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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.
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Espinosa, 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.
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Mai-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