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Selected publications

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  • Hedin N, Barchiesi J, Zanor MI, Permingeat HR, Gomez-Casati DF and Busi MV (2023) OsttaSBEIII expression alters granule size and increases starch levels and its degradability in Arabidopsis. Current Research in Biotechnology. En Prensa.

  • Pagani MA and Gomez-Casati DF (2023) Advances on iron retrograde signaling mechanisms and uptake regulation in photosynthetic organisms. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2665, 121-145.

  • Torresi F, Rodriguez FM, Gomez-Casati DF and Martín M. (2023) Identification and biochemical characterization of two phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. FEBS Letters 597, 585-597.

  • Velazquez MB, Busi MV, Gomez-Casati DF, Nag-Dasgupta C, Barchiesi J. (2023) Molecular insight into cellulose degradation by the phototrophic green alga Scenedesmus. Proteins. En prensa.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Barchiesi J, Busi MV (2022) Mitochondria and chloroplasts function in microalgae energy production. Peer J 10:e14576.

  • Wayllace N, Hedín N, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2022) Identification, molecular and biochemical characterization 1 of a novel thermoactive and 2 thermostable glucoamylase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Biotechnology Letters 44, 1201–1216.

  • Terenzi A, Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF and Busi MV (2022) Structural and functional characterization of CreFH1, the frataxin homolog from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plants 11, 1931.

  • Hedin N, Velazquez MB, Barchiesi J, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV (2022) CBM20CP, a novel functional protein of starch metabolism in green algae. Plant Molecular Biology 108, 363–378.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Barchiesi J, Pagani MA, Marchetti-Acosta NS, Terenzi A (2021) Fe-S Protein Synthesis in Green Algae Mitochondria. Plants 10, 200.

  • Wayllace NM, Hedín N, Busi MV, Gomez-Casati DF (2021) Characterization of SdGA, a cold-adapted glucoamylase from Saccharophagus degradans. Biotechnology Reports 30, e00625.

  • Balparda M, Armas AM, Gomez-Casati DF, Pagani MA (2021) PAP/SAL1 retrograde signaling pathway modulates iron deficiency response in alkaline soils. Plant Science 304, 110808.

  • Armas AM, Balparda M, Terenzi A, Busi MV, Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF (2020) Iron-sulfur cluster complex assembly in the mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants. 9, 1171.

  • Hedín N, Barchiesi J, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV (2020) Functional and structural characterization of a novel isoamylase from Ostreococcus tauri and role of the N-terminal domain. The Open Biotechnology Journal. 14, 1-11.

  • Carrillo JB, Torresi F, Morales LL, Ricordi M, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Martín M (2020) Identification and characterization of ChlreSEX4, a novel glucan phosphatase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii green alga. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 680, 108235.

  • Balparda M, Armas AM, Estavillo GM, Roschzttardtz H, Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF (2020) The PAP/SAL1 retrograde signaling pathway is involved in iron homeostasis. Plant Molecular Biology 102, 323-337.

  • Gomez-Casati DF and Busi MV (2019) Drugs for the treatment of mitochondrial diseases. Current Chemical Biology 13, 19-24.

  • Armas AM, Balparda M, Terenzi A, Busi MV, Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF (2019)Ferrochelatase activity of plant frataxin. Biochimie 156, 118-122.

  • Armas AM, Balparda M, Turowski VR, Busi MV, Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF (2019) Altered levels of mitochondrial NFS1 affect cellular Fe and S contents in plants. Plant Cell Reports 38, 981-990.

  • Roschzttardtz H, González-Guerrero M and Gomez-Casati DF (2019) Editorial: Metallic Micronutrient Homeostasis in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 927.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Barchiesi J, Peralta D, Hedin N and Bhadauria V (2018) Applications of Bioinformatics to Plant Biotechnology. Current Issues in Molecular Biology 27, 89-104.

  • Sánchez M, Palacios O, Buchensky C, Sabio L, Gomez-Casati DF, Pagani MA, Capdevila M, Atrian S, Dominguez-Vera JM (2018) Copper Redox Chemistry of Plant Frataxins. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 180, 135-140.

  • Carrillo JB, Gomez-Casati DF, Martin M and Busi MV (2018) Identification and analysis of OsttaDSP, a phosphoglucan phosphatase from Ostreococcus tauri. PLOS One13(1): e0191621.

  • Peralta DA, Araya A, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV (2018) Over-expression of SINAL7 increases biomass and drought tolerance, and also delays senescence in Arabidopsis. Journal of Biotechnology 283, 11-21.

  • Barchiesi J, Velazquez MB, Palopoli N, Iglesias AA, Gomez-Casati DF, Ballicora MA and Busi MV (2018) Starch Synthesis in Ostreococcus tauri: The Starch-Binding Domains of Starch Synthase III-B are Essential for Catalytic Activity. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1541.

  • Gomez Casati DF, Busi MV, Pagani MA (2018) Plant frataxin in metal metabolism. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1706.

  • Grisolia MJ, Peralta DA, Valdez HA, Barchiesi J, Gomez-Casati DF and Busi MV (2017) The targeting of starch binding domains from starch synthase III to the cell wall alters cell wall composition and properties. Plant Molecular Biology 93, 121-135.

  • Carrillo JB, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV and Martín M (2017) Development of Fast and Simple Chromogenic Methods for Glucan Phosphatases In-Gel Activity Assays. Analytical Biochemistry 517, 36-39.

  • Barchiesi J, Hedin N, Iglesias AA, Gomez-Casati DF, Ballicora MA and Busi MV (2017) Identification of a novel starch synthase III from the picoalgae Ostreococcus tauri. Biochimie 133, 37-44.

  • Hedin N, Barchiesi J, Gomez-Casati DF, Iglesias AA, Ballicora MA and Busi MV (2017) Identification and characterization of a novel starch branching enzyme from the picoalgae Ostreococcus tauri. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 618, 52-61.

  • Buchensky C, Sánchez M, Carrillo M, Palacios O, Capdevila M, Domínguez-Vera JM, Busi MV, Atrian S, Pagani MA and Gomez-Casati DF (2017) Identification of two frataxin isoforms in Zea mays: Structural and functional studies. Biochimie 140, 34-47.

  • Pariani S, Contreras M, Rossi FR, Acosta DM, Sander V, Simón F, Corigliano MG, Busi MV, Gomez-Casati DF, Pieckenstain FL, Duschak VG, Clemente M (2016) Identification and characterization of a novel Kazal-type serine proteinase of Arabidopsis thaliana.Biochimie 123, 85-94.

  • Gomez-Casati DF (2016) Metabolomics applications in Plant Biotechnology. Metabolomics: Open Access6, 1000e146.

  • Leaden L, Pagani MA, Balparda M, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2016) Altered levels of AtHSCB disrupts iron translocation from roots to shoots. Plant Molecular Biology 92, 613-628.

  • Marsa SM, Rossi FR, Valdez HA, Gomez-Casati DF and Zirulnik F (2015) Study of oxidative stress and enotoxicity by arsenic contamination in Glycine max. L. International J Plant & Soil Science 8, 1-15.

  • Bartoli C, Busi MV, Gomez Casati DF, Gonzalez DH, Welchen E, Zabaleta E (2014) Editorial: Special Issue Plant Mitochondria. Mitochondrion 19, 125.

  • Leaden L, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2014) The mitochondrial proteins AtHscB and AtIsu1 involved in Fe-S cluster assembly interact with the Hsp70-type chaperon AtHscA2 and modulate its catalytic activity. Mitochondrion 19, 375-381.

  • Peralta DA, Araya A, Nardi CF, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2013) Characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana E3 ubiquitin-ligase AtSINAL7 and identification of the ubiquitination sites. Plos ONE 8(8): e73104.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Martín M and Busi MV (2013) Polysaccharide-synthesizing glycosyltransferases and carbohydrate binding modules: the case of starch synthase III. Protein and Peptide Letters 20, 856-863.

  • Busi MV, Barchiesi J, Martín M and Gomez-Casati DF (2013) Starch metabolism in green algae. Starch/Stärke. 66, 28-40.

  • Martín M, Wayllace NZ, Valdez HA, Gomez Casati DF and Busi MV (2013) Improving the glycosyltransferase activity of Agrobacterium tumefaciens glycogen synthase by fusion of N-terminal starch binding domains (SBDs). Biochimie 95, 1865-70.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Zanor MI and Busi MV (2013) Metabolomics in plants and humans: Applications in the prevention and diagnosis of diseases. BioMed Research International ID 792527.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Clemente M, Inga A, Saraiva L and Spampinato C (2012) Editorial: Contribution of yeast and plant research for improving human health. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology ID 738436, 2p.

  • Spampinato C and Gomez-Casati DF (2012) Research on plants for the understanding of diseases of nuclear and mitochondrial origin. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology ID 836196, 12p.

  • Turowski VR, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2012) Structural and functional studies of the mitochondrial cysteine desulfurase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant 5, 1001-1010.

  • Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2012) Exploring frataxin function. IUBMB Life 64, 56-63.

  • Wayllace NZ, Valdez HA, Merás A, Ugalde RA, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2012) An enzyme-coupled continuous spectrophotometric assay for sugar nucleotide dependent glycosyltransferases. Molecular Biology Reports 39, 585-91.

  • Busi MV, Gomez-Lobato ME, Araya A and Gomez-Casati DF (2011) Mitochondrial dysfunction affects chloroplast functions. Plant Signaling and Behavior 6, 1904-1907.

  • Valdez HA, Peralta DA, Wayllace NZ, Grisolía MJ, Gomez-Casati DF and Busi MV (2011) Preferential binding of SBD from Arabidopsis thaliana SSIII to polysaccharides: study of amino acid residues involved. Starch/Stärke 63, 451-460.

  • Maliandi MV, Busi MV, Turowski VR, Leaden L, Araya AA and Gomez-Casati DF (2011) The mitochondrial protein frataxin is essential for heme biosynthesis in plants. FEBS Journal 278, 470-481.

  • Busi MV, Gomez-Lobato ME, Rius SP, Turowski VR, Casati P, Zabaleta EJ, Gomez-Casati DF and Araya AA (2011) Effect of mitochondrial dysfunction on carbon metabolism and gene expression in flower tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant 4, 127-143.

  • Piattoni CV, Rius SP, Gomez-Casati DF, Guerrero SA and Iglesias AA (2010) Heterologous expression of non-phosphorylating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from T. aestivum and A. thaliana. Biochimie 92, 909-913.

  • Wayllace NZ, Valdez HA, Ugalde RA, Busi MV and Gomez-Casati DF (2010) The starch binding capacity of the non-catalytic SBD2 region and the interaction between the N- and C-terminal domains are involved in the modulation of the activity of starch synthase III from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Journal 277, 428-440.

  • Martin ML, Rodríguez Colman MJ, Gomez-Casati DF, Lamattina L and Zabaleta E (2009) Nitric Oxide Accumulation is Required to Protect Against Iron-Mediated Oxidative Stress in Frataxin-Deficient Arabidopsis Plants. FEBS Letters 583, 542-48.

  • Rius S, Casati P, Iglesias A and Gomez-Casati DF (2008) Characterization of A. thaliana lines deficient in GAPC-1, a cytosolic NAD-dependent glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Plant Physiology 148, 1655-1667.

  • Valdez HA, Busi MV, Wayllace NZ, Parisi G, Ugalde RA and Gomez-Casati DF (2008) Role of the N-Terminal Starch-Binding Domains in the Kinetic Properties of Starch Synthase III from A. thaliana. Biochemistry 47, 3026-3032.

  • Busi MV, Palopoli N, Valdez HA, Fornasari MS, Wayllace NZ, Gomez-Casati DF, Parisi G and Ugalde R (2008). Functional and structural characterization of the catalytic domain of the starch synthase III from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proteins 70, 31-40.

  • Maliandi MV, Busi MV, Clemente M, Zabaleta EJ, Araya A and Gomez-Casati DF (2007) Expression and one-step purification of recombinant A. thaliana frataxin homolog (AtFH). Protein Expression and Purification 51, 157-161.

  • Busi MV, Maliandi MV, Valdez H, Clemente M, Zabaleta EJ, Araya A and Gomez-Casati DF (2006) Deficiency of Arabidopsis thaliana frataxin alters mitochondrial Fe-S proteins activity and induces oxidative stress. The Plant Journal 48, 873-882.

  • Rius S, Casati P, Iglesias A and Gomez-Casati DF (2006) Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant lacking a cytosolic non-phosphorylating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Plant Molecular Biology 61, 945-957.

  • Palopoli N, Busi MV, Fornasari MS, Gomez-Casati DF, Ugalde R and Parisi G (2006) Starch-synthase III family encodes a tandem of three starch-binding domains. Proteins 65, 27-31.

  • Busi MV, Gomez-Casati DF, Perales M, Araya A and Zabaleta E (2006) Nuclear-encoded mitochondrial complex I gene expression is restored to normal levels by inhibition of unedited ATP9 transgene expression in A. thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 44, 1-6.

  • Perales M, Parisi G, Fornasari MS, Colaneri A, Villarreal F, González-Schain N, Echave J, Gomez-Casati DF, Braun H-P, Araya A and Zabaleta E (2004) gCarbonic Anhydrase subunits physically interact within complex I of plant mitochondria. Plant Molecular Biology 56, 947-957.

  • Busi MV, Zabaleta E, Araya A and Gomez-Casati DF (2004) Functional and molecular characterization of the frataxin homolog from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters 576, 141-144.

  • Bejar C, Ballicora M, Gomez-Casati DF, Iglesias A and Preiss J (2004) The ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Escherichia coli comprises two tightly-bound distinct domains. FEBS Letters 573, 99-104.

  • Parisi G, Perales M, Fornasari MS, Colaneri A, Gonzalez-Schain N, Gomez-Casati DF, Zimmerman S, Brennicke A, Araya A, Echave J, Ferry J and Zabaleta E (2004) Gamma Carbonic Anhydrases in Plant Mitochondrial Complex I. Plant Molecular Biology 55, 193-207.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Aon MA, Cortassa S and Iglesias AA (2003) Ultrasensitive Behavior in the Synthesis of Storage Polysaccharides in Cyanobacteria. Planta 216, 969-975.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Gonzalez-Schain N, Mouras A, Zabaleta E and Araya A (2002) A Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induces the Expression of Nuclear-encoded Complex I Genes in Engineered Male Sterile Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters  532, 70-74.

  • Iglesias AA, Vicario LR, Gomez-Casati DF, Sesma JI, Gomez-Casati ME, Bustos DM and Podestá FE (2002) On the Interaction of Substrate´s Analogues with Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase from Celery Leaves. Plant Science 162, 689-696.

  • Gomez-Casati DF and Iglesias AA (2002) ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase from Wheat Endosperm: Purification and Characterization of an Enzyme with Novel Regulatory Properties. Planta 214, 428-434.

  • Aon MA, Gomez-Casati DF, Iglesias AA, Cortassa S (2001) Ultrasensitivity in (Supra)Molecularly Organized and Crowded Environments. Cell Biology International 25, 1091-1099.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Igarashi R, Berger C, Brandt M, Iglesias AA and Meyer C (2001) Identification of Functionally Important Amino Terminal Arginines of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase by Alanine-Scanning Mutagenesis. Biochemistry 40, 10169-10178.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Aon MA, Cortassa S and Iglesias AA (2001) Measurement of Glycogen Synthesizing Enzymes in Permeabilized Anabaena. FEMS Microbiology Letters 194, 7-11. 

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Preiss J and Iglesias AA (2000) Studies on the Effect of the Temperature on the Activity and Stability of Cyanobacterial ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 384, 319-326.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Aon MA and Iglesias AA (2000) Kinetic and Structural Analysis of the Behavior of Cyanobacterial ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Biochemical Journal 350, 139-147.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Sesma JI and Iglesias AA (2000) Structural and Kinetic Characterization of NADP-Dependent, Non-phosphorylating Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase from Celery Leaves. Plant Science 154, 107-115.

  • Aon MA, Cortassa S, Gomez-Casati DF and Iglesias AA (2000) Effects of Stress on Cellular Infraestructure and Metabolic Organization in Plant Cells. International Review of Cytology 194, 239-273.

  • Gomez-Casati DF, Aon MA and Iglesias AA (1999) Ultrasensitive Glycogen Synthesis in Cyanobacteria. FEBS Letters 446, 117-121.

 
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