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David Pignol is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and conducts research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions spanning six publications. Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Physiology.

The scientific topics covered in Pignol's work encompass several areas, including:

  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Pignol has authored publications in a diverse set of journals, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The ISME Journal
  • Antioxidants
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Pignol, several notable titles include:

  • Repeated horizontal gene transfers triggered parallel evolution of magnetotaxis in two evolutionary divergent lineages of magnetotactic bacteria, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • A Sensitive Magnetic Arsenite-Specific Biosensor Hosted in Magnetotactic Bacteria, 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Reduction of Protein Bound Methionine Sulfoxide by a Periplasmic Dimethyl Sulfoxide Reductase, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Characterization of the copper chaperone PcuC as substrate of the periplasmic methionine sulfoxide reductase MsrP in Cereibacter sphaeroides., 2022, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Quantitative mapping of methionine sensitivity to oxidation in the copper-bound PcuC chaperone, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Pignol's scientific output, with frequent co-authors including Lionel Tarrago, Sandrine Grosse, David Lemaire, Mathilde Tribout, and Pascal Arnoux.

Best Publications

  • Legumes Symbioses: Absence of Nod Genes in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia

    Eric Giraud;Lionel Moulin;David Vallenet;Valérie Barbe

  • An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons

    Damien Sorigué;Bertrand Légeret;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphanie Blangy

  • The Crystal Structure of the Globular Head of Complement Protein C1q Provides a Basis for Its Versatile Recognition Properties

    Christine Gaboriaud;Jordi Juanhuix;Arnaud Gruez;Monique Lacroix

  • Toward inline multiplex biodetection of metals, bacteria, and toxins in water networks: the COMBITOX project.

    Mireille Ansaldi;Ingrid Bazin;Pierre Cholat;Agnès Rodrigue

  • Lipase activation by nonionic detergents. The crystal structure of the porcine lipase-colipase-tetraethylene glycol monooctyl ether complex.

    Juan Hermoso;David Pignol;Brigitte Kerfelec;Isabelle Crenon

  • Isolation and Characterization of Environmental Bacteria Capable of Extracellular Biosorption of Mercury

    Fabienne François;Carine Lombard;Jean-Michel Guigner;Paul Soreau

  • Characterization of the reduction of selenate and tellurite by nitrate reductases.

    Monique Sabaty;Cécile Avazeri;David Pignol;André Vermeglio

  • A Cultured Greigite-Producing Magnetotactic Bacterium in a Novel Group of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

    Christopher T. Lefèvre;Christopher T. Lefèvre;Christopher T. Lefèvre;Nicholas Menguy;Fernanda Abreu;Ulysses Lins

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

    Ghassan Ghssein;Ghassan Ghssein;Catherine Brutesco;Catherine Brutesco;Laurent Ouerdane;Clémentine Fojcik

  • Heterologous Expression of Membrane Proteins: Choosing the Appropriate Host

    Florent Bernaudat;Florent Bernaudat;Annie Frelet-Barrand;Nathalie Pochon;Nathalie Pochon;Sébastien Dementin;Sébastien Dementin

  • A structural basis for the pH-dependent xanthophyll cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Pascal Arnoux;Pascal Arnoux;Pascal Arnoux;Tomas Morosinotto;Giorgia Saga;Giorgia Saga;Roberto Bassi

  • A new type of bacteriophytochrome acts in tandem with a classical bacteriophytochrome to control the antennae synthesis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris

    Eric Giraud;Sébastien Zappa;Laurie Vuillet;Jean-Marc Adriano

  • Structural and redox plasticity in the heterodimeric periplasmic nitrate reductase.

    Pascal Arnoux;Monique Sabaty;Jean Alric;Bettina Frangioni

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

    Christopher T. Lefèvre;Mathieu Bennet;Livnat Landau;Peter Vach

  • Structural insight into magnetochrome-mediated magnetite biomineralization

    Marina I. Siponen;Marina I. Siponen;Marina I. Siponen;Pierre Legrand;Marc Widdrat;Stephanie R. Jones

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa zinc uptake in chelating environment is primarily mediated by the metallophore pseudopaline

    Sébastien Lhospice;Nicolas Oswaldo Gomez;Laurent Ouerdane;Catherine Brutesco

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

    Christopher T. Lefèvre;Denis Trubitsyn;Fernanda Abreu;Sebastian Kolinko

  • Targeted thermal therapy with genetically engineered magnetite magnetosomes@RGD: Photothermia is far more efficient than magnetic hyperthermia

    Anouchka Plan Sangnier;Sandra Preveral;Alberto Curcio;Amanda K. A. Silva

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

    Denis Vivares;Pascal Arnoux;David Pignol

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

    M. Boucher;F. Geffroy;S. Prévéral;L. Bellanger

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps
Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruno Guigliarelli
Bruno Guigliarelli Aix-Marseille University
Juan A. Hermoso
Juan A. Hermoso Spanish National Research Council
Christophe Léger
Christophe Léger Aix-Marseille University
Nicolas Menguy
Nicolas Menguy Sorbonne University
Pierre Richaud
Pierre Richaud Aix-Marseille University
Claudine Médigue
Claudine Médigue University of Paris-Saclay
David Vallenet
David Vallenet University of Paris-Saclay
Dennis A. Bazylinski
Dennis A. Bazylinski University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri

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