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  1. Correction to “Targeting the Spike: Repurposing Mithramycin and Dihydroergotamine to Block SARS-CoV-2 Infection”

    Article • ACS Omega, January 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  2. Targeting the Spike: Repurposing Mithramycin and Dihydroergotamine to Block SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    Article • ACS Omega, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  3. Membrane Transporters Involved in Iron Trafficking: Physiological and Pathological Aspects

    Article • Biomolecules, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  4. Genetic Incorporation of Dansylalanine in Human Ferroportin to Probe the Alternating Access Mechanism of Iron Transport

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  5. Antioxidant Capacity and NF-kB-Mediated Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Six Red Uruguayan Grape Pomaces

    Article • Molecules, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Mariela Bollati-Fogolin, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  6. In Silico Analysis of the Structural Dynamics and Substrate Recognition Determinants of the Human Mitochondrial Carnitine/Acylcarnitine SLC25A20 Transporter

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  7. A computational study of the structure and function of human Zrt and Irt-like proteins metal transporters: An elevator-type transport mechanism predicted by AlphaFold2

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, September 2022, Frontiers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  8. Molecular Characterization of Kunitz-Type Protease Inhibitors from Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

    Article • Biomolecules, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  9. Insulin-Degrading Enzyme Is a Non Proteasomal Target of Carfilzomib and Affects the 20S Proteasome Inhibition by the Drug

    Article • Biomolecules, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  10. FGDB: a comprehensive graph database of ligand fragments from the Protein Data Bank

    Article • Database, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  11. Modelling of the Citrus CCD4 Family Members: In Silico Analysis of Membrane Binding and Substrate Preference

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  12. Computational studies of the mitochondrial carrier family SLC25. Present status and future perspectives

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, April 2021, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  13. In Silico Analysis of Huntingtin Homologs in Lower Eukaryotes

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  14. Kinetic inequivalence between α and β subunits of ligand dissociation from ferrous nitrosylated human haptoglobin:hemoglobin complexes. A comparison with O2 and CO dissociation

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, January 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  15. Structural determinants of ligands recognition by the human mitochondrial basic amino acids transporter SLC25A29. Insights from molecular dynamics simulations of the c-state

    Article • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  16. DockingApp RF: A State-of-the-Art Novel Scoring Function for Molecular Docking in a User-Friendly Interface to AutoDock Vina

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  17. Haptoglobin and the related haptoglobin protein: the N-terminus makes the difference

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  18. Binding of direct oral anticoagulants to the FA1 site of human serum albumin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Recognition, October 2020, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  19. Dynamical Behavior of the Human Ferroportin Homologue from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus: Insight into the Ligand Recognition Mechanism

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  20. Structural Basis of Drug Recognition by Human Serum Albumin

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, September 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  21. Computational Methods for the Identification of Molecular Targets of Toxic Food Additives. Butylated Hydroxytoluene as a Case Study

    Article • Molecules, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  22. Contaminations in (meta)genome data: An open issue for the scientific community

    Article • IUBMB Life, December 2019, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  23. Uncovering the structure and function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa periplasmic proteins by an in silico approach

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  24. Neonicotinoid trapping by the FA1 site of human serum albumin

    Article • IUBMB Life, October 2019, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  25. Computational methods and tools for binding site recognition between proteins and small molecules: from classical geometrical approaches to modern machine learning strategies

    Article • Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  26. Fragment-Based Ligand-Protein Contact Statistics: Application to Docking Simulations

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  27. Oxygen dissociation from ferrous oxygenated human hemoglobin:haptoglobin complexes confirms that in the R-state α and β chains are functionally heterogeneous

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  28. Exploring the activity of polyamine analogues on polyamine and spermine oxidase: methoctramine, a potent and selective inhibitor of polyamine oxidase

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  29. No Lanthanides‐based Catalysis in Eukaryotes

    Article • IUBMB Life, December 2018, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  30. Lanthanides-Based Catalysis in Eukaryotes

    Article • IUBMB Life, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor silvio aime, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  31. Protein-ligand binding site detection as an alternative route to molecular docking and drug repurposing

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, May 2018, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  32. An improved structural model of the human iron exporter ferroportin. Insight into the role of pathogenic mutations in hereditary hemochromatosis type 4

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, December 2017, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  33. LIBRA-WA: a web application for ligand binding site detection and protein function recognition

    Article • Bioinformatics, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  34. Neuroglobin and friends

    Article • Journal of Molecular Recognition, July 2017, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  35. DockingApp: a user friendly interface for facilitated docking simulations with AutoDock Vina

    Article • Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  36. Nitrophorins and nitrobindins: structure and function

    Article • BioMolecular Concepts, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  37. In silico study of the structure and function of Streptococcus mutans plasmidic proteins

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  38. The key role played by charge in the interaction of cytochrome c with cardiolipin

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  39. Multiple allosteric sites are involved in the modulation of insulin-degrading-enzyme activity by somatostatin

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2016, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  40. Peptidomimetic Targeting of Cavβ2 Overcomes Dysregulation of the L-Type Calcium Channel Density and Recovers Cardiac FunctionClinical Perspective

    Article • Circulation, August 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  41. The plastoquinol–plastoquinone exchange mechanism in photosystem II: insight from molecular dynamics simulations

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  42. Stability of spermine oxidase to thermal and chemical denaturation: comparison with bovine serum amine oxidase

    Article • Amino Acids, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  43. Selective binding of estrogen receptor α to ubiquitin chains

    Article • IUBMB Life, May 2016, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  44. Molecular Evolution of Alternative Oxidase Proteins: A Phylogenetic and Structure Modeling Approach

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  45. Nitrobindin: An Ubiquitous Family of Allβ-Barrel Heme-proteins

    Article • IUBMB Life, April 2016, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  46. Resveratrol and its methoxy-derivatives as modulators of DNA damage induced by ionising radiation

    Article • Mutagenesis, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  47. The human iron exporter ferroportin. Insight into the transport mechanism by molecular modeling

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  48. Molecular models of human visual pigments: insight into the atomic bases of spectral tuning

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  49. All- trans -retinoic acid and retinol binding to the FA1 site of human serum albumin competitively inhibits heme-Fe(III) association

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, January 2016, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  50. A bacterial homologue of the human iron exporter ferroportin

    Article • FEBS Letters, November 2015, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  51. Different disulfide bridge connectivity drives alternative folds in highly homologousBrassicaceaetrypsin inhibitors

    Article • IUBMB Life, November 2015, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  52. Enhanced heme accessibility in horse heart mini-myoglobin: Insights from molecular modelling and reactivity studies

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  53. LIBRA: LIgand Binding site Recognition Application

    Article • Bioinformatics, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  54. Functional and Spectroscopic Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Truncated Hemoglobins

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  55. Pacific oyster polyamine oxidase: a protein missing link in invertebrate evolution

    Article • Amino Acids, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  56. Cardiolipin-cytochromeccomplex: Switching cytochromecfrom an electron-transfer shuttle to a myoglobin- and a peroxidase-like heme-protein

    Article • IUBMB Life, February 2015, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  57. Imatinib binding to human serum albumin modulates heme association and reactivity

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, October 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  58. The Glu 216 /Ser 218 pocket is a major determinant of spermine oxidase substrate specificity

    Article • Biochemical Journal, August 2014, Portland Press Ltd.

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  59. Role of Intermediate States in Protein Folding and Misfolding

    Article • July 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  60. Cardiolipin modulates allosterically the nitrite reductase activity of horse heart cytochrome c

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  61. A structural model of human ferroportin and of its iron binding site

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 2014, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  62. Role of Cardiolipin in Mitochondrial Diseases and Apoptosis

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, April 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  63. Structure/Function/Dynamics of Photosystem II Plastoquinone Binding Sites

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, April 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  64. Polar Localization of PhoN2, a Periplasmic Virulence-Associated Factor of Shigella flexneri, Is Required for Proper IcsA Exposition at the Old Bacterial Pole

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, PhD Gianni Prosseda

  65. Role of Intermediate States in Protein Folding and Misfolding

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  66. ASSIST: a fast versatile local structural comparison tool

    Article • Bioinformatics, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  67. Non-covalent and covalent modifications modulate the reactivity of monomeric mammalian globins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  68. Role of Lysines in Cytochrome c –Cardiolipin Interaction

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  69. Structure–Function Relationships in the Evolutionary Framework of Spermine Oxidase

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  70. Reactivity of the human hemoglobin “Dark side”

    Article • IUBMB Life, January 2013, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  71. Design and biophysical characterization of atrazine-sensing peptides mimicking the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii plastoquinone binding niche

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  72. Cyanide binding to human plasma heme–hemopexin: A comparative study

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  73. A Knowledge Discovery Methodology for Semantic Categorization of Unstructured Textual Sources

    Article • November 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  74. GA/GB fold switching may modulate fatty acid transfer from human serum albumin to bacteria

    Article • IUBMB Life, October 2012, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  75. GA/GB Fold switching may modulate fatty acid transfer from human serum albumin to bacteria

    Article • IUBMB Life, October 2012, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  76. Recombinant expression and insecticidal properties of a Conus ventricosus conotoxin-GST fusion protein

    Article • Toxicon, October 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  77. Conversion of cytochrome c into a peroxidase: Inhibitory mechanisms and implication for neurodegenerative diseases

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, June 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  78. Do Natural Proteins Differ from Random Sequences Polypeptides? Natural vs. Random Proteins Classification Using an Evolutionary Neural Network

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  79. Cupricyclins, Novel Redox-Active Metallopeptides Based on Conotoxins Scaffold

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  80. Inhibition of acetylpolyamine and spermine oxidases by the polyamine analogue chlorhexidine

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  81. Resveratrol acts as a topoisomerase II poison in human glioma cells

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, January 2012, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  82. Automatic Protein Abbreviations Discovery and Resolution from Full-Text Scientific Papers: The PRAISED Framework

    Article • Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, January 2012, De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o.

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  83. Molecular evolution of the polyamine oxidase gene family in Metazoa

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  84. The effects of ATP and sodium chloride on the cytochrome c–cardiolipin interaction: The contrasting behavior of the horse heart and yeast proteins

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, November 2011, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  85. PS1-045. The conserved acidic cluster domain of HIV-1 Nef is required to induces a proinflammatory state in primary macrophages: involvement of TNF alpha Receptor Associated Factor 2

    Article • Cytokine, October 2011, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  86. HIV-1 Nef Induces Proinflammatory State in Macrophages through Its Acidic Cluster Domain: Involvement of TNF Alpha Receptor Associated Factor 2

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  87. Spermine oxidase: ten years after

    Article • Amino Acids, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  88. A framework for semi-automatic identification, disambiguation and storage of protein-related abbreviations in scientific literature

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  89. Xenosensors CAR and PXR at Work: Impact on Statin Metabolism

    Article • Current Drug Metabolism, March 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  90. Cardiolipin drives cytochrome c proapoptotic and antiapoptotic actions

    Article • IUBMB Life, March 2011, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  91. The structure of maize polyamine oxidase K300M mutant in complex with the natural substrates provides a snapshot of the catalytic mechanism of polyamine oxidation

    Article • FEBS Journal, January 2011, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  92. Directed Evolution and In Silico Analysis of Reaction Centre Proteins Reveal Molecular Signatures of Photosynthesis Adaptation to Radiation Pressure

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2011, PLOS

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  93. Computational Biology, Protein Engineering, and Biosensor Technology: a Close Cooperation for Herbicides Monitoring

    Article • January 2011, IntechOpen

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  94. Experimentation of an automatic resolution method for protein abbreviations in full-text papers

    Article • January 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  95. An Automatic Identification and Resolution System for Protein-Related Abbreviations in Scientific Papers

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  96. Cytochromes: Reactivity of the “dark side” of the heme

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, November 2010, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  97. Spermine oxidase (SMO) activity in breast tumor tissues and biochemical analysis of the anticancer spermine analogues BENSpm and CPENSpm

    Article • BMC Cancer, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emiliano Grillo, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Prof. Patrick M. Woster

  98. Probing mammalian spermine oxidase enzyme–substrate complex through molecular modeling, site-directed mutagenesis and biochemical characterization

    Article • Amino Acids, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  99. Role of External Loops of Human Ceruloplasmin in Copper Loading by ATP7B and Ccc2p

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  100. Extended cardiolipin anchorage to cytochrome c: a model for protein–mitochondrial membrane binding

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  101. In silico Structural Study of Random Amino Acid Sequence Proteins Not Present in Nature

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, December 2009, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  102. Structure-based design of novelChlamydomonas reinhardtiiD1-D2 photosynthetic proteins for herbicide monitoring

    Article • Protein Science, October 2009, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  103. ATP Acts as a Regulatory Effector in Modulating Structural Transitions of Cytochrome c : Implications for Apoptotic Activity †

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  104. Spermine Metabolism and Anticancer Therapy

    Article • Current Cancer Drug Targets, March 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  105. Cupryphans, metal-binding, redox active, redesigned conopeptides

    Article • Protein Science, January 2009, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  106. Massive non-natural proteins structure prediction using grid technologies

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  107. Structural determinants of trypsin affinity and specificity for cationic inhibitors

    Article • Protein Science, December 2008, Wiley

    Professor Martino Bolognesi, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  108. Dominant Mutants of Ceruloplasmin Impair the Copper Loading Machinery in Aceruloplasminemia

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  109. Never born proteins as a test case for ab initio protein structures prediction

    Article • Bioinformation, December 2008, Biomedical Informatics

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  110. Human haptoglobin structure and function - a molecular modelling study

    Article • FEBS Journal, October 2008, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  111. S-Glutathionylation of metallothioneins by nitrosative/oxidative stress

    Article • Experimental Gerontology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  112. The R215W mutation in NBS1 impairs γ-H2AX binding and affects DNA repair: molecular bases for the severe phenotype of 657del5/R215W Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2008, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  113. Characterization of a Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase from Arabidopsis thaliana†

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  114. Conus ventricosusvenom peptides profiling by HPLC-MS: A new insight in the intraspecific variation

    Article • Journal of Separation Science, March 2008, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  115. Probing the Effect of Mutations on Cytochrome c Stability

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, April 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  116. Nanoscopic and Redox Characterization of Engineered Horse Cytochrome c Chemisorbed on a Bare Gold Electrode

    Article • Journal of Protein Chemistry, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  117. The Pseudomonas Quorum-Sensing Regulator RsaL Belongs to the Tetrahelical Superclass of H-T-H Proteins

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  118. The Production ofde novo Folded Proteins by a Stepwise Chain Elongation: A Model for Prebiotic Chemical Evolution of Macromolecular Sequences

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, November 2006, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  119. Investigation ofde novo Totally Random Biosequences, Part II

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, August 2006, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  120. Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Characterization of a Polyamine Oxidase from Arabidopsis Involved in Polyamine Back Conversion

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 2006, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  121. Nitrosative/oxidative modifications and ageing

    Article • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, June 2006, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  122. Inhibition of polyamine and spermine oxidases by polyamine analogues

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 2006, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  123. The Quorum-Sensing Negative Regulator RsaL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Binds to the lasI Promoter

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2006, ASM Journals

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  124. Lys300 Plays a Major Role in the Catalytic Mechanism of Maize Polyamine Oxidase †

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  125. Structural Consensus Rules for Cysteine Protease Inhibition by NO(-Donors)

    Article • Current Enzyme Inhibition, November 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Martino Bolognesi, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  126. Mitochondrial type I nitric oxide synthase physically interacts with cytochrome c oxidase

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, August 2005, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Dr. Sandra Moreno

  127. Two short protein domains are responsible for the nuclear localization of the mouse spermine oxidase µ isoform

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2005, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  128. Allosteric modulation of monomeric proteins

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, May 2005, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  129. Probing the Cruzain S2Recognition Subsite:  A Kinetic and Binding Energy Calculation Study†

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  130. Proteolytic activity of bovine lactoferrin

    Article • BioMetals, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  131. 1H NMR relaxometric characterization of bovine lactoferrin

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, August 2004, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  132. Proteolytic activity of bovine lactoferrin

    Article • BioMetals, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  133. Interleukin-1β up-regulates iron efflux in rat C6 glioma cells through modulation of ceruloplasmin and ferroportin-1 synthesis

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, June 2004, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  134. Solution structure of the cyclic peptide contryphan-Vn, a Ca2+-dependent K+channel modulator

    Article • Biopolymers, April 2004, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  135. Molecular Basis for the Binding of Competitive Inhibitors of Maize Polyamine Oxidase †

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  136. Mouse spermine oxidase gene splice variants

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, January 2004, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  137. The Rhodococcus sp. Cocaine Esterase: A Bacterial Candidate for Novel Pharmacokinetic-based Therapies for Cocaine Abuse

    Article • IUBMB Life, July 2003, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  138. AtCYS1, a cystatin from Arabidopsis thaliana, suppresses hypersensitive cell death

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 2003, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  139. Contryphan-Vn: a modulator of Ca2+-dependent K+ channels

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2003, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  140. Heterologous Expression and Characterization of Mouse Spermine Oxidase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  141. Heme, chlorophyll, and bilins: Methods and protocols: Smith, A. G., Witty, M. (eds.)

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, July 2002, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  142. Contryphan-Vn: A Novel Peptide from the Venom of the Mediterranean Snail Conus ventricosus

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2001, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  143. A barley polyamine oxidase isoform with distinct structural features and subcellular localization

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 2001, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  144. Inhibition of Cysteine Protease Activity by NO-donors

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, June 2001, Bentham Science Publishers

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  145. Modulation of the catalytic activity of cruzipain, the major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi , by temperature and pH

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 2001, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  146. Time-resolved X-ray crystallography: uncovering reaction intermediates in biochemical processes

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Martino Bolognesi, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  147. Structural determinants of mini-protein stability

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, January 2001, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  148. Inhibition ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaePhosphomannose Isomerase by the NO-donor S-nitroso-acetyl-penicillamine

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  149. Structural determinants of mini-protein stability

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, January 2001, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  150. Time-resolved X-ray crystallography: uncovering reaction intermediates in biochemical processes

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, January 2001, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  151. Characterization of five new low-molecular-mass trypsin inhibitors from white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seed

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, November 2000, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  152. Modulation of the Nitric Oxide Pathway by Copper in Glial Cells

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2000, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  153. A Chimeric Mini-Trypsin Inhibitor Derived from the Oil Rape Proteinase Inhibitor Type III

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2000, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  154. Re-Evaluation of Amino Acid Sequence and Structural Consensus Rules for Cysteine-Nitric Oxide Reactivity

    Article • Biological Chemistry, July 2000, De Gruyter

    Professor Martino Bolognesi, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  155. Serine proteinase inhibition by the active site titrant N α-(N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl)-α-azaornithine p-nitrophenyl ester

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, February 2000, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  156. The T-Knot Motif Revisited

    Article • Biological Chemistry, October 1999, De Gruyter

    Professor Martino Bolognesi, Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  157. Nitric Oxide Inhibits the HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Activity

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 1999, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  158. Structure/Function Relationships in Ceruloplasmin

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  159. Role of the electrostatic loop charged residues in Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase

    Article • Protein Science, November 1998, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  160. Effect of Val 73 → Trp Mutation on the Reaction of “Cambialistic” Superoxide Dismutase fromPropionibacterium shermaniiwith Hydrogen Peroxide

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, September 1997, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  161. Effect of Lys175 mutation on structure function properties of Propionibacterium shermanii superoxide dismutase

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, September 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  162. Characterization of Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase from the Bathophile Fish, Lampanyctus crocodilus

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, July 1997, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  163. Amino Acid Sequence of Chicken Cu, Zn-Containing Superoxide Dismutase and Identification of Glutathionyl Adducts at Exposed Cysteine Residues

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, April 1996, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  164. Identification of the residues responsible for the alkaline inhibition of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase: A site-directed mutagenesis approach

    Article • Protein Science, February 1996, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  165. Effect of Lys→Arg mutation on the thermal stability of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase: influence on the monomer–dimer equilibrium

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, January 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  166. Low-temperature optical spectroscopy of cobalt in Cu,Co superoxide dismutase: a structural dynamics study of the solvent-unaccessible metal site

    Article • Biochemistry, December 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Maurizio Leone

  167. Identification of the Residues Responsible for the Alkaline Inhibition of the Activity of Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase: A Study of Native and Chemically Modified Enzymes

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, August 1995, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  168. THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF XENOPUS LAEVIS CU,ZN SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE B DETERMINED BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AT 1.5 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION

    Article • July 1995, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  169. Modulation of the Catalytic Rate of Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase in Single and Double Mutants of Conserved Positively and Negatively Charged Residues

    Article • Biochemistry, May 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  170. Modelling the three-dimensional structure and the electrostatic potential field of two Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase variants from tomato leaves

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, January 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  171. Low-Temperature Optical Spectroscopy of Native and Azide-Reacted Bovine Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase. A Structural Dynamics Study

    Article • Biochemistry, December 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  172. Simulation of superoxide-superoxide dismutase association rate for six natural variants. Comparison with the experimental catalytic rate

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  173. Mutation of Lys-120 and Lys-134 drastically reduces the catalytic rate of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 1994, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  174. Crystal structure of the cyanide-inhibited Xenopus laevis Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase at 98 K

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1994, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  175. Crystallographic Study of Azide-inhibited Bovine Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 1994, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  176. Crystallization and Preliminary Crystallographic Analysis of Recombinant Xenopus laevis Cu, Zn Superoxide Dismutase b

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 1993, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  177. Electrostatic Recognition in Redox Copper Proteins: A 1H NMR Study of the Protonation Behavior of His 19 in Oxidized and Reduced Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, March 1993, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  178. An electrostatic enzyme-substrate recognition: the case of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM, April 1992, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  179. Evolutionary conservativeness of electric field in the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase active site

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 1992, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  180. Involvement of the Copper in the Inhibition of Cu, Zn Superoxide Dismutase Activity at high pH

    Article • Free Radical Research Communications, January 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  181. The Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase isoenzymes of Xenopus laevis: Purification, identification of a heterodimer and differential heat sensitivity

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 1990, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  182. Substitution of arginine for lysine 134 alters electrostatic parameters of the active site in shark Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1989, Wiley

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli

  183. Porting Biological Applications in Grid: An Experience within the EUChinaGRID Framework

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Biochemistry Fabio Polticelli