Dr Jeff Nanson
Honorary Fellow/Lecturer
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Journal Articles
Manik, Mohammad K., Pan, Mengqi, Xiao, Le, Gu, Weixi, Kim, Hyoyoung, Pospich, Sabrina, Hedger, Andrew, Vajjhala, Parimala R., Lee, Morris Y. L., Qian, Xiaoqi, Landsberg, Michael J., Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Raunser, Stefan, Stacey, Katryn J., Wu, Hao and Kobe, Bostjan (2025). Structural basis for TIR domain–mediated innate immune signaling by Toll-like receptor adaptors TRIF and TRAM. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (2) e2418988122, e2418988122-2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2418988122
Li, Y., Pacoste, L. C., Gu, W., Thygesen, S. J., Stacey, K. J., Ve, T., Kobe, B., Xu, H. and Nanson, J. D. (2024). Microcrystal electron diffraction structure of Toll-like receptor 2 TIR-domain-nucleated MyD88 TIR-domain higher-order assembly. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 80 (9), 699-712. doi: 10.1107/s2059798324008210
Rahaman, Md. Habibur, Thygesen, Sara J., Maxwell, Michael J., Kim, Hyoyoung, Mudai, Prerna, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Jia, Xinying, Vajjhala, Parimala R., Hedger, Andrew, Vetter, Irina, Haselhorst, Thomas, Robertson, Avril A. B., Dymock, Brian, Ve, Thomas, Mobli, Mehdi, Stacey, Katryn J. and Kobe, Bostjan (2024). o-Vanillin binds covalently to MAL/TIRAP Lys-210 but independently inhibits TLR2. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 39 (1) 2313055, 2313055. doi: 10.1080/14756366.2024.2313055
Muusse, Timothy W., Lee, Morris Y.L., Kim, Hyoyoung, Parat, Marie-Odile, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Kobe, Bostjan, Vajjhala, Parimala R. and Stacey, Katryn J. (2022). Flow cytometric reporter assays provide robust functional analysis of signaling complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (12) 102666, 102666. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102666
Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Li, Sulin, Zaydman, Mark A., Damaraju, Neha, Eastman, Samuel, Smith, Thomas G., Gu, Weixi, Masic, Veronika, Mosaiab, Tamim, Weagley, James S., Hancock, Steven J., Vasquez, Eduardo, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Kargios, Nestoras, Maruta, Natsumi, Lim, Bryan Y. J., Burdett, Hayden, Landsberg, Michael J., Schembri, Mark A., Prokes, Ivan, Song, Lijiang, Grant, Murray, DiAntonio, Aaron, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Guo, Ming, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling. Science, 377 (6614) eadc8969, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/science.adc8969
Shi, Yun, Kerry, Philip S., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Bosanac, Todd, Sasaki, Yo, Krauss, Raul, Saikot, Forhad K., Adams, Sarah E., Mosaiab, Tamim, Masic, Veronika, Mao, Xianrong, Rose, Faith, Vasquez, Eduardo, Furrer, Marieke, Cunnea, Katie, Brearley, Andrew, Gu, Weixi, Luo, Zhenyao, Brillault, Lou, Landsberg, Michael J., DiAntonio, Aaron, Kobe, Bostjan, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Hughes, Robert O. and Ve, Thomas (2022). Structural basis of SARM1 activation, substrate recognition, and inhibition by small molecules. Molecular Cell, 82 (9), 1643-1659.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.03.007
Liu, Liping, Lucas, Richard M., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Li, Yan, Whitfield, Jason, Curson, James E. B., Tuladhar, Neeraj, Alexandrov, Kirill, Mobli, Mehdi, Sweet, Matthew J., Kobe, Bostjan, Stow, Jennifer and Luo, Lin (2022). The transmembrane adaptor SCIMP recruits tyrosine kinase Syk to phosphorylate Toll-like receptors to mediate selective inflammatory outputs. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (5) 101857, 101857. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101857
Nimma, Surekha, Gu, Weixi, Manik, Mohammad K., Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Crystal structure of the Toll/interleukin‐1 receptor (TIR) domain of IL‐1R10 provides structural insights into TIR domain signaling. FEBS Letters, 596 (7), 886-897. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14288
Nimma, Surekha, Gu, Weixi, Maruta, Natsumi, Li, Yan, Pan, Mengqi, Saikot, Forhad Karim, Lim, Bryan Y. J., McGuinness, Helen Ying, Zaoti, Zannati Ferdous, Li, Sulin, Desa, Sneha, Manik, Mohammad Kawsar, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2021). Structural evolution of TIR-domain signalosomes. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 784484, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.784484
Gu, Weixi, Luo, Zhenyao, Vonrhein, Clemens, Jia, Xinying, Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2021). Crystal structure determination of the armadillo repeat domain of Drosophila SARM1 using MIRAS phasing. Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 77 (10), 364-373. doi: 10.1107/s2053230x21006786
Clabbers, Max T. B., Holmes, Susannah, Muusse, Timothy W., Vajjhala, Parimala R., Thygesen, Sara J., Malde, Alpeshkumar K., Hunter, Dominic J. B., Croll, Tristan I., Flueckiger, Leonie, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Rahaman, Md. Habibur, Aquila, Andrew, Hunter, Mark S., Liang, Mengning, Yoon, Chun Hong, Zhao, Jingjing, Zatsepin, Nadia A., Abbey, Brian, Sierecki, Emma, Gambin, Yann, Stacey, Katryn J., Darmanin, Connie, Kobe, Bostjan, Xu, Hongyi and Ve, Thomas (2021). MyD88 TIR domain higher-order assembly interactions revealed by microcrystal electron diffraction and serial femtosecond crystallography. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2578, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22590-6
Figley, Matthew D., Gu, Weixi, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Shi, Yun, Sasaki, Yo, Cunnea, Katie, Malde, Alpeshkumar K., Jia, Xinying, Luo, Zhenyao, Saikot, Forhad K., Mosaiab, Tamim, Masic, Veronika, Holt, Stephanie, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, McGuinness, Helen Y., Manik, Mohammad K., Bosanac, Todd, Landsberg, Michael J., Kerry, Philip S., Mobli, Mehdi, Hughes, Robert O., Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Kobe, Bostjan, DiAntonio, Aaron and Ve, Thomas (2021). SARM1 is a metabolic sensor activated by an increased NMN/NAD+ ratio to trigger axon degeneration. Neuron, 109 (7), 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.009
Jagga, Bikshapathi, Edwards, Megan, Pagin, Miriam, Wagstaff, Kylie M., Aragão, David, Roman, Noelia, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Raidal, Shane R., Dominado, Nicole, Stewart, Murray, Jans, David A., Hime, Gary R., Nicolis, Silvia K., Basler, Christopher F. and Forwood, Jade K. (2021). Structural basis for nuclear import selectivity of pioneer transcription factor SOX2. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 28, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20194-0
Swarbrick, Crystall M.D., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Patterson, Edward I. and Forwood, Jade K. (2020). Structure, function, and regulation of thioesterases. Progress in Lipid Research, 79 101036, 101036. doi: 10.1016/j.plipres.2020.101036
Patterson, Edward I., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Abendroth, Jan, Bryan, Cassie, Sankaran, Banumathi, Myler, Peter J. and Forwood, Jade K. (2020). Structural characterisation of β-Ketoacyl ACP synthase I bound to platencin and fragment screening molecules at two substrate binding sites. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 88 (1) prot.25765, 47-56. doi: 10.1002/prot.25765
Cross, Emily M., Aragão, David, Smith, Kate M., Shaw, Karli I., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Raidal, Shane R. and Forwood, Jade K. (2019). Structural characterization of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase from multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 518 (3), 465-471. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.08.056
Horsefield, Shane, Burdett, Hayden, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Chen, Jian, Qi, Tiancong, Gilley, Jonathan, Lai, Jhih-Siang, Rank, Maxwell X., Casey, Lachlan W., Gu, Weixi, Ericsson, Daniel J., Foley, Gabriel, Hughes, Robert O., Bosanac, Todd, von Itzstein, Mark, Rathjen, John P., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Boden, Mikael, Dry, Ian B., Williams, Simon J., Staskawicz, Brian J., Coleman, Michael P., Ve, Thomas, Dodds, Peter N. and Kobe, Bostjan (2019). NAD+ cleavage activity by animal and plant TIR domains in cell death pathways. Science, 365 (6455), 793-799. doi: 10.1126/science.aax1911
Nanson, Jeffrey D., Kobe, Bostjan and Ve, Thomas (2019). Death, TIR, and RHIM: Self-assembling domains involved in innate immunity and cell-death signaling. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 105 (2), 363-375. doi: 10.1002/JLB.MR0318-123R
Nanson, Jeffrey D., Rahaman, Habibur, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2018). Regulation of signaling by cooperative assembly formation in mammalian innate immunity signalosomes by molecular mimics. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 99, 96-114. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.05.002
Soares Da Costa, Tatiana P., Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Forwood, Jade K. (2017). Structural characterisation of the fatty acid biosynthesis enzyme FabF from the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 39277, 39277. doi: 10.1038/srep39277
Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Forwood, Jade K. (2015). Structural characterisation of FabG from yersinia pestis, a key component of bacterial fatty acid synthesis. PloS One, 10 (11) e0141543, e0141543. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141543
Nanson, Jeffrey D., Himiari, Zainab, Swarbrick, Crystall M. D. and Forwood, Jade K. (2015). Structural characterisation of the Beta-Ketoacyl-Acyl carrier protein synthases, FabF and FabH, of Yersinia pestis. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 14797. doi: 10.1038/srep14797
Swarbrick, Crystall M. D., Roman, Noelia, Cowieson, Nathan, Patterson, Edward I., Nanson, Jeffrey, Siponen, Marina I., Berglund, Helena, Lehtio, Lari and Forwood, Jade K. (2014). Structural basis for regulation of the human acetyl-CoA thioesterase 12 and interactions with the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289 (35), 24263-24274. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.589408
Nanson, Jeffrey David and Forwood, Jade Kenneth (2014). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of FabG from Yersinia pestis. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 70 (1), 101-104. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X13033402
Conference Papers
Qian, Xiaoqi, Nanson, Jeffrey and Kobe, Boštjan (2023). Structural and functional analysis of the TIR-domain in Toll-like receptors 7, 8 and 9 signaling and the interactions with adaptor proteins. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s205327332308662x
Li, Sulin, Manik, Mohammad Kawsar, Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2023). Activated bacterial TIR proteins: NADase activity and filamentous assemblies. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323086904
McGuinness, Helen Ying, Rosell, Arnau Llobert, Gu, Weixi, Nanson, Jeffrey, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2023). Characterisation of Axundead, a novel downstream regulator of Wallerian degeneration. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323087661
Gu, W., Luo, Z., Nanson, J. D., Ve, T. and Kobe, B. (2023). Allosteric regulation of SARM1, the executioner of axon degeneration. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323089398
Li, Y., Nanson, J. D., Pacoste, L. C., Xu, H. and Kobe, B. (2023). Structure determination of TLR2 TIR domain induced MyD88 TIR domain higher-order assembly revealed by microcrystal electron diffraction (microED). XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323093993
Pan, M., Hedger, A., Nanson, J., Pospich, S., Ve, T. V. E. A., Raunser, S., Landsberg, M. and Kobe, B. (2022). Structural basis of TIR-domain assembly formation in TRAM- and TRIF- dependent TLR signalling. 2022 American Crystallographic Association Meeting, Portland, OR USA, 29 July-3 August 2022. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1107/s2053273322093196