Oxford University Biomembrane Structure Unit
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Oxford University Biomembrane Structure Unit (OUBSU), directed by Professor Anthony Watts, has its main labs in the Department of Biochemistry at Oxford. The Unit's solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) labs are at the Biological Solid State NMR Facility, at the STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Didcot.
The main research interests of the Watts's group focus on the study of the structure of small molecules when at their site of action in membrane-bound proteins whilst in their native, fully functional form in membranes. In addition, peptides which form channels in membranes are being studied to high resolution using solid state NMR methods. The potential for understanding how the membrane-bound targets for hormones, solutes and drugs function can be realised with this emerging technology.
The NMR Facility was opened in 1998, funded through investments by HEFCE and UK Research Councils with matching funds from instrument manufacturers. It is equipped as one of the major solid state biological NMR centres in the world and now has some of the most advanced instruments (at 200MHz, 400MHz, 500MHz and 800MHz) and support facilities anywhere world-wide for use in structural biology.
OUBSU Publications : since 2005
Publications - 2023
- J. Birch, T.O.C. Kwan, P.J. Judge, D. Axford, P. Aller, A. Butryn, R.I. Reis, J. F. Bada Juarez, J. Vinals, R. L. Owen, E. Nango, R. Tanaka, K. Tono, Y. Joti, T. Tanaka, S. Owada, M. Sugahara, S. Iwata, A. M. Orville, A. Watts, I. Moraes (2023) “A versatile approach to high-density microcrystals in lipidic cubic phase for room-temperature serial crystallography” Journal of Applied Crystallography 56 (5)
Publications - 2022
- R. Hu, X. Ding, P. Yu, X. He, A. Watts, X. Zhao, J Wang (2022) “Ultrafast Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Resolved a Structured Lysine 159 on the Cytoplasmic Surface of the Microbial Photoreceptor Bacteriorhodopsin” Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (48), 22083-22092
- S.. Chen, X Ding, C. Sun, F. Wang, X. He, A. Watts, X. Zhao (2022) “Archaeal lipids regulating the trimeric structure dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin for efficient proton release and uptake” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 (13), 6913
- N.A. Fontana, A.D. Rosse, A. Watts, P.S.R. Coelho, A.J. Costa-Filho (2022) “In vivo observation of amyloid-like fibrils produced under stress” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 199, 42-50
- P.J. Judge, J.F.B. Juarez, D. Axford, I. Moraes, A. Watts (2022) Biophysical Journal 121 (3), 316a “Structures of the archaerhodopsin-3 transporter reveal that disordering of internal water networks underpins receptor sensitization”
- D. Axford, P.J. Judge, J.F. Bada Juarez, T.O.C. Kwan, J. Birch, J. Vinals, A. Watts, ...(2022) ”Two states of a light-sensitive membrane protein captured at room temperature using thin-film sample mounts” Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology 78 (1), 52-58
Publications - 2021
- K.K. Hoi, J.F. Bada Juarez, P.J. Judge, H.Y. Yen, D. Wu, J. Vinals, G.F. Taylor, A. Watts, C. V. Robinson (2021) “Detergent-free lipodisq nanoparticles facilitate high-resolution mass spectrometry of folded integral membrane proteins” Nano letters 21 (7), 2824-2831
- N.A. Fontana, A.D. Rosse, A. Watts, P.S.R Coelho, A.J. Costa-Filho (2021) bioRxiv, 2021.02. 02.429251 “In vivo amyloid-like fibrils produced under stress”
- J. F. B. Juarez, P. J. Judge, S. Adam, D. Axford, J. Vinals, J. Birch, T. O. C. Kwan, K. K. Hoi, H-Y. Yen, A. Vial, P-E. Milhiet, C. V. Robinson, I. Schapiro, I. Moraes and A. Watts (2021) "Structures of the archaerhodopsin-3 transporter reveal that disordering of internal water networks underpins receptor sensitization" Nature Communications 629
Publications - 2020
- S. Lavington and A. Watts (2020) Lipid nanoparticle technologies for the study of G protein-coupled receptors in lipid environments, Biophysical Rev . 12:1287-1392
- M. L. Torgersen, P. Judge, J. F. B. Juarez, A. D. Pandya, M. Fusser, C. W. Davies, M. K. Maciejewska, D. J. Yin, G. M. Maelandsmo, T. Skotland, A. Watts and K. Sandvig (2020) "Physicochemical Characterization, Toxicity and In Vivo Biodistribution Studies of a Discoidal, Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Vehicle: Lipodisq Nanoparticles Containing Doxorubicin" Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology , vol. 16; 4:419-431
- L. F. S. Mendes, M. R. B. Batista, P. J. Judge, A. Watts, C. Redfield and A. J. Costa‐Filho (2020) "Conformational flexibility of GRASPs and their constituent PDZ subdomains reveals structural basis of their promiscuous interactome" FEBS Journal , vol. 287(15);3255-3272
- J. F. B. Juareza, J. C. Muñoz-García, R. dos Reisa, A. Henry, D. McMillan, M. Kriek, M. Wood, C. Van den Plas, Z. Sands, L. Castro, R. Taylor and A. Watts (2020) "Detergent-free extraction of a functional low-expressing GPCR from a human cell line" BBA Biomembranes , 1862(3); 183152
- P. M. Dijkman, J. C. Muñoz-García, S. R. Lavington, P. S. Kumagai, R. I. dos Reis, D. Yin,
- P. J. Stansfeld, A. J. Costa-Filho and A. Watts, (2020) "Conformational dynamics of a G protein-coupled receptor helix 8 in lipid membranes" Science Advances 14(6)
- N. A. Fontana, A. D. Rosse, A. Watts, P. S. R. Coelho, A. J. Costa-Filho (2020) "In vivo amyloid-like fibrils produced under stress" bioRXiv , doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.02.429251
Publications - 2019
- J. F. B. Juarez, A. J. Harper, P. J. Judge, S. R. Tonge, A. Watts (2019) "From polymer chemistry to structural biology: The development of SMA and related amphipathic polymers for membrane protein extraction and solubilisation, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids , vol. 2221:167-175
- J. F. Bada Juarez, D. O'Rourke, P. J. Judge, L. C. Liu, J. Hodgkin and A. Watts, (2019) "Lipodisqs for eukaryote lipidomics with retention of viability: Sensitivity and resistance to Leucobacter infection linked to C.elegans cuticle composition" Chemistry and Physics of Lipids , 222:51-58
- M. R. B. Batista, A. Watts and A. J. Costa-Filho (2019) "Exploring Conformational Transitions and Free-Energy Profiles of Proton-Coupled Oligopeptide Transporters" J. Chem. Theory Comput ., 15(11):6433-6443
Publications - 2018
- P. Dijkman, O. Castell , A. Goddard , J. Munoz-Garcia , C. de Graaf , M. Wallace and A. Watts (2018) Dynamic tuneable G protein-coupled receptor monomer-dimer populations, Nature Comms
- C. Sun, X. Ding, H. Cui, Y. Yang, S. Chen, A. Watts and X. Zhao (2018) "In situ study of the functions of bacterioruberin in the dual-chromophore photoreceptor, archaerhodopsin-4", Angew. Chemie. (Intl). 130(29);9075-9075
- J. C. Muñoz-García[, R. I. dos Reis , R. J. Taylor, A. J. Henry and A. Watts (2018)"Nanodisc-Targeted STD NMR Spectroscopy Reveals Atomic Details of Ligand Binding to Lipid Environments" ChemBiochem, Vol. 19(10):1022-1025.
- M-P. Pfeil, A. Pyne, V. Losasso, J. Ravi, B. Lamarre, N. Faruqui, H. Alkassem, K. Hammond, P. Judge, M. Winn, G. Martyna, J. Crain, A. Watts, B. Hoogenboom, and M. Ryadnov (2018) "Tuneable poration: host defense peptides as sequence probes for antimicrobial mechanisms" Scientific Reports, 8:14926
- X. Ding, C. Sun, H. Cui, S. Chen, Y. Gao, Y. Yang, J. Wang, X. He, D. Iuga, F. Tian, A. Watts and X. Zhao (2018) Functional roles of tyrosine 185 during the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle revealed by in-situ spectroscopic studies. BBA Bioenergetics, 1859(10);1006-1014
Publications - 2017
- M-P. Pfeil and A. Watts (2017) "Magnetic resonance studies of antimicrobial peptides in membranes" in " Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins " Vol. 42:146-189
- Pyne A., Pfeil M., Bennett I., Ravi J., Iavicoli P., Lamarre B., Roethke A., Ray S., Jiang H., Bella A., Reisinger B., Yin D., Little B.,Munoz-Garcia J., Cerasoli E., Judge P., Faruqui N., Calzolai L., Henrion A., Martyna G., Grovenor C., Crain J., Hogenboom B., Watts A. and Ryadnov M.,( 2016) Engineering monolayer poration for rapid exfoliation of microbial membranes, Chemical Science, 2017, 8, Pages 1105-1115
Publications - 2016
- Ding X., Wang H., Peng B., Cui H., Gao Y., Iuga D., Judge P.J., Li G, Watts A., Zhao X. (2016), Mediation mechanism of tyrosine 185 on the retinal isomerization equilibrium and the proton release channel in the seven-transmembrane receptor bacteriorhodopsin, BBA - Bioenergetics, Volume 1857, Issue 11, November 2016, Pages 1786-1795
- Bolivar JH, Munoz-Garcia JC, Castro-Dopico T, Dijkman PM, Stansfeld PJ, Watts A (2016), Interaction of lipids with the neurotensin receptor 1, BBA - Biomembranes, Volume 1858, Issue 6, June 2016, Pages 1278-1287
Publications - 2015
- K emp T.F., Dannatt H.R.W., Barrow N.S., Watts A., Brown S.P., Newton M.E., Dupree R . (2015), Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced NMR at 187 GHz/284 MHz using an Extended Interaction Klystron Amplifier, J. Magnetic Resonance, Volume 265, April 2016, Pages 77-82
- Dijkman P.M. , Watts A (2015) Lipid modulation of early G protein-coupled receptor signalling events, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, Volume 1848, Issue 11, Part A, Pages 2889-2897
- Dannatt H. R. W., Taylor G. F., Varga K., Higman V.A., Pfeil MP, Asilmovska L., Judge P. J., Watts A. (2015) C- and 1H-detection under fast MAS for the study of poorly available proteins: application to sub-milligram quantities of a 7 trans-membrane protein, Journal of Biomolecular NMR, Volume 62, Issue 1, pp 17-23
- Cao Z., Dinga X., Penga B., Zhao Y., Dingb J., Watts A., Zhao X. (2015) Novel expression and characterization of a light driven proton pump archaerhodopsin 4 in a Halobacterium Salinarum strain, BBA Bioenergetics,Volume 1847, Issues 4-5, Pages 390-398
- Fowler P.W., Orwick-Rydmark M., Radestock S., Solcan N., Dijkman P.M., Lyons J.A., Kwok J., Caffrey M., Watts, A. Forrest L.R., and Newstead S. (2015) Gating topology of the proton coupled oligopeptide symporters, Structure, Feb 3; 23(2): 290-301 (front cover feature).
- Goddard, A., Dijkman, P.M., Adamson, R.J., dos Reis, R.I. and Watts, A. (2014) Reconstitution of membrane proteins with a GPCR as an example, Methods in Enzymology, Volume 556, 2015, Pages 405-424
2014
- Judge P. J., Taylor G.F., Dannatt H.R.W. and Watts A . (2015), "Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Membrane Protein Structure Determination" CHAPTER 18 in Structural Proteomics: High-Throughput Methods, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1261 (ed. R. J. Owens), (in press)
- Adamson, R. and Watts, A . (2014) Kinetics of the early events of GPCR signalling, FEBS Letts,Volume 588, Issue 24, Pages 4701-4707
- Liebel M, Schnedermann C, Bassolino G, Taylor G, Watts A, Kukura P (2014) Direct observation of the coherent nuclear response after the absorption of a photon. Physical Review Letters. ; 112, 238301
- Judge, P.J., Taylor, G. F.,Vermeer, L. S. and Watts A. (2014), "Structural Insights from Solid-State NMR into the Function of the Bacteriorhodopsin Photoreceptor Protein" CHAPTER 23 in Advances in Biological Solid-State NMR: Proteins and Membrane-Active Peptides , (eds F. Separovic, A. Naito)
2013
- Goddard, A., Dijkman, P., Adamson, R., Watts, A. (2013) Lipid-Dependent GPCR Dimerization. In P. Michael Conn, editors: Receptor-Receptor Interactions, Vol 117, MCB, UK: Academic Press, pp. 341-357
- Cross, T.A., Murray, D.T. and Watts, A. (2013) Helical Membrane Protein Conformations and their Environment. European Biophysics Journal, Vol. 42, Issue 10, pp 731-755
- Ryan, L., Lamarre, B., Diu, T., Ravi, J., Judge, P., Temple, A., Carr, M., Cerasoli, E., Su, B., Jenkinson, H., Martyna, G., Crain, J., Watts, A., Ryadnov, M. (2013) Anti-antimicrobial peptides: folding-mediated host defense antagonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, 20162-72.
- Long, A., O'Brien, C., Malhotra, K., Schwall, C., Albert, A., Watts, A., Alder, N. (2013) A Detergent-Free Strategy for the Reconstitution of Active Enzyme Complexes from Native Biological Membranes into Nanoscale Discs. BMC Biotechnology, 13, 41.
- R akowska, P., Jiang, H., Ray, S., Pyne, A., Lamarre, B., Carr, M., Judge, P., Ravi, J., Gerling, U., Koksch, B., Martyna, G., Hoogenboom, B., Watts, A., Crain, J., Grovenor, C., Ryadnov, M. (2013) Nanoscale imaging reveals laterally expanding antimicrobial pores in lipid bilayers. Proc. Natl. Academ. Sci. (USA), 110, 8918-8923.
- Ding, X., Zhao, X., Watts, A. G-protein-coupled receptor structure, ligand binding and activation as studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Biochem. J. 450, 443-457.
- Seidel, S., Dijkman, P., Lea, W., Bogaart, G., Jerabek-Willemsen, M., Lazic, A., Joseph, J., Srinivasan, P., Baaske, P., Simeonov, A., Katritch, I., Ladbury, J., Schreiber, G., Watts, A., Braun, D., and S. Duhr. (2013) Microscale thermophoresis quantifies biomolecular interactions under previously challenging conditions. Methods 59, 301-315.
2012
- Orwick, M., Lovett, J., Graziadei, A., Lindholm, L., Hicks, M., Watts, A. (2012) Detergent-Free Incorporation of a Seven-Transmembrane Receptor Protein into Nanosized Bilayer Lipodisq Particles for Functional and Biophysical Studies. Nano Letters, 12, 4687-4692.
- Watts, A. (2012) Exploiting magnetic resonance spectral anisotropy averaging to gain biological details in biomembranes. Encyclopaedia of Magnetic Resonance - Historical Perspectives (E. D. Becker, Editor) Wiley Interscience
- Higman, V. and Watts, A. (2012) "Recent Developments in Biomolecular Solid-State NMR", CHAPTER 13 in Recent Developments in Biomolecular NMR, (eds M. Clore and J. Potts)
- Oates, J., Faust, B., Attrill, H., Harding, P., Orwick, M., Watts, A. (2012) The role of cholesterol on the activity and stability of neurotensin receptor 1. BBA - Biomembranes, 1818, 2228-33.
- Goddard, A. and Watts, A. (2012) Contributions of fluorescence techniques to understanding G protein-coupled receptor dimerisation. Biophysical Review, 4, 291-298.
- Goddard, A. and Watts, A. (2012) Regulation of G protein-coupled receptors by palmitoylation and cholesterol. BMC Biology, 10, 27-30.
- Orwick, M., Judge, P., Procek, J., Lindholm, L., Graziadei, A., Engel, A., Grobner, G., Watts, A. (2012) Detergent-free formation and physico-chemical characterization of nanosized lipid-polymer complexes - Lipodisq. Angewante Chemie, 51, 1-6.
- Patil, A., Premaruban, T., Berthoumieu, O., Watts, A., Davis, J. (2012) Engineered Bacteriorhodopsin: A Molecular Scale Potential Switch. Chem. Eur. J., 18, 5632-36.
- Pike, K.J., Kemp, T.F., Takahashi, H., Day, R., Howes, A.P., Kryukov, E.V., MacDonald, J.F., Collis, A.E.C., Bolton, D.R., Wylde, R.J., Orwick, M., Kosuga, K., Clark, A.J., Idehara, T., Watts, A., Smith, G.M., Newton, M.E., Dupree, R., Smith, M.E. (2012) A spectrometer designed for 6.7 and 14.1 T DNP-enhanced solid-state MAS NMR using quasi-optical microwave transmission, J. Mag. Res., 215, 1-9. Front Cover
- Berthoumieu, O., Patil, A., Wang, X., Aslimovska, L., Davis, J., and Watts, A. (2012) Molecular scale conductance photoswitching in engineered bacteriorhodopsin, Nano Letters, 12, 899-903.
- Patil, A., Premaruban, T., Berthoumieu, O., Watts, A., Davis, J. (2012) Enhanced photocurrent in engineered bacteriorhodopsin monolayer films.J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 683-689.
2011
- Berthoumieu, O., Patil, A., Wang, X., Aslimovska, L., Davis, J., and Watts, A. (2011) Engineered bacteriorhodopsin: a molecular scale conductance photoswitch. Eur. Biophys. J., 40, S235.
- Higman, V. A., Varga, K., Aslimovska, L., Judge, P.J., Sperling, L.J., Rienstra, C.M. and Watts A . (2011) The Conformation of Bacteriorhodopsin Loops in Purple Membranes Resolved by Solid-State MAS NMR Spectroscopy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50:1 - 5
- Selmi, D., Adamson, R. J., Attrill, H., Goddard, A.D., Gilbert, R.J., Watts, A. and Turberfieldd, A. (2011) DNA-Templated Protein Arrays for Single-Molecule Imaging, Nanoletters, 11, 657-660.
- Judge, P.J. and Watts, A. (2011) Recent contributions from solid-state NMR to the understanding of membrane-protein interactions, Current Opinions in Chemical Biology, 15, 690-695.
- Grage, S.L., Keleshian, A.M., Turdzeladze, T., Battle, A.R., Tay, W.C., May, R.P., Holt, S.A., Contera, S.A., Haertlein, M., Moulin, M., Pal, P., Rohde, P.R., Forsyth, V.T., Watts, A., Huang, K.C., Ulrich, A.S. and Martinac, B . (2011) Bilayer-Mediated Clustering and Functional Interaction of MscL Channels, Biophys. J., 100, 1252-1260
- Oates, J. and Watts, A. (2011) Uncovering the intimate relationship between lipids, cholesterol and GPCR activation", Current Opinions in Structural Biology, 21:802-807.
- Tapaneeyakorn, S., Goddard, A.D., Oates, J., Willis, C.L. and Watts, A. (2011) Solution- and solid-state NMR studies of GPCRs and their ligands. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1808, 1462-1475.
2010
- Lam, Y.-H., Hung, A., Separovic, F., Norton, R.S. and Watts, A. (2009) Solid-state NMR and simulation studies of equinatoxin II N-terminus interaction with lipid bilayers.Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 78, 858-872. Front Cover
- Tapaneeyakorn, S., Ross, S., Attrill, H. & Watts, A. (2010) Heterologous high yield expression and purification of neurotensin and its functional fragment in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification, 74, 65-68.
2009
- Attrill, H., Harding, P.J., Smith, E., Ross, S. and Watts, A. (2009) Improved yield of a ligand binding GPCR expressed inE.coli for structural studies. J. Expression & Purification, 64, 32-38.
- Harding, P.J., Attrill, H.A., Boehringer, J., Ross, S., Wadhams, G.H., Smith, E., Armitage, J.P. and Watts, A. (2009) Constitutive dimerisation of the GPCR, neurotensin receptor 1, reconstituted into phospholipid bilayers. Biophys. J., 96, 964-973.
- Patargias, G., Barke, T., Watts, A. and Fischer, W. (2009) Model generation of viral channel forming 2B protein bundles from polio and coxsackie viruses. Mol. Memb. Biol., 26, 309-320.
- Song, C.J., Tapaneeyakorn, S., Murphy, A.C., Butts, C., Watts, A. & Willis, C.L. (2009) Enantioselective syntheses of alpha-Fmoc-Pbf-[2-C-13]-L-arginine and Fmoc-[1,3-C-13(2)]-L-proline and Incorporation into the Neurotensin Receptor 1 Ligand, NT8-13. J. Org. Chem. 74, 8980-8987.
2008
- McLain, S.E., Soper, A.K., Daidone, I., Smith, J.C. and Watts, A. (2008) Charge based interactions between peptides observed as the dominant force for association in aqueous solution. Angew. Chem., 47, 9059-9062.
- Vosegaard, T., Kamihira-Ishijima, M., Watts, A. & Nielsen, N.C. (2008) Helix conformations in 7TM membrane proteins determined using oriented-sample solid-state NMR with multiple residue-specific 15N labelling. Biophys. J. 94, 241-250.
- Mehnert, T., Routh, A., Judge, P., Lam, Y-H., Watts, A. & Fischer, W.B. (2008) Biophysical characterisation of Vpu from HIV-1 suggests a channel-pore dualism.Proteins: Structure Function & Bioinformatics, 70, 1488-1492.
- Varga, K., Aslimovska, L. & Watts, A. (2008) Advances towards resonance assignments for uniformly-13C, 15N enriched bacteriorhodopsin at 18.8 T in purple membranes. J. Biomol. NMR, 41, 1-4.
- Song, C., Willis, C.L. and Watts, A. (2008) Synthesis of [1,3-13C2]L-proline. J. Label. Compd. Radiopharm., 51, 247-261.
- Pabst, G., Grage, S., Danner-Pongratz, S., Ulrich, A.S., Watts, A., Lohner, K. and Hickel, A. (2008) Membrane thickening by the antimicrobial peptide PGLa. Biophys. J.95, 5779-5788.
2007
- Williamson, P.T.F., Verhoeven, A., Miller, K.W., Meier, B.H. and Watts, A. (2007) The conformation of acetylcholine at its target site in the membrane-embedded nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 104, 18031-18036.
- Varga, K., Aslimovska, L., Parrot, I., Dauvergne, M.-T. , Haertlein, M., Forsyth, T. and Watts, A. (2007) NMR Crystallography: The effect of deuteration on high resolution 13C solid state NMR spectra of a 7-TM protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1768, 3029-3035.
- de Planque, M.R.R., Raussens, V., Contera, S.A., Rijkers, D.T.S., Ruysschaet, J-M., Ryan, J.F., Separovic, F. & Watts, A. (2007) ß-sheet structures ß-amyloid(1-40) perturbs phosphatidyl-choline model membranes. J. Mol. Biol., 368, 982-997.
- Watts. A. (2007) Solid state NMR for studying membrane proteins. In: Supramolecular Structure and Function (ed. G. Pifat-Mrzljak), Springer, Ch 9, 45-73.
- Varga, K. & Watts, A. (2007) Introduction to solid state NMR and its application to membrane protein-ligand binding studies. In: Biophysical Analysis of Membrane Proteins (ed. E. Pebay-Peroula) Wiley-VCH. Weinheim, Ch 3, 55-90.
- Mehnert, T., Lam, Y.H., Judge, P.J., Routh, A., Fischer, D., Watts, A., Fischer,W. B. (2007) Towards a mechanism of function of the viral ion channel Vpu from HIV-1. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 24, 589-596.
- McLain, S.E., Soper, A.K., Terry, A.E. and Watts, A (2007) The structure and hydration of L-proline in aqueous solutions. J. Phys. Chem. 111, 4568 - 4580.
- Harding, P., Attrill, H., Ross, S., Keoppe, J., Kapanedis, A. & Watts, A. (2007). Neurotensin Receptor Type 1: E.coli expression, purification, characterisation and biophysical studies. Biochem Soc Trans. 35, 760-3.
- Grage, S.L. & Watts, A. (2007) Applications of REDOR for distance measurements in biological solids. Annual Reports in NMR, 60, 192-228
- Yeagle, P., Bennett, M., Lemaître. V. and Watts, A. (2007) Transmembrane helices of membrane proteins may flex to satisfy hydrophobic mismatch. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1768, 530ñ537.
2006
- McLain, S.E., Soper, A.K. and Watts, A . (2006) Structural studies on the hydration of L-glutamic acid in solution. J. Phys. Chem., 42, 21251-21258.
- Kim, C.G., Lemaitre, V., Watts, A. and Fischer, W.B. (2006) Drug-protein interaction with Vpu from HIV-1: proposing binding sites for amiloride and one of its derivatives. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 386, 2213-2217.
- de Planque, M.R.R., Mendes, G.P., Zagnoni, M., Sandison, M.E., Fisher, K.H., Berry, R.M, Watts, A. and Morgan, H. Controlled delivery of membrane proteins to artificial lipid bilayers by nystatin-ergosterol modulated vesicle fusion. IEE Proc.- Nanobiotechnol., 153, 21-30.
- Wong, A., Howes, A.P., Pike, K.J., Lemaitre, V., Watts, A., Anupold, T., Past, J., Samoson, A., Dupree, R. & Smith, M.E. (2006) New limits for solid-state 17O NMR spectroscopy: complete resolution of multiple oxygen sites in a simple biomolecule. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (24): 7744-7745.
- Harding, P.J., Hadingham, T.C., McDonnell, J.M. & A. Watts . Direct analysis of a GPCR-agonist interaction by surface plasmon resonance. Eur. Biophys. J. 35, 709-712 .
- de Almeida, R.F.M., Loura, L.M.S., Prieto, M., Watts, A., Fedorov, A. and Barrantes, F.J. (2006) Structure and dynamics of the gM4 transmembrane domain of the acetylcholine receptor in lipid bilayers: insights into receptor assembly and function. Mol. Memb. Biol., 23, 305-315.
- Kamihira, M. and Watts, A. (2006) A functionally relevant and coupled dynamic profile of bacteriorhodopsin and lipids in membranes. Biochemistry, 45, 4304-4313.
- Lemaitre, V., Willbold, D., Watts, A. & Fischer, W.B . (2006) Full length Vpu from HIV-1: Combining molecular dynamics simulations with NMR spectroscopy. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 23, 485-496.
- Bonev, B., Grieve, S., Herterstein, M.E., Kishore, A.I., Watts, A., Separovic, F. (2006) Orientational order of Australian spider silks as determined by solid-state NMR. Biopolymers, 82, 134-143.
- Voitchovsky, K., Contera, S.A., Kamihira, M., Watts, A., and Ryan, J.F. (2006) Differential Stiffness and Lipid mobility in the leaflets of purple membranes, Biophys. J. 90, 2075-2085.
- Howes, A., Anupõld, T., Lemaitre, V., Kukol, A., Samoson, A., Watts, A., Smith, M.E. & Dupree, R (2006) Enhancing Resolution and Sensitivity of 17O Solid State NMR through Combining Double Rotation, 1H Decoupling and Satellite Modulation for Biomolecular Applications. Chem. Phys. Letts. 421, 42-46.
2005
- Kamihira, M., Vosegaard, T., Mason, A.J., Straus, S.K., Nielsen, N.C. & Watts, A. (2005) Structural and orientational constraints of bacteriorhodopsin in purple membranes determined by oriented-sample solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J. Struct. Biol., 149, 7-16.
- Lemaitre, V., Yeagle, P. & Watts, A. (2005) Molecular dynamic simulations of retinal in rhodopsin: from the dark-adapted state towards lumirhodopsin. Biochemistry, 44, 12667-12680. (Suppl. Info.).
- Kim, C.G., Watts, J.A. & Watts, A. (2005) Ligand docking in the gastric H+/K+-ATPase - homology modelling of reversible inhibitor binding sites. J. Med Chem. 48, 7145-7152.
- Contera, S.A., Lemaitre, V., de Planque, M.R.R., Watts, A. & Ryan, J.F. (2005) Unfolding and extraction of an a-helical peptide from a lipid bilayer: Dynamic Force Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics. Biophys J. 89, 3129-3140.
- Candler, A., Featherstone, M. Ali, R., Maloney, L., Watts A. & Fischer, W.B. (2005) Computational analysis of mutations in the transmembrane region of Vpu from HIV-1. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1716, 1-10.
- Williamson, P.T.F., Zandomeneghi, G., Barrantes, F.J., Watts, A. & Meier, B.H. (2005) Structural and dynamic studies of the g-M4 trans-membrane domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Mol. Membrane Biol., 22, 485-496.
- Watts, A. (2005) Solid state NMR in drug design and discovery for membrane embedded targets. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 4, 555-568.
- Lemaître, V., Kim, C.G., Lam, Y.-H., Fischer, D., Watts, A. & Fischer, W.B. (2005) Defining drug-protein interactions of Vpu MD simulations and drug-protein interactions. In: Protein Reviews: Viral membrane proteins: Structure, function and drug design , (Ed. W. B. Fischer, Series Editor Z. Atassi), Kluwer Academikc/Plenum Publishers, New York, Ch. 14, 187-200.
Cited peer-reviewed publications |
Total citations* |
h-Index[1]* |
Tapered h-Index[2]* |
316 |
11478 |
58 |
84.9 |
Total peer-reviewed publications: 248 research + 54 reviews + 5 books + 4 edited journals + 5 book reviews. [1]. Hirsh, J. E. (2005), An index to quantify an individual s scientific research output, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 : 16569-16572. [2]. Anderson et al., (2008) Beyond the Durfee square: Enhancing the h-index to score total publication output, Scientometrics, 76; p577-588.
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OUBSU Publications : 2000-2004
2004
- Middleton, D.A., Reid, D.G. and Watts, A. (2004) A combined quantitative and mechanistic study of drug-membrane interactions using a novel 2H NMR approach. J. Pharm. Sci. 93, 507-514.
- Grage, S.L., Watts, J.A., and Watts, A. (2004) 2H{19F} REDOR for Distance Measurements in Biological Solids Using a Double Resonance Spectrometer. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 166, 1-10.
- Mason, A.J., Grage, S.L., Glaubitz, C., Straus, S.K. & Watts, A. (2004) Identifying anisotropic constraints in multiply labelled membrane proteins by 15N MAS NMR. Biophys. J. 86, 1610-1617.
- Bokvist, M., Lindström, F., Watts, A. & Gröbner, G. (2004) Two types of Alzheimer's beta-amyloid (1-40) peptide membrane interactions: Aggregation preventing transmembrane anchoring versus accelerated surface fibril formation J. Mol. Biol.335, 1039-1049.
- de Almeida, R.F, Loura, L.M.S., Prieto, M., Fedorov, A., Watts, A. and Barrantes, F.J. (2004) Cholesterol modulates the organization of the gM4 transmembrane domain of the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biophys. J., 86, 2261-2272.
- Lemaitre, V., Ali, R., Kim, C., Watts, A. & Fischer, W.B. (2004) Interaction of amiloride and one of its derivates with Vpu from HIV-I: A molecular dynamics simulation. FEBS Letts., 563, 75-81.
- Pike, K.J., Lemaitre, V., Kukol, A., Anupöld, T., Samoson, A., Howes, A.P., Watts, A., Smith, M.E. and Dupree, R. (2004) Solid state 17O NMR of amino acids. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 9256-9263.
- Williamson, P.T.F., Meier, B.H. & Watts, A. (2004) Structural and functional studies of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by solid-state NMR. Eur. Biophys. J., 33, 247-54.
- Bonev, B.B., Breukink, E., Swiezewska, E., de Kruijff, B. & Watts, A. (2004) Targeting extracellular pyrophosphates underpins the high selectivity of nisin. FASEB J., 18, 1862-1869
- Lemaitre, V., de Planque, M., Howes, A.P., Smith, A.P., Dupree, R. and Watts, A. (2004) Oxygen-17 as a probe for structural studies of proteins in biomembranes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 15320-15321.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Sharples, J.M., Goodall, S.L., Bovee-Geiurts, P.H.M.,Verhoeven, M.A., Lugtenburg, J., Pistorius, A.M.A., de Grip, W.J. & Watts, A. (2004) The ring of the rhodopsin chromophore in a hydrophobic activation switch within the binding pocket. J. Mol. Biol., 343, 719-730.
- Römer, W., Lam, Y.H., Fischer, D., Watts, A., Fischer, W.B., Göring, P., Wehrspohn, R.B., Gösele, U. & Steinem, C. (2004) Channel activity of a viral transmembrane peptide in micro-BLMs: Vpu?1-32? from HIV-1. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 16267-16274.
- Watts, A., Straus, S.K., Grage, S., Kamihira, M., Lam, Y.-H. and Xhao, Z. (2004) Membrane protein structure determination using solid state NMR. In:Methods in Molecular Biology - Techniques in Protein NMR Vol. 278 (ed. K. Downing), Humana Press, New Jersey, pp. 403-474.
- Lemaitre, V., Smith, M.E. & Watts, A. (2004) A review of oxygen-17 solid state NMR of organic materials - towards biological applications. Solid State NMR Special Issue , 26, 215-235.
2003
- Sramala, I., Lematire, V., Faraldo-Gómez, J.D., Vincent, S., Watts, A. & Fischer, W. (2003) Molecular dynamics simulations on the first two helices of Vpu from HIV-1. Biophys. J., 84, 3276-3284.
- Bonev, B.B., Lam, Y-H., Anderluh, G., Watts, A., Norton, R.S. and Separovic, F. (2003) Effects of the eukaryotic pore-forming cytolysin equinatoxin II on lipid membranes and the role of sphingomyelin. Biophys. J., 84, 2382-2392
- Lemaitre, V., Pike, K.J., Watts, A., Anupold, T., Samoson, A., Smith, M.E. and Dupree, R. (2003) New insights onto the bonding arrangements of L- and D-glutamates from solid state 170 NMR. Chemical Physics Letters, 371, 91 - 97.
- de Planque, M.R.R., Bonev, B.B., Demmers, J.A.A., Greathouse, D.V., Koeppe II, .E., Separovic, F., Watts, A. and Killian, J.A. (2003) Interfacial Anchor Properties of Tryptophan Residues in Transmembrane Peptides Can Dominate over Hydrophobic Matching Effects in Peptide-Lipid Interactions. Biochemistry, 42, 5341-5348
- Straus, S.K., Scott, W.RP. & Watts, A. (2003) Assessing the effects of time and spatial averaging in 15N chemical shift/15N-1H dipolar correlation solid state NMR experiments. J. Biomol. NMR, 26, 283-295.
- Arêas, J.A.G. and Watts, A. (2003) Charge effects of protein interactions at lipid-water interface probed by 2H NMR. In: Magnetic Resonance in Food Science: Latest Developments, eds. Belton, P.S.; Gil, A.M.; Webb, G.A. & Rutledge, D., Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, UK, pp 70-76.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Sharples, J.M., Goodall, S.L., Seedorf, H., Verhoeven, M.A., Lugtenburg, J., Bovee-Geiurts, P.H.M., de Grip, W.J. & Watts, A. (2003) Conformational similarities in the ß-ionone ring region of the rhodopsin chromophore in its ground state and after photoactivation to the metarhodopsin-I intermediate. Biochemistry, 42, 13371-13378.
2002
- Williamson, P.T.F., Bains, S., Chung, C., Cooke, R. & Watts, A. (2002) Probing the environment of neurotensin whilst bound to the neurotensin receptor by solid state NMR. FEBS Letts. 518, 111-115.
- Cordes, F.S., Tustian, A.D., Sansom, M.S.P., Watts, A. & Fischer, W.B. (2002) Bundles consisting of extended transmembrane segments of Vpu from HIV-1: computer simulations and conductance measurements. Biochemistry 41(23), 7359-7365.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Sharples, J.M., Verhoeven, M.A., Lugtenburg, J., Glaubitz, C. and Watts, A. (2002) Relative orientation of the ß-ionone ring and polyene chain for the chromophore of rhodopsin in native membranes. Biochemistry, 41, 7549-7555.
- Watts, A. (2002) Direct studies of ligand-receptor interactions and ion channel blocking. Molecular Membrane Biology, 19, 267-275
2001
- Schnell, I. and Watts, A. (2001) Towards selective recoupling and mutual decoupling of dipolar-coupled spin pairs in double-quantum magic-angle spinning NMR experiments on multiply labelled solid-state samples, Chemical Physics Letters, 335, 111-122
- Williamson, P.T.F., Watts, J.A., Addona, G.H. Miller, K.W. and Watts, A. (2001) Dynamics and orientation of N+(CD3)3-bromoacetylcholine bound to its binding site on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. PNAS , 98, 2346-2351.
- Bonev, B.B., Gilbert, R.J.C., Andrew, P.W., Byron, O. and Watts, A. (2001) Structural analysis of the protein/lipid complexes associated with pore formation by the bacterial toxin pneumolysin. J. Biol. Chem., 276, 5714-5719.
- Bonev, B., Gilbert, R. and Watts, A. (2001) Structural investigations of pneumolysin/lipid complexes. Mol. Memb. Biol., 17, 229-235.
- Addy, V.L., Covington, A.D., Langridge, D.A. and Watts, A. (2001) Microscopy methods to study fat cells. Part 1: Characterisation of ovine cutaneous lipids using microscopy. J. Soc. Leather Tech. Chem., 85, 6-15.
- Addy, V.L., Covington, A.D., Langridge, D.A. and Watts, A. (2001) Microscopy Methods to study lipase degreasing. J. Soc. Leather Tech. Chem.
- Schnell, I., Watts, A. & Spiess, H.W. (2001) Double-quantum double-quantum MAS exchange NMR spectroscopy: dipolar coupled spin-pairs as probes for slow molecular dynamics. J. Mag. Res. 149, 90-102.
- Bonev, B., Watts, A., Bokvist, M. and Gröbner, G. (2001) Electrostatic peptide-lipid interaction sof amyloid-ß and pentalysine with membrane surfaces monitored by phorphorus-31 MAS NMR. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3, 2904-2910.
- Williamson, P.T.F., Bains, S.K., Chung, C., Cooke, R., Meier, B. & Watts, A. (2001) Characterization and assignment of uniformly labeled NT(8-13) at the agonist binding site of the G-protein coupled neurotensin receptor. In: Focus on Structural Biology Vol. 1 Perspectives on Solid State NMR in Biology (Eds. S.R. Kühne & H.J.M. de Groot), Focus on Stuctural Biology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 191-202.
- Gröbner G; Glaubitz C; Williamson PTF; Hadingham T & Watts A. (2001) Structural insights into the insertion of amyloid-beta peptide with biological membranes by solid state NMR. In: Focus on Structural Biology Vol. 1 Perspectives on Solid State NMR in Biology (Eds. S.R. Kühne & H.J.M. de Groot), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 203-214.
- Watts, J.A., Watts, A. & Middleton, D.A. (2001) A model of reversible inhibitors in the gastric H+/K+-ATPase binding site determined by REDOR NMR. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 43197-43204.
- Areas, J.A.G., Cassiano, M.M., Glaubitz, C., Gröbner, G.J. & Watts, A. (2001) Interaction of b-casein at an emulsion interface studied by 2H NMR and molecular modeling. In: Magnetic Resonance in Food Science: A view to the future. Webb, G.A.; Belton, P.S.; Gil, A.M. & Delgadillo, I., Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, pp 193-201.
2000
- Veenhoff, L.M., Spooner, P.J.R., Watts, A. & Poolman, B. (2000) Towards the localisation and characterization of the ligand binding sites of the lactose transport protein of Strep. thermophilus. In: Protein, Lipid and Membrane Traffic: Pathways and Targeting. J.A.F. Op den Kamp (Ed.) NATO Science Series; Series A: Life Sciences IOS Press, 322, 245-254.
- Glaubitz, C, Gröbner, G and Watts, A . (2000) Structural and orientational information of the membrane embedded M13 coat protein by 13C-MAS NMR spectroscopy. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1463, 151-161.
- Williamson, P.T.F., Haddingham, T., Roth, J.F. and Watts, A. (2000) Expression and purification of recombinant neurotensin inE. coli. Prot. Expression & Purification ,19, 271-275.
- Gröbner, G., Burnett, I.J., Glaubitz, C., Choi, G., Mason, A.J. & Watts, A. (2000) Observation of light induced structural changes of retinal at atomic resolution within rhodopsin. Nature, 405, 810-813. (pdb files: dark and Meta I)
- Bryson, E.A., Rankin, S.E., Goormaghtigh, E., Ruysschaert, J-M., Watts, A. & Pinheiro, T.J.T. (2000) Structure and dynamics of lipid-associated states of apocytochrome c. Eur. J. Biochem., 267, 1390-1396.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Friesen, R.H.E., Knol, J., Poolman, B. & Watts, A. (2000) Rotational mobility and orientational stability of a transport protein in lipid membranes. Biophy. J. 79, 756-766.
- Glaubitz, C., Groeger, A., Gottschalk, K., Spooner, P.J.R., Watts, A., Schuldiner, S. and Kessler, H. (2000) 31P-CP-MAS studies on TPP+ bound to the ion-coupled multidrug transport protein EmrE. FEBS Letters, 480, 127-131.
- Bonev, B., Chan, W.C., Bycroft, B.W., Roberts, G.C.K. & Watts, A. (2000) Interaction of lantibiotic nisin with mixed lipid bilayers: A 31P and 2H NMR study. Biochemistry39, 11425-11433.
- Middleton, D.A., Ahmed, Z., Glaubitz, C. and Watts, A. (2000) REDOR NMR on a hydrophobic peptide in oriented membranes. J. Mag. Res. 147, 366-370.
- Appleyard, A.N., Herbert, R.B., Henderson, P.J.F., Watts, A. and Spooner, P.J.R . (2000) Selective NMR observation of inhibitor and sugar binding to the galactose-H+ symport protein GalP. BBA 1509, 55-64.
- Ahmed, Z., Watts, A &. Middleton, D.A. (2000) A solid-state NMR study of the phospholamban transmembrane domain: local structure and interactions with Ca2+-ATPase. BBA , 1468, 187-198.
- Middleton, D.A., Rankin, S., Esmann, M. and Watts, A. (2000) New structural insights into the binding of cardiac glycosides to the digitalis receptor revealed by solid-state NMR. PNAS, 97, 13602-13607.
- Watts, A. and Opella, S.J. (2000) Membranes studied by NMR spectroscopy. In: Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (ed. John C. Lindon), Pub. Academic Press, pp. 1281-1291.
- Wilson, C.C., Penfold, J. & Watts, A. (2000) Biological sciences and neutron scattering. The Biochemist, 22, 53-54.
OUBSU Publications : 1990-1999
Scientific papers 1995-9
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1995 - 1999
- Ulrich,A.S., Wallat, I., Heyn, M.P. & Watts, A. (1995) Re-orientation of the retinal chromophore in the M-photointermediate of bacteriorhodopsin. Nature Structural Biology, 2, 190-192.
- Middleton, D.A., Reid, D.G. & Watts, A. (1995) The conformations of a functional spin-labelled derivative of gastric H/K-ATPase investigated by EPR spectroscopy. Biochemistry, 34, 7420-7429.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T., Elöve, G.A., Roder, H., de Jongh, H.H.J., de Kruijff, B. & Watts, A.(1995) Lipid-mediate folding of apocytochrome c . Proceedings of the Meeting "Perspectives on Protein Engingeering and Complementary Technologies".
- Venien-Bryan, C., Davies, A., Langmack, K., Baverstock, J., Watts, A., Marsh, D., & Saibil, H. (1995) Effect of the C-terminal proline repeats on ordered packing of squid rhodopsin and its mobility in membranes. FEBS Lett. 359, 45-49.
- Watts, A., Sternberg, B., Ulrich, A.S., Whiteway, C.A., Seifert, G., Sami, M., Fisher, P., Heyn, M. & Wallat, I. (1995) Bacteriorhodopsin: the effect of bilayer thickness on 2D array formation, and the structural re-alignment of retinal through the photocycle. Biophysical Chemistry, 56, 41-46.
- Boulter, J.M., Taylor, A.M. & Watts, A. (1996) Asymmetric and functional reconstitution of band 3 into pre-formed phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1280, 265-271
- Albert, A.D., Boesze-Battaglia, K., Paw, Z., Watts, A., Epand, R.M. (1996) Effect of cholesterol on rhodopsin stability in disk membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1297(1): 77-82
- Biaggi, M.H., Pinheiro, T.J.T., Watts, A., Lamy-Freund, M.T. (1996) Spin label and 2H-NMR studies on the interaction of melanotropic peptides with lipid bilayers. Eur. Biophys. J. ; 24(4): 251-9
- Cölfen, H., Harding, S.E., Boulter, J.M. & Watts, A. (1996) A hydrodynamic examination of the dimeric cytoplasmic domain of the human erythrocyte anion transporter, band 3. Biophysical J., 71, 1611-1615.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T., Duer, M.J. & Watts, A. (1997) Phospholipid headgroup dynamics in DOPG-d5-cytochrome c complexes as revealed by 2H and 31P NMR: The effects of a peripheral protein on collective lipid fluctuations. Solid state NMR 8, 55-64.
- Middleton, D.A., Robins, R., Feng, X., Levitt, M.H., Spiers, I.D., Schwalbe, C., Reid, D.G. & Watts, A. (1997) The conformation of an inhibitor bound to gastric proton pump. FEBS Letts. 410, 269-274.
- Albert, A.D., Watts, A., Spooner, P.J.R., Grobner, G., Young, J. & Yeagle, P.L. (1997) A distance measurement between specific sites on the cytoplasmic surface of bovine rhodopsin in rod outer segment disk membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1328, 74-82.
- Grobner, G., Choi, G., Burnett, I., Verdegem, P., Lugtenburg, J., Glaubitz, C. & Watts, A. (1997) Photoreceptor rhodopsin: A structural and conformational study of 11-cis retinal in rhodopsin in oriented membranes by deuterium solid state NMR. Biophys. J. 72, A114.
- Gröbner, G., Taylor, A., Williamson, P.T.F., Choi, G., Glaubitz, C., Watts, J.A., de Grip, W.J. & Watts, A. (1997) Macroscopic orientation of natural and model membranes for structural studies. Analytical Biochemistry, 254,132-136.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T., Elöve, G.A., Watts, A. & Roder, H. (1997) Structural and kinetic description of cytochrome c unfolding induced by the interaction with lipid vesicles. Biochemistry, 36, 13122-13132
- Watts, A. and Sabra, M. (1997) Not all integral proteins are freely diffusing in a fluid mosaic: how lipids can promote protein array formation. Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk, 49, 123-126.
- Arêas, J.A.G., Gröbner, G.J., Pellacani, L.B., Glaubitz, C. & Watts, A. (1997) Use of solid state 2H NMR for studying protein-lipid interactions at emulsion interfaces. Mag. Res. in Chemistry 35: S119-S124.
- Glaubitz, C. and Watts, A. (1998) Magic angle oriented sample spinning (MAOSS): A new approach towards biomembrane studies. J. Mag. Res. 130, 305-316.
- Addy, V.L., Covington, A.D. and Watts, A. (1998) Enzyme degreasing of animal skins: a biochemical and microscopical study. Proceeding of IULTCS Congress.
- Grobner, G., Choi, G., Burnett, I., Glaubitz, C. & Watts, A. (1998) Photoreceptor rhodopsin: Structural and conformational study of its chromophore 11-cis retinal in oriented membranes by deuterium solid state NMR. FEBS Lett, 422, 201-204.
- Duralski, A.A., Spooner, P.J.R., Rankin, S.E. & Watts, A. (1998) Synthesis of isotopically labelled cardiolipins. Tetrahedron Letts., 39, 1607-1610.
- Arêas, J.A.G., Gröbner, G.J., Glaubitz, C. & Watts, A. (1998) Interaction of a type II myosin with biological membranes studied by 2H solid state NMR. Biochemistry, 37, 5582-5588.
- Williamson, P.T.F., Gröbner, G., Spooner, P.J.R., Miller, K.W. & Watts, A. (1998) Probing the agonist binding pocket on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: a high resolution solid state NMR approach. Biochemistry, 37, 10854-10859.
- Cölfen, H., Boulter, J., Harding, S.E. and Watts, A. (1998) Ultracentrifugation studies on the transmembrane domain of the human erythrocyte anion transporter Band 3 in the detergent C12E8. Eur. Biophys. J. 27, 651-655.
- Watts, A., Burnett, I.J., Glaubitz, C., Gröbner, G., Middleton, D.A., Spooner, P.J.R. & Williamson, P.T.F. (1998) Structural descriptions of ligands in their binding site of integral membrane proteins at near physiological conditions. Eur. Biophys. J. 28, 84-90.
- Rankin, S.E., Watts, A. & Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1998) Electrostatic and hydrophobic contributions to the folding mechanism of apocytochrome c driven by the interaction with lipid. Biochemistry, 37, 12588-12595.
- Sabra, M.C., Uitdehaag, J.C.M. & Watts, A. (1998) General model for lipid-mediated 2D array formation of membrane proteins. Application to bacteriorhodopsin. Biophys. J., 75, 1180-1188
- Spooner, P.J.R., O'Reilly, W.J., Homans, S.W., Rutherford, N.G., Henderson, P.J.F. & Watts, A. (1998) Weak substrate binding to transport proteins studied by NMR. Biophys. J. 2794-2800.
- Rankin, S.E., Watts, A., Roder, H. & Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1999) Folding of apolcytochrome c induced by the interaction with negatively charged lipid micelles proceeds via a collapsed intermediate state. Protein Science, 8, 381-393.
- Taylor, A.M. & Watts, A. (1999) Spin-label studies of lipid-protein interactions with reconstituted Band 3, the human erythrocyte chloride/bicarbonate exchanger. J. Biochem & Cell Biol. 76(5), 815-22.
- Taylor, A.M., Boulter, J., Harding, S.E. & Watts, A. (1999) Hydrodynamic properties of human erythrocyte Band 3 solubilized in reduced Triton X-100. Biophys. J. 76, 2043-2055.
- Glaubitz, C., Burnett, I., Gröbner, G., Mason, J. & Watts, A. (1999) Deuterium-MAS NMR spectroscopy on oriented membrane proteins: Application to photointermediates of bacteriorhodopsin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 5787-5794.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Veenhoff, L., Watts, A. & Poolman, B. (1999) Structural information on a membrane transport protein from NMR using sequence-selective nitroxide labelling. Biochemistry, 38, 9634-9639.
- Bryson, E.A., Rankin, S.E., Carey, M., Watts, A. & Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1999) Folding of apocytochrome c in lipid micelles: Formation of a-helix precedes membrane insertion. Biochemistry, 38, 9758 -9767
- Taylor, A.M., Gröbner, G., Williamson, P.T.F. & Watts, A. (1999) Binding properties of the stilbene disulfonate sites on human erythrocyte AE1: kinetic, thermodynamic and solid state deuterium NMR analyses. Biochemistry, 38, 11172-11179.
- Gröbner, G, Glaubitz, C and Watts, A. (1999) Probing membrane surfaces and the location of membrane embedded peptides by 13C MAS NMR using lanthanide ions. J. Mag. Res. 141, 335-339.
1990 - 1994
- Fraser, D., Louro, S., Horvath, L.I., Miller, K. and Watts, A. (1990) A study of the effect of general anesthetics on lipid-protein interactions in acetylcholine receptor enriched membranes fromTorpedo nobiliana using nitroxide spin-labels. Biochemistry, 29, 2664-2669.
- Ulrich, A.S., Volke, F. and Watts, A. (1990) The dependence of phospholipid head- group mobility on hydration as studied by deuterium-NMR spin-lattice relaxation time measurements. Chem. Phys. Lipids 55 61-66
- Ulrich, A.S., Poile, T.W. and Watts, A. (1990) Deuterium NMR to study the surface of phospholipid bilayers. Bull. Mag. Res. 12, 80-83.
- van Gorkom, L., Horvath, L.I., Hemminga, M.A., Sternberg, B. and Watts, A. (1990) Identification of trapped and boundary lipid binding sites in M13 coat protein-lipid complexes by deuterium NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry, 29, 3828-3834..
- Spooner, P.J.R. , Van Gorkom, L.C.M. and Watts, A. (1990) Moderating the heating of biological samples during magic-angle spinning experiments. J. Mag. Res. 90, 584-588.
- Sanders, J.C., Poile, T.W., Spruijt, R.B., Van Nuland, N.A.J., Watts, A. and Hemminga, M.A. (1991) A NMR investigation on the interactions of the a-oligomeric form of the M13 coat protein with lipids which mimic the Escherichia coli inner membrane. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1066, 102-108.
- Gale, P. & Watts, A. (1991) Characterization of phospholipid compositions and physical properties of DMPC/Bacteriorhodopsin vesicles produced by a detergent-free method. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 180, 939-944.
- Fraser, D.M., Van Gorkom, L.C.M. and Watts, A. (1991) Partitioning behaviour of 1- hexanol into lipid membranes as studied by deuterium NMR spectroscopy. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1069, 53-60.
- Spooner, P.J.R. and Watts, A. (1991) Reversible unfolding of cytochrome c upon interaction with cardiolipin bilayers. 1. Evidence from deuterium NMR measurements. Biochemistry, 30, 3871-3879.
- Spooner, P.J.R. and Watts, A. (1991) Reversible unfolding of cytochrome c upon interaction with cardiolipin bilayers. 2. Evidence from phosphorus-31 NMR measurements. Biochemistry, 30, 3880-3885.
- Spooner, P.J.R. and Watts, A. (1992) Cytochrome c interactions with cardiolipin in bilayers: A multinuclear magic-angle spinning NMR study Biochemistry, 31, 10129-10138.
- Gale, P. & Watts, A. (1992) Effect of bacteriorhodopsin on the orientation of the headgroup of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn -glycero-3-phosphocholine in bilayers - a 31P and 2H- NMR study Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1106, 317-324.
- Ulrich, A.S., Wallat, I., Heyn, M.P. and Watts, A. (1992) Evidence for a curved retinal in BR from solid-state 2H-NMR. In: Structures and Functions of Retinal Proteins (J.- L. Rigaud, ed.) Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext Ltd., 221, 247-249.
- Ulrich, A.S. & Watts, A. (1992) Membrane protein structure determination by deuterium-NMR. Case study: Retinal in bacteriorhodopsin. NATO ASI, 63, 243-249.
- Fajer, P., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1992) Saturation transfer, continuous wave saturation, and saturation recovery electron spin resonance studies of chain-spin labeled phosphatidylcholines in the low temperature phases of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayers: Effects of rotational dynamics and spin-spin interaction. Biophys. J., 61, 879-891.
- Sami, M., Malik, S. & Watts, A. (1992) Structural stability of the erythrocyte anion transporter, band 3, in native membranes and in detergent micelles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1105, 148-154.
- Ulrich, A.S., Heyn, M.P. and Watts, A. (1992) Structure determination of the cyclohexene-ring of retinal in bacteriorhodopsin by solid-state deuterium-NMR. Biochemistry, 31, 10390-10399.
- Sternberg, B., L'Hostis, C., Whiteway, C.A. and Watts, A. (1992) The essential role of Halobacterium halobium lipids in 2D-array formation of bacteriorhodopsin. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1108, 21-30.
- Duralski, A.A. and Watts, A. (1992) Synthesis of isotopically labelled ubiquinones. Tetrahedron Letts, 33, 4983-4984.
- Areas, J.A.G. and Watts, A. (1993) Interaction of myosin with charged membranes is affected by ATP. Biochemical Society Transactions , 21, 80S.
- Ulrich, A.S. and Watts, A. (1993) 2H NMR lineshapes of immobilized uniaxially oriented membrane proteins Solid State NMR 2, 21-36.
- Abadji, V.C., Raines, D.E., Watts, A. and Miller, K.W. (1993) The effect of general anaesthetics on the dynamics of phosphatidylcholine-acetylcholine receptor interactions in reconstituted vesicles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1147, 143-153.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T., Bratt, P.J., Davis, I.H., Doetschman, D.C. and Watts, A. (1993) Spin- lattice relaxation times of phospholipid aminoxyl spin labels in cardiolipin-cytochrome c bilayers: a pulse saturation-recovery EPR study. J. Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 p.2113-2117
- Spooner, P.J.R., Duralski, A.A., Rankin, S.E., Pinheiro, T.J.T. and Watts, A. (1993) Dynamics in a protein-lipid complex: NMR measurements of the headgroup of cardiolipin when bound to cytochrome c. Biophysical Journal , 65, 106-112.
- Heyer-Hartl, M., Brophy, P.J., Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1993) Interaction of two complementary fragments of the bovine spinal cord myelin basic protein with phosphatidyglclycerol bilayers, studied by 2H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry32, 9709-9713.
- Sternberg, B., Watts, A. and Cejka, Z. (1993) Lipid induced modulation of the protein packing in two-dimensional crystals of bacteriorhodopsin. J. Struct. Biology, 110, 196-204.
- Malik, S., Sami, M. and Watts, A. (1993) A role for Band 4.2 in Human erythrocyte band 3 mediated anion transport. Biochemistry, 32, 10078-10084.
- Yeagle, P.L., Dentino, A.R., Frazer Smith, T., Spooner, P. and Watts, A. (1993) The anti-viral peptide carbobenzoxy-D-phenylalanine-L-phenylalanine-glycine changes the average conformation of phospholipids in membranes. Biochemistry, 32, 12197- 12202.
- Ulrich, A.S. and Watts, A. (1994) Lipid headgroup hydration by 2H-NMR: a link between spectroscopy and thermodynamics. Biophysical Chemistry, 49, 39- 50.
- Renfrey, S. & Watts, A. (1994) Morphological and biochemical characterization of influenza vaccines commercially available in the United Kingdom. Vaccine, 12, 747-751.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T. and Watts, A. (1994) Lipid specificity in the interaction of cytochrome c with anionic phospholipid bilayers revealed by solid-state 31P NMR. Biochemistry, 33, 2451-2458.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T. and Watts, A. (1994) Resolution of individual lipids in mixed phospholipid membranes and specific lipid-cytochrome c interactions by magic angle spinning solid-state phosphorus-31 NMR. Biochemistry, 33, 2459-2467.
- Pinheiro, T.J.T., Duralski, A.J. and Watts, A. (1994) Phospholipid headgroup- headgroup electrostatic interactions in mixed bilayers of cardiolipin with phosphatidylcholines studied by 2H NMR. Biochemistry, 33, 4896-4902.
- Spooner, P.J.R., Rutherford, N., Watts, A. and Henderson, P.J.F. (1994) NMR observation of substrate in the binding site of an active sugar H+ symport protein in native membranes. PNAS. 91, 3877-3881.
- Bradshaw, J.P., Dempsey, C.E. and Watts, A. (1994) A combined X-ray and neutron diffraction study of selectively deuterated melittin in phospholipid bilayers: the effect of pH. Mol. Membrane Biol. 11, 79-86.
- Calder, P.C., Yaqoob, P., Harvey, D.J., Watts, A. and Newsholme, E.A. (1994) Incorporation of fatty acids by concanavalin A-stimulated lymphocytes and the effect on fatty acid composition and membrane fluidity. Biochem. J., 300, 509-518
- Ulrich, A.S. & Watts, A. (1994) Molecular response of the lipid headgroup to bilayer hydration as monitored by 2H-NMR. Biophysical J., 66, 1441- 1449.
- Ulrich, A.S., Sami, M. and Watts, A. (1994) Hydration of DOPC bilayers by DSC. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1191, 225-230.
- Ulrich, A.S., Watts, A., Wallat, I. & Heyn, M.P. (1994) Distorted structure of retinal chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin resolved by 2H-NMR. Biochemistry, 33, 5370-5375.
Reviews
1990 - 1999
- Watts, A. (1990) Protein-lipid interactions at membrane surfaces. In: Biophysics of the cell surface (Glazer, R. and Gingell, D. eds) Springer -Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg. pp 23-50.
- Watts, A. (1991) Magnetic Resonance Studies of Lipid-Protein Interfaces and Lipophilic Molecule Partitioning In: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of alcohol and anesthetics (E. Rubin, K.W. Miller and S.H. Roth, eds.) Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 625, 653-669.
- Watts, A. & Spooner, P.J.R. (1991) Phospholipid phase transitions as revealed by NMR. Chem. Phys. Lipids 57, 195-211
- Watts, A. & Van Gorkom, L.C.M. (1991) Surface organization of lipid bilayers. In: The Structure of Biological Membranes (P. Yeagle ed.) C.R.C. Press Inc., pp.307- 377.
- Watts, A. (1993) Magnetic resonance studies of phospholipid-protein interactions in bilayers In: Phospholipids Handbook (G. Cevc, ed.) 687-740, Marcel Dekker, New York
- Watts, A., Venien-Bryan, C., Sami, M., Whiteway, C., Boulter, J. & Sternberg, B. (1993) Lipid-protein interactions in controlled membrane protein array and crystal formation. In: Protein Lipid Interactions, New Comprehensive Biochemistry series (ed. A. Watts), 351- 370, Elsevier, Amsterdam
- Watts, A. (1994) Magnetic resonance studies of protein-lipid interactions. In: Biological Membranes: Structure, biogenesis and dynamics (ed. J.A.F. Op den Kamp) NATO ASI Series, H82, 79-92.
- Watts, A. (1994) Non-crystallographic methods to study membrane proteins. In: Biological Membranes: Structure, biogenesis and dynamics (ed. J.A.F. Op den Kamp) NATO ASI Series, H82, 131-138.
- Watts, A. (1994) High resolution, non-crystallographic structural studies of large integral membrane proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions, 22, 801-805
- Watts, A. (1994) Red Heat on salted hides. BCL Journal, 37, 130- 133.
- Watts, A. (1994) Bacteriorhodopsin: The mechanism of 2D-array formation and the structure of the retinal in the protein. Biophysical Chemistry, 55, 137-151.
- Watts, A., Ulrich, A.S. & Middleton, D.A. (1995) Membrane protein structure: the contribution and potential of novel solid state NMR approaches. Mol. Membrane Biol., 12, 233-246
- Watts, A. (1995) Biophysics of the membrane interface. Biochemical Society Transactions, 23, 959-965.
- Watts, A. (1997) Structural and functional consequence of long-chain polyunsaturation in biomembranes. Prenat. Neonat. Med. 2, 1-11.
- Watts, A. & Pinheiro, T.J.T. (1998) Biophysics of the membrane interface. In: Membrane protein insertion and translocation. (ed. D. Phoenix), 1-17, Pub. Portland Press.
- Watts, A. (1998) Solid state NMR approaches for studying the interaction of peptides and proteins with membranes. Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 1376, 297-318.
- Watts, A. (1999) NMR of drugs and ligands bound to membrane receptors. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 10, 48-53.
- Watts, A. (1999) Structural resolution of ligand-receptor interactions in functional, membrane-embedded receptors and proteins using novel, non-perturbing solid state NMR methods. Pharmacy & Pharmacology Communications, 5, 7-13.
- Watts, A. & Middleton, D. (1999) Biological solid state NMR comes of age: NMR to study non-crystalline, heterogeneous biological complexes with no size of molecular weight limit. The Biochemist, 19, 11-17.
- Watts, A., Burnett, I.J., Glaubitz, C.,Gröbner, G., Middleton, D.A., Spooner, P.J.R., Watts, J.A. & Williamson, P.T.F. (1999) Membrane protein structure determination by solid state NMR. Natural Product Reports, 16, 419-423.
OUBSU Publications : pre-1990
Scientific papers
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1972 - 1979
- Marsh, D., Phillips, A.D., Watts, A. and Knowles, P.F. (1972) A spin-label study of Fractionated Egg Phosphatidyl Choline Vesicles. Bioch. Biophys. Res. Comm. 49, 641-648.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Knowles, P.F. (1977) Cooperativity of the Phase Transition in Single- and Multibilayer Lipid Vesicles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 465, 500- 514.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Knowles, P.F. (1976) Evidence for Phase Boundary Lipid. Permeability of Tempocholine into Dimyrostoyl-Phosphatidylcholine Vesicles at the Phase Transition, Biochemistry 15, 3570-3578.
- Watts, A., Marsh, D. and Knowles, P.F. (1978) Lipid-substituted cytochrome oxidase: no absolute requirement of cardiolipin for activity Bioch. Biophys. Res. Comm. 81, 403-409.
- Watts, A., Harlos, K., Maschke, W. and Marsh, D. (1978) Control of Structure and Fluidity of Phosphatidylglycerol Bilayers by pH-Titration. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 510, 63-74.
- Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1978) NMR spin-spin splittings in Lipid Membranes. Headgroup conformation in phosphatidylglycerol bilayers. FEBS Letts. 85, 124-126.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A., Maschke, W. and Knowles, P.F. (1978) Protein-immobilized Lipid in DMPCûsubstituted cytochrome oxidase: Evidence for both Boundary and trapped-Bilayer Lipid. Bioch. Biophys. Res. Comm. 81, 397-402.
- Watts, A., Marsh, D. and Knowles, P.F. (1978) Characterisation of DMPC vesicles and their dimensional changes through the phase transition - Molecular control of membrane morphology. Biochemistry 17, 1792-1801.
- Knowles, P.F., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1979) Spin-label studies of lipid immobilization in DMPC-substituted cytochrome oxidase. Biochemistry 18, 4480-4487.
- Dowdall, M.J., Fohlman, J.P. and Watts, A. (1979) Presynaptic Action of Snake Venom Neurotoxins in Cholergic Systems. Adv. in Cytopharmacology 3, 63-76.
- Watts, A., Volotovski, I.D. and Marsh, D. (1979) Rhodopsin-Lipid Associations in Bovine Rod Outer Segment Membrane. Identification of Immobilized lipid by Spin-labels. Biochemistry 18, 5006-5013.
1980 - 1989
- Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1980) Fusion of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles. Fed. Proc. 39, 1984.
- Fretten, P., Morris, S.J., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1980) Lipid-lipid and Lipid-protein Interactions in Chromaffin Granule Membranes. A spin-label ESR study. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 598, 247-259.
- Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1980) Molecular Motion in Phospolipid Bilayers in the Gel Phase: Spin-label Saturation Transfer ESR Studies. Bioch. Biophys. Res. Comm. 94, 130-137.
- Cevc, G., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1980) Non-electrostatic contribution to the Titration of the Ordered-fluid phase Transition of Phosphatidylglycerol Bilayers. FEBS Letts. 120, 267-270.
- Watts, A. (1980) Novel Applications of the Analytical Ultracentrifuge: Molecular Weight and Morphological Studies on Phospholipid vesicles. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 8, 522-523.
- Watts, A., Davoust, J., Marsh, D. and Devaux, P.F. (1981) Distinct States of lipid mobility in bovine rod outer segment membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 643, 673-676.
- Watts, A. Harlos, K. and Marsh, D. (1981) Charge-induced Tilt in ordered-phase phosphatidylglycerol bilayers. Evidence from X-ray diffraction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 645, 91-96.
- Knowles, P.F., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1981) Spin-label studies of head-group specificity in the interaction of phospholipids with yeast cytochrome oxidase Biochemistry 20, 5888-5894.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Barrantes, F.J. (1981) Phospholipid Chain Immobilization and Steroid Rotational Immobilization in Acetylcholine Receptor-rich Membranes for Torpedo marmorata. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 645, 97-101.
- Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1981) Saturation Transfer ESR studies of molecular motion in phosphatidylglycerol bilayers in the gel phase. Effects of pre-transitions and pH titration. Biochim. Biophys. Acta , 642, 231-241.
- Watts, A., Volotovski, I.D. and Marsh, D. (1981) The motional properties of rhodopsin and the membrane lipids in bovine rod outer segment disc membranes. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 9, 150-151.
- Cevc, G., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1981) Titration of the phase transition of phosphatidyl serine bilayer membranes. Biochemistry 20, 4955-4965.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A., Knowles, P.F., Pates, R.D., Uhl, R. and Esmann, M. (1982) ESR spin-label studies of lipid protein interactions in membranes. Biophys. J. 37, 265-274.
- Sixl, F. and Watts, A. (1982) Interactions between phospholipid head groups at membrane interfaces: A deuterium and phosphorous magnetic resonance and spin-label electron spin resonance study. Biochemistry 24, 6446-6452.
- Watts, A., Volotovski, I.D., Pates, R.D. and Marsh, D. (1982) Spin-label studies of rhodopsin-lipid interactions. Biophysics J. 37, 94-95.
- Harris, J., Power, T.J., Bieber, A.L. and Watts, A. (1983) An electronspin resonance spin-label study of the interaction of purified Mojave toxin with synaptosomal membranes from rat brain. Eur. J. Biochemistry 131, 559-565.
- Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Smith, I.C.P. (1983) Dynamic structure and phase behaviour of dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers studied by deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochemistry 22, 3023-3026.
- Sixl, F. and Watts, A. (1983) Headgroup interactions in mixed phospholipid bilayers.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 1613-1615.
- Sixl, F. , Brophy, P.J. and Watts, A. (1984) Selective protein-lipid interactions at membranes surfaces: a deuterium and phosphorus NMR study of the association of myelin basic protein with the bilayer head groups of DMPC and DMPG Biochemistry 23,2032-2039.
- Leuschner, J.T.A., Wing, D.R., Harvey, D.J., Brent, G.A., Dempsey, C.E., Watts, A. and Paton, W.D.M. (1984) The partitioning of Tetrahydrocannabinol into erythrocyte membranes in vivo and its effects on membrane fluidity. Experientia 40, 866-868.
- Tse, A.G.D., Barclay, A.N., Watts, A. and Williams, A.F. (1985) A glycophospholipid tail at the carboxyl terminus of Thy-1 glycoprotein of neurons and thymocytes. Science230, 1003-1008.
- Alecio, M.R., Miller, A. and Watts, A. (1985) Diffraction of X-rays by rippled phosphatidylcholine bilayers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 815, 139-142.
- Volotovski, I.D., Ryba, N.J.P. and Watts, A. (1985) Effect of calmodulin on the structural state of photoreceptor membranes and rhodopsin-containing phospholipid vesicles. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 129, 517-521.
- Pates, R.D., Watts, A., Uhl, R. and Marsh, D. (1985) Lipid-protein interactions in frog rod outer segment disc membranes. Characterisation by spin-labels. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 814, 389-397.
- Esmann, M., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1985) Spin-label studies of lipid-protein interactions in (Na+, K+)-ATPase membranes from rectal glands of Squalus acanthias. Biochemistry 24, 1386-1393.
- Sixl, F. and Watts, A. (1985) Deuterium and phosphorus NMR studies on the binding of polymyxin-B to lipid bilayers-water interfaces. Biochemistry 24, 7906- 7910.
- Ryba, N.J.P., Dempsey, C.E. and Watts, A. (1986) Protein-lipid interactions at membrane surfaces: A deuterium and phosphorus NMR study of the interaction between bovine rhodopsin and the bilayer head-groups of DMPC. Biochemistry, 25, 4818- 4825.
- Volotovski, I.D., Ryba, N.J.P. and Watts, A. (1986) Calmodulin binding to bovine rod outer segment disc membranes. Doklady 30, 372-375.
- Watts, A. and Poile, T.W. (1986) Direct determination by 2H NMR of the ionization state of phospholipids and of a local anaesthetic at the membrane surface. Biochim. Biophys. Acta , 861, 368-372.
- Dempsey, C.E., Ryba, N.J.P. and Watts, A. (1986) Evidence from deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for the Temperature-dependent reversible Self-association of Erythrocyte Band 3 in Dimyristoyl Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers. Biochemistry 25, 2180- 2187.
- Datema, K.P., Wolfs, J.A.M., Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Hemminga, M.A. (1987) Spin- label ESR study of bacteriophage M13 coat protein incorporation into mixed lipid bilayers Biochemistry 26, 7571-7574.
- Dempsey, C.E. and Watts, A. (1987) A deuterium and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of the interaction of melittin with DMPC bilayers and the effect of contaminating phospholipase A2. Biochemistry 26, 5803-5811.
- Sizer, P.J.H., Miller, A. and Watts, A. (1987) Functional reconstitution of the integral membrane proteins of influenza virus into phospholipid liposomes. Biochemistry 26, 5106-5113.
- Dempsey, C.E., Cryer, G. and Watts, A. (1987) Interaction of amino-deuteromethylated melittin with phospholipid membranes as studied by D-NMR. FEBS Lett. 218, 173-177.
- Ryba, N.J.P., Horvßth, L.I., Watts, A. and Marsh, D. (1987) Molecular exchange at the lipid rhodopsin interface: Spin-label ESR studies of rhodopsin - DMPC recombinants. Biochemistry 26, 3234-3240.
- Rowntree, J. I. and Watts, A. (1988) Electron spin resonance study of light induced conformational changes in nitroxide labelled bovine rhodopsin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 155, p1412-1417.
- Bradshaw, J.P., Edenborough, M.S., Sizer, P.J.H. and Watts, A. (1989) A description of the phospholipid arrangement intermediate to the humidity produced La and HII phases in dioleoylphosphatidylcholine and its modification by dioleoylphosphatidylethanolûamine as studied by X-ray diffraction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 987 104-110.
- Boggs, J.M., Rangaraj, G. and Watts, A. (1989) Behaviour of spin-labels in a variety of interdigitated lipid bilayers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta , 981, p243-253.
- Dempsey, C. E., Bitbol, M. and Watts, A. (1989) Interaction of melittin with mixed phospholipid membrane bilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and dimyristoylphosphatidylserine studied by deuterium NMR. Biochemistry, 28, 6590-6596.
- Bradshaw, J.P., Edenborough, M.S., Sizer, P.J.H. and Watts, A. (1989) Observation of rippled dioleoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers by neutron diffraction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 987 111-114.
- Wolfs, C. J.A.M., Horvath, L.I., Marsh, D., Watts, A. and Hemminga, M. (1989) Spin- label ESR of bacteriophage M13 coat protein in mixed lipid bilayers, Biochemistry 28, p9995-10001.
- Duralski, A.A., Spooner, P.J.R. and Watts, A. (1989) Synthesis of optically active polyunsaturated diacylglycerols, Tetrahedron, 30, p3585-3588.
- Sternberg, B., Gale, P. and Watts, A. (1989) The effect of temperature and protein content on the dispersive properties of bacteriorhodopsin from H. halobium in reconstituted DMPC complexes free of endogenous purple membrane lipids: A freeze fracture electron microscopic study. Biochim.. Biophys. Acta 980, p117-126.
- Bitbol, M., Dempsey, C.E., Watts, A. and Devaux, P.F. (1989) Weak interaction of spectrin with phosphatidylcholine-phosphatidylserine multilayers: a 2H and 31P NMR study. FEBS Letts. 244, p217-222.
Reviews
1980 - 1989
- Watts, A. (1981) Protein-lipid Interactions. Nature 294, 512.
- Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1981) ESR spin-label studies of liposomes. In: Liposomes: From Physical Structure to Therapeutic Applications. (ed. C.G. Knight), Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 139-186.
- Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1982) Diffusable spin-labels used to study lipid-protein interactions with rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin, In: Methods in Enzymology (eds. Colowick and Kaplan) vol. 88, Academic Press, N.Y.
- Watts, A. (1982) Magnetic Resonance Studies of vertebrate rod outer segments, Ch. 5 In: Progress in Retinal Research, Vol. 1, (eds. Osborne, N.N. and Chader, J.G.) Pergamon Press, Oxford.
- Marsh, D. and Watts, A. (1982) Spin-labelling and lipid-protein interactions in membranes. Ch. 2 In: Lipid-protein Interactions (Eds. P.C. Jost and O. Hayes Griffith) Vol. 2, Wiley-Interscience, New York - Brisbane - Chichester - Toronto.
- Watts, A., Sixl, F., Ryba, N.J.P., Dempsey, C.E. and Brophy, P.J. (1985) Deuterium and phosphorus NMR studies of lipid-lipid and lipid-protein interactions in membranes, In: Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine, pp. 349-361 (Govil, Khetrapal, & Saran eds).
- Watts, A. (1985) Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of membrane surfaces, In: Proc. of III Intl. congress on structure and function of biological membranes. Varna, Bulgaria.
- Watts, A. (1985) Spin-labels in Biochemistry. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 13, 588-593.
- Watts, A. (1985) Spin-labels to study protein-lipid interactions in membranes, In: Proc. of III Intl. Congress on structure and function of biological membranes, Varna, Bulgaria.
- Watts, A. (1985) Deuterium and phosphorus NMR studies of membrane surfaces. Studia Biophysica 110, 149-154.
- Watts, A. (1985) Magnetic resonance studies of vertebrate rod outer segments. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 11, 674-676.
- Watts, A. (1987) Deuterium and phosphorus NMR studies of membrane surfaces.Bulletin of Mag. Resonance 9, 66-70.
- Watts, A. (1987) Molecular Dynamics and selectivity in biomembranes, In: Membrane Receptors, Dynamics,and Energetics (Wirtz, K.A.W. ed.) Plenum Press, NATO ASI Series.
- Watts, A. (1987) NMR methods to characterize lipidûprotein interactions at membrane surfaces, In: J. of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 19, 625-653 (Sanadi, D.R. ed.), Plenum Pub. Co, 625-653.
- Watts, A. (1988) Magnetic resonance studies of molecular dynamics at membrane surfaces. In: Dynamic properties of biomolecular assemblies (Harding, S. and Rowe, A.J. eds) Royal Chemical Society, 320-347.
- Marsh, D. and Watts. A. (1988) Association of lipids with membrane proteins, in: Recent Advances n Membrane Fluidity, vol. 4 (Aloia, R. ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 2, 163-200.
- Watts, A. (1988) Probing membrane surfaces by NMR. Studia Biophysica. 127, p29-36.
- Watts, A. (1989) Membrane structure and dynamics. Current opinions in cell biology, Vol. 4, (Warren, G.B. & Simons, K. eds) Current Science, London.
Theses and Reports
Theses
Year | Author | Title |
2014 | Steven Lavington |
NANODISCS FOR SPR ANALYSIS OF GPCR-‐‑G PROTEIN INTERACTIONS |
2015 | Alice Hart |
The Role of β-Arrestin Finger Loop Residues in GPCR Binding Affinity |
2015 | Patricia Dijkman |
Biophysical Studies of Membrane Protein Structure and Function |
2014 | Roslin Adamson | Probing GPCR-Gα interactions : a functional study by EM and SPR |
2012 | Olivia Berthoumieu |
Single Molecule Studies of Seven Transmembrane Domain Proteins |
2011 | Marcella Orwick | Biophysical and Magnetic Resonance Studies of Membrane Proteins |
2009 | Satita Tapaneeyakorn | Towards NMR spectrocopic studies of the NTS1-NT complex |
2008 | Peter Judge | Kinetics and modulation of the viral ion channel VPU from HIV-1 |
2007 | Lubica Aslimovska | High resolution structural studies of membrane proteins using solid state NMR |
2007 | Peter Harding | A biophysical study of the G-protein coupled receptor neurotensin receptor 1 |
2006 | Timothy Hadingham | Biophysical studies of the G-protein coupled neurotensin receptor |
2005 | Chang Gyeom Kim | Probing structures of membrane proteins and their inhibitors |
2004 | Vincent Lemaitre | Non-covalent interactions in biomolecules studied by 17O NMR and MD simulations |
2003 | Jonathan Sharples | The conformation of the β-ionone ring region of the chromophore of rhodopsin, in the dark and meta-I photostates |
2002 | Scott Goodall | Probing the structure of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in their binding site using solid state nuclear magnetic resonance |
2001 | James Mason | Solid-state NMR Studies of bacteriorhodopsin and the purple membrane |
2001 | Jude Watts | Probing inhibitor binding sites of the gastric H/K-ATPase |
2000 | Zareen Ahmed | Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of phospholamban and its interaction with Ca2+-ATPase |
1999 | Phil Williamson | The application of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance to the study of ligand protein interactions |
1998 | Clemens Glaubitz | Probing structures of membrane proteins and their inhibitors |