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(71) A. Gonzalez; S. Benini; S. Ciurli
"Crystal structure of Rhodoferax fermentans high
potential iron-sulfur protein solved by MAD”
Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D 2003, 59,
1582-1588
(70) S. Ciurli
"Nickel Enzymes/Models (Biological and
Biomimetic)"
Encyclopedia of Catalysis (I. T. Horvàth, E.
Iglesia, M. T. Klein, J. A. Lercher, A. J. Russell, and E. I.
Stiefel, Eds); John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York, USA, 2003,
Vol. 5, pp. 582-589
(69) A. Dikiy; W. Carpentier; I. Vandenberghe; M.
Borsari; N. Safarov; E. Dikaia; J. J. Van Beeumen; S. Ciurli
"Structural basis for the molecular properties
of cytochrome c6”
Biochemistry 2002, 41, 14689-14699
(68) A. Dikiy; R. Funhoff; B. A. Averill;
S. Ciurli
“New insights into the mechanism of purple acid
phosphatase through 1H NMR spectroscopy”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13974-13975
(67) S. Ciurli; N. Safarov; S. Miletti; A. Dikiy;
S.K. Christensen; K. Kornetzky; D.A. Bryant; I. Vandenberghe; B.
Devreese; B. Samyn; H. Remaut; J. Van Beeumen
“Molecular characterization of Bacillus pasteurii UreE, a
metal-binding chaperone for the assembly of the urease active
site”
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 7, 623-631
(66) I. Bertini; L. Banci; S. Ciurli; A. Dikiy;
J. Dittmer; A. Rosato; G. Sciara; A. Thompsett
“NMR solution structure, backbone mobility and homology modeling of
c-type cytochromes from Gram-positive bacteria”
ChemBiochem 2002, 3, 299-310
(65) H. Remaut, N. Safarov; S. Ciurli; J. J. Van
Beeumen
"Structural basis for Ni transport and assembly
of the urease active site by the metallo-chaperone UreE from
Bacillus pasteurii
J. Biol. Chem. 2001, 276, 49365-49370
(64) I. Bertini; D.A. Bryant; S. Ciurli; A.
Dikiy; C. Fernàndez; C. Luchinat; N. Safarov; A. J. Vila; J.
Zhao
"Backbone dynamics of plastocyanin in both
oxidation states. Solution structure of the reduced form and
comparison with the oxidized state"
J. Biol. Chem. 2001, 276, 47217-47226
(63) S. Benini; W. R. Rypniewski; K. S. Wilson;
S. Ciurli; S. Mangani
"Structure-based rationalization of urease
inhibition by phosphate: novel insights into the enzyme
mechanism"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 6, 778-790
(62) S. Ciurli; S. Mangani
"Nickel-containing enzymes"
Handbook of Metalloproteins (I. Bertini, A.
Sigel, and H. Sigel, Eds.); Marcel Dekker, New York, USA, 2001, pp.
669-708
(61) F. Musiani; E; Arnofi; R. Casadio; S.
Ciurli
"Structure-based computational study of the
catalytic and inhibition mechanisms of urease"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 3, 300-314
(60) I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; A. Dikiy; C.
Fernàndez; C. Luchinat; N. Safarov; S. Shumilin; A. J. Vila
"The first solution structure of an oxidized
paramagnetic copper(II) protein: the case of plastocyanin from the
cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2405-2413
(59) S. Benini, A. González, W. R. Rypniewski, K.
S. Wilson, J. J. Van Beeumen, S. Ciurli
"Crystal structure of oxidized Bacillus
pasteurii cytochrome c553 at 0.97 Å resolution"
Biochemistry, 2000, 39, 13115-13126
(58) S. Benini; W. R. Rypniewski; K. S. Wilson;
S. Miletti; S. Ciurli*; S. Mangani
"The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with
acetohydroxamic acid from X-ray data at 1.55 Å resolution"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2000, 5, 110-118
(57) I. H. M. Vanderberghe; Y. Guisez; S. Ciurli;
S. Benini; J. J. Van Beeumen
"Cytochrome c553 from the alkaliphilic bacterium
Bacillus pasteurii has the primary structure characteristics of a
lipoprotein"
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 1999, 264,
380-387
(56) S. Ciurli; S. Benini, W. R.
Rypniewski; K.S. Wilson; S. Miletti; S. Mangani
"Structural properties of the nickel ions in
urease: novel insights into the catalytic and inhibition
mechanisms"
Coord. Chem. Rev. 1999, 190-192, 331-355
(55) I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; A, Dikiy; R. Gasanov;
C. Luchinat; G. Martini; N. Safarov
"High-field NMR studies of oxidized blue copper
proteins: the case of spinach plastocyanin"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 2037-2046
(54) R. Kappl; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat; J.
Hutterman
"Probing structural and electronic properties of
the oxidized [Fe4S4]3+ cluster of Ectothiorhodospira halophila
HiPIP iso-II by ENDOR spectroscopy"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1925-1935
(53) S. Benini; W. R. Rypniewski; K. S. Wilson;
S. Miletti; S. Ciurli; S. Mangani
"A new proposal for urease mechanism based on
the crystal structures of the native and inhibited enzyme from
Bacillus pasteurii: why urea hydrolysis costs two nickels"
Structure 1999, 7, 205-216
(52) P. Bonora; I. Principi; S. Ciurli; D.
Zannoni; A. Hochkoeppler
"On the role of high-potential iron-sulfur
proteins and cytochromes in the respiratory chain of two
facultative phototrophs"
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (Bioenergetics) 1999,
1410, 51-60
(51) A. Hochkoeppler; I. Principi; P. Bonora; S.
Ciurli; D. Zannoni
"On the role of soluble redox carriers
alternative to cytochrome c2 as donors to tetraheme-type reaction
centers and cytochrome oxidases"
The Phototrophic Prokaryotes
(G.A. Pescek, W. Loffelhardt, G. Schmetterer,
Eds)
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publisher, New York, USA,
1999, 293-302
(50) S. Ciurli; S. Benini; M. Borsari; A. Dikiy,
M. Lamborghini
"Modulation of Bacillus pasteurii cytochrome
c553 reduction potential by structural and solution
parameters"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 1998, 3, 371-382
(49) C. Marzadori; S. Miletti; C. Gessa; S.
Ciurli
"Immobilization of jack bean urease on
hydroxyapatite. A model for soil enzymes"
Soil Biol. Biochem. 1998, 30, 1485-1490
(48) C. Marzadori; C. Gessa; S. Ciurli
"Kinetic properties and stability of potato acid
phosphatase immobilized on Ca-polygalacturonate"
Biol. Fertil. Soil. 1998, 27, 97-103
(47) S. Benini; W.R. Rypniewski; K.S.
Wilson;. S. Ciurli; S. Mangani
"The complex of Bacillus pasteurii urease with
b-mercaptoethanol from X-ray data at 1.65 Å resolution"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 1998, 3, 268-273
(46) S. Benini; S. Ciurli; W.R. Rypniewski; K.S.
Wilson; S. Mangani
"Crystallization and preliminary high resolution
X-ray diffraction analysis of native and
b-mercaptoethanol-inhibited urease from Bacillus pasteurii"
Acta Crystallogr., Sect. D. 1998 D54,
409-412
(45) S. Benini; W.R. Rypniewski; K.S. Wilson; S.
Ciurli
"Crystallization and preliminary X-ray
diffraction analysis of cytochrome c' from Rubrivivax gelatinosus
at 1.3 Å Resolution"
Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D 1998 D54,
284-287
(44) F. Capozzi; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat
"Coordination sphere versus protein environment
as determinants of electronic and functional properties of
iron-sulfur proteins"
Struct. Bonding, 1998 90, 127-160
(43) M. A. Cremonini, O. Francioso, S.
Benini and S. Ciurli
"Quantification of Bacillus pasteurii urease
secondary structure by factor analysis of FT-IR spectra"
Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules: Modern
Trends
(P. Carmona, R. Navarro, and A, Hernanz
Eds.)
Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1997, pp.
173-175
(42) A. Hochkoeppler; S. Ciurli; P. Kofod; G.
Venturoli; D. Zannoni
"On the role of cytochrome c8 in photosynthetic
electron transfer of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodoferax
fermentans"
Photosynth. Res. 1997 53, 13-21
(41) M. Borsari; S. Benini; D. Marchesi; S.
Ciurli
"Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelettrochemistry
of cytochrome c8 from Rubrivivax gelatinosus. Implications
for its role in photosynthetic electron transfer"
Inorg. Chim. Acta 1997 263, 379-384
(40) S. Benini; S. Ciurli; W. Rypniewski; K.S.
Wilson
"Crystals of cytochrome c-553 from Bacillus
pasteurii show diffraction to 0.97 Å resolution
Proteins: Struct. Funct. Genet. 1997, 28,
580-585
(39) C. Gessa; S. Deiana; A. Premoli; S.
Ciurli
"Iron mobilization from a PGA network: a model
of iron transfer at the soil-root interface"
Plant Soil 1997, 190, 289-299
(38) G. Van Driessche; S. Ciurli; A.
Hochkoeppler; J. Van Beeumen
The primary structure of Rhodoferax fermentans
high potential iron-sulfur protein, an electron donor to the
photosynthetic reaction center"
Eur. J. Biochem. 1997, 244, 371-377
(37) A. Hochkoeppler; D. Zannoni; S. Ciurli; T.E.
Meyer; M.A. Cusanovich; G. Tollin
"Kinetics of photoinduced electron transfer from
high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) to the photosynthetic
reaction center of the purple phototroph Rhodoferax
fermentans"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1996, 93,
6998-7002
(36) S. Benini; S. Ciurli; H. Nolting; S.
Mangani
"X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of native
and phenylphosphorodiamidate-inhibited Bacillus pasteurii
urease"
Eur. J. Biochem. 1996, 239, 61-66
(35) S. Ciurli; C. Marzadori; S. Benini; S.
Deiana; C. Gessa
"Urease from the soil bacterium Bacillus
pasteurii. Immobilization on Ca-polygalacturonate"
Soil Biol. Biochem. 1996, 28, 811-817
(34) S. Benini; C. Gessa; S. Ciurli
"Bacillus pasteurii urease: a heteropolymeric
enzyme with a binuclear nickel active site"
Soil Biol. Biochem. 1996, 28, 819-821
(33) S. Ciurli; M.A. Cremonini; P. Kofod; C.
Luchinat
"1H NMR of high potential iron-sulfur protein
from the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans"
Eur. J. Biochem. 1996, 236, 405-411
(32) A. Hochkoeppler; S. Ciurli; G. Venturoli, D.
Zannoni
"The HiPIP from Rhodoferax fermentans rapidly
reduces the cytochrome c556 associated with the photochemical
reaction center"
Photosynthesis: From Light to Biosphere
(P. Mathis, Ed.)
Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands,
1995 Vol. II, pp. 733-735.
(31) P. Sequi; S. Ciurli; M. De Nobili, G.
Mecella; G. Petruzzelli; N. Senesi; S. Silva
"Il Suolo"
La Protezione dell'Ambiente in Italia
(I. Bertini, R. Cipollini, P. Tundo Eds.)
Società Chimica Italiana, Roma, 1995, pp.
265-320.
(30) F. Capozzi; S. Ciurli; C.
Luchinat
"Applications of NMR spectroscopy to
agricultural and food sciences"
La Chimica e l'Industria 1995, 4, 235-245
(29) A. Hochkoeppler; P. Kofod;. G. Ferro; S.
Ciurli
"Isolation, characterization, and functional
role of the high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) from
Rhodopherax fermentans"
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1995 322, 313-318
(28) A. Hochkoeppler; S. Ciurli; G. Venturoli; D.
Zannoni
"The high-potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP)
from Rhodoferax fermentans is competent in photosynthetic
electron transfer"
FEBS Letters, 1995, 357, 70-74
(27) S. Benini; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat
"Oxidized and reduced [Fe2Q2] (Q=S, Se) cores of
spinach ferredoxin: a comparative study using 1H NMR
spectroscopy"
Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 417-420
(26) I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat
"The electronic structure of FeS centers in
proteins and models. A contribution to the understanding of their
electron transfer properties".
Struct. Bonding, 1995, 83, 1-53
(25) L. Banci; I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; C.
Luchinat; R. Pierattelli
"Rationalization of the redox potential within
the series of the high potential iron-sulfur proteins"
Inorg. Chim. Acta 1995, 240, 251-256
(24) S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat; A. Scozzafava
"Iron-sulfur proteins: part II.
Valence-specific assignment in oxidized HiPIP through <H NMR
spectroscopy"
Properties and Chemistry of Biomolecular Systems
(N. Russo, J. Anastassopoulou, and G. Barone,
Eds)
Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1994, p. 143-157
(23) F. Capozzi; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat
"Applicazioni della spettroscopia NMR in
agricoltura"
Agricoltura e Ricerca 1993, 149, 3-22
(22) I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; A. Dikiy; C.
Luchinat
"Electronic structure of the [Fe4Se4]3+ clusters
in C. vinosum HiPIP and E. halophila HiPIP II through NMR and
EPR studies"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 12020-12028
(21) L. Banci; I. Bertini; S. Ciurli; S.
Ferretti; C. Luchinat; M. Piccioli
"The electronic structure of the [Fe4S4]3+
cluster: an investigation of the oxidized high-potential
iron-sulfur protein II from Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata"
Biochemistry 1993, 32, 9387-9397
(20) L. Banci; I. Bertini*; F. Capozzi; P.
Carloni; S. Ciurli; C. Luchinat; M. Piccioli
"The iron-sulfur cluster in the oxidized
high-potential iron protein from Ectothiorhodospira
halophila"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993 115, 3431-3440
(19) C. Luchinat; S. Ciurli
"NMR of polymetallic systems in proteins"
Biological Magnetic Resonance
(Berliner, L.J. and Reuben, J. Eds.)
Plenum Press, New York, 1993, p. 357-420
(18) C. Luchinat; S. Ciurli; F. Capozzi
"Towards an understanding of the electronic
structure of Fe4S4 high-potential iron-sulfur proteins"
Perspectives in Coordination Chemistry
(A. F. Williams, C. Floriani, and A.E. Merbach
Eds.)
VCH, Basel, 1992, pp. 245-270
(17) I. Bertini; F. Capozzi; S. Ciurli; C.
Luchinat; L. Messori; M. Piccioli
"Identification of the iron ions of HiPIP from
Chromatium vinosum within the protein frame through two-dimensional
NMR experiments"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 3332-3340
(16) G. O. Tan; S. A. Ensign; S. Ciurli; M. J.
Scott; B. Hedman; R. H. Holm; P. W. Ludden; Z. R. Korszun; P. J.
Stephens; K. O. Hodgson
"On the structure of the nickel-iron-sulfur
center of the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum
rubrum: an X-ray absorption spectroscopic study"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1992, 89,
4427-4431
(15) S. Ciurli; P. K. Ross; M. J. Scott; S.-B.
Yu; R. H. Holm
"Synthetic nickel-containing heterometal
cubane-type clusters with NiFe3Q4 Cores (Q=S,Se)"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 5415-5423
(14) S. Ciurli; R. H. Holm
"Heterometal cubane-type
clusters: a ReFe3S4 single cubane cluster by cleavage of an
iron-bridged double cubane and the site-voided cubane [Fe3S4] as a
cluster-ligand"
Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30,
743-750
(13) S. Ciurli
"Synthesis
and properties of subsite-differentiated cubane clusters
MFe3S4"
Ph.D.
Thesis, Harvard University, 1990
(12) R. H. Holm; S. Ciurli; J. A.
Weigel
"Subsite-specific structures and reactions in native and synthetic
[4Fe-4S] cubane-type clusters"
Progr.
Inorg. Chem. 1990, 38, 1-73
(11) S. Ciurli; S.-B. Yu; R. H. Holm; K. K. P.
Srivastava; E. Munck
"Synthetic NiFe3Q4
cubane-type clusters (S=3/2) by reductive rearrangement of linear
[Fe3Q4(SEt)4]3- (Q=S, Se)"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112,
8169-8171
(10) S. Ciurli; M. Carrié; R. H. Holm*
"Clusters
containing the [ReFe3(mu-S)4] core: an expansion of the heterometal
cubane-type cluster series MFe3S4"
Inorg. Chem.
1990, 29, 3493-3501
(9) S. Ciurli; M. Carrié; J. A. Weigel; M. J.
Carney; T. D. P. Stack; G. C. Papaefthymiou; R. H. Holm
"Subsite-differentiated
analogues of native [4Fe-4S]2+ clusters: preparation of clusters
with five- and six-coordinate subsites and modulation of redox
potentials and charge distribution"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112,
2654-2664
(8) S. Ciurli; M. J. Carney; R. H. Holm; G. C.
Papaefthymiou
"Stability range of
heterometal cubane-type clusters MFe3S4: assembly of double-cubane
clusters with the ReFe3S4 Core"
Inorg. Chem. 1989, 28,
2696-2698
(7) S. Ciurli; R. H. Holm
"Insertion of [VFe3S4]2+ and
[MoFe3S4]3+ cores into a semirigid trithiolate cavitand ligand:
regiospecific reactions at a vanadium site similar to that of
nitrogenase"
Inorg. Chem. 1989, 28,
1685-1690
(6) F. Corazza; C. Floriani; A. Chiesi-Villa; C.
Guastini; S. Ciurli
"Five coordinated magnesium
complexes: synthesis and structure of quadridentate schiff-base
derivatives"
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
1988, 2341-2345
(5) C. Floriani; M. Mazzanti; S. Ciurli; A.
Chiesi-Villa; C. Guastini
"cis and trans
dichloro chelate complexes of niobium(IV): synthesis and structure
of trans-dichloro- [N,N'-ethylenebis-(acetylacetonylidene-iminato)
(2-)]niobium(IV) and
cis-dichloro-[7,6-dihydro-6,8,15,17-tetramethyldibenzo[b,i][1,4,8,11]tetraazacyclotetradecinato(2-)]
niobium(IV)-acetonitrile(1/2)"
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
1988, 1361-1365
(4) S. Ciurli; E. M. Meyer; C. Floriani; A.
Chiesi-Villa; C. Guastini
"Ion pair complexes from the
reduction of metal(II) dibenzotetramethyl-tetraaza[14]annulene
complexes"
Chem. Commun. 1987,
281-283
(3) C. Floriani; S. Ciurli; A. Chiesi-Villa; C.
Guastini
"A new class of
organozirconium(IV) compounds: alkyl derivatives of
tetramethyltetraazadibenzo[14]-annuleneato-zirconium(IV)"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.
1987, 26, 70-72
(2) S. Ciurli; C. Floriani; A. Chiesi-Villa; C.
Guastini
"sigma and pi organometallic
derivatives of titanium(III) and vanadium(III) bonded to the
dibenzotetramethyltetraaza[14]annulene Ligand"
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.
1986, 1401-1403
(1) S. Ciurli; S. Gambarotta; C. Floriani; A.
Chiesi-Villa; C. Guastini
"Reduced
cobalt-meso-tetraphenylporphyrin complexes: synthesis and structure
of [Na(thf)3]2[Co(TPP)]"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.
1986, 25, 553-554
