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Publications 2010

Cobessi D, Meksem A and Brillet K
Structure of the heme/hemoglobin outer membrane receptor ShuA from Shigella dysenteriae : Heme binding by an induced fit mechanism.
Proteins (2010) 78(2) : 286-294

Das A, Mahale S, Prashar V, Bihani S, Ferrer JL and Hosur MV
X-ray snapshot of HIV-1 protease in action : observation of tetrahedral intermediate and short ionic hydrogen bond SIHB with catalytic aspartate.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132(18) : 6366-6373

Faro AR, Adam V, Carpentier P, Darnault C, Bourgeois D and de Rosny E
Low-temperature switching by photoinduced protonation in photochromic fluorescent proteins.
Photochemistry and Photobiology Science (2010) 9(2) : 254-262

Gaboriaud C, Garlatti V, Chouquet A, Lunardi T, Païdassi H, Thielens NM and Arlaud GJ
C1q binds deoxyribose and heparan sulfate through neighboring sites of its recognition domain : Implications for the control of C1 activation upon recognition of non-immune targets.
Molecular Immunology (2010) 47(13) : 2255-2256

Garlatti V, Martin L, Lacroix M, Gout E, Arlaud G, Thielens N and Gaboriaud C
Structural insights into the recognition properties of human ficolins.
Journal of Innate Immunity (2010) 2 : 17-23

Gout E, Garlatti V, Smith DF, Lacroix M, Dumestre-Pérard C, Lunardi T, Martin L, Cesbron JY, Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C and Thielens NM
Carbohydrate recognition properties of huma ficolins : Glycan array screening revealms the sialic acid binding specificity of M-ficolin.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010) 285(9) : 6612-6622

Labar G, Bauvois C, Borel F, Ferrer JL, Wouters J and Lambert DM
Crystal structure of the human monoacylglycerol lipase, a key actor in endocannabinoid signaling.
Chembiochem (2010) 11(2) : 218-227

Liebgott PP, Leroux F, Burlat B, Dementin S, Baffert C, Lautier T, Fourmond V, Ceccaldi P, Cavazza C, Meynial-Salles I, Soucaille P, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Guigliarelli B, Bertrand P, Rousset M and Leger C
Relating diffusion along the substrate tunnel and oxygen sensitivity in hydrogenase.
Nature Chemical Biology (2010) 6(1) : 63-70

Robin A, Cobessi D, Curien G, Robert-Genthon M, Ferrer J-L and Dumas R
A new mode of dimerization of allosteric enzymes with ACT domains revealed by the crystal structure of the aspartate kinase from Cyanobacteria.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2010) 399(2) : 283-293

Schauer K, Muller C, Carriere M, Labigne A, Cavazza C and De Reuse H
The Helicobacter pylori GroES co-chaperonine HspA functions as a specialized nickel-chaperone and sequestration protein through its unique C-terminal extension.
Journal of Bacteriology (2010) 192(5) : 1231-7

Zhao N, Guan J, Ferrer J-L, Engle N, Chern M, Ronald P, Tschaplinski TJ and Chen F
Biosynthesis and emission of insect-induced methyl salicylate and methyl benzoate from rice.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2010) 48(4) : 279-287

Publications 2009

Adam V, Carpentier P, Violot S, Lelimousin M, Darnault C, Nienhaus GU and Bourgeois D
Structural basis of X-ray-induced transient photobleaching in a photoactivatable green fluorescent protein.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(50) : 18063-18065

Adam V, Nienhaus K, Bourgeois D and Nienhaus GU
Structural basis of enhanced photoconversion yield in green fluorescent protein-like protein Dendra2.
Biochemistry (2009) 48(22) : 4905-4915

Bally I, Rossi V, Lunardi T, Thielens NM, Gaboriaud C and Arlaud GJ
Identification of the C1q-binding Sites of Human C1r and C1s : a refined three-dimensional model of the C1 complex of complement.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2009) 284(29) : 19340-19348

Barros T, Royant A, Standfuss J, Dreuw A and Kuhlbrandt W
Crystal structure of plant light-harvesting complex shows the active, energy-transmitting state.
Embo Journal (2009) 28 : 298-306

Baurin S, Vercheval L, Bouillenne F, Falzone C, Brans A, Jacquamet L, Ferrer JL, Sauvage E, Dehareng D, Frere JM, Charlier P, Galleni M and Kerff F
Critical role of tryptophan 154 for the activity and stability of class D beta-lactamases.
Biochemistry (2009) 48(47) : 11252-11263

Bihani S C, Das A, Prashar V, Ferrer J L and Hosur M V
Resistance mechanism revealed by crystal structures of unliganded nelfinavir-resistant HIV-1 protease non-active site mutants N88D and N88S.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication (2009) 389(2) : 295-300

Bihani S, Das A, Prashar V, Ferrer JL and Hosur MV
X-ray structure of HIV-1 protease in situ product complex.
Proteins (2009) 74(3) : 594-602

Borel F, de Groot A, Juillan-Binard C, de Rosny E, Laudet V, Pebay-Peyroula E, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Ferrer JL
Crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of the retinoid X receptor from the ascidian polyandrocarpa misakiensis.
Proteins (2009) 74(2) : 538-542

Bourgeois D, Katona G, de Rosny E and Carpentier P
Raman-assisted X-ray crystallography for the analysis of biomolecules.
Methods in Molecular Biology (2009) 544 : 253-267

Bourgeois D and Weik M
Kinetic protein crystallography : a tool to watch proteins in action.
Crystallography Review (2009) 15(2) : 87-118

Brillet K, Meksem A, Lauber E, Reimmann C and Cobessi D
Use of an in-house approach to study the three-dimensional structures of various outer membrane proteins : structure of the alcaligin outer membrane transporter FauA from Bordetella pertussis.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2009) 65(Pt 4) : 326-331

Carletti E, Aurbek N, Gillon E, Loiodice M, Nicolet Y, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Masson P, Thiermann H, Nachon F and Worek F
Structure-activity analysis of aging and reactivation of human butyrylcholinesterase inhibited by analogues of tabun.
Biochemical Journal (2009) 421(1) : 97-106

Carpentier P, Violot S, Blanchoin L and Bourgeois D
Structural basis for the phototoxicity of the fluorescent protein KillerRed.
FEBS Letters (2009) 583(17) : 2839-2842

Dementin S, Leroux F, Cournac L, de Lacey AL, Volbeda A, Leger C, Burlat B, Martinez N, Champ S, Martin L, Sanganas O, Haumann M, Fernandez VM, Guigliarelli B, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Rousset M
Introduction of methionines in the gas channel makes [NiFe] hydrogenase aero-tolerant.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(29) : 10156-10164

Dhouib K, Khan Malek C, Pfleging W, Gauthier-Manuel B, Duffait R, Thuillier G, Ferrigno R, Jacquamet L, Ohana J, Ferrer JL, Theobald-Dietrich A, Giege R, Lorber B and Sauter C
Microfluidic chips for the crystallization of biomacromolecules by counter-diffusion and on-chip crystal X-ray analysis.
Lab on Chip (2009) 9(10) : 1412-1421

Durin G, Delaunay A, Darnault C, Heyes DJ, Royant A, Vernede X, Hunter CN, Weik M and Bourgeois D
Simultaneous measurements of solvent dynamics and functional kinetics in a light-activated enzyme.
Biophysical Journal (2009) 96(5) : 1902-1910

Emamzadah S, Petty TJ, De Almeida V, Nishimura T, Joly J, Ferrer JL and Halazonetis TD
Cyclic olefin homopolymer-based microfluidics for protein crystallization and in situ X-ray diffraction.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2009) 65(Pt 9) : 913-920

Fontecilla Camps JC
Structure and Function of [NiFe]-hydrogenases.
Metal Ions in Life Sciences (2009) 6 : 151-178

Fontecilla-Camps JC, Amara P, Cavazza C, Nicolet Y and Volbeda A
Structure-function relationships of anaerobic gas-processing metalloenzymes.
Nature (2009) 460(7257) : 814-822

Goldet G, Brandmayr C, Stripp S, Happe T, Cavazza C, Fontecilla Camps JC and Armstrong FA
Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen : comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(41) : 14979–14989

Gout E, Garlatti V, Smith D, Lacroix M, Lunardi T, Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C and Thielens NM
Carbohydrate recognition properties of human ficolins : Glycan array screening provides insights into the sialic acid binding specificity of M-ficolin.
Molecular Immunology (2009) 46(14) : 2819-2819

Gras S, Saulquin X, Reiser J-B, Debeaupuis E, Echasserieau K, Kissenpfennig A, Legoux F, Chouquet A, Le Gorrec M, Machillot P, Neveu B, Thielens N, Malissen B, Bonneville M and Housset D
Structural bases for the affinity-driven selection of a public TCR against a dominant human cytomegalovirus epitope.
Journal of Immunology (2009) 183(1) : 430-437

Holland Z, Prudent R, Reiser JB, Cochet C and Doerig C
Functional analysis of protein kinase CK2 of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Eukaryotic Cell (2009) 8(3) : 388-397

Howard-Jones A R, Adam V, Cowley A, Baldwin J E and Bourgeois D
Cryophotolysis of a caged oxygen compound for use in low temperature biological studies.
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2009) 8(8) : 1150-1156

Iwema T, Picciocchi A, Traore DA, Ferrer JL, Chauvat F and Jacquamet L
Structural basis for delivery of the intact [Fe2S2] cluster by monothiol glutaredoxin.
Biochemistry (2009) 48(26) : 6041-6043

Jacquamet L, Traore DA, Ferrer JL, Proux O, Testemale D, Hazemann JL, Nazarenko E, El Ghazouani A, Caux-Thang C, Duarte V and Latour JM
Structural characterization of the active form of PerR : insights into the metal-induced activation of PerR and Fur proteins for DNA binding.
Molecular Microbiology (2009) 73(1) : 20-31

Jacquamet L, Joly J, Bertoni A, Charrault P, Pirocchi M, Vernede X, Bouis F, Borel F, Perin JP, Denis T, Rechatin JL and Ferrer JL
Upgrade of the CATS sample changer on FIP-BM30A at the ESRF : towards a commercialized standard.
Journal of synchrotron radiation (2009) 16(Pt 1) : 14-21

Kumar M, Jagtap DD, Mahale SD, Prashar V, Kumar A, Das A, Bihani SC, Ferrer JL, Hosur MV and Ramanadham M
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of human seminal plasma protein PSP94.
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2009) 65(Pt 4) : 389-391

Lafaye C, Iwema T, Carpentier P, Jullian-Binard C, Kroll JS, Collet JF and Serre L
Biochemical and structural study of the homologues of the thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase DsbA in Neisseria meningitidis.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2009) 392(4) : 952-966

Lelimousin M, Adam V, Nienhaus GU, Bourgeois D and Field MJ
Photoconversion of the fluorescent protein EosFP : A hybrid potential simulation study reveals intersystem crossings.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(46) : 16814-16823

Lelimousin M, Noirclerc-Savoye M, Lazareno-Saez C, Paetzold B, Le Vot S, Chazal R, Macheboeuf P, Field MJ, Bourgeois D and Royant A
Intrinsic dynamics in ECFP and cerulean control fluorescence quantum yield.
Biochemistry (2009) 48(42) : 10038–10046

Nicolet Y, Amara P, Mouesca JM and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Unexpected electron transfer mechanism upon AdoMet cleavage in radical SAM proteins.
Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2009) 106(35) : 14867-14871

Nilgiriwala KS, Bihani SC, Das A, Prashar V, Kumar M, Ferrer JL, Apte SK and Hosur MV
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of PhoK, an extracellular alkaline phosphatase from Sphingomonas sp. BSAR-1.
Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2009) 65(Pt 9) : 917-919

Pilet E, Nicolet Y, Mathevon C, Douki T, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Fontecave M
The role of the maturase HydG in [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site synthesis and assembly.
FEBS Letters (2009) 583(3) : 506-511

Prashar V, Bihani S, Das A, Ferrer JL and Hosur M
Catalytic water co-existing with a product peptide in the active site of HIV-1 protease revealed by X-ray structure analysis.
PLoS ONE (2009) 4(11) : e7860

Reiser JB, Legoux F, Machillot P, Debeaupuis E, Le Moullac-Vaydie B, Chouquet A, Saulquin X, Bonneville M and Housset D
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic characterization of a public CMV specific TCR in complex with its cognate antigen.
Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2009) 65(11) : 1157-1161

Reisner EF, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Armstrong FA
Catalytic electrochemistry of a [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase on TiO2 and demostration of its suitability for visible-light driven H2 production.
Chemical Communications (2009) 5 : 550-552

Reisner E, Powell DJ, Cavazza C, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Armstrong FA
Visible light-driven H(2) production by hydrogenases attached to dye-sensitized TiO(2) nanoparticles.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(51) : 18457-18466

Rousselot-Pailley P, Bochot C, Marchi-Delapierre C, Jorge-Robin A, Martin L, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Cavazza C and Menage S
The protein environment drives selectivity for sulfide oxidation by an artificial metalloenzyme.
Chembiochem (2009) 10(3) : 545-552

Schalk IJ, Lamont IL and Cobessi D
Structure-function relationships in the bifunctional ferrisiderophore FpvA receptor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Biometals (2009) 22(4) : 671-678

Shu X, Royant A, Lin MZ, Aguilera TA, Lev-Ram V, Steinbach PA and Tsien RY
Mammalian expression of infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from a bacterial phytochrome.
Science (2009) 324(5928) : 804-807

Spierings E, Gras S, Reiser JB, Mommaas B, Almekinders M, Kester MGD, Chouquet A, Le Gorrec M, Drijfhout JW, Ossendorp F, Housset D and Goulmy E
Steric hindrance and fast dissociation explain the lack of immunogenicity of the minor histocompatibility HA-1Arg null allele.
Journal of Immunology (2009) 182(8) : 4809-4816

Traore DA, El Ghazouani A, Jacquamet L, Borel F, Ferrer JL, Lascoux D, Ravanat JL, Jaquinod M, Blondin G, Caux-Thang C, Duarte V and Latour JM
Structural and functional characterization of 2-oxo-histidine in oxidized PerR protein.
Nature Chemical Biology (2009) 5(1) : 53-59

Violot S, Carpentier P, Blanchoin L and Bourgeois D
Reverse pH-dependence of chromophore protonation explains the large stokes shift of the red fluorescent protein mKeima.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(30) : 10356-10357

Volbeda A, Darnault C, Tan X, Lindahl PA and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Novel domain arrangement in the crystal structure of a truncated acetyl-CoA synthase from Moorella thermoacetica.
Biochemistry (2009) 48(33) : 7916-7926

Zhao N, Boyle B, Duval I, Ferrer JL, Lin H, Seguin A, Mackay J and Chen F
SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca) : gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis.
Tree Physiology (2009) 29(7) : 947-957

Publications 2008

Adam V, Lelimousin M, Boehme S, Desfonds G, Nienhaus K, Field MJ, Wiedenmann J, McSweeney S, Nienhaus GU and Bourgeois D
Structural characterization of IrisFP, an optical highlighter undergoing multiple photo-induced transformations.
Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2008) 105(47) : 18343-18348

Armstrong FA and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Biochemistry. A natural choice for activating hydrogen.
Science (2008) 321(5888) : 498-499

Bally I, Rossi V, Thielens N, Gaboriaud C and Arlaud G
Identification of the C1q binding sites of C1r and C1s : A refined 3D model of the C1 complex.
Molecular Immunology (2008) 45(16) : 4097-4097

Bauvois C, Jacquamet L, Huston AL, Borel F, Feller G and Ferrer JL
Crystal structure of the cold-active aminopeptidase from Colwellia psychrerythraea, a close structural homologue of the human bifunctional leukotriene A4 hydrolase.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2008) 283(34) : 23315-23325

Bourgeois D
The structural dynamics of myoglobin investigated by sub-nanosecond crystallography.
Actualité Chimique (2008) 317 : 55-59

Brunori M, Bourgeois D and Vallone B
Structural dynamics of myoglobin.
Methods in Enzymology (2008) 437 : 397-416

Carletti E, Li H, Li B, Ekstrom F, Nicolet Y, Loiodice M, Gillon E, Froment MT, Lockridge O, Schopfer LM, Masson P and Nachon F
Aging of cholinesterases phosphylated by tabun proceeds through o-dealkylation.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008) 130(47) : 16011-16020

Cavazza C, Martin L, Mondy S, Gaillard J, Ratet P and Fontecilla-Camps JC
The possible role of an [FeFe]-hydrogenase-like protein in the plant responses to changing atmospheric oxygen levels.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2008) 102(5-6) : 1359-1365

Cherrier MV, Cavazza C, Bochot C, Lemaire D and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Structural characterization of a putative endogenous metal chelator in the periplasmic nickel transporter NikA.
Biochemistry (2008) 47(38) : 9937-9943

Colletier JP, Bourgeois D, Sanson B, Fournier D, Sussman JL, Silman I and Weik M
Shoot-and-Trap : use of specific x-ray damage to study structural protein dynamics by temperature-controlled cryo-crystallography.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2008) 105(33) : 11742-11747

Curien G, Biou V, Mas-Droux C, Robert-Genthon M, Ferrer JL and Dumas R
Amino acid biosynthesis : new architectures in allosteric enzymes.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2008) 46(3) : 325-339

de Rosny E, de Groot A, Jullian-Binard C, Borel F, Suarez C, Le Pape L, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Jouve HM
DHR51, the Drosophila melanogaster homologue of the human photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor, is a thiolate heme-binding protein.
Biochemistry (2008) 47(50) : 13252-13260

Elias M, Dupuy J, Merone L, Mandrich L, Porzio E, Moniot S, Rochu D, Lecomte C, Rossi M, Masson P, Manco G and Chabriere E
Structural basis for natural lactonase and promiscuous phosphotriesterase activities.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2008) 379(5) : 1017-1028

Ferrer JL, Austin MB, Stewart Jr C and Noel JP
Structure and function of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2008) 46(3) : 356-370

Fdez Galvan I, Volbeda A, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Field MJ
A QM/MM study of proton transport pathways in a [NiFe] hydrogenase.
Proteins (2008) 73(1) : 195-203

Lafaye C, Iwena T, Ferrer JL, Kroll JS, Griat M and Serre L
Preliminary crystallographic data of the three homologues of the thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase DsbA in Neisseria meningitidis.
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Crystallography Communication (2008) 64(Pt 2) : 111-114

Leroux F, Dementin S, Burlat B, Cournac L, Volbeda A, Champ S, Martin L, Guigliarelli B, Bertrand P, Fontecilla-Camps J, Rousset M and Leger C
Experimental approaches to kinetics of gas diffusion in hydrogenase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2008) 105(32) : 11188-11193

Loisel E, Jacquamet L, Serre L, Bauvois C, Ferrer JL, Vernet T, Di Guilmi AM and Durmort C
AdcAII : A new pneumococcal Zn-binding protein homologous with ABC transporters : biochemical and structural analysis.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2008) 381(3) : 594-606

Nicolet Y, Rubach JK, Posewitz MC, Amara P, Mathevon C, Atta M, Fontecave M and Fontecilla-Camps JC
X-ray structure of the [fefe]-hydrogenase maturase hydE from thermotoga maritima.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2008) 283 : 18861-18872

Paidassi H, Tacnet-Delorme P, Garlatti V, Darnault C, Ghebrehiwet B, Gaboriaud C, Arlaud GJ and Frachet P
C1q binds phosphatidylserine and likely acts as a multiligand-bridging molecule in apoptotic cell recognition.
Journal of Immunology (2008) 180(4) : 2329-2338

Parkin A, Goldet G, Cavazza C, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Armstrong FA
The difference a Se makes ? Oxygen-Tolerant hydrogen production by the [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase from Desulfomicrobium baculatum.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008) 130(40) : 13410-13416

Tao Y, Ferrer JL, Ljung K, Pojer F, Hong F, Long JA, Li L, Moreno JE, Bowman ME, Ivans LJ, Cheng Y, Lim J, Zhao Y, Ballaré CL, Sandberg G, Noel JP and Chory J
Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants.
Cell (2008) 133(1) : 164-176

Zhao N, Ferrer JL, Ross J, Guan J, Yang Y, Pichersky E, Noel JP and Chen F
Structural, biochemical, and phylogenetic analyses suggest that indole-3-acetic acid methyltransferase is an evolutionarily ancient member of the SABATH family.
Plant Physiology (2008) 146(2) : 455-467

Publications 2007

Amara P, Fdez Galvan I, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Field MJ
The enamine intermediate may not be universal to thiamine catalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition England (2007) 46(47) : 9019-9022

Arlaud GJ, Barlow PN, Gaboriaud C, Gros P and Narayana SVL
Deciphering complement mechanisms : The contributions of structural biology.
Molecular Immunology (2007) 44(16) : 3809-3822

Boudet J, Chouquet A, Chahboune A, Giustini C, Joris B, Simorre JP and Bougault CM
1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments of YajG, an Escherichia coli protein of unknown structure and function.
Biomolecular NMR Assignments (2007) 1 : 89-91

Bourgeois D, De Rosny E and Katona G
La cristallographie cinétique : un outils pour filmer les protéines au travail.
Biofutur (2007) 280 : 48-51

Bourgeois D, Schotte F, Brunori M and Vallone B
Time-resolved methods in biophysics. 6. Time-resolved Laue crystallography as a tool to investigate photo-activated protein dynamics.
Photochemistry and Photobiology Science (2007) 6(10) : 1047-1056

Carpentier P, Royant A, Ohana J and Bourgeois D
Advances in spectroscopic methods for biological crystals. 2. Raman spectroscopy
Journal of Applied Crystallography (2007) 40(6) : 1113-1122

Chandor A, Douki T, Gasparutto D, Gambarelli S, Sanakis Y, Nicolet Y, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S, Atta M and Fontecave M
Characterization of the DNA repair spore photoproduct lyase enzyme from Clostridium acetobutylicum : A radical-SAM enzyme.
Comptes Rendus Chimie (2007) 10(8) : 756-765

Colletier JP, Royant A, Sprecht A, Sanson B, Nachon F, Masson P, Zaccai G, Sussman JL, Goeldner M, Silman I, Bourgeois D and Weik M
Use of caged analogue to study the traffic of choline within acetylcholinesterase by kinetic crystallography.
Acta Crystallographica D (2007) 63 : 1115-1128

Elias M, Dupuy J, Merone L, Lecomte C, Rossi M, Masson P, Manco G and Chabriere E
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the hyperthermophilic Sulfolobus solfataricus phosphotriesterase.
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2007) 63(Pt 7) : 553-555

Fieulaine S, Lunn JE and Ferrer JL
Crystal structure of a cyanobacterial sucrose-phosphatase in complex with glucose-containing disaccharides.
Proteins (2007) 68(3) : 796-801

Fontecilla-Camps JC, Volbeda A, Cavazza C and Nicolet Y
Structure/function relationships of [NiFe]- and [FeFe]-hydrogenases.
Chemical Review (2007) 107(10) : 4273-4303

Gaboriaud C, Teillet F, Gregory LA, Thielens NM and Arlaud GJ
Assembly of C1 and the MBL- and ficolin-MASP complexes : Structural insights.
Immunobiology (2007) 212(4-5) : 279-288

Garlatti V, Belloy N, Martin L, Lacroix M, Matsushita M, Endo Y, Fujita T, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Arlaud GJ, Thielens NM and Gaboriaud C
Structural insights into the innate immune recognition specificities of L- and H-ficolins.
Embo Journal (2007) 26(2) : 623-633

Garlatti V, Belloy N, Martin L, Lacroix M, Matsushita M, Fujita T, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Arlaud GJ, Thielens NM and Gaboriaud C
The crystal structures of the binding domains of L- and H-ficolins provide insight into their recognition versatility.
Molecular Immunology (2007) 44(1-3) : 175-751

Garlatti V, Martin L, Gout E, Reiser JB, Fujita T, Arlaud GJ, Thielens NM and Gaboriaud C
Innate immune sensing : Ligand recognition by M-ficolin is subject to a pH-dependent conformational switch.
Molecular Immunology (2007) 44(16) : 3928-3929

Garlatti V, Martin L, Gout E, Reiser JB, Fujita T, Arlaud GJ, Thielens NM and Gaboriaud C
Structural basis for innate immune sensing by M-ficolin and its control by a pH-dependent conformational switch.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2007) 282(49) : 35814-35820

Gras S, Chaumont V, Fernandez B, Carpentier P, Charrier-Savournin F, Schmitt S, Pineau C, Flament D, Hecker A, Forterre P, Armengaud J and Housset D
Structural insights into a new homodimeric self-activated GTPase family.
EMBO Reports (2007) 8(6) : 569-575

Hewat EA, Durmort C, Jacquamet L, Concord E and Gulino-Debrac D
Architecture of the VE-cadherin Hexamer.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2007) 365(3) : 744-751

Katona G, Carpentier P, Niviere V, Amara P, Adam V, Ohana J, Tsanov N and Bourgeois D
Raman-assisted crystallography reveals end-on peroxide intermediates in a nonheme iron enzyme.
Science (2007) 316(5823) : 449-453

Lascoux D, Paramelle D, Subra G, Heymann M, Geourjon C, Martinez J and Forest E
Discrimination and selective enhancement of signals in the MALDI mass spectrum of a protein by combining a matrix-based label for lysine residues with a neutral matrix.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2007) 46(29) : 5594-5597

McGeehan JE, Carpentier P, Royant A, Bourgeois D and Ravelli RB
X-ray radiation-induced damage in DNA monitored by online Raman.
Journal of synchrotron radiation (2007) 14(Pt 1) : 99-108

Morales R, Berna A, Carpentier P, Contreras-Martel C, Renault F, Nicodeme M, Chesne-Seck ML, Bernier F, Dupuy J, Schaeffer C, Diemer H, Van-Dorsselaer A, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Masson P, Rochu D and Chabriere E
[Discovery and crystallographic structure of human apolipoprotein].
Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises (2007) 65(2) : 98-107

Paidassi H, Tacnet-Delorme P, Garlatti V, Darnault C, Ghebrehiwet B, Gaboriaud C, Arlaud GJ and Frachet P
C1q binds phosphatidylserine and likely acts as an early bridging molecule in apoptotic cell recognition and clearance.
Molecular Immunology (2007) 44(1-3) : 225-226

Razavet M, Artero V, Cavazza C, Oudart Y, Lebrun C, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Fontecave M
Tricarbonylmanganese(I)-lysosyme complex : A structurally characterized organometallic protein.
Chemical Communications (2007) 2007(27) : 2805-2807

Royant A, Carpentier P, Ohana J, McGeehan J, Paetzold B, Noirclerc-Savoye M, Vernéde X, Adam V and Bourgeois D
Advances in spectroscopic methods for biological crystals. 1. Fluorescence lifetime measurements
Journal of Applied Crystallography (2007) 40(6) : 1105-1112

Teillet F, Gaboriaud C, Martin L, Lacroix M, Ogbi S, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Arlaud GJ and Thielens NM
The CUB1-EGF-CUB2 interaction domain of human MBL-associated serine protease-3 : X-ray structure and binding sites for MBL and ficolins.
Molecular Immunology (2007) 44(1-3) : 249

Publications 2006

Bourgeois D, Vallone B, Arcovito A, Sciara G, Schotte F, Anfinrud PA and Brunori M Extended subnanosecond structural dynamics of myoglobin revealed by Laue crystallography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2006) 103(13) : 4924-4929

Cavazza C, Contreras-Martel C, Pieulle L, Chabriere E, Hatchikian EC and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Flexibility of thiamine diphosphate revealed by kinetic crystallographic studies of the reaction of pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase with pyruvate.
Structure (2006) 14(2) : 217-224

Contreras-Martel C, Carpentier P, Morales R, Renault F, Chesne-Seck ML, Rochu D, Masson P, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Chabriere E
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of human phosphate-binding protein.
Acta Crystallographica Section F : Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2006) 62(Pt 1) : 67-69

Das A, Prashar V, Mahale S, Serre L, Ferrer JL and Hosur MV
Crystal structure of HIV-1 protease in situ product complex and observation of a low-barrier hydrogen bond between catalytic aspartates.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2006) 103(49) : 18464-18469

de Rosny E, de Groot A, Jullian-Binard C, Gaillard J, Borel F, Pebay-Peyroula E, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Jouve HM
Drosophila Nuclear Receptor E75 Is a Thiolate Hemoprotein.
Biochemistry (2006) 45(32) : 9727-9734

Dubois L, Jacquamet L, Pecaut J and Latour JM
X-Ray photoreduction of a di(mu-oxo)(MnMnIV)-Mn-III complex occurs at temperatures as low as 20 K.
Chemical Communications (2006) (43) : 4521-4523

Dupuy J, Volbeda A, Carpentier P, Darnault C, Moulis JM and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Crystal structure of human iron regulatory protein 1 as cytosolic aconitase.
Structure (2006) 14(1) : 129-139

Ferrer JL, Dupuy J, Borel F, Jacquamet L, Noel JP and Dulic V
Structural basis for the modulation of CDK-dependent/independent activity of cyclin D1.
Cell Cycle (2006) 5(23) : 2760-2768

Fodor K, Harmat V, Neutze R, Szilagyi L, Graf L and Katona G
Enzyme:Substrate Hydrogen Bond Shortening during the Acylation Phase of Serine Protease Catalysis.
Biochemistry (2006) 45(7) : 2114-2121

Legrand P, Dumas R, Seux M, Rippert P, Ravelli R, Ferrer JL and Matringe M
Biochemical characterization and crystal structure of Synechocystis arogenate dehydrogenase provide insights into catalytic reaction.
Structure (2006) 14(4) : 767-776

Mas-Droux C, Curien G, Robert-Genthon M, Laurencin M, Ferrer JL and Dumas R
A Novel Organization of ACT Domains in Allosteric Enzymes Revealed by the Crystal Structure of Arabidopsis Aspartate Kinase.
Plant Cell (2006) 18(7) : 1681-1692

Morales R, Berna A, Carpentier P, Contreras-Martel C, Renault F, Nicodeme M, Chesne-Seck ML, Bernier F, Dupuy J, Schaeffer C, Diemer H, Van-Dorsselaer A, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Masson P, Rochu D and Chabriere E
Serendipitous discovery and x-ray structure of a human phosphate binding apolipoprotein.
Structure (2006) 14(3) : 601-609

Parkin A, Cavazza C, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Armstrong FA
Electrochemical investigations of the interconversions between catalytic and inhibited states of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006) 128(51) : 16808-16815

Pecqueur L, D’Autréaux B, Dupuy J, Nicolet Y, Jacquamet L, Brutscher B, Michaud-Soret I and Bersch B
Structural changes of Escherichia coli ferric uptake regulator during metal-dependent dimerization and activation explored by NMR and x-ray crystallography.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2006) 281(30) : 21286-21295

Pojer F, Ferrer JL, Richard SB, Bach TJ and Noel JP
Structural basis for the covalent inhibition of 3-hydrox-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase by the b-lactone containing natural product F244.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (2006) 103(31) : 11491-11496

Suarez D, Diaz N, Fontecilla-Camps J and Field MJ
A Computational Study of the Deacylation Mechanism of Human Butyrylcholinesterase.
Biochemistry (2006) 45(24) : 7529-7543

Tan X, Volbeda A, Fontecilla-Camps J and Lindahl P
Function of the tunnel in acetylcoenzyme A synthase/carbon monoxide dehydrogenase.
Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2006) 11(3) : 371-378

Traoré D, El Ghazouani A, Ilango S, Dupuy J, Jacquamet L, Ferrer JL, Caux-Thang C, Duarte V and Latour JM
Crystal structure of the apo-PerR-Zn protein from Bacills subtilis.
Molecular Microbiology (2006) 61(5) : 1211-1219

Vernede X, Lavault B, Ohana J, Nurizzo D, Joly J, Jacquamet L, Felisaz F, Cipriani F and Bourgeois D
UV laser-excited fluorescence as a tool for the visualization of protein crystals mounted in loops.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2006) 62(Pt 3) : 253-261

Volbeda A and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Catalytic nickel-iron clusters : from minerals to enzymes.
Topics in Organometallic Chemistry (2006) 17 : 57-82

Wadsten P, Wöhri AB, Snijder A, Katona G, Gardiner AT, Cogdell RJ, Neutze R and Engström S
Lipidic sponge phase crystallization of membrane proteins.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2006) 364(1) : 44-53

Walden WE, Selezneva AI, Dupuy J, Volbeda A, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Theil EC and Volz K
Structure of dual function iron regulatory protein 1 complexed with ferritin IRE-RNA.
Science (2006) 314(5807) : 1903-1908

Williams P, Coates L, Mohammed F, Gill R, Erskine P, Bourgeois D, Wood SP, Anthony C and Cooper JB
The 1.6A X-ray structure of the unusual c-type cytochrome, cytochrome cL, from the methylotrophic bacterium Methylobacterium extorquens.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2006) 357(1) : 151-162

Publications 2005

Amara P, Volbeda A, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Field MJ
A quantum chemical study of the reaction mechanism of acetyl-coenzyme a synthase
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2005) 127(8) : 2776-2784

Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C, Thielens NM, Gregory LA, Juanhuix J, Rossi V and Fontecilla-Camps JC
The classical pathway C1 complex in Structural biology of the complement system, édité par Lambris J D and Morikis D CRC Press (2005)

Bally I, Rossi V, Thielens N, Gaboriaud C and Arlaud GJ
Functional role of the linker between the complement control protein modules of complement protease C1s.
Journal of Immunology (2005) 175(7) : 4536-4542

Bourgeois D and Royant A
Advances in kinetic protein crystallography.
Current Opinion in Structural Biology (2005) 15(5) : 538-547

Bourgeois D and Weik M
New perspectives in kinetic crystallography using caged compounds. in Dynamic studies in biology : phototriggers, photoswitches and caged biomolecules édité par Goeldner M and Givens R, Wiley-vch, (2005) : 410-435

Cherrier M, Martin L, Cavazza C, Jacquamet L, Lemaire D, Gaillard J and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Crystallographic and spectroscopic evidence for high affinity binding of FeEDTA(H2O)^- to periplasmic nickel transporter NikA
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2005) 127(28) : 10075-10082

De Groot A, de Rosny E, Juillan-Binard C, Ferrer JL, Laudet V, Pierce RJ, Pebay-Peyroula E, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Borel F
Crystal structure of a novel tetrameric complex of agonist-bound ligand-binding domain of Biomphalaria glabrata retinoid X receptor.
Journal of Molecular Biology (2005) 354(4) : 841-853

Dupuy J, Darnault C, Brazzolotto X, Kuhn LC, Moulis JM, Volbeda A and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction data for the aconitase form of human iron-regulatory protein 1.
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2005) 61(Pt 5) : 482-485

Ferrer JL, Zubieta C, Dixon RA and Noel JP
Crystal structures of alfalfa caffeoyl coenzyme a 3-o-methyltransferase
Plant Physiology (2005) 137(3) : 1009-1017

Fieulaine S, Juillan-Binard C, Serero A, Dardel F, Giglione C, Meinnel T and Ferrer J-L
The crystal structure of mitochondrial (Type 1A) peptide deformylase provides clear guidelines for the design of inhibitors specific for the bacterial forms.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2005) 280(51) : 42315-42324

Fieulaine S, Lunn JE, Borel F and Ferrer JL
The structure of a cyanobacterial sucrose-phosphatase reveals the sugar tongs that release free sucrose in the cell
Plant Cell (2005) 17(7) : 2049-2058

Fioravanti E, Adam V, Munier-Lehmann H and Bourgeois D
The crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidylate kinase in complex with 3’-azidodeoxythymidine monophosphate suggests a mechanism for competitive inhibition
Biochemistry (2005) 44(1) : 130-137

Gras S, Fernandez B, Chaumont V, Carpentier P, Armengaud J and Housset D
Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the PAB0955 gene product.
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications (2005) 61(Part 2) : 208-211

Katona G, Snijder A, Gourdon P, Andreasson U, Hansson O, Andreasson LE and Neutze R
Conformational regulation of charge recombination reactions in a photosynthetic bacterial reaction center
Nat Struct Mol Biol (2005) 12(7) : 630-631

Meyer P, Liger D, Leulliot N, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Zhou CZ, Borel F, Ferrer JL, Poupon A, Janin J and van Tilbeurgh H
Crystal structure and confirmation of the alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase activity of the YFL030w yeast protein.
Biochimie (2005) 87(12) : 1041-1047

Nachon F, Nicolet Y and Masson P
[Butyrylcholinesterase : 3D structure, catalytic mechanisms].
Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises (2005) 63(3) : 194-206

Teillet F, Dublet B, Andrieu JP, Gaboriaud C, Arlaud GJ and Thielens NM
The two major oligomeric forms of human mannan-binding lectin : chemical characterization, carbohydrate-binding properties, and interaction with MBL-associated serine proteases
Journal of Immunology (2005) 174(5) : 2870-2877

Tormos JR, Wiley KL, Seravalli J, Nachon F, Masson P, Nicolet Y and Quinn DM
The reactant state for substrate-activated turnover of acetylthiocholine by butyrylcholinesterase is a tetrahedral intermediate.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2005) 127(42) : 14538-14539

Verdecia MA, Larkin RM, Ferrer JL, Riek R, Chory J and Noel JP
Structure of the Mg-chelatase cofactor GUN4 reveals a novel hand-shaped fold for porphyrin binding
PLoS Biology (2005) 3(5) : e151

Vincent KA, Parkin A, Lenz O, Albracht SP, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Cammack R, Friedrich B and Armstrong FA
Electrochemical definitions of O2 sensitivity and oxidative inactivation in hydrogenases.
J Am Chem Soc (2005) 127(51) : 18179-18189

Volbeda A and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Structure-function relationships of nickel-iron sites in hydrogenase and a comparison with the active sites of other nickel-iron enzymes.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2005) 249(15-16) : 1609-1619

Volbeda A and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Structural bases for the catalytic mechanism of Ni-containing carbon monoxide dehydrogenases.
Dalton Transactions (2005) (21) : 3443-3450

Volbeda A, Martin L, Cavazza C, Matho M, Faber BW, Roseboom W, Albracht SPJ, Garcin E, Rousset M and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Structural differences between the ready and unready oxidized states of [NiFe] hydrogenases
Journal of biological Inorganic Chemistry (2005) 10(3) : 239-249

Publications 2004

Adam V, Royant A, Niviere V, Molina-Heredia F P and Bourgeois D
Structure of Superoxide Reductase Bound to Ferrocyanide and Active Site Expansion upon X-Ray-Induced Photo-Reduction
Structure (2004) 12(9) : 1729-1740

Austin M, Bowman M, Ferrer J L, Schröder J and Noel J
An aldol switch discovered in stilbene synthases mediates cyclization specificity of type III polyketide synthases.
Chemistry and Biology (2004) 11(9) : 1179 - 94

Austin M, Izumikawa M, Bowman M, Udwary D, Ferrer J L, Moore B and Noel J
Crystal structure of a bacterial type III polyketide synthase and enzymatic control of reactive polyketide intermediates.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) 279(43) : 45162-74

De La Sierra-Gallay I L, Collinet B, Graille M, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Liger D, Minard P, Blondeau K, Henckes G, Aufrère R, Leulliot N, Zhou C, Sorel I, Ferrer J L, Poupon A, Janin J and Van Tilbeurgh H
Crystal structure of the YGR205w protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae : close structural resemblance to E. coli pantothenate kinase.
Proteins (2004) 54(4) : 776 - 83

Ferrer J L, Ravanel S, Robert M and Dumas R
Crystal structure of cobalamin-independent methionine synthase complexed with Zn, homocysteine and methyltetrahydrofolate
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) 279(43) : 44235-44238

Gaboriaud C, Thielens N M, Gregory L A, Rossi V, Fontecilla-Camps J C and Arlaud G J
Structure and activation of the C1 complex of complement : unraveling the puzzle
Trends in Immunology (2004) 25(7) : 368-373

Graille M, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Leulliot N, Zhou C-Z, de La Sierra Gallay I L, Jacquamet L, Ferrer J-L, Liger D, Poupon A, Janin J and van Tilbeurgh H
Crystal Structure of the YDR533c S. cerevisiae Protein, a Class II Member of the Hsp31 Family
Structure (2004) 12(5) : 839-847

Gregory L, Thielens N, Matsushita M, Sorensen R, Arlaud G, Fontecilla-Camps J and Gaboriaud C
The X-ray structure of human mannan-binding lectin-associated protein 19 (MAp19) and its interaction site with mannan-binding lectin and L-ficolin.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) 279(28) : 29391 - 7

Housset D and Malissen B
Response to Cohn : What determines the overall geometry of TCR-peptide-MHC interactions ?
Trends In Immunology (2004) 25(1) : 9-10

Jacquamet L, Ohana J, Joly J, Borel F, Pirocchi M, Charrault P, Bertoni A, Israel-Gouy P, Carpentier P, Kozielski F, Blot D and Ferrer J
Automated analysis of vapor diffusion crystallization drops with an x-ray beam.
Structure (Camb) (2004) 12(7) : 1219 - 1225

Jacquamet L, Ohana J, Joly J, Legrand P, Kahn R, Borel F, Pirocchi M, Charrault P, Carpentier P and Ferrer J L
A new highly integrated sample environment for protein crystallography
Acta Crystallography D Biological Crystallography (2004) 60(Pt 5) : 888-94

Kishore U, Gaboriaud C, Waters P, Shrive a K, Greenhough T J, Reid K B M, Sim R B and Arlaud G J
C1q and tumor necrosis factor superfamily : modularity and versatility
Trends in Immunology (2004) 25(10) : 551-561

Ohana J, Jacquamet L, Joly J, Bertoni A, Taunier P, Michel L, Charrault P, Pirocchi M, Carpentier P, Borel F, Kahn R and Ferrer J L
CATS : a cryogenic automated transfer system installed on the beamline FIP at ESRF.
Journal of Applied Crystallography (2004) 37 Part 1 : 72-77

Volbeda A and Fontecilla-Camps J C
Crystallographic evidence for a CO/CO(2) tunnel gating mechanism in the bifunctional carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl coenzyme A synthase from Moorella thermoacetica
Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2004) 9(5) : 525-532

Weik M, Vernede X, Royant A and Bourgeois D
Temperature-derivative fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool to study dynamical changes in protein crystals
Biophysical Journal (2004) 86 : 3176-3185

Publications 2003

Bourgeois D, Vallone B, Schotte F, Arcovito A, Miele a E, Sciara G, Wulff M, Anfinrud P and Brunori M
Complex landscape of protein structural dynamics unveiled by nanosecond Laue crystallography
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (2003) 100(15) : 8704-8709

Darnault C, Volbeda A, Kim E J, Legrand P, Vernede X, Lindahl P A and Fontecilla-Camps J C
Ni-Zn-[Fe(4)-S(4)] and Ni-Ni-[Fe(4)-S(4)] clusters in closed and open alpha subunits of acetyl-CoA synthase/carbon monoxide dehydrogenase.
Nature Structural Biology (2003) 10(4) : 271-279

Downes M, Verdecia MA, Roecker AJ, Hughes R, Hogenesch JB, Kast-Woelbern HR, Bowman ME, Ferrer J-L, Anisfeld AM, Edwards PA, Rosenfeld JM, Alvarez JGA, Noel JP, Nicolaou KC and Evans RM
A Chemical, Genetic, and Structural Analysis of the Nuclear Bile Acid Receptor FXR
Molecular Cell (2003) 11(4) : 1079-1092

Gaboriaud C, Juanhuix J, Gruez A, Lacroix M, Darnault C, Pignol D, Verger D, Fontecilla Camps J C and Arlaud G J
The crystal structure of the globular head of complement protein C1q provides a basis for its versatile recognition properties
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2003) 278(47) : 46974-82

Gregory LA, ThielensNM, Arlaud GJ, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Gaboriaud C
X-ray Structure of the Ca2+-binding Interaction Domain of C1s : INSIGHTS INTO THE ASSEMBLY OF THE C1 COMPLEX OF COMPLEMENT
The Journal Of Biological Chemistry (2003) 278(34) : 32157-32164

Housset D and Malissen B
What do TCR-pMHC crystal structures teach us about MHC restriction and alloreactivity ?
Trends In Immunology (2003) 24(8) : 429-437

Jacquamet L, Sun Y J, Hatfield J, Gu W W, Cramer S P, Crowder M W, Lorigan G A, Vincent J B and Latour J M
Characterization of chromodulin by X-ray absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies and magnetic susceptibility measurements
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2003) 125(3) : 774-780

Kort R, Ravelli R B, Schotte F, Bourgeois D, Crielaard W, Hellingwerf K J and Wulff M
Characterization of photocycle intermediates in crystalline photoactive yellow protein
Photochemistry and Photobiology (2003) 78(2) : 131-137

Loudwig S, Nicolet Y, Masson P, Fontecilla Camps J C, Bon S, Nachon F and Goeldner M
Photoreversible inhibition of cholinesterases : Catalytic serine-labeled caged butyrylcholinesterase
Chembiochem (2003) 4(8) : 762-767

Nicolet Y, Lockridge O, Masson P, Fontecilla-Camps J C and Nachon F
Crystal structure of human butyrylcholinesterase and of its complexes with substrate and products
The Journal Of Biological Chemistry (2003) 278(42) : 41141-41147

Noel J P, Dixon R A, Pickersky E, Zubieta C and Ferrer J L. (2003)
Structural, functional, and evolutionary basis for methylation of plant small molecules in Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 37 edited by. Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, pp. 37-58

Reiser J B, Darnault C, Gregoire C, Mosser T, Mazza G, Kearney A, van der Merwe P A, Fontecilla-Camps J C, Housset D and Malissen B
CDR3 loop flexibility contributes to the degeneracy of TCR recognition.
Nature Immunology (2003) 4(3) : 241-7

Verdecia MA, Joazeiro CAP, Wells NJ, Ferrer J-L, Bowman ME, Hunter T and Noel JP
Conformational Flexibility Underlies Ubiquitin Ligation Mediated by the WWP1 HECT Domain E3 Ligase
Molecular Cell (2003) 11(1) : 249-259

Volbeda A and Fontecilla Camps J C
The active site and catalytic mechanism of [NiFe] hydrogenases.
Dalton Transactions (2003) 21 : 4030-4038

Publications 2002

Aghajari N, Roth M and Haser R
Crystallographic evidence of a transglycosylation reaction : Ternary complexes of a psychrophilic alpha-amylase
Biochemistry (2002) 41(13) : 4273-4280

Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C, Garnier G, Circolo A, Thielens NM, Budayova-Spano M, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Volanakis JE
Structure, function and molecular genetics of human and murine C1r
Immunobiology (2002) 205(4-5) : 365-382

Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C, Thielens NM and Rossi V
Structural biology of the C1
Biochemical Society Transaction (2002) 30(6) : 1001-1006

Arlaud GJ, Gaboriaud C, Thielens NM, Budayova-Spano M, Rossi V and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Structural biology of the C1 complex of complement unveils the mechanisms of its activation and proteolytic activity
Molecular Immunology (2002) 39(7-8) : 383-394

Budayova-Spano M, Grabarse W, Thielens NM, Hillen H, Lacroix M, Schmidt M, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Arlaud GJ and Gaboriaud C
Monomeric structures of the zymogen and active catalytic domain of complement protease c1r. Further insights into the c1 activation mechanism
Structure (Camb) (2002) 10(11) : 1509-19

Budayova-Spano M, Lacroix M, Thielens NM, Arlaud GJ, Fontecilla-Camps JC and Gaboriaud C
The crystal structure of the zymogen catalytic domain of complement protease C1r reveals that a disruptive mechanical stress is required to trigger activation of the C1 complex
Embo Journal (2002) 21(3) : 231-9

Carpentier P, Boesecke P, Bois J M, Chesne M L, Fanchon E, Kahn R, Stuhrmann H and Vicat J
Soft x-ray diffraction up to wavelengths of 6.0 angstrom becomes feasible at ID1 of ESRF.
Acta Physica Polonica A(2002) 101(5) : 603-612

Ennifar E, Carpentier P, Ferrer J L, Walter P and Dumas P
X-ray-induced debromination of nucleic acids at the Br K absorption edge and implications for MAD phasing.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2002) 58(Pt 8) : 1262-8

Frey M
Hydrogenases : Hydrogen-activating enzymes
Chembiochem (2002) 3(2-3) : 153-160

Hurley J K, Morales R, Martinez Julvez M, Brodie T B, Medina M, Gomez Moreno C and Tollin G
Structure-function relationships in Anabaena ferredoxin/ferredoxin : NADP(+) reductase electron transfer : insights from site-directed mutagenesis, transient absorption spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta Bioenergetics (2002) 1554(1-2) : 5-21

Morales R, Frey M and Mouesca J M
An approach based on quantum chemistry calculations and structural analysis of a [2Fe-2S*] ferredoxin that reveal a redox-linked switch in the electron-transfer process to the Fd-NADP(+) reductase.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002) 124(23) : 6714-6722

Nachon F, Nicolet Y, Viguie N, Masson P, Fontecilla Camps JC and Lockridge O
Engineering of a monomeric and low-glycosylated form of human butyrylcholinesterase - Expression, purification, characterization and crystallization
European Journal of Biochemistry (2002) 269(2) : 630-637

Nicolet Y, Cavazza C and Fontecilla-Camps J C
Fe-only hydrogenases : structure, function and evolution
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2002) 91(1) : 1-8

Noel J P, Jez J M, Austin M B, Bowman M E and Ferrer J L. (2002)
Structurally guided alteration of biosynthesis in plant type III polyketide synthases in Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, 36 edited by Romeo J T. Plenum Press pp 197-222

Reiser JB, Gregoire C, Darnault C, Mosser T, Guimezanes A, Schmitt-Verhulst AM, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Mazza G, Malissen B and Housset D
A T cell receptor CDR3beta loop undergoes conformational changes of unprecedented magnitude upon binding to a peptide/MHC class I complex
Immunity (2002) 16(3) : 345-54

Richard SB, Ferrer JL, Bowman ME, Lillo AM, Tetzlaff CN, Cane DE and Noel JP
Structure and mechanism of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase - An enzyme in the mevalonate-independent isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2002) 277(10) : 8667-8672

Roth M, Carpentier P, Kaikati O, Joly J, Charrault P, Pirocchi M, Kahn R, Fanchon E, Jacquamet L, Borel F, Bertoni A, Israel-Gouy P and Ferrer JL
FIP : a highly automated beamline for multiwavelength anomalous diffraction experiments
Acta Crystallographica D Biology Crystallography (2002) 58(Pt 5) : 805-14

Sauer O, Roth M, Schirmer T, Rummel G and Kratky C
Low-resolution detergent tracing in protein crystals using xenon or krypton to enhance X-ray contrast
Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography (2002) 58 Part 1 : 60-69

Stadler C, De Lacey A L, Montet Y, Volbeda A, Fontecilla-Camps J C, Conesa J C and Fernandez V M
Density Functional Calculations for Modeling the Active Site of Nickel- Iron Hydrogenases. 2. Predictions for the Unready and Ready States and the Corresponding Activation Processes.
Inorganic Chemistry (2002) 41(17) : 4424-4434

Ursby T, Weik M, Fioravanti E, Delarue M, Goeldner M and Bourgeois D
Cryophotolysis of caged compounds : a technique for trapping intermediate states in protein crystals
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2002) 58(Pt 4) : 607-14

Zubieta C, Kota P, Ferrer J L, Dixon R and Noel J
Structural basis for the modulation of lignin monomer methylation by caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferase.
Plant Cell (2002) 14(6) : 1265 - 77

Publications 2001

Arlaud, G. J., Gaboriaud, C., Thielens, N. M., Rossi, V., Bersch, B., Hernandez, J. F. and Fontecilla Camps, J. C.
Structural biology of C1 : dissection of a complex molecular machinery.
Immunological Reviews (2001) 180 : 136-145

Carpentier P, Rossat M, Charrault P, Joly J, Pirocchi M, Ferrer JL, Kaïkati O and Roth M
Synchrotron monochromator heating problem, cryogeneic cooling solution
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (2001) 456(3) : 163-176

Chabriere E., Vernede X., Guigliarelli B., Charon M. H., Hatchikian E. C. and Fontecilla-Camps J. C.
Crystal structure of the free radical intermediate of pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase.
Science (2001) 294(5551) : 2559-63

Contreras Martel C, Martinez Oyanedel J, Bunster M, Legrand P, Piras C, Vernede X and Fontecilla Camps JC
Crystallization and 2.2 angstrom E resolution structure of R-phycoerythrin from Gracilaria chilensis : a case of perfect hemihedral twinning
Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography (2001) 57 Part 1 : 52-60

Ferrer JL
Automated data processing on beamline FIP (BM30A) at ESRF.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography(2001) 57(Pt 11) : 1752 - 1753

Jez J M, Ferrer J L, Bowman M E, Austin M B, Schroder J, Dixon R A and Noel J P
Structure and mechanism of chalcone synthase-like polyketide synthases.
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (2001) 27(6) : 393-398

Kuchta, B., Carpentier, P., Jakubas, R., Zajac, W. and Zielinski, P.
Monte Carlo study of a compressible pseudospin model for (CH3NH3)(5)Bi2Cl11 - art. no. 224110.
Physical Review B (2001) 6322(22) : 4110

Legrand P, Bibert S, Jaquinod M, Ebel C, Hewat E, Vincent F, Vanbelle C, Concord E, Vernet T and Gulino D
Self-assembly of the Vascular Endothelial Cadherin Ectodomain in a Ca2+- dependent Hexameric Structure
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2001) 276(5) : 3581-3588

Nicolet Y, de Lacey AL, Vernede X, Fernandez VM, Hatchikian EC and Fontecilla Camps JC
Crystallographic and FTIR spectroscopic evidence of changes in Fe coordination upon reduction of the active site of the Fe-only hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2001) 123(8) : 1596-1601

Raymond K, Bergeret E, Dagher MC, Breton R, Griffin-Shea R and Fauvarque MO
The Rac GTPase-activating Protein RotundRacGAP Interferes with Drac1 and Dcdc42 Signalling in Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2001) 276(38) : 35909-16

Ren, Z., Perman, B., Srajer, V., Teng, T. Y., Pradervand, C., Bourgeois, D., Schotte, F., Ursby, T., Kort, R., Wulff, M. and Moffat, K.
A Molecular Movie at 1.8 A Resolution Displays the Photocycle of Photoactive Yellow Protein, a Eubacterial Blue-Light Receptor, from Nanoseconds to Seconds.
Biochemistry (2001) 40(46) : 13788-13801

Specht, A, Ursby, T., Weik, M., Peng, L, Kroon, J., Bourgeois, D. and Goeldner, M
Cryophotolysis of ortho-Nitrobenzyl derivatives of enzyme ligands for the potentiel kinetic crystallography of macromolecules.
Chembiochem (2001) 11 : 845-848

Srajer, V., Ren, Z., Teng, T. Y., Schmidt, M., Ursby, T., Bourgeois, D., Pradervand, C., Schildkamp, W., Wulff, M. and Moffat, K.
Protein Conformational Relaxation and Ligand Migration in Myoglobin : A Nanosecond to Millisecond Molecular Movie from Time-Resolved Laue X-ray Diffraction.
Biochemistry (2001) 40(46) : 13802-13815

Pubications 2000

Aude-Garcia, C., Attinger, A., Housset, D., MacDonald, H. R., Acha-Orbea, H., Marche, P. N. and Jouvin-Marche, E.
Pairing of Vbeta6 with certain Valpha2 family members prevents T cell deletion by Mtv-7 superantigen.
Molecular Immunology (2000) 37(16) : 1005-12

Bourgeois D, Wagner U and Wulff M
Towards automated Laue data processing : application to the choice of optimal X-ray spectrum
Acta Crystallographica Section D-Biological Crystallography (2000) 56 : 973-985

Carpentier P, Berthet-Colominas C, Capitan M, Chesne ML, Fanchon E, Lequien S, Stuhrmann H, Thiaudiere D, Vicat J, Zielinski P and Kahn R
Anomalous X-ray diffraction with soft X-ray synchrotron radiation
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) (2000) 46(5) : 915-35

Gaboriaud C, Rossi V, Bally I, Arlaud GJ and Fontecilla-Camps JC
Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of human complement c1s : a serine protease with a handle
Embo Journal (2000) 19(8) : 1755-65

Gerbaud, V., D. Pignol, E. Loret, J. Bertrand, Y. Berland, J. Fontecilla-Camps, J. Canselier, N. Gabas and J. Verdier
Mechanism of calcite crystal growth inhibition by the N-terminal undecapeptide of lithostathine.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2000) 275(2) : 1057-64

Gruez, A, Pignol, D, Zeghouf, M, Coves, J, Fontecave, M, Ferrer, JL and Fontecilla-Camps, JC
Four crystal structures of the 60 kDa flavoprotein monomer of the sulfite reductase indicate a disordered flavodoxin-like module [In Process Citation].
Journal of Molecular Biology (2000) 299(1) : 199-212

Housset, D., F. Benabicha, V. Pichon-Pesme, C. Jelsch, A. Maierhofer, S. David, J. Fontecilla-Camps and C. Lecomte
Towards the charge-density study of proteins : a room-temperature scorpion-toxin structure at 0.96 A resolution as a first test case.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2000) 56(2) : 151-160

Jez, J., J. Ferrer, M. Bowman, R. Dixon and J. Noel
Dissection of malonyl-coenzyme A decarboxylation from polyketide formation in the reaction mechanism of a plant polyketide synthase.
Biochemistry (2000) 39(5) : 890-902

Jez, J. M., Austin, M. B., Ferrer, J. L., Bowman, M. E., Schroder, J. and Noel, J. P.
Structural control of polyketide formation in plant-specific polyketide synthases
Chemistry and Biology (2000) 7(12) : 919-930

Kranz, DM
Incompatible differences : view of an allogeneic pMHC-TCR complex.
Nature Immunology (2000) 1(4) : 277-278.

Morelli, X., M. Czjzek, C. E. Hatchikian, O. Bornet, J. C. Fontecilla-Camps, P. N. Palma, J. J. Moura and F. Guerlesquin
Structural model of the Fe-hydrogenase-cytochrome c553 complex combining TROSY experiments and soft docking calculations.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2000) 275(30) : 23204-10

Morales, R., Charon, M. H., Kachalova, G., Serre, L., Medina, M., Gomez Moreno, C. and Frey, M.
A redox-dependent interaction between two electron-transfer partners involved in photosynthesis.
Embo Reports (2000) 1(3) : 271-276

Morales, R., Kachalova, G., Vellieux, F., Charon, M. H. and Frey, M ?.
Crystallographic studies of the interaction between the ferredoxin- NADP+ reductase and ferredoxin from the cyanobacterium Anabaena : looking for the elusive ferredoxin molecule.
Acta Crystallographica D Biological Crystallography (2000) 56(Pt 11) : 1408-1412

Morales, R., M. H. Charon, G. Hudry-Clergeon, Y. Petillot, S. Norager, M. Medina and M. Frey
Refined X-ray Structures of the Oxidized, at 1.3 A, and Reduced, at 1.17 A, [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC7119 Show Redox-Linked Conformational Changes.
Biochemistry (2000) 39(9) : 2428

Nicolet, I., B. J. Lemon, J Fontecilla-Camps and J.W. Peters
A novel FeS cluster in Fe-only hydrogenases [In Process Citation].
Trends in Biochemical Science (2000) 25(3) : 138-43

Pignol, D., L. Ayvazian, B. Kerfelec, P. Timmins, I. Crenon, J.Hermoso, J. Fontecilla-Camps and C. Chapus
Critical role of micelles in pancreatic lipase activation revealed by small angle neutron scattering.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2000) 275(6) : 4220-4224

Reiser, JB, Darnault, C, Guimezanes, A, Gregoire, C., Mosser, T, Schmitt-Verhulst, AM, Fontecilla Camps, J.C., Malissen, B., Housset, D and Mazza, G.
Crystal structure of the T cell receptor bound to an allogeneic MHC molecule.
Nature Immunology (2000) 1(4) : 291-297

Sohi, M., A. Alexandrovich, G. Moolenaar, R. Visse, N. Goosen, X. Vernede, J. Fontecilla-Camps, J. Champness and M. Sanderson
Crystal structure of Escherichia coli UvrB C-terminal domain, and a model for UvrB-uvrC interaction.
FEBS Letters (2000) 465(2-3) : 161-164

Srajer V, Crosson S, Schmidt M, Key J, Schotte F, Anderson S, Perman B, Ren Z, Teng TY, Bourgeois D, Wulff M and Moffat K
Extraction of accurate structure-factor amplitudes from Laue data : wavelength normalization with wiggler and undulator X-ray sources
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (2000) 7 : 236-244