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  1. Ligand-Linked Association-Dissociation in Transport Proteins and Hormone Receptors

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, December 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  2. Control of Oxygen Affinity in Mammalian Hemoglobins: Implications for a System Biology Description of the Respiratory Properties of the Red Blood Cell

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, August 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  3. Non-Allosteric Cooperativity in Hemoglobin

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, April 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  4. One ring (or two) to hold them all - on the structure and function of protein nanotubes

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2015, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti

  5. Thioredoxin Reductase and its Inhibitors

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

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  6. Switching between the Alternative Structures and Functions of a 2-Cys Peroxiredoxin, by Site-Directed Mutagenesis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti

  7. The Allosteric Properties of Hemoglobin: Insights from Natural and Site Directed Mutants

    Article • October 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  8. Hemoglobin Allostery: New Views on Old Players

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  9. Heme Proteins, the Globins

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  10. Crystal structure of Plasmodium falciparum thioredoxin reductase, a validated drug target

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

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  11. Lathyrus cicera copper amine oxidase reactions with tryptamine

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  12. Moonlighting by Different Stressors: Crystal Structure of the Chaperone Species of a 2-Cys Peroxiredoxin

    Article • Structure, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  13. On the mechanism and rate of gold incorporation into thiol-dependent flavoreductases

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  14. Nitric oxide, substrate of Euphorbia characias peroxidase, switches off the CN− inhibitory effect

    Article • FEBS Open Bio, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  15. Hemoglobin allostery: Variations on the theme

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  16. Macromolecular Bases of Antischistosomal Therapy

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, August 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  17. Structural and functional characterization of Schistosoma mansoni Thioredoxin

    Article • Protein Science, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  18. The how, when, and why of the aging signals appearing on the human erythrocyte membrane: an atomic force microscopy study of surface roughness

    Article • Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Dr Giovanni Longo

  19. Euphorbia Peroxidase Catalyzes Thiocyanate Oxidation in Two Different Ways, the Distal Calcium Ion Playing an Essential Role

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  20. Erythrocyte death in vitro induced by starvation in the absence of Ca2+

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  21. Kinetic model of the inhibition of respiration by endogenous nitric oxide in intact cells

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  22. Hemoglobin and Cooperativity: Experiments and Theories

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, February 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  23. Fibrin Gel Ultrastructure

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Marco De Spirito

  24. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase from Euphorbia characias latex: Purification and characterization

    Article • Plant Science, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  25. Combining crystallography and molecular dynamics: The case of Schistosoma mansoni phospholipid glutathione peroxidase

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

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  26. Copper Amine Oxidases from Plants

    Article • June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  27. Hb(αα,ββ): A novel fusion construct for a dimeric, four-domain hemoglobin

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  28. S10.12 Kinetic model of nitric oxide inhibition of cellular respiration in intact cells

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  29. Glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase at the crossroad: The structure of Schistosoma mansoni thioredoxin glutathione reductase

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  30. The mechanism of addition of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate to Escherichia coli apo-serine hydroxymethyltransferase

    Article • Biochemical Journal, June 2007, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  31. Multiple strategies for O2 transport: from simplicity to complexity

    Article • IUBMB Life, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  32. Demonstration of Long-Range Interactions in a PDZ Domain by NMR, Kinetics, and Protein Engineering

    Article • Structure, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Geerten W. Vuister

  33. Probing the Mechanism of GSH Activation in Schistosoma haematobium Glutathione-S-transferase by Site-directed Mutagenesis and X-ray Crystallography

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  34. The Allosteric Properties of Hemoglobin: Insights from Natural and Site Directed Mutants

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, February 2006, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  35. The Structural and Functional Properties of Hemoglobin and their Relevance for a Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitute

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  36. Catalytic pathways of Euphorbia characias peroxidase reacting with hydrogen peroxide

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2006, De Gruyter

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  37. Control of the active site structure of giant bilayer hemoglobin from the Annelid Eisenia foetida using hierarchic assemblies

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, November 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  38. Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Glutathione S-Transferase: The Lesson from Schistosoma haematobium

    Article • Structure, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  39. A novel thermostable hemoglobin from the actinobacterium Thermobifida fusca

    Article • FEBS Journal, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  40. Simultaneous static and dynamic light scattering approach to the characterization of the different fibrin gel structures occurring by changing chloride concentration

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, April 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Marco De Spirito

  41. Schistosoma mansoni Fatty Acid Binding Protein:  Specificity and Functional Control as Revealed by Crystallographic Structure,

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

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  42. Mouse spermine oxidase: a model of the catalytic cycle and its inhibition by N,N1-bis(2,3-butadienyl)-1,4-butanediamine

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  43. Kinetics of NO and O 2 binding to a maleimide poly(ethylene glycol)-conjugated human haemoglobin

    Article • Biochemical Journal, August 2004, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Michele Samaja

  44. Approaches to the Engineering of Hemoglobin‐Based Oxygen Carriers

    Article • Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  45. Proton Linkage for CO Binding and Redox Properties of Bovine Lactoperoxidase

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  46. Crystal Structure of the 28 kDa Glutathione S-Transferase from Schistosoma haematobium

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  47. Critical Role of Ca2+ Ions in the Reaction Mechanism of Euphorbia characias Peroxidase

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  48. Interaction with Membrane Lipids and Heme Ligand Binding Properties of Escherichia coli Flavohemoglobin

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  49. Control of Heme Reactivity by Diffusion:  Structural Basis and Functional Characterization in Hemoglobin Mutants,

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  50. Irreversible inhibition of pig kidney copper‐containing amine oxidase by sodium and lithium ions

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, September 2001, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  51. Kinetics of CO binding and CO photodissociation in Pseudomonas stutzeri cd1 nitrite reductase: probing the role of extended N-termini in fast structural relaxation upon CO photodissociation

    Article • Biochemical Journal, April 2001, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Francesca Cutruzzola

  52. ChemInform Abstract: The Reductive and Oxidative Half‐Reactions and the Role of Copper Ions in Plant and Mammalian Copper—Amine Oxidases.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2001, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  53. The Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions and the Role of Copper Ions in Plant and Mammalian Copper−Amine Oxidases

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  54. The oxidation and reduction reactions of bovine serum amine oxidase

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 2000, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  55. Studies on Pseudomonas aeruginosa cd1 nitrite reductase: The association and dissociation reactions of the d1‐heme

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, June 2000, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Francesca Cutruzzola

  56. Molecular mode of interaction of plant amine oxidase with the mechanism‐based inhibitor 2‐butyne‐1,4‐diamine

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, March 2000, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  57. Modulation of ligand binding in engineered human hemoglobin distal pocket

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  58. CuI‐semiquinone radical species in plant copper‐amine oxidases

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  59. Internal Electron Transfer and Structural Dynamics of cd1 Nitrite Reductase Revealed by Laser CO Photodissociation

    Article • Biochemistry, May 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Francesca Cutruzzola

  60. Stabilization of the T-state of ferrous human adult and fetal hemoglobin by Ln(III) complexes: A thermodynamic study

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, August 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  61. Mutagenesis of nitrite reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: tyrosine‐10 in the c heme domain is not involved in catalysis1

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1997, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Francesca Cutruzzola

  62. Transient Kinetics of Polyamine Oxidase fromZea maysL

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

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  63. The Unusual Stability of Saporin, a Candidate for the Synthesis of Immunotoxins

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  64. A saporin‐insulin conjugate: Synthesis and biochemical characterization

    Article • Natural Toxins, July 1996, Wiley

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  65. Cataractogenesis In Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  66. Intracellular dynamics of ricin followed by fluorescence microscopy on living cells reveals a rapid accumulation of the dimeric toxin in the Golgi apparatus

    Article • FEBS Letters, May 1994, Wiley

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  67. Cyanide dissociation from the hemoglobin of Parascaris equorum

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, April 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  68. [5] Optical measurements of quaternary structural changes in hemoglobin

    Article • January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  69. Ligand binding and slow structural changes in chlorocruorin from Spirographis spallanzanii

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

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  70. Evolution of ruminant hemoglobins

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, March 1992, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  71. A ribosomal protein is specifically recognized by saporin, a plant toxin which inhibits protein synthesis

    Article • FEBS Letters, February 1992, Wiley

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  72. On the problem of immunological detection of antigens in skeletal remains

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 1991, Wiley

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  73. Kinetic Evidences for Slow Structural Changes in the Chlorocruorin from Spirographis spallanzanii

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  74. Effect of aromatic isothiocyanates on the functional properties of human hemoglobin

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, August 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli, Professor Martino Bolognesi

  75. Cooperative ligand binding of crosslinked hemoglobins at very high temperatures

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, June 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Rodolfo Ippoliti, Professor Andrea Bellelli

  76. The functional properties of amphibian hemoglobin: The case of Salamander salamander and Hydromantes genei

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  77. Alteration of T-state binding properties of naturally glycated hemoglobin, HbA1c

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  78. Antarctic fish hemoglobin: an outline of the molecular structure and oxygen binding properties—II. Oxygen binding properties

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry, January 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  79. Sexual and seasonal variability of lobster hemocyanin

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, January 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  80. First World guilt

    Article • Nature, December 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  81. Xenopus laevis hemoglobin and its hybrids with hemoglobin A

    Article • Biochemistry, October 1987, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  82. Is there a root effect in Xenopus hemoglobin?

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 1987, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  83. Hemocyanin from Palinurus elephas: general properties and effects of heavy metals

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, August 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  84. Evidence for two oxygen‐linked binding sites for polyanions in dromedary hemoglobin

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 1985, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  85. Molecular and functional properties of myoglobin from a marine turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, August 1984, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  86. Comparative studies of hemoglobins from newts (Triturus cristatus, triturus vulgaris, triturus alpestris): A kinetic approach

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, January 1983, Elsevier

    Professor Andrea Bellelli

  87. Hemoglobins from Wistar Rat:

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, December 1982, Wiley

    Professor Andrea Bellelli