Research articles.
2021
Lucas-Elío, P., Molina-Quintero, L.R., Xu, H., and Sánchez-Amat, A. 2021. A
histidine kinase and a response regulator provide phage resistance to
Marinomonas mediterranea via CRISPR-Cas regulation. Sci Rep 11: 20564.
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2019
Mamounis, K.J., Ma, Z., Sanchez-Amat, A., and Davidson, V.L.
2019. Characterization
of PlGoxB, a flavoprotein required for cysteine tryptophylquinone
biosynthesis in glycine oxidase from Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea.
Arch Biochem Biophys 674: 108110.
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2018
Mohr,
G., Silas, S., Stamos, J.L., Makarova, K.S., Markham, L.M., Yao, J.,
Lucas-Elío, P., Sanchez-Amat, A., Fire, A.Z., Koonin, E.V., and
Lambowitz, A.M. 2018. A Reverse Transcriptase-Cas1 Fusion
Protein Contains a Cas6 Domain Required for Both CRISPR RNA Biogenesis
and RNA Spacer Acquisition. Mol Cell. 72:700-714.
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Lucas-Elio, P., Silas, S., and Sanchez-Amat, A. 2018. Isolation of phages infecting Marinomonas mediterranea by an enrichment protocol. Bio-protocol Bio101: e2921.
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Silas, S., Jain, N., Stadler, M., Fu, B.X.H., Sánchez-Amat, A., Fire, A.Z., and Arribere, J. .2018. A
Small RNA Isolation and Sequencing Protocol and Its Application to
Assay CRISPR RNA Biogenesis in Bacteria. Bio Protoc 8: e2727.
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Andreo-Vidal, A., , Sanchez-Amat, A., and Campillo-Brocal, J.C.
2018. The Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea L-amino Acid Oxidase with Antimicrobial Activity Is a Flavoenzyme. Marine Drugs 16(12), 499
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Andreo-Vidal, A., Mamounis, K.J., Sehanobish, E., Avalos, D.,
Campillo-Brocal, J.C., Sanchez-Amat, A., Yukl, E.T., and Davidson, V.L.
2018. Structure and enzymatic properties of an unusual cysteine
tryptophylquinone-dependent glycine oxidase from Pseudoalteromonas
luteoviolacea. Biochemistry 57: 1155-1165.
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2017
Silas, S., P. Lucas-Elio, S.A. Jackson, A. Aroca-Crevillén, L.L. Hansen, P.C. Fineran, A.Z.Fire, and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2017. Type III CRISPR-Cas systems can provide redundancy to counteract viral escape from type I systems. Elife 6:e27601
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Williamson, H.R., E. Sehanobish, A.M. Shiller, A. Sanchez-Amat, and V.L. Davidson. 2017.
Roles of Copper and a Conserved Aspartic Acid in the Autocatalytic
Hydroxylation of a Specific Tryptophan Residue during Cysteine
Tryptophylquinone Biogenesis. Biochemistry 56: 997-1004.
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2016
Silas, S., G. Mohr, D. J. Sidote, L. M. Markham, A. Sanchez-Amat, D. Bhaya, A. M. Lambowitz, and A. Z. Fire.
2016. Direct CRISPR spacer acquisition from RNA by a natural reverse
transcriptase-Cas1 fusion protein. Science 351:aad4234.
doi:351/6276/aad4234
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Sehanobish, E., J. C. Campillo-Brocal, H. R. Williamson, A. Sanchez-Amat, and V. L. Davidson. 2016.
Interaction of GoxA with its modifying enzyme and its subunit assembly
are dependent on the extent of cysteine tryptophylquinone biosynthesis.
Biochemistry 55:2305-2308.
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Tonin, F., R. Melis, A. Cordes, A. Sanchez-Amat, L. Pollegioni, and E. Rosini. 2016. Comparison of different microbial laccases as tools for industrial uses. N Biotechnol 33:387-398.
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Tonin, F., E. Rosini, L. Piubelli, A. Sanchez-Amat, and L. Pollegioni. 2016. Different
recombinant forms of polyphenol oxidase A, a laccase from Marinomonas
mediterranea . Protein Expr. Purif. 123:60-69.
doi:S1046-5928(16)30046-8
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2015
Campillo-Brocal, J., P. Lucas-Elio, and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2015. Distribution
in different organisms of amino acid oxidases with FAD or a quinone as
cofactor and their role as antimicrobial proteins in marine bacteria.
Mar Drugs 13:7073.
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Sehanobish, E., M. D. Chacon-Verdu, A. Sanchez-Amat, and V. L. Davidson. 2015. Roles
of active site residues in LodA, a cysteine tryptophylquinone dependent
epsilon-lysine oxidase. Arch Biochem Biophys 579:26-32.
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Campillo-Brocal, J. C., M. D. Chacon-Verdu, P. Lucas-Elío, and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2015.
Distribution in microbial genomes of genes similar to lodA and goxA
which encode a novel family of quinoproteins with amino acid oxidase
activity. BMC Genomics.2015, 16:231. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1455-y.
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Chacon-Verdu,M.,Campillo-Brocal, J.C.,
Lucas-Elio,P., Davidson, V.L. and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2015.
Characterization of recombinant biosynthetic precursors of the cysteine
tryptophylquinone cofactors of L-lysine-epsilon-oxidase and glycine
oxidase from Marinomonas
mediterranea. Biochim Biophys Acta (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.12.018
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2014
Chacon-Verdu,M., Gomez,D., Solano,F.,
Lucas-Elio,P. and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2014. LodB is required for the recombinant
synthesis of the quinoprotein l-lysine-epsilon-oxidase from Marinomonas
mediterranea. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98:2981-2989
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Sehanobish, E., Shin, S.,Sanchez-Amat,A. and V.L. Davidson 2014. Steady-state kinetic mechanism of LodA, a novel cysteine
tryptophylquinone-dependent oxidase.. FEBS Letters 588:752-757
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2013
Campillo-Brocal,J.C., Lucas-Elio,P.and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2013. Identification in Marinomonas mediterranea of a novel quinoprotein with glycine oxidase activity. MicrobiologyOpen 2: 684-694.
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2012
Lucas-Elio,P., Goodwin,L., Woyke,T.,
Pitluck,S., Nolan,M., Kyrpides,N.C., Detter,J.C., Copeland,A., Lu,M., Bruce,D.,
Detter,C., Tapia,R., Han,S., Land,M.L., Ivanova,N., Mikhailova,N.,
Johnston,A.W.B. and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2012. Complete genome sequence of Marinomonas
posidonica type strain (IVIA-Po-181T ). Stand Genomic Sci 7:
31-43.
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Lucas-Elío,P.,
Goodwin,L., Woyke,T., Pitluck,S., Nolan,M., Kyrpides,N Detter, J. C., Copeland,
A., Teshima, H., Bruce D., Detter, C., Tapia, R., Han, S., Land, M. L.,
Ivanova, N., Mikhailova, N., Johnston, A. W.B. and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2012. Complete
genome sequence of the melanogenic marine bacterium Marinomonas mediterranea type strain (MMB-1T). Stand Genomic
Sci 6:63-73.
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Cedran,D.,
Espinosa,E., Sanchez-Amat,A., and A. Atucha. 2012. Effects of epibiotic
bacteria on leaf growth and epiphytes of seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 456: 21-27.
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2011
Lucas-Elio,
P., E. Marco-Noales, E. Espinosa, M. Ordax, M. M. Lopez, N.
Garcias-Bonet, N. Marba, C. M. Duarte, and A. Sanchez-Amat. 2011.Marinomonas alcarazii sp.
nov., M. rhizomae sp. nov., M. foliarum sp. nov., M. posidonica sp. nov. and M. aquiplantarum sp. nov., isolated form
the microbiota of the seagrass Posidonia
oceanica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 61:2191-2196.
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Said Galai, S., Lucas-Elio P.,
Marzouki, M.N. and A Sanchez-Amat. 2011. Molecular
cloning of a copper-dependent laccase from the dye-decolorizing strain Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia AAP56. J. Appl. Microbiol. 2011.
1394-1405
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2010
Molina-Quintero, L.R., Lucas-Elio, P., & Sanchez-Amat, A.
2010. Regulation of the Marinomonas mediterranea antimicrobial protein lysine oxidase by L-lysine and the sensor histidine kinase PpoS. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:6141-6149.
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Sanchez-Amat, A., Solano, F.,
& Lucas-Elio, P.
2010. Finding new enzymes from bacterial physiology: A successful approach illustrated by the detection of novel oxidases in Marinomonas mediterranea. Mar. Drugs. 8: 519-541.
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Gomez, D., Lucas-Elio, P., Solano, F.,
& Sanchez-Amat, A.
2010. Both genes in the Marinomonas mediterranea lodAB operon are required for the expression of the antimicrobial protein lysine oxidase. Mol. Microbiol. 75:462-473.
URLEspinosa, E., Marco-Noales, E., Gómez,
D., Lucas-Elío, P., Ordax, M., Garcías-Bonet, N., Duarte, C.M., & Sanchez-Amat, A. 2010. Taxonomic study of Marinomonas
strains isolated from the seagrass Posidonia
oceanica with description of M. balearica sp. nov. and M. pollencensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60:93-98.
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2008
Gomez, D., Espinosa, E., Bertazzo, M.,
Lucas-Elio, P., Solano, F.,
& Sanchez-Amat, A.
2008. The macromolecule with antimicrobial activity
synthesized by Pseudoalteromonas
luteoviolacea strains is an L-amino acid oxidase. Appl. Microbiol.
Biotechnol. 79:925-930.
URLMai-Prochnow, A.,
Lucas-Elio, P., Egan, S., Thomas, T.,
Webb, J. S., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Kjelleberg, S. 2008. Hydrogen peroxide linked to lysine oxidase activity facilitates
biofilm differentiation and dispersal in several Gram-negative bacteria. J.
Bacteriol. 190:5493-5501.
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2007
López-Serrano, D., Solano,
F., & Sanchez-Amat, A. 2007.
Involvement of a novel copper chaperone in tyrosinase activity and melanin
synthesis in Marinomonas mediterranea.
Microbiol. 153: 22141-2249.
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2006
Gómez, D., Lucas-Elío, P., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano, F. 2006. A novel type of Lysine oxidase:
L-lysine-ε-oxidase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1764: 1577-1585.
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Hernández-Romero, D., Sanchez-Amat,
A., & Solano, F. 2006. A
tyrosinase with an abnormal high tyrosine hydroxylase/dopa oxidase ratio. Role
of the seventh histidine and accessibility to the active site. FEBS J. 273: 257-270.
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Lucas-Elio, P.,Gomez, D., Solano,F., &
Sanchez-Amat, A. 2006. The antimicrobial activity
of marinocine, synthesized by Marinomonas
mediterranea, is due to the hydrogen peroxide generated by its lysine
oxidase activity. J. Bacteriol. 188 (7): 2493-2501.
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2005
Hernandez-Romero, D., Solano, F., &
Sanchez-Amat, A. 2005. Polyphenol oxidase
activities expression in Ralstonia
solanacearum. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 71 (11). 6808-6815.
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Jimenez-Juarez, N., Roman-Miranda, R., Baeza, A.,
Sanchez-Amat, A. Vazquez-Duhalt, R., & Valderrama B., 2005. Alkali and halide-resistant
catalysis by the multipotent oxidase from Marinomonas
mediterranea. J. Biotechnol. 117, 73-82.
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Lucas-Elio, P., Hernandez, P., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano, F. 2005. Purification and partial characterization of
marinocine, a new broad spectrum antibacterial protein, produced by Marinomonas mediterranea. Biochim.
Biophys. Acta 1721, 193-203.
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2004
López-Serrano, D., Solano,
F., & Sanchez-Amat, A., 2004. Identification
of an operon involved in tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis in Marinomonas mediterranea. Gene 342, 179-187.
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2003
Hernandez-Romero, D., Lucas-Elio, P., Lopez-Serrano,
D., Solano, F., & Sanchez-Amat, A. 2003. Marinomonas mediterranea is a
lysogenic bacterium that synthesizes R-bodies. Microbiol. 149, 2679-2686.
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2002
Lucas-Elio, P., Solano, F., & Sanchez-Amat, A.
2002. Regulation of polyphenol oxidase activities and
melanin synthesis in Marinomonas mediterranea: identification of ppoS,
a gene encoding a sensor histidine kinase. Microbiol. 148, 3499-3506.
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López-Serrano, D., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano, F.,
2002. Cloning and molecular characterization of a
SDS-activated tyrosinase from Marinomonas mediterranea. Pigment Cell
Res. 15, 104-111.
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2001
Sanchez-Amat, A., Lucas-Elio, P., Fernández, E.,
Garcia-Borrón, J.C., & Solano,F. 2001. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a unique
multipotent polyphenol oxidase from Marinomonas mediterranea. Biochim.
Biophys. Acta 1547, 104-116.
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Solano, F., Lucas-Elío, P., López-Serrano, D.,
Fernández, E., & Sanchez-Amat, A. 2001. Dimethoxyphenol oxidase activity of different microbial blue multicopper
proteins. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 204, 175-181.
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2000
Solano, F., Lucas-Elío, P., Fernández, E., &
Sanchez-Amat,A. 2000. Marinomonas mediterranea MMB-1 transposon mutagenesis: Isolation of a
multipotent polyphenol oxidase mutant. J. Bacteriol. 182, 3754-3760.
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1999
Fernández, E., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano, F. 1999. Location and catalytic
characteristics of a multipotent bacterial polyphenol oxidase. Pigment Cell
Res. 12, 331-339.
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Solano, F., &
Sanchez-Amat,A., 1999. Studies on the phylogenetic relationships of
melanogenic marine bacteria: proposal of Marinomonas mediterranea sp.
nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49, 1241-1246.
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1998
Sanchez-Amat, A., Ruzafa, C., & Solano, F., 1998. Comparative tyrosine degradation in Vibrio cholerae strains. The strain
ATCC 14035 as a prokaryotic melanogenic model of homogentisate-releasing cell.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 119, 557-562.
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1997
Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano, F. 1997. A pluripotent polyphenol oxidase from the melanogenic
marine Alteromonas sp shares catalytic capabilities of tyrosinases and
laccases. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 240, 787-792.
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Solano, F., García, E., Pérez de Egea, E., &
Sanchez-Amat, A. 1997. Isolation and
characterization of strain MMB-1 (CECT 4803), a novel melanogenic marine
bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 3499-3506.
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1995
Ruzafa, C., Sanchez-Amat, A., & Solano,F. 1995. Characterization of the melanogenic system in Vibrio
cholerae, ATCC 14035. Pigment Cell Res. 8, 147-152.
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1994
Ruzafa, C., Solano, F., & Sanchez-Amat, A. 1994. The protein encoded by the Shewanella colwelliana melA gene is a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate
dioxygenase. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 124, 179-184.
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Book chapters.
Martins, L.O., Melo, E.P., Sanchez-Amat, A., and Robalo, M.P. 2020. Bacterial
Laccases: Some Recent Advances and Applications. In: Laccases in
Bioremediation and Waste Valorisation. D. Schlosser (ed). pp. 27-55. Springer International Publishing,
Sanchez-Amat, A. 2006. R-bodies. In: Inclusions in Prokaryotes,
Microbiology Monographs. J.M. Shively (ed.). Vol 1: 331-341. Springer, Berlín
Sanchez-Amat, A. & Solano, F. 2005. Genus III. Marinomonas. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd
Edition. D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg, J.
T. Staley, and G. M. Garrity (eds.). Volumen: 2, part B, pp 284-289, Springer, New York. USA