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Miguel Teixeira is affiliated with Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, among which are Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Fire effects on ecosystems, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders.

Several notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Miguel Teixeira include:

  • Responses of Clostridia to oxygen: from detoxification to adaptive strategies, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • The flavodiiron protein from Syntrophomonas wolfei has five domains and acts both as an NADH:O2 or an NADH:H2O2 oxidoreductase, 2023, FEBS Journal
  • Using Participatory Mapping to Foster Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Forest Fire-Prone Areas: The Case of Monchique in Portugal, 2022, Fire
  • Modulation of Human Phenylalanine Hydroxylase by 3-Hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-One Derivatives, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Structural and functional insights of GSU0105, a unique multiheme cytochrome from G. sulfurreducens, 2021, Biophysical Journal

Miguel Teixeira frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in the Biophysical Journal. Other common venues include Environmental Microbiology, FEBS Journal, Fire, and mBio.

Collaboration features prominently in their work, with regular co-authors including:

  • Filipe Folgosa
  • Maria C. Martins
  • Leonor Morgado
  • Claire Morvan
  • Nicolas Kint

Best Publications

  • Superoxide dismutases and superoxide reductases

    Yuewei Sheng;Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu;Diane E. Cabelli;Michael J. Maroney

  • Molecular and biochemical characterization of a highly stable bacterial laccase that occurs as a structural component of the Bacillus subtilis endospore coat.

    Lı́gia O. Martins;Lı́gia O. Martins;Cláudio M. Soares;Manuela M. Pereira;Miguel Teixeira

  • A novel scenario for the evolution of haem-copper oxygen reductases.

    Manuela M Pereira;Margarida Santana;Miguel Teixeira

  • The three classes of hydrogenases from sulfate-reducing bacteria of the genus Desulfovibrio

    G. Fauque;H.D. Peck;J.J.G. Moura;B.H. Huynh

  • New Insights into Type II NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductases

    Ana M. P. Melo;Ana M. P. Melo;Tiago M. Bandeiras;Miguel Teixeira

  • Structure of a dioxygen reduction enzyme from Desulfovibrio gigas.

    Carlos Frazão;Gabriela G. F. Silva;Cláudio M. Gomes;Pedro Matias

  • A Novel Type of Nitric-oxide Reductase ESCHERICHIA COLI FLAVORUBREDOXIN

    Cláudio M. Gomes;Alessandro Giuffrè;Elena Forte;João B. Vicente

  • New Genes Implicated in the Protection of Anaerobically Grown Escherichia coli against Nitric Oxide

    Marta C. Justino;João B. Vicente;Miguel Teixeira;Lígia M. Saraiva

  • The superfamily of heme-copper oxygen reductases: types and evolutionary considerations.

    Filipa L. Sousa;Renato J. Alves;Miguel A. Ribeiro;José B. Pereira-Leal

  • Redox intermediates of Desulfovibrio gigas [NiFe] hydrogenase generated under hydrogen. Mössbauer and EPR characterization of the metal centers.

    M. Teixeira;I. Moura;A. V. Xavier;José J. G. Moura

  • Coupling of the pathway of sulphur oxidation to dioxygen reduction: characterization of a novel membrane-bound thiosulphate:quinone oxidoreductase.

    Fabian H. Müller;Tiago M. Bandeiras;Tim Urich;Miguel Teixeira

  • Electron paramagnetic resonance studies on the mechanism of activation and the catalytic cycle of the nickel-containing hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio gigas.

    M. Teixeira;M. Teixeira;I. Moura;I. Moura;A. V. Xavier;A. V. Xavier;B. H. Huynh

  • Detection and Characterization of Exchangeable Protons Bound to the Hydrogen-Activation Nickel Site of Desulfovibrio gigas Hydrogenase: A 1H and 2H Q-Band ENDOR Study

    Chaoliang Fan;Miguel Teixeira;José J. G. Moura;Isabel Moura

  • Escherichia coli di-iron YtfE protein is necessary for the repair of stress-damaged iron-sulfur clusters.

    Marta C. Justino;Cláudia C. Almeida;Miguel Teixeira;Lígia M. Saraiva

  • Structural and functional insights into sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase.

    José A. Brito;Filipa L. Sousa;Meike Stelter;Tiago M. Bandeiras

  • EPR studies with 77Se-enriched (NiFeSe) hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio baculatus. Evidence for a selenium ligand to the active site nickel.

    S H He;M Teixeira;J LeGall;D S Patil

  • Nickel-[iron-sulfur]-selenium-containing hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio baculatus (DSM 1743). Redox centers and catalytic properties.

    Miguel Teixeira;Guy Fauque;Isabel Moura;Isabel Moura;Paul A. Lespinat

  • Characterization of the Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 DsrMKJOP complex--a membrane-bound redox complex involved in the sulfate respiratory pathway.

    Ricardo H. Pires;Sofia S. Venceslau;Francisco Morais;Miguel Teixeira

  • Studies on the Redox Centers of the Terminal Oxidase fromDesulfovibrio gigas and Evidence for Its Interaction with Rubredoxin

    Cláudio M. Gomes;Gabriela Silva;Gabriela Silva;Solange Oliveira;Jean LeGall;Jean LeGall

  • Reactive oxygen species mediate bactericidal killing elicited by carbon monoxide-releasing molecules

    Ana Filipa N. Tavares;Miguel Teixeira;Carlos C. Romão;João D. Seixas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean LeGall
Jean LeGall University of Georgia
António V. Xavier
António V. Xavier Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Isabel Moura
Isabel Moura Universidade Nova de Lisboa
José J. G. Moura
José J. G. Moura Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Maria Arménia Carrondo
Maria Arménia Carrondo Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Harry D. Peck
Harry D. Peck University of Georgia
Inês A. C. Pereira
Inês A. C. Pereira Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Peter Hildebrandt
Peter Hildebrandt Technical University of Berlin
Cláudio M. Soares
Cláudio M. Soares Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Harald Huber
Harald Huber University of Regensburg

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