Dr John Rafferty

All publications

Journal articles

• Alrafaie AM, Pyrzanowska K, Smith EM, Partridge DG, Rafferty J, Mesnage S, Shepherd J & Stafford GP (2024) A diverse set of enterococcus-infecting phage provides insight into phage host-range determinants. Virus Research, 347. View this article in WRRO
• Curry E, Sedelnikova S, Rafferty J, Hulley M, Pohle M, Muir G & Brown A (2024) Expanding the RNA polymerase biocatalyst solution space for mRNA manufacture. Biotechnology Journal, 19(6). View this article in WRRO
• Kaushik A, Than T, Petela NJ, Voulgaris M, Percival C, Daniels P, Rafferty JB, Nasmyth KA & Hu B (2023) Conformational dynamics of cohesin/Scc2 loading complex are regulated by Smc3 acetylation and ATP binding. Nature Communications, 14(1). View this article in WRRO
• Satur MJ, Urbanowicz PA, Spencer DIR, Rafferty J & Stafford GP (2022) Structural and functional characterisation of a stable, broad-specificity multimeric sialidase from the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia. Biochemical Journal, 479(17), 1785-1806. View this article in WRRO
• Bisson C, Salmon RC, West L, Rafferty JB, Hitchcock A, Thomas GH & Kelly DJ (2022) The structural basis for high‐affinity uptake of lignin‐derived aromatic compounds by proteobacterial TRAP transporters. The FEBS Journal, 289(2), 436-456. View this article in WRRO
• Bennison DJ, Nakamoto JA, Craggs TD, Milón P, Rafferty JB & Corrigan RM (2021) The stringent response inhibits 70S ribosome formation in Staphylococcus aureus by impeding GTPase-ribosome interactions. mBio, 12(6). View this article in WRRO
• Churchill-Angus AM, Schofield THB, Marlow TR, Sedelnikova SE, Wilson JS, Rafferty JB & Baker PJ (2021) Characterisation of a tripartite α-pore forming toxin from Serratia marcescens. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
• Wilson JS, Churchill-Angus AM, Davies SP, Sedelnikova SE, Tzokov SB, Rafferty JB, Bullough PA, Bisson C & Baker PJ (2019) Identification and structural analysis of the tripartite α-pore forming toxin of Aeromonas hydrophila. Nature Communications, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
• Ji S, Dix SR, Aziz AA, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Rafferty JB, Bullough PA, Tzokov SB, Agirre J, Li F-L & Rice DW (2019) The molecular basis of endolytic activity of a multidomain alginate lyase from Defluviitalea phaphyphila, a representative of a new lyase family, PL39. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294(48), 18077-18091. View this article in WRRO
• Rosa LT, Dix SR, Rafferty JB & Kelly DJ (2019) A New Mechanism for High-Affinity Uptake of C4-Dicarboxylates in Bacteria Revealed by the Structure of Rhodopseudomonas palustris MatC (RPA3494), a Periplasmic Binding Protein of the Tripartite Tricarboxylate Transporter (TTT) Family. Journal of Molecular Biology, 431(2), 351-367.
• Rosa LT, Dix SR, Rafferty JB & Kelly DJ (2017) Structural basis for high-affinity adipate binding to AdpC (RPA4515), an orphan periplasmic-binding protein from the tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT) family in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. FEBS Journal.
• Khavnekar S, Dantu SC, Sedelnikova S, Ayora S, Rafferty J & Kale A (2017) Structural insights into dynamics of RecU–HJ complex formation elucidates key role of NTR and stalk region toward formation of reactive state. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(2), 975-986. View this article in WRRO
• AlMalki F, Flemming C, Zhang J, Feng M, Sedelnikova S, Ceska T, Rafferty J, Sayers JR & Artymiuk P (2016) Direct observation of DNA threading in flap endonuclease complexes. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 23, 640-646. View this article in WRRO
• Phansopa C, Roy S, Rafferty JB, Douglas CWI, Pandhal J, Wright PC, Kelly DJ & Stafford GP (2014) Structural and functional characterization of NanU, a novel high-affinity sialic acid-inducible binding protein of oral and gut-dwelling Bacteroidetes species.. Biochem J, 458(3), 499-511.
• Green V, Curtis FA, Sedelnikova S, Rafferty JB & Sharples GJ (2013) Mutants of phage bIL67 RuvC with enhanced Holliday junction binding selectivity and resolution symmetry.. Mol Microbiol, 89(6), 1240-1258.
• Afonso JP, Chintakayala K, Suwannachart C, Sedelnikova S, Giles K, Hoyes JB, Soultanas P, Rafferty JB & Oldham NJ (2013) Insights into the structure and assembly of the Bacillus subtilis clamp-loader complex and its interaction with the replicative helicase.. Nucleic Acids Res, 41(9), 5115-5126.
• Salmon RC, Cliff MJ, Rafferty JB & Kelly DJ (2013) The CouPSTU and TarPQM transporters in Rhodopseudomonas palustris: redundant, promiscuous uptake systems for lignin-derived aromatic substrates.. PLoS One, 8(3), e59844.
• Abd Aziz AG, Sedelnikova SE, Ruzheinikov SN, Thorpe S, Mohamed R, Nathan S, Rafferty JB, Baker PJ & Rice DW (2012) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the receiver domain of a putative response regulator, BPSL0128, from Burkholderia pseudomallei.. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 68(Pt 8), 917-922.
• Fahy E, Carroll J, Rafferty J, Roantree V, Reid C, Norman M & Clarke S (2011) OBSERVATIONS ON THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF PALOURDE <i>TAPES DECUSSATUS</i> (L.) OF RELEVANCE TO ITS EXPLOITATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. Biology & Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 110(2), 95-108.
• Canas C, Carrasco B, Garcia-Tirado E, Rafferty JB, Alonso JC & Ayora S (2011) The Stalk Region of the RecU Resolvase Is Essential for Holliday Junction Recognition and Distortion. J MOL BIOL, 410(1), 39-49.
• Kale A, Phansopa C, Suwannachart C, Craven CJ, Rafferty JB & Kelly DJ (2011) The virulence factor PEB4 (Cj0596) and the periplasmic protein Cj1289 are two structurally related SurA-like chaperones in the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni.. J Biol Chem, 286(24), 21254-21265.
• Muench SP, Prigge ST, McLeod R, Rafferty JB, Kirisits MJ, Roberts CW, Mui EJ & Rice DW (2007) Studies of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase and implications for the development of antiparasitic agents.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 63(Pt 3), 328-338.
• Roujeinikova A, Simon WJ, Gilroy J, Rice DW, Rafferty JB & Slabas AR (2007) Structural studies of fatty acyl-(acyl carrier protein) thioesters reveal a hydrophobic binding cavity that can expand to fit longer substrates.. J Mol Biol, 365(1), 135-145.
• Macmaster R, Sedelnikova S, Baker PJ, Bolt EL, Lloyd RG & Rafferty JB (2006) RusA Holliday junction resolvase: DNA complex structure--insights into selectivity and specificity.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(19), 5577-5584.
• Thaw P, Sedelnikova SE, Muranova T, Wiese S, Ayora S, Alonso JC, Brinkman AB, Akerboom J, van der Oost J & Rafferty JB (2006) Structural insight into gene transcriptional regulation and effector binding by the Lrp/AsnC family.. Nucleic Acids Res, 34(5), 1439-1449.
• McGregor N, Ayora S, Sedelnikova S, Carrasco B, Alonso JC, Thaw P & Rafferty J (2005) The Structure of Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase and Its Role in Substrate Selection and Sequence-Specific Cleavage. Structure, 13(9), 1341-1351.
• Dickman MJ, Sedelnikova SE, Rafferty JB & Hornby DP (2004) Rapid analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes using MALDI TOF mass spectrometry and ion pair reverse phase liquid chromatography.. J Biochem Biophys Methods, 58(1), 39-48.
• Muranova TA, Sedelnikova SE, Leonard PM, Pasquo A, Bolt EL, Lloyd RG & Rafferty JB (2003) Crystallization of RusA Holliday junction resolvase from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 12), 2262-2264.
• Muench SP, Rafferty JB, McLeod R, Rice DW & Prigge ST (2003) Expression, purification and crystallization of the Plasmodium falciparum enoyl reductase.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 7), 1246-1248.
• Kehoe LE, Snidwongse J, Courvalin P, Rafferty JB & Murray IA (2003) Structural basis of Synercid (quinupristin-dalfopristin) resistance in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens.. J Biol Chem, 278(32), 29963-29970.
• Bailey S, Sedelnikova SE, Mesa P, Ayora S, Alonso JC & Rafferty JB (2003) Crystallization of the Bacillus subtilis SPP1 bacteriophage helicase loader protein G39P.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 59(Pt 6), 1090-1092.
• Bailey S, Sedelnikova SE, Mesa P, Ayora S, Waltho JP, Ashcroft AE, Baron AJ, Alonso JC & Rafferty JB (2003) Structural analysis of Bacillus subtilis SPP1 phage helicase loader protein G39P.. J Biol Chem, 278(17), 15304-15312.
• Santos-Sierra S, Lemonnier M, Nuñez B, Hargreaves D, Rafferty J, Giraldo R, Andreu JM & Dı́az-Orejas R (2003) Non-cytotoxic variants of the Kid protein that retain their auto-regulatory activity. Plasmid, 50(2), 120-130.
• Rafferty JB, Bolt EL, Muranova TA, Sedelnikova SE, Leonard P, Pasquo A, Baker PJ, Rice DW, Sharples GJ & Lloyd RG (2003) The structure of Escherichia coli RusA endonuclease reveals a new Holliday junction DNA binding fold.. Structure, 11(12), 1557-1567.
• Abdelghany HM, Bailey S, Blackburn GM, Rafferty JB & McLennan AG (2003) Analysis of the catalytic and binding residues of the diadenosine tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans by site-directed mutagenesis. J BIOL CHEM, 278(7), 4435-4439.
• Dickman MJ, Ingleston SM, Sedelnikova SE, Rafferty JB, Lloyd RG, Grasby JA & Hornby DP (2002) The RuvABC resolvasome.. Eur J Biochem, 269(22), 5492-5501.
• Hargreaves D, Santos-Sierra S, Giraldo R, Sabariegos-Jareño R, de la Cueva-Méndez G, Boelens R, Díaz-Orejas R & Rafferty JB (2002) Structural and functional analysis of the kid toxin protein from E. coli plasmid R1.. Structure, 10(10), 1425-1433.
• Slabas AR, Kroon JTM, Scheirer TP, Gilroy JS, Hayman M, Rice DW, Turnbull AP, Rafferty JB, Fawcett T & Simon WJ (2002) Squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase - Alteration of substrate selectivity and identification of arginine and lysine residues important in catalytic activity. J BIOL CHEM, 277(46), 43918-43923.
• Ettema TJG, Brinkman AB, Tani TH, Rafferty JB & van der Oost J (2002) A novel ligand-binding domain involved in regulation of amino acid metabolism in prokaryotes. J BIOL CHEM, 277(40), 37464-37468.
• Roujeinikova A, Baldock C, Simon WJ, Gilroy J, Baker PJ, Stuitje AR, Rice DW, Slabas AR & Rafferty JB (2002) X-ray crystallographic studies on butyryl-ACP reveal flexibility of the structure around a putative acyl chain binding site.. Structure, 10(6), 825-835.
• Bailey S, Sedelnikova SE, Blackburn GM, Abdelghany HM, Baker PJ, McLennan AG & Rafferty JB (2002) The crystal structure of diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans in free and binary complex forms.. Structure, 10(4), 589-600.
• Bailey S, Sedelnikova SE, Blackburn GM, Abdelghany HM, McLennan AG & Rafferty JB (2002) Crystallization of a complex of Caenorhabditis elegans diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase and a non-hydrolysable substrate analogue, AppCH2ppA.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 3), 526-528.
• Roujeinikova A, Baldock C, Simon WJ, Gilroy J, Baker PJ, Stuitje AR, Rice DW, Rafferty JB & Slabas AR (2002) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies on acyl-(acyl carrier protein) from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 2), 330-332.
• Hargreaves D, Giraldo R, Santos-Sierra S, Boelens R, Rice DW, Díaz Orejas R & Rafferty JB (2002) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies on the parD-encoded protein Kid from Escherichia coli plasmid R1.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 58(Pt 2), 355-358.
• Abdelghany HM, Gasmi L, Cartwright JL, Bailey S, Rafferty JB & McLennan AG (2001) Cloning, characterisation and crystallisation of a diadenosine 5 ',5 '''-P-1,P-4-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans. BBA-PROTEIN STRUCT M, 1550(1), 27-36.
• Showell C, Rafferty JB & Cunliffe VT (2001) Functional studies of the Xenopus Polycomb-group proteins Xeed and XEz.. DEV BIOL, 235(1), 262-263.
• Sedelnikova SE, Smits SH, Leonard PM, Brinkman AB, van der Oost J, Rafferty JB & Rice DW (2001) Crystallization and quaternary structure analysis of an Lrp-like regulatory protein from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 57(Pt 6), 886-888.
• Levy CW, Baldock C, Wallace AJ, Sedelnikova S, Viner RC, Clough JM, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR, Rice DW & Rafferty JB (2001) A study of the structure-activity relationship for diazaborine inhibition of Escherichia coli enoyl-ACP reductase.. J Mol Biol, 309(1), 171-180.
• Turnbull AP, Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Slabas AR, Schierer TP, Kroon JT, Nishida I, Murata N, Simon JW & Rice DW (2001) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase from squash (Cucurbita moschata).. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 57(Pt 3), 451-453.
• Leonard PM, Smits SH, Sedelnikova SE, Brinkman AB, de Vos WM, van der Oost J, Rice DW & Rafferty JB (2001) Crystal structure of the Lrp-like transcriptional regulator from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.. EMBO J, 20(5), 990-997.
• McLeod R, Muench SP, Rafferty JB, Kyle DE, Mui EJ, Kirisits MJ, Mack DG, Roberts CW, Samuel BU, Lyons RE , Dorris M et al (2001) Triclosan inhibits the growth of Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii by inhibition of apicomplexan Fab I. INT J PARASITOL, 31(2), 109-113.
• Turnbull AP, Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Slabas AR, Schierer TP, Kroon JT, Simon JW, Fawcett T, Nishida I, Murata N & Rice DW (2001) Analysis of the structure, substrate specificity, and mechanism of squash glycerol-3-phosphate (1)-acyltransferase.. Structure, 9(5), 347-353.
• Slabas AR, Simon WR, Schierer T, Kroon J, Fawcett T, Hayman M, Gilroy J, Nishida I, Murata N, Rafferty J , Turnbull A et al (2000) Plant glycerol-3-phosphate-l-acyltransferase (GPAT): structure selectivity studies. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 677-679.
• Hayman MW, Fawcett T, Schierer TF, Simon JW, Kroon JTM, Gilroy JS, Rice DW, Rafferty J, Turnbull AP, Sedelnikova SE & Slabas AR (2000) Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 680-681.
• Hayman MW, Fawcett T, Schierer TF, Simon JW, Kroon JTM, Gilroy JS, Rice DW, Rafferty J, Turnbull AP, Sedelnikova SE & Slabas AR (2000) Mutagenesis of squash (Cucurbita moschata) glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) to produce an enzyme with altered substrate selectivity. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 680-680.
• Slabas AR, Simon WR, Schierer T, Kroon J, Fawcett T, Hayman M, Gilroy J, Nishida I, Murata N, Rafferty J , Turnbull A et al (2000) Plant glycerol-3-phosphate-1-acyltransferase (GPAT): structure selectivity studies. Biochemical Society Transactions, 28(6), 677-677.
• Fisher M, Kroon JT, Martindale W, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR & Rafferty JB (2000) The X-ray structure of Brassica napus beta-keto acyl carrier protein reductase and its implications for substrate binding and catalysis.. Structure, 8(4), 339-347.
• Fisher M, Sedelnikova SE, Martindale W, Thomas NC, Simon JW, Slabas AR & Rafferty JB (2000) Crystallization of the NADP-dependent beta-keto acyl-carrier protein reductase from Brassica napus.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 56(Pt 1), 86-88.
• de Boer GJ, Pielage GJA, Nijkamp HJJ, Slabas AR, Rafferty JB, Baldock C, Rice DW & Stuitje AR (1999) Molecular genetic analysis of enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase inhibition by diazaborine. MOL MICROBIOL, 31(2), 443-450.
• Roujeinikova A, Levy CW, Rowsell S, Sedelnikova S, Baker PJ, Minshull CA, Mistry A, Colls JG, Camble R, Stuitje AR , Slabas AR et al (1999) Crystallographic analysis of triclosan bound to enoyl reductase.. J Mol Biol, 294(2), 527-535.
• Roujeinikova A, Sedelnikova S, de Boer GJ, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR, Rafferty JB & Rice DW (1999) Inhibitor binding studies on enoyl reductase reveal conformational changes related to substrate recognition.. J Biol Chem, 274(43), 30811-30817.
• Levy CW, Roujeinikova A, Sedelnikova S, Baker PJ, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR, Rice DW & Rafferty JB (1999) Molecular basis of triclosan activity. NATURE, 398(6726), 383-384.
• Hargreaves D, Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Lloyd RG & Rice DW (1999) Crystallization of Escherichia coli RuvA complexed with a synthetic Holliday junction.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 55(Pt 1), 263-265.
• Baldock C, Rafferty JB, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR & Rice DW (1998) The X-ray structure of Escherichia coli enoyl reductase with bound NAD+ at 2.1 A resolution.. J Mol Biol, 284(5), 1529-1546.
• Hargreaves D, Rice DW, Sedelnikova SE, Artymiuk PJ, Lloyd RG & Rafferty JB (1998) Crystal structure of E.coli RuvA with bound DNA Holliday junction at 6 A resolution.. Nat Struct Biol, 5(6), 441-446.
• Baldock C, de Boer GJ, Rafferty JB, Stuitje AR & Rice DW (1998) Mechanism of action of diazaborines.. Biochem Pharmacol, 55(10), 1541-1549.
• Rafferty JB, Fisher M, Langridge SJ, Martindale W, Thomas NC, Simon JW, Bithell S, Slabas AR & Rice DW (1998) Crystallization of the NADP-dependent beta-keto acyl carrier protein reductase from Escherichia coli.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 54(Pt 3), 427-429.
• Rafferty JB, Ingleston SM, Hargreaves D, Artymiuk PJ, Sharples GJ, Lloyd RG & Rice DW (1998) Structural similarities between Escherichia coli RuvA protein and other DNA-binding proteins and a mutational analysis of its binding to the holliday junction.. J Mol Biol, 278(1), 105-116.
• Rice DW, Rafferty JB, Artymiuk PJ & Lloyd RG (1997) Insights into the mechanisms of homologous recombination from the structure of RuvA.. Curr Opin Struct Biol, 7(6), 798-803.
• Sedelnikova SE, Rafferty JB, Hargreaves D, Mahdi AA, Lloyd RG & Rice DW (1997) Crystallization of E. coli RuvA gives insights into the symmetry of a Holliday junction/protein complex.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 53(Pt 1), 122-124.
• Baldock C, Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR, Hawkes TR & Rice DW (1996) A mechanism of drug action revealed by structural studies of enoyl reductase.. Science, 274(5295), 2107-2110.
• Slabas AR, Brown AP, Rafferty JB, Rice DW, Baldock C, Kroon JTM, Simon W, Stuitje AR & Brough CL (1996) Soluble and membrane bound components of plant lipid synthesis. CR ACAD SCI III-VIE, 319(11), 1043-1047.
• Baldock C, Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Bithell S, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR & Rice DW (1996) Crystallization of Escherichia coli enoyl reductase and its complex with diazaborine.. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 52(Pt 6), 1181-1184.
• Rafferty JB, Sedelnikova SE, Hargreaves D, Artymiuk PJ, Baker PJ, Sharples GJ, Mahdi AA, Lloyd RG & Rice DW (1996) Crystal structure of DNA recombination protein RuvA and a model for its binding to the Holliday junction.. Science, 274(5286), 415-421.
• Rafferty JB, Simon JW, Baldock C, Artymiuk PJ, Baker PJ, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR & Rice DW (1995) Common themes in redox chemistry emerge from the X-ray structure of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase.. Structure, 3(9), 927-938.
• SOMERS WS, RAFFERTY JB, PHILLIPS K, STRATHDEE S, HE Y, McNALLY T, MANFIELD I, NAVRATIL O, OLD IG, SAINT‐GIRONS I , STOCKLEY PG et al (1994) The Met Repressor‐Operator Complex: DNA Recognition by β‐Strands^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 726(1), 105-117.
• Rafferty JB, Simon JW, Stuitje AR, Slabas AR, Fawcett T & Rice DW (1994) Crystallization of the NADH-specific enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase from Brassica napus.. J Mol Biol, 237(2), 240-242.
• Wright CE, Raffertya JB, Flower DR, Groom CR, Findlay JBC, North ACT, Phillips SEV & Zagalsky PF (1992) Crystallization and initial X-ray analysis of the C2-subunit of crustacyanin. Journal of Molecular Biology, 224(1), 283-284.
• Phillips SEV, Manfield I, Parsons I, Davidson BE, Rafferty JB, Somers WS, Margarita D, Cohen GN, Saint-Girons I & Stockley PG (1989) Cooperative tandem binding of met repressor of Escherichia coli. Nature, 341(6244), 711-715.
• Rafferty JB, Somers WS, Saint-Girons I & Phillips SEV (1989) Three-dimensional crystal structures of Escherichia coli met repressor with and without corepressor. Nature, 341(6244), 705-710.
• Rafferty JB, Phillips SEV, Rojas C, Boulot G, Saint-girons I, Guillou Y & Cohen GN (1988) Crystallization of the met repressor from Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology, 200(1), 217-219.

Book chapters

• Brown AP, Slabas AR & Rafferty JB (2009) Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Plants — Metabolic Pathways, Structure and Organization, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (pp. 11-34). Springer Netherlands
• Simon JW, Gilroy J, Roujenikova A, Rafferty J, Baldock C, Baker PJ, Rice DW, Stuitje AR & Slabas AR (2003) Determination of the X-Ray Crystallographic Structure of E.coli Butyryl-ACP, Advanced Research on Plant Lipids (pp. 139-142). Springer Netherlands
• Slabas AR, Rafferty J, Rice D, Baldock C, Simon JW, Thomas N, Bithell S & Stuitje AR (1997) Structural Studies on Plant and Bacterial Reductases Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids (pp. 38-41). Springer Netherlands
• Slabas AR, Brough C, Kroon J, Simon W, Swinhoe R, Rice D, Rafferty J, Winz R, Stuitjet AR & Elborough K (1995) Towards a Structural Understanding of Enzymes of Lipid Biosynthesis, Plant Lipid Metabolism (pp. 55-57). Springer Netherlands

Conference proceedings

• Roujeinikova A, Simon WJ, Gilroy J, Rice DW, Rafferty JB & Slabas AR (2007) Structures of fatty acyl-( acyl carrier protein) thioesters reveal a binding cavity that expands to fit longer substrates. FEBS JOURNAL, Vol. 274 (pp 223-223)
• Bailey S, Abdelghany HM, Sedelnikova SE, Blackburn GM, Baker PJ, Rafferty JB & McLennan AG (2002) Crystal structure and mutational analysis of the diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) 'Nudix' hydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans. DRUG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, Vol. 56(4) (pp 567-567)
• Slabas AR, Hanley ZAC, Schierer TED, Rice D, Turnbull A, Rafferty J, Simon B & Brown A (2001) Acyltransferases and their role in the biosynthesis of lipids - opportunities for new oils. Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 158(4) (pp 505-513)
• Fisher M, Martindale W, Slabas AR, Rice DW & Rafferty JB (1999) CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE NADP-DEPENDENT β-KETO ACP REDUCTASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES, Vol. 55 (pp 293-294)

Preprints

• Curry E, Sedelnikova S, Rafferty J, Hulley M & Brown A (2024) Expanding the RNA polymerase biocatalyst solution space for mRNA manufacture, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Hu B, Kaushik A, Than T, Petela N, Voulgaris M, Percival C, Daniels P, Rafferty J & Nasmyth K (2022) Conformational dynamics of cohesin/Scc2 loading complex are regulated by Smc3 acetylation and ATP binding, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
• Bennison DJ, Nakamoto JA, Craggs TD, Milón P, Rafferty JB & Corrigan RM () (p)ppGpp inhibits 70S ribosome formation in Staphylococcus aureus by impeding GTPase-ribosome interactions.