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  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

John W. R. Schwabe is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, contributing extensively to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a focus on molecular biology subfields. Their research spans 73 publications in these primary areas, complemented by work in medicine with 27 publications across oncology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their scientific interests concentrate on key topics including:

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Mechanism of Crosstalk between the LSD1 Demethylase and HDAC1 Deacetylase in the CoREST Complex," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "PROTAC-mediated degradation of class I histone deacetylase enzymes in corepressor complexes," 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "The MiDAC histone deacetylase complex is essential for embryonic development and has a unique multivalent structure," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Optimization of Class I Histone Deacetylase PROTACs Reveals that HDAC1/2 Degradation is Critical to Induce Apoptosis and Cell Arrest in Cancer Cells," 2022, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Diverse nucleosome Site-Selectivity among histone deacetylase complexes," 2020, eLife

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John W. R. Schwabe include:

  • Louise Fairall (19 publications)
  • Beatriz Romartínez-Alonso (10 publications)
  • Shaun M. Cowley (9 publications)
  • James T. Hodgkinson (7 publications)
  • Timothy J. Ragan (6 publications)

Publications are frequently found in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 8 publications
  • Nature Communications with 3 publications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society with 3 publications
  • Nucleic Acids Research with 3 publications
  • Chemical Communications with 2 publications

John W. R. Schwabe was awarded membership in Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Dominant negative mutations in human PPARγ associated with severe insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus and hypertension

    I. Barroso;M. Gurnell;V. E. F. Crowley;M. Agostini

  • The crystal structure of the estrogen receptor DNA-binding domain bound to DNA: How receptors discriminate between their response elements

    John W.R. Schwabe;Lynda Chapman;John T. Finch;Daniela Rhodes

  • Protein motifs 5. Zinc fingers.

    A. Klug;J. W. R. Schwabe

  • Solution structure of the DNA-binding domain of the oestrogen receptor.

    John W. R. Schwabe;David Neuhaus;Daniela Rhodes

  • Mechanism of corepressor binding and release from nuclear hormone receptors.

    Laszlo Nagy;Laszlo Nagy;Hung Ying Kao;James D. Love;James D. Love;Chuan Li

  • Structural basis for the activation of PPARγ by oxidized fatty acids

    Toshimasa Itoh;Louise Fairall;Kush Amin;Yuka Inaba

  • Structure of HDAC3 bound to co-repressor and inositol tetraphosphate

    Peter J. Watson;Louise Fairall;Guilherme M. Santos;John W. R. Schwabe

  • Mechanism of the nuclear receptor molecular switch

    Laszlo Nagy;John W.R. Schwabe

  • STAT6 Transcription Factor Is a Facilitator of the Nuclear Receptor PPARγ-Regulated Gene Expression in Macrophages and Dendritic Cells

    Attila Szanto;Balint L. Balint;Zsuzsanna S. Nagy;Zsuzsanna S. Nagy;Endre Barta;Endre Barta

  • The crystal structure of a two zinc-finger peptide reveals an extension to the rules for zinc-finger/DNA recognition.

    Louise Fairall;John W. R. Schwabe;Lynda Chapman;John T. Finch

  • A mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor alpha gene.

    Bochukova E;Schoenmakers N;Agostini M;Schoenmakers E

  • Class I HDACs share a common mechanism of regulation by inositol phosphates.

    Christopher J. Millard;Peter J. Watson;Ivana Celardo;Yuliya Gordiyenko

  • A Death Effector Domain Chain DISC Model Reveals a Crucial Role for Caspase-8 Chain Assembly in Mediating Apoptotic Cell Death

    Laura S. Dickens;Robert S. Boyd;Rebekah Jukes-Jones;Michelle A. Hughes

  • A Dominant-negative Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) Mutant Is a Constitutive Repressor and Inhibits PPARγ-mediated Adipogenesis

    M Gurnell;J M Wentworth;M Agostini;M Adams

  • Zinc mining for protein domains

    John W.R. Schwabe;Aaron Klug

  • Structural Basis for the Activation of Pparg by Oxidised Fatty Acids

    T. Itoh;L. Fairall;K. Amin;Y. Inaba

  • St John's wort, a herbal antidepressant, activates the steroid X receptor.

    J. M. Wentworth;M. Agostini;J. Love;J. W. Schwabe

  • Mutations in the selenocysteine insertion sequence–binding protein 2 gene lead to a multisystem selenoprotein deficiency disorder in humans

    Erik Schoenmakers;Maura Agostini;Catherine Mitchell;Nadia Schoenmakers

  • Direct G Protein Modulation of Cav2 Calcium Channels

    H. William Tedford;Gerald W. Zamponi

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LXVI. Orphan Nuclear Receptors

    Gérard Benoit;Austin Cooney;Vincent Giguere;Holly Ingraham

Frequent Co-Authors

Laszlo Nagy
Laszlo Nagy University of Debrecen
Daniela Rhodes
Daniela Rhodes Nanyang Technological University
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Philip A. Cole
Philip A. Cole Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephen O'Rahilly
Stephen O'Rahilly University of Cambridge
Robert K. Semple
Robert K. Semple University of Edinburgh
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz University of California, Los Angeles
Ieuan A. Hughes
Ieuan A. Hughes University of Cambridge
Mehul T. Dattani
Mehul T. Dattani University College London
Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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