Professor Colin Berry
Professor
School of Biosciences
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Research overview
Work in Prof Berry's laboratory is centred around studies of insecticidal proteins produced by bacteria that can be used in the biological control of agricultural pests and insect vectors of disease. Studies include:
- Investigations of specificity and mechanism of action of the proteins
- Structural analysis of the proteins using X-ray crystallography, Xfel and cryo-electron microscopy
Additional studies on mosquito behaviour and response to semiochemicals and artificial feedants is also underway in the laboratory.
Publication
2024
- Palma, L., Ruiz de Escudero, I., Maneru-Oria, F., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2024. UV protection and insecticidal activity of microencapsulated Vip3Ag4 protein in Bacillus megaterium. Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms 247, article number: 107807. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107807)
- Palma, L., Sauka, D. H., Berry, C. and Peralta, C. 2024. Positive selection analysis of Cyt proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis: a conservative trend driven by negative (purifying) selection.. Toxicon 247, article number: 107853. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107853)
- Sobhy, I. S. and Berry, C. 2024. The chemical ecology of nectar-mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 63, article number: 101199. (10.1016/j.cois.2024.101199)
- Perez, J. M. et al. 2024. In vitro acaricidal activity of several natural products against ibex-derived Sarcoptes scabiei. Veterinary Parasitology 328, article number: 110189. (10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110189)
- Palma, L., Frizzo, L., Kaiser, S., Berry, C., Caballero, P., Bode, H. B. and Del Valle, E. E. 2024. Genome sequence analysis of native xenorhabdus strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes in Argentina. Toxins 16(2), article number: 108. (10.3390/toxins16020108)
- Berry, C. 2024. Factors related to Bacillus thuringiensis and gut physiology. Comment on Rajan, V. An alkaline foregut protects herbivores from latex in forage, but increases their susceptibility to Bt Endotoxin. Life 2023, 13, 2195. Life 14(2), article number: 205. (10.3390/life14020205)
2023
- Williamson, L. J. et al. 2023. Structure of the Lysinibacillus sphaericus Tpp49Aa1 pesticidal protein elucidated from natural crystals using MHz-SFX. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(49), article number: e2203241120. (10.1073/pnas.2203241120)
- Gomis‐Cebolla, J. and Berry, C. 2023. Bacillus thuringiensis as a biofertilizer in crops and their implications in the control of phytopathogens and insect pests. Pest Management Science 79(9), pp. 2992-3001. (10.1002/ps.7560)
- Best, H. L., Williamson, L. J., Heath, E. A., Waller-Evans, H., Lloyd-Evans, E. and Berry, C. 2023. The role of glycoconjugates as receptors for insecticidal proteins. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 47(4) (10.1093/femsre/fuad026)
- Palma, L., Ruiz de Escudero, I., Mañeru-Oria, F., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2023. Insecticidal activity of microencapsulated Vip3Ag4 protein in Bacillus megaterium. Presented at: The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Toxins, Online, 14–28 July 2023 Presented at Fox, J. ed., Vol. 24. Vol. 1. pp. 9-9., (10.3390/IECT2023-14822)
- Bhatti, M. U. et al. 2023. Transgenic maize inbred lines expressing high levels of Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip3Aa86) offer effective control of maize stem borer (Chilo partellus). Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 153, pp. 417-427. (10.1007/s11240-023-02483-w)
- Guerra, Y., Armijos-Jaramillo, V., Pons, T., Tejera, E. and Berry, C. 2023. Canonical or noncanonical? Structural plasticity of serine protease-binding loops in Kunitz-STI protease inhibitors. Protein Science 32(2), article number: e4570. (10.1002/pro.4570)
2022
- Best, H. L., Williamson, L. J., Lipka-Lloyd, M., Waller-Evans, H., Lloyd-Evans, E., Rizkallah, P. J. and Berry, C. 2022. The crystal structure of Bacillus thuringiensis Tpp80Aa1 and its interaction with galactose-containing glycolipids. Toxins 14(12), article number: 863. (10.3390/toxins14120863)
- Sauka, D. H. et al. 2022. Bacillus toyonensis biovar Thuringiensis: a novel entomopathogen with insecticidal activity against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests. Biological Control 167, article number: 104838. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104838)
- Panneerselvam, S., Mishra, R., Berry, C., Crickmore, N. and Bonning, B. C. 2022. BPPRC database: a web-based tool to access and analyse bacterial pesticidal proteins. Database 2022, article number: baac022. (10.1093/database/baac022)
- Al-Riyahee, A. A. A., Horton, P. N., Coles, S. J., Berry, C., Horrocks, P. D., Pope, S. J. A. and Amoroso, A. J. 2022. N,N′-Substituted thioureas and their metal complexes: syntheses, structures and electronic properties. Dalton Transactions 51(9), pp. 3531-3545. (10.1039/D1DT04091J)
- Mender, M. M., Bolton, F., Berry, C. and Young, M. 2022. Antivenom: An immunotherapy for the treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Donev, R. ed. Immunotherapeutics., Vol. 129. Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Elsevier, pp. 435-477., (10.1016/bs.apcsb.2021.11.004)
2021
- Crickmore, N., Berry, C., Panneerselvam, S., Mishra, R., Connor, T. R. and Bonning, B. C. 2021. A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 186, article number: 107438. (10.1016/j.jip.2020.107438)
- Shah, F. A., Abdoarrahem, M. M., Berry, C., Touray, M., Hazir, S. and Butt, T. M. 2021. Indiscriminate ingestion of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria by Aedes aegypti larvae: a novel strategy to control the vector of Chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever. Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(SI-1), pp. 372-383. (10.3906/zoo-2107-2)
- Sabah Auhim, H. et al. 2021. Stalling chromophore synthesis of the fluorescent protein Venus reveals the molecular basis of the final oxidation step. Chemical Science 12(22), pp. 7735-7745. (10.1039/D0SC06693A)
- Byrne, M. J. et al. 2021. Cryo-EM structures of an insecticidal Bt toxin reveal its mechanism of action on the membrane. Nature Communications 12, article number: 2791. (10.1038/s41467-021-23146-4)
- Worthy, H. L. et al. 2021. The crystal sructure of Bacillus cereus HblL1. Toxins 13(4), article number: 253. (10.3390/toxins13040253)
- Peralta, C. et al. 2021. Genome sequence analysis and insecticidal characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Bt-UNVM_94, a strain showing dual insecticidal activity against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests. Presented at: 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT 2021), Virtual, 16-31 January 2021. MDPI AG, (10.3390/IECT2021-09139)
- Palma, L., Caballero, P., Berry, C., Frizzo, L. and Del Valle, E. E. 2021. The insecticidal-protein repertory of 14 xenorhabdus strains isolated from Argentina. Presented at: 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT 2021), Virtual, 16-31 January 2021. MDPI AG, (10.3390/IECT2021-09140)
2020
- Valtierra-de-Luis, D., Villanueva, M., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2020. Potential for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacterial toxins as biological control agents to combat dipteran pests of medical and agronomic importance. Toxins 12(12), article number: 773. (10.3390/toxins12120773)
- Glare, T. R., Durrant, A., Berry, C., Palma, L., Ormskirk, M. M. and Cox, M. P. 2020. Phylogenetic determinants of toxin gene distribution in genomes of Brevibacillus laterosporus. Genomics 112(1), pp. 1042-1053. (10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.06.020)
2018
- Caballero, J. et al. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Bacillus cereus CITVM-11.1, a strain exhibiting interesting antifungal activities. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 28(1), pp. 47-51. (10.1159/000487597)
- Garcia-Ramon, D. C., Berry, C., Tse, C., Alberto, F., Osuna, A. and Vilchez, S. 2018. The parasporal crystals of Bacillus pumilus strain 15.1: a potential virulence factor?. Microbial Biotechnology 11(2), pp. 302-316. (10.1111/1751-7915.12771)
2017
- Jackson, T. A., Berry, C. and O'Callaghan, M. 2017. Bacteria. In: Hajek, A. E. and Shapiro-Ilan, D. I. eds. Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases. Wiley, pp. 287-326., (10.1002/9781119256106.ch8)
- Dominguez-Flores, T., Romero-Bosquet, M. D., Gantiva-Diaz, D. M., Luque-Navas, M. J., Berry, C., Osuna, A. and Vilchez, S. 2017. Using phage display technology to obtain Crybodies active against non-target insects. Scientific Reports 7, article number: 14922. (10.1038/s41598-017-09384-x)
- Teodoro Rezende, M., Romão, T. P., Batista, M., Berry, C., Adang,, M. J. and Neves Lobo Silva-Filha, M. H. 2017. Identification of Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa toxin ligands in the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 88, pp. 63-70. (10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.08.001)
- Palma, L. et al. 2017. The Vip3Ag4 insecticidal protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis adopts a tetrameric configuration that is maintained on proteolysis. Toxins 9(5), pp. 165. (10.3390/toxins9050165)
- Moar, W., Berry, C. and Narva, K. 2017. The structure/function of new insecticidal proteins and regulatory challenges for commercialization. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 1-4. (10.1016/j.jip.2017.02.001)
- Berry, C. and Board, J. 2017. The use of structural modelling to infer structure and function in biocontrol agents. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 23-26. (10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.014)
2016
- Dementiev, A. et al. 2016. The pesticidal Cry6Aa toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis is structurally similar to HlyE-family alpha pore-forming toxins. BMC Biology 14, article number: 71. (10.1186/s12915-016-0295-9)
- Guerra, Y., Valiente, P. A., Pons, T., Berry, C. and Rudiño-Piñera, E. 2016. Structures of a bi-functional Kunitz-type STI family inhibitor of serine and aspartic proteases: could the aspartic protease inhibition have evolved from a canonical serine protease-binding loop?. Journal of Structural Biology 195(2), pp. 259-271. (10.1016/j.jsb.2016.06.014)
- Palma, L., Del Valle, E. E., Frizzo, L., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2016. Draft genome sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens strain DSPV002N isolated from Santa Fe, Argentina. Genome Announcements 4(4), article number: e00744-16. (10.1128/genomeA.00744-16)
- Palma, L. and Berry, C. 2016. Understanding the structure and function of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins [Letter]. Toxicon 109, pp. 1-3. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.10.020)
- Berry, C. and Crickmore, N. 2016. Structural classification of insecticidal proteins - Towards an in silico characterisation of novel toxins. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 16-22. (10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.015)
2015
- García-Ramón, D. C., Palma, L., Berry, C., Osuna, A. and Vílchez, S. 2015. Draft genome sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus pumilus 15.1, a strain highly toxic to the mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. Genome Announcements 3(5), pp. -15., article number: e01019. (10.1128/genomeA.01019-15)
2014
- Palma, L., Muñoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J. and Caballero, P. 2014. Bacillus thuringiensis toxins: an overview of their biocidal activity. Toxins 6(12), pp. 3296-3325. (10.3390/toxins6123296)
- Kelker, M. S. et al. 2014. Structural and biophysical characterization of 'Bacillus thuringiensis' insecticidal proteins Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1. Plos One 9(11), article number: e112555. (10.1371/journal.pone.0112555)
- Palma, L., Muñoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J., de Escudero, I. and Caballero, P. 2014. Molecular and insecticidal characterization of a novel cry-related protein from 'Bacillus Thuringiensis' toxic against 'Myzus persicae'. Toxins 6(11), pp. 3144-3156. (10.3390/toxins6113144)
- Silva Filha, M. H. N. L., Berry, C. and Regis, L. 2014. Lysinibacillus sphaericus: Toxins and mode of action, applications for mosquito control and resistance management. In: Dhadialla, T. S. and Gill, S. S. eds. Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 47: Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins., Vol. 47. Elsevier, pp. 89-176., (10.1016/B978-0-12-800197-4.00003-8)
- Berry, C. and Board, J. 2014. A Protein in the palm of your hand through augmented reality. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 42(5), pp. 446-449. (10.1002/bmb.20805)
- Palma, L., Munoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J. and Caballero, P. 2014. Draft genome sequences of two Bacillus thuringiensis strains and characterization of a putative 41.9-kDa insecticidal protein. Toxins 6(5), pp. 1490-1504. (10.3390/toxins6051490)
- Vidal Quist, J. et al. 2014. Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum models demonstrate that root colonization is an intrinsic trait of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. Microbiology 160(2), pp. 373-384. (10.1099/mic.0.074351-0)
- Wirth, M. C., Berry, C., Walton, W. E. and Federici, B. A. 2014. Mtx toxins from Lysinibacillus sphaericus enhance mosquitocidal cry-toxin activity and suppress cry-resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 115, pp. 62-67. (10.1016/j.jip.2013.10.003)
2013
- Vidal Quist, J., Rogers, H. J., Mahenthiralingam, E. and Berry, C. 2013. 'Bacillus thuringiensis' colonises plant roots in a phylogeny-dependent manner. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 86(3), pp. 474-489. (10.1111/1574-6941.12175)
- Pereira, E. et al. 2013. Comparative toxicity of 'Bacillus thuringiensis' Berliner Strains to larvae of simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Bt Research 4(2), pp. 8-13.
- Berry, C. 2013. Metrics-based assessments of research: Incentives for 'institutional plagiarism'?. Science and Engineering Ethics 19(2), pp. 337-340. (10.1007/s11948-012-9352-0)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2013. Histo-Aspartic Proteinase. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 105-108., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00019-3)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2013. Food vacuole plasmepsins. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 98-103., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00017-X)
- Berry, C. 2013. Ddi1 and related proteins. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 255-258., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00061-2)
2012
- Dehio, C., Berry, C. and Bartenschlager, R. 2012. Persistent intracellular pathogens. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 36(3), pp. 513-513. (10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00336.x)
- Berry, C. 2012. The bacterium, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, as an insect pathogen. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 109(1), pp. 1-10. (10.1016/j.jip.2011.11.008)
- Kuadkitkan, A., Smith, D. R. and Berry, C. 2012. Investigation of the Cry4B–Prohibitin interaction in Aedes aegypti cells. Current Microbiology 65(4), pp. 446-454. (10.1007/s00284-012-0178-4)
- Monnerat, R., Martins, E., Praça, L., Dumas, V. and Berry, C. 2012. Activity of a Brazilian strain of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis against the cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Neotropical Entomology 41(1), pp. 62-67. (10.1007/s13744-011-0008-6)
2011
- McKay, P. et al. 2011. Identification of plasmepsin inhibitors as selective anti-malarial agents using ligand based drug design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 21(11), pp. 3335-3341. (10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.04.015)
- White, R. E., Powell, D. J. and Berry, C. 2011. HIV proteinase inhibitors target the Ddi1-like protein of Leishmania parasites. The FASEB Journal 25(5), pp. 1729-1736. (10.1096/fj.10-178947)
- Opota, O., Gauthier, N., Doye, A., Berry, C., Gounon, P., Lemichez, E. and Pauron, D. 2011. Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin elicits host cell autophagy as a response to intoxication. PLoS ONE 6(2), article number: e14682. (10.1371/journal.pone.0014682)
- White, R. E., Dickinson, J. R., Semple, C., Powell, D. J. and Berry, C. 2011. The retroviral proteinase active site and the N-terminus of Ddi1 are required for repression of protein secretion. FEBS Letters 585(1), pp. 139-142. (10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.026)
- Guerra, Y., Valiente, P. A., Berry, C. and Pons, T. 2011. Predicting functional residues of the Solanum lycopersicum aspartic protease inhibitor (SLAPI) by combining sequence and structural analysis with molecular docking. Journal of Molecular Modeling 18(6), pp. 2673-2687. (10.1007/s00894-011-1290-2)
2010
- Berry, C. and Silva-Filha, M. H. N. L. 2010. Bacillus sphaericus taxonomy and genetics. In: Gilbert, L. I. and Gill, S. S. eds. Insect Control. Elsevier, pp. 308-312.
- Berry, C. and Baker, M. D. 2010. Inside protein structures: teaching in three dimensions. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 38(6), pp. 425-429. (10.1002/bmb.20434)
- Monnerat, R. G., Melatti, V., Praça, L., Martins, ?., Sujii, E. and Berry, C. 2010. Selection of Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic against cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae). BioAssay 5 (10.14295/BA.v5.0.70)
2009
- Abdoarrahem, M. M., Gammon, K., Dancer, B. N. and Berry, C. 2009. A genetic basis for the alkaline-activation of germination in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(19), pp. 6410-6413. (10.1128/AEM.00962-09)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2009. Translocation and insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis living inside of plants. Microbial Biotechnology 2(4), pp. 512-520. (10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00116.x)
- Kandil, S. et al. 2009. Discovery of a novel HCV helicase inhibitor by a de novo drug design approach. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 19(11), pp. 2935-2937. (10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.04.074)
- Padron-Garcia, J. A., Alonso-Tarajano, M., Alonso-Tecerra, E., Winterburn, T. J., Ruiz, Y., Kay, J. and Berry, C. 2009. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship of IA3-like peptides as aspartic proteinase inhibitors. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 75(4), pp. 859-869. (10.1002/prot.22295)
- De Melo, J. V. et al. 2009. Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus displays cytopathological effects on susceptible and binary toxin-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(14), pp. 4782-4789. (10.1128/AEM.00811-09)
- Ramirez, A. R. et al. 2009. Generation of an affinity matrix useful in the purification of inhibitors of plasmepsin II, an antimalarial drug target. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 52(2), pp. 149-157. (10.1042/BA20080015)
- Santos, K. et al. 2009. Selection and characterization of the Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic to Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), Spodoptera cosmiodes (Walker) and Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae). Biological Control 50(2), pp. 157-163. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.03.014)
2008
- Jones, G. W., Wirth, M. C., Monnerat, R. G. and Berry, C. 2008. The Cry-48Aa-Cry49Aa binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus exhibits highly-restricted target specificity. Environmental Microbiology 10(9), pp. 2418-2424. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01667.x)
- Guerra, Y. et al. 2008. Natural inhibitor of plasmepsin II from the gorgonian Plexaura homomalla: partial purification and characterization [Abstract]. FEBS Journal 275(S1), pp. 450. (10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06448.x)
- Brancale, A., Vlachakiis, D., Kandil, S., Biondaro, S., Berry, C. and Neyts, J. 2008. Discovery of a novel HCV helicase inhibitor by a de novo drug design approach. Antiviral Research 78(2), pp. A22. (10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.01.030)
- Mokarzel-Falcon, L., Padron-Garcia, J. A., Carrasco-Velar, R., Berry, C. and Montero-Cabrera, L. A. 2008. In silico study of the human rhodopsin and meta rhodopsin II/S-arrestin complexes: Impact of single point mutations related to retina degenerative diseases. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 70(4), pp. 1133-1141. (10.1002/prot.21873)
- Hu, X. et al. 2008. Complete genome sequences of the mosquitocidal bacterium Bacillus sphaericus C3-41 and comparisons with closely related Bacillus species. Journal of Bacteriology 190(8), pp. 2892-2902. (10.1128/JB.01652-07)
- Berry, C. 2008. Bacillus sphaericus. In: Capinera, J. ed. Encyclopaedia of Entomology., Vol. 1. London: Springer, pp. 345-348.
2007
- Jones, G. W., Neilsen-Leroux, C., Yang, Y., Yuan, Z., Fiuza Dumas, V., Monnerat, R. G. and Berry, C. 2007. A new Cry toxin with a unique two-component dependency from Bacillus sphaericus. The FASEB Journal (10.1096/fj.07-8913com)
- Winterburn, T. J., Phylip, L. H., Bur, D., Wyatt, D. M., Berry, C. and Kay, J. 2007. N-terminal extension of the yeast IA3 aspartic proteinase inhibitor relaxes the strict intrinsic selectivity. FEBS journal 274(14), pp. 3685-3694. (10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05901.x)
- Wu, E., Jun, L., Yuan, Y., Yan, J., Berry, C. and Yuan, Z. 2007. Characterization of a cryptic plasmid from Bacillus sphaericus strain LP1-G. Plasmid 57(3), pp. 296-305. (10.1016/j.plasmid.2006.11.003)
- Wirth, M. C., Yang, Y., Walton, W. E., Federici, B. A. and Berry, C. 2007. Mtx toxins synergize bacillus sphaericus and cry11Aa against susceptible and insecticide-resistant culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(19), pp. 6066-6071. (10.1128/AEM.00654-07)
- Shea, M., Jäkle, U., Liu, Q., Berry, C., Joiner, K. A. and Soldati-Favre, D. 2007. A family of aspartic proteases and a novel, dynamic and cell-cycle-dependent protease localization in the secretory pathway of toxoplasma gondii. Traffic 8(8), pp. 1018-1034. (10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00589.x)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2007. Screening of Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis isolates active against Spodoptera frugiperda, Plutella xylostella and Anticarsia gemmatalis. Biological Control 41(3), pp. 291-295. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.11.008)
- Yang, Y., Wang, L., Gaviria, A., Yuan, Z. and Berry, C. 2007. Proteolytic stability of insecticidal toxins expressed in recombinant bacilli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(1), pp. 218-225. (10.1128/AEM.01100-06)
- Martins, ?. S. et al. 2007. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates toxic to cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis). Biological Control 40(1), pp. 65-68. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.009)
2006
- Stein, C., Jones, G. W., Chalmers, T. and Berry, C. 2006. Transcriptional analysis of the toxin-coding plasmid pBtoxis from bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(3), pp. 1771-1776. (10.1128/AEM.72.3.1771-1776.2006)
- Gammon, K. et al. 2006. Conjugal transfer of a toxin-coding megaplasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(3), pp. 1766-1770. (10.1128/AEM.72.3.1766-1770.2006)
- Winterburn, T. J., Wyatt, D. M., Phylip, L. H., Bur, D., Harrison, R. J., Berry, C. and Kay, J. 2006. Key features determining the specificity of aspartic proteinase inhibition by the helix-forming IA3 polypeptide. Journal of biological chemistry 282(9), pp. 6508-6516. (10.1074/jbc.M610503200)
- Andrews, K. T. et al. 2006. Potencies of human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum and in vivo against murine malaria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 50(2), pp. 639-648. (10.1128/AAC.50.2.639-648.2006)
- Manasherob, R., Itsko, M., Sela-Baranes, N., Ben-Dov, E., Berry, C., Cohen, S. and Zaritsky, A. 2006. Cyt1Ca from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis: production in Escherichia coli and comparison of its biological activities with those of other Cyt-like proteins. Microbiology 152(9), pp. 2651-2659. (10.1099/mic.0.28981-0)
- Winterburn, T. J., Wyatt, D. M., Phylip, L. H., Berry, C., Bur, D. and Kay, J. 2006. Adaptation of the behaviour of an aspartic proteinase inhibitor by relocation of a lysine residue by one helical turn. Biological Chemistry 387(8), pp. 1139-1142. (10.1515/BC.2006.140)
- Martins, T. M., Domingos, A., Berry, C. and Wyatt, D. 2006. The activity and inhibition of the food vacuole plasmepsin from the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Acta Tropica 97(2), pp. 212-218. (10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.11.001)
2005
- Whittingham, J. L. et al. 2005. dUTPase as a platform for antimalarial drug design: structural basis for the selectivity of a class of nucleoside inhibitors. Structure 13(2), pp. 329-338. (10.1016/j.str.2004.11.015)
- Wyatt, D. M. and Berry, C. 2005. Antimalarial effects of HIV proteinase inhibitors: common compounds but structurally distinct enzymes. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 192(4), pp. 705-706. (10.1086/432079)
- Jones, S. M., Urch, J. E., Kaiser, M., Brun, R., Harwood, J. L., Berry, C. and Gilbert, I. H. 2005. Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential antimalarial agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 48(19), pp. 5932-5941. (10.1021/jm049067d)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2005. Screening of Bacillus thuringiensis strains effective against mosquitoes. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 40(2) (10.1590/S0100-204X2005000200001)
2004
- Jones, S. M., Urch, J. E., Brun, R., Harwood, J. L., Berry, C. and Gilbert, I. H. 2004. Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential anti-malarial and anti-trypanosomal agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 12(4), pp. 683-692. (10.1016/j.bmc.2003.11.023)
- Gul, S. et al. 2004. Staphylococcus aureus DNA ligase: characterization of its kinetics of catalysis and development of a high-throughput screening compatible chemiluminescent hybridization protection assay. Biochemical Journal 383(3), pp. 551-559. (10.1042/BJ20040054)
- Monnerat, R. et al. 2004. Screening of Brazilian Bacillus sphaericus strains for high toxicity against Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti. Journal of Applied Entomology 128(7), pp. 469-473. (10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00874.x)
- Berry, C. 2004. Bacillus Sphaericus. In: Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, pp. 224., (10.1007/0-306-48380-7_389)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2004. Plasmepsin II. In: Barrett, A. J., Woessner, J. F. and Rawlings, N. D. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2nd ed., Vol. 1. Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 73-75., (10.1016/B978-0-12-079611-3.50023-9)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2004. Plasmepsins. In: Barrett, A. J., Woessner, J. F. and Rawlings, N. D. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Second Edition) Volume 1: Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases. Elsevier, pp. 70-73., (10.1016/B978-0-12-079611-3.50022-7)
2003
- de Maagd, R. A., Bravo, A., Berry, C., Crickmore, N. and Schnepf, H. E. 2003. Structure, diversity, and evolution of protein toxins from spore-forming entomopathogenic bacteria. Annual Review of Genetics 37(1), pp. 409-433. (10.1146/annurev.genet.37.110801.143042)
- Parkhill, J. and Berry, C. 2003. Genomics: Relative pathogenic values. Nature 423(6935), pp. 23-25. (10.1038/423023a)
- Dell'Agli, M., Parapini, S., Basilico, N., Verotta, L., Taramelli, D., Berry, C. and Bosisio, E. 2003. In vitro studies on the mechanism of action of two compounds with antiplasmodial activity: ellagic acid and 3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl(6?-O-Galloyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside. Planta Medica 69(2), pp. 162-164. (10.1055/s-2003-37706)
2002
- Berry, C. et al. 2002. Complete sequence and organization of pBtoxis, the toxin-coding plasmid of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(10), pp. 5082-5095. (10.1128/AEM.68.10.5082-5095.2002)
- Partridge, M. R. and Berry, C. 2002. Insecticidal activity of the Bacillus sphaericus Mtx1 toxin against Chironomus riparus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 79(2), pp. 135-136. (10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00025-3)
- Williamson, A. L. et al. 2002. Cleavage of hemoglobin by hookworm cathepsin D aspartic proteases and its potential contribution to host specificity. The FASEB Journal 16(11), pp. 1458-1460. (10.1096/fj.02-0181fje)
- Wyatt, D. M. and Berry, C. 2002. Activity and inhibition of plasmepsin IV, a new aspartic proteinase from the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 513(2-3), pp. 159-162. (10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02241-X)
2001
- Kasper, G. et al. 2001. A calreticulin-like molecule from the human hookworm Necator americanus interacts with C1q and the cytoplasmic signalling domains of some integrins. The Journal of Immunology 23(3), pp. 141-152. (10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00366.x)
- Schwartz, J. et al. 2001. Permeabilization of model lipid membranes by Bacillus sphaericus mosquitocidal binary toxin and its individual components. Journal of Membrane Biology 184(2), pp. 171-183. (10.1007/s00232-001-0086-1)
- Coombs, G. H., Goldberg, D. E., Klemba, M., Berry, C., Kay, J. and Mottram, J. C. 2001. Aspartic proteases of Plasmodium falciparum and other parasitic protozoa as drug targets. Trends in Parasitology 17(11), pp. 532-537. (10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02037-2)
2000
- Girdwood, K. and Berry, C. 2000. The disulphide bond arrangement in the major pepsin inhibitor PI-3 of Ascaris suum. FEBS Letters 474(2-3), pp. 253-255. (10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01589-1)
- Delécluse, A., Juárez-Pérez, V. and Berry, C. 2000. Vector-active toxins: structure and diversity. In: Charles, J., Delécluse, A. and Nielsen-Le Roux, C. eds. Entomopathogenic Bacteria: from Laboratory to Field Application. Springer, pp. 101-125., (10.1007/978-94-017-1429-7_6)
1999
- Berry, C. et al. 1999. A distinct member of the aspartic proteinase gene family from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 447(2-3), pp. 149-154. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00276-8)
- Tyas, L. et al. 1999. Naturally-occurring and recombinant forms of the aspartic proteinases plasmepsins I and II from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 454(3), pp. 210-214. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00805-4)
- Pritchard, D. I. et al. 1999. A hookworm allergen which strongly resembles calreticulin. Parasite Immunology 21(9), pp. 439-450. (10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00238.x)
- Humphreys, M. J. et al. 1999. The aspartic proteinase from the rodent parasite Plasmodium berghei as a potential model for plasmepsins from the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 463(1-2), pp. 43-48. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01597-5)
- Berry, C. 1999. Proteases as drug targets for the treatment of malaria. In: Dunn, B. M. ed. Proteases of Infectious Agents. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 165-188., (10.1016/B9-78-012420-5/10950-0338)
1998
- Humphreys, M. J. and Berry, C. 1998. Variants of theBacillus sphaericusBinary Toxins: implications for differential toxicity of strains. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 71(2), pp. 184-185. (10.1006/jipa.1997.4711)
- Moon, R. P. et al. 1998. Studies on Plasmepsins I and II from the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium falciparum and their exploitation as drug targets. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 436, pp. 397-406. (10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_56)
- Tyas, L., Moon, R. P., Loetscher, H., Dunn, B. M., Kay, J., Ridley, R. G. and Berry, C. 1998. Plasmepsins I and II from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Aspartic Proteinases, Banff, Canada, 22-27 October 1996 Presented at James, M. N. G. ed.Aspartic Proteinases: Retroviral and Cellular Enzymes, Vol. 436. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology New York, NY: Springer pp. 407-411., (10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_57)
1997
- Charles, J., Silva-Filha, M. H., Nielsen-LeRoux, C., Humphreys, M. J. and Berry, C. 1997. Binding of the 51- and 42-kDa individual components from the Bacillus sphaericus crystal toxin to mosquito larval midgut membranes from Culex and Anopheles sp. (Diptera: Culicidae). FEMS Microbiology Letters 156(1), pp. 153-159. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12721.x)
- Berry, C. 1997. New targets for antimalarial therapy: the plasmepsins, malaria parasite aspartic proteinases. Biochemical Education 25(4), pp. 191-194. (10.1016/S0307-4412(97)00130-1)
- Moon, R. P. et al. 1997. Expression and characterisation of Plasmepsin I from Plasmodium falciparum. European Journal of Biochemistry 244(2), pp. 552-560. (10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00552.x)
1996
- Kay, J., Tyas, L., Humphreys, M. J., Hill, J., Dunn, B. M. and Berry, C. 1996. Aspartic Proteinases from parasites. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology., Vol. 389. Springer, pp. 247-250., (10.1007/978-1-4613-0335-0_31)
1995
- Berry, C., Dame, J. B., Dunn, B. M. and Kay, J. 1995. Aspartic proteinases from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium Falciparum. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Aspartic Proteinases, Kawashima cho, Japan, 19-24 September 1993 Presented at Takahashi, K. ed.Aspartic Proteinases: Structure, Function, Biology, and Biomedical Implications, Vol. 362. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology New York, NY: Springer pp. 511-518., (10.1007/978-1-4615-1871-6_67)
1994
- Dame, J. B., Reddy, G., Yowell, C. A., Dunn, B. M., Kay, J. and Berry, C. 1994. Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 64(2), pp. 177-190. (10.1016/0166-6851(94)90024-8)
- Hill, J., Tyas, L., Phylip, L. H., Kay, J., Dunn, B. M. and Berry, C. 1994. High level expression and characterisation of Plasmepsin II, an aspartic proteinase from Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 352(2), pp. 155-158. (10.1016/0014-5793(94)00940-6)
1992
- Oei, C., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1992. Binding of purified Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin and its deletion derivatives to Culex quinquefasciatus gut: elucidation of functional binding domains. Journal of General Microbiology 138(7), pp. 1515-1526. (10.1099/00221287-138-7-1515)
1991
- Berry, C., John, H. and Coreen, O. 1991. The bacillus sphaericus toxins and their potential for biotechnological development. In: Biotechnology for Biological Control of Pests and Vectors. CRC Press, pp. 35-52.
1990
- Oei, C., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1990. An analysis of the genes encoding the 51.4- and 41.9-kDa toxins of Bacillus sphaericus2297 by deletion mutagenesis: the construction of fusion proteins. FEMS Microbiology Letters 72(3), pp. 265-273. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03900.x)
- Davidson, E. W., Oei, C., Meyer, M., Bieber, A. L., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1990. Interaction of the Bacillus sphaericusmosquito larvicidal proteins. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 36(12), pp. 870-878. (10.1139/m90-151)
1989
- Berry, C., Jackson-Yap, J., Oei, C. and Hindley, J. 1989. Nucleotide sequence of two toxin gen fromBacillus sphaericus1AB59: sequence comparisons between five highly toxinogenic strains. Nucleic Acids Research 17(18), pp. 7516. (10.1093/nar/17.18.7516)
1988
- Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1988. Bacillus sphaericusstrain 2297: nucleotide sequence of 41.9 kDa toxin gene. Nucleic Acids Research 16(9), pp. 4168. (10.1093/nar/16.9.4168)
1987
- Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1987. Identification, cloning and sequence analysis of the Bacillus sphaericus 1593 41.9 kD larvicidal toxin gene. Molecular Microbiology 1(2), pp. 187-194. (10.1111/j.1365-2958.1987.tb00511.x)
- Berry, C. and Hindley, J. 1987. Bacillus sphaericusstrain 2362: identification and nucleotide sequence of the 41.9kDa toxin gene. Nucleic Acids Research 15(14), pp. 5891. (10.1093/nar/15.14.5891)
Articles
- Palma, L., Ruiz de Escudero, I., Maneru-Oria, F., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2024. UV protection and insecticidal activity of microencapsulated Vip3Ag4 protein in Bacillus megaterium. Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms 247, article number: 107807. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107807)
- Palma, L., Sauka, D. H., Berry, C. and Peralta, C. 2024. Positive selection analysis of Cyt proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis: a conservative trend driven by negative (purifying) selection.. Toxicon 247, article number: 107853. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107853)
- Sobhy, I. S. and Berry, C. 2024. The chemical ecology of nectar-mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 63, article number: 101199. (10.1016/j.cois.2024.101199)
- Perez, J. M. et al. 2024. In vitro acaricidal activity of several natural products against ibex-derived Sarcoptes scabiei. Veterinary Parasitology 328, article number: 110189. (10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110189)
- Palma, L., Frizzo, L., Kaiser, S., Berry, C., Caballero, P., Bode, H. B. and Del Valle, E. E. 2024. Genome sequence analysis of native xenorhabdus strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes in Argentina. Toxins 16(2), article number: 108. (10.3390/toxins16020108)
- Berry, C. 2024. Factors related to Bacillus thuringiensis and gut physiology. Comment on Rajan, V. An alkaline foregut protects herbivores from latex in forage, but increases their susceptibility to Bt Endotoxin. Life 2023, 13, 2195. Life 14(2), article number: 205. (10.3390/life14020205)
- Williamson, L. J. et al. 2023. Structure of the Lysinibacillus sphaericus Tpp49Aa1 pesticidal protein elucidated from natural crystals using MHz-SFX. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(49), article number: e2203241120. (10.1073/pnas.2203241120)
- Gomis‐Cebolla, J. and Berry, C. 2023. Bacillus thuringiensis as a biofertilizer in crops and their implications in the control of phytopathogens and insect pests. Pest Management Science 79(9), pp. 2992-3001. (10.1002/ps.7560)
- Best, H. L., Williamson, L. J., Heath, E. A., Waller-Evans, H., Lloyd-Evans, E. and Berry, C. 2023. The role of glycoconjugates as receptors for insecticidal proteins. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 47(4) (10.1093/femsre/fuad026)
- Bhatti, M. U. et al. 2023. Transgenic maize inbred lines expressing high levels of Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip3Aa86) offer effective control of maize stem borer (Chilo partellus). Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 153, pp. 417-427. (10.1007/s11240-023-02483-w)
- Guerra, Y., Armijos-Jaramillo, V., Pons, T., Tejera, E. and Berry, C. 2023. Canonical or noncanonical? Structural plasticity of serine protease-binding loops in Kunitz-STI protease inhibitors. Protein Science 32(2), article number: e4570. (10.1002/pro.4570)
- Best, H. L., Williamson, L. J., Lipka-Lloyd, M., Waller-Evans, H., Lloyd-Evans, E., Rizkallah, P. J. and Berry, C. 2022. The crystal structure of Bacillus thuringiensis Tpp80Aa1 and its interaction with galactose-containing glycolipids. Toxins 14(12), article number: 863. (10.3390/toxins14120863)
- Sauka, D. H. et al. 2022. Bacillus toyonensis biovar Thuringiensis: a novel entomopathogen with insecticidal activity against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests. Biological Control 167, article number: 104838. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104838)
- Panneerselvam, S., Mishra, R., Berry, C., Crickmore, N. and Bonning, B. C. 2022. BPPRC database: a web-based tool to access and analyse bacterial pesticidal proteins. Database 2022, article number: baac022. (10.1093/database/baac022)
- Al-Riyahee, A. A. A., Horton, P. N., Coles, S. J., Berry, C., Horrocks, P. D., Pope, S. J. A. and Amoroso, A. J. 2022. N,N′-Substituted thioureas and their metal complexes: syntheses, structures and electronic properties. Dalton Transactions 51(9), pp. 3531-3545. (10.1039/D1DT04091J)
- Crickmore, N., Berry, C., Panneerselvam, S., Mishra, R., Connor, T. R. and Bonning, B. C. 2021. A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 186, article number: 107438. (10.1016/j.jip.2020.107438)
- Shah, F. A., Abdoarrahem, M. M., Berry, C., Touray, M., Hazir, S. and Butt, T. M. 2021. Indiscriminate ingestion of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria by Aedes aegypti larvae: a novel strategy to control the vector of Chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever. Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(SI-1), pp. 372-383. (10.3906/zoo-2107-2)
- Sabah Auhim, H. et al. 2021. Stalling chromophore synthesis of the fluorescent protein Venus reveals the molecular basis of the final oxidation step. Chemical Science 12(22), pp. 7735-7745. (10.1039/D0SC06693A)
- Byrne, M. J. et al. 2021. Cryo-EM structures of an insecticidal Bt toxin reveal its mechanism of action on the membrane. Nature Communications 12, article number: 2791. (10.1038/s41467-021-23146-4)
- Worthy, H. L. et al. 2021. The crystal sructure of Bacillus cereus HblL1. Toxins 13(4), article number: 253. (10.3390/toxins13040253)
- Valtierra-de-Luis, D., Villanueva, M., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2020. Potential for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacterial toxins as biological control agents to combat dipteran pests of medical and agronomic importance. Toxins 12(12), article number: 773. (10.3390/toxins12120773)
- Glare, T. R., Durrant, A., Berry, C., Palma, L., Ormskirk, M. M. and Cox, M. P. 2020. Phylogenetic determinants of toxin gene distribution in genomes of Brevibacillus laterosporus. Genomics 112(1), pp. 1042-1053. (10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.06.020)
- Caballero, J. et al. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Bacillus cereus CITVM-11.1, a strain exhibiting interesting antifungal activities. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 28(1), pp. 47-51. (10.1159/000487597)
- Garcia-Ramon, D. C., Berry, C., Tse, C., Alberto, F., Osuna, A. and Vilchez, S. 2018. The parasporal crystals of Bacillus pumilus strain 15.1: a potential virulence factor?. Microbial Biotechnology 11(2), pp. 302-316. (10.1111/1751-7915.12771)
- Dominguez-Flores, T., Romero-Bosquet, M. D., Gantiva-Diaz, D. M., Luque-Navas, M. J., Berry, C., Osuna, A. and Vilchez, S. 2017. Using phage display technology to obtain Crybodies active against non-target insects. Scientific Reports 7, article number: 14922. (10.1038/s41598-017-09384-x)
- Teodoro Rezende, M., Romão, T. P., Batista, M., Berry, C., Adang,, M. J. and Neves Lobo Silva-Filha, M. H. 2017. Identification of Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa toxin ligands in the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 88, pp. 63-70. (10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.08.001)
- Palma, L. et al. 2017. The Vip3Ag4 insecticidal protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis adopts a tetrameric configuration that is maintained on proteolysis. Toxins 9(5), pp. 165. (10.3390/toxins9050165)
- Moar, W., Berry, C. and Narva, K. 2017. The structure/function of new insecticidal proteins and regulatory challenges for commercialization. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 1-4. (10.1016/j.jip.2017.02.001)
- Berry, C. and Board, J. 2017. The use of structural modelling to infer structure and function in biocontrol agents. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 23-26. (10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.014)
- Dementiev, A. et al. 2016. The pesticidal Cry6Aa toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis is structurally similar to HlyE-family alpha pore-forming toxins. BMC Biology 14, article number: 71. (10.1186/s12915-016-0295-9)
- Guerra, Y., Valiente, P. A., Pons, T., Berry, C. and Rudiño-Piñera, E. 2016. Structures of a bi-functional Kunitz-type STI family inhibitor of serine and aspartic proteases: could the aspartic protease inhibition have evolved from a canonical serine protease-binding loop?. Journal of Structural Biology 195(2), pp. 259-271. (10.1016/j.jsb.2016.06.014)
- Palma, L., Del Valle, E. E., Frizzo, L., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2016. Draft genome sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens strain DSPV002N isolated from Santa Fe, Argentina. Genome Announcements 4(4), article number: e00744-16. (10.1128/genomeA.00744-16)
- Palma, L. and Berry, C. 2016. Understanding the structure and function of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins [Letter]. Toxicon 109, pp. 1-3. (10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.10.020)
- Berry, C. and Crickmore, N. 2016. Structural classification of insecticidal proteins - Towards an in silico characterisation of novel toxins. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 142, pp. 16-22. (10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.015)
- García-Ramón, D. C., Palma, L., Berry, C., Osuna, A. and Vílchez, S. 2015. Draft genome sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus pumilus 15.1, a strain highly toxic to the mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. Genome Announcements 3(5), pp. -15., article number: e01019. (10.1128/genomeA.01019-15)
- Palma, L., Muñoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J. and Caballero, P. 2014. Bacillus thuringiensis toxins: an overview of their biocidal activity. Toxins 6(12), pp. 3296-3325. (10.3390/toxins6123296)
- Kelker, M. S. et al. 2014. Structural and biophysical characterization of 'Bacillus thuringiensis' insecticidal proteins Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1. Plos One 9(11), article number: e112555. (10.1371/journal.pone.0112555)
- Palma, L., Muñoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J., de Escudero, I. and Caballero, P. 2014. Molecular and insecticidal characterization of a novel cry-related protein from 'Bacillus Thuringiensis' toxic against 'Myzus persicae'. Toxins 6(11), pp. 3144-3156. (10.3390/toxins6113144)
- Berry, C. and Board, J. 2014. A Protein in the palm of your hand through augmented reality. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 42(5), pp. 446-449. (10.1002/bmb.20805)
- Palma, L., Munoz, D., Berry, C., Murillo, J. and Caballero, P. 2014. Draft genome sequences of two Bacillus thuringiensis strains and characterization of a putative 41.9-kDa insecticidal protein. Toxins 6(5), pp. 1490-1504. (10.3390/toxins6051490)
- Vidal Quist, J. et al. 2014. Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum models demonstrate that root colonization is an intrinsic trait of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. Microbiology 160(2), pp. 373-384. (10.1099/mic.0.074351-0)
- Wirth, M. C., Berry, C., Walton, W. E. and Federici, B. A. 2014. Mtx toxins from Lysinibacillus sphaericus enhance mosquitocidal cry-toxin activity and suppress cry-resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 115, pp. 62-67. (10.1016/j.jip.2013.10.003)
- Vidal Quist, J., Rogers, H. J., Mahenthiralingam, E. and Berry, C. 2013. 'Bacillus thuringiensis' colonises plant roots in a phylogeny-dependent manner. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 86(3), pp. 474-489. (10.1111/1574-6941.12175)
- Pereira, E. et al. 2013. Comparative toxicity of 'Bacillus thuringiensis' Berliner Strains to larvae of simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera). Bt Research 4(2), pp. 8-13.
- Berry, C. 2013. Metrics-based assessments of research: Incentives for 'institutional plagiarism'?. Science and Engineering Ethics 19(2), pp. 337-340. (10.1007/s11948-012-9352-0)
- Dehio, C., Berry, C. and Bartenschlager, R. 2012. Persistent intracellular pathogens. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 36(3), pp. 513-513. (10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00336.x)
- Berry, C. 2012. The bacterium, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, as an insect pathogen. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 109(1), pp. 1-10. (10.1016/j.jip.2011.11.008)
- Kuadkitkan, A., Smith, D. R. and Berry, C. 2012. Investigation of the Cry4B–Prohibitin interaction in Aedes aegypti cells. Current Microbiology 65(4), pp. 446-454. (10.1007/s00284-012-0178-4)
- Monnerat, R., Martins, E., Praça, L., Dumas, V. and Berry, C. 2012. Activity of a Brazilian strain of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis against the cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Neotropical Entomology 41(1), pp. 62-67. (10.1007/s13744-011-0008-6)
- McKay, P. et al. 2011. Identification of plasmepsin inhibitors as selective anti-malarial agents using ligand based drug design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 21(11), pp. 3335-3341. (10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.04.015)
- White, R. E., Powell, D. J. and Berry, C. 2011. HIV proteinase inhibitors target the Ddi1-like protein of Leishmania parasites. The FASEB Journal 25(5), pp. 1729-1736. (10.1096/fj.10-178947)
- Opota, O., Gauthier, N., Doye, A., Berry, C., Gounon, P., Lemichez, E. and Pauron, D. 2011. Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin elicits host cell autophagy as a response to intoxication. PLoS ONE 6(2), article number: e14682. (10.1371/journal.pone.0014682)
- White, R. E., Dickinson, J. R., Semple, C., Powell, D. J. and Berry, C. 2011. The retroviral proteinase active site and the N-terminus of Ddi1 are required for repression of protein secretion. FEBS Letters 585(1), pp. 139-142. (10.1016/j.febslet.2010.11.026)
- Guerra, Y., Valiente, P. A., Berry, C. and Pons, T. 2011. Predicting functional residues of the Solanum lycopersicum aspartic protease inhibitor (SLAPI) by combining sequence and structural analysis with molecular docking. Journal of Molecular Modeling 18(6), pp. 2673-2687. (10.1007/s00894-011-1290-2)
- Berry, C. and Baker, M. D. 2010. Inside protein structures: teaching in three dimensions. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 38(6), pp. 425-429. (10.1002/bmb.20434)
- Monnerat, R. G., Melatti, V., Praça, L., Martins, ?., Sujii, E. and Berry, C. 2010. Selection of Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic against cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae). BioAssay 5 (10.14295/BA.v5.0.70)
- Abdoarrahem, M. M., Gammon, K., Dancer, B. N. and Berry, C. 2009. A genetic basis for the alkaline-activation of germination in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(19), pp. 6410-6413. (10.1128/AEM.00962-09)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2009. Translocation and insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis living inside of plants. Microbial Biotechnology 2(4), pp. 512-520. (10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00116.x)
- Kandil, S. et al. 2009. Discovery of a novel HCV helicase inhibitor by a de novo drug design approach. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 19(11), pp. 2935-2937. (10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.04.074)
- Padron-Garcia, J. A., Alonso-Tarajano, M., Alonso-Tecerra, E., Winterburn, T. J., Ruiz, Y., Kay, J. and Berry, C. 2009. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship of IA3-like peptides as aspartic proteinase inhibitors. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 75(4), pp. 859-869. (10.1002/prot.22295)
- De Melo, J. V. et al. 2009. Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus displays cytopathological effects on susceptible and binary toxin-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(14), pp. 4782-4789. (10.1128/AEM.00811-09)
- Ramirez, A. R. et al. 2009. Generation of an affinity matrix useful in the purification of inhibitors of plasmepsin II, an antimalarial drug target. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 52(2), pp. 149-157. (10.1042/BA20080015)
- Santos, K. et al. 2009. Selection and characterization of the Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic to Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), Spodoptera cosmiodes (Walker) and Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae). Biological Control 50(2), pp. 157-163. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.03.014)
- Jones, G. W., Wirth, M. C., Monnerat, R. G. and Berry, C. 2008. The Cry-48Aa-Cry49Aa binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus exhibits highly-restricted target specificity. Environmental Microbiology 10(9), pp. 2418-2424. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01667.x)
- Guerra, Y. et al. 2008. Natural inhibitor of plasmepsin II from the gorgonian Plexaura homomalla: partial purification and characterization [Abstract]. FEBS Journal 275(S1), pp. 450. (10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06448.x)
- Brancale, A., Vlachakiis, D., Kandil, S., Biondaro, S., Berry, C. and Neyts, J. 2008. Discovery of a novel HCV helicase inhibitor by a de novo drug design approach. Antiviral Research 78(2), pp. A22. (10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.01.030)
- Mokarzel-Falcon, L., Padron-Garcia, J. A., Carrasco-Velar, R., Berry, C. and Montero-Cabrera, L. A. 2008. In silico study of the human rhodopsin and meta rhodopsin II/S-arrestin complexes: Impact of single point mutations related to retina degenerative diseases. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 70(4), pp. 1133-1141. (10.1002/prot.21873)
- Hu, X. et al. 2008. Complete genome sequences of the mosquitocidal bacterium Bacillus sphaericus C3-41 and comparisons with closely related Bacillus species. Journal of Bacteriology 190(8), pp. 2892-2902. (10.1128/JB.01652-07)
- Jones, G. W., Neilsen-Leroux, C., Yang, Y., Yuan, Z., Fiuza Dumas, V., Monnerat, R. G. and Berry, C. 2007. A new Cry toxin with a unique two-component dependency from Bacillus sphaericus. The FASEB Journal (10.1096/fj.07-8913com)
- Winterburn, T. J., Phylip, L. H., Bur, D., Wyatt, D. M., Berry, C. and Kay, J. 2007. N-terminal extension of the yeast IA3 aspartic proteinase inhibitor relaxes the strict intrinsic selectivity. FEBS journal 274(14), pp. 3685-3694. (10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05901.x)
- Wu, E., Jun, L., Yuan, Y., Yan, J., Berry, C. and Yuan, Z. 2007. Characterization of a cryptic plasmid from Bacillus sphaericus strain LP1-G. Plasmid 57(3), pp. 296-305. (10.1016/j.plasmid.2006.11.003)
- Wirth, M. C., Yang, Y., Walton, W. E., Federici, B. A. and Berry, C. 2007. Mtx toxins synergize bacillus sphaericus and cry11Aa against susceptible and insecticide-resistant culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(19), pp. 6066-6071. (10.1128/AEM.00654-07)
- Shea, M., Jäkle, U., Liu, Q., Berry, C., Joiner, K. A. and Soldati-Favre, D. 2007. A family of aspartic proteases and a novel, dynamic and cell-cycle-dependent protease localization in the secretory pathway of toxoplasma gondii. Traffic 8(8), pp. 1018-1034. (10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00589.x)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2007. Screening of Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis isolates active against Spodoptera frugiperda, Plutella xylostella and Anticarsia gemmatalis. Biological Control 41(3), pp. 291-295. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.11.008)
- Yang, Y., Wang, L., Gaviria, A., Yuan, Z. and Berry, C. 2007. Proteolytic stability of insecticidal toxins expressed in recombinant bacilli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(1), pp. 218-225. (10.1128/AEM.01100-06)
- Martins, ?. S. et al. 2007. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates toxic to cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis). Biological Control 40(1), pp. 65-68. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.009)
- Stein, C., Jones, G. W., Chalmers, T. and Berry, C. 2006. Transcriptional analysis of the toxin-coding plasmid pBtoxis from bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(3), pp. 1771-1776. (10.1128/AEM.72.3.1771-1776.2006)
- Gammon, K. et al. 2006. Conjugal transfer of a toxin-coding megaplasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(3), pp. 1766-1770. (10.1128/AEM.72.3.1766-1770.2006)
- Winterburn, T. J., Wyatt, D. M., Phylip, L. H., Bur, D., Harrison, R. J., Berry, C. and Kay, J. 2006. Key features determining the specificity of aspartic proteinase inhibition by the helix-forming IA3 polypeptide. Journal of biological chemistry 282(9), pp. 6508-6516. (10.1074/jbc.M610503200)
- Andrews, K. T. et al. 2006. Potencies of human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum and in vivo against murine malaria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 50(2), pp. 639-648. (10.1128/AAC.50.2.639-648.2006)
- Manasherob, R., Itsko, M., Sela-Baranes, N., Ben-Dov, E., Berry, C., Cohen, S. and Zaritsky, A. 2006. Cyt1Ca from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis: production in Escherichia coli and comparison of its biological activities with those of other Cyt-like proteins. Microbiology 152(9), pp. 2651-2659. (10.1099/mic.0.28981-0)
- Winterburn, T. J., Wyatt, D. M., Phylip, L. H., Berry, C., Bur, D. and Kay, J. 2006. Adaptation of the behaviour of an aspartic proteinase inhibitor by relocation of a lysine residue by one helical turn. Biological Chemistry 387(8), pp. 1139-1142. (10.1515/BC.2006.140)
- Martins, T. M., Domingos, A., Berry, C. and Wyatt, D. 2006. The activity and inhibition of the food vacuole plasmepsin from the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Acta Tropica 97(2), pp. 212-218. (10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.11.001)
- Whittingham, J. L. et al. 2005. dUTPase as a platform for antimalarial drug design: structural basis for the selectivity of a class of nucleoside inhibitors. Structure 13(2), pp. 329-338. (10.1016/j.str.2004.11.015)
- Wyatt, D. M. and Berry, C. 2005. Antimalarial effects of HIV proteinase inhibitors: common compounds but structurally distinct enzymes. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 192(4), pp. 705-706. (10.1086/432079)
- Jones, S. M., Urch, J. E., Kaiser, M., Brun, R., Harwood, J. L., Berry, C. and Gilbert, I. H. 2005. Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential antimalarial agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 48(19), pp. 5932-5941. (10.1021/jm049067d)
- Monnerat, R. G. et al. 2005. Screening of Bacillus thuringiensis strains effective against mosquitoes. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 40(2) (10.1590/S0100-204X2005000200001)
- Jones, S. M., Urch, J. E., Brun, R., Harwood, J. L., Berry, C. and Gilbert, I. H. 2004. Analogues of thiolactomycin as potential anti-malarial and anti-trypanosomal agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 12(4), pp. 683-692. (10.1016/j.bmc.2003.11.023)
- Gul, S. et al. 2004. Staphylococcus aureus DNA ligase: characterization of its kinetics of catalysis and development of a high-throughput screening compatible chemiluminescent hybridization protection assay. Biochemical Journal 383(3), pp. 551-559. (10.1042/BJ20040054)
- Monnerat, R. et al. 2004. Screening of Brazilian Bacillus sphaericus strains for high toxicity against Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti. Journal of Applied Entomology 128(7), pp. 469-473. (10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00874.x)
- de Maagd, R. A., Bravo, A., Berry, C., Crickmore, N. and Schnepf, H. E. 2003. Structure, diversity, and evolution of protein toxins from spore-forming entomopathogenic bacteria. Annual Review of Genetics 37(1), pp. 409-433. (10.1146/annurev.genet.37.110801.143042)
- Parkhill, J. and Berry, C. 2003. Genomics: Relative pathogenic values. Nature 423(6935), pp. 23-25. (10.1038/423023a)
- Dell'Agli, M., Parapini, S., Basilico, N., Verotta, L., Taramelli, D., Berry, C. and Bosisio, E. 2003. In vitro studies on the mechanism of action of two compounds with antiplasmodial activity: ellagic acid and 3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl(6?-O-Galloyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside. Planta Medica 69(2), pp. 162-164. (10.1055/s-2003-37706)
- Berry, C. et al. 2002. Complete sequence and organization of pBtoxis, the toxin-coding plasmid of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(10), pp. 5082-5095. (10.1128/AEM.68.10.5082-5095.2002)
- Partridge, M. R. and Berry, C. 2002. Insecticidal activity of the Bacillus sphaericus Mtx1 toxin against Chironomus riparus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 79(2), pp. 135-136. (10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00025-3)
- Williamson, A. L. et al. 2002. Cleavage of hemoglobin by hookworm cathepsin D aspartic proteases and its potential contribution to host specificity. The FASEB Journal 16(11), pp. 1458-1460. (10.1096/fj.02-0181fje)
- Wyatt, D. M. and Berry, C. 2002. Activity and inhibition of plasmepsin IV, a new aspartic proteinase from the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 513(2-3), pp. 159-162. (10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02241-X)
- Kasper, G. et al. 2001. A calreticulin-like molecule from the human hookworm Necator americanus interacts with C1q and the cytoplasmic signalling domains of some integrins. The Journal of Immunology 23(3), pp. 141-152. (10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00366.x)
- Schwartz, J. et al. 2001. Permeabilization of model lipid membranes by Bacillus sphaericus mosquitocidal binary toxin and its individual components. Journal of Membrane Biology 184(2), pp. 171-183. (10.1007/s00232-001-0086-1)
- Coombs, G. H., Goldberg, D. E., Klemba, M., Berry, C., Kay, J. and Mottram, J. C. 2001. Aspartic proteases of Plasmodium falciparum and other parasitic protozoa as drug targets. Trends in Parasitology 17(11), pp. 532-537. (10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02037-2)
- Girdwood, K. and Berry, C. 2000. The disulphide bond arrangement in the major pepsin inhibitor PI-3 of Ascaris suum. FEBS Letters 474(2-3), pp. 253-255. (10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01589-1)
- Berry, C. et al. 1999. A distinct member of the aspartic proteinase gene family from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 447(2-3), pp. 149-154. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00276-8)
- Tyas, L. et al. 1999. Naturally-occurring and recombinant forms of the aspartic proteinases plasmepsins I and II from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 454(3), pp. 210-214. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00805-4)
- Pritchard, D. I. et al. 1999. A hookworm allergen which strongly resembles calreticulin. Parasite Immunology 21(9), pp. 439-450. (10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00238.x)
- Humphreys, M. J. et al. 1999. The aspartic proteinase from the rodent parasite Plasmodium berghei as a potential model for plasmepsins from the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 463(1-2), pp. 43-48. (10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01597-5)
- Humphreys, M. J. and Berry, C. 1998. Variants of theBacillus sphaericusBinary Toxins: implications for differential toxicity of strains. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 71(2), pp. 184-185. (10.1006/jipa.1997.4711)
- Moon, R. P. et al. 1998. Studies on Plasmepsins I and II from the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium falciparum and their exploitation as drug targets. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 436, pp. 397-406. (10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_56)
- Charles, J., Silva-Filha, M. H., Nielsen-LeRoux, C., Humphreys, M. J. and Berry, C. 1997. Binding of the 51- and 42-kDa individual components from the Bacillus sphaericus crystal toxin to mosquito larval midgut membranes from Culex and Anopheles sp. (Diptera: Culicidae). FEMS Microbiology Letters 156(1), pp. 153-159. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12721.x)
- Berry, C. 1997. New targets for antimalarial therapy: the plasmepsins, malaria parasite aspartic proteinases. Biochemical Education 25(4), pp. 191-194. (10.1016/S0307-4412(97)00130-1)
- Moon, R. P. et al. 1997. Expression and characterisation of Plasmepsin I from Plasmodium falciparum. European Journal of Biochemistry 244(2), pp. 552-560. (10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00552.x)
- Dame, J. B., Reddy, G., Yowell, C. A., Dunn, B. M., Kay, J. and Berry, C. 1994. Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 64(2), pp. 177-190. (10.1016/0166-6851(94)90024-8)
- Hill, J., Tyas, L., Phylip, L. H., Kay, J., Dunn, B. M. and Berry, C. 1994. High level expression and characterisation of Plasmepsin II, an aspartic proteinase from Plasmodium falciparum. FEBS Letters 352(2), pp. 155-158. (10.1016/0014-5793(94)00940-6)
- Oei, C., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1992. Binding of purified Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin and its deletion derivatives to Culex quinquefasciatus gut: elucidation of functional binding domains. Journal of General Microbiology 138(7), pp. 1515-1526. (10.1099/00221287-138-7-1515)
- Oei, C., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1990. An analysis of the genes encoding the 51.4- and 41.9-kDa toxins of Bacillus sphaericus2297 by deletion mutagenesis: the construction of fusion proteins. FEMS Microbiology Letters 72(3), pp. 265-273. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03900.x)
- Davidson, E. W., Oei, C., Meyer, M., Bieber, A. L., Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1990. Interaction of the Bacillus sphaericusmosquito larvicidal proteins. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 36(12), pp. 870-878. (10.1139/m90-151)
- Berry, C., Jackson-Yap, J., Oei, C. and Hindley, J. 1989. Nucleotide sequence of two toxin gen fromBacillus sphaericus1AB59: sequence comparisons between five highly toxinogenic strains. Nucleic Acids Research 17(18), pp. 7516. (10.1093/nar/17.18.7516)
- Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1988. Bacillus sphaericusstrain 2297: nucleotide sequence of 41.9 kDa toxin gene. Nucleic Acids Research 16(9), pp. 4168. (10.1093/nar/16.9.4168)
- Hindley, J. and Berry, C. 1987. Identification, cloning and sequence analysis of the Bacillus sphaericus 1593 41.9 kD larvicidal toxin gene. Molecular Microbiology 1(2), pp. 187-194. (10.1111/j.1365-2958.1987.tb00511.x)
- Berry, C. and Hindley, J. 1987. Bacillus sphaericusstrain 2362: identification and nucleotide sequence of the 41.9kDa toxin gene. Nucleic Acids Research 15(14), pp. 5891. (10.1093/nar/15.14.5891)
Book sections
- Mender, M. M., Bolton, F., Berry, C. and Young, M. 2022. Antivenom: An immunotherapy for the treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Donev, R. ed. Immunotherapeutics., Vol. 129. Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Elsevier, pp. 435-477., (10.1016/bs.apcsb.2021.11.004)
- Jackson, T. A., Berry, C. and O'Callaghan, M. 2017. Bacteria. In: Hajek, A. E. and Shapiro-Ilan, D. I. eds. Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases. Wiley, pp. 287-326., (10.1002/9781119256106.ch8)
- Silva Filha, M. H. N. L., Berry, C. and Regis, L. 2014. Lysinibacillus sphaericus: Toxins and mode of action, applications for mosquito control and resistance management. In: Dhadialla, T. S. and Gill, S. S. eds. Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 47: Insect Midgut and Insecticidal Proteins., Vol. 47. Elsevier, pp. 89-176., (10.1016/B978-0-12-800197-4.00003-8)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2013. Histo-Aspartic Proteinase. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 105-108., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00019-3)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2013. Food vacuole plasmepsins. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 98-103., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00017-X)
- Berry, C. 2013. Ddi1 and related proteins. In: Rawlings, N. D. and Salvesen, G. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Third Edition)., Vol. 1. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 255-258., (10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00061-2)
- Berry, C. and Silva-Filha, M. H. N. L. 2010. Bacillus sphaericus taxonomy and genetics. In: Gilbert, L. I. and Gill, S. S. eds. Insect Control. Elsevier, pp. 308-312.
- Berry, C. 2008. Bacillus sphaericus. In: Capinera, J. ed. Encyclopaedia of Entomology., Vol. 1. London: Springer, pp. 345-348.
- Berry, C. 2004. Bacillus Sphaericus. In: Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, pp. 224., (10.1007/0-306-48380-7_389)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2004. Plasmepsin II. In: Barrett, A. J., Woessner, J. F. and Rawlings, N. D. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2nd ed., Vol. 1. Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 73-75., (10.1016/B978-0-12-079611-3.50023-9)
- Berry, C. and Goldberg, D. E. 2004. Plasmepsins. In: Barrett, A. J., Woessner, J. F. and Rawlings, N. D. eds. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Second Edition) Volume 1: Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases. Elsevier, pp. 70-73., (10.1016/B978-0-12-079611-3.50022-7)
- Delécluse, A., Juárez-Pérez, V. and Berry, C. 2000. Vector-active toxins: structure and diversity. In: Charles, J., Delécluse, A. and Nielsen-Le Roux, C. eds. Entomopathogenic Bacteria: from Laboratory to Field Application. Springer, pp. 101-125., (10.1007/978-94-017-1429-7_6)
- Berry, C. 1999. Proteases as drug targets for the treatment of malaria. In: Dunn, B. M. ed. Proteases of Infectious Agents. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 165-188., (10.1016/B9-78-012420-5/10950-0338)
- Kay, J., Tyas, L., Humphreys, M. J., Hill, J., Dunn, B. M. and Berry, C. 1996. Aspartic Proteinases from parasites. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology., Vol. 389. Springer, pp. 247-250., (10.1007/978-1-4613-0335-0_31)
- Berry, C., John, H. and Coreen, O. 1991. The bacillus sphaericus toxins and their potential for biotechnological development. In: Biotechnology for Biological Control of Pests and Vectors. CRC Press, pp. 35-52.
Conferences
- Palma, L., Ruiz de Escudero, I., Mañeru-Oria, F., Berry, C. and Caballero, P. 2023. Insecticidal activity of microencapsulated Vip3Ag4 protein in Bacillus megaterium. Presented at: The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Toxins, Online, 14–28 July 2023 Presented at Fox, J. ed., Vol. 24. Vol. 1. pp. 9-9., (10.3390/IECT2023-14822)
- Peralta, C. et al. 2021. Genome sequence analysis and insecticidal characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Bt-UNVM_94, a strain showing dual insecticidal activity against lepidopteran and coleopteran pests. Presented at: 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT 2021), Virtual, 16-31 January 2021. MDPI AG, (10.3390/IECT2021-09139)
- Palma, L., Caballero, P., Berry, C., Frizzo, L. and Del Valle, E. E. 2021. The insecticidal-protein repertory of 14 xenorhabdus strains isolated from Argentina. Presented at: 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT 2021), Virtual, 16-31 January 2021. MDPI AG, (10.3390/IECT2021-09140)
- Tyas, L., Moon, R. P., Loetscher, H., Dunn, B. M., Kay, J., Ridley, R. G. and Berry, C. 1998. Plasmepsins I and II from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Presented at: 7th International Conference on Aspartic Proteinases, Banff, Canada, 22-27 October 1996 Presented at James, M. N. G. ed.Aspartic Proteinases: Retroviral and Cellular Enzymes, Vol. 436. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology New York, NY: Springer pp. 407-411., (10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_57)
- Berry, C., Dame, J. B., Dunn, B. M. and Kay, J. 1995. Aspartic proteinases from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium Falciparum. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Aspartic Proteinases, Kawashima cho, Japan, 19-24 September 1993 Presented at Takahashi, K. ed.Aspartic Proteinases: Structure, Function, Biology, and Biomedical Implications, Vol. 362. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology New York, NY: Springer pp. 511-518., (10.1007/978-1-4615-1871-6_67)
Research
The Insecticidal proteins of Lysinibacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis
Some strains of the bacterium Lysinibacillus sphaericus produce a variety of proteins that act specifically against mosquito larvae with few effects on non-target organisms and no harmful effects on humans. This makes it a useful agent for the biological control of mosquito populations which may constitute major pests and vectors of a range of extremely serious human diseases (including malaria, elephantiasis, zika, yellow fever and dengue fever). Research in Prof Berry's group includes investigations of the mode of action of these proteins, discovery of new pesticidal proteins, regulation of gene expression and strain improvement for enhanced biological control.
The Berry group was involved in the elucidation of the first complete sequence of a virulence megaplasmid (approx. 128kb) from Bacillus thuringiensis, that encodes the invertebrate-active proteins (and helper proteins) in this bacterium. The group was also involved in the first sequencing of a genome of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. More recently, Prof Berry has been involved in mining whole genomes for novel invertebrate-active proteins and ongoing work includes the elucidation of the 3-dimensional structures of a number of insecticidal proteins and studies to understand their specificity and mechanism of action.
Bacillus thuringiensis pesticidal proteins are active against a range of invertebrates and belong to a number of distinct structural classes. As part of a group of academics, Prof Berry has been involved the recent reclassification of bacterial, invertebrate-active proteins and in setting up the Bacterial Pesticidal Protein Resource Center (BPPRC) with information on bacterial proteins that are active against invertebrates www.bpprc.org and an associated database listing these proteins, their structures and their specificity www.bpprc-db.org
Parasite Aspartic Proteinases
Aspartic proteinases perform critical functions in many parasites that cause serious human or livestock diseases and are thus excellent targets for the design of novel anti-parasitic drugs. Such functions include roles in invasion of the host or as part of the parasite's digestive system. Prof Berry's group has studied these enzymes from a range of protozoan and helminthic parasites as targets for inhibitor design. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum may produce up to ten aspartic proteinases (the plasmepsins). Some of these plasmepsins are involved in parasite digestion of host red cell haemoglobin and inhibition of these enzymes can lead to parasite death. Prof Berry's group has cloned and expressed plasmepsins I and II in recombinant form and has completed their full kinetic characterisation with a series of synthetic substrates and a number of inhibitors. With industrial collaborators, a compound which kills parasites in red blood cells in culture and shows selective inhibition of plasmepsin I was been identified. The results of these studies will facilitate the design of new inhibitory compounds as potential anti-malarial drugs. More recent work has identified a potential drug target in Leishmania parasites that may be targeted by HIV proteinase inhibitors or related compounds.
Grant funding
Prof Berry's work has received funding from a variety of sources including The Royal Society, the UK research councils, the Welsh Development Agency, the World Health Organisation, KESS, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust, the British Council, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Cardiff Partnership Fund, Camtech & various industrial sponsors.
Current collaborators
- Prof Primitivo Caballero, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain
- Dr Neil Crickmore, University of Sussex, UK
- Prof Bryony Bonning, University of Florida, USA
- Dr John Ssebaale, Makerere University, Uganda
- Prof Raffi Aroian, UMass Medical School
- Dr Dominik Uberthur, DESI, Germany
- Dr Leopoldo Palma, Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, Argentina
Biography
- Professor, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2019-present.
- Reader, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2009-2019.
- DSc, University of Bristol, 2008.
- Visiting Professor, Agronomy and Veterinary Faculty, University of Brasilia, Brazil, 2008.
- Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2003-2009.
- Lecturer in Biochemistry, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2000-2003.
- E. Alan Johnston Royal Society Research Fellow, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 1992-2002.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, 1988-1992.
- PhD Biochemistry, University of Bristol, 1988.
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Southampton, 1984.
Professional memberships
- Society for Invertebrate Pathology
Committees and reviewing
Current:
- Learned Society officer: Chair Elect Bacterial Division, Society for invertebrate Pathology 2019-2021
Chair, Bacterial Division, Society for invertebrate Pathology 2021-23 - Editorial Board: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Past:
- Editorial Board: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Editor: FEMS Microbiology Reviews
- Guest Editor: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Supervisions
* Structure and function of insecticidal proteins
Contact Details
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