Dr Clarissa Melo Czekster

Sir Henry Dale Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463792

Email

cmc27@st-andrews.ac.uk

PhD supervision

• Dillum Patel
• Muhammed Akbar Shahid
• Boback Kaghazchi
• Emmajay Sutherland
• Charlene Ogilvie
• Mary Kudsy

Selected publications

• The dynamic interplay of host and viral enzymes in type III CRISPR-mediated cyclic nucleotide signalling

  Athukoralage, J. S., Graham, S., Rouillon, C., Gruschow, S., M Czekster, C. & White, M., 27 Apr 2020, In : eLife. 9, 16 p., e55852.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• DESIGNER RIBOSOMES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR INCORPORATING NON-STANDARD AMINO ACIDS INTO POLYPEPTIDES

  Melo Czekster, C., Schepartz, A. & Robertson, W., 24 Jan 2019

  Research output: Patent

• Insights into the mechanism of the cyanobactin heterocyclase enzyme

  Ge, Y., Czekster, C. M., Miller, O. K., Botting, C. H., Schwarz-Linek, U. & Naismith, J. H., 23 Apr 2019, In : Biochemistry. 58, 16, p. 2125-2132 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Allosteric activation shifts the rate-limiting step in a short-form ATP phosphoribosyltransferase

  Fisher, G., Thomson, C. M., Stroek, R., Czekster, C. M., Hirschi, J. S. & da Silva, R. G., 24 Jul 2018, In : Biochemistry. 57, 29, p. 4357-4367

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Characterization of the fast and promiscuous macrocyclase from plant PCY1 enables the use of simple substrates

  Ludewig, H., Czekster, C. M., Oueis, E., Munday, E. S., Arshad, M., Synowsky, S. A., Bent, A. F. & Naismith, J. H., 16 Mar 2018, In : ACS Chemical Biology. 13, 3, p. 801?811

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Characterization of a dual function macrocyclase enables design and use of efficient macrocyclization substrates

  Melo Czekster, C., Ludewig, H., McMahon, S. A. & Naismith, J. H., 19 Oct 2017, In : Nature Communications. 8, 1045.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Cyclic Peptides: From Bioorganic Synthesis to Applications: The Biosynthesis of Cyclic Peptides ? RiPPs ? an Overview

  Melo Czekster, C. & Naismith, J. H., 1 Dec 2017, Cyclic Peptides: From Bioorganic Synthesis to Applications .

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Kinetic landscape of a peptide-bond-forming prolyl oligopeptidase

  Czekster, C. M. & Naismith, J. H., 18 Apr 2017, In : Biochemistry. 56, 15, p. 2086-2095 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• The rhizoferrin biosynthetic gene in the fungal pathogen Rhizopus delemar is a novel member of the NIS gene family

  Carroll, C. S., Grieve, C. L., Murugathasan, I., Bennet, A. J., Melo Czekster, C., Lui, H., Naismith, J. & Moore, M. M., Aug 2017, In : International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 89, p. 136-146 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• In Vivo Biosynthesis of a beta-Amino Acid-Containing Protein

  Czekster, C. M., Robertson, W. E., Walker, A. S., Soell, D. & Schepartz, A., 27 Apr 2016, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138, 16, p. 5194-5197 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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