Publications:
C.Dicko, D.Porter, J.Bond, J.M.Kenney, F.Vollrath, Structural disorder in silk proteins reveals the emergence of elastomericity, Biomacromolecules 9: 216-221 (2008).
A.Zalar, D.Tepfer, S.V.Hoffmann, J.M.Kenney & S.Leach, Directed exospermia: I. Biological modes of resistance to UV light are implied through absorption spectroscopy of DNA and potential UV screens, International Journal of Astrobiology, 6: 229-240 (2007).
S.S.Khaymina, J.M.Kenney, M.M.Schroeter, J.M.Chalovich, Fesselin is a natively unfolded protein, Journal of Proteome Research 6: 3648-3654 (2007).
Lim, Kwang Hun, Collver, Hilary H., Le, Yen T. H., Nagchowdhuri, Partha, Kenney, John M., Characterizations of Distinct Amyloidogenic Conformations of the A Beta (1-40) and (1-42) Peptides, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 353 (2): 443-449, 2007.
Dicko, Cedric, Kenney, John M., Vollrath and Fritz, Beta-Silks: Enhancing and Controlling Aggregation, Fibrous Proteins: Amyloids, Prions and Beta Proteins, Advances In Protein Chemistry 73: 17 2006.
C Dicko, D Knight, JM Kenney and F Vollrath, Conformational polymorphism, stability and aggregation in spider dragline silks proteins, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 36(4), 215-224 (2005).
C.Dicko, D.Knight, J.M.Kenney & F.Vollrath, Conformational polymorphism, stability and aggregation in spider dragline silks proteins, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 36(4), 215-224 (2005).
S.V.Petersen, D.A.Olsen, J.M.Kenney, T.D.Oury, Z.Valnickova , I.B.Thogersen, J.D.Crapo & J.J.Enghild, The high concentration of Arg(213)-> Gly extracellular Superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) in plasma is caused by a reduction of both heparin and collagen affinities, Biochemical Journal 385, 427-432 (2005).
C.Dicko, D.Knight, J.M.Kenney & F.Vollrath, Secondary structures and conformational changes in flagelliform, cylindrical, major, and minor ampullate silk proteins. Temperature and concentration effects, Biomacromolecules 5(6), 2105-15 (2004).
L.O’Reilly, P.Bross, J.M.Kenney, T.J.Cryodon, V.Winter, N.Gregersen, P.Engel & B.S.Andersen, The y42h mutation in medium-chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase, which is prevalent in babies identified by ms/ms-based newborn screening, is temperature sensitive, European Journal of Biochemistry 271(20), 4053-4063 (2004).
C.Dicko, D.Knight, J.M.Kenney & F.Vollrath, Transition to a beta-sheet-rich structure in spidroin in vitro: the effects of pH and cations, Biochemistry 43(44), 14080-14087 (2004).
C.Dicko, F.Vollrath & J.M.Kenney, Spider silk protein refolding is controlled by changing pH, Biomacromolecules 5(3), 704-710 (2004).
C.Dicko, D.Knight, J.M.Kenney & F.Vollrath, Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: a synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study, Biomacromolecules 5(3), 758-767 (2004).
K.E.Pedersen, A.P.Einholm, A.Christensen, L.Schack, T.Wind, J.M.Kenney & P.Andreasen, Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 polymers induced by inactivating amphipathic organochemical ligands, Biochemical Journal 372(pt 3), 747-755 (2003).
B.S.Llaursen, I.Siwanowicz, G.Larigauderie, J.Hedegaard, K.Ito, Y.Nakamura, J.M.Kenney, K.K.Mortensen & H.U.Sperling-Petersen, Characterization of mutations in the GTP-binging domain of IF2 resulting in cold-sensitive growth of Escherichia coli, Journal of Molecular Biology 326, 543-551 (2003).
J.M.Kenney, D.Knight, M.Wise & F.Vollrath, Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk, European Journal of Biochemistry-FEBS 269, 4159-4163 (2002).
J.M.Kenney, D.Knight, C.Dicko & F.Vollrath, Linear and circular dichroism can help us to understand the molecular nature of spider silk, 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology, (S.Toft & N.Scharff eds), European Arachnology 2000, 123-126 (2002).
S.Hourdez, R.E.Weber, B.N.Green, J.M.Kenney & C.R.Fisher, Respiratory Adaptations in a deep-sea Orbiniid Polychaete from Gulf of Mexico brine pool nr-1: metabolic rates and hemoglobin structure-function, J. Exp. Biol. 205, 1669-1681 (2002).
Collaborators:Colin Burns, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, USAJason Bond, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, USAHun Lim, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, USAWilliam Allen, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, USABrage Storstein Andersen, Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.Peter Andreasen, Inst. of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.Cedric Dicko, Dept. of Zoology, Oxford, UK.Poul Henning Jensen, Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.David Knight, Dept. of Zoology, Oxford, UK.Linda O’Reilly, Dept of Biochemistry, University College, IrelandFritz Vollrath, Dept. of Zoology, Oxford, UK.Michael Wise, School of Biomedical and Chemical Science, University of Western Australia, Australia.
