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Overview

Ignacio Fita is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a strong emphasis on microbial infections and disease research. The main topics covered in their work include Microbial infections and disease research, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Blood groups and transfusion, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, and Reproductive tract infections research.

The scientist has contributed notably to several recent publications, including:

  • Immunodominant proteins P1 and P40/P90 from human pathogen Mycoplasma pneumoniae, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Structure and mechanism of the Nap adhesion complex from the human pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Essential protein P116 extracts cholesterol and other indispensable lipids for Mycoplasmas, 2023, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Dynamics of the adhesion complex of the human pathogens Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium, 2025, PLoS Pathogens
  • Alternative conformation of the C-domain of the P140 protein from Mycoplasma genitalium, 2020, Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications

Ignacio Fita frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Protein Science

Collaboration is a significant feature of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • David Vizarraga
  • Jesús Martín
  • Jaume Piñol
  • Margot P. Scheffer
  • Achilleas S. Frangakis

Their subfields of study encompass Microbiology, Epidemiology, Ecology, Hematology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. This multidisciplinary approach supports the exploration of infectious diseases, immunology, and microbial mechanisms relevant to human health.

Best Publications

  • Diversity of structures and properties among catalases.

    Prashen Chelikani;Ignacio Fita;Peter C. Loewen

  • The active center of catalase

    Ignacio Fita;Michael G. Rossmann

  • Enzymology and structure of catalases

    Peter Nicholls;Ignacio Fita;Peter C. Loewen

  • Ca2+ bridges the C2 membrane-binding domain of protein kinase Cα directly to phosphatidylserine

    Nuria Verdaguer;Senena Corbalan-Garcia;Wendy F. Ochoa;Ignacio Fita

  • Structure of the major antigenic loop of foot-and-mouth disease virus complexed with a neutralizing antibody: direct involvement of the Arg-Gly-Asp motif in the interaction.

    N. Verdaguer;M.G. Mateu;D. Andreu;E. Giralt

  • Three-dimensional structure of catalase from Penicillium vitale at 2.0 A resolution.

    B.K. Vainshtein;W.R. Melik-Adamyan;V.V. Barynin;A.A. Vagin

  • The NADPH binding site on beef liver catalase.

    Ignacio Fita;Michael G. Rossmann

  • Structural basis for the high all-trans-retinaldehyde reductase activity of the tumor marker AKR1B10

    Oriol Gallego;F. Xavier Ruiz;Albert Ardèvol;Marta Domínguez

  • Structure of the foot‐and‐mouth disease virus leader protease: a papain‐like fold adapted for self‐processing and eIF4G recognition

    Alba Guarné;José Tormo;Regina Kirchweger;Regina Kirchweger;Doris Pfistermueller

  • X-ray structure of a minor group human rhinovirus bound to a fragment of its cellular receptor protein

    Nuria Verdaguer;Ignacio Fita;Manuela Reithmayer;Rosita Moser

  • Catalase-peroxidase KatG of Burkholderia pseudomallei at 1.7A resolution.

    Xavi Carpena;Suvit Loprasert;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Jacek Switala

  • Structure of acetylglutamate kinase, a key enzyme for arginine biosynthesis and a prototype for the amino acid kinase enzyme family, during catalysis.

    Santiago Ramón-Maiques;Alberto Marina;Fernando Gil-Ortiz;Ignacio Fita

  • Molecular basis of substrate-induced permeation by an amino acid antiporter

    Lukasz Kowalczyk;Merce Ratera;Antonella Paladino;Paola Chiara Bartoccioni

  • Structure of catalase-A from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Maria J. Maté;Marcel Zamocky;Leena M. Nykyri;Christian Herzog

  • Structure of human rhinovirus serotype 2 (HRV2)

    Núria Verdaguer;Dieter Blaas;Ignacio Fita

  • Crystal structure of catalase HPII from Escherichia coli

    Jerónimo Bravo;Núria Verdaguer;José Tormo;Christian Betzel

  • The structures of picornaviral proteinases

    Joachim Seipelt;Alba Guarné;Ernst Bergmann;Michael James

  • Thirty years of heme catalases structural biology

    Adelaida Díaz;Peter C. Loewen;Ignacio Fita;Xavi Carpena

  • Structure of the C2 domain from novel protein kinase Cepsilon. A membrane binding model for Ca(2+)-independent C2 domains.

    Wendy F Ochoa;Josefa Garcia-Garcia;Ignacio Fita;Senena Corbalan-Garcia

  • Molecular structure of the A-tract DNA dodecamer d(CGCAAATTTGCG) complexed with the minor groove binding drug netropsin.

    L Tabernero;N Verdaguer;M Coll;I Fita

  • Crystal structure of a substrate-bound amino acid antiporter in the outward open conformation: mechanism of substrate recognintion and transport.

    L Kowalcyk;Ignacio Fita;Manuel Palacín

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Loewen
Peter C. Loewen University of Manitoba
Carme Rovira
Carme Rovira University of Barcelona
Vicente Rubio
Vicente Rubio Spanish National Research Council
Dieter Blaas
Dieter Blaas Medical University of Vienna
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Mauricio G. Mateu
Mauricio G. Mateu Spanish National Research Council
Esteban Domingo
Esteban Domingo Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Juan C. Gómez-Fernández
Juan C. Gómez-Fernández University of Murcia
Manuel Palacín
Manuel Palacín Institute for Research in Biomedicine
David I. Stuart
David I. Stuart University of Oxford

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