María R Gómez-García

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Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi A novel subfamily of monomeric inorganic pyrophosphatases in photosynthetic eukaryotes
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
    Biochem J 395:211-21. 2006
  2. ncbi Comparative biochemical and functional studies of family I soluble inorganic pyrophosphatases from photosynthetic bacteria
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla Cartuja, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
    FEBS J 274:3948-59. 2007
  3. ncbi Alternative pathways for phosphonate metabolism in thermophilic cyanobacteria from microbial mats
    María R Gómez-García
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    ISME J 5:141-9. 2011
  4. ncbi Concurrent transcriptional activation of ppa and ppx genes by phosphate deprivation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 302:601-9. 2003
  5. ncbi Formation of an actin-like filament concurrent with the enzymatic synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate
    María R Gómez-García
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:15876-80. 2004
  6. ncbi Expression studies of two paralogous ppa genes encoding distinct Family I pyrophosphatases in marine unicellular cyanobacteria reveal inactivation of the typical cyanobacterial gene
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Avda Americo Vespucio s n, Seville, Spain
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 295:890-7. 2002
  7. ncbi Inorganic polyphosphate in Dictyostelium discoideum: influence on development, sporulation, and predation
    Haiyu Zhang
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:2731-5. 2005
  8. ncbi Phosphorus deprivation responses and phosphonate utilization in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. from microbial mats
    Melissa M Adams
    Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    J Bacteriol 190:8171-84. 2008
  9. ncbi Polyphosphate kinase 1, a conserved bacterial enzyme, in a eukaryote, Dictyostelium discoideum, with a role in cytokinesis
    Haiyu Zhang
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:16486-91. 2007

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Publications9

  1. ncbi A novel subfamily of monomeric inorganic pyrophosphatases in photosynthetic eukaryotes
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
    Biochem J 395:211-21. 2006
    ..These two sPPases from photosynthetic eukaryotes are novel monomeric family I sPPases with different molecular phylogenies and cellular localizations...
  2. ncbi Comparative biochemical and functional studies of family I soluble inorganic pyrophosphatases from photosynthetic bacteria
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla Cartuja, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
    FEBS J 274:3948-59. 2007
    ..Overall, these results suggest that the bacterial family I soluble inorganic pyrophosphatases described here have retained functional similarities despite their genealogies and their adaptations to diverse metabolic scenarios...
  3. ncbi Alternative pathways for phosphonate metabolism in thermophilic cyanobacteria from microbial mats
    María R Gómez-García
    Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    ISME J 5:141-9. 2011
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  4. ncbi Concurrent transcriptional activation of ppa and ppx genes by phosphate deprivation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 302:601-9. 2003
    ..These results are the first evidence on the involvement of both PPA and PPX in a possible intracellular P(i)-recycling enzymatic process activated under P(i)-starvation...
  5. ncbi Formation of an actin-like filament concurrent with the enzymatic synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate
    María R Gómez-García
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:15876-80. 2004
    ..Thus, this particular Arp complex is an enzyme that can polymerize into an actin-like filament concurrent with its synthesis of a poly P chain in a fully reversible reaction...
  6. ncbi Expression studies of two paralogous ppa genes encoding distinct Family I pyrophosphatases in marine unicellular cyanobacteria reveal inactivation of the typical cyanobacterial gene
    María R Gómez-García
    Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis, CSIC Universidad de Sevilla, Avda Americo Vespucio s n, Seville, Spain
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 295:890-7. 2002
    ..A possible scenario of ppa gene inactivation and replacement in the context of the postulated rapid diversification of marine unicellular cyanobacteria, the most abundant photosynthetic prokaryotes in the oceans, is discussed...
  7. ncbi Inorganic polyphosphate in Dictyostelium discoideum: influence on development, sporulation, and predation
    Haiyu Zhang
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:2731-5. 2005
    ..On Pseudomonas aeruginosa lawns, cleared plaques were observed with the bacterial PPK1 mutant but not with the WT P. aeruginosa. Thus, poly P is important in predation both for the predator and prey...
  8. ncbi Phosphorus deprivation responses and phosphonate utilization in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. from microbial mats
    Melissa M Adams
    Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    J Bacteriol 190:8171-84. 2008
    ..Once acclimated, the cells grew rapidly in fresh medium with methylphosphonate as the only source of phosphorus. The possible implications of these results are discussed with respect to the ecophysiology of the microbial mats...
  9. ncbi Polyphosphate kinase 1, a conserved bacterial enzyme, in a eukaryote, Dictyostelium discoideum, with a role in cytokinesis
    Haiyu Zhang
    Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5307, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:16486-91. 2007
    ..Mutants of DdPPK1, as previously reported, are defective in development, sporulation, and predation, and as shown here, in late stages of cytokinesis and cell division...