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Luca De Gioia is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on energy-related topics, with a substantial concentration in renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. The subfields of study connected to their work also include materials chemistry, molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover several specialized areas, notably:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms
  • CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
  • Free radicals and antioxidants
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography

The recent papers published by Luca De Gioia and their collaborators illustrate the diverse themes explored. These include:

  • Proton Shuttle Mediated by (SCH2)2PO Moiety in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Mimics: Electrochemical and DFT Studies, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Adaptation of the Endemic Coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E to the Human Host, 2021, Virus Evolution
  • A De Novo-Designed Type 3 Copper Protein Tunes Catechol Substrate Recognition and Reactivity, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • First-Principles Calculations on Ni,Fe-Containing Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases Reveal Key Stereoelectronic Features for Binding and Release of CO2 to/from the C-Cluster, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Recent Theoretical Insights into the Oxidative Degradation of Biopolymers and Plastics by Metalloenzymes, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Throughout their career, Luca De Gioia has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Federica Arrigoni
  • Luca Bertini
  • Giuseppe Zampella
  • Claudio Greco
  • Philippe Schollhammer

Their publications are commonly featured in notable venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganics
  • Virus Evolution
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Best Publications

  • Free-energy landscape, principal component analysis, and structural clustering to identify representative conformations from molecular dynamics simulations: The myoglobin case

    Elena Papaleo;Paolo Mereghetti;Paolo Mereghetti;Piercarlo Fantucci;Rita Grandori

  • Multimer Formation and Ligand Recognition by the Long Pentraxin PTX3 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE SHORT PENTRAXINS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND SERUM AMYLOID P COMPONENT

    Barbara Bottazzi;Valérie Vouret-Craviari;Antonio Bastone;Luca De Gioia

  • Tetracycline affects abnormal properties of synthetic PrP peptides and PrP(Sc) in vitro.

    Fabrizio Tagliavini;Gianluigi Forloni;Laura Colombo;Giacomina Rossi

  • Chelate Control of Diiron(I) Dithiolates Relevant to the [Fe–Fe]-Hydrogenase Active Site

    Aaron K. Justice;Giuseppe Zampella;Luca De Gioia;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • The cold-active lipase of Pseudomonas fragi. Heterologous expression, biochemical characterization and molecular modeling.

    Claudia Alquati;Luca De Gioia;Gianluca Santarossa;Lilia Alberghina

  • A new nerve growth factor-mimetic peptide active on neuropathic pain in rats.

    Anna Maria Colangelo;Maria Rosaria Bianco;Luigi Vitagliano;Carlo Cavaliere

  • Ligand versus metal protonation of an iron hydrogenase active site mimic

    Gerriet Eilers;Lennart Schwartz;Matthias Stein;Giuseppe Zampella

  • Terminal vs bridging hydrides of diiron dithiolates: protonation of Fe2(dithiolate)(CO)2(PMe3)4.

    Riccardo Zaffaroni;Thomas B. Rauchfuss;Danielle L. Gray;Luca De Gioia

  • A QM/MM investigation of the activation and catalytic mechanism of Fe-only hydrogenases

    Claudio Greco;Maurizio Bruschi;Luca De Gioia;Ulf Ryde

  • Influence of the [2Fe]H Subcluster Environment on the Properties of Key Intermediates in the Catalytic Cycle of [FeFe] Hydrogenases: Hints for the Rational Design of Synthetic Catalysts

    Maurizio Bruschi;Claudio Greco;Markus Kaukonen;Piercarlo Fantucci

  • Reactivity of peroxo forms of the vanadium haloperoxidase cofactor. A DFT investigation.

    Giuseppe Zampella;Piercarlo Fantucci;Vincent L. Pecoraro;Luca De Gioia

  • Purification, cDNA Cloning, and Tissue Distribution of Bovine Liver Aldehyde Oxidase

    Marco Li-Calzi;Carlo Raviolo;Elena Ghibaudi;Luca De Gioia

  • Redox and structural properties of mixed-valence models for the active site of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase: progress and challenges.

    Aaron K. Justice;Luca De Gioia;Mark J. Nilges;Thomas B. Rauchfuss

  • Insights into the Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Mediated by Fe2(S2C3H6)(CO)6: The Simplest Functional Model of the Fe-Hydrogenase Active Site

    Claudio Greco;Giuseppe Zampella;Luca Bertini;Maurizio Bruschi

  • Density functional theory investigation of the active site of [Fe]-hydrogenases: effects of redox state and ligand characteristics on structural, electronic, and reactivity properties of complexes related to the [2Fe]H subcluster.

    Maurizio Bruschi;Piercarlo Fantucci;Luca De Gioia

  • The oxidative inactivation of FeFe hydrogenase reveals the flexibility of the H-cluster

    Vincent Fourmond;Claudio Greco;Kateryna Sybirna;Carole Baffert

  • Lactate production yield from engineered yeasts is dependent from the host background, the lactate dehydrogenase source and the lactate export

    Paola Branduardi;Michael Sauer;Luca De Gioia;Giuseppe Zampella

  • DFT Investigation of Structural, Electronic, and Catalytic Properties of Diiron Complexes Related to the [2Fe]H Subcluster of Fe-Only Hydrogenases

    Maurizio Bruschi;Piercarlo Fantucci;Luca De Gioia

  • Catalytic Mechanism of Fungal Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Investigated by First-Principles Calculations

    Luca Bertini;Raffaella Breglia;Matteo Lambrughi;Piercarlo Fantucci

  • The yeast cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1 and mammalian p27Kip1 are functional homologues with a structurally conserved inhibitory domain.

    Matteo Barberis;Luca De Gioia;Maria Ruzzene;Stefania Sarno

  • Isomerization of the hydride complexes (HFe2(SR)2(PR3)x(CO)6-x) + (x = 2, 3, 4) relevant to the active site models for the (FeFe)- hydrogenases †

    Bryan E. Barton;Giuseppe Zampella;Aaron K. Justice;Luca De Gioia

Frequent Co-Authors

Piercarlo Fantucci
Piercarlo Fantucci University of Milano-Bicocca
Mario Clerici
Mario Clerici University of Milan
Manuela Sironi
Manuela Sironi University of Turin
Christophe Léger
Christophe Léger Aix-Marseille University
Ulf Ryde
Ulf Ryde Lund University
Enrico Monzani
Enrico Monzani University of Pavia
Thomas B. Rauchfuss
Thomas B. Rauchfuss University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lilia Alberghina
Lilia Alberghina University of Milano-Bicocca
Philippe Soucaille
Philippe Soucaille Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Francesco Nicotra
Francesco Nicotra University of Milano-Bicocca

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