Gianfranco Menestrina
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Recent Articles
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Stellato F, Menestrina G, Serra M, Potrich C, Tomazzolli R, Meyer-Klaucke W, et al.
Eur Biophys J
. 2006 Jan;
35(4):340-51.
PMID: 16404590
X-ray absorption spectroscopy data show different metal binding site structures in beta-amyloid peptides according to whether they are complexed with Cu(2+) or Zn(2+) ions. While the geometry around copper is...
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Serra M, Coraiola M, Viero G, Comai M, Potrich C, Ferreras M, et al.
J Chem Inf Model
. 2005 Nov;
45(6):1539-45.
PMID: 16309251
Staphylococcal gamma-hemolysins are bicomponent toxins forming a protein family with leucocidins and alpha-toxin. Two active toxins (AB and CB) can be formed combining one of the class-S components, HlgA or...
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Viero G, Cunaccia R, Prevost G, Werner S, Monteil H, Keller D, et al.
Biochem J
. 2005 Oct;
394(Pt 1):217-25.
PMID: 16241903
Staphylococcal gamma-haemolysin HlgA-HlgB forms a beta-barrel transmembrane pore in cells and in model membranes. The pore is formed by the oligomerization of two different proteins and a still debated number...
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Gagos M, Menestrina G, Niewiadomy A, Gruszecki W
J Photochem Photobiol B
. 2005 Jul;
80(2):101-6.
PMID: 16038809
2-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenylo)-5,6-dichlorobenzothiazol (dHBBT) is a new anticancer, antifungal and antibacterial drug characterised also by cytostatic and anticancer activity. The effect of pH on the molecular organization of dHBBT in monomolecular layers...
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Garcia-Saez A, Coraiola M, Serra M, Mingarro I, Menestrina G, Salgado J
Biophys J
. 2005 Mar;
88(6):3976-90.
PMID: 15778450
Bax and Bid are proapoptotic proteins of the Bcl-2 family that regulate the release of apoptogenic factors from mitochondria. Although they localize constitutively in the cytoplasm, their apoptotic function is...
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Guillet V, Roblin P, Werner S, Coraiola M, Menestrina G, Monteil H, et al.
J Biol Chem
. 2004 Jul;
279(39):41028-37.
PMID: 15262988
Staphylococcal leucocidins and gamma-hemolysins (leucotoxins) are bi-component toxins that form lytic transmembrane pores. Their cytotoxic activities require the synergistic association of a class S component and a class F component,...
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Scaloni A, Serra M, Amodeo P, Mannina L, Vitale R, Segre A, et al.
Biochem J
. 2004 Jun;
384(Pt 1):25-36.
PMID: 15196052
Cationic lipodepsipeptides from Pseudomonas spp. have been characterized for their structural and antimicrobial properties. In the present study, the structure of a novel lipodepsipeptide, cormycin A, produced in culture by...
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Bellisola G, Fracasso G, Ippoliti R, Menestrina G, Rosen A, Solda S, et al.
Biochem Pharmacol
. 2004 Apr;
67(9):1721-31.
PMID: 15081871
Intracellular activation of ricin and of the ricin A-chain (RTA) immunotoxins requires reduction of their intersubunit disulfide(s). This crucial event is likely to be catalyzed by disulfide oxidoreductases and precedes...
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Morante S, Gonzalez-Iglesias R, Potrich C, Meneghini C, Meyer-Klaucke W, Menestrina G, et al.
J Biol Chem
. 2004 Jan;
279(12):11753-9.
PMID: 14703517
Cu(II) binding to the alpha prion protein (alphaPrP) can be both intramolecular and intermolecular. X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the copper K-edge has been used to explore the site geometry under...
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