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List of works by Nuno Borges

8 Characterization and Quantification of Compatible Solutes in (Hyper)thermophilic Microorganisms

A novel pathway for the synthesis of inositol phospholipids uses cytidine diphosphate (CDP)-inositol as donor of the polar head group

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

A unique beta-1,2-mannosyltransferase of Thermotoga maritima that uses di-myo-inositol phosphate as the mannosyl acceptor

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

Annual ryegrass-associated bacteria with potential for plant growth promotion

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Bifunctional CTP:inositol-1-phosphate cytidylyltransferase/CDP-inositol:inositol-1-phosphate transferase, the key enzyme for di-myo-inositol-phosphate synthesis in several (hyper)thermophiles

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Biochemical and genetic characterization of the pathways for trehalose metabolism in Propionibacterium freudenreichii, and their role in stress response

scientific article published in January 2007

Biosynthetic pathways of inositol and glycerol phosphodiesters used by the hyperthermophile Archaeoglobus fulgidus in stress adaptation

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Colonization and beneficial effects on annual ryegrass by mixed inoculation with plant growth promoting bacteria

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Combined effect of the growth temperature and salinity of the medium on the accumulation of compatible solutes by Rhodothermus marinus and Rhodothermus obamensis.

scientific article published in May 1999

Combined transcriptomics-metabolomics profiling of the heat shock response in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Comparative study of the thermostabilizing properties of mannosylglycerate and other compatible solutes on model enzymes

scientific article published on 27 February 2002

Crystal Structure of Archaeoglobus fulgidus CTP:Inositol-1-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase, a Key Enzyme for Di-myo-Inositol-Phosphate Synthesis in (Hyper)Thermophiles

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB27.

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Thermus thermophilus HB27.

scientific article published on 23 September 2009

Evolution of the biosynthesis of di-myo-inositol phosphate, a marker of adaptation to hot marine environments

scientific article published on 26 October 2011

Glycerol Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase Stereospecificity Is Key to Understanding the Distinct Stereochemical Compositions of Glycerophosphoinositol in Bacteria and Archaea

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

Inhibition of formation of α-synuclein inclusions by mannosylglycerate in a yeast model of Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

Mannosylglycerate and di-myo-inositol phosphate have interchangeable roles during adaptation of Pyrococcus furiosus to heat stress.

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Mannosylglycerate: structural analysis of biosynthesis and evolutionary history.

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Pathway for the synthesis of mannosylglycerate in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii. Biochemical and genetic characterization of key enzymes

scientific article (publication date: 23 November 2001)

Plant growth-promoting Burkholderia species isolated from annual ryegrass in Portuguese soils

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Potential applications of stress solutes from extremophiles in protein folding diseases and healthcare

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Production of mannosylglycerate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering and bioprocess optimization

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Production, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of CTP:inositol-1-phosphate cytidylyltransferase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Relative importance of driving force and electrostatic interactions in the reduction of multihaem cytochromes by small molecules

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Specialized roles of the two pathways for the synthesis of mannosylglycerate in osmoadaptation and thermoadaptation of Rhodothermus marinus.

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Structural Analysis of Thermus thermophilus HB27 Mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate Synthase Provides Evidence for a Second Catalytic Metal Ion and New Insight into the Retaining Mechanism of Glycosyltransferases

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Thermococcus kodakarensis mutants deficient in di-myo-inositol phosphate use aspartate to cope with heat stress

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Three-dimensional structure of mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate phosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB27: a new member of the haloalcanoic acid dehalogenase superfamily

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X-ray structure of a CDP-alcohol phosphatidyltransferase membrane enzyme and insights into its catalytic mechanism

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