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Antonello Merlino is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research spans several fields including Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with notable subfields such as Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics primarily focused on metal complexes and protein interactions. Significant papers include:

  • "The antimicrobial peptide Temporin L impairs E. coli cell division by interacting with FtsZ and the divisome complex" (2020) published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • "Gold metalation of proteins: Structural studies" (2020) published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Recent advances in protein metalation: structural studies" (2021) published in Chemical Communications
  • "Metallodrug binding to serum albumin: Lessons from biophysical and structural studies" (2023) published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Pt(II) versus Pt(IV) in Carbene Glycoconjugate Antitumor Agents: Minimal Structural Variations and Great Performance Changes" (2020) published in Inorganic Chemistry

Their main research topics involve metal complexes synthesis and properties, vanadium and halogenation chemistry, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, and trace elements in health. Additional topics of interest include ferrocene chemistry and applications, polyoxometalates synthesis and applications, and enzyme structure and function.

Antonello Merlino frequently publishes in several journals, with a focus on:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Giarita Ferraro
  • Eugenio Garribba
  • Daria Maria Monti
  • Gabriella Tito
  • Maria Monti

Best Publications

  • High-resolution structures of two complexes between thrombin and thrombin-binding aptamer shed light on the role of cations in the aptamer inhibitory activity

    Irene Russo Krauss;Antonello Merlino;Antonio Randazzo;Ettore Novellino

  • An Overview of Biological Macromolecule Crystallization

    Irene Russo Krauss;Antonello Merlino;Alessandro Vergara;Filomena Sica

  • Thrombin–aptamer recognition: a revealed ambiguity

    Irene Russo Krauss;Antonello Merlino;Concetta Giancola;Antonio Randazzo

  • Cisplatin binding to proteins: A structural perspective

    Luigi Messori;Antonello Merlino

  • γ-Glutamyltranspeptidases: sequence, structure, biochemical properties, and biotechnological applications

    Immacolata Castellano;Antonello Merlino

  • Cisplatin binding to human serum albumin: a structural study

    Giarita Ferraro;Lara Massai;Luigi Messori;Antonello Merlino

  • Molecular bases of protein halotolerance

    Giuseppe Graziano;Antonello Merlino

  • Interactions between proteins and Ru compounds of medicinal interest: A structural perspective

    Antonello Merlino

  • Duplex–quadruplex motifs in a peculiar structural organization cooperatively contribute to thrombin binding of a DNA aptamer

    Irene Russo Krauss;Andrea Pica;Antonello Merlino;Lelio Mazzarella

  • Structure and flexibility in cold-adapted iron superoxide dismutases: the case of the enzyme isolated from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis.

    Antonello Merlino;Irene Russo Krauss;Immacolata Castellano;Emmanuele De Vendittis

  • Cisplatin encapsulation within a ferritin nanocage: a high-resolution crystallographic study.

    Nicola Pontillo;Francesca Pane;Luigi Messori;Angela Amoresano

  • Unusual structural features in the lysozyme derivative of the tetrakis(acetato)chloridodiruthenium(II,III) complex.

    Luigi Messori;Tiziano Marzo;Rute Nazaré Fernandes Sanches;Hanif-Ur-Rehman

  • Protein metalation by metal-based drugs: X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry studies

    L. Messori;A. Merlino

  • Protein Metalation by Anticancer Metallodrugs: A Joint ESI MS and XRD Investigative Strategy

    Antonello Merlino;Tiziano Marzo;Tiziano Marzo;Luigi Messori

  • The mode of action of anticancer gold-based drugs: a structural perspective

    Luigi Messori;Federica Scaletti;Lara Massai;Maria Agostina Cinellu

  • Interaction of Anticancer Ruthenium Compounds with Proteins: High-Resolution X-ray Structures and Raman Microscopy Studies of the Adduct between Hen Egg White Lysozyme and AziRu.

    Alessandro Vergara;Gerardino D’Errico;Daniela Montesarchio;Gaetano Mangiapia

  • Cisplatin binding to proteins: molecular structure of the ribonuclease a adduct.

    Luigi Messori;Antonello Merlino

  • Reversible substrate‐induced domain motions in ribonuclease A

    Luigi Vitagliano;Antonello Merlino;Adriana Zagari;Lelio Mazzarella

  • Subtle functional collective motions in pancreatic-like ribonucleases: from ribonuclease A to angiogenin.

    Antonello Merlino;Luigi Vitagliano;Marc Antoine Ceruso;Lelio Mazzarella

  • Ruthenium metalation of proteins: The X-ray structure of the complex formed between NAMI-A and hen egg white lysozyme

    Luigi Messori;Antonello Merlino

  • Dynamic properties of the N-terminal swapped dimer of ribonuclease A.

    Antonello Merlino;Luigi Vitagliano;Marc Antoine Ceruso;Lelio Mazzarella

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Messori
Luigi Messori University of Florence
Luigi Vitagliano
Luigi Vitagliano University of Naples Federico II
Luigi Paduano
Luigi Paduano University of Naples Federico II
Maria Chiara Monti
Maria Chiara Monti University of Salerno
Maria Agostina Cinellu
Maria Agostina Cinellu University of Sassari
Giuseppe D'Alessio
Giuseppe D'Alessio University of Naples Federico II
Giulietta Smulevich
Giulietta Smulevich University of Florence
Gerardino D'Errico
Gerardino D'Errico University of Naples Federico II
Darío A. Estrin
Darío A. Estrin University of Buenos Aires
Mosè Rossi
Mosè Rossi National Research Council (CNR)

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