MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- An engineered GH1 β-glucosidase displays enhanced glucose tolerance and increased sugar release from lignocellulosic materialsCA Santos, MAB Morais, OM Terrett, JJ Lyczakowski, LM Zanphorlin, ...Scientific Reports 9 2019Citations: 73
- Gut microbiome of the largest living rodent harbors unprecedented enzymatic systems to degrade plant polysaccharidesL Cabral, GF Persinoti, DAA Paixo, MP Martins, MAB Morais, ...Nature Communications 13 (1), 629 2022Citations: 61
- Xyloglucan processing machinery in Xanthomonas pathogens and its role in the transcriptional activation of virulence factorsPS Vieira, IM Bonfim, EA Araujo, RR Melo, AR Lima, MR Fessel, ...Nature Communications 12 (1), 4049 2021Citations: 59
- How pH Modulates the Dimer-Decamer Interconversion of 2-Cys Peroxiredoxins from the Prx1 SubfamilyMA Morais, PO Giuseppe, TA Souza, TG Alegria, MA Oliveira, LE Netto, ...Journal of Biological Chemistry 2090, 8582-8590 2015Citations: 58
- Two distinct catalytic pathways for GH43 xylanolytic enzymes unveiled by X-ray and QM/MM simulationsMAB Morais, J Coines, MN Domingues, RAS Pirolla, CCC Tonoli, ...Nature Communications 12 (1), 1-13 2021Citations: 39
- The mechanism by which a distinguishing arabinofuranosidase can cope with internal di-substitutions in arabinoxylansCR Dos Santos, PO de Giuseppe, FHM de Souza, LM Zanphorlin, ...Biotechnology for biofuels 11, 1-19 2018Citations: 36
- Structure‐guided design combined with evolutionary diversity led to the discovery of the xylose‐releasing exo‐xylanase activity in the glycoside hydrolase family 43LM Zanphorlin, MAB de Morais, JA Diogo, MN Domingues, ...Biotechnology and bioengineering 116 (4), 734-744 2019Citations: 22
- Structural basis of exo-β-mannanase activity in the GH2 familyMN Domingues, FHM Souza, PS Vieira, MAB de Morais, LM Zanphorlin, ...Journal of Biological Chemistry 293 (35), 13636-13649 2018Citations: 22
- A novel β-glucosidase isolated from the microbial metagenome of Lake Poraqu (Amazon, Brazil)D Toyama, MAB de Morais, FC Ramos, LM Zanphorlin, CCC Tonoli, ...Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1866 (4), 569-579 2018Citations: 18
- Exploring the Molecular Basis for Substrate Affinity and Structural Stability in Bacterial GH39 β-XylosidasesMAB Morais, CC Polo, MN Domingues, GF Persinoti, RAS Pirolla, ...Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8, 419 2020Citations: 17
- How high pressure pre-treatments affect the function and structure of hen egg-white lysozymeAAL Tribst, MAB de Morais, CY Tominaga, AFZ Nascimento, ...Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 47, 195-203 2018Citations: 17
- Mechanism of high-mannose N-glycan breakdown and metabolism by Bifidobacterium longumRL Cordeiro, CR Santos, MN Domingues, TB Lima, RAS Pirolla, ...Nature Chemical Biology 19 (2), 218-229 2023Citations: 16
- Spatially remote motifs cooperatively affect substrate preference of a ruminal GH26-type endo-β-1, 4-mannanaseF Mandelli, MAB de Morais, EA de Lima, L Oliveira, GF Persinoti, ...Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (15), 5012-5021 2020Citations: 15
- Glycosidase mechanisms: Sugar conformations and reactivity in endo-and exo-acting enzymesMAB Morais, A Nin-Hill, C RoviraCurrent Opinion in Chemical Biology 74, 102282 2023Citations: 13
- Calcium and magnesium ions modulate the oligomeric state and function of mitochondrial 2-Cys peroxiredoxins in Leishmania parasitesMA Morais, PO Giuseppe, TA Souza, H Castro, RV Honorato, ...Journal of Biological Chemistry 292, 7023–7039 2017Citations: 13
- Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the mitochondrial tryparedoxin peroxidase from Leishmania braziliensisMAB de Morais, TACB de Souza, MT MurakamiActa Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization 2013Citations: 9
- A rationally identified marine GH1 β‐glucosidase has distinguishing functional features for simultaneous saccharification and fermentationAS de Sousa, RR de Melo, RY Miyamoto, MAB Morais, LP Andrade, ...Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 2020Citations: 6
- Gut microbiome of the largest living rodent harbors unprecedented enzymatic systems to degrade plant polysaccharides. Nat Commun 13: 629L Cabral, GF Persinoti, DAA Paixo, MP Martins, MAB Morais, ... 2022Citations: 5
- Gut microbiome of capybara, the Amazon master of the grasses, harbors unprecedented enzymatic strategies for plant glycans breakdownL Cabral, GF Persinoti, DAA Paixao, MP Martins, M Chinaglia, ... 2021Citations: 4
- Glycoside hydrolase subfamily GH5_57 features a highly redesigned catalytic interface to process complex hetero-β-mannansMP Martins, MAB Morais, GF Persinoti, RH Galinari, L Yu, Y Yoshimi, ...Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology 78 (11) 2022Citations: 2
