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List of works by Luke J Alderwick

A truncated lipoglycan from mycobacteria with altered immunological properties

scientific article

Activity of Bdellovibrio hit locus proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, links Type IVa pilus extrusion/retraction status to prey-independent growth signalling.

scientific article

AftD functions as an α1 → 5 arabinofuranosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall core

Ankyrin-mediated self-protection during cell invasion by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

scientific article

Arabinan-deficient mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum and the consequent flux in decaprenylmonophosphoryl-d-arabinose metabolism

scientific article published on 04 August 2006

Benzothiazinones mediate killing of Corynebacterineae by blocking decaprenyl phosphate recycling involved in cell wall biosynthesis

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

Biochemical and structural characterization of mycobacterial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase AspS, a promising TB drug target

scientific article

Biochemical characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate synthetase

scientific journal article

Biosynthesis of mycobacterial arabinogalactan: identification of a novel alpha(1-->3) arabinofuranosyltransferase

scientific article

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of feruloyl D-arabinose as a potential anti-mycobacterial agent

scientific article published on 4 August 2007

Crystal structure of the TreS-Pep2 complex, initiating α-glucan synthesis in the GlgE pathway of mycobacteria

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Deletion of Cg-emb in corynebacterianeae leads to a novel truncated cell wall arabinogalactan, whereas inactivation of Cg-ubiA results in an arabinan-deficient mutant with a cell wall galactan core

scientific article published on 21 July 2005

Direct liquid extraction surface analysis mass spectrometry of cell wall lipids from mycobacteria: Salt additives for decreased spectral complexity

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Disruption of Mycobacterial AftB Results in Complete Loss of Terminal β(1 → 2) Arabinofuranose Residues of Lipoarabinomannan

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Elucidation of a protein-protein interaction network involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum cell wall biosynthesis as determined by bacterial two-hybrid analysis

scientific article published on October 2014

Erratum: Ankyrin-mediated self-protection during cell invasion by the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Ethambutol, a cell wall inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, elicits L-glutamate efflux of Corynebacterium glutamicum

scientific article published in May 2005

Expression, purification and characterisation of soluble GlfT and the identification of a novel galactofuranosyltransferase Rv3782 involved in priming GlfT-mediated galactan polymerisation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific journal article

Identification and characterization of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by an integrated whole-cell target-based approach

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Identification of a Novel Arabinofuranosyltransferase AftB Involved in a Terminal Step of Cell Wall Arabinan Biosynthesis in Corynebacterianeae, such asCorynebacterium glutamicumandMycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Identification of a novel alpha(1-->6) mannopyranosyltransferase MptB from Corynebacterium glutamicum by deletion of a conserved gene, NCgl1505, affords a lipomannan- and lipoarabinomannan-deficient mutant.

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Identification of a terminal rhamnopyranosyltransferase (RptA) involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum cell wall biosynthesis

scientific article published on 29 May 2009

Lcp1 Is a Phosphotransferase Responsible for Ligating Arabinogalactan to Peptidoglycan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 02 August 2016

Lipopolysaccharide composition determines the preferred route and entry kinetics of bacterial outer membrane vesicles into host cells

article

Lipopolysaccharide structure impacts the entry kinetics of bacterial outer membrane vesicles into host cells.

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Molecular structure of EmbR, a response element of Ser/Thr kinase signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scholarly article

Non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis elicits a reduced infectivity profile with corresponding modifications to the cell wall and extracellular matrix

scientific article

Rafoxanide and Closantel Inhibit SPAK and OSR1 Kinases by Binding to a Highly Conserved Allosteric Site on Their C-terminal Domains

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Regulation of cell wall synthesis and growth.

scientific article published on May 2007

Structural basis of inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DprE1 by benzothiazinone inhibitors

scientific article

Structural characterization and functional properties of a novel lipomannan variant isolated from a Corynebacterium glutamicum pimB' mutant

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

Structural characterization of a partially arabinosylated lipoarabinomannan variant isolated from a Corynebacterium glutamicum ubiA mutant

scientific article

Structure, function and biosynthesis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall: arabinogalactan and lipoarabinomannan assembly with a view to discovering new drug targets.

scientific article published on November 2007

Synthesis of α-Glucan in Mycobacteria Involves a Hetero-octameric Complex of Trehalose Synthase TreS and Maltokinase Pep2

scientific article

The C-Terminal Domain of the Arabinosyltransferase Mycobacterium tuberculosis EmbC Is a Lectin-Like Carbohydrate Binding Module

scientific article

The Mycobacterial Cell Wall--Peptidoglycan and Arabinogalactan

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

The Photosensitising Clinical Agent Verteporfin Is an Inhibitor of SPAK and OSR1 Kinases

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

The singular Emb arabinofuranosyltransferase polymerises the α(1 → 5) arabinan backbone in the early stages of cell wall arabinan biosynthesis

Topology and mutational analysis of the single Emb arabinofuranosyltransferase of Corynebacterium glutamicum as a model of Emb proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article

Towards the Development of Small-Molecule MO25 Binders as Potential Indirect SPAK/OSR1 Kinase Inhibitors

scientific article

Tuberculosis: a balanced diet of lipids and carbohydrates

scientific article published on August 2008

Two functional FAS-I type fatty acid synthases in Corynebacterium glutamicum

scientific article published in July 2005

Utilisation of the Prestwick Chemical Library to identify drugs that inhibit the growth of mycobacteria

Utilisation of the Prestwick Chemical Library ® to identify drugs that inhibit the growth of Mycobacteria