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  1. Role of Acyl-CoA Synthetase (ACS) from Dietzia aurantiaca Strain J3 and Glutathione (GSH) in Fluorotelomer Biotransformation

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  2. A bacterial type-II toxin-antitoxin-mediated gene amplification system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Life Research, January 2026, TMR Publishing Group

    Dr Colin Scott

  3. Disordered N‐termini enhance the thermostability of SGNH ‐hydrolase family polyesterases

    Article • Protein Science, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  4. Beyond Flavoproteins: Toward the Industrialization of Photobiocatalysis

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  5. Evidence for Enzyme “Sliding” when Physisorbed on a Surface in a Multienzyme Reaction System

    Article • Langmuir, November 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Carol J Hartley, Dr Colin Scott

  6. Thermostable Bacterial Esterases From Lipase Family 1.5 Degrade Compostable Polyesters PBAT and PBSA

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  7. Haloferax and the Haloferacaceae: Potential role in bioindustry

    Article • Biotechnology Advances, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  8. A Fluoride-Specific Riboswitch Biosensor for High-Throughput Enzymatic Defluorination Screening

    Article • ACS Synthetic Biology, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  9. Harnessing the biomolecular mechanisms of marine biomineralisation for carbon sequestration

    Article • Biotechnology Advances, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  10. Enhanced Thermal Stability of NADH/NAD+ through Tethering to Silica Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Synthetic Biology, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  11. Lanthanide‐Controlled Protein Switches: Development and In Vitro and In Vivo Applications

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  12. Lanthanide‐Controlled Protein Switches: Development and In Vitro and In Vivo Applications

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2025, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  13. Structural insights into the enzymatic breakdown of azomycin-derived antibiotics by 2-nitroimdazole hydrolase (NnhA)

    Article • Communications Biology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  14. Cyanamide-inducible expression of homing nuclease I−SceI for selectable marker removal and promoter characterisation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  15. Harnessing Pseudomonas spp. for sustainable plant crop protection

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Colin Scott

  16. Comparative genomics of the highly halophilic Haloferacaceae

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  17. Complete genome sequence of a Salimicrobium sp. PL1-032A isolated from the pink hypersaline Pearse Lakes, Rottnest Island, Western Australia

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, September 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  18. Complete genome sequence of Idiomarina sp. PL1-037 isolated from the pink hypersaline Pearse Lakes, Rottnest Island, Western Australia

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  19. Complete genome sequence of a Marinococcus sp. PL1-022 isolated from the pink hypersaline Pearse Lakes, Rottnest Island, Western Australia

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  20. Structural Characterization of Enzymatic Interactions with Functional Nicotinamide Cofactor Biomimetics

    Article • Catalysts, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Colin Scott

  21. Development of a whole‐cell biosensor for ethylene oxide and ethylene

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, June 2024, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  22. Rare earth elements in biology: From biochemical curiosity to solutions for extractive industries

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, June 2024, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  23. Cyanamide-inducible expression of homing nuclease I-SceI for iterative genome engineering and parallel promoter characterisation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott

  24. Kinetic Model for the Heterogeneous Biocatalytic Reactions Using Tethered Cofactors

    Article • Langmuir, March 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  25. Toward the development of a molecular toolkit for the microbial remediation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  26. Characterization of novel mevalonate kinases from the tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus and the psychrophilic archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, February 2024, International Union of Crystallography

    Lygie Esquirol , Dr Colin Scott

  27. Development of a whole-cell biosensor for ethylene oxide and ethylene

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott

  28. The integration of tandem gene repeatsviaa bacterial type-II toxin-antitoxin-mediated gene amplification (ToxAmp) system and stability visualisation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott

  29. Cyanamide-Inducible Expression of Homing Nuclease I-Scei for Iterative Genome Engineering and Parallel Promoter Characterisation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  30. Thermostable fatty acid hydroxylases from ancestral reconstruction of cytochrome P450 family 4 enzymes

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Colin Scott

  31. Non-covalent binding tags for batch and flow biocatalysis

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  32. Biochemical interactions between the Atm1-like transporter from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans and heavy metals

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  33. Front Cover: Asymmetric Ene‐Reduction by F420‐Dependent Oxidoreductases B (FDOR‐B) from Mycobacterium smegmatis (ChemBioChem 8/2023)

    Article • ChemBioChem, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  34. Asymmetric Ene‐Reduction by F420‐Dependent Oxidoreductases B (FDOR‐B) from Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Article • ChemBioChem, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  35. Active site mutations of F420-dependent alkene reductases reverse stereoselectivity

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott

  36. Asymmetric Ene-Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds by F420-Dependent Oxidoreductases A Enzymes from Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  37. Cofactor and Process Engineering for Nicotinamide Recycling and Retention in Intensified Biocatalysis

    Article • Catalysts, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Colin Scott

  38. Asymmetric ene-reduction of α,β-unsaturated compounds by F420-dependent oxidoreductases A (FDOR-A) enzymes fromMycobacterium smegmatis

    Article • November 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott

  39. An in vivo gene amplification system for high level expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  40. Over the rainbow: structural characterization of the chromoproteins gfasPurple, amilCP, spisPink and eforRed

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, April 2022, International Union of Crystallography

    Hafna Ahmed, Dr Colin Scott

  41. Engineering eukaryote-like regulatory circuits to expand artificial control mechanisms for metabolic engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Communications Biology, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  42. Engineering Enzyme Properties for Improved Biocatalytic Processes in Batch and Continuous Flow

    Article • Organic Process Research & Development, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  43. Synthetic Biology Approaches to Hydrocarbon Biosensors: A Review

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Colin Scott

  44. Improved production of the non-native cofactor F420 in Escherichia coli

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  45. Adaptive laboratory evolution of native methanol assimilation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  46. Characterisation of Hybrid Polymersome Vesicles Containing the Efflux Pumps NaAtm1 or P-Glycoprotein

    Article • Polymers, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Colin Scott

  47. Bacterial catabolism of s-triazine herbicides: biochemistry, evolution and application

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  48. The evolving story of AtzT, a periplasmic binding protein

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, October 2019, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott

  49. Cofactor F420-Dependent Enzymes: An Under-Explored Resource for Asymmetric Redox Biocatalysis

    Article • Catalysts, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  50. Engineered enzymes that retain and regenerate their cofactors enable continuous-flow biocatalysis

    Article • Nature Catalysis, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  51. Cofactor F420-Dependent Enzymes: An Under-Explored Resource for Asymmetric Redox Biocatalysis

    Article • September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  52. Efficacy of an organophosphorus hydrolase enzyme (OpdA) in human serum and minipig models of organophosphorus insecticide poisoning

    Article • Journal of Toxicology Clinical Toxicology, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Colin Scott, Horst Thiermann

  53. Engineering and Evolution of Methanol Assimilation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • July 2019, openRxiv

    Dr Colin Scott

  54. One-Pot Multienzymatic Transformation of NH3, CO2, and Ornithine into the Organic Nitrogen Plant Fertilizer Citrulline Using a Single Recombinant Lysate of E. coli

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  55. A revised biosynthetic pathway for the cofactor F420 in prokaryotes

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Ghader Bashiri

  56. Engineered Enzymes that Retain and Regenerate their Cofactors Enable Continuous-Flow Biocatalysis

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  57. A revised biosynthetic pathway for the cofactor F420 in bacteria

    Article • November 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ghader Bashiri, Dr Colin Scott

  58. A novel decarboxylating amidohydrolase involved in avoiding metabolic dead ends during cyanuric acid catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP

    Article • PLOS One, November 2018, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  59. Computer-Guided Surface Engineering for Enzyme Improvement

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  60. An unexpected vestigial protein complex reveals the evolutionary origins of ans-triazine catabolic enzyme

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2018, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  61. Structural and biochemical characterization of the biuret hydrolase (BiuH) from the cyanuric acid catabolism pathway of Rhizobium leguminasorum bv. viciae 3841

    Article • PLOS One, February 2018, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  62. Hyperthermophilic Carbamate Kinase Stability and Anabolic In Vitro Activity at Alkaline pH

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  63. Sugar analog synthesis by in vitro biocatalytic cascade: A comparison of alternative enzyme complements for dihydroxyacetone phosphate production as a precursor to rare chiral sugar synthesis

    Article • PLOS One, November 2017, PLOS

    Dr Carol J Hartley, Dr Colin Scott

  64. An improved and general streamlined phylogenetic protocol applied to the fatty acid desaturase family

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  65. Mycobacterial F420H2-Dependent Reductases Promiscuously Reduce Diverse Compounds through a Common Mechanism

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Colin Scott

  66. High-Resolution X-Ray Structures of Two Functionally Distinct Members of the Cyclic Amide Hydrolase Family of Toblerone Fold Enzymes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Carol J Hartley, Dr Colin Scott

  67. Structure-function analysis of functionally diverse members of the cyclic amide hydrolase family of Toblerone fold enzymes

    Article • February 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  68. Structure-function analysis of functionally diverse members of the cyclic amide hydrolase family of Toblerone fold enzymes

    Article • February 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  69. Structure-function analysis of functionally diverse members of the cyclic amide hydrolase family of Toblerone fold enzymes

    Article • February 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  70. Structure-function analysis of functionally diverse members of the cyclic amide hydrolase family of Toblerone fold enzymes

    Article • February 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  71. Crystal Structure of an aspartate aminotransferase from Pseudomonas

    Article • January 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  72. X-ray crystal structure of a malonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase fromPseudomonassp. strain AAC

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, January 2017, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Colin Scott

  73. Crystal structure of a putrescine aminotransferase fromPseudomonassp. strain AAC

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, January 2017, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott

  74. Constrained evolution of a bispecific enzyme: lessons for biocatalyst design

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Colin Scott

  75. Hacking nature: genetic tools for reprograming enzymes

    Article • Microbiology Australia, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Carol J Hartley, Dr Colin Scott

  76. Reverse engineering: transaminase biocatalyst development using ancestral sequence reconstruction

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Colin Scott

  77. Active Site Desolvation and Thermostability Trade-Offs in the Evolution of Catalytically Diverse Triazine Hydrolases

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  78. Physiology, Biochemistry, and Applications of F420- and Fo-Dependent Redox Reactions

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Jackson, Dr Chris Greening, Dr Colin Scott, Hafna Ahmed

  79. A β-Alanine Catabolism Pathway Containing a Highly Promiscuous ω-Transaminase in the 12-Aminododecanate-Degrading Pseudomonas sp. Strain AAC

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  80. Characterization of a Novel Transaminase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain AAC

    Article • April 2016, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  81. Characterization of a Novel Transaminase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain AAC

    Article • April 2016, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  82. Characterization of a Novel Transaminase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain AAC

    Article • April 2016, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  83. The Evolution of New Catalytic Mechanisms for Xenobiotic Hydrolysis in Bacterial Metalloenzymes

    Article • Australian Journal of Chemistry, January 2016, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  84. X-Ray Structure and Mutagenesis Studies of the N-Isopropylammelide Isopropylaminohydrolase, AtzC

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  85. Isomer-specific comparisons of the hydrolysis of synthetic pyrethroids and their fluorogenic analogues by esterases from the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera

    Article • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott, Yidong Wu

  86. Identification of novel transaminases from a 12‐aminododecanoic acid‐metabolizing P seudomonas strain

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  87. X-ray structure and mutagenesis studies of the N-isopropylammelide isopropylaminohydrolase, AtzC

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  88. The structure of the hexameric atrazine chlorohydrolase, AtzA

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  89. The structure of the hexameric atrazine chlorohydrolase, AtzA

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  90. The reaction mechanism of the N-isopropylammelide isopropylaminohydrolase AtzC: insights from structural and mutagenesis studies

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  91. The reaction mechanism of the N-isopropylammelide isopropylaminohydrolase AtzC: insights from structural and mutagenesis studies

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  92. The reaction mechanism of the N-isopropylammelide isopropylaminohydrolase AtzC: insights from structural and mutagenesis studies

    Article • March 2015, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  93. The structure of the hexameric atrazine chlorohydrolase AtzA

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, February 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Colin Scott

  94. Evolutionary Expansion of the Amidohydrolase Superfamily in Bacteria in Response to the Synthetic Compounds Molinate and Diuron

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Jackson, Dr Colin Scott

  95. Structure of the amidase domain of allophanate hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp strain ADP

    Article • November 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  96. X-Ray Structure of the Amidase Domain of AtzF, the Allophanate Hydrolase from the Cyanuric Acid-Mineralizing Multienzyme Complex

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  97. 300-Fold Increase in Production of the Zn2+-Dependent Dechlorinase TrzN in Soluble Form via Apoenzyme Stabilization

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott, Dr Colin Jackson

  98. A 5000-Fold Increase in the Specificity of a Bacterial Phosphotriesterase for Malathion through Combinatorial Active Site Mutagenesis

    Article • PLOS One, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  99. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the amidase domain of allophanate hydrolase fromPseudomonassp. strain ADP

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, February 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott

  100. Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Hydrolase Activities of Mutant Esterases from the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  101. Cyanuric acid hydrolase: evolutionary innovation by structural concatenation.

    Article • July 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  102. Cyanuric acid hydrolase: evolutionary innovation by structural concatenation.

    Article • July 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  103. Cyanuric acid hydrolase: evolutionary innovation by structural concatenation.

    Article • July 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  104. Cyanuric acid hydrolase: evolutionary innovation by structural concatenation.

    Article • July 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  105. How many genetic options for evolving insecticide resistance in heliothine and spodopteran pests?

    Article • Pest Management Science, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott, Yidong Wu

  106. Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Characterisation of Fourteen Esterases from Helicoverpa armigera

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  107. The 'tricorne' fold: a novel fold for a unique family of ring-opening amidases.

    Article • May 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  108. The 'tricorne' fold: a novel fold for a unique family of ring-opening amidases.

    Article • May 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  109. The 'tricorne' fold: a novel fold for a unique family of ring-opening amidases.

    Article • May 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  110. The 'tricorne' fold: a novel fold for a unique family of ring-opening amidases.

    Article • May 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  111. Cyanuric acid hydrolase: evolutionary innovation by structural concatenation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr. Santosh Panjikar

  112. Ongoing functional evolution of the bacterial atrazine chlorohydrolase AtzA

    Article • Biodegradation, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  113. Determination of the Structure of the Catabolic N-Succinylornithine Transaminase (AstC) from Escherichia coli

    Article • PLOS One, March 2013, PLOS

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott

  114. F420-dependent enzymes – potential for applications in biotechnology

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  115. Structural and functional study of succinyl-ornithine transaminase from E. coli

    Article • January 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  116. Structural and functional study of succinyl-ornithine transaminase from E. coli

    Article • January 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  117. Structural and functional study of succinyl-ornithine transaminase from E. coli

    Article • January 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  118. Structural and functional study of succinyl-ornithine transaminase from E. coli

    Article • January 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  119. Proteomic and molecular analyses of esterases associated with monocrotophos resistance in Helicoverpa armigera

    Article • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott, Yidong Wu

  120. Evolution of atrazine-degrading capabilities in the environment

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott

  121. Intramolecular Epistasis and the Evolution of a New Enzymatic Function

    Article • PLOS One, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  122. F420H2-Dependent Degradation of Aflatoxin and other Furanocoumarins Is Widespread throughout the Actinomycetales

    Article • PLOS One, February 2012, PLOS

    Dr Colin Scott

  123. Detoxification of G- and V-series nerve agents by the phosphotriesterase OpdA

    Article • Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Colin Scott

  124. Cofactor promiscuity among F420-dependent reductases enables them to catalyse both oxidation and reduction of the same substrate

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Colin Scott

  125. Immobilization of organophosphohydrolase OpdA from Agrobacterium radiobacter by overproduction at the surface of polyester inclusions inside engineered Escherichia coli

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  126. Bacterial degradation of strobilurin fungicides: a role for a promiscuous methyl esterase activity of the subtilisin proteases?

    Article • Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Colin Scott

  127. The evolution of new enzyme function: lessons from xenobiotic metabolizing bacteria versus insecticide‐resistant insects

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  128. Free-Enzyme Bioremediation of Pesticides

    Article • January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  129. Corrigendum to “Gene identification and proteomic analysis of the esterases of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera” [Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 40 (2010) 1–16]

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  130. Enzyme enabled remediation of pesticide residues

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  131. A free-enzyme catalyst for the bioremediation of environmental atrazine contamination

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  132. Pharmacokinetics of OpdA, an organophosphorus hydrolase, in the African green monkey

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  133. Identification and characterization of two families of F420H2‐dependent reductases from Mycobacteria that catalyse aflatoxin degradation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Thomas S Peat, Dr Colin Scott

  134. Crystal structure of atrazine chlorohydrolase TrzN from Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 complexed with zinc

    Article • July 2010, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Colin Scott

  135. Gene identification and proteomic analysis of the esterases of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  136. Esterase-based metabolic resistance to insecticides in heliothine and spodopteran pests

    Article • Journal of Pesticide Science, January 2010, Pesticide Science Society of Japan

    Dr Colin Scott, Yidong Wu

  137. Heterologous expression of the methyl carbamate-degrading hydrolase MCD

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, October 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  138. An Enzyme to Protect Waterways from the Herbicide, Atrazine

    Article • Outlooks on Pest Management, August 2009, Research Information Ltd.

    Dr Colin Scott

  139. Structure-Based Rational Design of a Phosphotriesterase

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  140. Characterization of the phenylurea hydrolases A and B: founding members of a novel amidohydrolase subgroup

    Article • Biochemical Journal, March 2009, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Colin Scott

  141. Catalytic Improvement and Evolution of Atrazine Chlorohydrolase

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Colin Scott

  142. OpdA, a bacterial organophosphorus hydrolase, prevents lethality in rats after poisoning with highly toxic organophosphorus pesticides

    Article • Toxicology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  143. The enzymatic basis for pesticide bioremediation

    Article • Indian Journal of Microbiology, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Colin Scott, Dr Carol J Hartley

  144. Characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 ydhYVWXUT operon: regulation by FNR, NarL and NarP

    Article • Microbiology, February 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Colin Scott

  145. Carbamate Pesticides and Their Biological Degradation: Prospects for Enzymatic Bioremediation

    Article • September 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Colin Scott

  146. A global response to sulfur starvation in Pseudomonas putida and its relationship to the expression of low-sulfur-content proteins

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Colin Scott

  147. Escherichia coliTranscriptome Dynamics during the Transition from Anaerobic to Aerobic Conditions

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Colin Scott

  148. A member of the cAMP receptor protein family of transcription regulators in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for virulence in mice and controls transcription of the rpfA gene coding for a resuscitation promoting factor

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  149. A member of the cAMP receptor protein family of transcription regulators in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for virulence in mice and controls transcription of the rpfA ...

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  150. DNA target sequence and FNR-dependent gene expression

    Article • FEBS Letters, April 2003, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  151. NO sensing by FNR: regulation of the Escherichia coli NO-detoxifying flavohaemoglobin, Hmp

    Article • The EMBO Journal, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  152. Miscoordination of the Iron-Sulfur Clusters of the Anaerobic Transcription Factor, FNR, Allows Simple Repression but Not Activation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Colin Scott

  153. Anaerobic acquisition of [4Fe 4S] clusters by the inactive FNR(C20S) variant and restoration of activity by second-site amino acid substitutions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  154. Functional versatility in the CRP-FNR superfamily of transcription factors: FNR and FLP

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Colin Scott

  155. Zinc uptake, oxidative stress and the FNR-like proteins of Lactococcus lactis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Colin Scott

  156. Zinc uptake, oxidative stress and the FNR-like proteins of Lactococcus lactis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Colin Scott

  157. Characterization of the Lactococcus lactis transcription factor FlpA and demonstration of an in vitro switch

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2000, Wiley

    Dr Colin Scott

  158. Two operons that encode FNR‐like proteins in Lactococcus lactis

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