2016
Cappelletti P, Binda E, Tunesi M, Albani D, Giordano C, Molla G, Pollegioni L. Recombinant human Tat-Hsp70-2: A tool for neuroprotection. Protein Expr Purif. 2016 Jul 9. pii: S1046-5928(16)30132-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.07.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27405095. Birolo L, Sacchi S, Smaldone G, Molla G, Leo G, Caldinelli L, Pirone L, Eliometri P, Di Gaetano S, Orefice I, Pedone E, Pucci P, Pollegioni L. Regulating levels of the neuromodulator d-serine in human brain: structural insight into pLG72 and d-amino acid oxidase interaction. FEBS J. 2016 Sep;283(18):3353-3370. doi: 10.1111/febs.13809. Epub 2016 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 27400736. Motta P, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Nardini M. Structure-Function Relationships in l-Amino Acid Deaminase, a Flavoprotein Belonging to a Novel Class of Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes. J Biol Chem. 2016 May 13;291(20):10457-75. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.703819. Epub 2016 Mar 28. PubMed PMID: 27022028; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4865898.
2015
1. Cappelletti P, Piubelli L, Murtas G, Caldinelli L, Valentino M, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S. Structure-function relationships in human d-amino acid oxidase variants corresponding to known SNPs. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Feb 17. pii: S1570-9639(15)00041-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.02.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701391.
2014
2. Nicolia A, Ferradini N, Molla G, Biagetti E, Pollegioni L, Veronesi F, Rosellini D. Expression of an evolved engineered variant of a bacterial glycine oxidase leads to glyphosate resistance in alfalfa. J Biotechnol. 2014 Jun 4. pii:S0168-1656(14)00266-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.05.020. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24905148.
3. Rosini E, Piubelli L, Molla G, Frattini L, Valentino M, Varriale A, D'Auria S, Pollegioni L. Novel biosensors based on optimized glycine oxidase. FEBS J. 2014 Aug;281(15):3460-72. doi: 10.1111/febs.12873. Epub 2014 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 24925096.
4. Conti G, Pollegioni L, Molla G, Rosini E. Strategic manipulation of an industrial biocatalyst - evolution of a cephalosporin C acylase. FEBS J. 2014 May;281(10):2443-55. doi: 10.1111/febs.12798. Epub 2014 Apr 22. PubMed PMID:24684708.
5. Molla G, Nardini M, Motta P, D'Arrigo P, Panzeri W, Pollegioni L. Aminoacetone oxidase from Streptococcus oligofermentans belongs to a new three-domain family of bacterial flavoproteins. Biochem J. 2014 Dec 15;464(3):387-99. doi: 10.1042/BJ20140972. PubMed PMID: 25269103. 4.779
2013
6. Hopkins SC, Heffernan ML, Saraswat LD, Bowen CA, Melnick L, Hardy LW, Orsini MA, Allen MS, Koch P, Spear KL, Foglesong RJ, Soukri M, Chytil M, Fang QK, Jones SW, Varney MA, Panatier A, Oliet SH, Pollegioni L, Piubelli L, Molla G, Nardini M, Large TH. Structural, Kinetic, and Pharmacodynamic Mechanisms of d-Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibition by Small Molecules. J Med Chem. 2013 May 9;56(9):3710-24.
7. Pollegioni L, Rosini E, Molla G. Cephalosporin C acylase: dream and(/or) reality. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013 Mar;97(6):2341-55. 3.881
8. Golden E, Paterson R, Tie WJ, Anandan A, Flematti G, Molla G, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Vrielink A. Structure of a class III engineered cephalosporin acylase: comparisons with class I acylase and implications for differences in substrate specificity and catalytic activity. Biochem J. 2013 Apr 15;451(2):217-26. 4.779
9. Bifulco D, Pollegioni L, Tessaro D, Servi S, Molla G. A thermostable L-aspartate oxidase: a new tool for biotechnological applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013;97(16):7285-95. 3.881
10. Caldinelli L, Sacchi S, Molla G, Nardini M, Pollegioni L. Characterization of human DAAO variants potentially related to an increased risk of schizophrenia. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Mar;1832(3):400-10.
11. Sacchi S, Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Molla G. D-amino acid oxidase inhibitors as a novel class of drugs for schizophrenia therapy. Curr Pharm Des. 2013;19(14):2499-511.
12. Pollegioni L, Motta P, Molla G. L-amino acid oxidase as biocatalyst: a dream too far? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013 Nov;97(21):9323-41. 3.881
2012
13. Sacchi S, Caldinelli L, Cappelletti P, Pollegioni L, Molla G.Structure-function relationships in human D-amino acid oxidase. Amino Acids. 2012Nov;43(5):1833-50 3.914
14. Tallarita E, Pollegioni L, Servi S, Molla G. Expression in Escherichia coli of the catalytic domain of human proline oxidase. Protein Expr Purif. 2012 Feb 8;82(2):345-351
2011
15. Ghisla S, Pollegioni L, Molla G. Revisitation of the βCl-elimination reaction of D-amino acid oxidase: new interpretation of the reaction that sparked flavoprotein dehydrogenation mechanisms. J Biol Chem. 2011 Nov 25;286(47):40987-98. Epub 2011 Sep 23. 4.773
16. Pollegioni L, Molla G. New biotech applications from evolved D-amino acid oxidases. Trends Biotechnol. 2011 Jun;29(6):276-83. Epub 2011 Mar 10. Review. 9.148
17. Rosini E, Molla G, Ghisla S, Pollegioni L. On the reaction of D-amino acid oxidase with dioxygen: O2 diffusion pathways and enhancement of reactivity. FEBS J. 2011 Feb;278(3):482-92.
18. Tallarita, E.; Molla, G.; Servi, S.; Pollegioni, L. Characterization of deletion variants of human recombinant proline oxidase, an enzyme related to schizophrenia susceptibility FEBS JOURNAL, 278, Special SI, 276-277, Supplement: 1, JUN 2011
2010
19. Volonte F, Pollegioni L, Molla G, Frattini L, Marinelli F, Piubelli L. Production of recombinant cholesterol oxidase containing covalently bound FAD in Escherichia coli. BMC Biotechnol. 2010 Apr 21;10(1):33.
20. Caldinelli L, Molla G, Bracci L, Lelli B, Pileri S, Cappelletti P, Sacchi S, Pollegioni L. Effect of ligand binding on human D-amino acid oxidase: implications for the development of new drugs for schizophrenia treatment. Protein Sci. 2010 Aug;19(8):1500-12.
21. Saam J, Rosini E, Molla G, Schulten K, Pollegioni L, Ghisla S. O2 reactivity of flavoproteins: dynamic access of dioxygen to the active site and role of a H+ relay system in D-amino acid oxidase. J Biol Chem. 2010 Aug 6;285(32):24439-46. 5.328
22. Frattini LF, Piubelli L, Sacchi S, Molla G, Pollegioni L. Is rat an appropriate animal model to study the involvement of D-serine catabolism in schizophrenia? Insights from characterization of D-amino acid oxidase. FEBS J. 2011 Nov;278(22):4362-73.
23. Molla G, Piubelli L, Volontè F, Pilone MS. Enzymatic detection of D-amino acids. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;794:273-89. PubMed PMID: 21956570.
24. Volontè F, Pisanelli I, D'Arrigo P, Viani F, Molla G, Servi S, Pollegioni L. Overexpression of a bacterial chymotrypsin: application for L-amino acid ester hydrolysis. Enzyme Microb Technol. 2011 Dec 10;49(6-7):560-6
2009
25. Pedotti M, Ghisla S, Motteran L, Molla G, Pollegioni L (2009) Catalytic and redox properties of glycine oxidase from Bacillus subtilis. Biochimie. 91(5):604-12.
26. Caldinelli L, Molla G, Sacchi S, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2009) Relevance of weak flavin binding in human D-amino acid oxidase. Protein Sci. 18(4):801-10
27. Romano D, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Marinelli (2009) Optimization of human d-amino acid oxidase expression in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif. [Epub ahead of print].
28. Rosini E, Pollegioni L, Ghisla S, Orru R, Molla G. Optimization of D-amino acid oxidase for low substrate concentrations--towards a cancer enzyme therapy. FEBS J. 2009 Sep;276(17):4921-32. Epub 2009 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 19694805 3.042
29. Caldinelli L, Pedotti M, Motteran L, Molla G, Pollegioni L. FAD binding in glycine oxidase from Bacillus subtilis. Biochimie. 2009 Nov-Dec;91(11-12):1499-508. Epub 2009 Sep 12.
30. Pollegioni L, Piubelli L, Molla G. Cholesterol oxidase: biotechnological applications. FEBS J. 2009 Oct 16.
31. Pedotti M, Rosini E, Molla G, Moschetti T, Savino C, Vallone B, Pollegioni L. Glyphosate resistance by engineering the flavoenzyme glycine oxidase. J Biol Chem. 2009 Dec 25;284(52):36415-23. 5.328
2008
32. Pollegioni L, Molla G, Sacchi S, Rosini E, Verga R, Pilone MS. (2008) Properties and applications of microbial D-amino acid oxidases: current state andperspectives. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 78(1):1-16. Review.
33. Caldinelli L, Iametti S, Barbiroli A, Fessas D, Bonomi F, Piubelli L, Molla G, Pollegioni L. (2008) Relevance of the flavin binding to the stability and folding of engineered cholesterol oxidase containing noncovalently bound FAD. Protein Sci. 17(3):409-19.
34. Caligiuri A, D’Arrigo P, Rosini E, Pedrocchi-Fantoni G, Tessaro D, Molla G, Servi S, Pollegioni L. (2008) Activity of yeast D-amino acid oxidase on aromatic unnatural amino acids J. Mol. Catal. B – Enzymatic 50(2-4):93-98
35. Sacchi S, Bernasconi M, Martineau M, Mothet JP, Ruzzene M, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Molla G. (2008) pLG72 modulates intracellular D-serine levels through its interaction withD-amino acid oxidase: Effect on schizophrenia susceptibility. J Biol Chem 283(32):22244-56 5.52
36. Volontè F, Marinelli F, Gastaldo L, Sacchi S, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Molla G. (2008) Optimization of glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid acylase expression in E.coli. Protein Expr Purif. May 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18586517
37. Rosini E, Molla G, Rossetti C, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S. (2008) A biosensor for all D-amino acids using evolved d-amino acid oxidase. J Biotechnol. 135(4):377-84.
38. Piubelli L, Pedotti M, Molla G, Feindler-Boeckh S, Ghisla S, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L. (2008) On the oxygen reactivity of flavoprotein oxidases: An oxygen access tunnel and gate in Brevibacterium sterolicum cholesterol oxidase. J Biol Chem. 283(36):24738-47.
2007
39. Boselli A, Piubelli L, Molla G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Sacchi S. (2007) Investigating the role of active site residues of Rhodotorula gracilis D-aminoacid oxidase on its substrate specificity. Biochimie 89(3):360-8.
40. Pollegioni L, Piubelli L, Sacchi S, Pilone MS, Molla G. (2007) Physiological functions of D-amino acid oxidases: from yeast to humans. Cell Mol Life Sci. 64(11):1373-94. Review.
41. Boselli A, Rosini E, Marcone GL, Sacchi S, Motteran L, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Molla G. (2007) Glycine oxidase from Bacillus subtilis: role of histidine 244 and methionine 261. Biochimie 89(11):1372-80.
42. Sacchi S, Pollegioni L, Bernasconi M, Pilone L, Mothet JP, Molla G. (2007) Molecular basis of schizophrenia: functional investigation of human D-amino acid oxidas-pLG72 interaction. J. Neurochemistry 101: 36 4.45
43. Kay CW, El Mkami H, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Ramsay RR. (2007) Characterization of the covalently bound anionic flavin radical in monoamineoxidase a by electron paramagnetic resonance. J Am Chem Soc. 129(51):16091-7. 7.89
44. Pollegioni L, Sacchi S, Caldinelli L, Boselli A, Pilone MS, Piubelli L, Molla G. (2007) Engineering the properties of D-amino acid oxidases by a rational and a directed evolution approach. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 8(6):600-18. Review.
2006
45. Sacchi S, Boselli A, Job V, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L, Molla G (2006) The role of tyrosines 223 and 238 in Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase catalysis: interpretatioon of double mutations. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 38(6):795-802
46. Molla G, Sacchi S, Bernasconi M, Pilone MS, Fukui, K, Pollegioni L (2006) Characterization of human D-amino acid oxidase. FEBS letters 580(9):2358-2364
47. Molla G, Bernasconi M, Sacchi S, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L. (2006) Expression in Escherichia coli and in vitro refolding of the human protein pLG72. Protein Expr Purif. 46(1):150-5.
48. Caldinelli L, Molla G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L. (2006) Tryptophan 243 affects interprotein contacts, cofactor binding and stability in D-amino acid oxidase from Rhodotorula gracilis. FEBS J. 273(3):504-12.
49. Caligiuri A, D’Arrigo P, Geffault T, Molla G, Pollegioni L, Rosini E, Rossi E, Servi S. (2006) Multistep enzyme catalysed deracemisation of 2-naphthyl alanine. Biocatalysis and Biotransformations. 24 (6):409-413
50. Caligiuri A, D’Arrigo P, Rosini E, Tessaro D, Molla G, Servi S, Pollegioni L. (2006) Enzymatic conversion of unnatural amino acids by yeast D-amino acid oxidase. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 348 (15):2183-2190 4.762
51. Lim L, Molla G, Guinn N, Ghisla S, Pollegioni L, Vrielink A. (2006) Structural and kinetic analyses of the H121A mutant of cholesterol oxidase. Biochem J. 400(1):13-22.
2005
52. Caldinelli L, Iametti S, Barbiroli A, Bonomi F, Fessas D, Molla G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2005) Dissecting the structural determinants of the stability of cholesterol oxidase containing covalently bound flavin. J Biol Chem. 280(24):22572-81
53. Pollegioni L, Lorenzi S, Rosini E, Marcone GL, Molla G, Verga R, Cabri W, Pilone MS. (2005) Evolution of an acylase active on cephalosporin. C. Protein Sci. 14(12):3064-76.
2004
54. Pollegioni L, Caldinelli L, Molla G, Sacchi S, Pilone MS (2004) Catalytic properties of D-amino acid oxidase in cephalosporin C bioconversion: a comparison between proteins from different sources Biotechnol Prog., 20(2):467-73.
55. Mortl M, Diederichs K, Welte W, Molla G, Motteran L, Andriolo G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2004) Structure-function correlation in glycine oxidase from bacillus subtilis. J. Biol. Chem. 279(28): 29718-27 6.355
56. Boselli A, Piubelli L, Molla G, Rosini E, Pilone MS, Ghisla S, Pollegioni L (2004) On the mechanism of Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase: role of the active site serine 335 Biochim Biophys Acta, 1702(1):19-32
57. Sacchi S, Rosini E, Molla G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L Modulating D-amino acid oxidase substrate specificity: production of an enzyme for analytical determination of all D-amino acids by directed evolution (2004) Protein Eng Des Sel, 17(6):517-25
2003
58. Molla G, Motteran L, Job V, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2003) Kinetic mechanisms of glycine oxidase from Bacillus subtilis. Eur J Biochem. 270(7):1474-82. 3.001
59. Molla G, Motteran L, Piubelli L, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2003) Regulation of D-amino acid oxidase expression in the yeast Rhodotorula gracilis. Yeast., 20(12):1061-9.
60. Piubelli L, Molla G, Caldinelli L, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L Dissection of the structural determinants involved in formation of the dimericform of D-amino acid oxidase from Rhodotorula gracilis: role of the size of the βF5-βF6 loop. (2003) Protein Eng., 16(12):1063-9.
2002
61. Job V, Molla G., Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2002) Overexpression of a recombinant wild-type and His-tagged Bacillus subtilis glycine oxidase in Escherichia coli Eur. J. Biochem. 269, 1456-63
62. Sacchi S, Lorenzi S., Molla G., Pilone MS., Rossetti C, Pollegioni L. (2002) Engineering the substrate specificity of D-amino-acid oxidase J. Biol. Chem. 277, 27510-6 6.696
63. Piubelli L, Caldinelli L, Molla G., Pilone MS, Pollegioni L. (2002) Conversion of the dimeric D-amino acid oxidase from Rhodotorula gracilis to a monomeric form. A rational mutagenesis approach FEBS Lett., 526, 43-8.
64. Pollegioni L, Diederichs K, Molla G, Umhau S, Welte W, Ghisla S, Pilone MS. (2002) Yeast D-amino acid oxidase: structural basis of its catalytic properties. J. Mol. Biol. 324, 535-46. 5.359
2001
65. Motteran L, Pilone MS., Molla G., Ghisla S, Pollegioni L Cholesterol oxidase from Brevibacterium sterolicum. The relationship between covalent flavinylation and redox properties (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 18024-30
66. Pollegioni L, Harris CM, Molla G, Pilone MS, Ghisla S. Identification and role of ionizing functional groups at the active center of Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase (2001) FEBS Lett. 507, 323-6.
2000
67. Molla G, Porrini D, Job V, Motteran L, Vegezzi C, Campaner S, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (2000) Role of Arginine285 at the active site of Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase J. Biol. Chem. 275: 24715 7.397
68. Umhau S, Pollegioni L, Molla G, Diederichs K, Welte W, Pilone MS, Ghisla S (2000) The x-ray structure of D-amino acid oxidase at very high resolution identifies the chemical mechanism of flavin dependent substrate dehydrogenation Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97, 12463 10.789
69. Pollegioni L, Porrini D, Molla G, Pilone MS Redox potentials and their pH dependence in Rhodotorula gracilis and trigonopsis variabilis D-amino acid oxidase (2000) Eur. J. Biochem. 267, 6624
1999
70. Harris CM, Molla G, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (1999) Studies on the reaction mechanism of Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase: Role of the highly conserved Tyr223 on substrate binding and catalysis J.Biol.Chem. 274: 36233
1998
71. Molla G, Vegezzi C, Pilone MS, Pollegioni L (1998) Overexpression in Echerichia coli of a Recombinant Chimeric Rhodotorula gracilis D-Amino Acid Oxidase. Protein Expression and Purification 14: 289
1997
72. Pollegioni L, Molla G, Campaner S, Martegani E, Pilone MS (1997) Cloning, sequencing and expression in E. coli of a D-amino acid oxidase cDNA from R. gracilis active on cephalosporin C. J. Biotechnol., 58/2: 115