Publications
2014
Principle of duality in phospholipids: regulators of membrane morphology and dynamics.
Biochem Soc Trans. 42, 1335-1342 (2014).
Challenging the state of the art in protein structure prediction: Highlights of experimental target structures for the 10th Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction Experiment CASP10.
Proteins 82 Suppl 2, 26-42 (2014).
The basic structure and dynamics of cell membranes: An update of the Singer-Nicolson model.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1838, 1467-1476 (2014).
Communication: system-size scaling of Boltzmann and alternate Gibbs entropies.
J Chem Phys. 140, 201101-3 (2014).
Apaf-1 inhibitors protect from unwanted cell death in in vivo models of kidney ischemia and chemotherapy induced ototoxicity.
PLoS One. 9(10):e110979. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110979. (2014).
Effect of specific amino acid substitutions in the putative fusion peptide of structural glycoprotein E2 on classical swine fever virus replication.
Virology. 456, 121-130 (2014).
Acute regulation of PDK1 by a complex interplay of molecular switches.
Biochem Soc Trans. 42, 1435-1440 (2014).
Pivoting between calmodulin lobes triggered by calcium in the Kv7.2/calmodulin complex.
PLoS One, Volume 9 | Issue 1 | e86711 (2014).
2013
Structural insights into the chaperone activity of the 40-kDa heat shock protein DnaJ: binding and remodeling of a native substrate.
J. Biol. Chem. 288, 15065-15074 (2013).
The use of dansyl-calmodulin to study interactions with channels and other proteins.
Methods Mol. Biol. 998, 217-231 (2013).
Membrane partitioning of the pore-forming domain of Colicin A. role of the hydrophobic helical hairpin.
Biophys. J. 105, 1432-1443 (2013).
The neuronal serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1.1 reduces neuronal excitability and protects against seizures through upregulation of the m-current.
J Neurosci. 33, 2684-2696 (2013).
The mechanism of detergent solubilization of lipid bilayers.
Biophys. J. 105, 289–299 (2013).
Recruitment of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase into non-lamellar lipid droplets during hydrolysis of lipid bilayers.
Chem Phys Lipids. 166, 12-17 (2013).
Molecular techniques for dicistrovirus detection without RNA extraction or purification.
Biomed Res Int. 2013, ID 218593. doi: 10.1155/2013/218593 (2013).
Exploiting tertiary structure through local folds for crystallographic phasing.
Nat. Methods 10, 1099-1101 (2013).
Detergent solubilization of lipid bilayers: a balance of driving forces.
Trends Biochem Sci. 38, 85-93 (2013).
Recognition of intermolecular G-quadruplexes by full length nucleophosmin. Effect of a leukaemia-associated mutation.
FEBS Lett. 587, 2254–2259 (2013).
Geometric catalysis of membrane fission driven by flexible dynamin rings.
Science 339, 1433-1436 (2013).
Ca2+ influx and tyrosine kinases trigger Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) endocytosis. Cell physiology and expression of the CD11b/CD18 integrin major determinants of the entry route.
PLoS One 8, 1-14 (2013).
Comparative lipidomics analysis of HIV-1 particles and their producer cell membrane in different cell lines.
Cell Microbiol. 15, 292-304 (2013).
Synthetic biology: Challenging life in order to grasp, use, or extend it.
Biological Theory 8: 376–382 (2013)
Exploration for Triatoma virus (TrV) infection in laboratory-reared triatomines of Latin America: a collaborative study.
Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci., 33, 294–304 (2013).
Crystal structure and functional mechanism of a human antimicrobial membrane channel.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110, 4586-4591 (2013).
Structures of oncogenic, suppressor and rescued p53 core-domain variants: mechanisms of mutant p53 rescue.
Acta Cryst. D69, 2146–2156 (2013).
Structure and function of the PorB porin from disseminating Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Biochem J. 449, 631-642 (2013).
Dermcidin: what is its antibiotic potential?.
Future Microbiol. 8, 817-819 (2013).
Intrinsically disordered protein threads through the bacterial outer-membrane porin OmpF
Science. 2013 Jun 28;340(6140):1570-4.
Proapoptotic Bax and Bak proteins form stable protein-permeable pores of tunable size.
J. Biol Chem. 288, 33241-33252 (2013).
Inoculation of triatoma virus (Dicistroviridae:Cripavirus) elicits a non-infective immune response in mice.
Parasit. Vectors. 6, 66 (2013).
Integrated conformational and lipid-sensing regulation of endosomal ArfGEF BRAG2.
PLoS Biol. 11, (9) e1001652 (2013).
Theoretical conditions for the stationary reproduction of model protocells.
Integr. Biol. 5, 324-341 (2013).
Fluorescence nanoscopy. Methods and applications.
J. Chem. Biol. 6, 97-120 (2013).
Novel functional APOB mutations outside LDL-binding region causing familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Hum Mol Genet. 23, 1817-1828. (2013).
Multistep protein unfolding during nanopore translocation
Nature Nanotechnology. 2013 Apr;8(4):288-95.
Subtype-selective activation of Kv7 Channels by AaTXK?(2-64), a novel toxin variant from the Androctonus australis scorpion venom.
Mol Pharmacol. 84, 763-773 (2013).
Thermodynamic signatures of macromolecular complexes-insights on the stability and interactions of nucleoplasmin, a nuclear chaperone.
In: Applications of Calorimetry in a Wide Context - Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and Microcalorimetry. Chapter 7, Intech, Rijeta, Croatia, 153-182 (2013).
Structure of the Triatoma virus capsid.
Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 69, 1026-1037 (2013).
Oxidative damage in young alcohol drinkers: A preliminary study.
Alcohol 47, 501-504 (2013).
Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors used in type-2 diabetes inhibit a phospholipase C: a case of promiscuous scaffolds in proteins.
F1000 Res. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-286.v1 (2013).