Chargé de Recherche, CNRS
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I obtained my PhD in 2013 on Chemical science at University of Siena (Italy). My research was principally focused on the application of SDSL-EPR spectroscopy for the investigation of protein conformations and dynamics. I spent a period (2011-2012) as PhD visiting student in the EPR group of prof. W.L. Hubbell (UCLA, Los Angeles) to acquire advanced knowledge about the application of spin labels and EPR techniques in the field of structural biology. After my PhD (2014-2015) I had a postdoctoral position in the X-ray Crystallography group of prof. S. Mangani (University of Siena, Italy) working on the characterization of inhibitors of proteins implied in parasitic infections. Then, I joined the group of B. Guigliarelli (2015-2016, Marseille, France) to develop new strategies for in-cell EPR experiments on proteins. From 2017 to 2020, I was postdoc at CERM (Center Magnetic Resonance, University of Florence, Italy) under the supervision of Prof. R. Pierattelli and Prof. L. Banci to combine EPR and NMR spectroscopies for the structural analysis of different proteins in solution. In 2020, I moved back to the EPR group of CNRS-Marseille to work with V. Belle on the conformational analysis of proteins implied in DNA reparation mechanisms with SDSL-EPR and DEER approaches.
My research is focused on the application of paramagnetic tags for the characterization of structures and mechanisms of actions of proteins using multiple spectroscopic techniques, such as SDSL-EPR and NMR.
Publications
ORCID id: 0000-0002-4226-2864
2024
Annalisa Pierro, Alessio Bonucci, Axel Magalon, Valérie Belle, Elisabetta Mileo.
Impact of Cellular Crowding on Protein Structural Dynamics Investigated by EPR Spectroscopy.
Chem. Rev., 2024, 124 (17), 9873 - 9898.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00951
HAL: hal-04708281
Marlène Martinho, Diane Allegro, Emilien Etienne, Cynthia Lohberger, Alessio Bonucci, Valérie Belle, Pascale Barbier.
Structural Flexibility of Tau in Its Interaction with Microtubules as Viewed by Site-Directed Spin Labeling EPR Spectroscopy.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2024, 2754, 55 - 75.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3629-9_3
HAL: hal-04532622v1
2023
Duc-Duy Vu, Alessio Bonucci, Manon Brenière, Metztli Cisneros-Aguirre, Philippe Pelupessy, Ziqing Wang, Ludovic Carlier, Guillaume Bouvignies, Patricia Cortes, Aneel K. Aggarwal, Martin Blackledge, Zoher Gueroui, Valérie Belle, Jeremy M. Stark, Mauro Modesti, Fabien Ferrage.
Multivalent interactions of the disordered regions of XLF and XRCC4 foster robust cellular NHEJ and drive the formation of ligation-boosting condensates in vitro.
BioRxiv, 2023, .
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.12.548668
HAL: hal-04267167v1
Guillaume Gerbaud, Brice Barbat, Mathilde Tribout, Emilien Etienne, Valérie Belle, Badreddine Douzi, Romé Voulhoux, Alessio Bonucci.
Refining the Dynamic Network of T2SS Endopilus Tip Heterocomplex Combining cw‐EPR and Nitroxide–Gd III Distance Measurements.
ChemBioChem, 2023, 24 (15), e2023000.
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300099
HAL: hal-04210232v1
Emilien Etienne, Annalisa Pierro, Ketty C. Tamburrini, Alessio Bonucci, Elisabetta Mileo, Marlène Martinho, Valérie Belle.
Guidelines for the Simulations of Nitroxide X-Band cw EPR Spectra from Site-Directed Spin Labeling Experiments Using SimLabel.
Molecules, 2023, 28 (3), 1348.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031348
HAL: hal-03971418v1
2022
Annalisa Pierro, Alessio Bonucci, Davide Normanno, Mireille Ansaldi, Eric Pilet, Olivier Ouari, Bruno Guigliarelli, Emilien Etienne, Guillaume Gerbaud, Axel Magalon, Valérie Belle, Elisabetta Mileo.
Probing Structural Dynamics of a Bacterial Chaperone in Its Native Environment by Nitroxide‐Based EPR Spectroscopy.
Chemistry A European J, 2022.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202249
HAL: hal-03836431
2021
Annalisa Pierro, Alessio Bonucci, Valérie Belle, Elisabetta Mileo.
La RPE in cellula : étudier la dynamique des protéines dans leur habitat.
Actualité Chimique, 2021, 468, 38-41.
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HAL: hal-03855076v1
F. Torricella, A. Pierro, E. Mileo, V. Belle, A. Bonucci.
Nitroxide spin labels and EPR spectroscopy: A powerful association for protein dynamics studies.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, 2021, 1869 (7), 140653.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2021.140653
HAL: hal-03441104v1
2020
A. Bonucci, M. G. Murrali, L. Banci, R. Pierattelli.
A combined NMR and EPR investigation on the effect of the disordered RGG regions in the structure and the activity of the RRM domain of FUS.
Sci Rep, 2020, 10 (1).
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77899-x
Alessio Bonucci, Olivier Ouari, Bruno Guigliarelli, Valérie Belle, Elisabetta Mileo.
In‐Cell EPR: Progress towards Structural Studies Inside Cells.
ChemBioChem, 2020, 21 (4), 451 - 460.
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900291
HAL: hal-02180300v1
2019
Panagis Polykretis, Enrico Luchinat, Alessio Bonucci, Andrea Giachetti, Melissa A. Graewert, Dmitri I. Svergun, Lucia Banci.
Conformational characterization of full-length X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) through an integrated approach.
Int Union Cryst J, 2019, 6 (5), 948 - 957.
DOI: 10.1107/S205225251901073X
Pasquale Linciano, Cecilia Pozzi, Lucia dello Iacono, Flavio di Pisa, Giacomo Landi, Alessio Bonucci, Sheraz Gul, Maria Kuzikov, Bernhard Ellinger, Gesa Witt, Nuno Santarem, Catarina Baptista, Caio Franco, Carolina B. Moraes, Wolfgang Müller, Ulrike Wittig, Rosaria Luciani, Antony Sesenna, Antonio Quotadamo, Stefania Ferrari, Ina Pöhner, Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, Stefano Mangani, Luca Costantino, Maria Paola Costi.
Enhancement of Benzothiazoles as Pteridine Reductase-1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Trypanosomatidic Infections.
J. Med. Chem., 2019, 62 (8), 3989 - 4012.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b02021
2018
Ganesan Karthikeyan, Alessio Bonucci, Gilles Casano, Guillaume Gerbaud, Sébastien Abel, Virginie Thomé, Laurent Kodjabachian, Axel Magalon, Bruno Guigliarelli, Valérie Belle, Olivier Ouari, Elisabetta Mileo.
A Bioresistant Nitroxide Spin Label for In-Cell EPR Spectroscopy: In Vitro and In Oocytes Protein Structural Dynamics Studies.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 1366 - 1370.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710184
HAL: hal-02000559v1
2017
Joanna Panecka-Hofman, Ina Pöhner, Francesca Spyrakis, Talia Zeppelin, Flavio Di Pisa, Lucia Dello Iacono, Alessio Bonucci, Antonio Quotadamo, Alberto Venturelli, Stefano Mangani, Maria Paola Costi, Rebecca C. Wade.
Comparative mapping of on-targets and off-targets for the discovery of anti-trypanosomatid folate pathway inhibitors.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 2017, 1861 (12), 3215 - 3230.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.09.012
HAL: hal-01809565v1
Marta Palombo, Alessio Bonucci, Emilien Etienne, Stefano Ciurli, Vladimir N. Uversky, Bruno Guigliarelli, Valérie Belle, Elisabetta Mileo, Barbara Zambelli.
The relationship between folding and activity in UreG, an intrinsically disordered enzyme.
Sci Rep, 2017, 89 (1), 392.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06330-9
HAL: hal-01585289v1