School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences
The University of Sydney
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Associate Professor Jacqueline Matthews

Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellow
Molecular and Microbial Biosciences
Faculty of Science

G08 - Biochemistry and Microbiology Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Research Interests

The 30,000 or so genes in your genome encode proteins that work together in a coordinated fashion to regulate every biological process in the body. Jacqui Matthews' team is interested in finding out not just how proteins achieve these important biological processes, but also whether artificial regulation of these activities through the design of specific protein inhibitors is possible. In particular, they are investigating the protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions that occur during normal cellular development and comparing them with interactions that cause diseases states such as T-cell leukemia, beta-thalassaemia and breast cancer. To do this, they are using a range of techniques including:

* molecular biology
* biophysical methods
* structural methods

Select Publications

    2009
    • Lowry, J, Gamsjaeger, R, Thong, S, Hung, W, Kwan, A, Broitman-Maduro, G, Matthews, J, Maduro, M, Mackay, J. Structural analysis of med-1 reveals unexpected diversity in the mechanism of DNA recognition by gata-type zinc finger domains. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2009; 284:5827-35 [Abstract]
    2008
    • Pilotelle-Bunner, A, Matthews, J, Cornelius, F, Apell, H, Sebban, P, Clarke, R. ATP Binding Equilibria of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase (dagger). Biochemistry. 2008; 47:13103-13114 [Abstract]
    • Matthews, J, Bhati, M, Craig, V, Deane, J, Jeffries, C, Lee, C, Nancarrow, A, Ryan, D, Sunde, M. Competition between LIM-binding domains. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2008; 36:1393-1397 [Abstract]
    • Matthews, J, Loughlin, F, Mackay, J. Designed metal-binding sites in biomolecular and bioinorganic interactions. Current opinion in structural biology. 2008; 18:484-90 [Abstract]
    • Bhati, M, Lee, C, Nancarrow, A, Lee, M, Craig, V, Bach, I, Guss, J, Mackay, J, Matthews, J. Implementing the LIM code: the structural basis for cell type-specific assembly of LIM-homeodomain complexes. The EMBO journal. 2008; 27:2018-29 [Abstract]
    • Bhati, M, Lee, M, Nancarrow, A, Bach, I, Guss, J, Matthews, J. Crystallization of an Lhx3-Isl1 complex. Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications. 2008; 64:297-299 [Abstract]
    2007
    • Chong, S, Vickaryous, N, Ashe, A, Zamudio, N, Youngson, N, Hemley, S, Stopka, T, Skoultchi, A, Matthews, J, Scott, H, de Kretser, D, O'Bryan, M, Blewitt, M, Whitelaw, E. Modifiers of epigenetic reprogramming show paternal effects in the mouse. Nature genetics. 2007; 39:614-622 [Abstract]
    • Stokes, P, Thompson, L, Marianayagam, N, Matthews, J. Dimerization of CtIP may stabilize in vivo interactions with the Retinoblastoma-pocket domain. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2007; 354:197-202 [Abstract]
    2006
    • Begg, G, Carrington, L, Stokes, P, Matthews, J, Wouters, M, Husain, A, Lorand, L, Iismaa, S, Graham, R. Mechanism of allosteric regulation of transglutaminase 2 by GTP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006; 103:19683-8 [Abstract]
    • Jeffries, C, Graham, S, Stokes, P, Collyer, C, Guss, J, Matthews, J. Stabilization of a binary protein complex by intein-mediated cyclization. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society. 2006; 15:2612-8 [Abstract]
    • Ryan, D, Sunde, M, Kwan, A, Marianayagam, N, Nancarrow, A, Vanden Hoven, R, Thompson, L, Baca, M, Mackay, J, Visvader, J, Matthews, J. Identification of the key LMO2-binding determinants on Ldb1. Journal of molecular biology. 2006; 359:66-75 [Abstract]
    • Begg, G, Holman, S, Stokes, P, Matthews, J, Graham, R, Iismaa, S. Mutation of a critical arginine in the GTP-binding site of transglutaminase 2 disinhibits intracellular cross-linking activity. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2006; 281:12603-9 [Abstract]
    • Ely, L, Beddoe, T, Clements, C, Matthews, J, Purcell, A, Kjer-Nielsen, L, McCluskey, J, Rossjohn, J. Disparate thermodynamics governing T cell receptor-MHC-I interactions implicate extrinsic factors in guiding MHC restriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006; 103:6641-6 [Abstract]
    • Kwan, A, Winefield, R, Sunde, M, Matthews, J, Haverkamp, R, Templeton, M, Mackay, J. Structural basis for rodlet assembly in fungal hydrophobins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006; 103:3621-6 [Abstract]
    2005
    • Lee, C, Nancarrow, A, Bach, I, Mackay, J, Matthews, J. 1H, 15N and 13C assignments of an intramolecular Lhx3:ldb1 complex. Journal of biomolecular NMR. 2005. p. 198. [Abstract]
    • Ryan, D, Matthews, J. Protein-protein interactions in human disease. Current opinion in structural biology. 2005; 15:441-6 [Abstract]
    • Duggin, I, Matthews, J, Dixon, N, Wake, R, Mackay, J. A complex mechanism determines polarity of DNA replication fork arrest by the replication terminator complex of Bacillus subtilis. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2005; 280:13105-13 [Abstract]
    • Williams, N, Liepinsh, E, Watt, S, Prosselkov, P, Matthews, J, Attard, P, Beck, J, Dixon, N, Otting, G. Stabilization of native protein fold by intein-mediated covalent cyclization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2005; 346:1095-1108 [Abstract]
    • Sharpe, B, Liew, C, Kwan, A, Wilce, J, Crossley, M, Matthews, J, Mackay, J. Assessment of the robustness of a serendipitous zinc binding fold: mutagenesis and protein grafting. Structure (London, England). 2005; 13:257-66 [Abstract]
    • Liew, C, Simpson, R, Kwan, A, Crofts, L, Loughlin, F, Matthews, J, Crossley, M, Mackay, J. Zinc fingers as protein recognition motifs: structural basis for the GATA-1/friend of GATA interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2005; 102:583-8 [Abstract]
    2004
    • Sunde, M, McGrath, K, Young, L, Matthews, J, Chua, E, Mackay, J, Death, A. TC-1 is a novel tumorigenic and natively disordered protein associated with thyroid cancer. Cancer research. 2004; 64:2766-73 [Abstract]
    2003
    • Matthews, J, Visvader, J. LIM-domain-binding protein 1: a multifunctional cofactor that interacts with diverse proteins. EMBO reports. 2003; 4:1132-1137 [Abstract]
    • Deane, J, Maher, M, Langley, D, Graham, S, Visvader, J, Guss, J, Matthews, J. Crystallization of FLINC4, an intramolecular LMO4-ldb1 complex. Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. 2003; 59:1484-1486 [Abstract]
    • Simpson, R, Cram, E, Czolij, R, Matthews, J, Crossley, M, Mackay, J. CCHX zinc finger derivatives retain the ability to bind Zn(II) and mediate protein-DNA interactions. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2003; 278:28011-8 [Abstract]
    • Kwan, A, Gell, D, Verger, A, Crossley, M, Matthews, J, Mackay, J. Engineering a protein scaffold from a PHD finger. Structure (London, England : 1993). 2003; 11:803-13 [Abstract]
    • Deane, J, Mackay, J, Kwan, A, Sum, E, Visvader, J, Matthews, J. Structural basis for the recognition of ldb1 by the N-terminal LIM domains of LMO2 and LMO4. The EMBO journal. 2003; 22:2224-33 [Abstract]
    • Turner, J, Nicholas, H, Bishop, D, Matthews, J, Crossley, M. The LIM protein FHL3 binds basic Krüppel-like factor/Krüppel-like factor 3 and its co-repressor C-terminal-binding protein 2. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2003; 278:12786-95 [Abstract]
    2002
    • Matthews, J, Sunde, M. Zinc fingers--folds for many occasions. IUBMB life. 2002; 54:351-5 [Abstract]
    • Kowalski, K, Liew, C, Matthews, J, Gell, D, Crossley, M, Mackay, J. Characterization of the conserved interaction between GATA and FOG family proteins. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2002; 277:35720-9 [Abstract]
    • Deane, J, Visvader, J, Mackay, J, Matthew, J. 1H, 15N and 13C assignments of FLIN4, an intramolecular LMO4:ldb1 complex. Journal of biomolecular NMR. 2002. p. 165-6. [Abstract]
    • Sharpe, B, Matthews, J, Kwan, A, Newton, A, Gell, D, Crossley, M, Mackay, J. A new zinc binding fold underlines the versatility of zinc binding modules in protein evolution. Structure (London, England : 1993). 2002; 10:639-48 [Abstract]
    2001
    • Matthews, J, Visvader, J, Mackay, J. 1H, 15N and 13C assignments of FLIN2, an intramolecular LMO2:ldb1 complex. Journal of biomolecular NMR. 2001. p. 385-6. [Abstract]
    • Bradstock, K, Matthews, J, Young, G, Lowenthal, R, Baxter, H, Arthur, C, Bashford, J, Brighton, T, Cannell, P, Dunlop, L, Durrant, S, Enno, A, Eliadis, P, Gill, D, Gillett, A, Gottlieb, D, Januszewicz, H, Joshua, D, Leahy, M, Schwarer, A, Taylor, K, , A. Effects of glycosylated recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor after high-dose cytarabine-based induction chemotherapy for adult acute myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia : official journal of the Leukemia Society of America, Leukemia Research Fund, U.K. 2001; 15:1331-8 [Abstract]
    • Deane, J, Sum, E, Mackay, J, Lindeman, G, Visvader, J, Matthews, J. Design, production and characterization of FLIN2 and FLIN4: the engineering of intramolecular ldb1:LMO complexes. Protein engineering. 2001; 14:493-9 [Abstract]
    • Mackay, J, Matthews, J, Winefield, R, Mackay, L, Haverkamp, R, Templeton, M. The hydrophobin EAS is largely unstructured in solution and functions by forming amyloid-like structures. Structure (London, England : 1993). 2001; 9:83-91 [Abstract]

    Publication Keywords

    Carrier Proteins; Transcription Factors; Neoplasm Proteins; Nuclear Proteins; Thyroid Neoplasms; Proteins; DNA-Binding Proteins; Zinc; Alanine; Bacillus subtilis