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Sofia Pauleta

Research Lab Leader

Position
Assistant Professor (since 2019)
Personal Website
Email
sofia.pauleta@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
(+351) 212948300 (ext: 10967)
Ciência Vitae

Recent publications

  • Barreiro, Daniela S.; Oliveira, Ricardo N. S.; Pauleta, Sofia R.. 2023. Biochemical Characterization of the Copper Nitrite Reductase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. BIOMOLECULES, DOI: 10.3390/biom13081215
  • Ricardo NSOliveira; Sara RMMde Aguiar; Sofia RPauleta. 2023. Coordination of the N-Terminal Heme in the Non-Classical Peroxidase from <i>Escherichia coli</i>. MOLECULES, DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124598
  • Cláudia SNóbrega; Ana Luísa Carvalho; Maria João Romão; Sofia RPauleta. 2023. Structural Characterization of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Bacterial Peroxidase—Insights into the Catalytic Cycle of Bacterial Peroxidases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076246
  • Barreiro, DS; Oliveira, RNS; Pauleta, SR. 2023. Bacterial peroxidases - Multivalent enzymes that enable the use of hydrogen peroxide for microaerobic and anaerobic proliferation. COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, 485, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215114
  • Pauleta, Sofia R.; Grazina, Raquel; Carepo, Marta S. P.; Moura, José J. G.; Moura, Isabel. 2023. Iron-sulfur clusters – functions of an ancient metal site. Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823144-9.00116-3
  • Daniela S. Barreiro and Ricardo N. S. Oliveira and Sofia R. Pauleta. 2022. Biochemical characterization of AniA from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.07.487406
  • Fievet, A; Merrouch, M; Brasseur, G; Eve, D; Biondi, EG; Valette, O; Pauleta, SR; Dolla, A; Dermoun, Z; Burlat, B; Aubert, C. 2021. OrpR is a sigma(54)-dependent activator using an iron-sulfur cluster for redox sensing in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14705
  • Carreira, C; Nunes, RF; Mestre, O; Moura, I; Pauleta, SR. 2020. The effect of pH on Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus denitrification pathway and nitrous oxide reductase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, DOI: 10.1007/s00775-020-01812-0
  • André G.Favinha, Daniela S.Barreiro, Joana N.Martins, PhilipO'Toole, Sofia R.Pauleta. 2020. Acrylamide-hemoglobin adduct: A spectroscopic study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, 241, DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118644
  • Carreira, C; dos Santos, MMC; Pauleta, SR; Moura, I. 2020. Proton-coupled electron transfer mechanisms of the copper centres of nitrous oxide reductase from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus – An electrochemical study. BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY, 133, DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2020.107483
  • Pardoux, R; Fievet, A; Carreira, C; Brochier-Armanet, C; Valette, O; Dermoun, Z; Py, B; Dolla, A; Pauleta, SR; Aubert, C. 2019. The bacterial Mrp(ORP) is a novel Mrp/NBP35 protein involved in iron-sulfur biogenesis. Scientific Reports, 9, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37021-8

Main research interests

  • Reactive oxygen species; Metalloenzymes; Bacterial Peroxidase; Copper Stress; Denitrification; Structural Biology - NMR