Publications
* Publications as corresponding author.
2018
75. Sousa, F. M., *Pereira, J. G., Marreiros, B. C., Pereira, M. M. (2018) Taxonomic distribution, structure/function relationship and metabolic context of the two families of sulfide dehydrogenases: SQR and FCSD. In Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.04.004.
74. Sousa, J. S., Calisto, F., Langer, J., Mills, D., Refojo, P. N., Teixeira, M., Kuhlbrant, W., Vonck, J. and *Pereira M. M. (2018) Structural basis for energy transduction by respiratory alternative complex III. Nature Communications iDOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04141-8. .
73. Gutierrez-Sanz, O., Forbrig, E., Batista, A. P., Pereira, M. M., Salewski, J., Mroginski, M. A., Goetz, R., De Lacey, A. L., Kozuch, J. and Zebger, I. (2018) Catalytic Activity and Proton Translocation of Reconstituted Respiratory Complex I Monitored by Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Langmuir , doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04057
72. Stevanović, S., Perdih, A., Senćanski, M., Glišić, S., Duarte, M., Tomás, A. M., Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Pereira, M. M., Solmajer, T.. (2018) In Silico Discovery of a Substituted 6-Methoxy-quinalidine with Leishmanicidal Activity in Leishmania infantum in Molecules 23 pii: E772. doi: 10.3390/molecules23040772.
71. Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Oliveira, A. S., Soares, C. M., Catarino, T. and *Pereira M. M. (2018) Regulation of the mechanism of Type-II NADH: Quinone oxidoreductase from S. aureus, Redox Biology 16, 209.
2017
70. Sousa, F. M., Sena, F. V., Batista, A. P., Athayde, D., Brito, J. A., Archer, M. Oliveira, A. S., Soares, C. M., Catarino, T. and *Pereira, M. M.(2017) The key role of glutamate 172 in the mechanism of type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of Staphylococcus aureus. Biochim Biophys Acta.
69. Refojo, P. N., Calisto, F., Ribeiro, M. A., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2017) The monoheme cytochrome c subunit of Alternative Complex III is a direct electron donor to caa3 oxygen reductase in Rhodothermus marinus Biol. Chem. in press.
68. Marreiros, B. C., Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Oliveira, A. S. F., Soares, C. M., Batista, A. P. and *Pereira, M. M. (2017) Structural and Functional insights into the catalytic mechanism of Type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductases family Sci Rep 7, 42303; doi: 10.1038/srep42303.
2016
67. Salewski, J., Batista, A. P., Sena, F. V., Millo, D., Zebger, I., *Pereira, M. M. and Hildebrandt, P. (2016) Substrate-Protein Interactions of Type II NADH:quinone Oxidoreductase from Escherichia coli Biochemistry 55, 2722-34. 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00070.
66. Marreiros, B. C., Sena, F. V., Sousa, F. M., Batista, A. P. and *Pereira, M. M. (2016) Type II NADH:Quinone oxidoreductase family: Phylogenetic distribution, Structural diversity and Evolutionary divergences Environ Microbiol. 18, 4697-4709 doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13352.
65. Marreiros, B. C., Calisto, F., Castro, P. J., Duarte, A. M., Sena, F. V., Silva, A. F., Sousa, F. M., Teixeira ,M., Refojo, P. N. and *Pereira, M. M. (2016) Exploring membrane respiratory chains Biochim Biophys Acta 1857, 1039-67. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.028.
64. Castro, P. J., Silva, A. F., Marreiros, B. C., Batista, A. P. and *Pereira, M. M. (2016) Respiratory complex I: A dual relation with H+ and Na+? Biochim Biophys Acta 1857, 928-37. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.12.008.
2015
63. Sena, F. V., Batista, A. P., Catarino, T., Brito, J. A., Archer, M., Viertler, M., Madl, T. Cabrita, E. J. and *Pereira, M. M. (2015) Type-II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase from Staphylococcus aureus has two distinct binding sites and is rate limited by quinone reduction. Mol. Micro. 98, 272-288. Cover highlight.
62. Rosário, A. L., Sena F. V., Batista, A. P., Athayde, D., Oliveira, T., Pereira, M. M., Brito and J. A. Archer, M. 2015 Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis on a NDH-II from the human pathogen S.aureus Acta Cryst. F71, doi:10.1107/S2053230X15005178.
2014
61. Marreiros, B. C., Batista, A. P and *Pereira, M. M. (2014) Respiratory complex I from Escherichia coli does not transport Na+ in the absence of the NuoL subunit. FEBS Lett. 588, 4520-4525.
60. Gutierrez-Sanz, O., Olea, D., Pita, M. Batista, A. P., Alonso-Caballero, A., Pereira, M. M., Vélez, M. and De Lacey, A. (2014) Reconstitution of Respiratory Complex I on a Biomimetic Membrane Supported on Gold Electrodes. Langmuir 30, 9007-9015.
2013
59. Batista, A. P., Marreiros, B. C. and *Pereira M. M. (2013) The antiporter like subunit constituent of the universal adaptor of complex I, group 4 membrane-bound [NiFe]-hydrogenases and related complexes. Biol. Chem. 394, 659-666.
58. Refojo, P. N., Ribeiro, M. A., Calisto, F., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2013) Structural composition of Alternative Complex III: Variations on the same theme. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1827, 1378-1382.
57. Marreiros, B. C., Batista, A. P., Duarte, A. M. and *Pereira M. M. (2013) A missing link between complex I and group 4 membrane-bound [NiFe]-hydrogenases. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1827, 198-209.
2012
56. Refojo, P. N., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2012) The Alternative complex III: Properties and possible mechanisms for electron transfer and energy conservation. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1817, 1852-1859.
55. Batista, A. P., Marreiros, B. C. and *Pereira M. M. (2012) The role of proton and sodium ions in energy transduction by respiratory complex I. IUBMB-Life 64, 492-498.
54. Batista, A. P., Marreiros B. C., Louro, R. O. and *Pereira M. M. (2012) Study of ion translocation by respiratory complex I. A new insight using 23Na-NMR spectroscopy. Biochim et Biophys Acta, 1817, 1810-1816.
53. Sousa, F. L., Alves, R. J., Ribeiro, M. A., Pereira-Leal, J. B., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira M. M. (2012) The superfamily of heme-copper oxygen reductases: types and evolutionary considerations. Biochim et Biophys Acta, 1817, 629-37.
2011
52. Molinas, M. F., De Candia, A., Szajnman, S. H., Rodríguez, J. B., Martí, M., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M., Todorovic, S. and Murgida, D. H. (2011) Electron transfer dynamics of Rhodothermus marinus caa3 cytochrome c domains on biomimetic films. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 18088-98.
51. Sousa, F. L., Alves, R. J., Pereira-Leal, J. B., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira M. M. (2011) A bioinformatics classifier and database for heme-copper oxygen reductases. PLoSOne 6, e19117.
50. Fernandes, A. T., Pereira, M. M., Silva, C. I., Lindley, P. F., Bento, I., Melo, E. P. and Martins, L.O. (2011) The removal of a disulfide bridge of CotA-laccase changes the slower motion dynamics involved in copper binding but has no effect on the thermodynamic stability. J Biol Inorg Chem. 16, 641-651.
49. Batista, A. P., Marreiros, B. C. and *Pereira M. M. (2011) Decoupling of catalytic and transport activities of Rhodothermus marinus complex I by a sodium/proton antiporter inhibitor, ACS Chem. Biol. 6, 477-483.
48. Batista, A. P. and *Pereira M. M. (2011) Sodium influence on energy transduction by complexes I from Escherichia coli and Paracoccus denitrificans. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1807, 286-292.
2010
47. Batista, A. P., Franco, C., Mendes, M., Ana V Coelho and *Pereira M. M. (2010) Subunit composition of Rhodothermus marinus respiratory complex I. Analytical Bioch. 407, 104-10.
46. Refojo, P. N., Sousa, F. L,Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2010) The alternative complex III: A different architecture using known building modules. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1797, 1869-76.
45.Refojo, P. N., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2010) The alternative complex III of Rhodothermus marinus and its structural and functional association with caa3 oxygen reductases. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1797, 1477-1482.
44. Batista, A. P., Fernandes, A. S., Louro, R. O., Steuber, J. and *Pereira M. M. (2010) Energy conservation by Rhododothermus marinus complex I. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1797, 509–515.
43.Chen, Z., Durão, P., Silva, C. P., Pereira, M. M., Todorovic, S., Hildebrandt, P., Bento, I., Lindley, P. F. and Martins L. O. (2010) The role of Glu498 in the dioxygen reactivity of CotA-laccase from Bacillus subtilis. Dalton Trans. 39, 2875–2882.
2009
42. Brito, J. A., Sousa, F. L., Stelter, M., Bandeiras, T. M., Vonrhein, C., Teixeira M, *Pereira, M. M., Archer, M. (2009) Structural and functional insights into sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase. Biochemistry 48, 5613-5622.
41. Bandeiras, T. M, Refojo, P. N., Todorovic, S., Murgida, D. H., Hildebrandt, P., Bauer, C., *Pereira, M. M., Kletzin, A., Teixeira, M. (2009) The cytochrome ba complex from the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidianus ambivalens is an analogue of bc1 complexes. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1787, 37-45.
2008
40. Todorovic, S., Verissimo, A. F., Wisitruangsakul, N., Zebger, I., Hildebrandt, P., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M., Murgida, D. H. (2008) SERR-Spectroelectrochemical Study of a cbb3 Oxygen Reductase in a Biomimetic Construct. J. Phys. Chem. B 112,16952-16959.
39. Stelter M., Melo, A. M. P, Pereira, M. M., Gomes, C. M., Hreggvidsson, G. O., Hjorleifsdottir, S., Saraiva, L. M., Teixeira, M., Archer, M. (2008) A novel type of monoheme cytochrome c: biochemical and structural characterization at 1.23 Å resolution of Rhodothermus marinus cytochrome c. Biochemistry 47, 11953-11963.
38. *Pereira, M. M., Sousa, F. L., Veríssimo A. F, Teixeira, M. (2008) Looking for the minimum common denominator in haem-copper oxygen reductases: Towards a unified catalytic mechanism. Biochim et Biophys Acta 1777, 929-934.
37. Veríssimo, A. F., Sousa, F. L., Baptista, A. M., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2008) Thermodynamic redox behavior of the heme centers in A-type heme-copper oxygen reductases: comparison between the two subfamilies. Biophys. J. 95, 4448-4455.
36. Batista, A. P., Kletzin, A. and *Pereira, M. M. (2008) The Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase from the archaeon Acidianus ambivalens, FEMS Lett 281, 147-154.
35. Durão, P., Chen, Z., Silva, C. S., Soares, C. M., Todorovic, S., Pereira, M. M., Lindley, P. F., Bento, I and Martins, L. O. (2008) Proximal Mutations on the Type 1 Copper Site of CotA-Laccase: Spectroscopic, Redox, Kinetic and Structural Characterization of I494A and L386A mutants. Biochem. J. 412, 339-346.
34. Sousa, F. L., Veríssimo, A. F, Baptista, A. M., Soulimane, T., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2008) The redox properties of Thermus thermophilus ba3: different electron-proton coupling mechanism in haem copper oxygen reductases? Biophys. J. 94, 1-8.
33. Durão, P., Chen, Z., Fernandes, A.T., Hildebrandt, P., Murgida, D.H., Todorovic, S., Pereira, M.M., Melo, E.P., Martins, L.O. (2008) Copper incorporation into recombinant CotA laccase from Bacillus subtilis: characterization of fully copper loaded enzymes. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 13, 183-193.
2007
32. Veríssimo, A. F., Sousa, F. L., Baptista, A. M., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2007) The redox behavior of the heme centers of cbb3 heme-copper oxygen reductase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Biochemistry 46, 13245-13253.
31. *Pereira, M.M., Refojo, P.N., Hreggvidsson, G.O., Hjorleifsdottir, S., Teixeira, M.(2007) The alternative complex III from Rhodothermus marinus - a prototype of a new family of quinol:electron acceptor oxidoreductases. FEBS Lett. 581, 4831-4835.
30. Fernandes, A. T., Soares, C. M., Pereira, M. M., Huber, R., Grass, G. and Martins, L.O. (2007) A Robust metallo-oxidase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. FEBS Journal 274, 2683-2694.
29. Veríssimo, A. F, Pereira, M. M., Melo, A. P., Hreggvidsson, G. O., Kristjansson. J. K. and Teixeira, M. (2007) A ba3 oxygen reductase from the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. FEMS Lett. 269, 41.
2006
28. Pereira, M. M., Sousa, F. L., Teixeira, M., Nyquist, R. M. and Heberle, J (2006) IR spectroscopic characterization of the functional intermediates of the caa3 oxygen reductase from Rhodothermus marinus. FEBS Lett. 580,1350-1354.
27. Fernandes, A. S., Sousa, F. L., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2006) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance studies of the iron-sulphur centres from complex I of Rhodothermus marinus. Biochemistry 45, 1002-1008.
2005
26. Todorovic, S., Pereira, M. M., Bandeiras, T. M., Miguel Teixeira, Hildebrandt, P. and Murgida, D. H. (2005) Reversal of the midpoint potentials of hemes a and a3 in the quinol oxidase of Acidianus ambivalens. JACS 127, 13561-13566.
25. Bandeiras, T. M., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M., Moenne-Loccoz, P. and Blackburn, N. J. (2005) Structure and Coordination of CuB in the Acidianus ambivalens aa3 Quinol Oxidase Heme-Copper Center. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 10, 625-635.
24. Melo, A. P., Lobo, S. A. L., Sousa, F. L., Fernandes, A. S., Pereira, M. M., Hreggvidsson, G. O., Kristjansson. J. K., Saraiva, L. M. and Teixeira, M. (2005) A NhaD Na+/H+ antiporter and a pcd homologues are among the Rhodothermus marinus NDH-I genes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1709, 95-103.
23. Fernandes, A. S., Konstantinov, A. A., Teixeira, M. and *Pereira, M. M. (2005) Quinone reduction by Rhodothermus marinus succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductase is not stimulated by the membrane potential. Biochim. Biophys. Res. Com. 330, 565-570.
22. Srinivasan, V., Rajendran, C., Sousa, F. L., Melo, A. M. P., Saraiva, L. M., Pereira, M. M., Santana, M., Teixeira, M. and Michel, H. (2005) Structure at 1.3 Å resolution of R. marinus caa3 cytochrome c domain. J. Mol. Biol. 345, 1047-1057.
Before 2005
21. Das, T. K., Gomes, C. M., Bandeiras, T. M., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M. and Rousseau, D. (2004) Active site structure of the aa3 quinol oxidase of Acidianus ambivalens. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1655, 306-320.
20. *Pereira, M. M. and Teixeira, M. (2004) Proton pathways, ligand binding and dynamics of the catalytic site in haem-copper oxygen reductases: A comparison between the three families. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1655, 340-346.
19. Pereira, M. M., Bandeiras, T. M., Fernandes, A. S., Lemos, R. S., Melo, A. M. P. and Teixeira, M. (2004) Respiratory chains from aerobic thermophilic prokaryots. J. Bioenerg. Biomemb. 36, 93-105.
18. Soares, C. M., Baptista, A. M., Pereira, M. M. and Teixeira, M. (2004) Investigation of protonatable residues in Rhodothermus marinus caa3 haem-copper oxygen reductase. Comparison with Paracoccus denitrificans aa3 haem-copper oxygen reductase. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 9, 124-134.
17. *Pereira, M. M. and Teixeira, M. (2003) Is a Q-Cycle like mechanism operative in dihaemic succinate:quinone and quinol:fumarate oxidoreductases?. FEBS Lett. 543, 1-4.
16. Fernandes, A. S., *Pereira, M. M. and Teixeira, M. (2002) Purification and characterisation of the complex I from the respiratory chain of Rhodothermus marinus. J. Bioenerg. Biomemb. 34, 413-421.
15. Pereira, M. M., Jones, K. L., Campos, M. G., Melo, A. M. P., Saraiva, L. M., Louro, R. O., Wittung-Stafshede, P. and Teixeira, M. (2002) A ferredoxin from the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1601, 1-8.
14. Pereira, M. M., Gomes, C. M. and Teixeira (2002) Plasticity of proton pathways in haem-copper oxygen reductases. FEBS Lett. 522, 14-18.
13. Martins, L. O., Soares, C. M., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M., Costa, T., Jones, G. H. and Henriques, A. O. (2002) Molecular and biochemical characterization of a highly stable bacterial laccase which occurs as a structural component of the Bacillus subtilis endospore coat. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 18849–18859.
12. Lemos, S. R., Fernandes, A. S., Pereira, M. M., Gomes, C. M. and Teixeira, M. (2002) Diversity of fumarate reductases and succinate dehydrogenases: phylogenetic relationships, metal centres and membrane attachment. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1553, 158-170.
11. Sigurdson, H., Namslauer, A., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M. and Brzezinski, P, (2001), Ligand binding and the catalytic reaction of cytochrome caa3 from the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. Biochemistry 40, 10578-10585.
10. Fernandes, A. S., Pereira, M. M. and Teixeira, M. (2001) The Succinate Dehydrogenase from the Thermohalophilic Bacterium Rhodothermus marinus: Redox-Bohr Effect on Heme bL. J. Bioenerg. Biomemb. 33, 343-352.
9. *Pereira, M. M., Santana, M. and Teixeira, M. (2001) A novel scenario for the evolution of haem-copper oxygen reductases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1505, 185-208.
8. Santana, M., Pereira, M. M., Elias, N. P., Soares, C. M. and Teixeira, M. (2001) The gene cluster of Rhodothermus marinus HiPIP:oxygen oxidoreductase, a caa3-type oxidase belonging to the superfamily of heme-copper oxidases. J. Bacteriol. 183, 687–699.
7. Pereira, M. M., Verkhovskaya, M. I., Teixeira, M. and Verkhovsky, M. I. (2000) The caa3 Terminal Oxidase of Rhodothermus marinus Lacking The Key Glutamate of the D-Channel is a Proton Pump. Biochemistry 39, 6336-6340.
6. Pereira, M. M., Carita, J. N., Anglin, R., Saraste, M. and Teixeira, M. (2000) The haem centres of Rhodothermus marinus respiratory chain. Characterisation of its cbb3 oxidase. J. Bioenerg. Biomemb. 32, 143-152.
5. Pereira, M. M., Carita, J. N. and Teixeira, M. (1999) Membrane-bound electron transfer chain of the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus: A novel multihaemic cytochrome bc, a new complex III. Biochemistry 38, 1268-1275.
4. Pereira, M. M., Carita, J. N. and Teixeira, M. (1999) Membrane-bound electron transfer chain of the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus: Characterisation of the iron-sulfur centres from de dehydrogenases and investigation of the High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein function by in vitro reconstitution of the respiratory chain. Biochemistry 38, 1276-1283.
3. Pereira, M. M., Santana, M., Mendes, J., Soares, C. M., Carita, J. N., Fernandes, A. S., Saraste, M., Carrondo, M. and Teixeira, M. (1999) The caa3 terminal oxidase of the thermohalophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus: A HiPIP:oxygen oxidoreductase lacking the key glutamate of the D-channel. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1413, 1-13.
2. Pereira, M. M., Antunes, A., Nunes, O. C., da Costa, M. S. and Teixeira, M. (1994) A membrane-bound HIPIP type centre in Rhodothermus marinus: A function for a HIPIP protein. FEBS Lett. 352, 327-330.
1. Chen, L., Pereira, M. M., Teixeira, M., Xavier, A. V., LeGall, J. (1994) Isolation and Characterisation of a High Molecular Weight Cytochrome from the Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas. FEBS Lett. 347, 295-299.
