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  1. DsrMKJOP is the terminal reductase complex in anaerobic sulfate respiration

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  2. The DsrD functional marker protein is an allosteric activator of the DsrAB dissimilatory sulfite reductase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  3. A continuous system for biocatalytic hydrogenation of CO 2 to formate

    Article • Bioresource Technology, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  4. The direct role of selenocysteine in [NiFeSe] hydrogenase maturation and catalysis

    Article • Nature Methods, March 2017, Nature

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  5. Biogenic platinum and palladium nanoparticles as new catalysts for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds

    Article • Water Research, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  6. Bioremoval of priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a microbial community with high sorption ability

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  7. Fractionation of sulfur and hydrogen isotopes inDesulfovibrio vulgariswith perturbed DsrC expression

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  8. Electron Accepting Units of the Diheme CytochromecTsdA, a Bifunctional Thiosulfate Dehydrogenase/Tetrathionate Reductase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Jose A Brito

  9. In Situ Determination of Photobioproduction of H2 by In2S3-[NiFeSe] Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Using Only Visible Light

    Article • ACS Catalysis, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  10. Electron transfer pathways of formate-driven H2 production in Desulfovibrio

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  11. Electron transfer between the QmoABC membrane complex and adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate reductase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  12. H2-Fueled ATP Synthesis on an Electrode: Mimicking Cellular Respiration

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  13. Sulfur Isotope Effects of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  14. A protein trisulfide couples dissimilatory sulfate reduction to energy conservation

    Article • Science, December 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  15. Desulfovibrio vulgaris Growth Coupled to Formate-Driven H 2 Production

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  16. Corrigendum: Induction of a Proton Gradient across a Gold-Supported Biomimetic Membrane by Electroenzymatic H2Oxidation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  17. Thiosulfate Dehydrogenase (TsdA) from Allochromatium vinosum

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2015, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Jose A Brito

  18. The FlxABCD-HdrABC proteins correspond to a novel NADH dehydrogenase/heterodisulfide reductase widespread in anaerobic bacteria and involved in ethanol metabolism inDesulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  19. Induction of a Proton Gradient across a Gold-Supported Biomimetic Membrane by Electroenzymatic H2Oxidation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  20. Oxidative inactivation of NiFeSe hydrogenase

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Christophe Léger

  21. A Post-Genomic View of the Ecophysiology, Catabolism and Biotechnological Relevance of Sulphate-Reducing Prokaryotes

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  22. The “bacterial heterodisulfide” DsrC is a key protein in dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Christiane Dahl

  23. Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae strain GrollT a highly versatile Gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacterium

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  24. Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  25. An Enzymatic Route to H2 Storage

    Article • Science, December 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  26. Redox states of Desulfovibrio vulgaris DsrC, a key protein in dissimilatory sulfite reduction

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  27. Orientation and Function of a Membrane-Bound Enzyme Monitored by Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  28. Sulfate-reducing bacteria as new microorganisms for biological hydrogen production

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  29. Roles of HynAB and Ech, the Only Two Hydrogenases Found in the Model Sulfate Reducer Desulfovibrio gigas

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Claudina Rodrigues-Pousada, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  30. Redox state-dependent changes in the crystal structure of [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  31. Early bioenergetic evolution

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  32. Function of formate dehydrogenases in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough energy metabolism

    Article • Microbiology, May 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  33. Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii strain 17T reveals a physiological similarity with Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum strain SIT.

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Gerard Muyzer, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  34. Influence of the protein structure surrounding the active site on the catalytic activity of [NiFeSe] hydrogenases

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  35. Unifying concepts in anaerobic respiration: Insights from dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  36. Complete genome sequence of the sulfate-reducing firmicute Desulfotomaculum ruminis type strain (DLT)

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Gerard Muyzer, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  37. Cytoplasmic Sulfurtransferases in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum: Evidence for Sulfur Transfer from DsrEFH to DsrC

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2012, PLOS

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  38. Thiosulfate dehydrogenase: a widespread unusual acidophilic c‐type cytochrome

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  39. Redox Properties of Lysine- and Methionine-Coordinated Hemes Ensure Downhill Electron Transfer in NrfH 2 A 4 Nitrite Reductase

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  40. Electron transfer between periplasmic formate dehydrogenase and cytochromes c in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  41. The membrane QmoABC complex interacts directly with the dissimilatory adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate reductase in sulfate reducing bacteria

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  42. The genome sequence of Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans AK-01: a blueprint for anaerobic alkane oxidation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  43. EPR characterization of the new Qrc complex from sulfate reducing bacteria and its ability to form a supercomplex with hydrogenase and TpIc 3

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  44. Oriented Immobilization of a Membrane-Bound Hydrogenase onto an Electrode for Direct Electron Transfer

    Article • Langmuir, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  45. Tungsten and Molybdenum Regulation of Formate Dehydrogenase Expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  46. Nickel–Iron–Selenium Hydrogenases – An Overview

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  47. Structural Insights into Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductases: Structure of Desulforubidin from Desulfomicrobium Norvegicum

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2011, Frontiers

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  48. A Comparative Genomic Analysis of Energy Metabolism in Sulfate Reducing Bacteria and Archaea

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2011, Frontiers

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  49. Biochemical Characterization of Individual Components of the Allochromatium vinosum DsrMKJOP Transmembrane Complex Aids Understanding of Complex Function In Vivo

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira, Dr Christiane Dahl

  50. DsrJ, an Essential Part of the DsrMKJOP Transmembrane Complex in the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, Is an Unusual Triheme Cytochrome c

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  51. Interaction of the active site of the Ni–Fe–Se hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough with carbon monoxide and oxygen inhibitors

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  52. The Qrc Membrane Complex, Related to the Alternative Complex III, Is a Menaquinone Reductase Involved in Sulfate Respiration

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  53. Substrate Binding to a Nitrite Reductase Induces a Spin Transition

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, April 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Daniel Murgida, Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  54. Enzymatic Anodes for Hydrogen Fuel Cells based on Covalent Attachment of Ni-Fe Hydrogenases and Direct Electron Transfer to SAM-Modified Gold Electrodes

    Article • Electroanalysis, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  55. The Three-Dimensional Structure of [NiFeSe] Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: A Hydrogenase without a Bridging Ligand in the Active Site in Its Oxidised, “as-Isolated” State

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  56. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the [NiFeSe] hydrogenase fromDesulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  57. A genomic island of the sulfate-reducing bacteriumDesulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough promotes survival under stress conditions while decreasing the efficiency of anaerobic growth

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  58. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a dissimilatory DsrAB sulfite reductase in complex with DsrC

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  59. The Crystal Structure of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase Bound to DsrC Provides Novel Insights into the Mechanism of Sulfate Respiration

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  60. FTIR spectroelectrochemical characterization of the Ni–Fe–Se hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  61. Quinol Oxidation by c-Type Cytochromes: Structural Characterization of the Menaquinol Binding Site of NrfHA

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  62. Hydrogen as an energy source for the human pathogen Bilophila wadsworthia

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  63. Transcriptional response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough to oxidative stress mimicking environmental conditions

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  64. Energy metabolism in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: insights from transcriptome analysis

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  65. The [NiFeSe] hydrogenase fromDesulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough is a bacterial lipoprotein lacking a typical lipoprotein signal peptide

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  66. X-ray structure of the membrane-bound cytochrome c quinol dehydrogenase NrfH reveals novel haem coordination

    Article • The EMBO Journal, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  67. Spectroelectrochemistry of Type II Cytochrome c 3 on a Glycosylated Self-Assembled Monolayer

    Article • Langmuir, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  68. The Tmc Complex from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Is Involved in Transmembrane Electron Transfer from Periplasmic Hydrogen Oxidation †

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  69. Crystallization and preliminary structure determination of the membrane-bound complex cytochromecnitrite reductase fromDesulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  70. Selenium Is Involved in Regulation of Periplasmic Hydrogenase Gene Expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  71. Characterization of the Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 DsrMKJOP ComplexA Membrane-Bound Redox Complex Involved in the Sulfate Respiratory Pathway

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  72. Resonance Raman fingerprinting of multiheme cytochromes from the cytochrome c 3 family

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  73. Sulphate respiration from hydrogen in bacteria: a structural biology overview

    Article • Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  74. Hydrogenases in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: structural and physiologic characterisation of the membrane-bound [NiFeSe] hydrogenase

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  75. A novel membrane-bound respiratory complex from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  76. A novel membrane-bound Ech [NiFe] hydrogenase in Desulfovibrio gigas

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  77. Sulfate Respiration in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: STRUCTURE OF THE 16-HEME CYTOCHROME c HmcA AT 2.5-A RESOLUTION AND A VIEW OF ITS ROLE IN TRANSMEMBRANE ELECTRON TRANSFER

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  78. Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, July 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  79. Sulfate-reducing bacteria in human feces and their association with inflammatory bowel diseases

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, May 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  80. Characterization of a heme c nitrite reductase from a non-ammonifying microorganism, Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  81. The primary and three-dimensional structures of a nine-haem cytochrome c from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 reveal a new member of the Hmc family

    Article • Structure, February 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  82. The enzymatic synthesis of isotopically labelled penicillin Ns with isopenicillin N synthase

    Article • Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, December 1998, Wiley

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  83. Electron transfer between hydrogenases and mono- and multiheme cytochromes in Desulfovibrio ssp

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, October 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  84. Characterization of the [NiFe] Hydrogenase from the Sulfate ReducerDesulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  85. The membrane-bound high-molecular-mass cytochromes c from Desulfovibrio gigas and Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough; EPR and Mössbauer studies

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, February 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  86. Nitrite Reductase fromDesulfovibrio desulfuricans(ATCC 27774)— A Heterooligomer Heme Protein with Sulfite Reductase Activity

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  87. Substrate specificity of recombinant Streptomyces clavuligerus deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase.

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, July 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  88. Incorporation of 18O-labelled water into oxygenated products produced by the enzyme deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase

    Article • Tetrahedron, August 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  89. Evidence for epoxidase activity in deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  90. Water exchange of intermediates in a non-haem iron, α-ketoglutarate dioxygenase, deacetoxy-/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  91. Substrate specificity of soluble recombinant deacetoxycephalosporin C/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, July 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  92. Epoxide formation in the enzymic conversion of [4-2H]exomethylene cephalosporin C by deacetoxy-/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1992, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira

  93. Biochemical, genetic and genomic characterization of anaerobic electron transport pathways in sulphate-reducing Delta proteobacteria

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Inês A. C. Pereira