Assistant Researcher, FCT-UNL
Email: patricia.sousa(at)fct.unl.pt
Tel: + 351 21 294 83 00, ext. 10957
Webpage: webpage

Research Activities - Keywords
• Electrochemistry of metalloproteins and metalloenzymes
• Dynamic application of electrochemical methods
• Intra and intermolecular electron transfer processes
• Active site redox chemistry
• Catalytic mechanisms, redox activation/inactivation, inhibition
• Recognition of physiological partners
• Novel electrode interfaces, SAMs, nanomaterials
• Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Polyoxometalates (POMs),
    POM-based metal-organic frameworks (POMOFs)

Teaching Interests
• Bioelectrochemistry
• Biochemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• Undergraduate and Master programs
• Science divulgation

Recent Publications can be found here

Selected References
Analysis of the activation mechanism of Pseudomonas stutzeri cytochrome c peroxidase through an electron transfer chain
Paes de Sousa PM, Rodrigues D, Timóteo CG, Simões Gonçalves ML, Pettigrew GW, Moura I, Moura JJG, Correia dos Santos MM
J Biol Inorg Chem (2011) 16:881–888

Structural redox control in a 7Fe ferredoxin isolated from Desulfovibrio alaskensis
Grazina R, Paes de Sousa PM, Brondino CD, Carepo MSP, Moura I, Moura JJG
Bioelectrochem (2011) 82:22–28

Artefacts induced on c-type haem proteins by electrode surfaces
Paes de Sousa PM, Pauleta SR, Simões Gonçalves ML, Pettigrew GW, Moura I, Moura JJG, Correia dos Santos MM
J Biol Inorg Chem (2011) 16:209-215

A new CuZ active form in the catalytic reduction of N2O by nitrous oxide reductase from Pseudomonas nautica
Dell’Acqua S, Pauleta SR, Paes de Sousa PM, Monzani E, Casella L, Moura JJG, Moura I
J Biol Inorg Chem (2010) 15:967–976

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