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plastic-degrading enzymes, ancestral sequence reconstruction, protein landscape analysis, biomathematics, protein characterization, protein engineering, protein evolution Dana Matthews plastic-degrading enzymes, ancestral sequence reconstruction, protein landscape analysis, biomathematics, protein characterization, protein engineering, protein evolution Dana Matthews

Ancestral reconstruction of polyethylene terephthalate degrading cutinases reveals a rugged and unexplored sequence-fitness landscape

Vanessa Vongsouthi, Rosemary Georgelin, Dana S Matthews, Jake Saunders, Brendon M Lee, Jennifer Ton, Adam M Damry, Rebecca L Frkic, Matthew A Spence, Colin J Jackson

Ancestral reconstruction of polyethylene terephthalate degrading cutinases reveals a rugged and unexplored sequence-fitness landscape

Science Advances, 2025

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enzymatic chemical detoxification, protein characterization, structural biology Dana Matthews enzymatic chemical detoxification, protein characterization, structural biology Dana Matthews

Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC

Shanza Bibi, Callum W. Breeze, Vusqa Jadoon, Anum Fareed, Alina Syed, Rebecca L. Frkic, Habiba Zaffar, Muhammad Ali, Iftikhar Zeb, Colin J. Jackson, Tatheer Alam Naqvi

Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC

Scientific Reports, 2025

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protein characterization, solute-binding proteins, structural biology Dana Matthews protein characterization, solute-binding proteins, structural biology Dana Matthews

The ultra-high affinity transport proteins of ubiquitous marine bacteria

Ben E. Clifton, Uria Alcolombri, Gen-Ichiro Uechi, Colin J. Jackson and Paola Laurino

The ultra-high affinity transport proteins of ubiquitous marine bacteria

Nature, 2024

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sequence similarity network, structural biology, molecular dynamics, protein characterization Dana Matthews sequence similarity network, structural biology, molecular dynamics, protein characterization Dana Matthews

Identification and Characterization of a Bacterial Periplasmic Solute Binding Protein That Binds l-Amino Acid Amides

Oliver B Smith, Rebecca L Frkic, Marina G Rahman, Colin J Jackson* and Joe A Kaczmarski*

Identification and Characterization of a Bacterial Periplasmic Solute Binding Protein That Binds l-Amino Acid Amides

Biochemistry, 2024

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lanthanide catalysts, structural biology, protein characterization Dana Matthews lanthanide catalysts, structural biology, protein characterization Dana Matthews

Mononuclear binding and catalytic activity of europium (III) and gadolinium (III) at the active site of the model metalloenzyme phosphotriesterase

Callum W Breeze, Yuji Nakano, Eleanor C Campbell, Rebecca L Frkic, David W Lupton and Colin J Jackson

Mononuclear binding and catalytic activity of europium (III) and gadolinium (III) at the active site of the model metalloenzyme phosphotriesterase

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 2024

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protein characterization, structural biology, enzyme inhibition Dana Matthews protein characterization, structural biology, enzyme inhibition Dana Matthews

Complex Inhibitory Mechanism of Glycomimetics with Heparanase

Cassidy Whitefield, Yen Vo, Brett D Schwartz, Caryn Hepburn, F Hafna Ahmed, Hideki Onagi, Martin G Banwell, Keats Nelms, Lara R Malins and Colin J Jackson

Complex Inhibitory Mechanism of Glycomimetics with Heparanase

Biochemistry, 2023

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