 8‐fold β/α architecture and with two conserved glutamates near the carboxy‐terminal ends of β‐strands four and seven
Jenkins J, Leggio LL, Harris G and Pickersgill R
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 362 (3), 281-285.  
10-04-1995
bullet iconThe potent mitogen Pasteurella multocida toxin is highly resistant to proteolysis but becomes susceptible at lysosomal pH
Smyth MG, Pickersgill RW and Lax AJ
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 360 (1), 62-66.  
20-02-1995

1994

bullet iconStructure of the catalytic core of the family F xylanase from Pseudomonas fluorescens and identification of the xylopentaose-binding sites
Harris GW, Jenkins JA, Connerton I, Cummings N, Leggio LL, Scott M, Hazlewood GP, Laurie JI, Gilbert HJ and Pickersgill RW
Structure, Elsevier vol. 2 (11), 1107-1116.  
01-11-1994
bullet iconThe structure of Bacillus subtilis pectate lyase in complex with calcium
Pickersgill R, Jenkins J, Harris G, Nasser W and Robert-Baudouy J
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Springer Nature vol. 1 (10), 717-723.  
01-10-1994
bullet iconMaking a small enzyme smaller; removing the conserved loop structure of hen lysozyme
Pickersgill R, Varvill K, Jones S, Perry B, Fischer B, Henderson I, Garrard S, Sumner I and Goodenough P
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 347 (2-3), 199-202.  
27-06-1994
bullet iconAn unequivocal example of cysteine proteinase activity affected by multiple electrostatic interactions
Taylor MAJ, Baker KC, Connerton IF, Cummings NJ, Harris GW, Henderson IMJ, Jones ST, Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Warwicker J and Goodenough PW
Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 7 (10), 1267-1276.  
01-01-1994

1993

bullet iconCrystal structure determination and refinement at 2.3-A resolution of the lentil lectin.
Loris R, Steyaert J, Maes D, Lisgarten J, Pickersgill R and Wyns L
Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 32 (51) 
01-12-1993
bullet iconModification of the head-group selectivity of porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 by protein engineering.
Bhat MK, Pickersgill RW, Perry BN, Brown RA, Jones ST, Mueller-Harvey I, Sumner IG and Goodenough PW
Biochemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 32 (45), 12203-12208.  
01-11-1993
bullet iconKinetic analysis of papaya proteinase Ω
Sumner IG, Vaughan A, Eisenthal R, Pickersgill RW, Owen AJ and Goodenough PW
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, Elsevier vol. 1164 (3), 243-251.  
01-08-1993
bullet iconFactors effecting the thermostability of cysteine proteinases from Carica papaya
SUMNER IG, HARRIS GW, TAYLOR MAJ, PICKERSGILL RW, OWEN AJ and GOODENOUGH PW
The Febs Journal, Wiley vol. 214 (1), 129-134.  
01-05-1993
bullet iconNucleotide sequence and expression in Eschericia coli of cDNAs encoding papaya proteinase omega from Carica papaya
Reveil DF, Cummings NJ, Baker KC, Collins ME, Taylor MAJ, Sumner IG, Pickersgill RW, Connerton IF and Goodenough PW
Gene, Elsevier vol. 127 (2), 221-225.  
01-05-1993
bullet iconCrystals of β-Xylanase from Aspergillus oryzae
Golubev AM, Kilimnik AY, Neustroev KN and Pickersgill RW
Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 230 (2), 661-663.  
01-03-1993
bullet iconCrystallization and Preliminary X-ray Analysis of a Thermophilic Bacillus Xylanase
Pickersgill RW, Debeire P, Debeire-Gosselin M and Jenkins JA
Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 230 (2), 664-666.  
01-03-1993
bullet iconMolecular dynamics simulation of a phospholipase A2-substrate complex
Jones ST, Ahlström P, Berendsen HJC and Pickersgill RW
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, Elsevier vol. 1162 (1-2), 135-142.  
01-03-1993
bullet iconCrystallization and Preliminary X-ray Analysis of the Catalytic Domain of Xylanase A from Pseudomonas fluorescens subspecies cellulosa
Pickersgill RW, Jenkins JA, Scott M, Connerton I, Hazlewood GP and Gilbert HJ
Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 229 (1), 246-248.  
01-01-1993
bullet iconDesign and engineering of hydrolytic enzymes for enhanced performance in the agricultural and food industries
Pickersgill RW
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Wiley vol. 57 (3), 290-291.  
01-01-1993
bullet iconCorrections: Crystal Structure Determination and Refinement at 2.3-Å Resolution of the Lentil Lectin (Biochemistry (1993) 32(34) (8772–8781) (10.1021/bi00085a007))
Loris R, Steyaert J, Maes D, Lisgarten J, Pickersgill R and Wyns L
Biochemistry vol. 32 (51) 
01-01-1993

1992

bullet iconCrystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the pectate lyase from Bacillus subtilis
Jenkins J, Nasser W, Scott M, Pickersgill R, Vignon J-C and Robert-Baudouy J
Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 228 (4), 1255-1258.  
01-12-1992
bullet iconStructure of monoclinic papain at 1.60 Å resolution
Pickersgill RW, Harris GW and Garman E
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 48 (1), 59-67.  
01-02-1992
bullet iconThe segmented anisotropic refinement of monoclinic papain by the application of the rigid‐body TLS model and comparison to bovine ribonuclease A
Harris GW, Pickersgill RW, Howlin B and Moss DS
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 48 (1), 67-75.  
01-02-1992
bullet iconTwo crystal forms of the lentil lectin diffract to high resolution
Loris R, Lisgarten J, Maes D, Pickersgill R, Körber F, Reynolds C and Wyns L
Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier vol. 223 (2), 579-581.  
01-01-1992

1991

bullet iconDetermination of the structure of papaya protease omega
Pickersgill RW, Rizkallah P, Harris GW and Goodenough PW
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 47 (5), 766-771.  
01-10-1991
bullet iconModification of the stability of phospholipase A2 by charge engineering
Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Collins ME, Warwicker J, Perry B, Bhat KM and Goodenough PW
Febs Letters, Wiley vol. 281 (1-2), 219-222.  
09-04-1991
bullet iconA novel method for the purification of porcine phospholipase A2 expressed in E.coli
Bhat KM, Sumner IG, Perry BN, Collins ME, Pickersgill RW and Goodenough PW
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Elsevier vol. 176 (1), 371-377.  
01-04-1991
bullet iconChanges in activity of porcine phospholipase A2 brought about by charge engineering of a major structural element to alter stability
Goodenough PW, Bhat KM, Collins ME, Perry BN, Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Warwicker J, de Haas GH and Verheij HM
Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 4 (8), 929-934.  
01-01-1991
bullet iconEnzyme engineering
Pickersgill RW and Goodenough PW
Trends in Food Science & Technology, Elsevier vol. 2, 122-126.  
01-01-1991

1990

bullet iconPreliminary crystallographic data for protease Ω
PICKERSGILL RW, SUMNER IG and GOODENOUGH PW
The Febs Journal, Wiley vol. 190 (2), 443-444.  
01-06-1990

1989

bullet iconStructural and electrostatic differences between actinidin and papain account for differences in activity
Pickersgill RW, Sumner IG, Collins ME and Goodenough PW
Biochemical Journal, Portland Press vol. 257 (1), 310-312.  
01-01-1989

1988

bullet iconThe electrostatic fields in the active-site clefts of actinidin and papain
Pickersgill RW, Goodenough PW, Sumner IG and Collins ME
Biochemical Journal, Portland Press vol. 254 (1), 235-238.  
15-08-1988
bullet iconA rapid method of calculating charge–charge interaction energies in proteins
Pickersgill RW
Protein Engineering Design and Selection, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 2 (3), 247-248.  
01-01-1988

1987

bullet iconOne‐dimensional disorder in spinach ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase crystals
Pickersgill RW
Acta Crystallographica Section a: Foundations and Advances, International Union of Crystallography (Iucr) vol. 43 (4), 502-506.  
01-07-1987

1983

bullet iconStructure-function relationships of NAD+- and NADP+-dependent dehydrogenases with particular reference to the three-dimensional structure of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
ADAMS MJ, GOVER S, PICKERSGILL RW and HELLIWELL JR
Biochemical Society Transactions, Portland Press vol. 11 (4), 429-435.  
01-08-1983
bullet iconThe three dimensional structure of sheep liver 6‐phosphogluconate dehydrogenase at 2.6 A resolution.
Adams MJ, Archibald IG, Bugg CE, Carne A, Gover S, Helliwell JR, Pickersgill RW and White SW
The Embo Journal, Springer Nature vol. 2 (6), 1009-1014.  
01-06-1983

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology
solid heart iconBBSRC AIDD CTP CASE Award: Yu-Yuan Yang
Richard Pickersgill and Arianna Fornili
£8,600 Evotec EVOTEC (UK) LIMITED
01-10-2023 - 30-09-2027
solid heart iconVitamin scavenging in the gut: Structure/function of the tight-binding B12 foraging machinery in Bacteroides - and its biotechnological applications
Richard Pickersgill
£283,203 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-04-2023 - 31-03-2026
solid heart iconStructure of the assembly platform of the type II secretion system
Richard Pickersgill, Vidya Chandran Darbari and Arianna Fornili
£579,168 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
28-10-2022 - 27-10-2025


solid heart iconHighthroughput Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging Across Scales
Viji Draviam Sastry, Caroline Brennan, Vidya Chandran Darbari, Chema Martin Duran, Ivan Kadurin, Isabel M Palacios, Richard Pickersgill, Sarah McClelland, Tyson Sharp and Martin Knight
£386,205 MRC Medical Research Council
01-10-2022 - 31-03-2023
solid heart iconSuper-Resolution Microscopy of live cells in 3D
Viji Draviam Sastry, Conrad Mullineaux, Vidya Chandran Darbari, Lakxmi Subramanian, Fabrice Caudron, Richard Pickersgill, Guy Hanke, Alexander Ruban, Peter Thorpe, Christopher Duffy, Chema Martin Duran, John Connelly, Peter McCormick, James Chapple, Vardhman Rakyan, Tyson Sharp, Susana Alves Godinho and David Lee
£369,201 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-12-2020 - 31-03-2022
solid heart iconCryo-electron micrscope
Richard Pickersgill
£302,000 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
08-08-2017 - 07-07-2018
solid heart iconBBSRC DTP 2016 (LIDO)`
Richard Pickersgill
£104,696 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2016 - 30-09-2020
solid heart iconBacterial Microcompartments
Richard Pickersgill
£17,100 Isogenica Ltd
01-10-2014 - 30-09-2018
solid heart iconBacterial Microcompartments
Richard Pickersgill
£102,126 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2014 - 30-09-2018
solid heart iconDevelopment of Supramolecular Assemblies
Richard Pickersgill
£601,234 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2014 - 19-10-2020