Dr Andrew Hemmings
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Reader | A dot Hemmings at uea dot ac dot uk |
Career
- Reader in Structural Biology, University of East Anglia (2002-present)
- Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia (2000-2002)
- Lecturer, University of East Anglia (1994-2000)
- STA Research Fellow, Tsukuba, Japan (1993-1994)
- Lecturer, Birkbeck College, London (1989-1993)
- Cray Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, London (1988-1989)
- Royal Society Research Fellow, Beijing, China (1987-1988)
- Ph.D. University of London (1987)
- B.Sc. Chemistry, University College London (1982)
Key Research Interests
Current Research Projects
- Interactions of commensal bacteria with the gut
- Multiheme proteins involved in bacterial anaerobic respiration
- The mechanisms of metal trafficking in bacteria
- Structural enzymology of plant biosynthetic enzymes
- Bioinformatics and protein structure prediction, particularly of cofactor-rich proteins
Life in our research group
We are based on the second floor of the School of Biological Sciences and form a part of the larger grouping of biological chemists and biochemists working within the Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry. The research environment is excellent and we have access to a wide range of facilities either within the School, nearby in the University or elsewhere on the Norwich Research Park. We collect X-ray scattering and diffraction data at synchrotrons in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and beyond on a regular basis. We also collaborate widely and our work is multidisciplinary. This means that we have a wide range of literature to screen and we keep up to date with scientific developments by attending research seminars and international meetings.
Research Studentships
Please email me to discuss PhD, MPhil and MRes opportunities and projects within the School of Chemistry and the School of Biological Sciences.
Teaching Activities
- Protein Structure and Chemistry (CHE-3H81) [Organiser]
- Protein Engineering (CHE-3H84) [Organiser]
- Biophysical Chemistry (CHE-2F7Y)
- Forensic Analysis and Interpretation II (CHE-2H57)
- Introductory Chemistry for the Life Sciences (BIO-1A61)
- Molecular Enzymology (BIO-3C01) [Organiser]
- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology and Genetics (BIO-1A13)
- Seminars in Biochemistry (BIO-1A3Y)
- Modelling and Statistics for Biologists (BIO-1A7Y)
- Genomes, Genes and Genomics (BIO-3C41)
Article
Bradley, JM, Marritt, SJ, Kihlken, MA, Haynes, K, Hemmings, AM, Berks, BC, Cheesman, MR and Butt, JN (2012) Redox and Chemical Activities of the Hemes in the Sulfur Oxidation Pathway Enzyme SoxAX. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (48). pp. 40350-40359. ISSN 0021-9258
Lockwood, CWJ, Clarke, TA, Butt, JN, Hemmings, AM and Richardson, DJ (2011) Characterization of the active site and calcium binding in cytochromecnitrite reductases. Biochemical Society Transactions, 39 (6). pp. 1871-1875. ISSN 0300-5127
Kemp, GL, Clarke, TA, Marritt, SJ, Lockwood, C, Poock, SR, Hemmings, AM, Richardson, DJ, Cheesman, MR and Butt, JN (2010) Kinetic and thermodynamic resolution of the interactions between sulfite and the pentahaem cytochrome NrfA fromEscherichia coli. Biochemical Journal, 431 (1). pp. 73-80. ISSN 0264-6021
Kemp, G, Clarke, TA, Marritt, S, Lockwood, C, Poock, S, Hemmings, A, Richardson, D, Cheesman, M and Butt, J (2010) Kinetic and thermodynamic resolution of the interactions between sulfite and the pentahaem cytochrome NrfA from Escherichia coli. Biochemical Journal, 431 (1). pp. 73-80. ISSN 0264-6021
Hearnshaw, S, West, C, Singleton, C, Zhou, L, Kihlken, MA, Strange, RW, Le Brun, NE and Hemmings, AM (2009) A Tetranuclear Cu(I) Cluster in the Metallochaperone Protein CopZ. Biochemistry, 48 (40). pp. 9324-9326. ISSN 0006-2960
MacKenzie, D.A., Tailford, L.E., Hemmings, Andrew and Juge, N. (2009) Crystal Structure of a Mucus-binding Protein Repeat Reveals an Unexpected Functional Immunoglobulin Binding Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (47). pp. 32444-32453. ISSN 0021-9258
Singleton, Chloe, Hearnshaw, Stephen, Zhou, Liang, Le Brun, Nick and Hemmings, Andrew (2009) Mechanistic insights into Cu(I) cluster transfer between the chaperone CopZ and its cognate Cu(I)-transporting P-type ATPase, CopA. Biochemical Journal, 424 (3). pp. 347-356. ISSN 0264-6021
Caddick, SE, Harrison, CJ, Stavridou, I, Mitchell, JL, Hemmings, AM and Brearley, CA (2008) Solanum tuberosum inositol phosphate kinase (StlTPK1) displaying inositol phosphate-inositol phosphate and inositol phosphate-ADP phosphotransferase activities. FEBS Letters, 582 (12). pp. 1731-1737.
Clarke, TA, Kemp, GL, Van Wonderen, JH, Doyle, RM, Cole , JA, Tovell, N, Cheesman, MR, Butt, JN, Richardson, DJ and Hemmings, AM (2008) Role of a conserved gluatmine residue in tuning the catalytic activity of Escherichia coli cytochrome c nitrite reductase. Biochemistry, 47 (12). pp. 3789-3799.
Clarke, TA, Mills, PC, Poock, SR, Butt, JN, Cheesman, MR, Cole, JA, Hinton, JC, Hemmings, AM, Kemp, G, Soderberg, CA, Spiro, S, Van Wonderen, J and Richardson, DJ (2008) Escherichia coli cytochrome c nitrite reductase NrfA. Methods in Enzymology, 437. pp. 63-77.
Clarke, TA, Cole, JA, Richardson, DJ and Hemmings, AM (2007) The crystal structure of the pentahaem c-type cytochrome NrfB and characterization of its solution-state interaction with the pentahaem nitrite reductase NrfA. Biochemical Journal, 406 (1). pp. 19-30. ISSN 02646021
Jepson, BJN, Mohan, S, Clarke, TA, Gates, AJ, Cole, JA, Butler, CS, Butt, JN, Hemmings, AM and Richardson, DJ (2007) Spectropotentiometric and structural analysis of the periplasmic nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282. pp. 6425-6437.
Sauve, V., Bruno, S., Berks, B.C. and Hemmings, A.M. (2007) The SoxYZ complex carries sulfur cycle intermediates on a peptide swinging arm. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282. pp. 23194-23204.
Zhu, D, Razaz, M and Hemmings, A (2006) MLEM Deconvolution of Protein X-Ray Diffraction Images Based on a Multiple-PSF Model. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 5 (2). pp. 95-102. ISSN 1536-1241
Bellini, P. and Hemmings, A.M. (2006) In vitro characterization of a bacterial manganese uptake regulator of the fur superfamily. Biochemistry, 45 (8). pp. 2686-2698. ISSN 0006-2698
Clarke, T.A., Hemmings, A.M., Burlat, B., Butt, J.N., Cole, J.A. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Comparison of the structural and kinetic properties of the cytochrome c nitrite reductases from Escherichia coli, Wolinella succinogenes, Sulfurospirillum deleyianum and Desulfolvibrio desulfuricans. Biochemical Society Transactions, 34. pp. 143-145.
Hemmings, AM, Clarke, TA, Burlat, B, Butt, JN, Cole, JA and Richardson, DJ (2006) Comparison of the structural and kinetic properties of the cytochrome c nitrite reductases from Escherichia coli, Wolinella succinogenes, Sulfurospirillum deleyianum and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Biochemical Society Transactions, 34 (1). p. 143. ISSN 03005127
Kolade, O.O., Bamford, V.A., Anton, G.A., Jones, J.D.G., Vera, P. and Hemmings, A.M. (2006) In vitro characterization of the cysteine-rich capping domains in a plant leucine rich repeat protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1764. pp. 1043-1053.
Qi, X., Bakht, S., Qin, B., Leggett, M., Hemmings, A., Mellon, F., Eagles, J., Werck-Reichhart, D., Schaller, H., Lesot, A., Melton, R. and Osbourn, A. (2006) A different function for a member of an ancient and highly conserved cytochrome P450 family: From essential sterols to plant defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 103. pp. 18848-18853.
Zhu, D., Razaz, M. and Hemmings, A. (2006) MLEM deconvolution of protein X-ray diffraction images based on a multiple-PSF model. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 5. pp. 95-102.
Wilkinson, A, Smith, A, Bullard, D, Lavesa-Curto, M, Sayer, H, Bonner, A, Hemmings, A and Bowater, R (2005) Analysis of ligation and DNA binding by Escherichia coli DNA ligase (LigA). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1749 (1). pp. 113-122. ISSN 1570-9639
Burlat, B, Gwyer, JD, Poock, S, Clarke, TA, Cole, JA, Hemmings, AM, Cheesman, MR, Butt, JN and Richardson, DJ (2005) Cytochrome c nitrite reductase: from structural to physicochemical analysis. Biochemical Society Transactions, 33 (1). pp. 137-140. ISSN 03005127
Lavesa-Curto, M, Sayer, H, Bullard, D, MacDonald, A, Wilkinson, A, Smith, Andrew, Bowater, L, Hemmings, A and Bowater, RP (2004) Characterization of a temperature-sensitive DNA ligase from Escherichia coli. Microbiology - SGM, 150. pp. 4171-4180.
Clarke, TA, Dennison, V, Seward, HE, Burlat, B, Cole, JA, Hemmings, AM and Richardson, DJ (2004) Purification and spectropotentiometric characterization of Escherichia coli NrfB, a decaheme homodimer that transfers electrons to the decaheme periplasmic nitrite reductase complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (40). pp. 41333-41339. ISSN 0021-9258
Bamford, V.A., Kolade, O.O., Osbourn, A.E. and Hemmings, A.M. (2004) Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a fungal saponin-detoxifying enzyme. Acta Crystallographica D, 60. pp. 1331-1333.
Zhu, D., Razaz, M., Hemmings, A. and Wang, B. (2004) Multiple point spread function modeling for deconvolution of 3D X-ray diffraction data. Journal of X-Ray Science & Technology, 12. pp. 179-194.
Wexler, M., Todd, J.D., Kolade, O., Bellini, D., Hemmings, A.M., Sawers, G. and Johnston, A.W.B. (2003) Fur is not the global regulator of iron uptake genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum. Microbiology, 149. pp. 1357-1365.
Bamford, Vicki A., Angove, Hayley C., Seward, Harriet E., Thomson, Andrew J., Cole, Jeffrey A., Butt, Julea, Hemmings, Andrew and Richardson, David (2002) Structure and Spectroscopy of the Periplasmic Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry, 41 (9). pp. 2921-2931.
Bamford, V.A., Berks, B.C. and Hemmings, A.M. (2002) Novel domain packing in the crystal structure of a thiosulphate-oxidizing enzyme. Biochemical Society Transactions, 30. pp. 638-642.
Bamford, V.A., Bruno, S., Rasmussen, T., Appia-Ayme, C., Cheesman, M.R., Berks, B.C. and Hemmings, A.M. (2002) Structural basis for the oxidation of thiosulfate by a sulfur cycle enzyme. The EMBO Journal, 21. pp. 5599-5610.
Collins, E.S., Whittaker, S.B., Tozawa, K., Macdonald, C.J., Boetzel, R., Penfold, C.N., Reilly, A., Clayden, N.J., Osborne, M.J., Hemmings, A.M., Kleanthous, C., James, R. and Moore, G.R. (2002) Structural dynamics of the membrane translocation domain of colicin E9 and its interaction with TolB. Journal of Molecular Biology, 318. pp. 787-804.
Keeble, A.H., Hemmings, A.M., James, R., Moore, G.R. and Kleanthous, C. (2002) Multistep binding of transition metals to the H-N-H endonuclease toxin colicin E9. Biochemistry, 41. pp. 10234-10244.
Kolade, O.O., Bellini, P., Wexler, M., Johnston, A.W.B., Grossmann, J.G. and Hemmings, A.M. (2002) Structural studies of the Fur protein from Rhizobium leguminosarum. Biochemical Society Transactions, 30. pp. 771-774.
Kolade, O.O., Carr, S.B., Kuhlmann, U.C., Pommer, A., Kleanthous, C., Bouchcinsky, C.A. and Hemmings, A.M. (2002) Structural aspects of the inhibition of Dnase and rRNase colicins by their immunity proteins. Biochimie, 84. pp. 439-446.
Pommer, A.J., Cal, S., Keeble, A.H., Walker, D., Evans, S.J., Kuhlmann, U.C., Cooper, A., Connolly, B.A., Hemmings, Andrew, Moore, Geoff, James, R. and Kleanthous, C. (2001) Mechanism and cleavage specificity of the H-N-H endonuclease colicin E9. Journal of Molecular Biology, 314. pp. 735-749.
Conference or Workshop Item
Fanutti, C, Coussons, PJ and Hemmings, AM (2005) Helical peptide found in the channel of the outer membrance protein TolC. In: Biosciences Meeting, Glasgow, The Biochemical Society.
Zhu, D., Razaz, M., Hemmings, A. and Wang, B. (2004) Multi-PSF modelling for X-ray diffraction pattern reconstruction. In: 12th European Signal Processing Conference, September 6-10, 2004, Vienna, Austria.
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- Member of Working Group 1 of the Collaborative Computational Project No.4 (CCP4, Protein Crystallography)
Administrative Posts/Responsibilities
- Chair of BIO PGT Exam Boards
- BIO Safety Officer


