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Peter W. Piper is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Aging, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biochemistry.

The topics covered in their work include:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • GABA and Rice Research

Peter W. Piper has published research articles in various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Hsp90 and phosphorylation of the Slt2(Mpk1) MAP kinase activation loop are essential for catalytic, but not non-catalytic, Slt2-mediated transcription in yeast (2022) published in Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • UCS Chaperone Folding of the Myosin Head: A Function That Evolved before Animals and Fungi Diverged from a Common Ancestor More than a Billion Years Ago (2022) published in Biomolecules

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Stefan H. Millson
  • Andrew W. Truman
  • Julia Elizabeth Scott

Publications by Peter W. Piper appear in venues such as Cell Stress and Chaperones and Biomolecules, indicating a research focus that spans molecular chaperones and biochemical studies.

Best Publications

  • Identification and Structural Characterization of the ATP/ADP-Binding Site in the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone

    Chrisostomos Prodromou;S. Mark Roe;Ronan O'Brien;John Edward Simon Durham Ladbury

  • Structural Basis for Inhibition of the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone by the Antitumor Antibiotics Radicicol and Geldanamycin

    S M Roe;C Prodromou;R O'Brien;J E Ladbury

  • Crystal structure of an Hsp90–nucleotide–p23/Sba1 closed chaperone complex

    Maruf M. U. Ali;S. Mark Roe;Cara K. Vaughan;Phillipe Meyer;Phillipe Meyer

  • ATP binding and hydrolysis are essential to the function of the Hsp90 molecular chaperone in vivo

    Barry Panaretou;Chrisostomos Prodromou;S. Mark Roe;Ronan O'Brien

  • The ATPase cycle of Hsp90 drives a molecular ‘clamp’ via transient dimerization of the N-terminal domains

    Chrisostomos Prodromou;Barry Panaretou;Barry Panaretou;Shahzad Chohan;Giuliano Siligardi

  • Activation of the ATPase activity of hsp90 by the stress-regulated cochaperone aha1.

    Barry Panaretou;Giuliano Siligardi;Philippe Meyer;Alison Maloney

  • Structural and Functional Analysis of the Middle Segment of Hsp90 Implications for ATP Hydrolysis and Client Protein and Cochaperone Interactions

    Philippe Meyer;Chrisostomos Prodromou;Bin Hu;Cara Vaughan

  • Regulation of Hsp90 ATPase activity by tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-domain co-chaperones

    Chrisostomos Prodromou;Giuliano Siligardi;Ronan O'Brien;Derek N. Woolfson

  • The heat shock and ethanol stress responses of yeast exhibit extensive similarity and functional overlap

    Peter W. Piper

  • Weak acid adaptation: the stress response that confers yeasts with resistance to organic acid food preservatives

    Peter Piper;Claudia Ortiz Calderon;T. Kostas Hatzixanthis;Mehdi Mollapour

  • The Pdr12 ABC transporter is required for the development of weak organic acid resistance in yeast

    Peter Piper;Yannick Mahé;Suzanne Thompson;Rudy Pandjaitan

  • The mechanism of Hsp90 regulation by the protein kinase-specific cochaperone p50(cdc37)

    S.Mark Roe;Maruf M.U Ali;Philippe Meyer;Cara K Vaughan

  • Structural basis for recruitment of the ATPase activator Aha1 to the Hsp90 chaperone machinery.

    Philippe Meyer;Chrisostomos Prodromou;Chunyan Liao;Bin Hu

  • The molecular defences against reactive oxygen species in yeast

    P. Moradas-Ferreira;V. Costa;P. Piper;W.H. Mager

  • Regulation of Hsp90 ATPase activity by the co-chaperone Cdc37p/p50cdc37.

    Giuliano Siligardi;Barry Panaretou;Philippe Meyer;Shradha Singh

  • Molecular events associated with acquisition of heat tolerance by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Peter W. Piper

  • Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation targets the yeast Fps1 aquaglyceroporin for endocytosis, thereby rendering cells resistant to acetic acid.

    Mehdi Mollapour;Peter W. Piper

  • A molecular clamp in the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of the yeast Hsp90 chaperone

    C Prodromou;S.M Roe;P.W Piper;L.H. Pearl

  • Co-chaperone regulation of conformational switching in the Hsp90 ATPase cycle.

    Giuliano Siligardi;Bin Hu;Barry Panaretou;Peter W. Piper

  • Hsp90-dependent activation of protein kinases is regulated by chaperone-targeted dephosphorylation of Cdc37

    Cara K. Vaughan;Mehdi Mollapour;Jennifer R. Smith;Andrew W. Truman

Frequent Co-Authors

Chrisostomos Prodromou
Chrisostomos Prodromou University of Sussex
Laurence H. Pearl
Laurence H. Pearl University of Sussex
S. Mark Roe
S. Mark Roe University of Sussex
Karl Kuchler
Karl Kuchler Medical University of Vienna
Don A. Cowan
Don A. Cowan University of Pretoria
John E. Ladbury
John E. Ladbury University of Leeds
Jennifer A. Littlechild
Jennifer A. Littlechild University of Exeter
Pedro Moradas-Ferreira
Pedro Moradas-Ferreira University of Porto
Paul Workman
Paul Workman Institute of Cancer Research
Willem H. Mager
Willem H. Mager Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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