List of works - David Pignol

A Structural Basis for the pH-Dependent Xanthophyll Cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana

scientific article

A bioluminescent arsenite biosensor designed for inline water analyzer.

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

A papain-like enzyme at work: native and acyl-enzyme intermediate structures in phytochelatin synthesis.

scientific article

A second actin-like MamK protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 encoded outside the genomic magnetosome island

scientific article

A singular bacteriophytochrome acquired by lateral gene transfer.

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

Access to the Active Site of Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase: Insights from Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Zinc Inhibition Studies†

scientific article published on 03 August 2007

Bacterial host and reporter gene optimization for genetically encoded whole cell biosensors.

scientific article

Biosynthesis of a broad-spectrum nicotianamine-like metallophore in Staphylococcus aureus. ⬇️

scientific article published on May 2016

CYP201A2, a cytochrome P450 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris, plays a key role in the biodegradation of tributyl phosphate

scientific article published on 5 September 2007

Comparative genomic analysis of magnetotactic bacteria from the Deltaproteobacteria provides new insights into magnetite and greigite magnetosome genes required for magnetotaxis

scientific article published on 23 April 2013

Comparative genomic analysis provides insights into the evolution and niche adaptation of marine Magnetospira sp. QH-2 strain

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Correcting for Electrocatalyst Desorption and Inactivation in Chronoamperometry Experiments

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Critical role of micelles in pancreatic lipase activation revealed by small angle neutron scattering

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapA-NapB complex) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans

scientific article published on 21 November 2001

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of human lithostathine

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Crystallographic study of a cleaved, non-activatable form of porcine zymogen E

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Cu binding by the Escherichia coli metal-efflux accessory protein RcnB.

scientific article published in August 2014

Dependence of catalytic activity on driving force in solution assays and protein film voltammetry: insights from the comparison of nitrate reductase mutants

scientific article published in March 2010

Detrimental effect of the 6 His C-terminal tag on YedY enzymatic activity and influence of the TAT signal sequence on YedY synthesis.

scientific article

Diversity of magneto-aerotactic behaviors and oxygen sensing mechanisms in cultured magnetotactic bacteria

scientific article published on July 2014

Effects of slow substrate binding and release in redox enzymes: theory and application to periplasmic nitrate reductase

scientific article published on 4 August 2007

Environmental issues facing chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Evolution of a bacteriophytochrome from light to redox sensor

scientific article published on 21 June 2007

Genetic and biochemical evidence for the involvement of a molybdenum-dependent enzyme in one of the selenite reduction pathways of Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106

scientific article published in May 2006

Genetically tailored magnetosomes used as MRI probe for molecular imaging of brain tumor.

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Heterologous expression of membrane proteins: choosing the appropriate host

scientific article

Identification of the ricin lipase site and implication in cytotoxicity.

scientific article

In Rhodobacter sphaeroides respiratory nitrate reductase, the kinetics of substrate binding favors intramolecular electron transfer

scientific article published in February 2004

Interplay between two bacterial actin homologs, MamK and MamK-Like, is required for the alignment of magnetosome organelles in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

scientific article

Isolation and characterization of environmental bacteria capable of extracellular biosorption of mercury

scientific article

Kinetics of substrate inhibition of periplasmic nitrate reductase

scientific article published on 02 June 2014

Legumes symbioses: absence of Nod genes in photosynthetic bradyrhizobia.

scientific article

Light and redox control of photosynthesis gene expression in Bradyrhizobium: dual roles of two PpsR.

scientific article

Magnetochrome: a c-type cytochrome domain specific to magnetotatic bacteria ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Magnetosomes, biogenic magnetic nanomaterials for brain molecular imaging with 17.2 T MRI scanner

scientific article

Major Mo(V) EPR signature of Rhodobacter sphaeroides periplasmic nitrate reductase arising from a dead-end species that activates upon reduction. Relation to other molybdoenzymes from the DMSO reductase family

scientific article

Monophyletic origin of magnetotaxis and the first magnetosomes.

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Neutron crystallographic evidence of lipase-colipase complex activation by a micelle.

scientific article published on September 1997

Pancreatic Lipase-Related Protein Type 1: A Double Mutation Restores a Significant Lipase Activity ⬇️

scientific article published on May 19, 1998

PpsR: a multifaceted regulator of photosynthesis gene expression in purple bacteria.

scientific article

Pushing the limits of nickel detection to nanomolar range using a set of engineered bioluminescent Escherichia coli.

scientific article

RNA sequencing and proteogenomics reveal the importance of leaderless mRNAs in the radiation-tolerant bacterium Deinococcus deserti

scientific article

Radiation response in Deinococcus deserti: IrrE is a metalloprotease that cleaves repressor protein DdrO.

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

Reassessing the Strategies for Trapping Catalytic Intermediates during Nitrate Reductase Turnover

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Reductive activation in periplasmic nitrate reductase involves chemical modifications of the Mo-cofactor beyond the first coordination sphere of the metal ion.

scientific article published on 7 November 2013

Semi-autonomous inline water analyzer: design of a common light detector for bacterial, phage, and immunological biosensors.

scientific article

Single-step production of a recyclable nanobiocatalyst for organophosphate pesticides biodegradation using functionalized bacterial magnetosomes

scientific article

Structural and redox plasticity in the heterodimeric periplasmic nitrate reductase

scientific article

Structural insight into magnetochrome-mediated magnetite biomineralization

scientific article

Structure and evolution of the magnetochrome domains: no longer alone

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

Sulphur shuttling across a chaperone during molybdenum cofactor maturation

scientific article

The crystal structure of the globular head of complement protein C1q provides a basis for its versatile recognition properties

scientific article

The crystallographic structure of thermoNicotianamine synthase with a synthetic reaction intermediate highlights the sequential processing mechanism

scientific article

The lipase/colipase complex is activated by a micelle: neutron crystallographic evidence

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

The oxygen sensor MgFnr controls magnetite biomineralization by regulation of denitrification in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

scientific article

methionine sulfoxide reductase P reduces ‑ and ‑diastereomers of methionine sulfoxide from a broad‑spectrum of protein substrates

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

List of works by David Pignol

A Structural Basis for the pH-Dependent Xanthophyll Cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana

A bioluminescent arsenite biosensor designed for inline water analyzer.

A papain-like enzyme at work: native and acyl-enzyme intermediate structures in phytochelatin synthesis.

A second actin-like MamK protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 encoded outside the genomic magnetosome island

A singular bacteriophytochrome acquired by lateral gene transfer.

Access to the Active Site of Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase: Insights from Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Zinc Inhibition Studies†

Bacterial host and reporter gene optimization for genetically encoded whole cell biosensors.

Biosynthesis of a broad-spectrum nicotianamine-like metallophore in Staphylococcus aureus. ⬇️

CYP201A2, a cytochrome P450 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris, plays a key role in the biodegradation of tributyl phosphate

Comparative genomic analysis of magnetotactic bacteria from the Deltaproteobacteria provides new insights into magnetite and greigite magnetosome genes required for magnetotaxis

Comparative genomic analysis provides insights into the evolution and niche adaptation of marine Magnetospira sp. QH-2 strain

Correcting for Electrocatalyst Desorption and Inactivation in Chronoamperometry Experiments

Critical role of micelles in pancreatic lipase activation revealed by small angle neutron scattering

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapA-NapB complex) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of human lithostathine

Crystallographic study of a cleaved, non-activatable form of porcine zymogen E

Cu binding by the Escherichia coli metal-efflux accessory protein RcnB.

Dependence of catalytic activity on driving force in solution assays and protein film voltammetry: insights from the comparison of nitrate reductase mutants

Detrimental effect of the 6 His C-terminal tag on YedY enzymatic activity and influence of the TAT signal sequence on YedY synthesis.

Diversity of magneto-aerotactic behaviors and oxygen sensing mechanisms in cultured magnetotactic bacteria

Effects of slow substrate binding and release in redox enzymes: theory and application to periplasmic nitrate reductase

Environmental issues facing chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks

Evolution of a bacteriophytochrome from light to redox sensor

Genetic and biochemical evidence for the involvement of a molybdenum-dependent enzyme in one of the selenite reduction pathways of Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106

Genetically tailored magnetosomes used as MRI probe for molecular imaging of brain tumor.

Heterologous expression of membrane proteins: choosing the appropriate host

Identification of the ricin lipase site and implication in cytotoxicity.

In Rhodobacter sphaeroides respiratory nitrate reductase, the kinetics of substrate binding favors intramolecular electron transfer

Interplay between two bacterial actin homologs, MamK and MamK-Like, is required for the alignment of magnetosome organelles in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

Isolation and characterization of environmental bacteria capable of extracellular biosorption of mercury

Kinetics of substrate inhibition of periplasmic nitrate reductase

Legumes symbioses: absence of Nod genes in photosynthetic bradyrhizobia.

Light and redox control of photosynthesis gene expression in Bradyrhizobium: dual roles of two PpsR.

Magnetochrome: a c-type cytochrome domain specific to magnetotatic bacteria ⬇️

Magnetosomes, biogenic magnetic nanomaterials for brain molecular imaging with 17.2 T MRI scanner

Major Mo(V) EPR signature of Rhodobacter sphaeroides periplasmic nitrate reductase arising from a dead-end species that activates upon reduction. Relation to other molybdoenzymes from the DMSO reductase family

Monophyletic origin of magnetotaxis and the first magnetosomes.

Neutron crystallographic evidence of lipase-colipase complex activation by a micelle.

Pancreatic Lipase-Related Protein Type 1: A Double Mutation Restores a Significant Lipase Activity ⬇️

PpsR: a multifaceted regulator of photosynthesis gene expression in purple bacteria.

Pushing the limits of nickel detection to nanomolar range using a set of engineered bioluminescent Escherichia coli.

RNA sequencing and proteogenomics reveal the importance of leaderless mRNAs in the radiation-tolerant bacterium Deinococcus deserti

Radiation response in Deinococcus deserti: IrrE is a metalloprotease that cleaves repressor protein DdrO.

Reassessing the Strategies for Trapping Catalytic Intermediates during Nitrate Reductase Turnover

Reductive activation in periplasmic nitrate reductase involves chemical modifications of the Mo-cofactor beyond the first coordination sphere of the metal ion.

Semi-autonomous inline water analyzer: design of a common light detector for bacterial, phage, and immunological biosensors.

Single-step production of a recyclable nanobiocatalyst for organophosphate pesticides biodegradation using functionalized bacterial magnetosomes

Structural and redox plasticity in the heterodimeric periplasmic nitrate reductase

Structural insight into magnetochrome-mediated magnetite biomineralization

Structure and evolution of the magnetochrome domains: no longer alone

Sulphur shuttling across a chaperone during molybdenum cofactor maturation

The crystal structure of the globular head of complement protein C1q provides a basis for its versatile recognition properties

The crystallographic structure of thermoNicotianamine synthase with a synthetic reaction intermediate highlights the sequential processing mechanism

The lipase/colipase complex is activated by a micelle: neutron crystallographic evidence

The oxygen sensor MgFnr controls magnetite biomineralization by regulation of denitrification in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

methionine sulfoxide reductase P reduces ‑ and ‑diastereomers of methionine sulfoxide from a broad‑spectrum of protein substrates