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Dr Peter C E Moody

 

Ph.D. (Biophysics), DIC Imperial College, University of London, 1984;
Research Fellow Chemistry Dept., Harvard University 1984-1986;
Research Fellow Physics Dept., Imperial College 1986-88;
Research Fellow Chemistry Dept., University of York.1988-95;
joined staff of the Biochemistry Department as Manager of the
Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory and Lecturer in 1995
Senior Lecturer from 2002

Contact Details

Building Henry Wellcome
Room 1.56
Email [email protected]
Telephone (+44) (0) 116 229 7097
Fax (+44) (0) 116 229 7084
Address Department of Biochemistry, 
University of Leicester, 
Lancaster Road, 
Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.


Research Interests

 

Publications (since 1994)

Elliott, P.R., Mohammed,S., Melrose, H.J. and Moody, P.C.E.M (2008) Expression, purification, crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of a NADP-dependent Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase from Helicobacter pylori. Acta Cyrstallographica Section F64, 727 -729

Elliott, P.R., Evans, D., Greenwood, J. and Moody, P.C.E.M (2008) Expression, purification, crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of a NADP-dependent Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase from Helicobacter pylori. Acta Cyrstallographica Section F64, 723-726

Chauhan, N., Basran, J., Efimov, I., Svistunenko, D., Seward, HE., Moody, PCE and Raven, EL. (2008) The role of serine 167 in human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase: a comparison with tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase. Biochemistry.47: 4671-4789

Badyal, SK., Metcalfe, CL., Basran, J., Efimov, I., Moody, PC E and Raven, EL (2008) Iron Oxidation state as a molecular trigger controlling active site structure in a Heme Peroxidase Biochemsitry.47: 4403-4409

SK Badayl, MG Joyce, KH Sharp, HE Seward, M Mewies, J Basran, IK Macdonald, PCE Moody & EL Raven (2006) Conformational mobility in the active site of a heme peroxidase J. Biol. Chem.281:34 24512-24520

Metcalfe, CL., Macdonald, IK., Murphy, EJ., Brown, KA., Raven, EL and Moody, PCEM. (2008) The tuberculosis prodrug isoniazid bound to activating peroxidases. J. Biol. Chem. 283: 6193-6200

Huang, W-C., Westlake, ACG., Marechal, J-D., Joyce, MG., Moody, PCEM and Roberts, GCK (2007) Filling a hole in cytochrome P450 BM3 improves substrate binding and catalytic efficiency J. Mol. Biol. 373 (3) 633-51

Efimov, I., Papadopulou, ND., McLean, KJ., Badyal, SK., Macdonald, IK., Munro, AW., Moody, PCE and Raven, EL. (2007) Biochemistry 46 (27): 8017-8023

IK MacDonald, SK Badayl, L Ghamsari, PCE Moody & EL Raven (2006) The Interaction of Ascorbate Peroxidase with Substrates: A Mechanistic and Structural Analysis Biochemistry (In press) (accepted 25/4/2006 Ref: bi0606849)

VE Pye, AP Tingey, RL Robson, & PCE Moody (2004) The Structure and Mechanism of Serine Acetyltransferase from Escherichia coli J. Biol. Chem. 279: 40729-40736

R Pierattelli, L Banci, NAJ Eady, J Bodiguel, JN Jones, PCE Moody, E Lloyd Raven, B Jamart-Grégoire, & KA Brown (2004) Enzyme-catalyzed Mechanism of Isoniazid Activation in Class I and Class III Peroxidases J. Biol. Chem. 279: 39000 – 39009

KH Sharp, PCE Moody, KA Brown & E. Lloyd Raven (2004) Crystal Structure of the Ascorbate Peroxidase-Salicylhydroxamic Acid Complex. Biochemistry, 43(27); 8644-8651.

H Khan, T Barna, RJ. Harris, NC. Bruce, I Barsukov, AW Munro, PCE. Moody, & NS Scrutton, (2004) Atomic Resolution Structures and Solution Behavior of Enzyme-Substrate Complexes of Enterobacter cloacae PB2 Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase: Multiple conformational states and implications for the mechanism of nitroaromatic explosive degradation J. Biol. Chem., 279: 30563 – 30572

KH Sharp, PCE Moody & E Lloyd Raven, (2003) A new framework for understanding substrate binding and functional diversity in haem peroxidases Dalton Transactions, 22 4208-4215.

KH Sharp, M. Mewies, PCE Moody, E. Lloyd Raven, (2003) Crystal structure of the ascorbate peroxidase-ascorbate complex Nature Structural Biology 10, 303

H Khan, RJ. Harris, T Barna, DH. Craig, NC. Bruce, AW. Munro, Peter CE Moody, & NS Scrutton (2002) Kinetic and Structural Basis of Reactivity of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase with NADPH, 2-Cyclohexenone, Nitroesters, and Nitroaromatic Explosives J. Biol. Chem., 277 21906 – 21912

T Barna, HL Messiha, C Petosa, NC. Bruce, NS. Scrutton, & PCE Moody (2002) Crystal Structure of Bacterial Morphinone Reductase and Properties of the C191A Mutant Enzyme. J. Biol. Chem., 277 30976 – 30983

RE Williams, DA Rathbone, PCE Moody, NS Scrutton, & NC Bruce, (2001). Degradation of explosives by nitrate ester reductases. Biochem. Soc. Symp. 68 143-153.

LY Lian , CS Allardyce , PCE Moody & GCK Roberts (2001) Structure and folding of glutathione S-transferase A1-1: structural transition and ligand interactions CHEM-BIOL INTERACT 133 (1-3): 13-16

DH Craig, T Barna, PCE Moody, NC Bruce, SK Chapman, AW Munro & NS Scrutton (2001) Effects of environment on flavin reactivity in morphinone reductase: analysis of enzymes displaying differential charge near the N1 atom and C2 carbonyl region of the active site flavin. Biochem. J. 359 315-323

TM Barna, H Khan, NC Bruce, I Barsukov, NS Scrutton, & PCE Moody (2001) Crystal structure of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase: "Flipped" binding geometries for steroid substrates in different redox states of the enzyme. J. Mol. Biol. 310 433-447

JEA Wibley, AE Pegg & PCE Moody (2000) Crystal Structure of the Human O6Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase. Nucl. Acids Res. 28 393-401

PE Verdemato, JA Brannigan, C Damblon, F Zuccotto, PCE Moody & LY Lian (2000) DNA-binding mechanism of the E. coli O6Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase Nucl. Acids Res. 28 3710-3718

VJ Hindson, PCE Moody AJ Rowe & WV Shaw. (2000) Serine acetyltransferase from Eschericia coli is a dimer of trimers J.Biol. Chem. 275 461-466

L Mazzarella, R D'Avino, G di Prisco, C Savino, L Vitagliano, PCE Moody & A Zagari. (1999) Crystal structure of Trematomus newnesi haemoglobin re-opens the Root effect question. J. Mol. Biol. 287 897-906

GN Major, GB Notarianni, SJ Ross, MC Case JA Brannigan, DI Roper, PM Potter, TP Brent, PCE Moody (1999) Evidence for autoproteolysis of substrate-inactivated O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase following DNA repair British Journal of Cancer. 81 576

SM Cutfield, GJ Davies, G Murshudov, BF Anderson, PCE Moody, PA Sullivan, JF Cutfield (1999) The Structure of the Exo-b-(1,3)-Glucanase from Candida albicans in Native and Bound Forms: Relationship between a Pocket and Groove in Family 5 Glycosyl Hydrolases J. Mol. Biol. 294 771-783

N Chandra, KR Acharya & PCE Moody (1999) Analysis and characterization of data from twinned crystals. Acta Cryst. D55 1750-1758

PCE Moody, N Shikotra, CE French, NC Bruce & NS Scrutton (1998) Crystallization and preliminary diffraction studies of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase from Enterobacter cloacae PB2. Acta Cryst. D 54 675-677

SH Done, JA Brannigan, PCE Moody & RE Hubbard (1998) Ligand induced conformational changes in penicillin acylase. J.Mol. Biol 284 463-475

DH Craig PCE Moody, NC Bruce & NS Scrutton (1998) Reductive and oxidative half-reactions of morphinone reductase from Pseudomonas putida M10: a kinetic and thermodynamic analysis. Biochemistry 37 7598-7607

JA Rafferty, JEA Wibley, P Speers, I Hickson, GP Margison, PCE Moody, KT Douglas. (1997) The potential role of glycine-160 of human O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase in reaction with O6-benzylguanine as determined by site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling comparisons. BBA -Protein Structure And Molecular Enzymology. 1342 90-102

PCE Moody, N Shikotra, CE French, NC Bruce & NS Scrutton. (1997) Crystallisation and preliminary diffraction studies of morphinone reductase, a flavoprotein involved in the degradation of morphine alkaloids. Acta Cryst. D 53 619-621

NH Keep, M Barnes, I Barsukov, R Badii, L-Y Lian, AW Segal, PCE Moody & GCK Roberts (1997) A modulator of rho family G proteins, rhoGDI binds these G proteins via an immunoglobulin-like domain and a flexible N-terminal arm. Structure 5 623-633

SM Dunn, PCE Moody, JA Downie & WV Shaw. (1996) Crystallization and preliminary diffraction studies of Nodl, a rhizobial O-acetyl-transferase involved in the host-specific nodulation of legume roots. Prot. Sci. 5 538-541

JEA Wibley, JH Mckie, K Embrey, DS Marks, KT Douglas, MH Moore & PCE Moody (1995) A homology model of the 3-dimensional structure of human O-6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase based on the crystal-structure of the C-terminal domain Of the Ada protein from Escherichia coli. Anti-Cancer Drug Design 10 75-95

JL Whittingham, S Chaudhuri, EJ Dodson, PCE Moody & Dodson GG (1995) X-ray crystallographic studies on hexameric insulins in the presence of helix-stabilizing agents, thiocyanate, methylparaben, and phenol. Biochemistry 34 15553-15563

HJ Duggleby, SP Tolley, CP Hill, EJ Dodson, G Dodson, PCE Moody (1995) Penicillin acylase has a single amino-acid catalytic centre. Nature 373 264-268

SM Cutfield, EJ Dodson, BF Anderson, PCE Moody, CJ Marshall, PA Sullivan, JF Cutfield (1995) The crystal structure of a major secreted aspartic proteinase from Candida albicans in complexes with 2 inhibitors. Structure 3 1261-1271

JA Brannigan, G Dodson, HJ Duggleby, PCE Moody, JL Smith, DR Tomchick, AG Murzin (1995) A protein catalytic framework with an N-terminal nucleophile is capable of self-Activation. Nature 378 416-419

MH Moore, JM Gulbis, EJ Dodson, B Demple, PCE Moody (1994) Crystal structure of a suicidal DNA-repair protein - The Ada O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase from Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 13 1495-1501

G Laughlan, AIH Murchie, DG Norman, MH Moore, PCE Moody, DMJ Lilley & B Luisi (1994) The high-resolution crystal structure of a parallel-stranded guanine tetraplex. Science 265 520-524

G Lange, SJ Lewis, GN Murshudov, GG Dodson, PCE Moody, JP Turkenburg, AN Barclay, RL Brady (1994) Crystal structure of an extracellular fragment of the rat Cd4 receptor-containing domain-omain-4. Structure 2 469-481

 

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