Professor James Naismith
Head of MPLS Division
Responsible for all strategic developments in the Division. Supported by a Deputy Head and a number of Associate Heads. Represents the Division at major University committees including Council.
The Executive Assistant to the Head of Division is Rachel Dahl
Recent publications
Macrocyclization of backbone N-methylated peptides by a prolyl oligopeptidase with a distinctive substrate recognition mechanism.
Journal article
Matabaro E. et al, (2025), Chemical science, 16, 14196 - 14206
Molecular basis for the phosphorylation of bacterial tyrosine kinase Wzc
Journal article
Yang Y. et al, (2025), Nature Communications, 16
Structural and functional snapshots of a broad-specificity endoglucanase from Thermogutta terrifontis for biomass saccharification.
Journal article
Hussain N. et al, (2025), Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 764
Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide
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Le Bas A. et al, (2025), Open Biology, 15
Author Correction: Covalent penicillin-protein conjugates elicit anti-drug antibodies that are clonally and functionally restricted
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Deimel LP. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15