Functional analyses yield detailed insight into the mechanism of thrombin inhibition by the antihemostatic salivary protein cE5 from Anopheles gambiae - Pirone, L.; Ripoll-Rozada, J.; Leone, M.; Ronca, R.; Lombardo, F.; Fiorentino, G.; Andersen, J.F.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Arcà, B.; Pedone, E. (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017)

Functional and structural characterization of synthetic cardosin B-derived rennet - Almeida, C.M.; Manso, J.A.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Antunes, L.; Cruz, R.; Manadas, B.; Bur, D.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Faro, C.; Simões, I. (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017)

High-resolution structure of a Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor from the dengue vector Aedes aegypti - Torquato, R.J.S.; Lu, S.; Martins, N.H.; Tanaka, A.S.; Pereira, P.J.B. (Acta Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications, 2017)

Molecular motion regulates the activity of the mitochondrial serine protease HtrA2 - Merski, M.; Moreira, C.; Abreu, R.M.V.; Ramos, M.J.; Fernandes, P.A.; Martins, L.M.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Cell Death and Disease, 2017)

Production, crystallization and structure determination of a mycobacterial glucosylglycerate hydrolase - Cereija, T.B.; Alarico, S.; Empadinhas, N.; Pereira, P.J.B. (Acta Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications, 2017)

Tyrosine sulfation modulates activity of tick-derived thrombin inhibitors - Thompson, R.E.; Liu, X.; Ripoll-Rozada, J.; Alonso-García, N.; Parker, B.L.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Payne, R.J. (Nature Chemistry, 2017)

Data publication with the structural biology data grid supports live analysis - Meyer, P.A.; Socias, S.; Key, J.; Ransey, E.; Tjon, E.C.; Buschiazzo, A.; Lei, M.; Botka, C.; Withrow, J.; Neau, D.; Rajashankar, K.; Anderson, K.S.; et al. (Nature Communications, 2016)

Structure of mycobacterial maltokinase, the missing link in the essential GlgE-pathway - Fraga, J.; Maranha, A.; Mendes, V.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Empadinhas, N.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Scientific Reports, 2015)

What a difference a cluster makes: The multifaceted roles of IscR in gene regulation and DNA recognition - Santos, J.A.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 2015)

The Apoptogenic Toxin AIP56 Is a Metalloprotease A-B Toxin that Cleaves NF-κb P65 - Silva, D.S.; Pereira, L.M.G.; Moreira, A.R.; Ferreira-Da-Silva, F.; Brito, R.M.; Faria, T.Q.; Zornetta, I.; Montecucco, C.; Oliveira, P.; Azevedo, J.E.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; et al. (PLoS Pathogens, 2013)

In-house UV radiation-damage-induced phasing of selenomethionine-labeled protein structures - Pereira, P.J.B.; Royant, A.; Panjikar, S.; De Sanctis, D. (Journal of Structural Biology, 2013)

Molecular cloning and characterization of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.) MHC class I heavy chain and β2-microglobulin - Pinto, R.D.; Randelli, E.; Buonocore, F.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2013)

Molecular cloning and characterization of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.) calreticulin - Pinto, R.D.; Moreira, A.R.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2013)

The Tick-Derived Anticoagulant Madanin Is Processed by Thrombin and Factor Xa - Figueiredo, A.C.; De Sanctis, D.; Pereira, P.J.B. (PLoS ONE, 2013)

Two thioredoxin-superfamily members from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.): Characterization of PDI (PDIA1) and ERp57 (PDIA3) - Pinto, R.D.; Moreira, A.R.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2013)

Bioengineered surfaces to improve the blood compatibility of biomaterials through direct thrombin inactivation - Freitas, S. C.; Cereija, T. B.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Osório, H.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Barbosa, M.A.; Martins, M.C.L. (Acta Biomaterialia, 2012)

Caspase-1 and IL-1β Processing in a Teleost Fish - Reis, M.I.R.; do Vale, A.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Azevedo, J.E.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (PLoS ONE, 2012)

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic characterization of the N-terminal Kunitz domain of boophilin - Cereija, T. B.; Figueiredo, A.C.; De Sanctis, D.; Tanaka, A. S.; Pereira, P.J.B. (Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2012)

Expression and functional characterization of boophilin, a thrombin inhibitor from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus midgut - Soares, T. S.; Watanabe, R. M. O.; Tanaka-Azevedo, A. M.; Torquato, R. J. S.; Lu, S.; Figueiredo, A.C.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Tanaka, A. S. (Veterinary Parasitology, 2012)

Molecular cloning and characterization of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.) Tapasin - Pinto, R.D.; da Silva, D. V.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2012)

Rational design and characterization of D-Phe-Pro-D-Arg-derived direct thrombin inhibitors - Figueiredo, A.C.; Clement, C.C.; Zakia, S.; Gingold, J.; Philipp, M.; Pereira, P.J.B. (PLoS ONE, 2012)

Cloning, purification and preliminary crystallographic studies of the 2AB protein from hepatitis A virus - Garriga, D.; Vives-Adrián, L.; Buxaderas, M.; Ferreira-Da-Silva, F.; Almeida, B.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Verdaguer, N. (Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2011)

Functional and structural characterization of a novel mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Rubrobacter xylanophilus reveals its dual substrate specificity - Empadinhas, N.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Albuquerque, L.; Costa, J.; Sá-Moura, B.; Marques, A.T.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Da Costa, M.S. (Molecular Microbiology, 2011)

Transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP) in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.): Molecular cloning and characterization of TAP1 and TAP2 - Pinto, R.D.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2011)

Unveiling the structural basis for translational ambiguity tolerance in a human fungal pathogen - Rocha, R.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Santos, M.A.S.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011)

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic characterization of glutamine synthetase from Medicago truncatula - Seabra, A.R.; Carvalho, H.; Pereira, P.J.B. (Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2009)

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Rubrobacter xylanophilus - Sá-Moura, B.; Albuquerque, L.; Empadinhas, N.; Da Costa, M.S.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 2008)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase: Structure of a key enzyme in methylglucose lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis - Pereira, P.J.B.; Empadinhas, N.; Albuquerque, L.; Sá-Moura, B.; Da Costa, M.S.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (PLoS ONE, 2008)

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) - Nascimento, D.S.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Reis, M.I.R.; do Vale, A.; Zou, J.; Silva, M.T.; Secombes, C.J.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2007)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) invariant chain and class II major histocompatibility complex: Sequencing and structural analysis using 3D homology modelling - Silva, D.S.P.; Reis, M.I.R.; Nascimento, D.S.; Vale, A.D.; Pereira, P.J.B.; dos Santos, N.M.S. (Molecular Immunology, 2007)

The X-ray Crystal Structures of Two Constitutively Active Mutants of the Escherichia coli PhoB Receiver Domain Give Insights into Activation - Arribas-Bosacoma, R.; Kim, S.-K.; Ferrer-Orta, C.; Blanco, A.G.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Gomis-Rüth, F.X.; Wanner, B.L.; Coll, M.; Solà, M. (Journal of Molecular Biology, 2007)

The binding of 2,4-dinitrophenol to wild-type and amyloidogenic transthyretin - Morais-De-Sá, E.; Neto-Silva, R.M.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Saraiva, M.J.; Damas, A.M. (Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 2006)

The crystal and solution structures of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase reveal different quaternary structures - Ferreira-Da-Silva, F.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Gales, L.; Roessle, M.; Svergun, D.I.; Moradas-Ferreira, P.; Damas, A.M. (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006)

X-ray crystallographic studies of two transthyretin variants: Further insights into amyloidogenesis - Neto-Silva, R.M.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Coll, M.; Saraiva, M.J.; Damas, A.M. (Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 2005)

The crystal structure of transthyretin in complex with diethylstilbestrol: A promising template for the design of amyloid inhibitors - Morais-De-Sá, E.; Pereira, P.J.B.; Saraiva, M.J.; Damas, A.M. (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004)