Search Results - "Bingham, Richard J."
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Assembly of infectious enteroviruses depends on multiple, conserved genomic RNA-coat protein contacts
Published in PLoS pathogens (28-12-2020)“…Picornaviruses are important viral pathogens, but despite extensive study, the assembly process of their infectious virions is still incompletely understood,…”
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An age-structured model of hepatitis B viral infection highlights the potential of different therapeutic strategies
Published in Scientific reports (24-01-2022)“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health threat, and its elimination by 2030 has been prioritised by the World Health Organisation. Here we present an…”
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Flexibility and intrinsic disorder are conserved features of hepatitis C virus E2 glycoprotein
Published in PLoS computational biology (28-02-2020)“…The glycoproteins of hepatitis C virus, E1E2, are unlike any other viral fusion machinery yet described, and are the current focus of immunogen design in HCV…”
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An Intracellular Model of Hepatitis B Viral Infection: An In Silico Platform for Comparing Therapeutic Strategies
Published in Viruses (23-12-2020)“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major focus of antiviral research worldwide. The International Coalition to Eliminate HBV, together with the World Health…”
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Therapeutic interfering particles exploiting viral replication and assembly mechanisms show promising performance: a modelling study
Published in Scientific reports (13-12-2021)“…Defective interfering particles arise spontaneously during a viral infection as mutants lacking essential parts of the viral genome. Their ability to replicate…”
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RNA Virus Evolution via a Quasispecies-Based Model Reveals a Drug Target with a High Barrier to Resistance
Published in Viruses (17-11-2017)“…The rapid occurrence of therapy-resistant mutant strains provides a challenge for anti-viral therapy. An ideal drug target would be a highly conserved…”
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Staphylococcal biofilm-forming protein has a contiguous rod-like structure
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-04-2012)“…Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis form communities (called biofilms) on inserted medical devices, leading to infections that affect many…”
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Crystal Structures of Fibronectin-Binding Sites from Staphylococcus aureus FnBPA in Complex with Fibronectin Domains
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-08-2008)“…Staphylococcus aureus can adhere to and invade endothelial cells by binding to the human protein fibronectin (Fn). FnBPA and FnBPB, cell wall-attached proteins…”
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Van der Waals Interactions Dominate Ligand−Protein Association in a Protein Binding Site Occluded from Solvent Water
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-08-2005)“…In the present study we examine the enthalpy of binding of 2-methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine (IBMP) to the mouse major urinary protein (MUP), using a combination of…”
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The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning β-barrel
Published in Bioscience reports (01-08-2015)“…The deep evolutionary history of the Spirochetes places their branch point early in the evolution of the diderms, before the divergence of the present day…”
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Computational Study of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids Interacting with a POPC Phospholipid Bilayer
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (13-09-2012)“…Molecular dynamics simulations based on an empirical force field have been carried out to investigate the properties of a zwitter-ionic phospholipid (POPC)…”
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Fibronectin Structure: A New Piece of the Puzzle Emerges
Published in Structure (London) (09-06-2010)“…In the structure of the gelatin binding domain (GBD) of fibronectin reported by Graille et al. (2010), both the zinc-mediated dimerization and the…”
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Evolution of a virus-like architecture and packaging mechanism in a repurposed bacterial protein
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (11-06-2021)“…Viruses are ubiquitous pathogens of global impact. Prompted by the hypothesis that their earliest progenitors recruited host proteins for virion formation, we…”
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A modelling paradigm for RNA virus assembly
Published in Current opinion in virology (01-08-2018)“…•Multiple, common dispersed packaging signals (PSs) promote RNA virus assembly.•PS-mediated assembly solves a viral equivalent of Levinthal’s Paradox.•RNA PSs…”
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Thermodynamics of Binding of 2-Methoxy-3-isopropylpyrazine and 2-Methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine to the Major Urinary Protein
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (18-02-2004)“…In the present study we examine the thermodynamics of binding of two related pyrazine-derived ligands to the major urinary protein, MUP-I, using a combination…”
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Dynamic network approach for the modelling of genomic sub-complexes in multi-segmented viruses
Published in Nucleic acids research (14-12-2018)“…Abstract Viruses with segmented genomes, including pathogens such as influenza virus, Rotavirus and Bluetongue virus (BTV), face the collective challenge of…”
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Structure and dynamics of POPC bilayers in water solutions of room temperature ionic liquids
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (28-03-2015)“…Molecular dynamics simulations in the NPT ensemble have been carried out to investigate the effect of two room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), on stacks of…”
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Genome-regulated Assembly of a ssRNA Virus May Also Prepare It for Infection
Published in Journal of molecular biology (30-10-2022)“…[Display omitted] •The genome of a ssRNA virus contributes both to virion assembly and infection.•RNA X-ray footprinting confirms that multiple PSs contact the…”
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Crystal structure and molecular dynamics of human POLDIP2, a multifaceted adaptor protein in metabolism and genome stability
Published in Protein science (01-06-2021)“…Polymerase δ‐interacting protein 2 (POLDIP2, PDIP38) is a multifaceted, “moonlighting” protein, involved in binding protein partners from many different…”
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Drosophila melanogaster NEP2 is a new soluble member of the neprilysin family of endopeptidases with implications for reproduction and renal function
Published in Biochemical journal (01-03-2005)“…The mammalian neprilysin (NEP) family members are typically type II membrane endopeptidases responsible for the activation/inactivation of neuropeptides and…”
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