James Naismith - Selected Publications#

Yang, Y., J. Liu, B. R. Clarke, L. Seidel, J. R. Bolla, P. N. Ward, P. Zhang, C. V. Robinson, C. Whitfield, & J. H. Naismith. 2021 The molecular basis of regulation of bacterial capsule assembly by Wzc. Nat Commun 12: 4349 (doi 10.1038/s41467-021-24652-1).

Huo, J. et al. 2021 A potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralising nanobody shows therapeutic efficacy in the Syrian golden hamster model of COVID-19. Nat Commun 12: 5469 (doi 10.1038/s41467-021-25480-z).

Song, H., C. Rao, Z. Deng, Y. Yi, & J. H. Naismith. 2020 The biosynthetic pathway of the benzoxazole in nataxazole proceeds via an unstable ester and has synthetic utility. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (doi 10.1002/anie.201915685).

Huo, J. et al. 2020 Neutralizing nanobodies bind SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and block interaction with ACE2. Nat Struct Mol Biol 27: 846-854 (doi 10.1038/s41594-020-0469-6).

Moynié, L. et al. 2019 The complex of ferric-enterobactin with its transporter from Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggests a two-site model. Nat Commun 10: 3673 (doi 10.1038/s41467-019-11508-y).

Moynié, L., I. Serra, M. A. Scorciapino, E. Oueis, M. G. Page, M. Ceccarelli, & J. H. Naismith. 2018 Preacinetobactin not acinetobactin is essential for iron uptake by the BauA transporter of the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Elife 7: (doi 10.7554/eLife.42270).

Wang, M., L. Moynié, P. J. Harrison, V. Kelly, A. Piper, J. H. Naismith, & D. J. Campopiano. 2017 Using the pimeloyl-CoA synthetase adenylation fold to synthesize fatty acid thioesters. Nat Chem Biol 13: 660-667 (doi 10.1038/nchembio.2361).

Czekster, C. M., H. Ludewig, S. A. McMahon, & J. H. Naismith. 2017 Characterization of a dual function macrocyclase enables design and use of efficient macrocyclization substrates. Nat Commun 8: 1045 (doi 10.1038/s41467-017-00862-4).

Oueis, E., M. Jaspars, N. J. Westwood, & J. H. Naismith. 2016 Enzymatic Macrocyclization of 1,2,3-Triazole Peptide Mimetics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 55: 5842-5845 (doi 10.1002/anie.201601564).

Pliotas, C. et al. 2015 The role of lipids in mechanosensation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 22: 991-998 (doi 10.1038/nsmb.3120).

Naismith is the senior or joint senior author on all of these publications.

Career citations: 20200; H-factor: 79; 272 peer reviewed publications.