Publications
- 2011
A natural plasmid uniquely encodes two biosynthetic pathways creating a potent anti-MRSA antibiotic
Fukuda, D., Haines, A. S., Song, Z., Murphy, A. C., Hothersall, J., Stephens, E. R., Gurney, R., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J., Willis, C. L., Simpson, T. J. & Thomas, C. M., 7 Apr 2011, In: PLOS ONE. 6, 3, e18031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Engineered thiomarinol antibiotics active against MRSA are generated by mutagenesis and mutasynthesis of pseudoalteromonas SANK73390
Murphy, A. C., Fukuda, D., Song, Z., Hothersall, J., Cox, R. J., Willis, C. L., Thomas, C. M. & Simpson, T. J., 28 Mar 2011, In: Angewandte Chemie . 50, 14, p. 3271-3274 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
- 2010
First heterologous reconstruction of a complete functional fungal biosynthetic multigene cluster
Heneghan, M. N., Yakasai, A. A., Halo, L. M., Song, Z., Bailey, A. M., Simpson, T. J., Cox, R. J. & Lazarus, C. M., 26 Jul 2010, In: CHEMBIOCHEM. 11, 11, p. 1508-1512 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Mutation of key residues in the C-methyltransferase domain of a fungal highly reducing polyketide synthase
Skellam, E. J., Hurley, D., Davison, J., Lazarus, C. M., Simpson, T. J. & Cox, R. J., 26 Mar 2010, In: Molecular BioSystems. 6, 4, p. 680-682 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Solution structure of an acyl carrier protein domain from a fungal type i polyketide synthase
Wattana-amorn, P., Williams, C., Ploskoń, E., Cox, R. J., Simpson, T. J., Crosby, J. & Crump, M. P., 16 Mar 2010, In: Biochemistry. 49, 10, p. 2186-2193 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Fungal type I polyketides
Cox, R. J. & Simpson, T. J., 1 Mar 2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology. Elsevier Ltd., Vol. 1. p. 347-383 37 p.Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Contribution to book/anthology › Research › peer review
Catalytic role of the C-terminal domains of a fungal non-reducing polyketide synthase
Fisch, K. M., Skellam, E., Ivison, D., Cox, R. J., Bailey, A. M., Lazarus, C. M. & Simpson, T. J., 2010, In: Chemical communications. 46, 29, p. 5331-5333 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
- Published
Expression of complete fungal biosynthetic gene clusters by promoter replacement in Aspergillus oryzae
Cox, R. J., Halo, L. M. & Heneghan, M. N., 2010, In: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
13C Labeling reveals multiple amination reactions in the biosynthesis of a novel polyketide polyamine antibiotic zeamine from Dickeya zeae
Wu, J., Zhang, H. B., Xu, J. L., Cox, R. J., Simpson, T. J. & Zhang, L. H., 2010, In: Chemical communications. 46, 2, p. 333-335 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
- 2009
Probing the Interactions of Early Polyketide Intermediates with the Actinorhodin ACP from S. coelicolor A3(2)
Evans, S. E., Williams, C., Arthur, C. J., Płoskoń, E., Wattana-amorn, P., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J., Willis, C. L., Simpson, T. J. & Crump, M. P., 12 Jun 2009, In: Journal of molecular biology. 389, 3, p. 511-528 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Preliminary kinetic analysis of acyl carrier protein-ketoacylsynthase interactions in the actinorhodin minimal polyketide synthase
Beltran-Alvarez, P., Arthur, C. J., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J., Crump, M. P. & Simpson, T. J., 5 May 2009, In: Molecular BioSystems. 5, 5, p. 511-518 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Chapter 3 Fungal Type I Polyketide Synthases
Cox, R. J. & Simpson, T. J., 14 Apr 2009, Complex Enzymes in Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis, Part B: Polyketides, Aminocoumarins and Carbohydrates. Hopwood, D. (ed.). B ed. p. 49-78 30 p. (Methods in Enzymology; vol. 459, no. B).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Contribution to book/anthology › Research › peer review
- 2008
Late stage oxidations during the biosynthesis of the 2-pyridone tenellin in the entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana
Halo, L. M., Heneghan, M. N., Yakasai, A. A., Song, Z., Williams, K., Bailey, A. M., Cox, R. J., Lazarus, C. M. & Simpson, T. J., 31 Dec 2008, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130, 52, p. 17988-17996 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
In vivo mutational analysis of the mupirocin gene cluster reveals labile points in the biosynthetic pathway: The "leaky hosepipe" mechanism
Wu, J., Hothersall, J., Mazzetti, C., O'Connell, Y., Shields, J. A., Rahman, A. S., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J., Simpson, T. J., Thomas, C. M. & Willis, C. L., 16 Jun 2008, In: CHEMBIOCHEM. 9, 9, p. 1500-1508 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Authentic heterologous expression of the tenellin iterative polyketide synthase nonribosomal peptide synthetase requires cooexpression with an enoyl reductase
Halo, L. M., Marshall, J. W., Yakasai, A. A., Song, Z., Butts, C. P., Crump, M. P., Heneghan, M., Bailey, A. M., Simpson, T. J., Lazarus, C. M. & Cox, R. J., 3 Mar 2008, In: CHEMBIOCHEM. 9, 4, p. 585-594 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
The biosynthesis of polyketides, acyl tetramic acids and pyridones by filamentous fungi
Cox, R. J., 1 Jan 2008, Exploitation of Fungi: Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at the University of Manchester September 2005. Cambridge University Press, p. 25-44 20 p.Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Contribution to book/anthology › Research › peer review
- 2007
Dissecting the component reactions catalyzed by the actinorhodin minimal polyketide synthase
Beltran-Alvarez, P., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J. & Simpson, T. J., 18 Dec 2007, In: Biochemistry. 46, 50, p. 14672-14681 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
The biosynthesis of polyketides, tetramic acids, and pyridones in fungi
Cox, R. J., 10 Dec 2007, Polyketides Biosynthesis, Biological Activity, and Genetic Engineering. Rimando, A. & Baerson, S. (eds.). p. 33-47 15 p. (ACS Symposium Series; vol. 955).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research › peer review
The chemical mechanism of D-1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase from Escherichia coli
Wong, U. & Cox, R. J., 18 Jul 2007, In: Angewandte Chemie . 46, 26, p. 4926-4929 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Mutational analysis reveals that all tailoring region genes are required for production of polyketide antibiotic mupirocin by Pseudomonas fluorescens: Pseudomonic acid B biosynthesis precedes pseudomonic acid A
Hothersall, J., Wu, J., Rahman, A. S., Shields, J. A., Haddock, J., Johnson, N., Cooper, S. M., Stephens, E. R., Cox, R. J., Crosby, J., Willis, C. L., Simpson, T. J. & Thomas, C. M., 25 May 2007, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282, 21, p. 15451-15461 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review