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Research Programmes

Structural & Computational Biology

Structural biology of macromolecular aggregates

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Ignasi Fita

Principal Investigator
Professor (IBMB-CSIC)

Office Tel : +34 93 403 49 49

e-mail : ignasi.fitairbbarcelona.org

Background

During the last fifteen years our research has focused on the structure-function relationships of a diversity of proteins and macromolecular complexes directly involved in pathological processes. The systems studied, with over a hundred peer-reviewed publications, range from a number of small protein kinase domains to several intact RNA viruses and in complex with their cellular receptors. To perform our activities, we use mainly X-ray crystallography, often complemented with other techniques including, in particular, mass spectrometry and high resolution cryo-electron microscopy.

Research Interests

Our general goal is first to determine the three-dimensional organization of a number of molecular systems, and second, to use these data as a framework to examine the biochemical and biological processes in which these molecular systems participate. The development of methodologies required by some of these studies has also been an objective in itself.

Research Lines

At present our main lines of research are:

Enzymes related with Oxidative Stress
a) Mono-functional Catalases,
b) Bifunctional Catalases-Peroxidases,
c) Peroxidases (in particular mammalian peroxidases) and
d) Oxygenases.

Membrane bound proteins
a) Amino-acid transporters and
b) Virulence factors (in particular in Mycoplasmas)

Energetics of protein conformations

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  • Generalitat de catalunya
  • Generalitat de catalunya. Salut
  • Universidad de Barcelona
  • Parc cientific

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Parc Científic de Barcelona
C/ Baldiri Reixac 10
08028 Barcelona - Spain
Tel: (+34)93 403 7111 | Fax: +34 93 403 7114
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