Science, Technology and Engineering

Anderson Laboratory

Department of Biochemistry

Selected Publications

van der Weerden, N.L., Hancock, R.E., Anderson, M.A. (2010) Permeabilization of fungal hyphae by the plant defensin NaD1 occurs through a cell wall dependent process. J Biol Chem. Sep 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Mylne, J.S., Wang, C.K., van der Weerden, N.L., Craik, D.J. (2010) Cyclotides are a component of the innate defence of Oldenlandia affinis. Biopolymers. May 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Dunse, K.M., Kaas, Q., Guarino, R.F., Barton, P.A., Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A. (2010) Molecular basis for the resistance of an insect chymotrypsin to a potato type II proteinase inhibitor.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107: 15016-21

Dunse, K.M., Stevens, J.A., Lay, F.T., Gaspar, Y.M., Heath, R.L., Anderson, M.A. (2010) Coexpression of potato type I and II proteinase inhibitors gives cotton plants protection against insect damage in the field. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107: 15011-5

Covey, P.A., Subbaiah, C.C., Parsons, R.L., Pearce, G., Lay, F.T., Anderson, M.A., Ryan, C.A., Bedinger, P.A. (2010) A pollen-specific RALF from Solanum lycopersicum that regulates pollen tube elongation. Plant Physiol 153: 703-715

Schirra, H.J., Guarino, R.F., Anderson, M.A., Craik, D.J. (2010) Selective removal of individual disulfide bonds within a potato type II serine proteinase inhibitor from Nicotiana alata reveals differential stabilization of the reactive-site loop. J Mol Biol 395: 609-626

Gruber, C.W., Cemazar, M., Anderson, M.A., Craik, D.J. (2009) Enzyme mechanism and function of a novel plant PDI involved in the oxidative folding of cystine knot defense peptides. Adv Exp Med Biol 611: 31-32.

Schirra, H.J., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2008) Structural refinement of insecticidal plant proteinase inhibitors from Nicotiana alata. Protein Pept. Lett. 15: 903-909.

Pelegrini, P.B., Lay, F.T., Murad, A.M., Anderson, M.A., Franco, O.L. (2008) Novel insights on the mechanism of action of alpha-amylase inhibitors from the plant defensin family. Proteins 73: 719-729.

van der Weerden, N.L., Lay, F.T., Anderson, M.A. (2008) The plant defensin NaD1 enters the cytoplasm of Fusarium oxysporum hyphae. J Biol Chem. 283: 14445-14452.

Barbeta, B.L., Marshall, A.T., Gillon, A.D., Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A. (2008) Plant cyclotides disrupt epithelial cells in the midgut of lepidopteran larvae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105: 1221-1225.

Gillon, A.D., Saska, I., Jennings, C.V., Guarino, R.F., Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A.. (2008) Biosynthesis of circular proteins in plants. Plant J. 53: 505-515.

Saska I, Gillon AD, Hatsugai N, Dietzgen RG, Hara-Nishimura I, Anderson MA, Craik DJ. (2007) An asparaginyl endopeptidase mediates in vivo protein backbone cyclization. J Biol Chem 282: 29721-29728.

Gruber, C.W., Čemažar, M., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2007) Insecticidal plant cyclotides and related cystine knot toxins. Toxicon 49, 561-575

Johnson, E.D., Miller, E.A. and Anderson, M.A. (2007) Dual location of a family of proteinase inhibitors within the stigmas of Nicotiana alata. Planta 225: 1265-1276

Maheswaran, G., Pridmore, L., Franz, P. and Anderson, M.A. (2007) A proteinase inhibitor from Nicotiana alata inhibits the normal development of light-brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana in transgenic apple plants. Plant Cell Rep. 26, 773-82

Gruber, C.W., Čemažar, M., Clark, R.J., Horibe, T., Renda, R.F., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2007) A novel plant protein disulphide isomerise involved in the oxidative folding of cystine knot defense proteins. J Biol Chem 282: 20435-46.

Gunasekera, S., Daly, N.L., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2006) Chemical synthesis and biosynthesis of the cyclotide family. IUBMB Life 58, 1-10.

Mulvenna, J.P., Bharathi, R., Mylne, J.S., Burton, R.A., Shirley, N.J., Fincher, G.B., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2006) Discovery of cyclotide –like protein sequences in graminaceous crop plants; Ancestral precursors of circular proteins? The Plant Cell, 18, 1-11.

Charity, J.A., Hughes, P., Anderson, M.A., Bittisnich, D.J., Whitecross, M. and Higgins, T.J.V. (2005) Pest and disease protection conferred by expression of barley ß-hordothionin and Nicotiana alata proteinase inhibitor genes in transgenic tobacco. Functional Plant Biology 32, 35-44.

Jennings, C.V., Rosengren, K.J., Daly, N.L., Plan, M., Stevens, Jl, Scanlon, M.J., Waine, C., Norman, D.G., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2005) Isolation, Solution Structure, and Insecticidal Activity of Kalata B2, a Circular Protein with a Twist: Do MÖbius Strips Exist in Nature? Biochemistry, 44, 851-860.

Lay, F.T. and Anderson, M.A. (2005) Defensins – Components of the innate immune system in plants. Current Protein and Peptide Science 6, 85-101.

Dutton, J.L., Renda, R.F., Waine, C., Clark, R.J., Daly N.L., Jennings, C.V., Anderson, M.A. and Craik D.J. (2004) Conserved Structural and Sequence Elements Implicated in the Processing of Gene-encoded Circular Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 45, 46858-46867.

Janssen, B.J., Schirra, H.J., Lay, F.T., Anderson, M.A. and Craik, D.J. (2003) Structure of Petunia hybrida defensin 1, a novel plant defensin with five disulfide bonds. Biochemistry, 42, 8214-8222.

Lay, F.T., Brugliera, F. and Anderson, M.A. (2003) Isolation and Properties of Floral Defensins from Ornamental Tobacco and Petunia. Plant Physiology, 131, 1283-1293.

Lay, F. T., Schirra, H. J., Scanlon, M. J., Anderson, M. A., Craik, D. J. (2003) The three-dimensional solution structure of NaD1, a floral defensin from Nicotiana alata and its application to a homology model of the crop defense protein alfAFP. Journal of Molecular Biology, 325, 175-188.

Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A. and Daly, N.L. (2003) Circular proteins tied in knots. Today's Life Science, 15, 28-32.

Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A., Barry, D.G., Clark, R.J., Daly, N.L., Jennings, C.V. and Mulvenna, J. (2002) Discovery and structures of the cyclotides: novel macrocyclic peptides from plants. Letters in Peptide Science, 8: 119-128.

Jennings, C., West, J., Waine, C., Craik, D. J. and Anderson, M. A. (2001) Biosynthesis and insecticidal properties of plant cyclotides: The cyclic knotted proteins from Oldenlandia affinis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 98, 10614-10619.

Schirra, H. J., Scanlon, M. J., Lee, M. C. S., Anderson, M. A. and Craik, D. J. (2001) The solution structure of C1-T1, a two-domain proteinase inhibitor derived from a circular precursor protein from Nicotiana alata. Journal of Molecular Biology 306, 69-79.

Korsinczky, M. L., Schirra, H. J., Rosengren, K. J., West, J., Condie, B. A., Otvos, L., Anderson, M. A. and Craik, D. J. (2001) Solution structures by 1H NMR of the novel cyclic trypsin inhibitor SFTI-1 from sunflower seeds and an acyclic permutant. Journal of Molecular Biology 311, 579-591.

Miller, E. A., Lee, M. C. S., Atkinson, A. H. O. and Anderson, M. A. (2000) Identification of a novel four-domain member of the proteinase inhibitor II family from the stigmas of Nicotiana alata. Plant Molecular Biology 42, 329-333.

Miller, E. A., Lee, M. C. S. and Anderson, M. A. (1999) Identification and characterization of a prevacuolar compartment in stigmas of Nicotiana alata. The Plant Cell 11, 1499-1508.

Newbigin, E., Anderson, M. A. and Clarke, A. E. (1999) Molecular basis of self-incompatibility in the Solanaceae., In M. Nee, D. E. Symon, R.N. Lester and J. P. Jessop (editors). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, pp. 189-195.

Lee, M. C. S., Scanlon, M. J., Craik, D. J. and Anderson, M. A. (1999) A novel two-chain proteinase inhibitor generated by circularization of a multidomain precursor protein. Nature Structural Biology 6, 526-530.

Miller, E. A. and Anderson, M. A. (1999) Reply: The role of BP-80 in sorting to the vacuole in stigmas. Plant Cell 11, 2071-2073.

Scanlon, M. J., Lee, M. C. S., Anderson, M. A. and Craik, D. J. (1999) Structure of a putative ancestral protein encoded by a single sequence repeat from a multidomain poteinase inhibitor gene from Nicotiana alata. Structure with Folding and Design 7, 793-802.

Ferguson, C., Bacic, A., Anderson, M. A. and Read, S. M. (1999) Subcellular distribution of arabinogalactan proteins in pollen grains and tubes as revealed with a monoclonal antibody raised against stylar arabinogalactan proteins. Protoplasma 206, 105-117.

Charity, J. A., Anderson, M. A., Bittisnich, D. J., Whitecross, M. and Higgins, T. J. V. (1999) Transgenic tobacco and peas expressing a proteinase inhibitor from Nicotiana alata have increased insect resistance. Molecular Breeding 5, 357-365.

Miller, E. A. and Anderson, M. A. (1999) Uncoating the mechanisms of vacuolar protein transport. Trends in Plant Science 4, 46-48.

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