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Giulietta Smulevich

Giulietta Smulevich

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
8547
World Ranking
12378
National Ranking
411

Overview

Giulietta Smulevich is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their primary research field is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on molecular biology, cell biology, and physiology. Other areas of contribution include pediatrics, perinatology and child health as well as plant science.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass hemoglobin structure and function, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, porphyrin metabolism and disorders, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, neonatal health and biochemistry, and nitric oxide and endothelin effects.

Frequent coauthors include Federico Sebastiani, Maurizio Becucci, Stefan Hofbauer, Andrea Dali, and Giovanna De Simone. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers often contributing jointly to the same areas of biochemical research.

Publication venues where Giulietta Smulevich has frequently published comprise the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, FEBS Journal, Protein Science, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Giulietta Smulevich cover various topics related to spectroscopy and biochemistry:

  • Mycobacterial and Human Nitrobindins: Structure and Function, 2020, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • Substrate specificity and complex stability of coproporphyrin ferrochelatase is governed by hydrogen-bonding interactions of the four propionate groups, 2021, FEBS Journal
  • Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of glyphosate on dispersed silver nanoparticles: A reinterpretation based on model molecules, 2020, Vibrational Spectroscopy
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Bisphenols Detection: Toward a Better Understanding of the Analyte-Nanosystem Interactions, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Lack of orientation selectivity of the heme insertion in murine neuroglobin revealed by resonance Raman spectroscopy, 2020, FEBS Journal

Best Publications

  • Heme pocket interactions in cytochrome c peroxidase studied by site-directed mutagenesis and resonance Raman spectroscopy.

    Smulevich G;Mauro Jm;Fishel La;English Am

  • Structure of soybean seed coat peroxidase: a plant peroxidase with unusual stability and haem-apoprotein interactions.

    A Henriksen;O Mirza;C Indiani;K Teilum

  • Interactions between the Photosystem II Subunit PsbS and Xanthophylls Studied in Vivo and in Vitro

    Giulia Bonente;Barry D. Howes;Stefano Caffarri;Giulietta Smulevich

  • Spin State and Axial Ligand Bonding in the Hydroxide Complexes of Metmyoglobin, Methemoglobin, and Horseradish Peroxidase at Room and Low Temperatures

    Alessandro Feis;Mario P. Marzocchi;Mauro Paoli;Giulietta Smulevich

  • Spectroscopic and Interfacial Properties of Myoglobin/Surfactant Complexes

    Luca Tofani;Alessandro Feis;Roy E. Snoke;Debora Berti

  • Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic evidence that adsorption on silver particles can denature heme proteins

    Giulietta Smulevich;Thomas G. Spiro

  • Probing protein structure and dynamics with resonance Raman spectroscopy: cytochrome c peroxidase and hemoglobin.

    Thomas G. Spiro;Giulietta Smulevich;Chang Su

  • Mutation of distal residues of horseradish peroxidase: influence on substrate binding and cavity properties.

    Barry D. Howes;§ Jose Neptuno Rodriguez-Lopez;and Andrew T. Smith;Giulietta Smulevich

  • Probing the structure and bifunctionality of catalase-peroxidase (KatG).

    Giulietta Smulevich;Christa Jakopitsch;Enrica Droghetti;Christian Obinger

  • Conformational change and histidine control of heme chemistry in cytochrome c peroxidase: resonance Raman evidence from Leu-52 and Gly-181 mutants of cytochrome c peroxidase.

    Giulietta Smulevich;Mark A. Miller;Joseph Kraut;Thomas G. Spiro

  • Differential Activity and Structure of Highly Similar Peroxidases. Spectroscopic, Crystallographic, and Enzymatic Analyses of Lignifying Arabidopsis Thaliana Peroxidase A2 and Horseradish Peroxidase A2

    K. L. Nielsen;C. Indiani;A. Henriksen;A. Feis

  • Extended cardiolipin anchorage to cytochrome c : a model for protein–mitochondrial membrane binding

    Federica Sinibaldi;Barry D. Howes;Maria Cristina Piro;Fabio Polticelli

  • Characterization of recombinant horseradish peroxidase C and three site-directed mutants, F41V, F41W, and R38K, by resonance Raman spectroscopy.

    G. Smulevich;M. Paoli;J. F. Burke;S. A. Sanders

  • Resonance Raman spectrum of crystal violet

    Leonardo Angeloni;Giulietta Smulevich;Mario Pio Marzocchi

  • Heme to protein linkages in mammalian peroxidases: impact on spectroscopic, redox and catalytic properties

    Martina Zederbauer;Paul G. Furtmüller;Silvia Brogioni;Christa Jakopitsch

  • Ibuprofen Induces an Allosteric Conformational Transition in the Heme Complex of Human Serum Albumin with Significant Effects on Heme Ligation

    Francesco P. Nicoletti;Barry D. Howes;Maria Fittipaldi;Gabriella Fanali

  • Fifteen years of Raman spectroscopy of engineered heme containing peroxidases: what have we learned?

    Giulietta Smulevich;and Alessandro Feis;Barry D. Howes

  • The critical role of the proximal calcium ion in the structural properties of horseradish peroxidase.

    Barry D. Howes;Alessandro Feis;Laura Raimondi

  • Relationship between heme vinyl conformation and the protein matrix in peroxidases

    Mario P. Marzocchi;Giulietta Smulevich

  • The Quantum Mixed-Spin Heme State of Barley Peroxidase:A Paradigm for Class III Peroxidases

    Barry D. Howes;Christine B. Schiødt;Karen G. Welinder;Karen G. Welinder;Mario P. Marzocchi

  • Role of Lysines in Cytochrome c−Cardiolipin Interaction

    Federica Sinibaldi;Barry D. Howes;Enrica Droghetti;Fabio Polticelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Coletta
Massimo Coletta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Thomas G. Spiro
Thomas G. Spiro University of Washington
Christian Obinger
Christian Obinger BOKU University
Karen G. Welinder
Karen G. Welinder Aalborg University
Paul G. Furtmüller
Paul G. Furtmüller BOKU University
Darío A. Estrin
Darío A. Estrin University of Buenos Aires
Paolo Ascenzi
Paolo Ascenzi Roma Tre University
Fabio Polticelli
Fabio Polticelli Roma Tre University
Luigi Vitagliano
Luigi Vitagliano University of Naples Federico II
Martino Bolognesi
Martino Bolognesi University of Milan

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