publications

Researcher ID D-6339-2013

ORCID http:/orcid.org/0000-0003-0971-4977

Representative Indexes – Scientific production

Total Publications listed Web of Science – 433

Sum of the Times Cited – 11623

Average Citations per Item – 28.14

h-index – 57


Recent publications

(a full list can be found at Biological Chemistry @ FCT/UNL website )

2018

 

CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE IS THE COMPONENT FROM NEURONAL SYNAPTIC PLASMA MEMBRANE VESICLES THAT GENERATES SUPEROXIDE ANION UPON STIMULATION BY CYTOCHROME C.

Alejandro K. Samhan-Arias, Sofia Fortalezas, Cristina M. Cordas, Isabel Moura,  José J.G. Moura and Carlos Gutierrez-Merino Redox Biology 15, 109-114 (2018) 

PEROXIDASE-LIKE ACTIVITY OF CYTOCHROME B(5) IS TRIGGERED UPON HEMICHROME FORMATION IN ALKALINE PH
Samhan-Arias, Alejandro K.; Maia, Luisa B.; Cordas, Cristina M.; et al.
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics  1866, 373-378 ( 2018)

TOPOGRAPHY OF HUMAN CYTOCHROME B5/CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE INTERACTING DOMAIN AND REDOX ALTERATIONS UPON COMPLEX FORMATION.

Samhan-Arias AK, Almeida RM, Ramos S, Cordas CM, Moura I, Gutierrez-Merino C, Moura JJG.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2018 Feb;1859(2):78-87. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.10.005. Epub 2017 Oct 28.


2017


A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF DENITRIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE

Isabel Moura, Luísa B. Maia, Sofia R. Pauleta and José J. G. Moura

Book on Denitrification Royal Chemical Society Chapter 1, 1-10 (2017) 


INSIGHTS INTO NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTAS

S.R. Pauleta, C.Carreira and I.Moura

Book on Denitrification Royal Chemical Society Chapter 7, 141-169 (2017) 

 

ELECTRON TRANSFER AND MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN DENITRIFICATION AND NITRATE DISSIMILATORY PATHWAYS

Rui M. Almeida, Simone Dell'Acqua, Isabel Moura, Sofia R. Pauleta and José J. G. Moura

Book on Denitrification Royal Chemical Society Chapter 11 , 252-286 (2017) 

 

MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN-CONTAINING FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES: AIMING TO INSPIRE A CATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE UTILIZATION

L.B Maia, I.Moura,J.J.G.Moura

Inorg.Chim.Acta 455, 350-363 (2017) 

 

MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN ENZYMES:AN OVERVIE

L.B.Maia, I.Moura and J.J.G.Moura

Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes:Biochemistry (2017) Chapter 1 pp1-80  

Edited By Russ Hille, Carola Schulzke, and Martin L.Kirk

The Royal Society of Chemistry Metallobiology

 

Preface

Moura, I.; Moura, J. J. G.; Pauleta, S. R.; et al.

RSC Metallobiology Volume: 2017-January Pages: v Published: 2017


CuA AND CuZ CENTER ASSEMBLY IN NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE

S.R.Pauleta and I.Moura

Metalloprotein Active Site Assembly, edited by Michael K. Johnson and Robert A. Scott. Chichester,     UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 1-11. iEncyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, edited by Robert A. Scott. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK. DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2477.

SPECTROSCOPIC  DEFINITION OF  THE CuZº INTERMEDIATE IN TURNOVER OF NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE AND MOLECULAR INSIGHT INTO CATALYTIC MECHANISM

E.M.Johnston, S.D.Acqua, S.R.Pauleta, S.Ghosh, I.Moura and E.I.Solomon

J.Am.Chem.Soc. (2017) 139, 4462-4476

PROTEIN-ASSISTED FORMATION OF MOLYBDENUM HETEROMETALLIC CLUSTERS:

EVIDENCE FOR THE FORMATION OF S2MOS2-M-S2MOS2 CLUSTERS WITH M = FE, CO, NI, CU OR CD WITHIN THE ORANGE PROTEIN 

B.K.Maiti, L.B.Maia, S.R.Pauleta, I. Moura and J.J,G.Moura

Inorg.Chem. 56,2210-2220 (2017)

EPR SPECTROSCOPY ON MONONUCLEAR MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING ENZYMES

L.B.Maia, I.Moura and J.J.G.Moura

Biological Magnetic Resonance Ed.G.Hanson and L.Berliner , Spinger Future Directions in Metalloprotein and

Metalloenzyme Research (2017) Vol.33, 55-102  

PEROXIDASE LIKE ACTIVITY OF CYTOCHROME B5 IS TRIGGERED UPON A PH    DEPENDENT HEMICHROME FORMATION

Alejandro Khalil Samhan-Arias, Luisa B Maia, Cristina M Cordas, Isabel Moura, Carlos Gutierrez- Merino, José J Moura

BBA Proteins and Proteomis 2017 Sep 27. pii: S1570-9639(17)30226-1. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.09.010.

UNDERSTANDING THE RESPONSE OF Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 TO DIFFERENTELECTRON ACCEPTORS-BIOSYNTHETIC COSTS MODULATE SUBSTRATE SELECTION

J.R.Sousa, C.M.Silveira, C.Rodrigues, A.Fernandes, B. Devreese, I.Moura, J.J.G.Moura and M.G.Almeida

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Nov;1865(11 Pt A):1455-1469. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.07.021. Epub2017Aug 25.PMID:28847524

INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLYBDENUM/COPPER HETEROMETALLIC CLUSTER ASSEMBLY IN  THE ORANGE PROTEIN: PROBING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL METAL-BINDING ATCUN TAG

B.K.Maiti, L.B.Maia, R.M.Almeida, I.Moura and J.J G. Moura

Inorg Chem. 2017 Feb 20;56(4):2210-2220. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02906. Ep

THE CATALYTIC CYCLE OF NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE - THE ENZYME THAT

CATALYSES THE LAST STEP OF DENITRIFICATION

C.Carreira, S.R.Pauleta and I.Moura

J Inorg Biochem. 2017 Sep 11. pii: S0162-0134(17)30207-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.09.007

INSIGHT INTO THE RECOGNITION AND ELECTRON TRANSFER STEPS IN NITRIC OXIDE  REDUCTASE FROM Marinobacter hydrocabonoclasticus

S.Ramos, R.M.Almeida, C.Cordas, S.R.Pauleta, J.J.G.Moura, I.Moura

J Inorg Biochem. 2017 Sep 7. pii: S0162-0134(17)30368-9. doi: 10.1016/ /j.jinorgbio.2017.09.001. [Epub     ahead of print]PMID:28942900

 RUBREDOXINS DERIVATIVES: SIMPLE SULPHUR-RICH COORDINATION METAL SITESAND ITS RELEVANCE FOR BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Biplab K. Maiti, Rui M. Almeida, Isabel Moura and José J. G. Moura*

Cord.Chem.Rev. 352, 379-397 ( 2017)

2016

ORANGE PROTEIN FROM DESULFOVIBRIO ALASKENSIS G20: INSIGHTS ON THE MO-CU CLUSTER PROTEIN ASSISTED SYNTHESIS

Carepo, M., Carreira, c.,  Grazina, R.,  Zakrzewska, M.,  Dolla, Alain; Aubert, C.,  Pauleta, S.,  Moura, J.,  Moura, I.

J Biol Inorg Chem. 21, 53-62 (2016 )

REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY A MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE: A KINETIC AND MECHANISTIC STUDY AIMING TO INSPIRE A CATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE UTILIZATION

L.B.Maia, L.Fonseca, I.Moura and J.J.G.Moura

J.Am.Chem.Soc. 138, 8834-46  (2016) 

ELECTRON TRANSFER AND DOCKING BETWEEN CYTOCHROME CD1 NITRITE REDUCTASEAND DIFFERENT REDOX PARTNERS – A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Humberto A. Pedroso, Célia M. Silveira, Rui M. Almeida, Ana Almeida, Sthephane Bessona, Isabel  Moura, José J.G. Moura, M. Gabriela Almeida

BBA Bioenergetics 1857, 1412-1421 (2016)

THE SMALL IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN FROM THE ORP OPERON BINDS A [2Fe-2S] CLUSTER

B.K.Maiti, I.Moura, J.J.G.Moura and S.R.Pauleta

BBA Bioenergetics 1857, 1422-1429 (2016


2015

 

MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN-DEPENDENT FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES.

Maia LB, Moura JJ, Moura I.

J Biol Inorg Chem. 20, 287-309(2015). 

INCORPORATION OF MOLYBDENUM IN RUBREDOXIN: MODELS FOR MONONUCLEAR MOLYBDENUM ENZYMES

Maiti,B.P,  Maia,L.B.,  Silveira, Todorovic, C.S., Carreira,C., Carepo ,M.S.P., Grazina,R. Moura,I., Pauleta, S.R. and MouraJ.J.G.

J Biol Inorg Chem. (2015) 2015 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]

SERR SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CYTOCHROME CD1 NITRITE REDUCTASE CO-IMMOBILIZED WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL REDOX PARTNER CYTOCHROME C552 ON BIOCOMPATIBLE METAL ELECTRODES

Silveira, C.M., Quintas,P.O., Moura,I., Moura,J.J.G., Hildebrandt,P., Almeida,M.G.,Todorovic,S.

PLOS ONE (2015) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0129940 June 19,2015

PROTONATION STATE OF THE 4CU2S CUZ SITE IN NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE: REDOX DEPENDENCE AND INSIGHT INTO REACTIVITY

Johnston, E.M., Dell’Acqua, S., Pauleta,S.R., Moura, I. and Solomon E.I.

Chemical Science 6, 5670-5679 (2015) DOI:10.1039/C5SC02102B


2014

Determination of the active form of the tetranuclear copper sulfur cluster in nitrous oxide reductase,

Johnston, E. M., Dell'Acqua S., Ramos S., Pauleta S. R., Moura I., and Solomon E. I.,
J Am Chem Soc, Volume 136, p.614–617, (2014)

Mo–Cu metal cluster formation and binding in an orange protein isolated from Desulfovibrio gigas,
Carepo, M. S., Pauleta S. R., Wedd A. G., J.J.G. Moura, and Moura I.,
J Biol Inorg Chem, DOI 10.1007/s00775-014-1107-8, (2014)

Steady state kinetics with nitric oxide reductase (nor): new considerations on substrate inhibition profile and catalytic mechanism,
Duarte, A. G., Cordas C. M., Moura J. J. G., and Moura I.,
Biochim Biophys Acta, Volume 1837, p.375-384, (2014)

2013

Copper-substituted forms of the wild type and C42A variant of rubredoxin,
Thapper, A., Rizzi A. C., Brondino C. D., Wedd A. G., Pais R. J., Maiti B. K., Moura I., Pauleta S. R., and J.J.G. Moura,
J Inorg Biochem, Volume 127, p.232-237, (2013)

Electrochemical behavior of bacterial nitric oxide reductase – evidences of low redox potential non-heme FeB give new perspectives on the catalytic mechanism,
Cordas, C. M., Duarte A. G.,.Moura J. J. G., and Moura I.,
Biochim Biophys Acta, Volume 1827, p.233-238, (2013)

Iron-sulfur centers: New roles for ancient metal sites,
Grazina, R., Pauleta S., Moura J. J. G., and Moura I.,
Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II, Vol. 3: Bioinorganic Fundamentals and Applications: Metals in Natural Living Systems and Metals in Toxicology and Medicine, Oxford, p.103-148, (2013)

Nitrous Oxide Reductase,
Pauleta, S. R., Dell’Acqua S., and Moura I.,
Coord Chem Rev, Volume 257, p.332-249, (2013)

Nitrous Oxide Reductase,
Dell’Acqua, S., Pauleta S. R., Moura I., and Moura J. G.,
Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins - Copper, (2013)

Periplasmic nitrate reductases and formate dehydrogenases: Biological control of the chemical properties of Mo and W for fine tuning of reactivity, substrate specificity and metabolic role,
Gonzalez, P. J., Rivas M. G., Mota C. S., Brondino C. D., Moura I., and Moura J. J. G.,
Coord Chem Rev, Volume 257, p.315-331, (2013)

Rearrangement of Mo-Cu-S Cluster Reflects the Structural Instability of Orange Protein Cofactor,
Maiti, B. K., Avilés T., Carepo M. S., Moura I., S.R. Pauleta, and Moura J. J. G.,
Z Anorg Allg Chem, Volume 639, p.1361-1364, (2013)

Superoxide reductase: different interaction modes with its two redox partners,
Almeida, R. A., Turano P., Moura I., Moura J. J. G., and Pauleta S. R.,
ChemBioChem, Volume 14, p.1858–1866, (2013)

2012

Comparative electrochemical study of superoxide reductases,
Cordas, C. M., Raleiras P., Auchere F., Moura I., and Moura J. J.,
Eur Biophys J, Dec 6, Volume 41, Number 12, p.209-215, (2012)

Analysis of Resonance Raman Data on Blue Copper Site I Pseudoazurin: Excited State P and Charge Transfer Distortions and their Relation to Ground State Reorganization Energy,
Hadt, R. G., Xie X., Pauleta S. R., Moura I., and Solomon E. I.,
J Inorg Biochem, Volume 115, p.155-162, (2012)

Biochemical characterization of the purple form of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus nitrous oxide reductase,
Dell'Acqua, S., Pauleta S. R., Moura J. J., and Moura I.,
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, Volume 367, Issue 1593, p.1204-1212, (2012)

Substrate-dependent modulation of the enzymatic catalytic activity: Reduction of nitrate, chlorate and perchlorate by respiratory nitrate reductase from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus 617,
Marangon, J., de Sousa Paes P. M., Moura I., Brondino C. D., Moura J. J., and González P. J.,
Biochim Biophys Acta, Volume 1817, Issue 7, p.1072-1082, (2012)

Synthesis of [MoS4]2 – M (M = Cu and Cd) clusters: Potential NMR structural probes for orange protein,
Maiti, B. K., Avilés T., Moura I., Pauleta S. R., and Moura J. J. G.,
Eur J Inorg Chem , p.1-13, (2012)