The York Research Database

Characterisation of the enzyme transport path between shipworms and their bacterial symbionts

Pesante, G., Sabbadin, F., Elias, L., Steele-King, C., Shipway, J. R., Dowle, A., Li, Y., Busse-Wicher, M., Dupree, P., Besser, K., Cragg, S. M., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 1 Nov 2021

Article in BMC Biology

Hemocyanin facilitates lignocellulose digestion by wood-boring marine crustaceans

Besser, K., Malyon, G. P., Eborall, W. S., Paro da Cunha, G., Goncalves Filgueiras, J., Dowle, A., Cruz Garcia, L., Page, S. J., Dupree, R., Kern, M. F., Gomez, L. D., Li, Y., Elias, L., Sabbadin, F., Mohamad, S. E., Pesante, G., Steele-King, C. G., Ribeiro de Azevedo, E., Polikarpov, I., Dupree, P. & 3 others, Cragg, S. M., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 3 Dec 2018

Article in Nature Communications

An ancient family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with roles in arthropod development and biomass digestion

Sabbadin, F., Hemsworth, G. R., Ciano, L., Henrissat, B., Dupree, P., Tryfona, T., Marques, R. D. S., Sweeney, S. T., Besser, K., Elias, L., Pesante, G., Li, Y., Dowle, A. A., Bates, R., Gomez, L. D., Simister, R., Davies, G. J., Walton, P. H., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen-Mason, S. J., 22 Feb 2018

Article in Nature Communications

Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes

Sabbadin, F., Urresti, S., Henrissat, B., Avrova, A. O., Welsh, L. R. J., Lindley, P., Csukai, M., Squires, J. N., Walton, P. H., Davies, G. J., Bruce, N. C., Whisson, S. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 13 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print)

Article in Science

Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases as Chitin-Specific Virulence Factors in Crayfish Plague

Sabbadin, F., Henrissat, B., Bruce, N. C. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 9 Aug 2021

Article in Biomolecules

Activity-Based Protein Profiling Reveals Dynamic Substrate-Specific Cellulase Secretion by Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes

McGregor, N. G. S., Boer, C. D., Santos, M., Haon, M., Navarro, D., Schroder, S., Berrin, J-G., Overkleeft, H. S. & Davies, G. J., 17 Jan 2022

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

Accessory enzymes of hypercellulolytic Penicillium funiculosum facilitate complete saccharification of sugarcane bagasse

Ogunyewo, O. A., Upadhyay, P., Rajacharya, G. H., Okereke, O. E., Faas, L., Gómez, L. D., McQueen-Mason, S. J. & Yazdani, S. S., 26 Aug 2021

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

Association mapping identifies quantitative trait loci (QTL) for digestibility in rice straw

Nguyen, D. T., Gomez, L. D., Harper, A. L., Halpin, C., Waugh, R., Simister, R., Whitehead, C., Oakley, H., Nguyen, H. T., Nguyen, T. V., Duong, T. X. & McQueen Mason, S. J., 8 Oct 2020

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

In silico evolution of Aspergillus niger organic acid production suggests strategies for switching acid output

Upton, D., McQueen Mason, S. J. & Wood, A. J., 24 Feb 2020

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels

Mining the biomass deconstructing capabilities of rice yellow stem borer symbionts

Singh, R., Bennett, J. P., Gupta, M., Sharma, M., Eqbal, D., Alessi, A., Dowle, A., McQueen Mason, S. J., Bruce, N. C. & Yazdani, S. S., 24 Oct 2019, (Accepted/In press)

Article in Biotechnology for biofuels