2023

Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, E. J. (2023) The conserved crown bridge loop at the catalytic centre of enzymes of the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. Current Research in Structural Biology, 6, 100105. (doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2023.100105) (PMID:37786806) (PMCID:PMC10541634)

2021

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2021) The β-link motif in protein architecture. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 77(8), pp. 1040-1049. (doi: 10.1107/S2059798321006768)

Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, J. E. (2021) Identification and characterization of two classes of G1 β-bulge. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Structural Biology, 77(2), (doi: 10.1107/S2059798320015533) (PMID:33559610) (PMCID:PMC7869896)

2019

Milner-White, E. J. (2019) Protein three-dimensional structures at the origin of life. Interface Focus, 9(6), 20190057. (doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0057) (PMID:31641431) (PMCID:PMC6802138)

2017

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E. J. (2017) Geometrical principles of homomeric β-barrels and β-helices: application to modelling amyloid protofilaments. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 85(10), pp. 1866-1881. (doi: 10.1002/prot.25341) (PMID:28646497)

2014

Afzal, A. M., Al-Shubailly, F., Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, E. J. (2014) Bridging of anions by hydrogen bonds in nest motifs and its significance for Schellman loops and other larger motifs within proteins. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 82(11), pp. 3023-3031. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24663)

Hayward, S., Leader, D.P. , Al-Shubailly, F. and Milner-White, E.J. (2014) Rings and ribbons in protein structures: characterization using helical parameters and Ramachandran plots for repeating dipeptides. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 82(2), pp. 230-239. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24357)

2013

Nitschke, W., McGlynn, S.E., Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2013) On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Bioenergetics, 1827(8-9), pp. 871-881. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.02.008)

2012

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2012) Structure motivator: a tool for exploring small three-dimensional elements in proteins. BMC Structural Biology, 12(1), p. 26. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6807-12-26)

Bianchi, A., Giorgi, C., Ruzza, P., Toniolo, C. and Milner-White, E.J. (2012) A synthetic hexapeptide designed to resemble a proteinaceous p-loop nest is shown to bind inorganic phosphate. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 80(5), pp. 1418-1424. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24038)

2011

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E.J. (2011) Simulation of the β- to α-sheet transition results in a twisted sheet for antiparallel and an α-nanotube for parallel strands: implications for amyloid format. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 79(11), pp. 3193-3207. (doi: 10.1002/prot.23154)

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2011) The structure of the ends of α-helices in globular proteins: Effect of additional hydrogen bonds and implications for helix formation. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 79(3), pp. 1010-1019. (doi: 10.1002/prot.22942)

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2011) Functional capabilities of the earliest peptides and the emergence of life. Genes, 2(4), pp. 671-688. (doi: 10.3390/genes2040671)

2010

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2010) Polyphosphate-peptide synergy and the organic takeover at the emergence of life. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 10, pp. 3217-3229.

Milner-White, E.J., Pietras, Z. and Luisi, B.F. (2010) An ancient anion-binding structural module in RNA and DNA helicases. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 78(8), pp. 1900-1908. (doi: 10.1002/prot.22704)

2009

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2009) Motivated proteins: a web application for studying small three-dimensional protein motifs. BMC Bioinformatics, 10(60), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-60)

Torrance, G.M., Leader, D.P., Gilbert, D.R. and Milner-White, E.J. (2009) A novel main chain motif in proteins bridged by cationic groups: the niche. Journal of Molecular Biology, 385(4), pp. 1076-1086. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.007)

2008

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E.J. (2008) The geometry of alpha-sheet: implications for its possible function as amyloid precursor in proteins. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 71(1), pp. 415-425. (doi: 10.1002/prot.21717)

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M. (2008) Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct. Biology Direct, 3(3), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-3)

Pietras, Z., Bavro, V.N., Furnham, N., Pellegrini-Calace, M., Milner-White, E.J. and Luisi, B.F. (2008) Structure and Mechanism of Drug Efflux Machinery in Gram Negative Bacteria. Current Drug Targets, 9(9), pp. 719-728. (doi: 10.2174/138945008785747743)

2006

Milner-White, E., Watson, J., Qi, G. and Hayward, S. (2006) Amyloid formation may involve alpha- to beta sheet interconversion via peptide plane flipping. Structure, 14, pp. 1369-1376. (doi: 10.1016/j.str.2006.06.016)

2005

Milner-White, E. J. and Russell, M. J. (2005) Sites for phosphates and iron-sulfur thiolates in the first membranes: 3 to 6 residue anion-binding motifs (nests). Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 35(1), pp. 19-27. (doi: 10.1007/s11084-005-4582-7)

2004

Duddy, W., Nissink, J., Allen, F. and Milner-White, E. (2004) Mimicry by asx- and ST-turns of the four main types of beta-turn in proteins. Protein Science, 13, pp. 3051-3055. (doi: 10.1110/ps.04920804)

Milner-White, E., Nissink, J., Allen, F. and Duddy, W. (2004) Recurring main-chain anion-binding motifs in short polypeptides: nests. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 60, pp. 1935-1942. (doi: 10.1107/S0907444904021390)

2003

Adams, C. L., Macleod, M. K.L. , Milner-White, E. J., Aitken, R., Garside, P. and Stott, D.I. (2003) Complete analysis of the B-cell response to a protein antigen, from in vivo germinal centre formation to 3-D modelling of affinity maturation. Immunology, 108(3), pp. 274-287. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01583.x) (PMID:12603593)

2002

Watson, J. and Milner-White, E. (2002) The conformations of polypeptide chains where the main-chain parts of successive residues are enantiomeric. Their occurrence in cation and anion-binding regions of proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology, 315, pp. 183-191. (doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5228)

Watson, J. and Milner-White, E. (2002) A novel main-chain anion-binding site in proteins: The nest. A particular combination of phi,psi values in successive residues gives rise to anion-binding sites that occur commonly and are found often at functionally important regions. Journal of Molecular Biology, 315, pp. 171-182. (doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5227)

1983

Milner-White, E. J. and Rycroft, D. S. (1983) The αβ-methylene analogues of ADP and ATP act as substrates for creatine kinase: ΔG₀ for this reaction and for the hydrolysis of the αβ-methylene analogue of ATP. European Journal of Biochemistry, 133(1), pp. 169-172. (doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07443.x) (PMID:6852021)

1977

Milner-White, E. J. and Rycroft, D. S. (1977) Phosphorus nuclear-magnetic-resonance studies of a transition-state analogue complex of creatine kinase. Biochemical Journal : Molecular Aspects, 167(3), pp. 827-829. (doi: 10.1042/bj1670827) (PMID:603637)

1972

Milner-White, E. J. and Spain, P. G. (1972) Quaternary structure of helical proteins with globular subunits. Biochemical Journal, 130(1), 17P. (doi: 10.1042/bj1300017Pa) (PMCID:PMC1174362)

Articles

Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, E. J. (2023) The conserved crown bridge loop at the catalytic centre of enzymes of the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. Current Research in Structural Biology, 6, 100105. (doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2023.100105) (PMID:37786806) (PMCID:PMC10541634)

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2021) The β-link motif in protein architecture. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 77(8), pp. 1040-1049. (doi: 10.1107/S2059798321006768)

Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, J. E. (2021) Identification and characterization of two classes of G1 β-bulge. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Structural Biology, 77(2), (doi: 10.1107/S2059798320015533) (PMID:33559610) (PMCID:PMC7869896)

Milner-White, E. J. (2019) Protein three-dimensional structures at the origin of life. Interface Focus, 9(6), 20190057. (doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0057) (PMID:31641431) (PMCID:PMC6802138)

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E. J. (2017) Geometrical principles of homomeric β-barrels and β-helices: application to modelling amyloid protofilaments. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 85(10), pp. 1866-1881. (doi: 10.1002/prot.25341) (PMID:28646497)

Afzal, A. M., Al-Shubailly, F., Leader, D. P. and Milner-White, E. J. (2014) Bridging of anions by hydrogen bonds in nest motifs and its significance for Schellman loops and other larger motifs within proteins. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 82(11), pp. 3023-3031. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24663)

Hayward, S., Leader, D.P. , Al-Shubailly, F. and Milner-White, E.J. (2014) Rings and ribbons in protein structures: characterization using helical parameters and Ramachandran plots for repeating dipeptides. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 82(2), pp. 230-239. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24357)

Nitschke, W., McGlynn, S.E., Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2013) On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Bioenergetics, 1827(8-9), pp. 871-881. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.02.008)

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2012) Structure motivator: a tool for exploring small three-dimensional elements in proteins. BMC Structural Biology, 12(1), p. 26. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6807-12-26)

Bianchi, A., Giorgi, C., Ruzza, P., Toniolo, C. and Milner-White, E.J. (2012) A synthetic hexapeptide designed to resemble a proteinaceous p-loop nest is shown to bind inorganic phosphate. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 80(5), pp. 1418-1424. (doi: 10.1002/prot.24038)

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E.J. (2011) Simulation of the β- to α-sheet transition results in a twisted sheet for antiparallel and an α-nanotube for parallel strands: implications for amyloid format. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 79(11), pp. 3193-3207. (doi: 10.1002/prot.23154)

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2011) The structure of the ends of α-helices in globular proteins: Effect of additional hydrogen bonds and implications for helix formation. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 79(3), pp. 1010-1019. (doi: 10.1002/prot.22942)

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2011) Functional capabilities of the earliest peptides and the emergence of life. Genes, 2(4), pp. 671-688. (doi: 10.3390/genes2040671)

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. (2010) Polyphosphate-peptide synergy and the organic takeover at the emergence of life. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 10, pp. 3217-3229.

Milner-White, E.J., Pietras, Z. and Luisi, B.F. (2010) An ancient anion-binding structural module in RNA and DNA helicases. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 78(8), pp. 1900-1908. (doi: 10.1002/prot.22704)

Leader, D.P. and Milner-White, E.J. (2009) Motivated proteins: a web application for studying small three-dimensional protein motifs. BMC Bioinformatics, 10(60), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-60)

Torrance, G.M., Leader, D.P., Gilbert, D.R. and Milner-White, E.J. (2009) A novel main chain motif in proteins bridged by cationic groups: the niche. Journal of Molecular Biology, 385(4), pp. 1076-1086. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.007)

Hayward, S. and Milner-White, E.J. (2008) The geometry of alpha-sheet: implications for its possible function as amyloid precursor in proteins. Proteins: Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 71(1), pp. 415-425. (doi: 10.1002/prot.21717)

Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M. (2008) Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct. Biology Direct, 3(3), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-3-3)

Pietras, Z., Bavro, V.N., Furnham, N., Pellegrini-Calace, M., Milner-White, E.J. and Luisi, B.F. (2008) Structure and Mechanism of Drug Efflux Machinery in Gram Negative Bacteria. Current Drug Targets, 9(9), pp. 719-728. (doi: 10.2174/138945008785747743)

Milner-White, E., Watson, J., Qi, G. and Hayward, S. (2006) Amyloid formation may involve alpha- to beta sheet interconversion via peptide plane flipping. Structure, 14, pp. 1369-1376. (doi: 10.1016/j.str.2006.06.016)

Milner-White, E. J. and Russell, M. J. (2005) Sites for phosphates and iron-sulfur thiolates in the first membranes: 3 to 6 residue anion-binding motifs (nests). Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 35(1), pp. 19-27. (doi: 10.1007/s11084-005-4582-7)

Duddy, W., Nissink, J., Allen, F. and Milner-White, E. (2004) Mimicry by asx- and ST-turns of the four main types of beta-turn in proteins. Protein Science, 13, pp. 3051-3055. (doi: 10.1110/ps.04920804)

Milner-White, E., Nissink, J., Allen, F. and Duddy, W. (2004) Recurring main-chain anion-binding motifs in short polypeptides: nests. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 60, pp. 1935-1942. (doi: 10.1107/S0907444904021390)

Adams, C. L., Macleod, M. K.L. , Milner-White, E. J., Aitken, R., Garside, P. and Stott, D.I. (2003) Complete analysis of the B-cell response to a protein antigen, from in vivo germinal centre formation to 3-D modelling of affinity maturation. Immunology, 108(3), pp. 274-287. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01583.x) (PMID:12603593)

Watson, J. and Milner-White, E. (2002) The conformations of polypeptide chains where the main-chain parts of successive residues are enantiomeric. Their occurrence in cation and anion-binding regions of proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology, 315, pp. 183-191. (doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5228)

Watson, J. and Milner-White, E. (2002) A novel main-chain anion-binding site in proteins: The nest. A particular combination of phi,psi values in successive residues gives rise to anion-binding sites that occur commonly and are found often at functionally important regions. Journal of Molecular Biology, 315, pp. 171-182. (doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5227)

Milner-White, E. J. and Rycroft, D. S. (1983) The αβ-methylene analogues of ADP and ATP act as substrates for creatine kinase: ΔG₀ for this reaction and for the hydrolysis of the αβ-methylene analogue of ATP. European Journal of Biochemistry, 133(1), pp. 169-172. (doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07443.x) (PMID:6852021)

Milner-White, E. J. and Rycroft, D. S. (1977) Phosphorus nuclear-magnetic-resonance studies of a transition-state analogue complex of creatine kinase. Biochemical Journal : Molecular Aspects, 167(3), pp. 827-829. (doi: 10.1042/bj1670827) (PMID:603637)

Milner-White, E. J. and Spain, P. G. (1972) Quaternary structure of helical proteins with globular subunits. Biochemical Journal, 130(1), 17P. (doi: 10.1042/bj1300017Pa) (PMCID:PMC1174362)