OUR PUBLICATIONS 

García-Oneto TM*, Moyano-Bellido C*, Domínguez-Martín MA✉️. Structure and function of the light-protective orange carotenoid protein families. Current Research in Structural Biology. Volume 7, 2024, 100141.  

Sauer PV*, Cupellini L*, Sutter M*, Mattia Bondanza, Domínguez-Martin MA, Kirst H, Bína D, Koh AF, Kotecha A, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polívka T, Mennucci B, Kerfeld CA. Structural and quantum chemical basis for OCP-mediated quenching of phycobilisomes. Science Advances. Volume 10, Issue 14. 

Díez J, López-Lozano A, Domínguez-Martín MA, Gómez-Baena G, Muñoz-Marín MC, Melero-Rubio Y, García-Fernández JM. Regulatory and metabolic adaptations in the nitrogen assimilation of marine picocyanobacteria, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Volume 47, Issue 1, fuac043. 

Sil S, Tilluck RW, Mohan TMN, Chase HL, Rose JB, Domínguez-Martín MA, Lou W, Kerfeld CA & Beck WF. Excitation energy transfer and vibronica coherence in intact phycobilisomes. Nature Chemistry. 14, 1286–1294.

Domínguez-Martín MA*, Sauer PV*, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bina D, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polivka T & Kerfeld CA Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states. Nature 609, 835-845. 

Rosi M, Russel B, Kristensen LG, Farquhar ER, Jain R, Abel D, Sullivan M, Costello SM, Dominguez-Martin MA, Chen Y, Marqusse S, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, DePonte DP, Farahmand F, Gupta S & Ralston CY. An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labelling of proteins. Communications Biology 5, 866.

 Domínguez-Martín MA*, López-Lozano A*, Melero-Rubio Y, Gómez-Baena G, Jiménez-Estrada JA, Kukil K, Diez J & García-Fernández JM. Marine Synechococcus sp. Strain WH7803 shows specific adaptative responses to assimilate nanomolar concentrations of nitrate. Microbiology Spectrum. 10:e00187-22.

Kahn T, Kuznetsova V, Domínguez-Martín MA, Kerfeld CA and Polivka T. Uv excited of carotenoid binding proteins OCP and HCP: Excited-state dynamics and product formation. ChemPhotoChem e2021000194. 

Domínguez-Martín MA, Hammel M, Gupta S, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Rosenberg DJ, Chen Y, Petzold CJ, Ralston CY, Polivka T and Kerfeld CA. Structural analysis of a new carotenoid-binding protein: The C-terminal domain homolog of the OCP. Scientific Reports 10, 1-11. 

Khan T, Domínguez-Martín MA, Šimová I, Fuciman M, Kerfeld CA & Polivka T. Excited state properties of canthaxanthin in cyanobacterial carotenoid-binding proteins HCP2 and HCP3. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124, 24. 4896-4905.

Kuznetosva V, Domínguez-Martín MA, Bao H, Gupta S, Sutter M, Kloz Miroslav, Rebarz M, Precek, Chen Y, Petzold CJ, Ralston CY, Kerfeld CA & Polivka T. Comparative ultrafast spectroscopy and structural analysis of OCP1 and OCP2 from Tolypothrix. BBA-Bioenergetics 1861 (2), 148120.

 Gupta S, Sutter M, Remesh SG, Domínguez-Martín MA, Bao H, Feng XA, Chan LJ, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CK & Ralston CY. X-ray radiolytic labeling reveals the molecular basis of orange carotenoid protein photoprotection and its interactions with fluorescence recovery protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry 294(22), 8848-8860. 

Dominguez-Martin MA & Kerfeld CA. Engineering the orange carotenoid protein for applications in synthetic biology. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 57, 110-117.

Dominguez-Martin MA, Polivka T, Sutter M, Ferlez B, Lechno-Yossef S, Montgomery B & Kerfeld CA. Structural and spectroscopic characterization of HCP2. BBA-Bioenergetics 1860(5), 414-424.

Domínguez-Martín MA, López-Lozano A, Rangel-Zúñiga OA, Díez J & García-Fernández JM. Distinct features  of C/N balance regulation in Prochlorococcus sp. MIT9313. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 365. 

Domínguez-Martín MA, López-Lozano A, Claveria R, Velázquez-Campoy A, Seidel G, Burkovski A, Díez J & García-Fernández JM. NtcA responsiveness to 2-oxoglutarate has been reduced in Prochlorococcus in adaptation to more stable environments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:2461 DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02641. 

Gurchiek JK, Bao H, Dominguez-Martin MA, McGovern SE, Marquardt CE, Roscioli JD, Ghosh S, Kerfeld CA & Beck WF  Fluorescence and Excited-State Conformational Dynamics of the Orange Carotenoid Protein. J. Phys. Chem. B, 122(6), pp 1792-1800.

Kerfeld CA, Melnicki M, Sutter M, Dominguez-Martin MA. Structure, function and evolution of the cyanobacteria orange carotenoid protein. New Phytologist 215: 937–95 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14670. 

Domínguez-Martín MA, Gómez-Baena G, López-Gureso MJ, Beynon RJ & García-Fernández JM. Quantitative proteomics shows extensive remodeling induced by N limitation in Prochlorococcus marinus SS120. mSystems 2 (3): e0008-17. DOI 10.1128/mSystems.00008-17.

Domínguez-Martín MA, Diez J & García-Fernández JM. Physiological studies of Glutamine Synthetases I and 

II  from Synechococcus sp. WH7803 reveal differential regulation. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:969. DOI:

10.3389 fmicb.2016.00969.

Gómez-Baena G, Domínguez-Martín MA, Donaldson RP, García-Fernández JM & Diez J (2015). Glutamine 

synthetase to oxidative modification during nutrient starvation in Prochlorococcus marinus PCC 9511. 

PlosOne. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0135322.

Domínguez-Martín MA*, López-Lozano A*, Díez J, Gómez-Baena G, Rangel-Zúñiga OA & García-Fernández JM Physiological regulation of isocitrate dehydrogenase and the role of 2-oxoglutarate in Prochlorococcus sp. strain PCC 9511. PlosOne. 9 (7):e103380.

Teixeira PF, Domínguez-Martín MA & Nordulund S. Molecular basis for the distinct divalent cation requirement in the uridylylation of the signal transduction proteins GlnJ and GlnB from Rhodospirillum rubrum. BMC Microbiology. 12: 136.

McDonagh B, Domínguez-Martín MA, Gómez-Baena G, López-Lozano A, Díez J, Bárcena JA & García-Fernández JM. Nitrogen starvation induces extensive changes in the redox proteome of Prochlorococcus sp. strain SS120. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 4(2):257-267.