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Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens
Cytochrome c assembly.
Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Lukas S Stelzl; Christina Redfield
1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments for the oxidized and reduced states of the N-terminal domain of DsbD from Escherichia coli.
Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens
The interplay between the disulfide bond formation pathway and cytochrome c maturation in Escherichia coli.

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2013: Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens
Cytochrome c assembly.
IUBMB life 2013;65(3):209-16.
2012: Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Lukas S Stelzl; Christina Redfield
1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments for the oxidized and reduced states of the N-terminal domain of DsbD from Escherichia coli.
Biomolecular NMR assignments 2012;6(2):163-7.
2012: Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens
The interplay between the disulfide bond formation pathway and cytochrome c maturation in Escherichia coli.
FEBS letters 2012;586(12):1702-7.
2011: Shilpa Bali; Stuart J Ferguson; Bernard T Golding; Mark J Howard; Andrew D Lawrence; Susana A Lobo; David J Palmer; Lígia M Saraiva; Martin J Warren
Molecular hijacking of siroheme for the synthesis of heme and d1 heme.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011;108(45):18260-5.
2011: Rachel L Moore; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
Mitochondrial cytochrome c synthase: CP motifs are not necessary for heme attachment to apocytochrome c.
FEBS letters 2011;585(21):3415-9.
2011: Stuart J Ferguson
Remarkable diversity in biosynthesis of c-type cytochromes in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
The FEBS journal 2011;278(22):4169.
2011: Julie M Stevens; Alan D Goddard; Rebecca Hamer; Paraskevi Kritsiligkou; Despoina A I Mavridou; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome c biogenesis System I.
The FEBS journal 2011;278(22):4170-8.
2011: Julie M Stevens; Yulin Zhang; James W A Allen; Gajanthan Muthuvel; Katharine A Sam; Stuart J Ferguson
The mitochondrial cytochrome c N-terminal region is critical for maturation by holocytochrome c synthase.
FEBS letters 2011;585(12):1891-6.
2011: Edgar M Harvat; Oliver Daltrop; Frank Sobott; Matthew Moreau; Paul D Barker; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
Metal and redox selectivity of protoporphyrin binding to the heme chaperone CcmE.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science 2011;3(4):363-8.
2010: Shilpa Bali; Martin J Warren; Stuart J Ferguson
NirF is a periplasmic protein that binds d₁ heme as part of its essential role in d₁ heme biogenesis.
The FEBS journal 2010;277(23):4944-55.
2010: Stuart J Ferguson
ATP synthase: from sequence to ring size to the P/O ratio.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010;107(39):16755-6.
2010: Elizabeth B Sawyer; Elaine Stephens; Stuart J Ferguson; James W A Allen; Paul D Barker
Aberrant attachment of heme to cytochrome by the Ccm system results in a cysteine persulfide linkage.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010;132(14):4974-5.
2010: Alan D Goddard; Julie M Stevens; Arnaud Rondelet; Elena Nomerotskaia; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
Comparing the substrate specificities of cytochrome c biogenesis Systems I and II: bioenergetics.
The FEBS journal 2010;277(3):726-37.
2009: Richard S Zajicek; Shilpa Bali; Simon Arnold; Amanda A Brindley; Martin J Warren; Stuart J Ferguson
d(1) haem biogenesis - assessing the roles of three nir gene products.
The FEBS journal 2009;276(21):6399-411.
2009: James W A Allen; Elizabeth B Sawyer; Michael L Ginger; Paul D Barker; Stuart J Ferguson
Variant c-type cytochromes as probes of the substrate specificity of the E. coli cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) apparatus.
The Biochemical journal 2009;419(1):177-84, 2 p following 184.
2009: Edgar M Harvat; Christina Redfield; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
Probing the heme-binding site of the cytochrome c maturation protein CcmE.
Biochemistry 2009;48(8):1820-8.
2008: Despoina A I Mavridou; Martin Braun; Linda Thöny-Meyer; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
Avoidance of the cytochrome c biogenesis system by periplasmic CXXCH motifs.
Biochemical Society transactions 2008;36(Pt 6):1124-8.
2008: Stuart J Ferguson; W John Ingledew
Energetic problems faced by micro-organisms growing or surviving on parsimonious energy sources and at acidic pH: I. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans as a paradigm.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008;1777(12):1471-9.
2008: Alan D Goddard; James W B Moir; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Interdependence of two NarK domains in a fused nitrate/nitrite transporter.
Molecular microbiology 2008;70(3):667-81.
2008: Katharine A Sam; Marc J F Strampraad; Simon de Vries; Stuart J Ferguson
Very early reaction intermediates detected by microsecond time scale kinetics of cytochrome cd1-catalyzed reduction of nitrite.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(41):27403-9.
2008: Ian B Robertson; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
Dispensable residues in the active site of the cytochrome c biogenesis protein CcmH.
FEBS letters 2008;582(20):3067-72.
2008: James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson; Michael L Ginger
Distinctive biochemistry in the trypanosome mitochondrial intermembrane space suggests a model for stepwise evolution of the MIA pathway for import of cysteine-rich proteins.
FEBS letters 2008;582(19):2817-25.
2008: Katharine A Sam; John D Tolland; Shirley A Fairhurst; Christopher W Higham; David J Lowe; Roger N F Thorneley; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
Unexpected dependence on pH of NO release from Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;371(4):719-23.
2008: Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens; James W A Allen; Ian B Robertson
Cytochrome c assembly: a tale of ever increasing variation and mystery?
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008;1777(7-8):980-4.
2008: Katharine A Sam; Shirley A Fairhurst; Roger N F Thorneley; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
Pseudoazurin dramatically enhances the reaction profile of nitrite reduction by Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 and facilitates release of product nitric oxide.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(18):12555-63.
2008: James W A Allen; Andrew Jackson; Daniel J Rigden; Antony C Willis; Stuart J Ferguson; Michael L Ginger
Order within a mosaic distribution of mitochondrial c-type cytochrome biogenesis systems?
The FEBS journal 2008;275(10):2385-402.
2007: Clive L Metcalfe; Oliver Daltrop; Stuart J Ferguson; Emma Lloyd Raven
Tuning the formation of a covalent haem-protein link by selection of reductive or oxidative conditions as exemplified by ascorbate peroxidase.
The Biochemical journal 2007;408(3):355-61.
2007: Jong-Hoon Lee; Edgar M Harvat; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson; Milton H Saier
Evolutionary origins of members of a superfamily of integral membrane cytochrome c biogenesis proteins.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2007;1768(9):2164-81.
2007: Despoina A I Mavridou; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson; Christina Redfield
Active-site properties of the oxidized and reduced C-terminal domain of DsbD obtained by NMR spectroscopy.
Journal of molecular biology 2007;370(4):643-58.
2007: Olaf Christensen; Edgar M Harvat; Linda Thöny-Meyer; Stuart J Ferguson; Julie M Stevens
Loss of ATP hydrolysis activity by CcmAB results in loss of c-type cytochrome synthesis and incomplete processing of CcmE.
The FEBS journal 2007;274(9):2322-32.
2006: Richard S Zajicek; Michaël L Cartron; Stuart J Ferguson
Probing the unusual oxidation/reduction behavior of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase by replacing a switchable methionine heme iron ligand with histidine.
Biochemistry 2006;45(37):11208-16.
2006: James W A Allen; Edgar M Harvat; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
A variant System I for cytochrome c biogenesis in archaea and some bacteria has a novel CcmE and no CcmH.
FEBS letters 2006;580(20):4827-34.
2006: Julie M Stevens; Takeshi Uchida; Oliver Daltrop; Teizo Kitagawa; Stuart J Ferguson
Dynamic ligation properties of the Escherichia coli heme chaperone CcmE to non-covalently bound heme.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(10):6144-51.
2006: James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
What is the substrate specificity of the System I cytochrome c biogenesis apparatus?
Biochemical Society transactions 2006;34(Pt 1):150-1.
2006: James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
The Escherichia coli cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) apparatus can mature cytochromes with an extra cysteine within or adjacent to the CXXCH motif.
Biochemical Society transactions 2006;34(Pt 1):91-3.
2006: Matthew J Ellington; W L J Fosdike; R G Sawers; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Regulation of the nap operon encoding the periplasmic nitrate reductase of Paracoccus pantotrophus: delineation of DNA sequences required for redox control.
Archives of microbiology 2006;184(5):298-304.
2005: James W A Allen; Paul D Barker; Oliver Daltrop; Julie M Stevens; Esther J Tomlinson; Neeti Sinha; Yoshi Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Why isn't 'standard' heme good enough for c-type and d1-type cytochromes?
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 2005;(21):3410-8.
2005: Edgar M Harvat; Julie M Stevens; Christina Redfield; Stuart J Ferguson
Functional characterization of the C-terminal domain of the cytochrome c maturation protein CcmE.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(44):36747-53.
2005: Julie M Stevens; Takeshi Uchida; Oliver Daltrop; Stuart J Ferguson
Covalent cofactor attachment to proteins: cytochrome c biogenesis.
Biochemical Society transactions 2005;33(Pt 4):792-5.
2005: Richard S Zajicek; Myles R Cheesman; Euan H J Gordon; Stuart J Ferguson
Y25S variant of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 provides insight into anion binding by d1 heme and a rare example of a critical difference between solution and crystal structures.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(28):26073-9.
2005: James W A Allen; Nicholas Leach; Stuart J Ferguson
The histidine of the c-type cytochrome CXXCH haem-binding motif is essential for haem attachment by the Escherichia coli cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) apparatus.
The Biochemical journal 2005;389(Pt 2):587-92.
2005: Richard S Zajicek; Stuart J Ferguson
The enigma of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd(1) activation.
Biochemical Society transactions 2005;33(Pt 1):147-8.
2005: James W A Allen; Michael L Ginger; Stuart J Ferguson
Complexity and diversity in c-type cytochrome biogenesis systems.
Biochemical Society transactions 2005;33(Pt 1):145-6.
2004: Takeshi Uchida; Julie M Stevens; Oliver Daltrop; Edgar M Harvat; Lin Hong; Stuart J Ferguson; Teizo Kitagawa
The interaction of covalently bound heme with the cytochrome c maturation protein CcmE.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(50):51981-8.
2004: Julie M Stevens; Oliver Daltrop; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
C-type cytochrome formation: chemical and biological enigmas.
Accounts of chemical research 2004;37(12):999-1007.
2004: James W A Allen; Michael L Ginger; Stuart J Ferguson
Maturation of the unusual single-cysteine (XXXCH) mitochondrial c-type cytochromes found in trypanosomatids must occur through a novel biogenesis pathway.
The Biochemical journal 2004;383(Pt. 3):537-42.
2004: Oliver Daltrop; Stuart J Ferguson
In vitro studies on thioether bond formation between Hydrogenobacter thermophilus apocytochrome c(552) with metalloprotoporphyrin derivatives.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(44):45347-53.
2004: Julie M Stevens; Euan H Gordon; Stuart J Ferguson
Overproduction of CcmABCDEFGH restores cytochrome c maturation in a DsbD deletion strain of E. coli: another route for reductant?
FEBS letters 2004;576(1-2):81-5.
2004: Richard S Zajicek; James W A Allen; Michaël L Cartron; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Paracoccus pantotrophus NapC can reductively activate cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase.
FEBS letters 2004;565(1-3):48-52.
2004: Rachel Wain; Christina Redfield; Stuart J Ferguson; Lorna J Smith
NMR analysis shows that a b-type variant of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552 retains its native structure.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(15):15177-82.
2003: James W A Allen; Paul D Barker; Stuart J Ferguson
A cytochrome b562 variant with a c-type cytochrome CXXCH heme-binding motif as a probe of the Escherichia coli cytochrome c maturation system.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(52):52075-83.
2003: Isobel V Pearson; Mark Dudley Page; Rob J M van Spanning; Stuart J Ferguson
A mutant of Paracoccus denitrificans with disrupted genes coding for cytochrome c550 and pseudoazurin establishes these two proteins as the in vivo electron donors to cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(21):6308-15.
2003: James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson
Variation of the axial haem ligands and haem-binding motif as a probe of the Escherichia coli c-type cytochrome maturation (Ccm) system.
The Biochemical journal 2003;375(Pt 3):721-8.
2003: Oliver Daltrop; Kevin M Smith; Stuart J Ferguson
Stereoselective in vitro formation of c-type cytochrome variants from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus containing only a single thioether bond.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(27):24308-13.
2003: Julie M Stevens; Oliver Daltrop; Christopher W Higham; Stuart J Ferguson
Interaction of heme with variants of the heme chaperone CcmE carrying active site mutations and a cleavable N-terminal His tag.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(23):20500-6.
2003: Matthew J Ellington; Gary Sawers; HJ Sears; Stephen Spiro; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Characterization of the expression and activity of the periplasmic nitrate reductase of Paracoccus pantotrophus in chemostat cultures.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2003;149(Pt 6):1533-40.
2003: Euan H J Gordon; Tove Sjögren; Malin Löfqvist; Carsten D Richter; James W A Allen; Christopher W Higham; Janos Hajdu; Vilmos Fülöp; Stuart J Ferguson
Structure and kinetic properties of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase with the d1 heme active site ligand tyrosine 25 replaced by serine.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(14):11773-81.
2003: Matthew J Ellington; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Rhodobacter capsulatus gains a competitive advantage from respiratory nitrate reduction during light-dark transitions.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2003;149(Pt 4):941-8.
2003: Oliver Daltrop; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome c maturation. The in vitro reactions of horse heart apocytochrome c and Paracoccus dentrificans apocytochrome c550 with heme.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(7):4404-9.
2003: James W A Allen; Oliver Daltrop; Julie M Stevens; Stuart J Ferguson
C-type cytochromes: diverse structures and biogenesis systems pose evolutionary problems.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 2003;358(1429):255-66.
2002: Michaël L Cartron; M Dolores Roldán; Stuart J Ferguson; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson
Identification of two domains and distal histidine ligands to the four haems in the bacterial c-type cytochrome NapC; the prototype connector between quinol/quinone and periplasmic oxido-reductases.
The Biochemical journal 2002;368(Pt 2):425-32.
2002: James W A Allen; Christopher W Higham; Richard S Zajicek; Nicholas J Watmough; Stuart J Ferguson
A novel, kinetically stable, catalytically active, all-ferric, nitrite-bound complex of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1.
The Biochemical journal 2002;366(Pt 3):883-8.
2002: James W A Allen; Esther J Tomlinson; Lin Hong; Stuart J Ferguson
The Escherichia coli cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) system does not detectably attach heme to single cysteine variants of an apocytochrome c.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(37):33559-63.
2002: Matthew J Ellington; Kishore K Bhakoo; Gary Sawers; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Hierarchy of carbon source selection in Paracoccus pantotrophus: strict correlation between reduction state of the carbon substrate and aerobic expression of the nap operon.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(17):4767-74.
2002: Oliver Daltrop; Julie M Stevens; Christopher W Higham; Stuart J Ferguson
The CcmE protein of the c-type cytochrome biogenesis system: unusual in vitro heme incorporation into apo-CcmE and transfer from holo-CcmE to apocytochrome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(15):9703-8.
2002: Oliver Daltrop; James W A Allen; Anthony C Willis; Stuart J Ferguson
In vitro formation of a c-type cytochrome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(12):7872-6.
2002: Clive S Butler; Shirley A Fairhurst; Stuart J Ferguson; Andrew J Thomson; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson; David J Lowe
Mo(V) co-ordination in the periplasmic nitrate reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus probed by electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy.
The Biochemical journal 2002;363(Pt 3):817-23.
2002: Carsten D Richter; James W A Allen; Christopher W Higham; Alrik Koppenhofer; Richard S Zajicek; Nicholas J Watmough; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome cd1, reductive activation and kinetic analysis of a multifunctional respiratory enzyme.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(5):3093-100.
2001: Rachel Wain; Thelma A Pertinhez; Esther J Tomlinson; L Hong; Christopher M Dobson; Stuart J Ferguson; Lorna J Smith
The cytochrome c fold can be attained from a compact apo state by occupancy of a nascent heme binding site.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(49):45813-7.
2001: Stuart J Ferguson
Keilin's cytochromes: how bacteria use them, vary them and make them.
Biochemical Society transactions 2001;29(Pt 6):629-40.
2001: Kazuo Kobayashi; A Koppenhöfer; Stuart J Ferguson; Nicholas J Watmough; Seiichi Tagawa
Intramolecular electron transfer from c heme to d1 heme in bacterial cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase occurs over the same distances at very different rates depending on the source of the enzyme.
Biochemistry 2001;40(29):8542-7.
2001: Clive S Butler; Stuart J Ferguson; Ben C Berks; Andrew J Thomson; Myles R Cheesman; David J Richardson
Assignment of haem ligands and detection of electronic absorption bands of molybdenum in the di-haem periplasmic nitrate reductase of Paracoccus pantotrophus.
FEBS letters 2001;500(1-2):71-4.
2001: Thelma A Pertinhez; Mario Bouchard; Esther J Tomlinson; Rachel Wain; Stuart J Ferguson; Christopher M Dobson; Lorna J Smith
Amyloid fibril formation by a helical cytochrome.
FEBS letters 2001;495(3):184-6.
2001: Euan H J Gordon; E Steensma; Stuart J Ferguson
The cytochrome c domain of dimeric cytochrome cd(1) of Paracoccus pantotrophus can be produced at high levels as a monomeric holoprotein using an improved c-type cytochrome expression system in Escherichia coli.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2001;281(3):788-94.
2000: James W A Allen; Myles R Cheesman; Christopher W Higham; Stuart J Ferguson; Nicholas J Watmough
A novel conformer of oxidized Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd(1) observed by freeze-quench NIR-MCD spectroscopy.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2000;279(2):674-7.
2000: Clive S Butler; JM Charnock; C David Garner; Andrew J Thomson; Stuart J Ferguson; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson
Thiocyanate binding to the molybdenum centre of the periplasmic nitrate reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus.
The Biochemical journal 2000;352 Pt 3():859-64.
2000: HJ Sears; Gary Sawers; Ben C Berks; Stuart J Ferguson; David J Richardson
Control of periplasmic nitrate reductase gene expression (napEDABC) from Paracoccus pantotrophus in response to oxygen and carbon substrates.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2000;146 ( Pt 11)():2977-85.
2000: S J George; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson; Roger N F Thorneley
Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy reveals a stable ferric heme-NO intermediate in the reaction of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase with nitrite.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(43):33231-7.
2000: Esther J Tomlinson; Stuart J Ferguson
Loss of either of the two heme-binding cysteines from a class I c-type cytochrome has a surprisingly small effect on physicochemical properties.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(42):32530-4.
2000: James W A Allen; Nicholas J Watmough; Stuart J Ferguson
A switch in heme axial ligation prepares Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome cd1 for catalysis.
Nature structural biology 2000;7(10):885-8.
2000: A Jafferji; James W A Allen; Stuart J Ferguson; V Fulop
X-ray crystallographic study of cyanide binding provides insights into the structure-function relationship for cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(33):25089-94.
2000: Esther J Tomlinson; Stuart J Ferguson
Conversion of a c type cytochrome to a b type that spontaneously forms in vitro from apo protein and heme: implications for c type cytochrome biogenesis and folding.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2000;97(10):5156-60.
2000: A Jafferji; malkit sami; J Nuttall; Stuart J Ferguson; Ben C Berks; Vilmos Fülöp
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of nitrous oxide reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2000;56(Pt 5):653-5.
2000: A Koppenhöfer; KL Turner; James W A Allen; Stephen K Chapman; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome cd(1) from Paracoccus pantotrophus exhibits kinetically gated, conformationally dependent, highly cooperative two-electron redox behavior.
Biochemistry 2000;39(15):4243-9.
2000: A Koppenhöfer; RH Little; David J Lowe; Stuart J Ferguson; Nicholas J Watmough
Oxidase reaction of cytochrome cd(1) from Paracoccus pantotrophus.
Biochemistry 2000;39(14):4028-36.
2000: Euan H J Gordon; Mark Dudley Page; A C Willis; Stuart J Ferguson
Escherichia coli DipZ: anatomy of a transmembrane protein disulphide reductase in which three pairs of cysteine residues, one in each of three domains, contribute differentially to function.
Molecular microbiology 2000;35(6):1360-74.
2000: Neil Saunders; Stuart J Ferguson; SC Baker
Transcriptional analysis of the nirS gene, encoding cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase, of Paracoccus pantotrophus LMD 92.63.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2000;146 ( Pt 2)():509-16.
2000: Stuart J Ferguson; Vilmos Fülöp
Cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase structure raises interesting mechanistic questions.
Sub-cellular biochemistry 2000;35():519-40.
1999: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Mutational analysis of the Paracoccus denitrificans c-type cytochrome biosynthetic genes ccmABCDG: disruption of ccmC has distinct effects suggesting a role for CcmC independent of CcmAB.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1999;145 ( Pt 11)():3047-57.
1999: Clive S Butler; JM Charnock; B Bennett; HJ Sears; Ann Reilly; Stuart J Ferguson; C David Garner; David J Lowe; Andrew J Thomson; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson
Models for molybdenum coordination during the catalytic cycle of periplasmic nitrate reductase from Paracoccus denitrificans derived from EPR and EXAFS spectroscopy.
Biochemistry 1999;38(28):9000-12.
1998: SC Baker; Stuart J Ferguson; B Ludwig; Mark Dudley Page; O M Richter; Rob J M van Spanning
Molecular genetics of the genus Paracoccus: metabolically versatile bacteria with bioenergetic flexibility.
Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR 1998;62(4):1046-78.
1998: M Dolores Roldán; HJ Sears; Myles R Cheesman; Stuart J Ferguson; Andrew J Thomson; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson
Spectroscopic characterization of a novel multiheme c-type cytochrome widely implicated in bacterial electron transport.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1998;273(44):28785-90.
1998: David J Richardson; J M Wehrfritz; AM Keech; Lisa Crossman; M D Roldan; HJ Sears; Clive S Butler; Ann Reilly; James W B Moir; Ben C Berks; Stuart J Ferguson; Andrew J Thomson; Stephen Spiro
The diversity of redox proteins involved in bacterial heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification.
Biochemical Society transactions 1998;26(3):401-8.
1998: Stuart J Ferguson
Nitrogen cycle enzymology.
Current opinion in chemical biology 1998;2(2):182-93.
1998: N Sinha; Stuart J Ferguson
An Escherichia coli ccm (cytochrome c maturation) deletion strain substantially expresses Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552 in the cytoplasm: availability of haem influences cytochrome c552 maturation.
FEMS microbiology letters 1998;161(1):1-6.
1998: Mark Dudley Page; Y Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Contrasting routes of c-type cytochrome assembly in mitochondria, chloroplasts and bacteria.
Trends in biochemical sciences 1998;23(3):103-8.
1998: D A Pearce; Mark Dudley Page; H A Norris; Esther J Tomlinson; Stuart J Ferguson
Identification of the contiguous Paracoccus denitrificans ccmF and ccmH genes: disruption of ccmF, encoding a putative transporter, results in formation of an unstable apocytochrome c and deficiency in siderophore production.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1998;144 ( Pt 2)():467-77.
1997: Myles R Cheesman; Stuart J Ferguson; James W B Moir; David J Richardson; Walter G Zumft; Andrew J Thomson
Two enzymes with a common function but different heme ligands in the forms as isolated. Optical and magnetic properties of the heme groups in the oxidized forms of nitrite reductase, cytochrome cd1, from Pseudomonas stutzeri and Thiosphaera pantotropha.
Biochemistry 1997;36(51):16267-76.
1997: Kazuo Kobayashi; A Koppenhöfer; Stuart J Ferguson; Seiichi Tagawa
Pulse radiolysis studies on cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase from Thiosphaera pantotropha: evidence for a fast intramolecular electron transfer from c-heme to d1-heme.
Biochemistry 1997;36(44):13611-6.
1997: Mark Dudley Page; Esther J Tomlinson; Stuart J Ferguson
Unexpected implications from the Helicobacter pylori genome for understanding periplasmic c-type cytochrome assembly in gram-negative bacteria in coexistence with disulphide bond formation.
Molecular microbiology 1997;26(2):413-5.
1997: Mark Dudley Page; Neil Saunders; Stuart J Ferguson
Disruption of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa dipZ gene, encoding a putative protein-disulfide reductase, leads to partial pleiotropic deficiency in c-type cytochrome biogenesis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1997;143 ( Pt 10)():3111-22.
1997: P A Williams; Vilmos Fülöp; Elspeth F Garman; Neil Saunders; Stuart J Ferguson; Janos Hajdu
Haem-ligand switching during catalysis in crystals of a nitrogen-cycle enzyme.
Nature 1997;389(6649):406-12.
1997: SC Baker; Neil Saunders; A C Willis; Stuart J Ferguson; Janos Hajdu; Vilmos Fülöp
Cytochrome cd1 structure: unusual haem environments in a nitrite reductase and analysis of factors contributing to beta-propeller folds.
Journal of molecular biology 1997;269(3):440-55.
1997: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Paracoccus denitrificans CcmG is a periplasmic protein-disulphide oxidoreductase required for c- and aa3-type cytochrome biogenesis; evidence for a reductase role in vivo.
Molecular microbiology 1997;24(5):977-90.
1997: Mark Dudley Page; D A Pearce; H A Norris; Stuart J Ferguson
The Paracoccus denitrificans ccmA, B and C genes: cloning and sequencing, and analysis of the potential of their products to form a haem or apo- c-type cytochrome transporter.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1997;143 ( Pt 2)():563-76.
1997: Y C Leung; C Chan; John Reader; Antony C Willis; Rob J M van Spanning; Stuart J Ferguson; S E Radford
The pseudoazurin gene from Thiosphaera pantotropha: analysis of upstream putative regulatory sequences and overexpression in Escherichia coli.
The Biochemical journal 1997;321 ( Pt 3)():699-705.
1996: Y Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Mutants of Escherichia coli lacking disulphide oxidoreductases DsbA and DsbB cannot synthesise an exogenous monohaem c-type cytochrome except in the presence of disulphide compounds.
FEBS letters 1996;398(2-3):265-8.
1996: R Stoll; Mark Dudley Page; Y Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome c550 expression in Paracoccus denitrificans strongly depends on growth condition: identification of promoter region for cycA by transcription start analysis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1996;142 ( Pt 9)():2577-85.
1996: B Bennett; JM Charnock; HJ Sears; Ben C Berks; Andrew J Thomson; Stuart J Ferguson; C David Garner; David J Richardson
Structural investigation of the molybdenum site of the periplasmic nitrate reductase from Thiosphaera pantotropha by X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
The Biochemical journal 1996;317 ( Pt 2)():557-63.
1996: Y Sambongi; R Stoll; Stuart J Ferguson
Alteration of haem-attachment and signal-cleavage sites for Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome C550 probes pathway of c-type cytochrome biogenesis in Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology 1996;19(6):1193-204.
1995: Ben C Berks; Stuart J Ferguson; James W B Moir; David J Richardson
Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1995;1232(3):97-173.
1995: Stuart J Ferguson
Brian Beechey: an appreciation.
Biochemical Society transactions 1995;23(4):735-6.
1995: P A Williams; Vilmos Fülöp; Y C Leung; C Chan; James W B Moir; G Howlett; Stuart J Ferguson; S E Radford; Janos Hajdu
Pseudospecific docking surfaces on electron transfer proteins as illustrated by pseudoazurin, cytochrome c550 and cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase.
Nature structural biology 1995;2(11):975-82.
1995: Ben C Berks; David J Richardson; Ann Reilly; A C Willis; Stuart J Ferguson
The napEDABC gene cluster encoding the periplasmic nitrate reductase system of Thiosphaera pantotropha.
The Biochemical journal 1995;309 ( Pt 3)():983-92.
1995: C Chan; Antony C Willis; Carol V Robinson; R T Aplin; S E Radford; Stuart J Ferguson
The complete amino acid sequence confirms the presence of pseudoazurin in Thiosphaera pantotropha.
The Biochemical journal 1995;308 ( Pt 2)():585-90.
1995: Vilmos Fülöp; James W B Moir; Stuart J Ferguson; Janos Hajdu
The anatomy of a bifunctional enzyme: structural basis for reduction of oxygen to water and synthesis of nitric oxide by cytochrome cd1.
Cell 1995;81(3):369-77.
1995: Ben C Berks; Mark Dudley Page; David J Richardson; Ann Reilly; A Cavill; F Outen; Stuart J Ferguson
Sequence analysis of subunits of the membrane-bound nitrate reductase from a denitrifying bacterium: the integral membrane subunit provides a prototype for the dihaem electron-carrying arm of a redox loop.
Molecular microbiology 1995;15(2):319-31.
1995: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Cloning and sequence analysis of cycH gene from Paracoccus denitrificans: the cycH gene product is required for assembly of all c-type cytochromes, including cytochrome c1.
Molecular microbiology 1995;15(2):307-18.
1995: Stuart J Ferguson
Chemiosmotic coupling. Protons fast and slow.
Current biology : CB 1995;5(1):25-7.
1994: B Bennett; Ben C Berks; Stuart J Ferguson; Andrew J Thomson; David J Richardson
Mo(V) electron paramagnetic resonance signals from the periplasmic nitrate reductase of Thiosphaera pantotropha.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1994;226(3):789-98.
1994: Y Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Specific thiol compounds complement deficiency in c-type cytochrome biogenesis in Escherichia coli carrying a mutation in a membrane-bound disulphide isomerase-like protein.
FEBS letters 1994;353(3):235-8.
1994: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Differential reduction in soluble and membrane-bound c-type cytochrome contents in a Paracoccus denitrificans mutant partially deficient in 5-aminolevulinate synthase activity.
Journal of bacteriology 1994;176(19):5919-28.
1994: J Breton; Ben C Berks; Ann Reilly; Andrew J Thomson; Stuart J Ferguson; David J Richardson
Characterization of the paramagnetic iron-containing redox centres of Thiosphaera pantotropha periplasmic nitrate reductase.
FEBS letters 1994;345(1):76-80.
1994: Y Sambongi; H Crooke; J A Cole; Stuart J Ferguson
A mutation blocking the formation of membrane or periplasmic endogenous and exogenous c-type cytochromes in Escherichia coli permits the cytoplasmic formation of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus holo cytochrome c552.
FEBS letters 1994;344(2-3):207-10.
1994: Y Sambongi; Stuart J Ferguson
Synthesis of holo Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c550 requires targeting to the periplasm whereas that of holo Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552 does not. Implications for c-type cytochrome biogenesis.
FEBS letters 1994;340(1-2):65-70.
1994: Ben C Berks; David J Richardson; C Robinson; Ann Reilly; R T Aplin; Stuart J Ferguson
Purification and characterization of the periplasmic nitrate reductase from Thiosphaera pantotropha.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1994;220(1):117-24.
1994: Stuart J Ferguson
Similarities between mitochondrial and bacterial electron transport with particular reference to the action of inhibitors.
Biochemical Society transactions 1994;22(1):181-3.
1994: Bart Samyn; Ben C Berks; Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson; J J van Beeumen
Characterisation and amino acid sequence of cytochrome c-550 from Thiosphaera pantotropha.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1994;219(1-2):585-94.
1994: Stuart J Ferguson
Denitrification and its control.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1994;66(1-3):89-110.
1993: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Mutants of Methylobacterium extorquens and Paracoccus denitrificans deficient in c-type cytochrome biogenesis synthesise the methylamine-dehydrogenase polypeptides but cannot assemble the tryptophan-tryptophylquinone group.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1993;218(2):711-7.
1993: L C Bell; Mark Dudley Page; Ben C Berks; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Insertion of transposon Tn5 into a structural gene of the membrane-bound nitrate reductase of Thiosphaera pantotropha results in anaerobic overexpression of periplasmic nitrate reductase activity.
Journal of general microbiology 1993;139(12):3205-14.
1993: James W B Moir; Stuart J Ferguson
Spontaneous mutation of Thiosphaera pantotropha enabling growth on methanol correlates with synthesis of a 26 kDa c-type cytochrome.
FEMS microbiology letters 1993;113(3):321-6.
1993: Vilmos Fülöp; James W B Moir; Stuart J Ferguson; Janos Hajdu
Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase from Thiosphaera pantotropha.
Journal of molecular biology 1993;232(4):1211-2.
1993: Ben C Berks; A G McEwan; Stuart J Ferguson
Membrane-associated NADH dehydrogenase activities in Rhodobacter capsulatus: purification of a dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase.
Journal of general microbiology 1993;139(8):1841-51.
1993: Ben C Berks; D Baratta; J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Purification and characterization of a nitrous oxide reductase from Thiosphaera pantotropha. Implications for the mechanism of aerobic nitrous oxide reduction.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1993;212(2):467-76.
1993: James W B Moir; D Baratta; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
The purification of a cd1-type nitrite reductase from, and the absence of a copper-type nitrite reductase from, the aerobic denitrifier Thiosphaera pantotropha; the role of pseudoazurin as an electron donor.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1993;212(2):377-85.
1992: L C Bell; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Identification of nitric oxide reductase activity in Rhodobacter capsulatus: the electron transport pathway can either use or bypass both cytochrome c2 and the cytochrome bc1 complex.
Journal of general microbiology 1992;138(3):437-43.
1991: Stuart J Ferguson
The protonmotive force and the problem of the P/O ratio; some teaching considerations.
Biochemical Society transactions 1991;19(4):982-3.
1991: Alastair G McEwan; N Benson; T C Bonnett; S P Hanlon; Stuart J Ferguson; David J Richardson; J B Jackson
Bacterial dimethyl sulphoxide reductases and nitrate reductases.
Biochemical Society transactions 1991;19(3):605-8.
1991: Ben C Berks; Stuart J Ferguson
Simplicity and complexity in electron transfer between NADH and c-type cytochromes in bacteria.
Biochemical Society transactions 1991;19(3):581-8.
1991: David J Richardson; L C Bell; Alastair G McEwan; J Baz Jackson; Stuart J Ferguson
Cytochrome c2 is essential for electron transfer to nitrous oxide reductase from physiological substrates in Rhodobacter capsulatus and can act as an electron donor to the reductase in vitro. Correlation with photoinhibition studies.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1991;199(3):677-83.
1991: Stuart J Ferguson
The functions and synthesis of bacterial c-type cytochromes with particular reference to Paracoccus denitrificans and Rhodobacter capsulatus.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1991;1058(1):17-20.
1991: Alastair G McEwan; Stuart J Ferguson; J Baz Jackson
Purification and properties of dimethyl sulphoxide reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. A periplasmic molybdoenzyme.
The Biochemical journal 1991;274 ( Pt 1)():305-7.
1991: L C Bell; Stuart J Ferguson
Nitric and nitrous oxide reductases are active under aerobic conditions in cells of Thiosphaera pantotropha.
The Biochemical journal 1991;273(Pt 2)():423-7.
1990: David J Richardson; Alastair G McEwan; Mark Dudley Page; J Baz Jackson; Stuart J Ferguson
The identification of cytochromes involved in the transfer of electrons to the periplasmic NO3- reductase of Rhodobacter capsulatus and resolution of a soluble NO3(-)-reductase--cytochrome-c552 redox complex.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1990;194(1):263-70.
1990: J A Pérez; Stuart J Ferguson
Kinetics of oxidative phosphorylation in Paracoccus denitrificans. 2. Evidence for a kinetic and thermodynamic modulation of F0F1-ATPase by the activity of the respiratory chain.
Biochemistry 1990;29(46):10518-26.
1990: J A Pérez; Stuart J Ferguson
Kinetics of oxidative phosphorylation in Paracoccus denitrificans. 1. Mechanism of ATP synthesis at the active site(s) of F0F1-ATPase.
Biochemistry 1990;29(46):10503-18.
1990: H W Kim; J A Perez; Stuart J Ferguson; Iain D Campbell
The specific incorporation of labelled aromatic amino acids into proteins through growth of bacteria in the presence of glyphosate. Application to fluorotryptophan labelling to the H(+)-ATPase of Escherichia coli and NMR studies.
FEBS letters 1990;272(1-2):34-6.
1990: G J Carr; Stuart J Ferguson
The nitric oxide reductase of Paracoccus denitrificans.
The Biochemical journal 1990;269(2):423-9.
1990: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
Apo forms of cytochrome c550 and cytochrome cd1 are translocated to the periplasm of Paracoccus denitrificans in the absence of haem incorporation caused either mutation or inhibition of haem synthesis.
Molecular microbiology 1990;4(7):1181-92.
1990: L C Bell; David J Richardson; Stuart J Ferguson
Periplasmic and membrane-bound respiratory nitrate reductases in Thiosphaera pantotropha. The periplasmic enzyme catalyzes the first step in aerobic denitrification.
FEBS letters 1990;265(1-2):85-7.
1990: G J Carr; Stuart J Ferguson
Nitric oxide formed by nitrite reductase of Paracoccus denitrificans is sufficiently stable to inhibit cytochrome oxidase activity and is reduced by its reductase under aerobic conditions.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1990;1017(1):57-62.
1989: Mark Dudley Page; G Carr; L C Bell; Stuart J Ferguson
Structure, control and assembly of a bacterial electron transport system as exemplified by Paracoccus denitrificans.
Biochemical Society transactions 1989;17(6):991-3.
1989: David J Richardson; Alastair G McEwan; J Baz Jackson; Stuart J Ferguson
Electron transport pathways to nitrous oxide in Rhodobacter species.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1989;185(3):659-69.
1989: Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
A bacterial c-type cytochrome can be translocated to the periplasm as an apo form; the biosynthesis of cytochrome cd1 (nitrite reductase) from Paracoccus denitrificans.
Molecular microbiology 1989;3(5):653-61.
1989: G J Carr; Mark Dudley Page; Stuart J Ferguson
The energy-conserving nitric-oxide-reductase system in Paracoccus denitrificans. Distinction from the nitrite reductase that catalyses synthesis of nitric oxide and evidence from trapping experiments for nitric oxide as a free intermediate during denitrification.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1989;179(3):683-92.
1988: A L Ballard; Stuart J Ferguson
Respiratory nitrate reductase from Paracoccus denitrificans. Evidence for two b-type haems in the gamma subunit and properties of a water-soluble active enzyme containing alpha and beta subunits.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1988;174(1):207-12.
1987: C L George; Stuart J Ferguson
Immunochemical probing of the structure and cofactor of NADH dehydrogenase from Paracoccus denitrificans.
The Biochemical journal 1987;244(3):661-8.
1986: C L George; Stuart J Ferguson; M W Cleeter; C Ian Ragan
Structural relationships between the NADH dehydrogenases of Paracoccus denitrificans and bovine heart mitochondria as revealed by immunological cross-reactivities.
FEBS letters 1986;198(1):135-9.
1984: C L George; Stuart J Ferguson
Immunochemical identification of a two-subunit NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Paracoccus denitrificans.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1984;143(3):567-73.