Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Science Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Publications 2004

  1. Bandyopadhyay S, Chatterjee M, Pal S, Waller RF, Sundar S, McConville MJ, Mandal C. (2004) 'Purification, characterization of O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugate specific IgM and development of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis and follow up of Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis patients', Diagnos Microbiol Infect Dis, 50, 15-24.
  2. Baxter AG, Silveira PA, Wilson WE, Jordan MA and van Driel IR. (2004) 'Genetic control of susceptibility to autoimmune gastritis', Int Rev Immunol, 10, 125-128.
  3. Beddoe T, Bushell SR, Perugini MA, Lithgow T, Mulhern TD, Bottomley SP, Rossjohn J. (2004) 'A biophysical analysis of the tetratricopeptide repeat-rich mitochondrial import receptor, Tom70, reveals an elongated monomer that is inherently flexible, unstable, and unfolds via a multistate pathway', J Biol Chem, 279, 46448-46454.
  4. Burri L, Lithgow T. (2004) 'A complete set of SNAREs in yeast', Traffic, 5, 45-52.
  5. Burri L, Vascotto K, Fredersdorf S, Tiedt R, Hall MN, Lithgow T. (2004) 'Zim17, a novel zinc finger protein essential for protein import into mitochonria', J Biol Chem, 279, 50243-50249.
  6. Cheung HS, Choy MS, Halliwell B, Teo TS, Bay BH, Lee AY, Qi RZ, Koh VCH, Whiteman M, Koay ES, Chiu LL, Zhu H-J, Wong KP, Beart PM, Cheng H-C. (2004) 'Lactacystin-induced apoptosis of cultured mouse cortical neurons is associated with accumulation of PTEN to detergent-resistant membrane fraction', Cell Mol Life Sci, 61, 1926-1934.
  7. Chong YP, Mulhern TD, Shu HJ, Fuita DJ, Bjorge JD, Tantiongco JP, Sotirellis N, Lio DS, Scholz G, Cheng H-C. (2004) 'A novel non-catalytic mechanism employed by the CSK-Homologous Kinase (CHK) to inhibit Src-family kinase activity', J Biol Chem, 279, 20752-20766.
  8. Derby MC, van Vliet C, Brown D, Luke MR, Lu L, Hong W, Stow JL, Gleeson PA. (2004) 'Mammalian GRIP proteins differ in their membrane binding properties and are recruited to distinct domains of the TGN', J Cell Sci, 117, 5865-5874.
  9. Dodge M, Waller R, Chow L, Zaman M, Cotton L, Wirth D, McConville MJ.(2004) 'Localization and function of multi-drug resistance protein 1 in the secretory pathway of Leishmania parasites', Mol Microbiol, 51 1563-1575.
  10. Duda TF Jr, Bingham J-P, Livett BG, Kohn AJ, Raybaudi Massilia G, Schultz JR, Down J, Sandall D, Sweedler JV. (2004) 'How much at risk are cone snails?', Science, 303, 955-957.
  11. Fodero LR, Mok SS, Losic D, Martin LL, Aquilar MI, Barrow CJ, Livett BG, Small DH. (2004) 'Alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors mediate an Abeta 1.42-induced increase in the level of acetylcholinesterase in primary cortical neurons', J Neurochem, 88, 1186-1193.
  12. Franic TV, Judd LM, Samuelson LC, Nguyen NV, Loveland KL, Giraud AS, Gleeson PA, van Driel IR. (2004) 'Growth factors associated with gastric mucosal hypertrophy in autoimmune gastritis', Am J Physiol, 287, G910-918.
  13. Gentle I, Gabriel K, Beech P, Waller R, Lithgow T. (2004) 'The Omp85 family of proteins is essential for outer membrane biogenesis in mitochondria and bacteria', J Cell Biol, 21, 652-658.
  14. Gilson PR, Kjer-Nielsen L, Teasdale R, Bacic A, Gleeson PA. (2004) 'Identification of a Golgi-localised GRIP domain protein from Arabidopsis thaliana', Planta, 219, 1050-1056.
  15. Gleeson PA, Lock J, Luke MR, Stow J. (2004) 'Domains of the TGN: Coats, tethers and G-proteins', Traffic, 5, 315-326.
  16. Hildebrand MS, de Silva MG, Klockars T, Rose E, Price M, Smith RJ, McGurit WT, Christopoulos H, Petit C, Dahl HH. (2004) 'Characterisation of DRASIC in the mouse inner ear', Hear Res, 190, 149-160.
  17. Jakubowski JA, Keays DA, Kelley WP, Sandall DW, Bingham J-P, Livett BG, Gayler KR, Sweedler JV. (2004) 'Determining sequences and post-translational modifications of novel conotoxins in Conus victoriae using cDNA sequencing and mass spectrometry', J Mass Spectrometry, 39, 548-557.
  18. Jeevarajah D, Patterson JR, Taig E, Sargeant T, McConville MJ, Billman-Jacobe H. (2004) 'Delineation of the methylation events during GPL synthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium', J Bacteriol, 186, 6792-6799.
  19. Laurie KL, La Gruta NL, Koch N, van Driel IR, Gleeson PA. (2004) 'Thymic expression of a gastritigenic epitope results in positive selection of self-reactive pathogenic T cells', J Immunol, 172, 5994-6002.
  20. Livett BG, Borges R.(2004) 'Advances in cell culture for chromaffin cells adn related cell types - Workshop. In: Cell Biology of the Chromaffin Cell 2004 Borges R, Gandia L (Eds), fundacion Teofilo Harnando, Madrid, © Instituto Teofilo Hernando. Gabinete de publicaciones.
  21. La Laguna and Madrid. (Spain). pp. 261-267. ISBN 84-688-7007-2.
  22. Livett BG, Gayler KR, Khalil Z. (2004) 'Drugs from the sea - Conopeptides as potential therapeutics', Curr Medicinal Chem, 11, 1715-1723.
  23. Luccatini R, Likic VA, Lithgow T. (2004) 'Bacterial proteins predisposed for targeting to mitochondria', Mol Biol Evol, 21, 652-658.
  24. Macasev D, Whelan J, Newbigin E, Silva-Filho MC, Mulhern TD, Lithgow T. (2004) 'Tom22', an 8-kDa trans-site receptor in plants and protozoans, is a conserved feature of the TOM complex that appeared early in the evolution of eukaryotes', Mol Biol Evol, 21, 1557-1564.
  25. MacRaild CA, Howlett GJ, Gooley PR. (2004) 'The structure and interactions of human apolipoprotein C-II in dodecyl phosphocholine', Biochemistry, 43, 8084-8093.
  26. MacRaild CA, Stewart CR, Mok YF, Gunzburg MJ, Perugini MA, Lawrence LJ, Tirtaatmadja V, Cooper-White JJ, Howlett GJ. (2004) 'Non-fibrillar components of amyloid deposits mediate the self-association and tangling of amyloid fibrils', J Biol Chem, 279, 21038-21045.
  27. Medeiros LA, Khan T, El Khoury JB, Pham CL, Hatters DM, Howlett GJ, Lopez R, O'Brien KD, Moore KJ. (2004) 'Fibrillar amyloid protein present in atheroma activates CD36 signal transduction', J Biol Chem, 279, 10643-10648.
  28. Merino-Trigo A, Kerr MC, Houghton F, Lindberg A, Mitchell C, Teasdale RD, Gleeson PA. (2004) 'Sorting nexin 5 is localized to a subdomain of the early endosomes and is recruited to the plasma membrane following EGR stimulation', J Cell Sci, 117, 6413-6424.
  29. Morita Y, Patterson JH, Billman-Jacobe H, McConville MJ. (2004) 'Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides', Biochem J, 378, 589-597.
  30. Naderer T, Vince J, McConville MJ. (2004) 'Surface determinants of Leishmania parasites and their role in infectivity in the mammalian host', Curr Molec Med, 4, 649-666.
  31. Nguyen NV, Gleeson PA, Courtois-Coutry N, Caplan MJ, van Driel IR. (2004) 'Endocytosis of the H/K ATPase from the apical plasma membrane is not required for regulation of gastric acid secretion', Gastroenterology, 127, 145-154.
  32. Perugini MA, Davis AJ, Smith BJ, Stewart J, Ilg T, Hodder A, Handman E. (2004) 'Properties of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase, a critical enzyme and drug target in Leishmania mexicana', J Biol Chem, 279, 12462-12468.
  33. Pfanner N, Wiedemann N, Meisinger C, Lithgow T. (2004) 'Assembling the mitochondrial outer membrane', Nat Struct Mol Biol, 11, 1044-1048.
  34. Sharp RJ, Perugini MA, Marcovina SM, McCormick SPA. (2004) 'Structural features of apolipoprotein B synthetic peptides that inhibit lipoprotein(a) assembly', J Lipid Res, 45, 2227-2234.
  35. Towler MC, Gleeson PA, Hoshino S, Rahkila P, Manalo V, Ordahl C, Parton R, Brodsky FM. (2004) 'Clathrin isoform CHC22, a component of neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions, binds sorting nexin 5 and has a role in myogenesis and muscle regeneration', Mol Biol Cell, 15, 3181-3195.
  36. Traven A, Huang DC, Lithgow T. (2004) 'Protein hijacking: key proteins held captive against their will', Cancer Cell, 5, 107-108.
  37. Tull D, Vince JE, Callaghan JM, Naderer T, Spurck T, McFadden GI, Currie G, Ferguson K, Bacic A, McConville MR. (2004) 'SMP-1, a member of a new family of small myristoylated proteins in Kinetoplastid parasites, is targeted to the flagellum membrane in Leishmania', Mol Biol Cell, 15, 4775-4786.
  38. Uren T, Dewson G, Bonzon C, Lithgow T, Newmeyer DD, Kluck RM. (2004) 'Mitochondrial release of pro-apoptotic proteins: Electrostatic interactions can hold cytochrome c but not Smac/DIABLO to mitochondrial membranes', J Biol Chem, Nov 9 (Epub ahead of print)
  39. Waller RF, McConville JR, McFadden G. (2004) 'More plastids in human parasites?', Parasitology Today, 20, 54-57.
  40. Walsh P, Bursac D, Law YC, Cry D, Lithgow T. (2004) 'The J-protein family: modulating protein assembly, disassembly and translocation', EMBO Rep, 5, 567-571.
  41. Youker RT, Walsh P, Beilharz T, Lithgow T, Brodsky JL. (2004) 'Distinct roles for the Hsp40 and Hsp90 molecular chaperones during cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator degradation in yeast,' Mol Biol Cell, 15, 4787-4797.
  42. Xiao Z, Loughlin F, George GN, Howlett GJ, Wedd AG. (2004) 'C-terminal domain of the membrane copper transporter Ctr1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae binds four Cu(I) ions as a cuprous-thiolate polynuclear cluster: sub-femtomolar Cu(I) affinity of three proteins involved in copper trafficking', J Am Chem Soc, 126, 3081-3090.
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