Publications
2025
2024
- Yu, M., Tang,
T.M.S., Ghamsari, L., Yuen G., Scuoppo C., Rotolo, J.A., Kappel, B.J, and Mason, J.M.
Exponential Combination of a and e/g Intracellular Peptide
Libraries Identifies a Selective ATF3 Inhibitor. ACS Chem Biol 19,
3, 753-62 (2024).
- Hole, K., Huggon, L., Brown, J., Mason, J.M.,
Zhu, B., and Williams, R.J. TauP301L disengages from the
proteosome core complex and neurogranin coincident with enhanced neuronal
network excitability. Cell Death & Disease (In Press).
2023
- Tang, T.M.S., and
Mason, J.M. Intracellular application of an asparaginyl
endopeptidase for producing recombinant head-to-tail cyclic proteins. JACS
Au 3, 12, 3290-96 (2023).
- Allen
S.G., Meade R.M., White Stenner L.L., Mason J.M. Peptide-based Approaches
to Directly Target Alpha-Synuclein in Parkinsons disease. Mol Neurodegen 18:80 (2023).
- Meade,
R.M., Allen S.G., Williams, C., Tang, T.M.S., Crump, M.P., and Mason, J.M.
An N-terminal alpha-Synuclein fragment binds lipid vesicles to modulate
lipid induced aggregation. Cell. Rep. Phys. Sci. 4, 101563 (2023).
- Watt, K.J.C., Meade. R.M., James, T., Mason
J.M. Development of a hydroxyflavone-labelled
4554W peptide probe for monitoring alpha-Synuclein aggregation. Sci.
Rep. 13:10968 (2023).
- Madden S., Brennan A., Mason J.M.
A library-derived peptide inhibitor of the BZLF1 transcription factor.
J Pept Sci, e3557 (2023)
2022
- Brennan
A., Leech J.T., Kad N.M., and Mason J.M. The Effect of Helix-Inducing
Constraints and Downsizing Upon a Transcription Block Survival Derived
Functional cJun Antagonist. Cell. Rep. Phys.
Sci. 3, 101077 (2022).
- Nadal‑Bufi
F., Chan L.Y., Mohammad H.H., Mason J.M., Salomon C., Lai A., Thompson
E.W., Craik D.J., Kaas Q., and Henriques S.T. Peptide‑based
LDH5 inhibitors enter cancer cells and impair proliferation Cell Mol
Life Sci 79:606 (2022)
- Watt K.J.C., Meade, R.M.,
Williams R.J., and Mason, J.M. Anionic lipid vesicles have differential
effects on the aggregation of early-onset associated alpha-synuclein
missense mutants. J. Biol. Chem.
298(12) 102565 (2022).
- Leech
J.T., Brennan A., Don N.A., Mason J.M., and Kad N.M. In vitro
Single molecule and bulk phase studies reveal the AP-1 transcription
factor cFos binds to DNA without cJun. J. Biol.
Chem 298(8) 10229 (2022).
- Darvishi E., Ghamsari L., Leong S.F., Ramirez R., Koester M.,
Gallagher E., Yu M., Mason J.M., Merutka G.,
Kappel B.J. Anti-cancer activity of ST101, a novel antagonist of
CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β. Mol Cancer Ther 21(11)
1632-44 (2022).
- Brennan A., Leech
J.T., Kad N.M., and Mason J.M. An Approach to Derive Functional
Antagonists of Transcription Factor Activity. JACS Au. 2, 4,
996-1006 (2022)
- Watt K.J.C., Meade
R.M., Williams R.J., and Mason J.M. Library-derived peptide aggregation
modulators of Parkinson's disease early-onset alpha-synuclein variants. ACS
Chem. Neurosci. 13, 12, 1790-1804 (2022).
2021
- Meade,
R.M., Watt, K.J.C., Williams, R.J., and Mason. J.M. A Downsized and
Optimised Intracellular Library-derived Peptide Prevents α-Synuclein
Primary Nucleation and Toxicity Without Impacting Upon Lipid Binding. J. Mol. Biol. 433:167323
(2021).
- Nadal-Bufi, F., Mason, J.M. Chan, L.Y., Craik, D.J.,
and Henriques, S.T. Designed beta-Hairpins
Inhibit LDH5 Oligomerization and Enzymatic Activity. J. Med. Chem 64(7)
3767-79 (2021).
- Hole K.L., Staniaszek
L.E., Balan G.M., Mason J.M., Brown J.T., Williams R.J. Oral
(-)-Epicatechin Inhibits Progressive Tau pathology in rTg4510 Mice
Independent of Direct Actions at GSK3β. Front Neurosci
15:697319 (2021).
- Yu,
M., Ghamsari, L., Rotolo, J.A., Kappel, B.J. and
Mason, J.M. Combined Computational and Intracellular Peptide Library
Screening: Towards a Potent and Selective Fra1 Inhibitor. RSC Chem Biol 2, 656-668 (2021).
- Madden S.K., Dantas de Araujo A., Gerhardt M.,
Fairlie D.P., and Mason J.M. Taking the Myc out
of Cancer: Toward Therapeutic Strategies to Directly Inhibit c-Myc. Molecular Cancer 20(3) (2021).
- Kwok,
A., Camacho I., Winter S., Knight M., Meade R., van der Kamp M., Turner
A., O'Hara J., Mason J.M, Jones A, Arcus V., Pudney C.R. A Thermodynamic
Model for Interpreting Tryptophan Excitation-energy-dependent Fluorescence
Spectra Provides Insight into Protein Conformational Sampling and
Stability. Front. Mol. Biosci. 8:778244
(2021).
2020
- Meade,
R.M., Williams, R.J. and Mason, J.M. A Series of Helical Alpha-synuclein
Fibril Polymorphs Are Populated in the Presence of Lipid Vesicles. Nature Partner Journal - Parkinsons
disease 6(20), (2020).
- Meade,
R.M., Morris, K.J., Watt, K.J.C., Williams, R.J., and Mason. J.M. The
Library Derived 4554W Peptide Inhibits Primary Nucleation of α-Synuclein. J. Mol. Biol. 432, 166706 (2020).
- Torpey,
J.H., Meade, R.M., Mistry, R., Mason, J.M., and Madine, J. Insights Into Peptide Inhibition of Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 14,
p1082 (2020)
- Brennan,
A., Leech, J.T., Kad, N.M., and Mason J.M. Selective Antagonism of cJun as a Cancer Therapy. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 39(1) (2020).
- Leech J.T.,
Don N.A., Mason J.M*., and Kad N.M*. Single molecule imaging reveals cFos is capable of binding to and diffusing on DNA
tightropes independently of cJun submitted (biorxiv) *corresponding authors.
- Lathbridge, A., Michalowska, A., Mason, J.M. Coupling
Computational and Intracellular Screening and Selection Towards
Co-compatible cJun and cFos
Antagonists. Biochemistry 59(4),
530-540 (2020).
2019
- Hoang, H.N,
Hill, T.A., Ruiz-Gomez, G., Diness, F., Mason, J.M. Wu, C., Abbenante, G.,
Shephard, N.E., and Fairlie, D.P. Twists or Turns: Stabilising alpha vs.
beta-turns in tetrapeptides Chem.
Sci., 10, 10595-600 (2019).
- Meade, R.,
Fairlie, D.P., and Mason, J.M. Alpha-Synuclein Structure and Parkinsons
Disease: Lessons and Emerging Principles. Mol Neurodegener 14:29 (2019).
- Lathbridge, A and Mason, J.M. Combining Constrained
Heptapeptide Cassettes With Computational Design
to Create Coiled Coil Targeting Helical Peptides. ACS Chem. Biol 14,
1293-1304 (2019).
- Gulacsy C., Meade R., Catici D., Soeller
C., Pantos, G., Jones D., Alibhai D., Jepson M., Valev V., Mason, J.M*.
Williams R.J*., Pudney C.R*. An excitation-energy-dependent molecular
beacon detects early-stage neurotoxic Abeta aggregates in the presence of
cortical neurons. ACS Chem. Neurosci. 10,
1240-1250 (2019). *corresponding authors.
2018
2017
- Baxter D.,
Ullman C.G., Frigotto L., and Mason J.M.
Exploiting Overlapping Advantages of in vitro and in cellulo
Selection Systems to Isolate a Novel High-affinity cJun
Antagonist. ACS Chem Biol 12,
2579-2588 (2017).
- Baxter D.,
Perry S., Hill T.A., Woan K., Zaccai N., Brady
L., Fairlie D.P., and Mason J.M. Helix-constrained Fos-based peptides
inhibit oncogenic Activator Protein-1 and cancer cell proliferation. ACS Chem Biol 12, 2051-2061 (2017).
- McDowall, J.,
Ntai, I., Hake, J., Whitley, O., Mason, J.M.,
Pudney, C.R., and Brown, D.R. Steady-state kinetics of alpha-synuclein
ferrireductase activity identifies the catalytically competent species. Biochemistry. 56, 2497-2505 (2017).
- Crooks,
R.O., Lathbridge A., Panek, A., and Mason J.M. Computational Prediction and Design to
Create Iteratively Larger Heterospecific Coiled Coil Sets. Biochemistry. 56, 1573-84 (2017).
2016
- Shepherd
N.E., Harrison R.S., Ruiz-Gomez G., Abbenante G., Mason J.M., and Fairlie
D.P. Downsizing the BAD BH3 peptide to small constrained α-helices
with improved ligand efficiency. Org
Biomol Chem 14, 10939-45 (2016).
- Crooks
R.O., Baxter, D., Panek, A.S., Lubben, A.T. and Mason J.M. Deriving
Heterospecific Self-assembling Protein-Protein
Interactions Using a Computational Interactome Screen. J. Mol. Biol. 428, 385-398 (2016).
2015
2014
- Baxter D.,
Ullman, C.G., and Mason J.M. Library construction, selection and
modification strategies to generate therapeutic peptide-based modulators
of protein-protein interactions. Future Med. Chem. 6, 2073-2092
(2014).
- Acerra, N.,
Kad, N.M., Cheruvara, H., and Mason J.M.
Intracellular Selection of peptide Inhibitors that Target
Disulphide-Bridged Abeta42 Oligomers Protein Science 23, 1262-1274
(2014).
- Acerra, N.,
Kad, N.M., Griffith D.A., Ott, S., Crowther D.C., and Mason, J.M. Retro-inversal of Intracellular Selected Aβ Interacting
Peptides: Implications for a Novel Alzheimers
Disease Treatment. Biochemistry 53(13), 2101-2111 (2014).
2013
- Rao, T.,
Ruiz-Gomez G., Hill, T.A., Hoang H.N., Fairlie, D.P., and Mason, J.M.
Truncated and helix-constrained peptides with high affinity and
specificity for the cFos coiled-coil of AP-1. PLOS
One., 8(3), e59415 (2013).
2012
2011
- Crooks,
R.O., Rao, T., and Mason, J.M. Truncation, Randomisation and Selection:
Generation of a Reduced Length cJun Antagonist
that Retains High Interaction Stability. J. Biol. Chem., 286,
29470-9 (2011).
- Worrall,
J.A.R. and Mason, J.M. Thermodynamic Analysis of Jun-Fos Coiled-coil
Peptide Antagonists: Inferences for Optimisation of Enthalpic Binding
Forces. FEBS. J., 278(4) 663-672 (2011).
2010
2009
- Mason, J.M.
Electrostatic Contacts in the Activator Protein-1 Coiled Coil Enhance
Stability Predominantly by Decreasing the Unfolding Rate. FEBS. J.
276, 7305-7318 (2009).
- Mason, J.
M., Hagemann, U. B., and Arndt, K. M. Role of Hydrophobic and
Electrostatic Interactions in Coiled Coil Stability and Specificity. Biochemistry,
48, 10380-10388 (2009).
- Mason,
J.M., Muller, K.M. & Arndt, K.M., Peptides Tailored to Interfere with
Protein Interaction and Function. Chemistry Today. Vol 27(2),
47-50, (2009).
2008
- Mason,
J.M., Mueller, K.M., and Arndt, K.M., iPEP:
Peptides Designed and Selected for Interfering with Protein Interaction
and Function. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 36,
1442-1447 (2008).
- Hagemann,
U.B., Mason, J.M., Muller, K.M. and Arndt, K.M., Selectional
and mutational scope of peptides sequestering the Jun-Fos coiled-coil
domain, J. Mol. Biol. 381, 73-88 (2008).
- Willemsen
T, Hagemann U.B., Jouaux E.M., Stebel S.C.,
Mason J.M., Muller K.M., and Arndt K.M., Protein Engineering. Book Chapter
in Molecular Biomethods Handbook, 2nd Edition,
Eds John M Walker and Ralph Rapley (2008).
2007
- Mason,
J.M., Hagemann, U., Arndt, K.M., Improved stability of the Jun−Fos
Activator Protein-1 coiled coil motif: A stopped-flow circular dichroism
kinetic analysis J. Biol. Chem. 282, 23015-23024 (2007).
- Mason,
J.M., Muller, K.M., and Arndt. K.M., Positive Aspects of Negative Protein
Design: Simultaneous Selection of Specificity and Stability. Biochemistry,
46, 4804-4814 (2007).
- Mason,
J.M., Muller, K.M., and Arndt K.M., Considerations in the Design and
Optimization of Coiled coil Structures. Methods. Mol. Biol., 352,
35-70 (2007).
- Hecky, J.,
Mason, J.M., Arndt, K.M., and Muller, K.M., A General Method of Terminal
Truncation, Evolution, and Re-Elongation to Generate Enzymes of Enhanced
Stability. Methods. Mol. Biol., 352, 275-304 (2007).
2006
- Mason,
J.M., Muller, K.M., Schmitz, M.A., and Arndt, K.M., Semirational
Design of Jun-Fos Coiled coils with Increased Affinity: Universal
Implications in Leucine zipper Prediction and Design. P.N.A.S. 103,
8989-8994, (2006). Supporting Information
- Kokkoni, N., Stott, K., Amijee,
H., Mason, J.M., and Doig, A.J., N-Methylated Peptide Inhibitors of
beta-Amyloid Aggregation and Toxicity. Optimisation of Inhibitor
Structure. Biochemistry, 45, 9906-9918, (2006).
- Compton,
E.L.R., Farmer, N.A., Lorch, M., Mason, J.M., Moreton, K.M., and Booth,
P.J., Kinetics of an Individual Transmembrane Helix during
Bacteriorhodopsin Folding, J. Mol. Biol. 357, 325-38, (2006).
- Doig, A.J.,
Kokkoni, N., Stott, K., Amijee,
N., Bottomley, J., Mason, J.M., Treherne, M., and Scope, D., N-methylated
inhibitors of beta-smyloid aggregation. Alzheimers and Dementia: The Journal of the
Alzheimer's Association, 2(3), Page S605 (2006).
2005
2004
- Mason,
J.M., and Arndt K.M., Coiled coils: stability, specificity, and biological
implications. Chembiochem., 5, 170-6,
(2004).
- Doig,
A.J., Kokkoni, N., Mason, J.M., Amijee, H., Stott, K., Treherne, M., N-methylated
Peptide Inhibitors of Abeta Aggregation. Neurobiology of Aging.,
25, S576, (2004).
2003
2002
- Mason,
J.M., Gibbs, N., Sessions, R.B., and Clarke A.R., The Influence of
Intramolecular Bridges on the Dynamics of a Protein Folding Reaction. Biochemistry,
40, 12093-12099, (2002).
2000
1999
- Lorch, M.,
Mason, J.M., Clarke, A.R., and Parker, M.J., Effects of Core Mutations on
the Folding of a β-sheet Protein: Implications for Backbone
Organisation in the I-state Biochemistry, 38, 1377-1385, (1999).
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