Professor Emeritus Mitchell Guss
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Professor Emeritus Mitchell Guss

Professor
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Phone
+61 2 9351 4302
Fax
+61 2 9351 4726
Address
F07 - Carslaw Building
The University of Sydney

Mitchell Guss has a long standing interest in the application of the tools of structural biology to understand how biological molecules work and how they can be exploited for medical and other purposes.

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Jacques, D., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2012). Antikinases: Their Structures and Roles in Two-component Signalling. In Roy Gross, Dagmar Beier (Eds.), Two-component Systems in Bacteria, (pp. 163-180). Norfolk, United Kingdom: Caister Academic Press.

Journals

  • Trewhella, J., Vachette, P., Bierma, J., Blanchet, C., Brookes, E., Chakravarthy, S., Chatzimagas, L., Cleveland, T., Cowieson, N., Crossett, B., Guss, M., et al (2022). A round-robin approach provides a detailed assessment of biomolecular small-angle scattering data reproducibility and yields consensus curves for benchmarking. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 78, 1315-1336. [More Information]
  • Latham, R., Torrado Del Rey, M., Atto, B., Walshe, J., Wilson, R., Guss, M., Mackay, J., Tristram, S., Gell, D. (2020). A heme-binding protein produced by Haemophilus haemolyticus inhibits non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. Molecular Microbiology, 113(2), 381-398. [More Information]
  • Patel, K., Walport, L., Walshe, J., Solomon, P., Low, J., Tran, D., Mouradian, K., Silva, A., Wilkinson-White, L., Norman, A., Franck, C., Matthews, J., Guss, M., Payne, R., Passioura, T., Mackay, J., et al (2020). Cyclic peptides can engage a single binding pocket through highly divergent modes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(43), 26728-26738. [More Information]

2022

  • Trewhella, J., Vachette, P., Bierma, J., Blanchet, C., Brookes, E., Chakravarthy, S., Chatzimagas, L., Cleveland, T., Cowieson, N., Crossett, B., Guss, M., et al (2022). A round-robin approach provides a detailed assessment of biomolecular small-angle scattering data reproducibility and yields consensus curves for benchmarking. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 78, 1315-1336. [More Information]

2020

  • Latham, R., Torrado Del Rey, M., Atto, B., Walshe, J., Wilson, R., Guss, M., Mackay, J., Tristram, S., Gell, D. (2020). A heme-binding protein produced by Haemophilus haemolyticus inhibits non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. Molecular Microbiology, 113(2), 381-398. [More Information]
  • Patel, K., Walport, L., Walshe, J., Solomon, P., Low, J., Tran, D., Mouradian, K., Silva, A., Wilkinson-White, L., Norman, A., Franck, C., Matthews, J., Guss, M., Payne, R., Passioura, T., Mackay, J., et al (2020). Cyclic peptides can engage a single binding pocket through highly divergent modes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(43), 26728-26738. [More Information]

2019

  • Stokes, P., Robertson, N., Silva, A., Estephan, T., Trewhella, J., Guss, J., Matthews, J. (2019). Mutation in a flexible linker modulates binding affinity for modular complexes. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 87(5), 425-429. [More Information]

2017

  • Trewhella, J., Duff, A., Durand, D., Gabel, F., Guss, M., Hendrickson, W., Hura, G., Jacques, D., Kirby, N., Kwan, A., et al (2017). 2017 publication guidelines for structural modelling of small-angle scattering data from biomolecules in solution: An update. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 73(9), 710-728. [More Information]
  • Helliwell, J., McMahon, B., Guss, M., Kroon-Batenburg, L. (2017). The science is in the data. International Union of Crystallography, 4, 714-722. [More Information]

2016

  • Michie, K., Kwan, A., Tung, C., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2016). A Highly Conserved Yet Flexible Linker Is Part of a Polymorphic Protein-Binding Domain in Myosin-Binding Protein C. Structure, 24(11), 2000-2007. [More Information]
  • Nadvi, N., Michie, K., Kwan, A., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2016). Clinically Linked Mutations in the Central Domains of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C with Distinct Phenotypes Show Differential Structural Effects. Structure, 24(1), 105-115. [More Information]

2015

  • Fung, H., Gadd, M., Drury, T., Cheung, S., Guss, M., Coleman, N., Matthews, J. (2015). Biochemical and biophysical characterisation of haloalkane dehalogenases DmrA and DmrB in Mycobacterium strain JS60 and their role in growth on haloalkanes. Molecular Microbiology, 97(3), 439-453. [More Information]
  • Wilkinson-White, L., Lester, K., Ripin, N., Jacques, D., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2015). GATA1 directly mediates interactions with closely spaced pseudopalindromic but not distantly spaced double GATA sites on DNA. Protein Science, 24(10), 1649-1659. [More Information]
  • McGrath, A., Laming, E., Casas Garcia, G., Kvansakul, M., Guss, M., Trewhella, J., Calmes, B., Bernhardt, P., Hanson, G., Kappler, U., et al (2015). Structural basis of interprotein electron transfer in bacterial sulfite oxidation. eLife, 4, 1-26. [More Information]

2014

  • Guss, M., McMahon, B. (2014). How to make deposition of images a reality. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 70(Pt 10), 2520-2532. [More Information]
  • Dickson, C., Krishna Kumar, K., Jacques, D., Malmirchegini, G., Spirig, T., Mackay, J., Clubb, R., Guss, M., Gell, D. (2014). Structure of the Hemoglobin-IsdH Complex Reveals the Molecular Basis of Iron Capture by Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289(10), 6728-6738. [More Information]
  • Kumar, K., Jacques, D., Guss, M., Gell, D. (2014). The structure of a-haemoglobin in complex with a haemoglobin-binding domain from Staphylococcus aureus reveals the elusive a-haemoglobin dimerization interface. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, F70(8), 1032-1037. [More Information]

2013

  • Gadd, M., Jacques, D., Nisevic, I., Craig, V., Kwan, A., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2013). A Structural Basis for the Regulation of the LIM Homeodomain Protein Islet 1 (Isl1) by Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288(30), 21924-21935. [More Information]
  • Vandevenne, M., Jacques, D., Artuz, C., Nguyen, C., Kwan, A., Segal, D., Matthews, J., Crossley, M., Guss, M., Mackay, J. (2013). New insights into DNA recognition by zinc fingers revealed by structural analysis of the oncoprotein ZNF217. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288(15), 10616-10627. [More Information]

2012

  • Jacques, D., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2012). Antikinases: Their Structures and Roles in Two-component Signalling. In Roy Gross, Dagmar Beier (Eds.), Two-component Systems in Bacteria, (pp. 163-180). Norfolk, United Kingdom: Caister Academic Press.
  • Gadd, M., Jacques, D., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2012). Crystallization and diffraction of an Isl1-Ldb1 complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 68(11), 1398-1401. [More Information]
  • Guss, M. (2012). Hans Charles Freeman (1929-2008): A scientific journey from dipole moments to protein crystallography. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 115, 114-118. [More Information]

2011

  • Jacques, D., Langley, D., Hynson, R., Whitten, A., Kwan, A., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2011). A Novel Structure of an Antikinase and Its Inhibitor. Journal of Molecular Biology, 405(1), 214-226. [More Information]
  • Ash, M., Maher, M., Guss, M., Jormakka, M. (2011). A suite of Switch I and Switch II mutant structures from the G-protein domain of FeoB. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 67(11), 973-980. [More Information]
  • Ernberg, K., Zhong, B., Ko, K., Miller, L., Nguyen, Y., Sayre, L., Guss, M., Lee, I. (2011). Structural and enzyme activity studies demonstrate that aryl substituted 2,3-butadienamine analogs inactivate Arthrobacter globiformis amine oxidase (AGAO) by chemical derivatization of the 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine quinone (TPQ) cofactor. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Proteins and Proteomics, 1814 (5), 638-646. [More Information]

2010

  • McGrath, A., Hilmer, K., Collyer, C., Dooley, D., Guss, M. (2010). A new crystal form of human diamine oxidase. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 66(2), 137-142. [More Information]
  • Ernberg, K., McGrath, A., Peat, T., Adams, T., Xiao, X., Pham, T., Newman, J., McDonald, I., Collyer, C., Guss, M. (2010). A new crystal form of human vascular adhesion protein 1. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 66(Pt 12), 1572-1578. [More Information]
  • Chow, J., Jeffries, C., Kwan, A., Guss, M., Trewhella, J. (2010). Calmodulin Disrupts the Structure of the HIV-1 MA Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology, 400(4), 702-714. [More Information]

2009

  • Langley, D., Shojaei, M., Chan, C., Lok, H., Mackay, J., Traut, T., Guss, M., Christopherson, R. (2009). Corrections. Biochemistry, 48(11), 2569-2570. [More Information]
  • Gadd, M., Langley, D., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2009). Crystallization and diffraction of an Lhx4-Isl2 complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, F65(2), 151-153. [More Information]
  • Guss, M. (2009). Hans C. Freeman (1929-2008). Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 65(1), 93-95. [More Information]

2008

  • Graham, S., Guss, M. (2008). Complexes of mutants of Escherichia coli aminopeptidase P and the tripeptide substrate ValProLeu. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 469(2), 200-208. [More Information]
  • Langley, D., Trambaiolo, D., Duff, A., Dooley, D., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2008). Complexes of the copper-containing amine oxidase from Arthrobacter globiformis with the inhibitors benzylhydrazine and tranylcypromine. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, F64(7), 577-583. [More Information]
  • Loughlin, F., Lee, M., Guss, M., Mackay, J. (2008). Crystallization of a ZRANB2-RNA complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 64(Pt 12), 1175-1177. [More Information]

2007

  • Lee, M., Maher, M., Christopherson, R., Guss, M. (2007). Kinetic and Structural Analysis of Mutant Escherichia coli Dihydroorotases: A Flexible Loop Stabilizes the Transition State(,). Biochemistry, 46(37), 10538-10550. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Maher, M., Guss, M. (2007). Structure of the T109S mutant of Escherichia coli dihydroorotase complexed with the inhibiter 5-fluoroorotate: catalytic activity is reflected by the crystal form. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 63(Part 3), 154-161. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Chan, C., Graham, S., Christopherson, R., Guss, M., Maher, M. (2007). Structures of ligand-free and inhibitor complexes of dihydroorotase from Escherichia coli: Implications for loop movement in inhibitor design. Journal of Molecular Biology, 370(5), 812-825. [More Information]

2006

  • Duff, A., Shepard, E., Langley, D., Dooley, D., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2006). A C-terminal disulfide bond in the copper-containing amine oxidase from pea seedlings violates the twofold symmetry of the molecular dimer. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, F62(12), 1168-1173. [More Information]
  • Graham, S., Lilley, P., Lee, M., Schaeffer, P., Kralicek, A., Dixon, N., Guss, M. (2006). Kinetic and crystallographic analysis of mutant Escherichia coli aminopeptidase P: insights into substrate recognition and the mechanism of catalysis. Biochemistry, 45(3), 964-975. [More Information]
  • Jeffries, C., Graham, S., Stokes, P., Collyer, C., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2006). Stabilization of a binary protein complex by intein-mediated cyclization. Protein Science, 15(11), 2612-2618. [More Information]

2005

  • Strater, N., Jasper, B., Scholte, M., Krebs, B., Duff, A., Langley, D., Han, R., Averill, B., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2005). Crystal structures of recombinant human purple Acid phosphatase with and without an inhibitory conformation of the repression loop. Journal of Molecular Biology, 351(1), 233-246. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Chan, C., Guss, M., Christopherson, R., Maher, M. (2005). Dihydroorotase from Escherichia coli: loop movement and cooperativity between subunits. Journal of Molecular Biology, 348(3), 523-533. [More Information]
  • Contakes, S., Juda, G., Langley, D., Halpern-Manners, N., Duff, A., Dunn, A., Gray, H., Dooley, D., Guss, M., Freeman, H. (2005). Reversible inhibition of copper amine oxidase activity by channel-blocking ruthenium(II) and rhenium(I) molecular wires. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(38), 13451-13456. [More Information]

2004

  • Langley, D., Harty, D., Graham, S., Guss, M., Hunter, N., Collyer, C. (2004). Crystallization Of Gcna, An N-Acetyl-β-D-Glucosaminidase, From Streptococcus Gordonii. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, D60, 1910-1911. [More Information]
  • O'Connell, K., Langley, D., Shepard, E., Duff, A., Jeon, H., Sun, G., Freeman, H., Guss, M., Sayre, L., Dooley, D. (2004). Differential Inhibition Of Six Copper Amine Oxidases By A Family Of 4-(Aryloxy)-2-Butynamines: Evidence For A New Mode Of Inactivation. Biochemistry, 43(34), 10965-10978. [More Information]
  • Maher, M., Cross, M., Wilce, M., Guss, M., Wedd, A. (2004). Metal-Substituted Derivatives Of The Rubredoxin From Clostridium Pasteurianum. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 60(2), 298-303. [More Information]

2003

  • Graham, S., Lee, M., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2003). An orthorhombic form of Escherichia coli aminopeptidase P at 2.4 A resolution. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 59(5), 897-902. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Maher, M., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2003). Auracyanin B structure in space group P65. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 59(9), 1545-1550. [More Information]
  • Deane, J., Maher, M., Langley, D., Graham, S., Visvader, J., Guss, M., Matthews, J. (2003). Crystallization of FLINC4, an intramolecular LM04-ldb1 complex. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 59(8), 1484-1486. [More Information]

2002

  • Adams, A., Guss, M., Denny, W., Wakelin, L. (2002). Crystal structure of 9-amino-N-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl]-4-acridinecarboxamide bound to d(CGTACG)2: implications for structure-activity relationships of acridinecarboxamide topoisimerase poisons. Nucleic Acids Research, 30(3), 719-725. [More Information]
  • Lee, M., Willingham, K., Langley, D., Maher, M., Cohen, A., Ellis, P., Kuchar, J., Dooley, D., Freeman, H., Guss, M. (2002). Crystallization of Pichia pastoris lysyl oxidase. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 58(12), 2177-2179. [More Information]

2001

  • Bond, C., Guss, M., Maher, M., Wilce, J., Willingham, K., Freeman, H., Blankenship, R., Selvaraj, F. (2001). Crystal structure of Auracyanin, a "Blue" copper protein from the green thermophilic photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Journal of Molecular Biology, 306, 47-67.
  • Willingham, K., Maher, M., Guss, M., Freeman, H., Ghosh,, M., Adams, M., Grunden, A. (2001). Crystallization and characterization of the prolidase from Pyrococcus furiosus. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography, 57, 428-430. [More Information]
  • Guss, M., Harel, M., Kasher, R., Nicolas,, A., Balass,, M., Fridkin, M., Smit, A., Brejc, K., Sixma, T., Katchalski-Katzir, E., et al (2001). The binding site of acetylcholine receptor as visualised in the x-ray structure of a complex between a-Bungarotoxin and a mimotape peptide. Neuron, 32, 265-275.

Selected Grants

2012

  • Molecular foundations for essential fine tuning of regulatory signals in healthy heart function, Trewhella J, Guss M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2010

  • POLARStar Omega, Sunde M, Guss M, Mackay J, Matthews J, Payne R, Cubeddu L, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Equipment Grant
  • LMO2-containing complexes in leukemia and blood cell development, Matthews J, Mackay J, Guss M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
  • Federated Single Crystal X-ray Structural Analysis Facility, Kepert C, Guss M, Malby R, Jormakka M, Cole M, Dixon N, Kearley G, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)