New spectroscopic and electrochemical insights on a class I superoxide reductase: evidence for an intramolecular electron-transfer pathway

Biochem. J. (2011) 438,485–494 doi:10.1042/BJ20110836

Analysis of the activation mechanism of Pseudomonas stutzeri cytochrome c peroxidase through an electron transfer chain

J Biol Inorg Chem (2011) 16:881–888 DOI 10.1007/s00775-011-0785-8

Artefacts induced on c-type haem proteins by electrode surfaces

J Biol Inorg Chem (2011) 16:209–215 DOI 10.1007/s00775-010-0717-z

Camelid nanobodies raised against an integral membrane enzyme, nitric oxide reductase

Protein Sci. 2009 Mar;18(3):619-28. doi: 10.1002/pro.69.

Electron transfer complex between nitrous oxide reductase and cytochrome c552 from Pseudomonas nautica: kinetic, nuclear magnetic resonance, and docking studies

Biochemistry. 2008 Oct 14;47(41):10852-62. doi: 10.1021/bi801375q

Enzymatic activity mastered by altering metal coordination spheres

J Biol Inorg Chem (2008) 13:1185–1195 DOI 10.1007/s00775-008-0414-3

Benefits of membrane electrodes in the electrochemistry of metalloproteins: mediated catalysis of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome c peroxidase by horse cytochrome c: a case study

J Biol Inorg Chem. 2008 Jun;13(5):779-87. doi: 10.1007/s00775-008-0365-8

Mediated catalysis of Paracoccus pantotrophus cytochrome c peroxidase by P. pantotrophus pseudoazurin: kinetics of intermolecular electron transfer

J Biol Inorg Chem (2007) 12:691–698 DOI 10.1007/s00775-007-0219-9

Structural and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies of mononuclear molybdenum enzymes from sulfate-reducing bacteria

Acc. Chem. Res., 2006, 39 (10), pp 788–796 DOI: 10.1021/ar050104k

Mo and W bis-MGD enzymes: nitrate reductases and formate dehydrogenases

J Biol Inorg Chem (2004) 9: 791–799 DOI 10.1007/s00775-004-0573-9

Integrated study by NMR and X-ray Crystallography on the analysis of the molecular interactions in heme-binding proteins

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Bioquímica, Especialidade Bioquímica Estrutural

Cerebrospinal Fluid Synaptic Proteins as Useful Biomarkers in Tyrosine Hydroxylase Deficiency

Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) deficiency is an inborn error of dopamine biosynthesis and a cause of early parkinsonism. Two clinical phenotypes have been described. Type “B”: early onset severe encephalopathy; type “A”: later onset, less severe and better response to L-dopa. We aimed to study the expression of several key dopaminergic and gabaergic synaptic proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a series of patients with TH deficiency and their possible relation with the clinical phenotype and response to L-DOPA. Dopamine transporter (DAT), D2-receptor and vesicularmonoamine transporter (VMAT2)weremeasured in the CSF of 10 subjectswith THdeficiency byWestern blot analysis. In 3 patients, data of pre- and post-treatmentwith L-DOPA were available, and in one of them, GABA vesicular transporter was determined. Results were compared to an age-matched control population. The concentration of D2-receptors in CSFwas significantly higher in patients with TH deficiency than in controls. Similarly, DAT and vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 were up-regulated. Studies performed before LDOPA, and on L-DOPA therapy showed a paradoxical response with D2 receptor expression increase as L-Dopa doses and homovanillic concentration gradually raised in a B phenotype patient. The opposite results were found in two patients with A phenotype. However, this is a very small sample, and further studies are needed to conclude robust differences between phenotypes. Synaptic proteins are detectable in the CSF and their quantification can be useful for understanding the pathophysiology of neurotransmitter defects and potentially to adjust and personalize treatments in the future.

The effect of a dialyzable transfer factor (TFd) in the experimental american trypanosomiasis of mice: preliminary report

A dialyzable transfer factor (TFd) was obtained from spleen cells, of mice vaccinated with the avirulent PF strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. This factor reduced significahtly the parasitemia of animals treated before or after the infection with a virulent strain of the same parasite, but does not reduced the mortality rate to a level lower than that of the control mice. It is expected that in a next future, new techniques in the use ofsuch factor will bring better resutts.

The impact of knowledge transfer on innovation in multinational corporations: Exploring the contingent effects

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

A technology market transfer for the Zonadvanced video technology

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics