Publications

Here is a list of research papers funded or partly funded by the Network. More papers will be added as projects complete.

In the Lab: A Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Network in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

Two distinct thermodynamic gradients for cellular metalation of vitamin B₁₂

Metalation: nature’s challenge in bioinorganic chemistry

Biologically bound nickel accelerated depolymerization of polyethylene to high value hydrocarbons and hydrogen

Plants to mine metals and remediate land

Biologically bound nickel as a sustainable catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde

Evaluation of cell disruption technologies on magnetosome chain length and aggregation behaviour from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1

H2-driven reduction of flavin by hydrogenase enables cleaner operation of nitroreductases for nitro-group to amine reductions

Hyperaerated metalation calculator for E. coli strain JM109 (DE3) grown in LB media

E. coli Nickel‐Iron Hydrogenase 1 Catalyses Non‐native Reduction of Flavins: Demonstration for Alkene Hydrogenation by Old Yellow Enzyme Ene‐reductases

Protein metalation in a nutshell
Metalation calculators hosted on the E3B website

Calculating metalation in cells reveals CobW acquires CoII for vitamin B12 biosynthesis while related proteins prefer ZnII

Metalation calculators for E. coli strain JM109 (DE3): Aerobic, anaerobic and hydrogen peroxide exposed cells cultured in LB media

Development of a nano-luciferase based assay to measure the binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain to ACE-2

Heparin inhibits cellular invasion by SARS-CoV-2: structural dependence of the interaction of the spike S1 receptor-binding domain with heparin

Insights into the antibacterial mechanism of action of chelating agents by selective deprivation of iron, manganese and zinc

Calculating metalation in cells reveals CobW acquires CoII for vitamin B12 biosynthesis upon binding nucleotide

The hyperlipidaemic drug fenofibrate significantly reduces infection by SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture models

Biologically bound nickel as a sustainable catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde

Phytocat – a bio-derived Ni catalyst for rapid de-polymerization of polystyrene using a synergistic approach