Interested

• ions
• metal ions
• coordination
• inorganic chemistry
• metal coordination
• inorganic nuclear chemistry
• peptide
• biochemistry molecular biology
• binding affinity
• structure

Scientific discipline

• chemical sciences

Latest publications

• Semenogelins Armed in Zn(II) and Cu(II): May Bioinorganic Chemistry Help Nature to Cope with Enterococcus faecalis?
• Poly-Gly Region Regulates the Accessibility of Metal Binding Sites in Snake Venom Peptides
• Metal complexes of two specific regions of ZnuA, a periplasmic zinc(II) transporter from Escherichia coli.
• Copper(II)-induced restructuring of ZnuD, a Zinc(II) transporter from Neisseria meningitidis. 
• Zinc binding sites conserved in short neuropeptides containing a diphenylalanine motif.
• Metal specificity of the Ni(II) and Zn(II) binding sites of the N-terminal and G-domain of E. coli HypB.
• Characterization of four peptides from milk fermented with kombucha cultures and their metal complexes—in search of new biotherapeutics
• Zn(II) coordination influences the secondary structure, but not antimicrobial activity of the N-terminal histatin 3 hydrolysis product
• Uncapping the N-terminus of a ubiquitous His-tag peptide enhances its Cu²⁺ binding affinity.
• How copper ions and membrane environment influence the structure of the human and chicken tandem repeats domain?
• –HH and –HAAAH motifs act as fishing nets for biologically relevant metal ions in metallopeptides
• Specific Zn(II)-binding site in the C-terminus of Aspf2, a zincophore from Aspergillus fumigatus
• Ag⁺ complexes as potential therapeutic agents in medicine and pharmacy.
• Zinc(II)—the overlooked éminence grise of chloroquine’s fight against COVID-19?
• Investigation of metal interactions with YrpE protein of Bacillus subtilis by a polyhistidine peptide model
• Structural analysis of copper(I) interaction with amyloid β peptide.
• Novel perspective on Alzheimer’s disease treatment: rosmarinic acid molecular interplay with copper(II) and amyloid β.
• The effect of a membrane-mimicking environment on the interactions of Cu²⁺with an amyloidogenic fragment of chicken prion protein.
• Poly-Xaa sequences in proteins - biological role and interactions with metal ions : chemical and medical aspects.
• Histidine tracts in human transcription factors: insight into metal ion coordination ability.