By Professor Paul Marie Gerard Curmi

Journal articles

Richards GH; Wilk KE; Curmi PMG; Davis JA, 2014, 'Disentangling electronic and vibrational coherence in the phycocyanin-645 light-harvesting complex', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5, pp. 43 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz402217j

Gritti M; Würth R; Angelini M; Barbieri F; Peretti M; Pizzi E; Pattarozzi A; Carra E; Sirito R; Daga A; Curmi PMG; Mazzanti M; Florio T, 2014, 'Metformin repositioning as antitumoral agent: Selective antiproliferative effects in human glioblastoma stem cells, via inhibition of CLIC1-mediated ion current', Oncotarget, 5, pp. 11252 - 11268, http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.2617

Laos AJ; Curmi PMG; Thordarson P, 2014, 'Quantum coherence and its impact on biomimetic light-harvesting', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 67, pp. 729 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH14054

Jiang L; Phang JM; Yu J; Harrop SJ; Sokolova AV; Duff AP; Wilk KE; Alkhamici H; Breit SN; Valenzuela SM; Brown LJ; Curmi PMG, 2014, 'CLIC proteins, ezrin, radixin, moesin and the coupling of membranes to the actin cytoskeleton: A smoking gun?', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1838, pp. 643 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.05.025

Wilk KE, 2013, 'Disentangling electronic and vibrational coherence in the Phycocyanin-645 light-harvesting complex', The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Averaimo S; Abeti R; Savalli N; Brown LJ; Curmi PMG; Breit SN; Mazzanti M, 2013, 'Point Mutations in the Transmembrane Region of the Clic1 Ion Channel Selectively Modify Its Biophysical Properties', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e74523 - e74523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074523

Sureshan V; Deshpande CN; Boucher Y; Koenig JE; Stokes HW; Harrop SJ; Curmi PMG; Mabbutt BC, 2013, 'Integron Gene Cassettes: A Repository of Novel Protein Folds with Distinct Interaction Sites', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e52934 - e52934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052934

Richards GH; Curmi PMG; Wilk KE; Quiney HM; Davis JA, 2013, 'Coherence dynamics in light-harvesting complexes with two-colour spectroscopy', EPJ Web of Conferences, 41, pp. 08009 - 08009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134108009

Jones PM; Curmi PMG; Valenzuela SM; George AM, 2013, 'Computational Analysis of the Soluble Form of the Intracellular Chloride Ion Channel Protein CLIC1', BioMed Research International, 2013, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/170586

Niman CS; Beech JP; Tegenfeldt JO; Curmi PM; Woolfson DN; Forde NR; Linke H, 2013, 'Controlled microfluidic switching in arbitrary time-sequences with low drag', Lab on a chip : miniaturisation for chemistry, biology and bioengineering, 13, pp. 2389 - 2396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3lc50194a

Valenzuela SM; Alkhamici H; Brown LG; Almond OC; Goodchild SC; Carne S; Curmi PM; Holt SA; Cornell B, 2013, 'Regulation of the Membrane Insertion and Conductance Activity of the Metamorphic Chloride Intracellular Channel Protein CLIC1 by Cholesterol', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e56948-1 - e56948-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056948

Lee LK; Bryant KJ; Bouveret R; Lei P; Duff AP; Harrop SJ; Huang EP; Gelb M; Gray PP; Curmi PM; Cunningham AM; Church WB; Scott KF; Harvey R, 2013, 'Selective inhibition of human group IIA-secreted phospholipase a 2 (hGIIA) signaling reveals arachidonic acid metabolism is associated with colocalization of hGIIA to vimentin in rheumatoid synoviocytes', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, pp. 15269 - 15279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.397893

Jiang L; Salao K; Li H; Rybicka JM; Yates RM; Luo XW; Shi XX; Kuffner T; Tsai VW-W; Husaini Y; Wu L; Brown DA; Grewal T; Brown LJ; Curmi PMG; Breit SN, 2012, 'Intracellular chloride channel protein CLIC1 regulates macrophage functions via modulation of phagosomal acidification', Journal of Cell Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.110072

Richards GH; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Quiney HM; Davis JA, 2012, 'Coherent vibronic coupling in light-harvesting complexes from photosynthetic marine algae', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3, pp. 272 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz201600f

Kovacic S; Samii L; Woolfson DN; Curmi PM; Linke H; Forde NR; Blab GA, 2012, 'Design and construction of a one-dimensional DNA track for an artificial molecular motor', Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012, pp. 109238-1 - 109238-10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/109238

Wong CY; Alvey RM; Turner DB; Wilk KE; Bryant DA; Curmi PM; Silbey RJ; Scholes GD, 2012, 'Electronic coherence lineshapes reveal hidden excitonic correlations in photosynthetic light harvesting', Nature Chemistry, 4, pp. 396 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1302

Richards GH; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Quiney HM; Davis JA, 2012, 'Excited state coherent dynamics in light-harvesting complexes from photosynthetic marine algae', Journal of Physics B - Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 45, pp. 154015-1 - 154015-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/45/15/154015

Turner DB; Dinshaw R; Lee K; Belsley MS; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Scholes GD, 2012, 'Quantitative investigations of quantum coherence for a light-harvesting protein at conditions simulating photosynthesis', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, pp. 4857 - 4874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2cp23670b

Boyle AL; Bromley E; Bartlett GJ; Sessions RB; Sharp TH; Williams CL; Curmi PM; Forde NR; Linke H; Woolfson DN, 2012, 'Squaring the circle in peptide assembly: From fibers to discrete nanostructures by de novo design', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, pp. 15457 - 15467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja3053943

Goodchild SC; Angstmann CN; Breit SN; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ, 2011, 'Transmembrane Extension and Oligomerization of the CLIC1 Chloride Intracellular Channel Protein upon Membrane Interaction', Biochemistry, 50, pp. 10887 - 10897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi2012564

Pilak O; Harrop SJ; Siddiqui KS; Chong K; De Francisci D; Burg DW; Williams TJ; Cavicchioli R; Curmi PM, 2011, 'Chaperonins from an Antarctic archaeon are predominantly monomeric: open state crystal structure.', Environmental Microbiology, 13, pp. 2232 - 2249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02477.x

Turner D; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Scholes GD, 2011, 'Comparison of electronic and vibrational coherence measured by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2, pp. 1904 - 1911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz200811p

Deshpande CN; Harrop SJ; Boucher Y; Hassan KA; Leo RD; Xu X; Cui H; Savchenko AV; Chang C; Labbate M; Paulsen IT; Stokes HW; Curmi PM; Mabbutt BC, 2011, 'Crystal structure of an integron gene cassette-associated protein from Vibrio cholerae identifies a cationic drug-binding module', PLoS One, 6, pp. 0016934-1 - 0016934-19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016934

Mynott AV; Harrop SJ; Brown LJ; Breit SN; Kobe B; Curmi PMG, 2011, 'Crystal structure of importin‐α bound to a peptide bearing the nuclear localisation signal from chloride intracellular channel protein 4', The FEBS Journal, 278, pp. 1662 - 1675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08086.x

Marin A; Doust AB; Scholes GD; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; van Stokkum IHM; van Grondelle R, 2011, 'Flow of Excitation Energy in the Cryptophyte Light-Harvesting Antenna Phycocyanin 645', Biophysical Journal, 101, pp. 1004 - 1013, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006349511008423

Marfori M; Mynott A; Ellis JJ; Mehdi AM; Saunders NF; Curmi PM; Forwood JK; Boden M; Kobe B, 2011, 'Molecular basis for specificity of nuclear import and prediction of nuclear localization', Biochimica et Biophysica ACTA - Molecular Cell Research, 1813, pp. 1562 - 1577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.10.013

Goodchild SC; Curmi PM; Brown LJ, 2011, 'Structural gymnastics of multifunctional metamorphic proteins', Biophysical Reviews, 3, pp. 143 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12551-011-0053-8

De Francisci D; Campanaro S; Kornfeld GD; Siddiqui KS; Williams TJ; Ertan H; Treu L; Pilak O; Lauro FM; Harrop SJ; Curmi PM; Cavicchioli R, 2011, 'The RNA polymerase subunits E/F from the Antarctic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii bind to specific classes of mRNA.', Environmental Microbiology, 13, pp. 2039 - 2055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02385.x

Samii L; Blab G; Bromley E; Linke H; Curmi PM; Zuckermann MJ; Forde N, 2011, 'Time-dependent motor properties of multipedal molecular spiders', Physical Review E, 84, pp. 031111-1 - 031111-11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031111

Kuwada N; Zuckermann MJ; Bromley E; Sessioins R; Curmi PM; Forde N; Woolfson D; Linke H, 2011, 'Tuning the performance of an artificial protein motor', Physical Review E, 84, pp. 031922-1 - 031922-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031922

Goodchild SC; Howell MW; Littler DR; Mandyam RA; Sale KL; Mazzanti M; Breit SN; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ, 2010, 'Metamorphic Response of the CLIC1 Chloride Intracellular Ion Channel Protein upon Membrane Interaction', Biochemistry, 49, pp. 5278 - 5289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi100111c

Littler DR; Harrop SJ; Goodchild SC; Phang JM; Mynott AV; Jiang L; Valenzuela SM; Mazzanti M; Brown LJ; Breit SN; Curmi PMG, 2010, 'The enigma of the CLIC proteins: Ion channels, redox proteins, enzymes, scaffolding proteins?', FEBS Letters, 584, pp. 2093 - 2101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.01.027

Littler DR; Brown LJ; Breit SN; Perrakis A; Curmi PMG, 2010, 'Structure of human CLIC3 at 2 A resolution.', Proteins, 78, pp. 1594 - 1600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.22675

Qiu MR; Jiang L; Matthaei KI; Schoenwaelder SM; Kuffner T; Mangin P; Joseph JE; Low J; Connor D; Valenzuela SM; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ; Mahaut-Smith M; Jackson SP; Breit SN, 2010, 'Erratum: Generation and characterization of mice with null mutation of the chloride intracellular channel 1 gene', Genesis, 48, pp. 351 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvg.20616

Goodchild SC; Howell MW; Sale KA; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ, 2010, 'Metamorphic Response of CLIC1 Chloride Intracellular Ion Channel upon Interaction with the Membrane', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 98, pp. 647A - 647A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.3546

Kuwada NJ; Blab GA; Zuckermann MJ; Curmi PMG; Bromley EHC; Davies R; Woolfson DN; Forde NR; Linke H, 2010, 'Simulation Studies of a TRI-PEDAL, Protein-Based Artificial Molecular Motor', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 98, pp. 387A - 387A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000208762003433&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lampi N; Budai-Hadrain O; Davydov O; Joss TV; Harrop SJ; Curmi PM; Roberts TH; Fluhr R, 2010, 'Arabidopsis AtSerpin1, Crystal Structure and in Vivo Interaction with Its Target Protease RESPONSIVE TO DESICCATION-21 (RD21)', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, pp. 13550 - 13560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.095075

Collini E; Wong CY; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Brumer P; Scholes GD, 2010, 'Coherently wired light-harvesting in photosynthetic marine algae at ambient temperature', Nature, 463, pp. 644 - 647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08811

Qiu MR; Jiang L; Matthaei KI; Schoenwaelder SM; Kuffner T; Mangin P; Joseph JE; Low J; Connor D; Valenzuela SM; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ; Mahaut-Smith M; Jackson SP; Breit SN, 2010, 'Generation and characterization of mice with null mutation of the chloride intracellular channel 1 gene.', Genesis, 48, pp. 127 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvg.20590

Malik M; Shukla A; Amin P; Niedelman W; Lee J; Jividen K; Phang JM; Ding J; Suh KS; Curmi PMG; Yuspa SH, 2010, 'S-Nitrosylation Regulates Nuclear Translocation of Chloride Intracellular Channel Protein CLIC4', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, pp. 23818 - 23828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m109.091611

Kuwada NJ; Blab GA; Zuckermann MJ; Curmi PMG; Bromley EHC; Davies R; Woolfson DN; Forde NR; Linke H, 2010, 'Simulation Studies of a TRI-PEDAL, Protein-Based Artificial Molecular Motor', Biophysical Journal, 98, pp. 388a - 388a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.2093

Cooke JA; Chamoun J; Howell MW; Curmi PM; Fajer PG; Brown LJ, 2010, 'Structure and Dynamics of the Mobile Domain of Troponin I by SDSL-EPR', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 98, pp. 148A - 148A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.798

Siddiqui KS; Parkin DM; Curmi PMG; Francisci DD; Poljak A; Barrow K; Noble MH; Trewhella J; Cavicchioli R, 2009, 'A novel approach for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of a protease at low temperature: Reduction in substrate inhibition by chemical modification', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 103, pp. 676 - 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.22300

Swarbrick JD; Cubeddu L; Ball GE; Curmi PM; Gooley AA; Mabbutt BC, 2009, 'NMR assignment of prespore specific antigen-a cell surface adhesion glycoprotein from Dictyostelium discoideum', Biomolecular Nmr Assignments, 3, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12104-008-9126-4

Goodchild SC; Howell MW; Cordina NM; Littler DR; Breit SN; Curmi PMG; Brown LJ, 2009, 'Oxidation promotes insertion of the CLIC1 chloride intracellular channel into the membrane', European Biophysics Journal, 39, pp. 129 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-009-0450-0

Mirkovic T; Wilk KE; Curmi PM; Scholes GD, 2009, 'Phycobiliprotein diffusion in chloroplasts of cryptophyte Rhodomonas CS24', Photosynthesis Research, 100, pp. 7 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11120-009-9412-8

Bromley E; Kuwada N; Zuckermann MJ; Donadini R; Samii L; Blab G; Gemmen G; Lopez B; Curmi PM; Forde N; Woolfson D; Linke H, 2009, 'The Tumbleweed: towards a synthetic protein motor', HFSP Journal, 3, pp. 204 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.2976/1.3111282

Milton RH; Abeti R; Averaimo S; DeBiasi S; Vitellaro L; Jiang L; Curmi PMG; Breit SN; Duchen MR; Mazzanti M, 2008, 'CLIC1 Function Is Required for β-Amyloid-Induced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species by Microglia', The Journal of Neuroscience, 28, pp. 11488 - 11499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2431-08.2008

Littler DR; Harrop SJ; Brown LJ; Pankhurst GJ; Mynott AV; Luciani P; Mandyam RA; Mazzanti M; Tanda S; Berryman MA; Breit SN; Curmi PMG, 2008, 'Comparison of vertebrate and invertebrate CLIC proteins: The crystal structures of Caenorhabditis elegans EXC‐4 and Drosophila melanogaster DmCLIC', Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 71, pp. 364 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.21704

Naidoo N; Harrop SJ; Sobti M; Haynes P; Szymczyna B; Williamson JR; Curmi PM; Mabbutt BC, 2008, 'Crystal structure of Lsm3 octamer from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Implications for Lsm ring organisation and recruitment', Journal of Molecular Biology, 377, pp. 1357 - 1371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.007

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