Delgado Martin, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2014-07-14)
We identified proteins that interacted with the ectodomain of 4F2hc, a plasma membrane protein with dual function as heavy subunit of the amino acid transporters and positive regulator of β1 and β3 ...
Pourcq, Karel de (Date of defense: 2014-01-24)
Lycopene is an antioxidant carotenoid present in high amounts inside the ripe tomato fruit, in watermelon, red bell pepper and a few other red-pigmented fruits. Its health benefits, notably the prevention ...
Testoni, Giorgia (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Glycogen synthesis is crucial for storing glucose residues that are released in case of energy demand. The mechanism needs to be tightly regulated because a lack or an overload of glycogen can lead to ...
Pérez Verdaguer, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-01-26)
The voltage-dependent K+ channel Kv1.3 participates in many physiological events like proliferation and activation of immunitary cells, membrane repolarization in sensory neurons, vascular smooth muscle ...
Jayaraman, Anusha (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)
Angiogenesis is the formation of blood vessels from the pre-existing ones and is required for distributing nutrients and oxygen to the tissues through the blood flow. This process is important for tumour ...
Carreras Cardona, Anna (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)
During aerobic cell metabolism, molecular oxygen is reduced to water through electron-transfer reactions, and the oxygen not completely reduced is transformed into a set of neutral and free radical ...
Martinez Cristobal, Paula (Date of defense: 2016-12-01)
Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) results from the fine regulation of synthesis and degradation. The nuclear cofactor DOR/TP53INP2 was identified originally as a protein expressed in PML of nuclear ...
Álvarez Marimón, Mª Elena (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Heteromeric amino acid transporters (HATs) mediate the transport of amino acids through the plasma membrane. They are composed of two subunits (a heavy and a light one) linked by a conserved disulfide ...
Giménez Oya, Víctor (Date of defense: 2009-12-09)
Los isoprenoides son una de las mayores familias de compuestos descritos en la naturaleza. Estos compuestos están presentes en todos los organismos vivos y se sintetizan a partir de dos moléculas de 5 ...
Obando Martínez, Ana Zuleima (Date of defense: 2016-05-19)
Heteromeric amino acid transporters (HATs) are the unique solute transporters known to be composed of two subunits linked by a disulphide bridge. The heavy subunit (4F2hc or rBAT), a type II membrane ...