Publicaciones en colaboración con investigadores/as de University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (22)

2015

  1. Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 112, Núm. 48, pp. 14936-14941

2008

  1. Betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase-2 is an S-methylmethionine- homocysteine methyltransferase

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 283, Núm. 14, pp. 8939-8945

  2. Liver betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase activity undergoes a redox switch at the active site zinc

    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 472, Núm. 1, pp. 26-33

2007

  1. Overexpression of a Zn2+-sensitive soluble exopolyphosphatase from Trypanosoma cruzi depletes polyphosphate and affects osmoregulation

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 282, Núm. 44, pp. 32501-32510

2005

  1. The acidocalcisome Ca2+-ATPaSe (TgA1) of Toxoplasma gondii is required for polyphosphate storage, intracellular calcium homeostasis and virulence

    Molecular Microbiology, Vol. 55, Núm. 4, pp. 1034-1045

2004

  1. A Pyrophosphatase Regulating Polyphosphate Metabolism in Acidocalcisomes Is Essential for Trypanosoma brucei Virulence in Mice

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 279, Núm. 5, pp. 3420-3425

  2. Calcium-mediated protein secretion potentiates motility in Toxoplasma gondii

    Journal of Cell Science, Vol. 117, Núm. 24, pp. 5739-5748

  3. Dissecting the Catalytic Mechanism of Betaine-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase by Use of Intrinsic Tryptophan Fluorescence and Site-Directed Mutagenesis

    Biochemistry, Vol. 43, Núm. 18, pp. 5341-5351

  4. Human platelet dense granules contain polyphosphate and are similar to acidocalcisomes of bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 279, Núm. 43, pp. 44250-44257

  5. Ionophore-resistant mutant of Toxoplasma gondii reveals involvement of a sodium/hydrogen exchanger in calcium regulation

    Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 165, Núm. 5, pp. 653-662

  6. Polyphosphate content and fine structure of acidocalcisomes of Plasmodium falciparum

    Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 10, Núm. 5, pp. 563-567

2003

  1. Combining combinatorial chemistry and affinity chromatography: Highly selective inhibitors of human betaine - Homocysteine S-methyltransferase

    Chemistry and Biology, Vol. 10, Núm. 2, pp. 113-122

  2. Identification of organelles in bacteria similar to acidocalcisomes of unicellular eukaryotes

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 278, Núm. 32, pp. 29971-29978

2002

  1. A vacuolar-type H+-pyrophosphatase governs maintenance of functional acidocalcisomes and growth of the insect and mammalian forms of Trypanosoma brucei

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 277, Núm. 40, pp. 37369-37376

  2. Acidocalcisomes are functionally linked to the contractile vacuole of Dictyostelium discoideum

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 277, Núm. 10, pp. 8146-8153

  3. An acidocalcisomal exopolyphosphatase from Leishmania major with high affinity for short chain polyphosphate

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 277, Núm. 52, pp. 50899-50906

  4. Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase: Zinc in a distorted barrel

    Structure, Vol. 10, Núm. 9, pp. 1159-1171

  5. Characterization of isolated acidocalcisomes from Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites reveals a novel pool of hydrolyzable polyphosphate

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 277, Núm. 50, pp. 48650-48656

2001

  1. Rapid Changes in Polyphosphate Content within Acidocalcisomes in Response to Cell Growth, Differentiation, and Environmental Stress in Trypanosoma cruzi

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 276, Núm. 28, pp. 26114-26121

  2. TcSCA Complements Yeast Mutants Defective in Ca2+ Pumps and Encode a Ca2+ -ATPase That Localizes to the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Trypanosoma cruzi

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 276, Núm. 35, pp. 32437-32445