Research Units
Structural Biology Unit - Laboratory 1
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Selected Publications
Lucas M, Encinar JA, Arribas EA, Oyenarte I, García IG, Kortazar D, Fernández JA, Mato JM, Martínez-Chantar ML, Martínez-Cruz LA; Binding of S-Methyl-5'-Thioadenosine and S-Adenosyl-l-Methionine to Protein MJ0100 Triggers an Open-to-Closed Conformational Change in Its CBS Motif Pair. J. Mol. Biol. 396, 3, 800-20 (2010).
Martínez-Cruz LA, Encinar JA, Sevilla P, Oyenarte I, Gómez-García I, Aguado-Llera D, García-Blanco F, Gómez J, Neira JL; Nucleotide-induced conformational transitions in the CBS domain protein MJ0729 of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. Protein Eng Des Sel. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20959390 (2010).
Aguado-Llera D, Oyenarte I, Martínez-Cruz LA, Neira JL; The CBS domain protein MJ0729 of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii binds DNA. FEBS Lett. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20934423 (2010).
Gómez-García I, Oyenarte I, Martínez-Cruz LA; The crystal structure of protein MJ1225 from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii shows strong conservation of key structural features seen in the eukaryal gamma-AMPK. J Mol Biol. 399, 1, 53-70 (2010).
Martínez-Cruz LA, Encinar JA, Kortazar D, Prieto J, Goómez J, Fernández-Millán P, Lucas M, Arribas EA, Fernández JA, Martiínez-Chantar ML, Mato JM, Neira JL; The CBS Domain Protein MJ0729 of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Is a Thermostable Protein with a pH-Dependent Self-Oligomerization. Biochemistry 48, 12, 2766-2776 (2009).
Gómez García I, Kortázar D, Oyenarte I, Mato JM, Martínez-Chantar ML, Martínez-Cruz LA.; Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of protein MJ1225 from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, a putative archaeal homologue of gamma-AMPK. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 1, 65, 813-817 (2009).
Fernández-Millán P., Kortazar D., Lucas M., Martínez-Chantar M.L., Astigarraga E., Fernández J.A., Sabas O., Albert A,. Mato J.M., Martínez-Cruz L.A.; Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of merohedrally twinned crystals of MJ0729, a CBS-domain protein from Methanococcus jannaschii. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 64,605-9 (2008).
Lucas M., Kortazar D., Astigarraga E., Fernández J. A., Mato J. M., Martínez-Chantar M. L. Martínez-Cruz L. A.; Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the CBS-domain pair from the Methanococcus jannaschii protein MJ0100. Acta Crystallographica, section F, 64, 10, 936-941 (2008).