Giovanni La Penna

Giovanni La Penna


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Dr. Giovanni La Penna
National research council
Institute for chemistry of organometallic compounds
via Madonna Del Piano 10
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)
Italy
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Expertise

Metals: Zn, Cu, Fe,
Techniques: Molecular modeling
Resources: High-performance computer infrastructures

Recent publications

S. Furlan, G. La Penna, D. Appelhans, M. Cangiotti, M.F. Ottaviani, and A. Danani
"Combined EPR and Molecular Modeling Study of PPI Dendrimers Interacting with Copper Ions: Effect of Generation and Maltose Decoration"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 12098-12111 [abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/jp505420s

P. Faller, C. Hureau, and G. La Penna
"Metal Ions and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Peptides: From Cu/Zn Amyloid-β to General Principles"
Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 2252-2259 [abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/ar400293h

G. La Penna, C. Hureau, O. Andreussi, and P. Faller
"Identifying, By First-Principles Simulations, Cu[Amyloid-β] Species Making Fenton-Type Reactions in Alzheimer’s Disease"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 16455-16467 [abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/jp410046w

S. Furlan, C. Hureau, P. Faller, and G. La Penna
"Modeling Copper Binding to the Amyloid-β Peptide at Different pH: Toward a Molecular Mechanism for Cu Reduction"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 11899-11910 [abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/jp308977s

S. Furlan, and G. La Penna
"Metal ions and protons compete for ligand atoms in disordered peptides: Examples from computer simulations of copper binding to the prion tandem repeat"
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2012, 256, 2234-2244 [abstract]
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.03.036

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