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15 p, 1.8 MB Two Unconventional Metallothioneins in the Apple Snail Pomacea bridgesii Have Lost Their Metal Specificity during Adaptation to Freshwater Habitats / García-Risco, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Calatayud, Sara (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Niederwanger, Michael (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology) ; Albalat, Ricard (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Dallinger, Reinhard (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology)
Metallothioneins (MTs) are a diverse group of proteins responsible for the control of metal homeostasis and detoxification. To investigate the impact that environmental conditions might have had on the metal-binding abilities of these proteins, we have characterized the MTs from the apple snail Pomacea bridgesii, a gastropod species belonging to the class of Caenogastropoda with an amphibious lifestyle facing diverse situations of metal bioavailability. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/ijms22010095
International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 1 (January 2021) , art. 95  
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14 p, 3.2 MB Copper(II) N, N, O -Chelating Complexes as Potential Anticancer Agents / Peña, Quim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Sciortino, Giuseppe (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Maréchal, Jean-Didier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Bertaina, Sylvain (Aix-Marseille Université) ; Simaan, A. Jalila (Aix-Marseille Université) ; Lorenzo Rivera, Julia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí") ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Bayón, Joan Carles (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Iranzo, Olga (Aix-Marseille Université) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular
Three novel dinuclear Cu(II) complexes based on a N,N,O-chelating salphen-like ligand scaffold and bearing varying aromatic substituents (−H, −Cl, and −Br) have been synthesized and characterized. [...]
2021 - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02932
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 60, Issue 5 (March 2021) , p. 2939-2952  
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13 p, 460.4 KB Modularity in Protein Evolution : Modular Organization and De Novo Domain Evolution in Mollusk Metallothioneins / Calatayud, Sara (Universitat de Barcelona) ; García-Risco, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Pedrini-Martha, Veronika (University of Innsbruck) ; Eernisse, Douglas J. (California State University Fullerton) ; Dallinger, Reinhard (University of Innsbruck) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Albalat, Ricard (Universitat de Barcelona)
Metallothioneins (MTs) are proteins devoted to the control of metal homeostasis and detoxification, and therefore, MTs have been crucial for the adaptation of the living beings to variable situations of metal bioavailability. [...]
2021 - 10.1093/molbev/msaa230
Molecular biology and evolution, Vol. 38, Issue 2 (February 2021) , p. 424-436  
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18 p, 3.1 MB Structural lesions of proteins connected to lipid membrane damages caused by radical stress : assessment by biomimetic systems and raman spectroscopy / Torreggiani, Armida (CNR-Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività) ; Tinti, Anna (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie) ; Jurasekova, Zuzana (P.J. Šafárik University. Department of Biophysics) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Saracino, Michela (CNR-Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività) ; Di Foggia, Michele (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie)
Model systems constituted by proteins and unsaturated lipid vesicles were used to gain more insight into the effects of the propagation of an initial radical damage on protein to the lipid compartment. [...]
2019 - 10.3390/biom9120794
Biomolecules, Vol. 9, issue 12 (Dec. 2019) , art. 794  
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15 p, 2.3 MB Biomphalaria glabrata metallothionein : Lacking metal specificity of the protein and missing gene upregulation suggest metal sequestration by exchange instead of through selective binding / Niederwanger, Michael (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology and Center of Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck) ; Calatayud, Sara (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva) ; Zerbe, Oliver (University of Zürich. Department of Chemistry) ; Atrian i Ventura, Sílvia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva) ; Albalat, Ricard (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Dallinger, Reinhard (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology and Center of Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck)
The wild-type metallothionein (MT) of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata and a natural allelic mutant of it in which a lysine residue was replaced by an asparagine residue, were recombinantly expressed and analyzed for their metal-binding features with respect to Cd, Zn and Cu, applying spectroscopic and mass-spectrometric methods. [...]
2017 - 10.3390/ijms18071457
International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 18, Num. 7 (July 2017) , art. 1457  
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16 p, 2.2 MB Hints for metal-preference protein sequence determinants : different metal binding features of the five Tetrahymena thermophila metallothioneins / Espart Herrero, Anna (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica) ; Marín, Maribel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Gil-Moreno, Selene (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Amaro Umbert, Francesc (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Microbiología III) ; Martín-González, Ana (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Microbiología III) ; Gutiérrez Fernández, Juan Carlos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Microbiología III) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Atrian i Ventura, Sílvia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica)
The metal binding preference of metallothioneins (MTs) groups them in two extreme subsets, the Zn/Cd- and the Cu-thioneins. Ciliates harbor the largest MT gene/protein family reported so far, including 5 paralogs that exhibit relatively low sequence similarity, excepting MTT2 and MTT4. [...]
2015 - 10.7150/ijbs.11060
International journal of biological sciences, Vol. 11 (March 2015) , p. 456-471  
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12 p, 1.8 MB The sea urchin metallothionein system : Comparative evaluation of the SpMTA and SpMTB metal-binding preferences / Tomàs i Giner, Mireia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Domènech, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Bofill Arasa, Roger (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Atrian i Ventura, Sílvia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica)
Metallothioneins (MTs) constitute a superfamily of ubiquitous metal-binding proteins of low molecular weight and high Cys content. They are involved in metal homeostasis and detoxification, amongst other proposed biological functions. [...]
2013 - 10.1016/j.fob.2013.01.005
FEBS Open Bio, Vol. 3, issue 1 (Jan. 2013) , p. 89-100  
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7 p, 1.4 MB The Zn- or Cu-thionein character of a metallothionein determines its metal load when synthesized in physiological (metal-unsupplemented) conditions / Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Atrian i Ventura, Sílvia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica)
The present work comprises the recombinant synthesis of four metallothioneins (MTs) in metal-unsupplemented cultures and the characterization of the recovered metal complexes by means of analytical and spectrometric techniques. [...]
2010 - 10.1155/2010/541829
Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, Vol. 2010 (2010) , art. 541829  
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2 p, 547.0 KB Metal·lotioneïnes : la clau per sobreviure en un entorn hostil / Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
Els cargols són coneguts per la seva interessant capacitat d'acumular i desintoxicar metalls pesants. Tenen la capacitat d'acumular el cadmi (element molt tòxic) de forma innòcua en ser capturat per les metal·lotioneïnes, una familía de proteïnes. [...]
Los caracoles son conocidos por su interesante capacidad de acumular y desintoxicar metales pesados. Tienen la capacidad de acumular el cadmio (elemento muy tóxico) de forma inocua al ser capturado por las metalotioneínas, una familía de proteínas. [...]
Snails are known for their interesting ability to accumulate and detoxify heavy metals. They have the ability to accumulate cadmium (a very toxic element) in a way that is innocuous when captured by metallothioneins, a family of proteins. [...]

2017
UAB divulga, Octubre 2017, p. 1-2
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16 p, 2.3 MB Analysis of metal-binding features of the wild type and two domain-truncated mutant variants of Littorina littorea metallothionein reveals its cd-specific character / Palacios Bonilla, Òscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Jiménez Martí, Elena (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica) ; Niederwanger, Michael (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology and Center of Molecular Biosciences) ; Gil-Moreno, Selene (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Zerbe, Oliver (University of Zurich. Institute of Organic Chemistry) ; Atrian i Ventura, Sílvia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica) ; Dallinger, Reinhard (University of Innsbruck. Institute of Zoology and Center of Molecular Biosciences) ; Capdevila Vidal, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
After the resolution of the 3D structure of the Cd9-aggregate of the Littorina littorea metallothionein (MT), we report here a detailed analysis of the metal binding capabilities of the wild type MT, LlwtMT, and of two truncated mutants lacking either the N-terminal domain, Lltr2MT, or both the N-terminal domain, plus four extra flanking residues (SSVF), Lltr1MT. [...]
2017 - 10.3390/ijms18071452
International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 18 Núm. 7 (july 2017) , p. 1452  

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