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John Innes Centre: Norwich, GB

2022-05-09 to present (Biochemistry and metabolism)
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Abbas Maqbool

Sainsbury Laboratory: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2017-09-01 to present | PostDoc
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Abbas Maqbool

Curve Therapeutics: Southampton, GB

2021-09-01 to 2022-05-05 | Senior Scientist
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Abbas Maqbool

John Innes Centre: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2013-01-01 to 2017-08-31 | Post Doc (Biological Chemistry)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of York: York, York, GB

2008-08-01 to 2012-02-13 | PhD (Biology)
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Professional activities (2)

Biochemical Society: London, London, GB

2016-10-01 to present | Local Ambassador (Biochemistry)
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Microbiology Society: London, London, GB

2008-08-01 to present | Full member (Microbiology)
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Funding (1)

Investigating the molecular basis of adaptive evolution in a host-specialized plant pathogen

2018-07 to 2018-09 | Grant
Biochemical Society (London, GB)
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Works (33)

The conserved aphid saliva chemosensory protein effector Mp10 targets plant AMSH deubiquitinases at cellular membranes to suppress pattern-triggered immunity

2024-11-17 | Preprint
Contributors: Matteo Gravino; Sam T. Mugford; Nathan Kreuter; Joshua Joyce; Christine Wilson; Adi Kliot; James Canham; Thomas C. Mathers; Claire Drurey; Abbas Maqbool et al.
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Assembly of a segrosome by a CTP-independent ParB-like protein

2024-05-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Kirill V. Sukhoverkov; Francisco Balaguer-Perez; Clara Aicart-Ramos; Abbas Maqbool; Govind Chandra; Fernando Moreno-Herrero; Tung B. K. Le
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Activation of plant immunity through conversion of a helper NLR homodimer into a resistosome

2023-12-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Muniyandi Selvaraj; AmirAli Toghani; Hsuan Pai; Yu Sugihara; Jiorgos Kourelis; Enoch Lok Him Yuen; Tarhan Ibrahim; He Zhao; Rongrong Xie; Abbas Maqbool et al.
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Bimodular architecture of bacterial effector SAP05 that drives ubiquitin-independent targeted protein degradation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Qun Liu; Abbas Maqbool; Federico G. Mirkin; Yeshveer Singh; Clare E. M. Stevenson; David M. Lawson; Sophien Kamoun; Weijie Huang; Saskia A. Hogenhout
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Jurassic NLR: Conserved and dynamic evolutionary features of the atypically ancient immune receptor ZAR1

The Plant Cell
2023-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Hiroaki Adachi; Toshiyuki Sakai; Jiorgos Kourelis; Hsuan Pai; Jose L Gonzalez Hernandez; Yoshinori Utsumi; Motoaki Seki; Abbas Maqbool; Sophien Kamoun
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Bimodular architecture of bacterial effector SAP05 drives ubiquitin-independent targeted protein degradation

2023-06-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Qun Liu; Abbas Maqbool; Federico G. Mirkin; Yeshveer Singh; Clare E. M. Stevenson; David M. Lawson; Sophien Kamoun; Weijie Huang; Saskia A. Hogenhout
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Regressive evolution of an effector following a host jump in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage

PLOS Pathogens
2022-10-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Erin K. Zess; Yuanchao Wang; Yasin F. Dagdas; Esme Peers; Abbas Maqbool; Mark J. Banfield; Tolga O. Bozkurt; Sophien Kamoun
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Regressive evolution of an effector following a host jump in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage

2021-10-05 | Other
Contributors: Erin K. Zess; Yasin F. Dagdas; Esme Peers; Abbas Maqbool; Mark J. Banfield; Tolga O. Bozkurt; Sophien Kamoun
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Parasitic modulation of host development by ubiquitin-independent protein degradation

Cell
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Weijie Huang; Allyson M. MacLean; Akiko Sugio; Abbas Maqbool; Marco Busscher; Shu-Ting Cho; Sophien Kamoun; Chih-Horng Kuo; Richard G.H. Immink; Saskia A. Hogenhout
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Dynamic localization of a helper NLR at the plant–pathogen interface underpins pathogen recognition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-08-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Cian Duggan; Eleonora Moratto; Zachary Savage; Eranthika Hamilton; Hiroaki Adachi; Chih-Hang Wu; Alexandre Y. Leary; Yasin Tumtas; Stephen M. Rothery; Abbas Maqbool et al.
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Dynamic accumulation of a helper NLR at the plant-pathogen interface underpins pathogen recognition

2021-03-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Cian Duggan; Eleonora Moratto; Zachary Savage; Eranthika Hamilton; Hiroaki Adachi; Chih-Hang Wu; Alexandre Y Leary; Yasin Tumtas; Stephen M Rothery; Abbas Maqbool et al.
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Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defense

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2021-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Josephine H.R. Maidment; Marina Franceschetti; Abbas Maqbool; Hiromasa Saitoh; Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat; Sophien Kamoun; Ryohei Terauchi; Mark J. Banfield
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Multiple variants of the blast fungus effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19 with high affinity

2020-12-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Josephine H. R. Maidment; Marina Franceschetti; Abbas Maqbool; Hiromasa Saitoh; Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat; Sophien Kamoun; Ryohei Terauchi; Mark J. Banfield
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Jurassic NLR: conserved and dynamic evolutionary features of the atypically ancient immune receptor ZAR1

2020-10-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Hiroaki Adachi; Toshiyuki Sakai; Jiorgos Kourelis; Hsuan Pai; Jose L. Gonzalez Hernandez; Abbas Maqbool; Sophien Kamoun
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The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence factor STM3169 is a hexuronic acid binding protein component of a TRAP transporter

Microbiology
2020-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Reyme Herman; Cavan Bennett-Ness; Abbas Maqbool; Amna Afzal; Andrew Leech; Gavin H. Thomas
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An N-terminal motif in NLR immune receptors is functionally conserved across distantly related plant species

2019-07-04 | Other
Contributors: Hiroaki Adachi; Mauricio Contreras; Adeline Harant; Chih-hang Wu; Lida Derevnina; Toshiyuki Sakai; Cian Duggan; Eleonora Moratto; Tolga O Bozkurt; Abbas Maqbool et al.
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A resistosome-activated 'death switch'.

Nature plants
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Adachi H; Kamoun S; Maqbool A
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Effector gene birth in plant parasitic nematodes: Neofunctionalization of a housekeeping glutathione synthetase gene

PLoS genetics
2018 | Journal article
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Abbas Maqbool

Publisher Correction: Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen

Nature Plants
2018-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan Carlos De la Concepcion; Marina Franceschetti; Abbas Maqbool; Hiromasa Saitoh; Ryohei Terauchi; Sophien Kamoun; Mark J. Banfield
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Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen

Nature Plants
2018-07-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan Carlos De la Concepcion; Marina Franceschetti; Abbas Maqbool; Hiromasa Saitoh; Ryohei Terauchi; Sophien Kamoun; Mark J. Banfield
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Lessons in Effector and NLR Biology of Plant-Microbe Systems

2018-01-02 | Journal article
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Effectors of Filamentous Plant Pathogens: Commonalities amid Diversity

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Marina Franceschetti; Abbas Maqbool; Maximiliano J. Jiménez-Dalmaroni; Helen G. Pennington; Sophien Kamoun; Mark J. Banfield
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ATG8 Expansion: A Driver of Selective Autophagy Diversification?

2017-03-01 | Journal article
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An effector of the Irish potato famine pathogen antagonizes a host autophagy cargo receptor.

2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Dagdas YF; Belhaj K; Maqbool A; Chaparro-Garcia A; Pandey P; Petre B; Tabassum N; Cruz-Mireles N; Hughes RK; Sklenar J et al.
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Structural Basis of Host Autophagy-related Protein 8 (ATG8) Binding by the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Effector Protein PexRD54

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbas Maqbool; Richard K. Hughes; Yasin F. Dagdas; Nicholas Tregidgo; Erin Zess; Khaoula Belhaj; Adam Round; Tolga O. Bozkurt; Sophien Kamoun; Mark J. Banfield
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Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR immune receptor.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Maqbool A; Saitoh H; Franceschetti M; Stevenson CE; Uemura A; Kanzaki H; Kamoun S; Terauchi R; Banfield MJ
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The substrate-binding protein in bacterial ABC transporters: dissecting roles in the evolution of substrate specificity.

2015-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Maqbool A; Horler RS; Muller A; Wilkinson AJ; Wilson KS; Thomas GH
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The effects of methionine acquisition and synthesis on Streptococcus pneumoniae growth and virulence.

2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Basavanna S; Chimalapati S; Maqbool A; Rubbo B; Yuste J; Wilson RJ; Hosie A; Ogunniyi AD; Paton JC; Thomas G et al.
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Molecular evaluation of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi from Pakistan.

2013-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Afzal A; Sarwar Y; Ali A; Maqbool A; Salman M; Habeeb MA; Haque A
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On the front line: structural insights into plant-pathogen interactions.

2013-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Wirthmueller L; Maqbool A; Banfield MJ
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MpaA is a murein-tripeptide-specific zinc carboxypeptidase that functions as part of a catabolic pathway for peptidoglycan-derived peptides in γ-proteobacteria.

2012-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Maqbool A; Hervé M; Mengin-Lecreulx D; Wilkinson AJ; Thomas GH
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Compensating stereochemical changes allow murein tripeptide to be accommodated in a conventional peptide-binding protein.

2011-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Maqbool A; Levdikov VM; Blagova EV; Hervé M; Horler RS; Wilkinson AJ; Thomas GH
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The effects of methionine acquisition and synthesis on Streptococcus pneumoniae growth and virulence.

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