Carlos Alvarez

Dr. Carlos Alvarez

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Academic Career Length

29Years (1998-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2001 in Toxicon
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MLMarı́a Eliana Lanio
Marı́a Eliana Lanio
VCVivian Morera Córdova
Vivian Morera Córdova
CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez
MTMayra Tejuca
Mayra Tejuca
TGTeresita Gómez
Teresita Gómez
MCMarı́a de los Angeles Chávez
Marı́a de los Angeles Chávez

1 December 2009 in Toxicon
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CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez
JMJosé M. Mancheño
José M. Mancheño
DMDiana Martínez
Diana Martínez
MTMayra Tejuca
Mayra Tejuca
FPFabiola Pazos
Fabiola Pazos
MLMaría E. Lanio
María E. Lanio

1 January 2007 in Toxicon
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DMDiana Martínez
Diana Martínez
AOAnabel Otero
Anabel Otero
CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez
FPFabiola Pazos
Fabiola Pazos
MTMayra Tejuca
Mayra Tejuca
ELEduardo Lissi
Eduardo Lissi

13 April 2016 in Toxins
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RGRossana García-Fernández
Rossana García-Fernández
SPSteve Peigneur
Steve Peigneur
TPTirso Pons
Tirso Pons
CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez
LGLidice González
Lidice González
JTJan Tytgat
Jan Tytgat
The bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI)-Kunitz-type protein ShPI-1 (UniProt: P31713) is the major protease inhibitor from the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. This molecule is used in biotechnology and has biomedical potential related to its anti-parasitic effect. A pseudo wild-type variant, rShPI-1A, with additional residues at the N- and C-terminal, has a similar three-dimensional structure and comparable trypsin inhibition strength. Further insights into the structure-function relationship of rShPI-1A are required in order to obtain a better understanding of the mechanism of action of this sea anemone peptide. Using enzyme kinetics, we now investigated its activity against other serine proteases. Considering previous reports of bifunctional Kunitz-type proteins from anemones, we also studied the effect of rShPI-1A on voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels. rShPI-1A binds Kv1.1, Kv1.2, and Kv1.6 channels with IC50 values in the nM range. Hence, ShPI-1 is the first member of the sea anemone type 2 potassium channel toxins family with tight-binding potency against several proteases and different Kv1 channels. In depth sequence analysis and structural comparison of ShPI-1 with similar protease inhibitors and Kv channel toxins showed apparent non-sequence conservation for known key residues. However, we detected two subtle patterns of coordinated amino acid substitutions flanking the conserved cysteine residues at the N- and C-terminal ends.

1 July 2014 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
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LPLohans Pedrera
Lohans Pedrera
MFMaria Laura Fanani
Maria Laura Fanani
URUris Ros
Uris Ros
MLMaría E. Lanio
María E. Lanio
BMBruno Maggio
Bruno Maggio
CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez

1 May 2017 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
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SCSheila Cabezas
Sheila Cabezas
SHSylvia Ho
Sylvia Ho
URUris Ros
Uris Ros
MLMaría E. Lanio
María E. Lanio
CACarlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez
GGGisou Van Der Goot
Gisou Van Der Goot