Publications

Publications 2000-2011

Published Papers in:

2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000  

2011

• S. Gonçalves, A.M. Esteves, H. Santos, N. Borges and P.M. Matias, “The three-dimensional structure of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB27: a new member of the Haloalcanoic Acid Dehalogenase Superfamily”, Biochemistry (2011), in press (doi:10.1021/bi201171h).

• S. Gorynia, T.M. Bandeiras, F.G. Pinho, C.E. McVey, C. Vonrhein, A. Round, D.I. Svergun, P. Donner and P.M. Matias, “Structural and functional insights into a dodecameric molecular machine - the RuvBL1/RuvBL2 complex”, J. Struct. Biol. (2011), in press (doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.001).

• J. Rocha, A.O. Popescu, P. Borges, D. Mil-Homens, L.M. Moreira, I. Sá-Correia, A.M. Fialho and C. Frazão, “Structure of Burkholderia cepacia UDP-Glucose Dehydrogenase (UGD) BceC and role of Tyr10 in final hydrolysis of UGD thioester intermediate”, J. Bacteriol. (2011), 193(15): 3978-3987.

• F.G. Pinho, A.F. Pinto, L. Pinto, H. Huber, C.V. Romão, M. Teixeira, P.M. Matias and T.M. Bandeiras, “Superoxide Reductase from Nanoarchaeum equitans: expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis”, Acta Cryst. (2011), F67(5): 591-595.

• J.A. Brito, N. Borges, C. Vonrhein, H. Santos and M. Archer, “Crystal structure of Archaeoglobus fulgidus CTP:Inositol-1-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase, a key enzyme for Di-myo-Inositol-Phosphate synthesis in (Hyper)thermophiles”, J. Bacteriol. (2011), 193(9): 2177-2185.

• T.F. Oliveira, E. Franklin, J.P. Afonso, A.R. Khan, N.J. Oldham, I.A.C. Pereira and M. Archer, “Structural insights into dissimilatory sulfite reductases: structure of desulforubidin from Desulfomicrobium norvegicum”, Front Microbio. (2011), 2:71.

• A.T. Fernandes, M.M. Pereira, C.S. Silva, P.F. Lindley, I. Bento, E.P. Melo and L.O. Martins, “The removal of a disulfide bridge in CotA-laccase changes the slower motion dynamics involved in copper binding but has no effect on the thermodynamic stability”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2011), 16(4): 641-651.

• A. Veith, T. Urich, K. Seyfarth, J. Protze, C. Frazão, A. Kletzin, “Substrate pathways and mechanisms of inhibition in the sulfur oxygenase reductase of Acidianus ambivalens”, Front. Microbio. (2011), 2(37).

• S. Gonçalves, A.M. Esteves, N. Borges, H. Santos and P.M. Matias, “Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB27”, Acta Cryst. (2011) F67(3): 390-396.

• C.S.A. Baltazar, M.C. Marques, C.M. Soares, A.M. DeLacey, I.A.C. Pereira and P.M. Matias, “Nickel-Iron-Selenium Hydrogenases - An Overview”, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2011), 7: 948-962.

• A.F. Pinto, S. Todorovic, P. Hildebrandt, M. Yamazaki, F. Amano, S. Igimi, C.V. Romão and M. Teixeira, “Desulforubrerythrin from Campylobacter jejuni, a novel multi-domain protein”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2011), 16(3): 501-510.

• B. Correia, Z. Chen, S. Mendes, L.O. Martins and I. Bento, “Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Azoreductase PpAzoR from Pseudomonas putida MET94”, Acta Cryst. (2011) F67(1): 121-123.

• C.V. Romão, D. Ladakis, S.A.L. Lobo, M.A. Carrondo, A.A. Brindley, E. Deery, P.M. Matias, R.W. Pickersgill, L.M. Saraiva and M.J. Warren, “Evolution in a family of chelatases facilitated by the introduction of active site asymmetry and protein oligomerization”, PNAS (2011), 108(1): 97-102.

Book Chapters:
 

• J.B. Vicente, M.A. Carrondo, M. Teixeira and C. Frazão “Flavodiiron Proteins: Nitric Oxide and/or Oxygen Reductases”, in Handbook of Metalloproteins (2011), Vol 4 & 5, Ed. A. Messerschmidt, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp 277-295. 

• I. Bento, R.O. Louro, C.M. Soares, M.A. Carrondo, “Tetraheme Cytochrome c3”, in Handbook of Metalloproteins (2011), Vol 4 & 5, Ed. A. Messerschmidt, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp 5-15.

2010

• D. de Sanctis, J.M. Inácio, P.F. Lindley, I. de Sá Nogueira and I. Bento, “New evidence for the role of calcium in the glycosidase reaction of GH43 arabinanases”, FEBS J. (2010) 277(21): 4562-4574.

• J.A. Brito, N. Borges, H. Santos and M. Archer, “Production, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of CTP:inositol-1-phosphate cytidylyltransferase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus”, Acta Cryst. (2010) F66(11): 1463-1465.

• I. Bento, C.S. Silva, Z. Chen, L.O. Martins, P.F. Lindley and C.M. Soares, “Mechanisms underlying dioxygen reduction in laccases. Structural and modelling studies focusing on proton transfer”, BMC Structural Biology (2010), 10(28): 1-14.

• S. Gonçalves, N. Borges, A.M. Esteves, B. Victor, C.M. Soares, H. Santos and P.M. Matias, “Structural analysis of Thermus thermophilus HB27 mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase provides evidence for a second catalytic metal ion and new insight into the retaining mechanism of glycosyltransferases”, J. Biol. Chem. (2010), 285(23): 17857-17868.

• M. de Rosa, D. de Sanctis, M. Archer, A. Rich, A. Athanasiadis and M.A. Carrondo, “Crystal structure of a junction between two Z-DNA helices”, PNAS (2010), 107(20): 9088-9092.

• F.G. Pinho, C.V. Romão, A.F. Pinto, L.M. Saraiva, H. Huber, P.M. Matias, M.A. Carrondo, M. Teixeira and T.M. Bandeiras, “Cloning, purification, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of Ignicoccus hospitalis neelaredoxin”, Acta Cryst. (2010) F66(5): 605-607.

• M. Stelter, A.M.P. Melo, G.O. Hreggvidsson, S. Hjorleifsdottir, L.M. Saraiva, M. Teixeira, M. Archer, “The structure at 1.0Å resolution of a high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) involved in the aerobic respiratory chain of Rhodothermus marinus”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2010), 15(3): 303-313.

• M.C. Marques, R. Coelho, A.L. De Lacey, I.A.C. Pereira, P.M. Matias “The three-dimensional structure of [NiFeSe] Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: a Hydrogenase without a bridging ligand in the active site in its oxidised, “as-isolated” state”, J. Mol. Biol. (2010), 396(4): 893-907.

• T.M. Bandeiras, C.V. Romão, J.V. Rodrigues, M. Teixeira, P.M. Matias, “Purification, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of Archaeoglobus fulgidus neelaredoxin”, Acta Cryst. (2010) F66(3): 316-319. 

• J. Rocha, A.O. Popescu, I. Sá-Correia, A.M. Fialho and C. Frazão, “Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of BceC, a UDP-glucose dehydrogenase from Burkholderia cepacia IST408”, Acta Cryst. (2010) F66(3): 269-271.

• Z. Chen, P. Durão, C.S. Silva, M.M. Pereira, S. Todorovic, P. Hildebrandt, I. Bento, P.F. Lindley and L.O. Martins, “The role of Glu⁴⁹⁸ in the dioxygen reactivity of CotA-laccase from Bacillus subtilis”, Dalton Trans. (2010) 39(11): 2875-2882.

• J. Rocha, A.T. Granja, I. Sá-Correia, A.M. Fialho and C. Frazão, “Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of UgdG, an UDP-glucose dehydrogenase from Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461”, Acta Cryst. (2010) F66(1): 69-72.

2009

• P.B. Crowley, P.M. Matias, A.R. Khan, M. Roessle and D.I. Svergun “Metal-mediated self-assembly of a beta-Sandwich protein”, Chem. Eur. J. (2009), 15(46): 12672-12680.

• S. Gonçalves, N. Borges, H. Santos and P.M. Matias “Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Thermus thermophilus HB27”, Acta Cryst. (2009) F65(10), 1014–1017.

• M. Marques, R. Coelho, I.A.C. Pereira and P.M. Matias “Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough”, Acta Cryst. (2009) F65(9), 920–922.

• A.T. Gonçalves, D. Marçal, M.A. Carrondo and F.J. Enguita “Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of a glycerol dehydrogenase from the human pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium”, Acta Cryst. (2009) F65(7), 698–701.

• J.A. Brito, F.L. Sousa, M. Stelter, T.M. Bandeiras, C. Vonrhein, M. Teixeira, M.M. Pereira and M. Archer “Structural and functional insights into sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase” Biochemistry (2009), 48(24): 5613-5622.

• D. de Sanctis, C.E. McVey, F.J. Enguita and M.A. Carrondo “Crystal structure of the full-length sorbitol operon regulator, SorC from Klebsiella pneumoniae: structural evidence for a novel transcriptional regulation mechanism” J. Mol. Biol. (2009), 387(3): 759-770.

• D. Marçal, A.T. Rêgo, M.A. Carrondo and F.J. Enguita “1,3-propanediol-dehydrogenase from Klebsiella pneumoniae: decameric quaternary structure and possible subunit cooperativity” J. Bacteriol. (2009), 191(4): 1143-1151.

• T.M. Bandeiras, P.N. Refojo, S. Todorovic, D.H. Murgida, P. Hildebrandt, C. Bauer, M.M. Pereira, A. Kletzin and M. Teixeira, “The cytochrome ba complex from the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidianus ambivalens is an analog of bc1 complexes” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Bioenergetics (2009), 1787(1): 37-45.

• L. Toussaint, M.G. Cuypers, L. Bertrand, L. Hue, C.V. Romão, L.M. Saraiva, M. Teixeira, W. Meyer-Klaucke, M.C. Feiters and R.R. Crichton, “Comparative Fe and Zn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of the ferroxidase centres of human H-chain ferritin and bacterioferritin from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2009), 14(1): 35-49.

2008

2007

• M. Stelter, A.M.P. Melo, L.M. Saraiva, M.Teixeira and M. Archer, "Crystallization and X-Ray Analysis of Rhodothermus marinus cytochrome c at 1.23 A Resolution” Protein & Peptide Letters (2007), 14(10): 1038-1040.

• M.G. Cuypers, E.P. Mitchell, C.V. Romão and S.M. McSweeney, "The crystal structure of the Dps2 from Deinococcus radiodurans reveals an unusual pore profile with a non-specific metal binding site" J. Mol. Biol. (2007), 371(3): 787-799.

• J. Mulchande, L. Martins, R. Moreira, M. Archer, T. F. Oliveira and J. Iley, "The efficiency of C-4 substituents in activating the beta-lactam scaffold towards serine proteases and hydroxide ion" Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2007), 5(16): 2617-2626.

• J. Andrade, A. Karmali, M. A. Carrondo, and C. Frazão “Structure of amidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa showing a trapped acyl transfer reaction intermediate state”, J. Biol. Chem. (2007), 282: 19598-605.

• J. Tatur, W.R. Hagen and P. M. Matias, “Crystal structure of the ferritin from the hyperthermophilic archaeal anaerobe Pyrococcus furiosus”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2007), 12(5):615-630.

• D. Aragão, A.M. Fialho, A.R. Marques, E.P. Mitchell, I. Sá-Correia and C. Frazão, "The complex of Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461 glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase with glucose-1-phosphate reveals a novel quaternary structure, unique among nucleoside diphosphate-sugar pyrophosphorylase members" J. Bacteriol. (2007), 189(12): 4520-4528.

• S. Cooray, M.W. Bahar, N.G. Abrescia, C.E. McVey, N.W. Bartlett, R.A. Chen, D.I. Stuart, J.M. Grimes, G.L. Smith, "Functional and structural studies of the vaccinia virus virulence factor N1 reveal a Bcl-2-like anti-apoptotic protein", J. Gen. Virol. (2007), 88(6):1656-66.

• M. A. Carrondo, I. Bento, P. M. Matias and P. F. Lindley "Crystallographic evidence for dioxygen interactions with iron proteins", J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2007), 12: 429-442.

• D. Marçal, A. T. Rêgo, M. J. Fogg, K. S. Wilson, M. A. Carrondo and F. J. Enguita "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of 1,3-propanediol dehydrogenase from the human pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae" Acta Cryst. (2007) F63, 249-251.

• J. Andrade, A. Karmali, M. A. Carrondo and C. Frazão “Crystallization, diffraction data collection and preliminary crystallographic analysis of hexagonal crystals of Pseudomonas aeruginosa amidase”, Acta Cryst. (2007) F63, 214-216.

• I. Bento, C. Peixoto, V. N. Zaitsev and P. F. Lindley. "Ceruloplasmin revisited: structural and functional roles of various metal cation-binding sites" Acta Cryst. (2007) D63, 240-248.

• T.F. Oliveira, J. Mulchande, R. Moreira, J. Iley and M. Archer “Crystallization and Preliminary Diffraction Studies of Porcine Pancreatic Elastase in Complex with a Novel Inhibitor”, Protein & Peptide Letters (2007), 14(1): 93-95.

2006

• P. M. Matias, S. Gorynia, P. Donner, M. A. Carrondo, “Crystal structure of the human AAA+ protein RuvBL1” J. Biol. Chem. (2006), 281: 38918-29.

• C.C. Almeida, C.V. Romão, P.F. Lindley, M. Teixeira and L.M. Saraiva “The role of the hybrid cluster protein in oxidative stress defense” J. Biol. Chem. (2006), 281: 32445-50.

• M. L. Rodrigues, T. Oliveira, I. A. C. Pereira and M. Archer “X-ray structure of a membrane-bound cytochrome c quinol dehydrogenase with novel heme coordination” EMBO J. (2006), 25: 5951-60.

• A.V. Lyashenko, I. Bento, V.N. Zaitsev, N.E. Zhukhlistova, Y.N. Zhukova, A.G. Gabdoulkhakov, E.Y. Morgunova, W. Voelter, G.S. Kachalova, E.V. Stepanova, O.G. Koroleva, V.S. Lamzin, V.I. Tishkov, C. Betzel, P.F Lindley, A.B. Mikhailov. “X-ray structural studies of the fungal laccase from Cerrena maxima”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2006), 11: 963-973.

• F.C. Teixeira, H. Ramos, I.F. Antunes, M.J. Curto, M.T. Duarte, I. Bento, “Synthesis and structural characterization of 1- and 2-substituted indazoles: ester and carboxylic acid derivatives” Molecules. (2006), 11(11):867-89.

• M.J. Fogg, P. Alzari, M. Bahar, I. Bertini, J. M. Betton, W. P. Burmeister, C. Cambillau, B. Canard, M. Carrondo, M. Coll, S. Daenke, O. Dym, M. P. Egloff, F. J. Enguita, A. Geerlof, A. Haouz, T. A. Jones, Q. Ma, S. N. Manicka, M. Migliardi, P. Nordlund, R. J. Owens, Y. Peleg, G. Schneider, R. Schnell, D. I. Stuart, N. Tarbouriech, T. Unge, A. J. Wilkinson, M. Wilmanns, K. S. Wilson, O. Zimhony and J. M. Grimes, “Application of the use of high-throughput technologies to the determination of protein structures of bacterial and viral pathogens”, Acta Cryst. (2006) D62, 1196-1207.

• A. Geerlof, J. Brown, B. Coutard, M. P. Egloff, F. J. Enguita, M. J. Fogg, R.J.C. Gilbert, M.R. Groves, A. Haouz, J. E. Nettleship, P. Nordlund, R. J. Owens, M. Ruff, S. Sainsbury, D.I. Svergun and M. Wilmanns, "The impact of protein characterization in structural proteomics" Acta Cryst. (2006) D62, 1125-1136.

• A.V. Lyashenko, N.E. Zhukhlistova, A.G. Gabdoulkhakov, Y.N. Zhukova, W. Voelter, V.N. Zaitsev, I. Bento, E.V. Stepanova,  G.S. Kachalova, O.V. Koroleva, E.A. Cherkashyn, V.I. Tishkov, V.S. Lamzin, K. Schirwitz, E.Y. Morgunova, C. Betzel, P.F. Lindley,  A.M. Mikhailov. “Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray study of the fungal laccase from Cerrena maxima.”, Acta Cryst. (2006) F62, 954-7.

• D. Aragão, A.R. Marques, C. Frazão, F.J. Enguita, M.A. Carrondo, A.M. Fialho, I. Sa-Correia, E.P. Mitchell "Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary structure determination of glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (UgpG) from Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461 bound to glucose-1-phosphate", Acta Cryst. (2006) F62, 930-934.

• C. Frazão, C. E. McVey, M. Amblar, A. Barbas, C. Vonrhein, C. M. Arraiano and M.A. Carrondo “Unravelling the dynamics of RNA degradation by RNAse II and its RNA- bound complex”, Nature (2006), 443: 110-114.

• D. de Sanctis, P. Ascenzi, A. Bocedi, S. Dewilde, T. Burmester, T. Hankeln, L. Moens, M. Bolognesi "Cyanide binding and heme cavity conformational transitions in Drosophila melanogaster hexacoordinate hemoglobin." Biochemistry (2006), 45: 10054-61.

• I. Bento, M. A. Carrondo, P. F. Lindley, “Reduction of dioxygen by enzymes containing copper”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2006), 11: 539-547.

• C.E. McVey, M. Amblar, A. Barbas, F. Cairrão, R. Coelho, C. Romão, C.M. Arraiano, M.A. Carrondo and C. Frazão “Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary diffraction data characterization of Escherichia coli ribonuclease II (RNase II).”, Acta Cryst. (2006) F62, 684-687.

• P.N. Palma, M. L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, M. J. Bonifácio, A. I. Loureiro, D. Learmonth, M. A. Carrondo and P. Soares-da-Silva, “Comparative study of ortho- and meta- nitrated inhibitors of catechol-O-methyltransferase. Interactions with the active site and regioselectivity of O-methylation” Molecular Pharmacology (2006), 70: 143-153.

• A.L. Simplício, P. M. Matias, J. F. Gilmer, J.M. Clancy “Chiral separation and identification of beta-aminoketones of pharmacological interest by high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis”, J. Chromatography A. (2006), 1120: 89-93.

• M. L. Rodrigues, T. Oliveira, P. M. Matias, I. C. Martins, F. M. A. Valente, I. A. C. Pereira and M. Archer “Crystallization and preliminary structure determination of the membrane-bound complex cytochrome c nitrite reductase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough”. Acta Cryst. (2006) F62, 565-568.

• P. Durão, I. Bento, A.T. Fernandes, E.P. Melo, P.F. Lindley, L.O. Martins. “Perturbations of the T1 copper site in the CotA laccase from Bacillus subtilis: structural, biochemical, enzymatic and stability studies” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2006), 11: 514-26.

• J. Lachwa, I. Bento, M.T. Duarte, J.N. Lopes, L.P. Rebelo. “Condensed phase behaviour of ionic liquid-benzene mixtures: congruent melting of a [emim][NTf2].C6H6 inclusion crystal” Chem. Commun. (2006), 23: 2445-7.

• J. A. Brito, T. M. Bandeiras, M. Teixeira, C. Vonrhein and M. Archer, “Crystallisation and preliminary structure determination of a NADH:quinone oxidoreductase from the extremophile Acidianus ambivalens,” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Proteins and Proteomics (2006), 1764(4): 842-845.

• F.J. Enguita, E. Pohl, D.L. Turner, H. Santos, M.A. Carrondo, "Structural evidence for a proton transfer pathway coupled with haem reduction of cytochrome c'' from Methylophilus methylotrophus" J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2006), 11: 189-196.

• T. Ulrich, C. M. Gomes, A. Kletzin and C. Frazão "X-ray structure of a self-compartmentalizing sulfur cycle metalloenzyme", Science (2006), 311: 996-1000.

• M.L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, P. Martel, S. Miranda, M. Thomaz, F.J. Enguita, R.P. Baptista, E. Pinho e Melo, N. Sousa, A. Cravador, M.A. Carrondo, "Crystal structures of the free and sterel-bound forms of b-cinnamomin", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Proteins and Poteomics (2006), 1764(1): 110-121.

• S. Gorynia, P.M. Matias, S. Gonçalves, R. Coelho, G.L. Gato, M. Thomaz, M. Huber, B. Haendler, P. Donner and M.A. Carrondo, "Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the human RuvB-like protein RuvBL1" Acta Cryst. (2006) F62, 61-66.

2005

• I. Bento, L. O. Martins, G. G. Lopes, M. A. Carrondo and P. F. Lindley “Dioxygen reduction by multi-copper oxidases; a structural perspective”, Roy. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. (2005), 21:3507-3513.

• P. M. Matias, I. A. C. Pereira, C. M. Soares and M. A. Carrondo “Sulphate respiration from hydrogen in Desulfovibrio bacteria: a structural biology overview”, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology (2005), 89: 292-329.

• A. Athanasiadis, D. Placido , S. Maas, B.A. Brown , K. Lowenhaupt , A. Rich “The crystal structure of the Z-beta domain of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 reveals distinct conserved surfaces among Z-domains”, J. Mol. Biol. (2005), 351: 496-507.

• P.M. Matias, J. Tatur, M.A. Carrondo and W.R. Hagen, "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of a ferritin from the hyperthermophilic archaen and anaerobe Pyrococcus furious" Acta Cryst. (2005) F61, 503-506.

• P. B. Crowley and A. Golovin, "Cation-pi interactions in protein-protein interfaces", Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics (2005), 59(2):231-9.

• K. Sato, P. B. Crowley and C. Dennison, "Transient homodimer interactions studied using the electron self-exchange reaction", J. Biol. Chem. (2005), 59: 265-7.

• T. Urich, R. Coelho, A.f Kletzin, C. Frazão, "The sulfur oxygenase reductase from Acidianus ambivalens is an icosatetramer as shown by crystallization and Patterson analysis", Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Proteins and Proteomics (2005), 1747(2):267-70.

• I. M. Díaz-Moreno, A. Díaz-Quintana, M. A. de la Rosa, P. B. Crowley and M. Ubbink, "Different modes of interaction in cyanobacterial complexes of plastocyanin and cytochrome f", Biochemistry (2005), 44(9):3176-83.

• C. Frazão, D.C. Simes, R. Coelho, D. Alves, M.K. Williamson, P.A. Price, M.L. Cancela and M.A. Carrondo “Structural evidence of a fourth Gla residue in fish osteocalcin: Biological implications” Biochemistry (2005), 44: 1234-1242.

• M. L. Rodrigues, M. J. Bonifácio, P. Soares-da-Silva, M. A. Carrondo, M. Archer “Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a catechol-O- methyltransferase/inhibitor complex”, Acta Cryst. (2005) F61, 118-120.

2004

• I. J. Correia, C. M. Paquete, A. Coelho, C. C. Almeida, T. Catarino, R. O. Louro, C. Frazão, L. M. Saraiva, M. A. Carrondo, D. L. Turner and A. V. Xavier, “Proton assisted two-electron transfer in natural variants of tetraheme cytochromes from Desulfomicrobium sp.” J. Biol. Chem. (2004), 279: 52227-37.

• F. J. Enguita, D. Marçal, L. O. Martins, R. Grenha, A. O. Henriques, P. F. Lindley and M. A. Carrondo "Substrate and dioxygen binding to the endospore coat laccase from Bacillus subtilis", J. Biol. Chem. (2004), 279: 23472-23476.

• P. Crowley and M.A. Carrondo, “The Architecture of the Binding Site in Redox Protein Complexes: Implications for Fast Dissociation”, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics (2004), 55: 603-612.

• I. Bento, P. M. Matias, A. M. Baptista, P. N. da Costa, W. M. A. M. van Dongen, L. M. Saraiva, T. R. Schneider, C. M. Soares and M. A. Carrondo “Molecular basis for redox-Bohr and cooperative effects in cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774: crystallographic and modelling studies of oxidised and reduced high-resolution structures at pH 7.6” Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics (2004), 54: 135-152.

2003

• S. Macedo, D. Aragão, E. P. Mitchell and P. Lindley “Structure of the hybrid cluster protein (HCP) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 containing molecules in the oxidized and reduced states” Acta Cryst. (2003) D59, 2065-2071.

• I. Bento, V. H. Teixeira, A. M. Baptista, Cláudio M. Soares, P. M. Matias and M. A. Carrondo “Redox-Bohr and other cooperativity effects in the nine heme cytochrome c from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774: crystallographic and modeling studies”. J. Biol. Chem. (2003), 278: 36455-36469.

• F. J. Enguita, L. O. Martins, A. O. Henriques and M. A. Carrondo “Crystal structure of a bacterial endospore coat component: a laccase with enhanced thermostability properties” J. Biol. Chem. (2003), 278: 19416-19425.

• M. A. Carrondo “Ferritins, Iron Uptake and Storage from the Bacterioferritin Viewpoint” EMBO J. (2003), 22: 1959-1968.

• D. Aragão, S. Macedo, E. P. Mitchell, C. V. Romão, M. Y. Liu, C. Frazão, L. M. Saraiva, A. V. Xavier, J. LeGall, W. M.A.M. van Dongen, W. R. Hagen, M. Teixeira, M. A. Carrondo and P. Lindley “Reduced Hybrid Cluster Proteins (HCP) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 and Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough). X-ray Structures at High Resolution using Synchrotron Radiation”, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2003), 8: 540-548.

• S. Macedo, C. V. Romão, E. Mitchell , P. M. Matias, M. Y. Liu , A. V. Xavier , J. LeGall , M. Teixeira, P. Lindley and M. A. Carrondo “The nature of the di-iron site in the bacterioferritin from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans” Nature Struct. Biol (2003), 10: 285-290.

• D. Aragão, C. Frazão, L. Sieker, G. M. Sheldrick, J. LeGall, and M. A. Carrondo “Crystal structure of the di-tetraheme cytochrome c3 from Desulfovibrio gigas at 1.2 Å resolution” Acta Cryst. (2003) D59, 644-653.

• F. J. Enguita, L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, L. Sieker, A. Rodrigues, D. L. Turner, H. Santos and M. A. Carrondo “Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Characterization of Cytochrome c” from the obligate methylotroph Methylophilus methylotrophus” Acta Cryst. (2003) D59, 580-583.

• I. A. Abreu, A. I. Lourenço, A. V. Xavier, J. LeGall, A. V. Coelho, P. M. Matias, D. M. Pinto, M. A. Carrondo, M. Teixeira and L. M. Saraiva “A novel iron centre in the split-Soret cytochrome c from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2003), 8: 360-370.

2002

• P. M. Matias, A. V. Coelho, F. M. A. Valente, D. Plácido, J. LeGall, A. V. Xavier, I. A. C. Pereira and M. A. Carrondo “Sulfate respiration in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: Structure of the 16-heme Cytochrome c HmcA at 2.5 Å resolution and a view of its role in transmembrane electron transfer” J. Biol. Chem. (2002), 277(49): 47907-47916.

• M. J. Bonifácio, M. Archer, M. L. Rodrigues, P. M. Matias, D. A. Learmonth, M. A. Carrondo and P. Soares-da-Silva “Kinetics and Crystal Structure of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Complex with Co-Substrate and a Novel Inhibitor with Potential Therapeutic Application” Molecular Pharmacology (2002), 62: 795-805.

• F.J. Enguita, P.M. Matias, L.O. Martins, D. Plácido, A. O. Henriques and M.A. Carrondo “Spore coat Laccase CotA from Bacillus subtilis: Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Characterization by the MAD method" Acta Cryst. (2002) D58, 1490-1493.

• M. L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, P. Martel, A. Jacquet, A. Cravador, and Maria A. Carrondo, “Crystal structure of beta-cinnamomin, a toxic protein for some plant species”, Acta Cryst. (2002) D58, 1314-1321.

• S. Macedo, E. P. Mitchell, C. V. Romão, S. J. Cooper, R. Coelho, M. Y. Liu, A. V. Xavier, J. LeGall, S. Bailey, C. D. Garner, W. R. Hagen, M. Teixeira, M.A. Carrondo and P. Lindley, “Hybrid cluster proteins (HCPs) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 2774 and Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough): X-ray structures at 1.25 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2002), 7:514-525.

• C. M. Gomes, C. Frazão, A. V. Xavier, J. Legall and M. Teixeira "Functional control of the binuclear metal site in the metallo-beta-lactamase-like fold by subtle amino acid replacements" Protein Science (2002), 11:707-712.

• P. M. Matias, M. A. Carrondo, R. Coelho, M. Thomaz, X.-Y. Zhao, A. Wegg, K. Crusius, U. Egner, and P. Donner “Structural basis for the glucocorticoid response in a mutant human androgen receptor (ARccr) derived from an androgen-independent prostate cancer”, J. Med. Chem. (2002), 45: 1439-1446.

2001

• R. O. Louro, I. Bento, P. M. Matias, T. Catarino, A. M. Baptista, C. M. Soares, M. A. Carrondo, D. L. Turner, A. V. Xavier, “Conformational component in the coupled transfer of multiple electrons and protons in a monomeric tetraheme cytchrome” J. Biol. Chem. (2001), 276: 44044-44051.

• J. Mendes, A.M. Baptista, M.A. Carrondo, C.M. Soares, "Implicit solvation in the self-consistent mean field theory method: sidechain modelling and prediction of folding free energies of protein mutants", J. Comp. Aid. Mol. Des. (2001), 15: 721-740.

• J. Mendes, H. Nagarajaram, C.M. Soares, T. L. Blundell and M.A. Carrondo “Incorporating knowledge-based biases into an energy-based side-chain modeling method: application to comparative modeling of protein structure”, Biopolymers (2001), 59:72-86.

• M. L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, M. J. Bonifácio, P. Soares-da-Silva and M. A. Carrondo “Crystallisation and preliminary crystallographic characterisation of catechol-O-methyltransferase in complex with its co-substrate and an inhibitor” Acta Cryst. (2001) D57, 906-908.

• D. A. Learmonth, J. Benes, A. Parada, D. Hainzl, A. Beliaev, M. J. Bonifácio, P. M. Matias, M. A. Carrondo, J. Garret and P. Soares-da-Silva “Synthesis, anticonvulsant properties and pharmacokinetic profile of novel 10,11-dihydro-10-oxo-5H-dibenz/b,f/azepine-5-carboxamide derivatives” Eur. J. Med. Chem. (2001), 36: 227-236.

• C. Frazão, F. J. Enguita, R. Coelho, G. M. Sheldrick, J. A. Navarro, M.Hervás, M. A. De la Rosa, M. A. Carrondo “Crystal structure of low-potential cytochrome c549 from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, at 1.21 Å resolution” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2001), 6:324-332.

• A.V. Coelho, S. Macedo, P. M. Matias, A. W. Thompson, J. LeGall and M.A. Carrondo “Structure determination of Bacterioferritin from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by the MAD method at the Fe K-edge” Acta Cryst. (2001) D57, 326-329.

• P.M. Matias, C. M. Soares, L. M. Saraiva, R. Coelho, J. Morais, J. Le Gall and M.A. Carrondo, “[NiFe] Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774: Gene sequencing, three-dimensional structure determination and refinement at 1.8 Å and modelling studies of its interaction with the tetra-haem cytochrome c3” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2001), 6: 63-81.

Book Chapters:

• M. A. Carrondo, C. M. Soares, P.M. Matias “Nine-heme Cytochrome c”, in Handbook of Metalloproteins, Ed. K. Wieghardt, R. Huber, T. L. Poulos, A. Messerschmidt, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2001), pp 147-158.

Patents:

• P. Donner, U. Egner, M. A. Carrondo and P.M. Matias ”Crystal” World Intellectual Property Organization, International Publication Number WO 01/66599 A1, publication date 13/09/2001.

Pedagogical publications:

• C. Frazão, C. M. Gomes, G. Silva, S. Oliveira, A.V. Xavier, J. LeGall, M. Teixeira and M. A. Carrondo “ Utilização de oxigénio em organismos anaeróbicos – Estrutura da rubredoxina:oxigénio oxidoreductase, o protótipo de uma nova família de metaloenzimas” Boletim de Biotecnologia (2001), 70: 2-6.

2000

• C. Frazão, G. Silva, C. M. Gomes, P. M. Matias, R. Coelho, L. Sieker, S. Macedo, M. Y. Liu, S. Oliveira, M. Teixeira, A. V. Xavier, C. Rodrigues-Pousada, M. A. Carrondo, and J. Le Gall, “Structure of a dioxygen reduction enzyme from Desulfovibrio gigas”, Nature Struct. Biol. (2000), 7: 1041-1045.

• P.M. Matias, P. Donner, R. Coelho, M. Thomaz, C. Peixoto, S. Macedo, N. Otto, S. Joschko, P. Scholz, A. Wegg, S. Bäsler, M. Schäfer, U. Egner and M.A. Carrondo, “Structural evidence for ligand specificity in the binding domain of the human Androgen receptor: implications for phatogenic gene mutations” J. Biol. Chem. (2000), 275: 26164-26171.

 • M. Archer, M.L. Rodrigues, M. Aurélio, R. Biemans, A. Cravador and M.A. Carrondo, “Crystallisation and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of beta-cinnamomin, an elicitin secreted by the phytopathogenic fungus Phytophthora cinnamomin”, Acta Cryst. (2000) D56, 363-365.

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