Structural investigation of the bovine enzyme diacylglyceroltransferase1 (DGAT1) and its interaction with lipid systems

• Grant number: 09/17698-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2010
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biophysics - Molecular Biophysics
• Principal Investigator: Ana Paula Ulian de Araujo
• Grantee: Jose Luiz de Souza Lopes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 98/14138-2 - Center for Structural Molecular Biotechnology, AP.CEPID
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/20414-4 - Modern advances in time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to investigate the binding of DGAT1 peptides to lipid substrates, BE.EP.PD

Scientific publications

(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)

LOPES, JOSE L. S.; NOBRE, THATYANE M.; CILLI, EDUARDO M.; BELTRAMINI, LEILA M.; ARAUJO, ANA P. U.; WALLACE, B. A.. Deconstructing the DGAT1 enzyme: Binding sites and substrate interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, v. 1838, n. 12, p. 3145-3152, DEC 2014. (09/17698-5)

LOPES, JOSE L. S.; ARAUJO, ANA P. U.; JAMESON, DAVID M.. Investigation of the conformational flexibility of DGAT1 peptides using tryptophan fluorescence. METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN FLUORESCENCE, v. 3, n. 2, JUN 2015. (09/17698-5, 13/20414-4, 10/13036-5)

LOPES, JOSE L. S.; BELTRAMINI, LEILA M.; WALLACE, BONNIE A.; ARAUJO, ANA P. U.. Deconstructing the DGAT1 Enzyme: Membrane Interactions at Substrate Binding Sites. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 2, FEB 26 2015. (09/17698-5, 10/13036-5)