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Elvira Romero

Research Staff (outside the CLA), CIB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Verified email at cib.csic.es
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[HTML][HTML] Biocatalysis

…, SL Lovelock, H Niikura, S Osuna, E Romero… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biocatalysis has become an important aspect of modern organic synthesis, both in academia
and across the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Its success has been largely due …

Same substrate, many reactions: oxygen activation in flavoenzymes

E Romero, JR Gómez Castellanos, G Gadda… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over time, organisms have evolved strategies to cope with the abundance of dioxygen on
Earth. Oxygen-utilizing enzymes tightly control the reactions involving O 2 mostly by …

Crystal structures and atomic model of NADPH oxidase

…, M Ceccon, E Romero… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
NADPH oxidases (NOXs) are the only enzymes exclusively dedicated to reactive oxygen
species (ROS) generation. Dysregulation of these polytopic membrane proteins impacts the …

Enzymatic late‐stage modifications: better late than never

E Romero, BS Jones, BN Hogg… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme catalysis is gaining increasing importance in synthetic chemistry. Nowadays, the
growing number of biocatalysts accessible by means of bioinformatics and enzyme …

Characterization and crystal structure of a robust cyclohexanone monooxygenase

E Romero, JRG Castellanos, A Mattevi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMO) is a promising biocatalyst for industrial reactions
owing to its broad substrate spectrum and excellent regio‐, chemo‐, and enantioselectivity. …

Dispersal limitation and thermodynamic constraints govern spatial structure of permafrost microbial communities

EM Bottos, DW Kennedy, EB Romero… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Understanding drivers of permafrost microbial community composition is critical for
understanding permafrost microbiology and predicting ecosystem responses to thaw. We …

Carbon inputs from riparian vegetation limit oxidation of physically bound organic carbon via biochemical and thermodynamic processes

…, LM Bramer, E Arntzen, E Romero… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In light of increasing terrestrial carbon (C) transport across aquatic boundaries, the mechanisms
governing organic carbon (OC) oxidation along terrestrial‐aquatic interfaces are crucial …

Assessment of some governance aspects in waste management systems: A case study in Mexican municipalities

DET Cervantes, EO Romero, MCH Berriel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many municipalities, particularly in developing countries, have a lack of information to guide
decision-making to improve municipal solid waste management (MSWM). They need tools …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol oxidation by flavoenzymes

E Romero, G Gadda - Biomolecular concepts, 2014 - degruyter.com
This review article describes the occurrence, general properties, and substrate specificity of
the flavoenzymes belonging to the glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase superfamily …

Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase FMO5 as entry point in drug metabolism

F Fiorentini, E Romero, MW Fraaije, K Faber… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are emerging as effective players in oxidative
drug metabolism. Until recently, the functions of the five human FMO isoforms were mostly …