Mr Michael Beer
MBiochem
Current positions
Research Associate
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
My main interests lie in structural biology and biophysics, but I have recently become very interested in molecular dynamics simulations. Overall, the field of enzymology is my wider area of interest.
Publications
Recent publications
07/11/2024Dynamical responses predict a distal site that modulates activity in an antibiotic resistance enzyme
Chemical Science
Electric Fields Are a Key Determinant of Carbapenemase Activity in Class A β-Lactamases
ACS Catalysis
Restricted Rotational Flexibility of the C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Leads to Potent Inhibition of the GES-5 Carbapenemase
ACS Infectious Diseases
Electrostatic interactions define nacubactam potency against OXA-48-like β-lactamases
Electrostatic interactions define nacubactam potency against OXA-48-like β-lactamases
Tautomer-Specific Deacylation and Ω-Loop Flexibility Explain the Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Broad-Spectrum Activity of the KPC-2 β-Lactamase
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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