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Transition metals in biochemistry - A joint meeting with the Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group to honour Professor Andrew Thomson FRS

24—26 June 2008

University of East Anglia, UK



24 June 2008

Poster Session 1: 15:40-17:00


P001 Structural and spectroscopic analysis of EfeB, a component of the EfeUOB iron- transport system of E. coli
V. Bamford, M.B. Rajasekaran, M. Cartron, S.C. Andrews and K.A. Watson
P003 Engineering lignin peroxidase activity into Coprinus cinereus peroxidase
E. Bentley, W. Doyle and A.T. Smith
P005 How to interchange decarboxylase and oxidase activities with a single amino acid substitution
M.R. Burrell, V.J. Just, L. Bowater, S.A. Fairhurst, L. Requena, D.M. Lawson and S. Bornemann
P007 Crystal structure of H55S Xanthomonas campestris tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
L.P. Campbell, S.J. Thackray, C.G. Mowat and S.K. Chapman
P009 Electron and proton transport across biomembranes, measured using vesicles immobilised on electrode surfaces
N.N. Daskalakis, S.D. Evans and L.J.C. Jeuken
P011 Mechanistic intermediates of nitric oxide synthase
B. Gazur, D. Popale and S. Daff
P013 The 3-His iron center – a distinct motif of catalytic function in non-heme metal dependent enzymes.
S. Leitgeb, G.D. Straganz and B. Nidetzky
P015 Cytochrome c3 modules as electron transfer nanowires
S. Liu, C.S. Miles, G.A. Reid and S.N. Daff
P017 FTIR detection of carboxyl groups in bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase
A. Maréchal and P.R. Rich
P019 Spectroscopic studies of the alternative oxidase
A.L. Moore, P. Heathcote and M.S. Albury
P021 Activation and thermo-stabilization of Humicola sp glucoamylase by manganese ions
M. Riaz, R. Shaheen, S. Maqbool, H. Nadeem, M.R. Javed and M.H. Rashid
P023 The unprecedented peroxidase-like activity by Nitrophorin-2, the NO carrying heme protein from Rhodnius prolixus
R. Singh, H. Zhang, R.E. Berry, A. Walker and A. Ivancich
P025 Free radicals in haem proteins: electron transfer pathways caused by structure
D. Svistunenko
P027 Expression and characterisation of new manganese and lignin peroxidases from Phlebia radiata
U.F. Ufot, M. Karatsa, W. Doyle and A.T. Smith
P029 Tuning the heme redox potential in the cytochrome c6 family
J.A.R. Worrall, B.G. Schlarb-Ridley, M.J. Marcaida, T. Reda, J. Hirst, D.S. Bendall, B.F. Luisi and C.J. Howe
P031 Biomineralization and biomimetic mineralization using the Dps family cage architectures
R. Albrecht and K. Zeth

25 June 2008

Poster Session 2: 12:40-14:00


P002 Computational and biochemical analysis of the metal-binding properties of EfeO, a component of the EfeUOB iron- transport system of E. coli
M.B. Rajasekaran, V. Bamford, J. Cao, S.C. Andrews and K.A. Watson
P004 Coherent Raman detected electron spin resonance spectroscopy: A “double resonance” technique linking electron spin resonance and magnetic circular dichroism.
S.J. Bingham, D. Wolverson and A.J. Thomson
P006 Engineering a covalent link in horseradish peroxidase: formation of a sulphonium link between the haem and an introduced methionine
K. Cali, A. Abdul-Sada, G. Yearwood, S.E. Pannell and A.T. Smith
P008 Crystallographic observations of iron mineralization in bacterioferritin
A. Crow, T. Lawson, G. Moore and N. Le Brun
P010 Cloning, expression and characterisation of Streptomyces coelicolor xanthine dehydrogenase, and the role of XdhC in the enzyme maturation process
M. Karatsa, W.A. Doyle and A.T. Smith
P012 Studies of ResA, a protein involved in cytochrome c assembly in Bacillus subtilis
C. Hodson, A. Lewin, L. Hedersedt and N. Le Brun
P014 Novel nitric oxide dioxygenase, SHP (Sphaeroides Heme Protein), and new detoxification mechanism
B.-R. Li, C.S. Miles, C.G. Mowat, G.A. Reid and S.K. Chapman
P016 2Fe-2S ferredoxins from Haloferax mediterranei
R.M. Martínez-Espinosa, D.J. Richardson, J.N. Butt and M.J. Bonete
P018 Mechanistic studies of mineralisation in Escherichia coli bacterioferritin
R. Moneypenny, G. Moore, T. Lawson and N. Le Brun
P020 Construction and characterisation of horseradish peroxidase mutants that mimic some of the properties of the cytochromes P450
S.E. Pannell, E. Ngo and A.T. Smith
P022 Pseudoazurin dramatically alters the reaction between cytochrome cd1 and nitrite
K.A. Sam, S.A. Fairhurst, R.N.F. Thorneley, J.W.A. Allen and S.J. Ferguson
P024 CinD (YtjD) of Lactococcus lactis is a copper-induced nitroreductase involved in the control of protein nitrosylation
F. Mourlane, M. Mermod and M. Solioz
P026 The role of histidine in tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
S.J. Thackray, C. Bruckmann, C.G. Mowat and S.K. Chapman
P028 Study of Irr: an iron responsive regulator in Rhizobium leguminosarum
C. Singleton, G. White, J. Todd, N. Le Brun and A. Johnston
P030 Mechanistic studies of iron release from Escherichia coli bacterioferritin
S. Yasmin, G. Moore, S. Andrews and N.E. Le Brun
P032 Studies of the N-terminal soluble domains of CopA from Bacillus subtilis
L. Zhou, C. Singleton and N.E. Le Brun

26 June 2008

Poster Session 3: 12:40-14:00