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Peter L. Davies

Peter L. Davies

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
24901
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Peter L. Davies is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has a research portfolio focused primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans a range of subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Atmospheric Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's publication record includes studies on physiological and biochemical adaptations, nanoparticle nucleation surface interactions, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, calpain protease function and regulation, neurobiology and insect physiology, genetics related to aging and longevity in model organisms, and biochemical and structural characterization.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Laurie A. Graham, Shuaiqi Guo, Thomas Hansen, Robert Eves, and Virginia K. Walker.

Peter L. Davies has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cryobiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • mBio
  • FEBS Journal

Notable recent papers by Peter L. Davies are:

  • Ice recrystallization inhibition activity varies with ice-binding protein type and does not correlate with thermal hysteresis, 2021, Cryobiology
  • Water-organizing motif continuity is critical for potent ice nucleation protein activity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vertebrates: A Fishy Tale, 2021, Trends in Genetics
  • Antifreeze protein complements cryoprotective dehydration in the freeze-avoiding springtail Megaphorura arctica, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Antifreeze protein dispersion in eelpouts and related fishes reveals migration and climate alteration within the last 20 Ma, 2020, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Mimicry of ice structure by surface hydroxyls and water of a β-helix antifreeze protein

    Yih-Cherng Liou;Ante Tocilj;Peter L. Davies;Zongchao Jia

  • β-Helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect

    Steffen P. Graether;Steffen P. Graether;Michael J. Kuiper;Stéphane M. Gagné;Virginia K. Walker

  • Biochemistry of fish antifreeze proteins.

    Peter L. Davies;Choy L. Hew

  • Antifreeze proteins of teleost fishes.

    Garth L Fletcher;Choy L Hew;Peter L Davies

  • Antifreeze proteins: an unusual receptor–ligand interaction

    Zongchao Jia;Peter L Davies

  • Ice-binding proteins: a remarkable diversity of structures for stopping and starting ice growth

    Peter L. Davies

  • Crystal structure of calpain reveals the structural basis for Ca2+-dependent protease activity and a novel mode of enzyme activation

    Christopher M. Hosfield;John S. Elce;Peter L. Davies;Zongchao Jia

  • A Ca2+ Switch Aligns the Active Site of Calpain

    Tudor Moldoveanu;Christopher M. Hosfield;Daniel Lim;John S. Elce

  • Anchored clathrate waters bind antifreeze proteins to ice.

    Christopher P. Garnham;Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

  • Structure and function of antifreeze proteins

    Peter L. Davies;Jason Baardsnes;Michael J. Kuiper;Virginia K. Walker

  • Calcium-bound structure of calpain and its mechanism of inhibition by calpastatin

    Rachel A. Hanna;Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

  • Hyperactive antifreeze protein from beetles

    Laurie A. Graham;Yih-Cherng Liou;Virginia K. Walker;Peter L. Davies

  • Ice-Binding Proteins and Their Function

    Maya Bar Dolev;Ido Braslavsky;Peter L. Davies

  • Structural basis for the binding of a globular antifreeze protein to ice

    Zongchao Jia;Carl I. DeLuca;Heman Chao;Heman Chao;Peter L. Davies

  • The basis for hyperactivity of antifreeze proteins.

    Andrew J. Scotter;Christopher B. Marshall;Laurie A. Graham;Jack A. Gilbert

  • Structure of a calpain Ca(2+)-binding domain reveals a novel EF-hand and Ca(2+)-induced conformational changes.

    H. Blanchard;P. Grochulski;Y. Li;J.S. Arthur

  • A diminished role for hydrogen bonds in antifreeze protein binding to ice.

    Heman Chao;Michael E. Houston;Robert S. Hodges;Cyril M. Kay

  • Development of α-Helical Calpain Probes by Mimicking a Natural Protein-Protein Interaction

    Hyunil Jo;Nataline Meinhardt;Yibing Wu;Swapnil Kulkarni

  • Refined solution structure of type III antifreeze protein: hydrophobic groups may be involved in the energetics of the protein-ice interaction.

    Frank D Sönnichsen;Carl I DeLuca;Peter L Davies;Brian D Sykes

  • Structure–function relationships in calpains

    Robert L. Campbell;Peter L. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia K. Walker
Virginia K. Walker Queen's University
Zongchao Jia
Zongchao Jia Queen's University
Garth L. Fletcher
Garth L. Fletcher Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brian D. Sykes
Brian D. Sykes University of Alberta
Frank D. Sönnichsen
Frank D. Sönnichsen Kiel University
Ilja K. Voets
Ilja K. Voets Eindhoven University of Technology
Choy L. Hew
Choy L. Hew National University of Singapore
Cyril M. Kay
Cyril M. Kay University of Alberta
Robert S. Hodges
Robert S. Hodges University of Colorado Denver
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego

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