Publications

[154] Skommer, J., Das, S.C., Nair, A., T Brittain, Raychaudhuri, S (2011). Non-linear regulation of commitment to apoptosis by simultaneous inhibition of Bcl-2 and XIAP in leukemia and lymphoma cells. Apoptosis 16, 619-626.

Wyse S, Burns B (2011). Do host bark traits influence trunk epiphyte communities?. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35: 296-301.

L K Blight, D G Ainley, S F Ackley, G Ballard, T Ballerini, R L Brownell JR, C-H C Cheng, MC Chiantore, D Costa, M C Coulter, P Dayton, A L Devries, R Dunbar, S Earle, J T Eastman, S D Emslie, C W Evans, R A Garrott, S Kim, G Kooyman, A Lescroel, M Lizott (2010). Fishing for Data in the Ross Sea. Science, Letters, 1316, Vol. 330, December, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/2aar6me

[153] *T Brittain, Skommer. J, Henty. K, Birch . N. and Raychaudhuri, S (2010). A role for human neuroglobin in apoptosis. IUBMB Life 62, 875-885.

R Peltier, C W Evans, A L DeVries, M A Brimble, A J Dingley and D E Williams (2010). Growth Habit Modification of Ice Crystals Using Antifreeze Glycoprotein (AFGP) Analogues. Crystal Growth & Design DOI: 10.1021/cg1005083, 2010.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021%2Fcg1005083

E C Winnebeck, C D Millar, G R Warman (2010). Why does insect RNA look degraded?. Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 10 Article 159, (21 September 2010).
http://www.insectscience.org/10.159/

[152] Chien, V., Aitken, J.F., Zhang, S., Buchanan, C., Hickey, A., T Brittain, Cooper, G.J.S. and Loomes, K.M (2010). The chaperone proteins HSP70, HSP40/DnaJ and GRP78/BiP can suppress misfolding and formation of β-sheet-containing aggregates by Human Amylin. Biochem. J. 432, 113-121.

[151] Skommer, J., *T Brittain and Raychaudhuri, S (2010). Bcl-2 inhibits apoptosis by modulating intrinsic cell-to-cell variations in the mitochondrial pathway of cell death. Apoptosis15, 1223-1233.

J E Ussher and J A Taylor (2010). Optimized Transduction of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells by Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 6 (rAAV6). Human Gene Therapy doi: 10.1089/hum.2010.087).
http://tinyurl.com/3xsdx7r

[150] *T Brittain, Skommer, J., Raychaudhuri, S. and Birch, N (2010). An anti-apoptotic neuroprotective role for neuroglobin. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 11, 2306-2321.

R Peltier, M A Brimble, J M Wojnar, D E Williams, C W Evans and A L DeVries (2010). Synthesis and antifreeze activity of fish antifreeze glycoproteins and their analogues. Chemical Science 2010 DOI: 10.0139/c0sc00194e / Perspective.
http://tinyurl.com/2cmk2b5

[149] Raychaudhuri, S., Skommer, J., Henty, K., Birch, N., and *T Brittain (2010). Neuroglobin protects nerve cells from apoptosis by inhibiting the intrinsic pathway of cell death. Apoptosis 15, 401- 411.

J Putterill, C Stockum, G Warman. (2010). Photoperiodic flowering in the long day plant Arabidopsis thaliana. (Ed Nelson, R.J, Denlinger, D.L and Somers, D.E).. In Photoperiodism: The Biological Calendar. Oxford University Press, USA. 9-37..

[148] Rasmussen. J.R., Wells. R.M.G., Henty. K., Clark. T. D., and *T Brittain (2009). Characterization of the hemoglobins of the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 152, 162-167.

A Berna, K Scott, E Chabrière and F Bernier. (2009). The DING family of proteins: ubiquitous in eukaryotes, but where are the genes?. Bioessays 31, 570-580..

A Berna, F Bernier, E Chabrière, M Elias, K Scott and A Suh. (2009). For Whom the Bell Tolls? DING Proteins in Health and Disease.. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 66, 2205-2218.

D Liebschner, M Elias, B Fournier, K Scott, S Moniot, C Jelsch, B Guillot, C Lecompte and E Chabriere. (2009). Elucidation of the phosphate binding mode of DING proteins revealed by sub-Ångstrom X-ray crystallography.. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 131, 7879-7886. .

[147] Bonding, S.H. K. Henty, A. Dingley and *T Brittain (2008). The binding of cytochrome c to neuroglobin: a docking and Surface Plasmon Resonance study. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 43, 295-299.

A Berna, F Bernier, E Chabrière, T Perera and K Scott. (2008). DING proteins; novel members of a prokaryotic phosphate-binding protein superfamily which extends into the eukaryotic kingdom.. Intl. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 40, 170-175..

T Brittain, P D W Boyd, V Fulop and A Echalier. (2008). The mechanism of action of di-heme peroxidases: a theoretical study . (in press) Inorg Biochem. Res. Prog. Hughes. J.G and Robinson A.J. Eds., Nova Science, N.Y., U.S.A.

T Brittain. (2008). Intra-molecular electron transfer in proteins. Protein and Peptide Letters. 15, 556-561.

S Unzai, S Y Park, K Nagai, T Brittain and J R H Tame. (2008). Mutagenic studies on the origins of the Root Effect." in Dioxygen binding and sensing proteins. Protein Reviews Vol. 9. p 67-78. M. Bolognesi, G. di Prisco, C. Verde (Eds) Springer Verlag .

A Fago, A J Mathews and T Brittain. (2008). A role for neuroglobin: resetting the trigger level for apoptosis in neuronal and retinal cells. IUBMB. Life. 60, 398- 401.

T Brittain, Y Yosaatmadja and K Henty. (2008). The interaction of human neuroglobin with hydrogen sulphide . IUBMB Life. 60, 135-138.

A Echalier, T Brittain, J Wright, S Boycheva, G B Mortuza, V Fulop, N J Watmough. (2008). Redox linked structural changes associated with the formation of a catalytically competent form of the diheme cytochrom c peroxidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochemistry 47, 1947-1956.

T Brittain. (2008). Extreme pH sensitivity in the binding of oxygen to some fish hemoglobins. The smallest biomolecules: Diatomics and their interactions with heme- proteins. p 219-235. (Ed. A.Ghosh), Elsevier.

Ahn, S., Moniot, S., Elias, M., Chabrière, E., Kim, D. and Scott, K. (2007). Structure-function relationships in a bacterial DING protein.. FEBS Lett. 581, 3455-3460..

Zhang, X-X., Scott, K., Meffin, R. and Rainey, P.B (2007). Genetic characterization of psp encoding the DING protein in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25.. BMC Microbiol.7, 114..

Perera, T., Berna, A., Scott, K., Lemaitre-Guillier, C. and Bernier, F. (2007). Proteins related to St John’s Wort p27SJ, a suppressor of HIV-1 expression, are ubiquitous in plants.. Phytochemistry 69, 865-872..

K Henty, R M G Wells and T Brittain. (2007). Characterisation of the hemoglobins of the adult brushtailed possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr) reveals non- genetic functional heterogeneity . Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 148, 498-503.

Y Lee, S Svetlana Boycheva, T Brittain and P D W Boyd. (2007). Evidence for a possible charge hopping mechanism for intra-molecular electron transfer in the cytochrome c peroxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Chem Bio Chem, 8, 1440- 1446.

H Hsiao, S Boycheva, N J Watmough and T Brittain. (2007). The role of a heme linked protein loop in the activation of cytochrome c peroxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: mutagenesis studies . Journal of InorganicBiochemistry 101, 1133-1139.

D L Christie. (2007). Functional insights into the creatine transporter in "Creatine and Creatine Kinase in Health and Disease". eds Wyss, M and Salomons, GS, Springer (2007, in press).

A Fago, A J Mathews, L Moens, S Dewilde and T Brittain. (2006). Reactivity of neuroglobin with the potential redox protein partners cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c . FEBS. Letts. 580, 4884- 4888.

A Fago, A J Mathews, S Dewilde, L Moens and T Brittain. (2006). The reactions of neuroglobin with CO:evidence for two forms of the ferrous protein . J. Inorg. Biochem. 100, 1339-1343.

M Shojaiefard, D L Christie. and F Lang. (2006). Stimulation of the creatine transporter SLC6A8 by the protein kinase mTOR. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 341, 945-949..

K Scott and L Wu. (2005). Functional properties of a recombinant bacterial DING protein: comparison with a homologous human protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1744, 234-244.. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1744, 234-244..

M L Acosta, M Kalloniatis and D L Christie. (2005). Creatine transporter localization in developing and adult retina: importance of creatine to retinal function. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 289, C1015-1023..

S Cleary, F M Brouwers, G Eisenhofer, K Pacak, D L Christie, J Lipski, A R McNeil and J K Phillips. (2005). Expression of the noradrenaline transporter and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase in normal human adrenal gland and phaeochromocytoma. Cell Tissue Res. 322, 443-453.

R M G Wells, J Baldwin, R S Seymour, K Christian and T Brittain (2005). Red blood cell function and haematology in two tropical freshwater fishes from Australia . Comp. Biochem. Physiol 141, 87-93.

J R Dodd and D L Christie. (2005). Substituted Cysteine Accessibility of the Third Transmembrane Domain of the Creatine Transporter: Defining a transport pathway. J Biol Chem 280, 32649-32654..

T Rasmussen, T Brittain, B C Berks, N J Watmough and A J Thomson. (2005). Formation of a cytochrome c- Nitrous oxide reductase complex is obligatory for N2O reduction by Paracoccus Pantotrophus. Dalton Transactions 21, 3501-3506.

M Shojaiefard, D L Christie and F Lang. (2005). Stimulation of the creatine transporter SLC6A8 by the protein kinases SGK1 and SGK3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 334, 742-746..

T Brittain. (2005). The Root Effect Hemoglobins. J. Inorg. Biochem. 99, 120-130..

M West, D Park, J R Dodd, J Kistler and D L Christie. (2005). Purification and characterization of the creatine transporter expressed at high levels in HEK293 cells. Protein Expr Purif 41, 393-401..

L Adams, S Davey and K Scott. (2002). The DING protein: An autocrine growth-stimulatory protein related to the human synovial stimulatory protein.. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1586 254-264..