Protein modeling of enzymes and complexes associated with the degradation of cellulose

• Grant number: 19/17007-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Munir Salomao Skaf
• Grantee: Allan Jhonathan Ramos Ferrari
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences, AP.CEPID
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/14421-1 - High-throughput discovery of energy landscapes in natural and designed nanobodies, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Metagenomics techniques and molecular dynamics modeling of proteins will be combined to identify and study new candidate enzymes for lignocellulosic biomass degradation for second generation ethanol production.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BOTTINO, GUILHERME F.; FERRARI, ALLAN J. R.; GOZZO, FABIO C.; MARTINEZ, LEANDRO. Structural discrimination analysis for constraint selection in protein modeling. Bioinformatics, v. 37, n. 21, p. 3766-3773, NOV 1 2021. (13/08293-7, 19/17007-4, 10/16947-9, 18/14274-9)

DE ABREU, LUIS GUILHERME F.; SILVA, V, NICHOLAS; FERRARI, ALLAN JHONATHAN R.; DE CARVALHO, LUCAS M.; FIAMENGHI, MATEUS B.; CARAZZOLLE, MARCELO F.; FILL, TAICIA P.; PILAU, EDUARDO J.; PEREIRA, GONCALO AMARANTE G.; GRASSI, MARIA CAROLINA B.. Metabolite profiles of energy cane and sugarcane reveal different strategies during the axillary bud outgrowth. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, v. 167, p. 504-516, OCT 2021. (19/12914-3, 18/10315-2, 19/17007-4)

DA SILVA, JOVANDERSON J. B.; DE ABREU, LUIS G. F.; FERRARI, ALLAN J. R.; DE CARVALHO, LUCAS M.; GRANDIS, ADRIANA; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS S.; FILL, TAICIA P.; PEREIRA, GONCALO A. G.; CARAZZOLLE, MARCELO F.. Diurnal metabolism of energy-cane and sugarcane: A metabolomic and non-structural carbohydrate analysis. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 202, p. 14-pg., 2023-06-21. (19/17007-4, 14/50884-5, 13/08293-7, 19/13936-0, 21/02493-0)

BRUNETTI, NATALIA S.; DAVANZO, GUSTAVO G.; DE MORAES, DIOGO; FERRARI, ALLAN J. R.; SOUZA, GABRIELA F.; MURARO, STEFANIE PRIMON; KNITTEL, THIAGO L.; BOLDRINI, VINICIUS O.; MONTEIRO, LAUAR B.; VIRGILIO-DA-SILVA, JOO VICTOR; et al. SARS-CoV-2 uses CD4 to infect T helper lymphocytes. eLIFE, v. 12, p. 26-pg., 2023-07-31. (20/04558-0, 15/15626-8, 19/06459-1, 19/04726-2, 19/16116-4, 19/05155-9, 19/13552-8, 16/18031-8, 19/00098-7, 20/04583-4, 16/00194-8, 21/08354-2, 19/17007-4, 19/22398-2, 17/01184-9, 19/14465-1, 20/04579-7, 13/08293-7, 18/14933-2, 17/23920-9, 19/06372-3, 16/24163-4, 16/23328-0, 20/04919-2, 20/04746-0)