Paola Dominici
Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
University of Vermont
Italy
Biography
Dr. Paola Dominici is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona , Italy. His research interests includes Enzymology: Structure and function of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent enzymes Protein structure and function:Calcium binding proteins: Plant calmodulin and calmodulin-like proteinsCalmodulin binding proteins: plant glutamate decarboxylases Structure and function of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobinsProtein-protein interactions studied by experimental techniques ( isothermal titration calorimetry, fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering) Protein engineering Protein rational mutagenesis. Enzyme directed evolution for biotechnological application.. He /she is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Paola Dominici is the member of many international affiliations. He/ She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He /she has authored of many research articles/books related to Enzymology: Structure and function of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent enzymes Protein structure and function:Calcium binding proteins: Plant calmodulin and calmodulin-like proteinsCalmodulin binding proteins: plant glutamate decarboxylases Structure and function of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobinsProtein-protein interactions studied by experimental techniques ( isothermal titration calorimetry, fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering) Protein engineering Protein rational mutagenesis. Enzyme directed evolution for biotechnological application..
Research Interest
Enzymology: Structure and function of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent enzymes Protein structure and function:Calcium binding proteins: Plant calmodulin and calmodulin-like proteinsCalmodulin binding proteins: plant glutamate decarboxylases Structure and function of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobinsProtein-protein interactions studied by experimental techniques ( isothermal titration calorimetry, fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering) Protein engineering Protein rational mutagenesis. Enzyme directed evolution for biotechnological application.
Publications
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Dominici P, Caffarri S, Armenante F, Ceoldo S, Crimi M, Bassi R. Biochemical properties of the PsbS subunit of photosystem II either purified from chloroplast or recombinant. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002 Jun 21;277(25):22750-8.
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Burkhard P, Dominici P, Borri-Voltattorni C, Jansonius JN, Malashkevich VN. Structural insight into Parkinson's disease treatment from drug-inhibited DOPA decarboxylase. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 2001 Nov 1;8(11):963-7.
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Perazzolli M, Dominici P, Romero-Puertas MC, Zago E, Zeier J, Sonoda M, Lamb C, Delledonne M. Arabidopsis nonsymbiotic hemoglobin AHb1 modulates nitric oxide bioactivity. The Plant Cell. 2004 Oct 1;16(10):2785-94.
