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  1. Decoding Enzyme–Inhibitor Kinetic Mechanisms by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry: The Case of SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, June 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  2. Author Correction: An isothermal calorimetry assay for determining steady state kinetic and Ensitrelvir inhibition parameters for SARS-CoV-2 3CL-protease

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  3. Preferential survival of prebiotic metallopeptides in the presence of ultraviolet light

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  4. An isothermal calorimetry assay for determining steady state kinetic and Ensitrelvir inhibition parameters for SARS-CoV-2 3CL-protease

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  5. Exploring the conformational space of the mobile flap in Sporosarcina pasteurii urease by cryo-electron microscopy

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  6. An isothermal calorimetry assay for determining steady state kinetic and enzyme inhibition parameters for SARS-CoV-2 3CL-protease

    Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  7. Is bismuth(iii) able to inhibit the activity of urease? Puzzling results in the quest for soluble urease complexes for agrochemical and medicinal applications

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  8. Metal selectivity and translocation mechanism characterization in proteoliposomes of the transmembrane NiCoT transporter NixA from Helicobacter pylori

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  9. Protocol for production and purification of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro

    Article • STAR Protocols, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  10. The structure of the high-affinity nickel-binding site in the Ni,Zn-HypA•UreE2 complex

    Article • Metallomics, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  11. Inhibition of Urease by Hydroquinones: A Structural and Kinetic Study

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2022, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  12. The Ni(II)-Binding Activity of the Intrinsically Disordered Region of Human NDRG1, a Protein Involved in Cancer Development

    Article • Biomolecules, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  13. Thiocarbamoyl Disulfides as Inhibitors of Urease and Ammonia Monooxygenase: Crystal Engineering for Novel Materials

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, June 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  14. Structure, dynamics, and function of SrnR, a transcription factor for nickel-dependent gene expression

    Article • Metallomics, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  15. Nickel import and export in the human pathogenHelicobacter pylori, perspectives from molecular modelling

    Article • Metallomics, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  16. Nickel as a virulence factor in the Class I bacterial carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori

    Article • Seminars in Cancer Biology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  17. Facilitating Nitrification Inhibition through Green, Mechanochemical Synthesis of a Novel Nitrapyrin Complex

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  18. Inhibition of Urease, a Ni‐Enzyme: The Reactivity of a Key Thiol With Mono‐ and Di‐Substituted Catechols Elucidated by Kinetic, Structural, and Theoretical Studies

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  19. Inhibition of Urease, a Ni‐Enzyme: The Reactivity of a Key Thiol With Mono‐ and Di‐Substituted Catechols Elucidated by Kinetic, Structural, and Theoretical Studies

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  20. Correction to: The model structure of the copper-dependent ammonia Monooxygenase

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  21. Medicinal Au(i) compounds targeting urease as prospective antimicrobial agents: unveiling the structural basis for enzyme inhibition

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  22. The model structure of the copper-dependent ammonia monooxygenase

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  23. The structure-based reaction mechanism of urease, a nickel dependent enzyme: tale of a long debate

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  24. Nickel and GTP Modulate Helicobacter pylori UreG Structural Flexibility

    Article • Biomolecules, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  25. Targeting the Protein Tunnels of the Urease Accessory Complex: A Theoretical Investigation

    Article • Molecules, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  26. Intrinsic disorder in the nickel-dependent urease network

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  27. Bioinorganic Chemistry of Nickel

    Article • Inorganics, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  28. Soyuretox, an Intrinsically Disordered Polypeptide Derived from Soybean (Glycine Max) Ubiquitous Urease with Potential Use as a Biopesticide

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  29. Urease Inhibitory Potential and Soil Ecotoxicity of Novel “Polyphenols–Deep Eutectic Solvents” Formulations

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  30. The Impact of pH on Catalytically Critical Protein Conformational Changes: The Case of the Urease, a Nickel Enzyme

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2019, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  31. Multifunctional Urea Cocrystal with Combined Ureolysis and Nitrification Inhibiting Capabilities for Enhanced Nitrogen Management

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  32. The Structure of the Elusive Urease-Urea Complex Unveils the Mechanism of a Paradigmatic Nickel-Dependent Enzyme

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  33. The Structure of the Elusive Urease–Urea Complex Unveils the Mechanism of a Paradigmatic Nickel‐Dependent Enzyme

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  34. The carbon monoxide dehydrogenase accessory protein CooJ is a histidine-rich multidomain dimer containing an unexpected  Ni(II)-binding site

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2019, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  35. Insights into Urease Inhibition by N-(n-Butyl) Phosphoric Triamide through an Integrated Structural and Kinetic Approach

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  36. Novel Dual-Action Plant Fertilizer and Urease Inhibitor: Urea·Catechol Cocrystal. Characterization and Environmental Reactivity

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  37. Inhibition Mechanism of Urease by Au(III) Compounds Unveiled by X-ray Diffraction Analysis

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  38. The structure of urease inactivated by Ag(i): a new paradigm for enzyme inhibition by heavy metals

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  39. Smart urea ionic co-crystals with enhanced urease inhibition activity for improved nitrogen cycle management

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  40. Structural analysis of the interaction between Jaburetox, an intrinsically disordered protein, and membrane models

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, November 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  41. Urease Inhibition in the Presence of N-(n-Butyl)thiophosphoric Triamide, a Suicide Substrate: Structure and Kinetics

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  42. The relationship between folding and activity in UreG, an intrinsically disordered enzyme

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Nature

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  43. Development of a multisite model for Ni(II) ion in solution from thermodynamic and kinetic data

    Article • Journal of Computational Chemistry, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  44. Glutamate Ligation in the Ni(II)- and Co(II)-Responsive Escherichia coli Transcriptional Regulator, RcnR

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  45. Protein Tunnels: The Case of Urease Accessory Proteins

    Article • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  46. The CO dehydrogenase accessory protein CooT is a novel nickel-binding protein

    Article • Metallomics, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  47. Nickel impact on human health: An intrinsic disorder perspective

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  48. Inactivation of urease by catechol: Kinetics and structure

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  49. Surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry to monitor the Ni(II)-dependent binding of Helicobacter pylori NikR to DNA

    Article • Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  50. On the role of a specific insert in acetate permeases (ActP) for tellurite uptake in bacteria: functional and structural studies

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Professor Raymond J. Turner

  51. Kinetic and structural studies reveal a unique binding mode of sulfite to the nickel center in urease

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  52. Inactivation of urease by 1,4-benzoquinone: chemistry at the protein surface

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  53. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Characterize Enzymatic Reactions

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  54. Evolution of Macromolecular Docking Techniques: The Case Study of Nickel and Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic Bacteria

    Article • Molecules, August 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  55. On the interaction of Helicobacter pylori NikR, a Ni(II)-responsive transcription factor, with the urease operator: in solution and in silico studies

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  56. Intrinsic disorder and metal binding in UreG proteins from Archae hyperthermophiles: GTPase enzymes involved in the activation of Ni(II) dependent urease

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  57. Pliable natural biocide: Jaburetox is an intrinsically disordered insecticidal and fungicidal polypeptide derived from jack bean urease

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, February 2015, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Prof. Vladimir N. Uversky

  58. Nickel-responsive transcriptional regulators

    Article • Metallomics, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  59. Promiscuous Nickel Import in Human Pathogens: Structure, Thermodynamics, and Evolution of Extracytoplasmic Nickel-Binding Proteins

    Article • Structure, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  60. The conformational response to Zn(II) and Ni(II) binding of Sporosarcina pasteurii UreG, an intrinsically disordered GTPase

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  61. Molecular landscape of the interaction between the urease accessory proteins UreE and UreG

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  62. Fluoride inhibition of Sporosarcina pasteurii urease: structure and thermodynamics

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

    Dr Michele Cianci, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  63. Nonredox Nickel Enzymes

    Article • Chemical Reviews, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  64. Hot Biological Catalysis: Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Characterize Enzymatic Reactions

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, April 2014, MyJove Corporation

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  65. FeON-FeOFF: the Helicobacter pylori Fur regulator commutates iron-responsive transcription by discriminative readout of opposed DNA grooves

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Davide Roncarati, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  66. Nickel binding properties of Helicobacter pylori UreF, an accessory protein in the nickel-based activation of urease

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  67. Selectivity of Ni(II) and Zn(II) binding to Sporosarcina pasteurii UreE, a metallochaperone in the urease assembly: a calorimetric and crystallographic study

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  68. Structure of the UreD–UreF–UreG–UreE complex in Helicobacter pylori: a model study

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  69. Conformational Fluctuations of UreG, an Intrinsically Disordered Enzyme

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  70. Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: progress, opportunities and challenges

    Article • Géotechnique, March 2013, ICE Publishing

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Dr. Edward Kavazanjian

  71. The crystal structure of Sporosarcina pasteurii urease in a complex with citrate provides new hints for inhibitor design

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michele Cianci, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Łukasz Berlicki, Stefano Benini

  72. Urease

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  73. Nickel and Human Health

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  74. Engineered biosealant strains producing inorganic and organic biopolymers

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  75. Crystallographic and X-ray absorption spectroscopic characterization of Helicobacter pylori UreE bound to Ni 2+ and Zn 2+ reveals a role for the disordered C-terminal arm in metal trafficking

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 2012, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  76. Biochemical and structural studies on native and recombinant Glycine max UreG: a detailed characterization of a plant urease accessory protein

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  77. Insights in the (un)structural organization of Bacillus pasteurii UreG, an intrinsically disordered GTPase enzyme

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  78. Intrinsic Fluorescence of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  79. Denaturant-Induced Conformational Transitions in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  80. Unraveling the Helicobacter pylori UreG zinc binding site using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and structural modeling

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  81. Metal Ion-Mediated DNA-Protein Interactions

    Article • September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  82. Model Structures of Helicobacter pylori UreD(H) Domains: A Putative Molecular Recognition Platform

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, July 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  83. Chemistry of Ni2+in Urease: Sensing, Trafficking, and Catalysis

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, July 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  84. Zinc Inhibition of Bacterial Cytochrome bc1 Reveals the Role of Cytochrome b E295 in Proton Release at the Qo Site

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Fevzi Daldal, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  85. Interaction of Selenoprotein W with 14-3-3 Proteins: A Computational Approach

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  86. Holo-Ni2+Helicobacter pylori NikR contains four square-planar nickel-binding sites at physiological pH

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Michele Cianci, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  87. Computational Study of the DNA-Binding Protein Helicobacter pylori NikR: The Role of Ni 2+ 2 2 Francesco Musiani and Branimir Bertoša contributed equally to the simulations presented here.

    Article • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  88. Nickel Enzymes/Models

    Article • September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  89. Helicobacter pylori UreE, a urease accessory protein: specific Ni 2+ - and Zn 2+ -binding properties and interaction with its cognate UreG

    Article • Biochemical Journal, August 2009, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  90. The RNA Hydrolysis and the Cytokinin Binding Activities of PR-10 Proteins Are Differently Performed by Two Isoforms of the Pru p 1 Peach Major Allergen and Are Possibly Functionally Related

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, May 2009, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  91. Zn2+-linked dimerization of UreG fromHelicobacter pylori, a chaperone involved in nickel trafficking and urease activation

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  92. High-Affinity Ni2+ Binding Selectively Promotes Binding of Helicobacter pylori NikR to Its Target Urease Promoter

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  93. Structural Characterization of Binding of Cu(II) to Tau Protein †

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  94. High resolution crystal structure of Rubrivivax gelatinosus cytochrome c′

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  95. A model-based proposal for the role of UreF as a GTPase-activating protein in the urease active site biosynthesis

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, May 2007, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  96. Biochemical Studies on Mycobacterium tuberculosis UreG and Comparative Modeling Reveal Structural and Functional Conservation among the Bacterial UreG Family †

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  97. The Ni2+ binding properties of Helicobacter pylori NikR

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  98. Intrinsically Disordered Structure of Bacillus pasteurii UreG As Revealed by Steady-State and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy †

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  99. Low-Temperature EPR and Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Two Cytochromes with His–Met Axial Coordination Exhibiting HALS Signals

    Article • ChemPhysChem, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  100. An Italian contribution to structural genomics: Understanding metalloproteins

    Article • Coordination Chemistry Reviews, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  101. The Nickel Site of Bacillus pasteurii UreE, a Urease Metallo-Chaperone, As Revealed by Metal-Binding Studies and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy †

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Mangani, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  102. Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) urease. Probing acid–base groups of the active site by pH variation

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  103. High potential iron–sulfur proteins and their role as soluble electron carriers in bacterial photosynthesis: tale of a discovery

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  104. Structure of the Intermolecular Complex between Plastocyanin and Cytochromeffrom Spinach

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  105. UreG, a Chaperone in the Urease Assembly Process, Is an Intrinsically Unstructured GTPase That Specifically Binds Zn 2+

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  106. The Asn 38−Cys 84 H-Bond in Plastocyanin

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  107. Nickel trafficking: insights into the fold and function of UreE, a urease metallochaperone☆

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, May 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  108. Preparation and reactivity studies of synthetic microperoxidases containing b-type heme

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  109. Molecular Details of Urease Inhibition by Boric Acid:  Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Mangani, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  110. Electron Transfer from HiPIP to the Photooxidized Tetraheme Cytochrome Subunit of Allochromatium vinosum Reaction Center:  New Insights from Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Computational Studies †

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  111. Structure ofRhodoferax fermentanshigh-potential iron–sulfur protein solved by MAD

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, August 2003, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  112. Nickel trafficking and urease: recent developments

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  113. Structural Basis for the Molecular Properties of Cytochrome c 6 †

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  114. New Insights into the Mechanism of Purple Acid Phosphatase through 1 H NMR Spectroscopy of the Recombinant Human Enzyme

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  115. NMR Solution Structure, Backbone Mobility, and Homology Modeling ofc-Type Cytochromes from Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Article • ChemBioChem, April 2002, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  116. Molecular characterization of Bacillus pasteurii UreE, a metal-binding chaperone for the assembly of the urease active site

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, February 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Han Remaut

  117. Structural Basis for Ni2+Transport and Assembly of the Urease Active Site by the Metallochaperone UreE from Bacillus pasteurii

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Han Remaut

  118. Structure-based rationalization of urease inhibition by phosphate: novel insights into the enzyme mechanism

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  119. Backbone Dynamics of Plastocyanin in Both Oxidation States: SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF THE REDUCED FORM AND COMPARISON WITH THE OXIDIZED STATE

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  120. The First Solution Structure of a Paramagnetic Copper(II) Protein:  The Case of Oxidized Plastocyanin from the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  121. Structure-based computational study of the catalytic and inhibition mechanisms of urease

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, March 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  122. Crystal Structure of OxidizedBacillus pasteuriiCytochromec553at 0.97-Å Resolution†

    Article • Biochemistry, October 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  123. The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with acetohydroxamate anion from X-ray data at 1.55 Å resolution

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, February 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  124. Cytochrome c-553 from the Alkalophilic Bacterium Bacillus pasteurii Has the Primary Structure Characteristics of a Lipoprotein

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  125. Structural properties of the nickel ions in urease: novel insights into the catalytic and inhibition mechanisms

    Article • Coordination Chemistry Reviews, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  126. Probing Structural and Electronic Properties of the Oxidized [Fe 4 S 4 ] 3+ Cluster of Ectothiorhodospira halophila iso-II High-Potential Iron−Sulfur Protein by ENDOR Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  127. High-Field NMR Studies of Oxidized Blue Copper Proteins:  The Case of Spinach Plastocyanin

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  128. A new proposal for urease mechanism based on the crystal structures of the native and inhibited enzyme from Bacillus pasteurii: why urea hydrolysis costs two nickels

    Article • Structure, February 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Mangani, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  129. On the role of high-potential iron–sulfur proteins and cytochromes in the respiratory chain of two facultative phototrophs

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  130. On the Role of Soluble Redox Carriers Alternative to Cytochrome c2 As Donors to Tetraheme-Type Reaction Centers and Cytochrome Oxidases

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  131. Immobilization of jack bean urease on hydroxyapatite: urease immobilization in alkaline soils

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, October 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  132. Modulation of Bacillus pasteurii cytochrome c 553 reduction potential by structural and solution parameters

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, August 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  133. The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with β-mercaptoethanol from X-ray data at 1.65-Å resolution

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, June 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  134. Kinetic properties and stability of potato acid phosphatase immobilized on Ca-polygalacturonate

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, May 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  135. Crystallization and preliminary high-resolution X-ray diffraction analysis of native and β-mercaptoethanol-inhibited urease from Bacillus pasteurii

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 1998, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  136. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of cytochromec′ fromRubrivivax gelatinosusat 1.3 Å resolution

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, March 1998, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  137. Coordination sphere versus protein environment as determinants of electronic and functional properties of iron-sulfur proteins

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  138. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry of cytochrome c8 from Rubrivivax gelatinosus. Implications in photosynthetic electron transfer

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, October 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  139. Crystals of cytochrome c‐553 from Bacillus pasteurii show diffraction to 0.97 å resolution

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, August 1997, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  140. The Primary Structure of Rhodoferax fermentans High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein, an Electron Donor to the Photosynthetic Reaction Center

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  141. Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  142. Kinetics of photo-induced electron transfer from high-potential iron-sulfur protein to the photosynthetic reaction center of the purple phototroph Rhodoferax fermentans.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  143. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Native and Phenylphosphorodiamidate-Inhibited Bacillus pasteurii Urease

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Mangani, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  144. Urease from the soil bacterium Bacillus pasteurii: Immobilization on Ca-polygalacturonate

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  145. Bacillus pasteurii urease: A heteropolymeric enzyme with a binuclear nickel active site

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  146. 1H NMR of High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein from the Purple Non-Sulfur Bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  147. Rationalization of the reduction potentials within the series of the high potential iron-sulfur proteins

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, December 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  148. Isolation, Characterization, and Functional Role of the High-Potential Iron-Sulfur Protein (HiPIP) from Rhodoferax fermentans

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

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  149. The high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) from Rhodoferax fermentans is competent in photosynthetic electron transfer

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 1995, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  150. Oxidized and Reduced [Fe2Q2] (Q = S, Se) Cores of Spinach Ferredoxin: a Comparative Study Using 1H NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, January 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli, Stefano Benini

  151. The electronic structure of iron-sulfur [Fe4S4]3+ clusters in proteins. An investigation of the oxidized high-potential iron-sulfur protein II from Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata

    Article • Biochemistry, September 1993, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  152. NMR of Polymetallic Systems in Proteins

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Claudio Luchinat, Professor Stefano Ciurli

  153. Synthetic nickel-containing heterometal cubane-type clusters with NiFe3Q4 cores (Q = sulfur, selenium)

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  154. On the structure of the nickel/iron/sulfur center of the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum: an x-ray absorption spectroscopy study.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 1992, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  155. cis- and trans-Dichloro chelate complexes of niobium(IV): synthesis and structure of trans-dichloro[NN′-ethylenebis(acetylacetonylideneiminato)-(2–)]niobium(IV) and cis-dichloro{7,16-dihydro-6,8,15,17-tetramethyldibenzo-[b,i][1,4,...

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1988, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  156. Five-co-ordinate magnesium complexes: synthesis and structure of quadridentate Schiff-base derivatives

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1988, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  157. Ion pair complexes form the reduction of metal(II)-dibenzotetramethyltetra-aza[14]annulene complexes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1987, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  158. A New Class of Organozirconium(IV) Compounds: Alkyl Derivatives of Tetramethyltetraazadibenzo[14]annulenatozirconium(IV)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, January 1987, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  159. Reduzierte Cobalt-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin-Komplexe: Synthese und Struktur von [Na(thf)3]2[Co(TPP)]

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 1986, Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  160. Urease: Recent Insights on the Role of Nickel

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli

  161. Subsite-Specific Structures and Reactions in Native and Synthetic [4Fe-4S] Cubane-Type Clusters

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Stefano Ciurli