2007-2009

2009

• GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF THE ABC TRANSPORTER Ota AND Otb IN GLYCINE BETAINE TRANSPORT IN Methanosarcina mazei Gö1
  R. Saum, A. Mingote, H. Santos & V. Müller
  Archives of Microbiology, 191, 291-301 (2009). 
   
• ENHANCING THE FLUORESCENCE OF TYR-59 IN UBIQUITIN BY BLOCKING PROTON TRANSFER
  M. Noronha, H. Gerbelova, T. Q. Faria, M-M. Sampaio, R. Rudolph, A. L. Maçanita & H. Santos
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 3580-3583 (2009).
   
• CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL GLUCOSE UPTAKE SYSTEMS OF Lactococcus lactis: MANNOSE-PTS, CELLOBIOSE-PTS AND THE NOVEL GlcU PERMEASE
  R. Castro, A. R. Neves, L. L. Fonseca, W. A. Pool, J. Kok, O. P. Kuipers & H. Santos
  Molecular Microbiology, 71, 795-806 (2009).
   
• FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES OF TYROSINE RESIDUES IN CYTOCHROME C” AS LOCAL PROBES TO STUDY PROTEIN UNFOLDING
  M. Noronha, R. Santos, E. Paci, H. Santos & A.L. Maçanita
  Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113, 4466-4474 (2009). 
   
• THE METABOLIC pH RESPONSE IN Lactococcus lactis: AN INTEGRATIVE EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELLING APPROACH
  A. Z. Andersen, A. L. Carvalho, A. R. Neves, H. Santos, U. Kummer & L. F. Olsen
  Computational Biology and Chemistry, 33, 71-83 (2009).
   
• A NOVEL LIMB IN THE OSMOREGULATORY NETWORK OF Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Nє-ACETYL-ß-LYSINE CAN BE SUBSTITUTED BY GLUTAMATE AND ALANINE
  R. Spanheimer, A. Mingote, H. Santos & V. Müller
  Environmental Microbiology, accepted.
   
• CRYSTALLIZATION AND PRELIMINARY X-RAY ANALYSIS OF MANNOSYL-3-PHOSPHOGLYCERATE SYNTHASE FROM Thermus thermophilus HB27
  S. Gonçalves, N. Borges, H. Santos & P. M. Matias
  Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Crystallography Communications 65, 1014-1017 (2009).
   
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROTEIN STABILIZATION AND PROTEIN RIGIDIFICATION INDUCED BY MANNOSYLGLYCERATE
  T. M. Pais, P. Lamosa, B. Garcia-Moreno, D. L. Turner & H. Santos
  Journal of Molecular Biology, 394, 237-250 (2009).
   
• A UNIQUE ß-1,2-MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE OF Thermotoga maritima THAT USES DI-MYO-INOSITOL PHOSPHATE AS MANNOSYL ACCEPTOR
  M. V. Rodrigues, N. Borges, C. P. Almeida, P. Lamosa & H. Santos
  Journal of Bacteriology, 191, 6105-6115 (2009).
   
  
   

2008

• DESIGN OF NEW ENZYME STABILIZERS INSPIRED BY GLYCOSIDES OF HYPERTHERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS
  T. Q. Faria, A. Mingote, F. Siopa, R. Ventura, C. Maycock & H. Santos
  Carbohydrate Research,343, 3025-3033 (2008). 
   
• DI-myo-INOSITOL PHOSPHATE AND NOVEL UDP-SUGARS ACCUMULATE IN THE EXTREME HYPERTHERMOPHILE Pyrolobus fumarii
  L. G. Gonçalves, P. Lamosa, R. Huber & H. Santos
  Extremophiles, 12, 383-389 (2008).
   
• IN VIVO 13C-NMR TO UNRAVEL L-ARABINOSE METABOLISM IN YEAST
  C. Fonseca, A. R. Neves, A. M. M. Antunes, J. P. Noronha, B. Hahn-Hägerdal
  H. Santos & I. Spencer-Martins
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74, 1845-1855 (2008). 
   
• ROLE OF PERIPLASMIC TREHALASE IN UPTAKE OF TREHALOSE BY THE THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM Rhodothermus marinus
  C. Jorge, Luís L. Fonseca, W. Boos & H. Santos
  Journal of Bacteriology, 190, 1871-1878 (2008).
   
• CONTRIBUTION OF CITRATE METABOLISM TO THE GROWTH OF Lactococcus lactis AT LOW pH
  C. Sánchez, A. R. Neves, J. Cavalheiro, M. Moreira dos Santos, N. Garcia-Quintáns, P. López & H. Santos
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74, 1136-1144 (2008).
   
   
  
   

 2007

• A HIGHLY THERMOSTABLE TREHALASE FROM THE THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM Rhodothermus marinus
  C. Jorge, M.-M. Sampaio, G. Ó. Hreggvidsson, J. K. Kristjánson, & H. Santos
  Extremophiles, 11, 115-122 (2007).