What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Carlos M. G. A. Fontes mainly investigates Biochemistry, Clostridium thermocellum, Hydrolase, Xylanase and Food science.
Enzyme, Cellulosome, Cell wall, Carbohydrate-binding module and Binding site are the primary areas of interest in his Biochemistry study.
His studies deal with areas such as Active site and Polysaccharide as well as Clostridium thermocellum.
His Hydrolase study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Glycosidic bond, Catalytic triad and Cellvibrio.
His Xylanase research includes themes of Xylose and Glycoside hydrolase.
His Food science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cholesterol and Polyunsaturated fatty acid.
His most cited work include:
- Cellulosomes: highly efficient nanomachines designed to deconstruct plant cell wall complex carbohydrates. (421 citations)
- Cellulosome assembly revealed by the crystal structure of the cohesin–dockerin complex (213 citations)
- The X6 "thermostabilizing" domains of xylanases are carbohydrate-binding modules: structure and biochemistry of the Clostridium thermocellum X6b domain. (146 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Carlos M. G. A. Fontes focuses on Biochemistry, Clostridium thermocellum, Cellulosome, Enzyme and Dockerin.
His is doing research in Carbohydrate-binding module, Glycoside hydrolase, Cellulase, Hydrolase and Cell wall, both of which are found in Biochemistry.
His Glycoside hydrolase research focuses on Stereochemistry and how it relates to Cellvibrio and Binding site.
His Clostridium thermocellum research includes elements of Crystallography, Escherichia coli, Xylanase and Polysaccharide.
His Cellulosome study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Plasma protein binding and Cellulosome assembly.
His study in Dockerin is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biophysics, Anaerobic bacteria, Cellulosomes, Protein–protein interaction and Protein structure.
He most often published in these fields:
- Biochemistry (51.17%)
- Clostridium thermocellum (34.74%)
- Cellulosome (23.47%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Biochemistry (51.17%)
- Cellulosome (23.47%)
- Computational biology (7.51%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Biochemistry, Cellulosome, Computational biology, Dockerin and Cellulosomes.
While working in this field, he studies both Biochemistry and Ligand.
His Cellulosome study introduces a deeper knowledge of Clostridium thermocellum.
Carlos M. G. A. Fontes works mostly in the field of Clostridium thermocellum, limiting it down to topics relating to Hydrolase and, in certain cases, Active site and Xylan, as a part of the same area of interest.
His Dockerin research incorporates elements of Protein structure, Anaerobic bacteria and Cellulosome assembly.
His work deals with themes such as Hydrolysis and Xylanase, which intersect with Stereochemistry.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Age and dietary xylanase supplementation affects ileal sugar residues and short chain fatty acid concentration in the ileum and caecum of broiler chickens (30 citations)
- Complexity of the Ruminococcus flavefaciens cellulosome reflects an expansion in glycan recognition (28 citations)
- Single versus dual-binding conformations in cellulosomal cohesin-dockerin complexes. (27 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Cellulosomes, Cellulosome, Biochemistry, Dockerin and Plasma protein binding are his primary areas of study.
The concepts of his Cellulosome study are interwoven with issues in Hydrolase, ARAF, Carbohydrate-binding module and Xylose.
Biochemistry is closely attributed to Microbiology in his study.
His studies deal with areas such as Biophysics and Computational biology as well as Dockerin.
His Biophysics study which covers Bacterial cell structure that intersects with Clostridium thermocellum.
The Clostridium thermocellum study which covers Polysaccharide that intersects with Cellulase, Feed conversion ratio and Enzyme.
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