Research Articles

Rodríguez-Méndez, E.E.; Ríos, A.; Trujano-Ortiz, L.G.; Villegas, A.; Castañeda-Hernández, G.; Fernández, C.O.; González, F.J.; Quintanar, L. “Comparing the copper binding features of alpha and beta synucleins” J. Inorg. Biochem. 2022, 229, 111715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111715

Cruz-Jiménez, A.E.; Quintanar, L.; Luján-Montelongo, J.A. “An overview of antivirals for treating lower respiratory tract infections” J. Mex. Chem. Soc. 2022, 66, 130-153.  http://dx.doi.org/10.29356/jmcs.v66i1.1657

Sánchez-López, C.; Quintanar, L. “β-cleavage of the human prion protein impacts Cu(II) coordination at its non-octarepeat region” J. Inorg. Biochem. 2022, 228, 111686.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111686

Posadas, Y.; López-Guerrero, V.E.; Segovia, J.; Perez-Cruz, C.; Quintanar, L. “Dissecting the copper bioinorganic chemistry of the functional and pathological roles of the prion protein: Relevance in Alzheimer´s disease and cancer” Curr.Opin. Chem. Biol. 2022, 66, 102098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.102098

Rivillas-Acevedo, L.; Grande-Aztatzi, R.; Juaristi, E.; Vela, A.; Quintanar, L. “Reversible stereoisomer-specific Cotton effect of the ligand field transitions at a copper(II) binding site of the prion protein” Eur. J. Inorg Chem. 2022, in press https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100625

Nochebuena, J.; Quintanar, L.; Vela, A.; Cisneros, G. A. “Structural and electronic analysis of the octarepeat region of prion protein with four Cu2+ by polarizable MD and QM/MM simulations” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 21568.  https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03187b

Serebryany, E.; Thorn, D. C.; Quintanar, L. “Redox chemistry of lens crystallins: A system of cysteines” Exp. Eye Res. 2021, 211, 108707.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2021.108707

Posadas, Y.; Parra-Ojeda, L.; Perez-Cruz, C.; Quintanar, L. “Amyloid β perturbs Cu(II) binding to the prion protein in a site-specific manner: Insights into its potential neurotoxic mechanisms” Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 12, 8958-8972. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00846

González, N.; Arcos-López, T.; König, A.; Quintanar, L.; Menacho Márquez, M.; Outeiro, T.F.; Fernández, C.O. “Effects of alpha-synuclein post-traslational modifications on metal binding” J. Neurochem. 2019, 150, 507-521. *Top dowloaded paper 2018-2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14721

Aguayo-Ortiz, R.; González-Navejas, A.; Palomino-Vizcaino, G.; Rodriguez-Meza, O.; Costas, M.;  Quintanar, L.; Dominguez, L. “Thermodynamic stability of human γD-crystallin mutants using alchemical free-energy calculations” J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 5671-5677.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b01818