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Current position
2018- Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR). University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (DK)
Previous positions
2016-2017 Senior Postdoctoral Scientist at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Madrid (ES)
2010-2015 Postdoctoral Scientist at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). Madrid (ES)
2007-2009 Associated Consultant Scientist in REPSOL energy company. Madrid (ES)
2003-2006 PhD in Structural Molecular Biology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid (ES); and at the Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), Grenoble (FR)
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Selected publications
Structure of Csx1-cOA4 complex reveals the basis of RNA decay in Type III-B CRISPR-Cas. Molina, Rafael*; Stella, Stefano*; Feng, Mingxia*; Sofos, Nicholas; Jauniskis, Vykintas; Pozdnyakova, Irina; López-Méndez, Blanca; She, Qunxin; Montoya, Guillermo. Nature Communications, Vol. 10, No. 4302, 20.09.2019, p. 1-14.
Conformational Dynamics in Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Allosteric Communication Network and Enablement of Catalysis. Mahasenan, Kiran V; Molina, Rafael; Bouley, Renee; Batuecas, María T; Fisher, Jed F; Hermoso, Juan A; Chang, Mayland; Mobashery, Shahriar. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 139, No. 5, 08.02.2017, p. 2102-2110.
Visualizing phosphodiester-bond hydrolysis by an endonuclease. Molina, Rafael*; Stella, Stefano*; Redondo, Pilar; Gomez, Hansel; Marcaida, María José; Orozco, Modesto; Prieto, Jesús; Montoya, Guillermo. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.2015, p. 65-72.
Non-specific protein-DNA interactions control I-CreI target binding and cleavage. Molina, Rafael; Redondo, Pilar; Stella, Stefano; Marenchino, Marco; D'Abramo, Marco; Gervasio, Francesco Luigi; Charles Epinat, Jean; Valton, Julien; Grizot, Silvestre; Duchateau, Phillipe; Prieto, Jesús; Montoya, Guillermo. Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 40, No. 14, 01.08.2012, p. 6936-6945.
Crystal structure of CbpF, a bifunctional choline-binding protein and autolysis regulator from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Molina, Rafael; González, Ana; Stelter, Meike; Pérez-Dorado, Inmaculada; Kahn, Richard; Morales, María; Moscoso, Miriam; Campuzano, Susana; Campillo, Nuria E; Mobashery, Shahriar; García, José L; García, Pedro; Hermoso, Juan A. EMBO Reports, Vol. 10, No. 3, 03.2009, p. 246-51.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Structure of Csx1-cOA4 complex reveals the basis of RNA decay in Type III-B CRISPR-Cas
Molina, R., Stella, S., Feng, M., Sofos, N., Jauniskis, V., Pozdnyakova, I., López-Méndez, B., She, Q. & Montoya, G., 1 Dec 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 14 p., 4302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Three-dimensional structures of Lipoproteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus
Bartual, S. G., Alcorlo, M., Martínez-Caballero, S., Molina, R. & Hermoso, J. A., Aug 2018, In: International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 308, 6, p. 692-704 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Understanding the indirect DNA read-out specificity of I-CreI Meganuclease
Prieto, J., Redondo, P., López-Méndez, B., D'Abramo, M., Merino, N., Blanco, F. J., Duchateau, P., Montoya, G. & Molina, R., 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, p. 1-9 10286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Carbohydrate recognition and lysis by bacterial peptidoglycan hydrolases
Alcorlo, M., Martínez-Caballero, S., Molina, R. & Hermoso, J. A., 1 Jun 2017, In: Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 44, p. 87-100 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Conformational Dynamics in Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Allosteric Communication Network and Enablement of Catalysis
Mahasenan, K. V., Molina, R., Bouley, R., Batuecas, M. T., Fisher, J. F., Hermoso, J. A., Chang, M. & Mobashery, S., 8 Feb 2017, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 5, p. 2102-2110 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Structure and dynamics of mesophilic variants from the homing endonuclease I-DmoI
Alba, J., Marcaida, M. J., Prieto, J., Montoya, G., Molina, R. & D'Abramo, M., 1 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Computer - Aided Molecular Design. 31, 12, p. 1063-1072 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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X-ray Structure of Catenated Lytic Transglycosylase SltB1
Domínguez-Gil, T., Molina, R., Dik, D. A., Spink, E., Mobashery, S. & Hermoso, J. A., 5 Dec 2017, In: Biochemistry. 56, 48, p. 6317-6320 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of DNA on the conformational dynamics of the endonucleases I-DmoI as provided by molecular dynamics simulations
Grottesi, A., Cecconi, S., Molina, R. & D'abramo, M., 1 Dec 2016, In: Biopolymers. 105, 12, p. 898-904 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review