Velia Minicozzi

Pubblicazioni dal 2007 ad oggi

• Ripanti, N. Luchetti, A. Nucara, V. Minicozzi, A. Di Venere, A. Filabozzi, M. Carbonaro “Normal mode calculation and Infrared spectroscopy of proteins in water solution: relationship between amide I Transition Dipole Strength and secondary structure” (2021) Int J Biol Macrom
• Di Venere, E. Nicolai, V. Minicozzi, AM Caccuri, L Di Paola, G Mei “The Odd Faces of Oligomers: The Case of TRAF2-C, A Trimeric C-Terminal Domain of TNF Receptor-Associated Factor” (2021) Int J Mol Sci 22: 5871
• A D’Amore, A Gradogna, F Palombi, V Minicozzi, M Ceccarelli, A Carpaneto, A Filippini “The Discovery of Naringenin as Endolysosomal Two-Pore Channel Inhibitor and Its Emerging Role in SARS-CoV-2 Infection” (2021) Cells 10: 1130
• V Minicozzi, A Di Venere, E Nicolai, A Giuliani, A M Caccuri, L Di Paola, G Mei “Non-symmetrical structural behavior of a symmetric protein: the case of homo-trimeric TRAF2 (tumor necrosis factor-receptor associated factor 2)” (2021) J Biomol Struct Biol 39: 319
• D Benkerrou, V Minicozzi, A Gradogna, S Milenkovic, I Bodrenko, M Festa, L Lagostena, L Cornara, A D'amore, M Ceccarelli, A Filippini, A Carpaneto “A perspective on the modulation of plant and animal Two Pore Channels (TPCs) by the flavonoid naringenin” (2019) Biophysical Chemistry 254:106246
• A Vitale & V Minicozzi “Monitoring Insulin Aggregated Structures in the Presence of Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and Melatonin by Molecular Dynamics Simulations” (2019) Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 59(7): 3214-3221 doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00058
• M Petrosino, A Pasquo, L Novak, A Toto, S Gianni, E Mantuano, L Veneziano, V Minicozzi, A Pastore, R Puglisi, E Capriotti, R Chiaraluce, V Consalvi “CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN FRATAXIN MISSENSE VARIANTS IN CANCER TISSUES” (2019) Human Mutation 40:1400-1413
• E Capozzi, S Aureli, V Minicozzi, GC Rossi, F Stellato, S Morante “Designing effective anticancer-radiopeptide carriers: A Molecular Dynamics study of their interaction with tumor and healthy cell membranes” (2018) BBA – Biomenbranes 1860: 2348-2355
• M Carbonaro, F. Ripanti, A. Filabozzi, V. Minicozzi, F. Stellato,E. Placidi, S. Morante, A. Di Venere, E. Nicolai, P. Postorino, A. Nucara “Human insulin fibrillogenesis in the presence of epigallocatechin gallate and melatonin: structural insights from a biophysical approach” (2018) International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 115:1157-1164
• Villa, A. Cianchi, M. Coreno, S. Dabagov,A. Marcelli, V. Minicozzi, S. Morante, F. Stellato “Design study of a photon beamline for a soft X-ray FEL driven by high gradient acceleration at EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB” (2018) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 909:294-297
• Ferrario, …, V. Minicozzi, …, et al. “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF” (2018) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 909:134-138
• Stellato, Z. Fusco, R. Chiaraluce, V. Consalvi, S. Dinarelli, E. Placidi, M. Petrosino, G.C. Rossi, V. Minicozzi and S. Morante “The effect of b-sheet breaker peptides on metal associated Amyloid-b peptide aggregation process” (2017) Biophysical Chemistry 229:110-114
• M Petrosino, L Lori, A Pasquo, C Lori, V Consalvi, V Minicozzi, S Morante, A Laghezza, A Giorgi, D Capelli, R Chiaraluce “Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of PPARγ, a Protein at the Crossroads of Physiological and Pathological Processes” (2017) Int J Mol Sci 18:36
• E De Santis, V Minicozzi, S Morante, GC Rossi, F Stellato “The role of metals in protein conformational disorders - The case of prion protein and Aβ –peptide” (2016) Journal of Physics: Conference Series 689(1):012028
• M Carbonaro, A di Venere, A Filabozzi, P Maselli, V Minicozzi,S Morante, E Nicolai, A Nucara, E Placidi, F Stellato “Role of dietary antioxidant (-)-epicatechin in the development of blactoglobulin fibrils” (2016) BBA - Proteins and Proteomics 1864, pp. 766-772 DOI information: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.03.017
• E De Santis, V Minicozzi, O Proux, GC Rossi, KI Silva, MJ Lawless, F Stellato, S Saxena, S Morante “Cu(II)-Zn(II) cross modulation in amyloid-beta peptide binding: an X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy study” (2015) J Phys Chem B 119(52):15813-20. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10264
• A Ceccarelli, A Di Venere, E Nicolai, A De Luca, V Minicozzi, N Rosato, AM Caccuri and G Mei “TNFR-associated factor-2 (TRAF2): not only a trimer” (2015) Biochemistry 54(60):6153-61
• G La Penna, V Minicozzi, S Morante, GC Rossi, F Stellato “A first-principle calculation of the XANES spectrum of Cu2+ in water” (2015) J Chem Phys 143: 124508
• MG Di Carlo, V Minicozzi, V Foderà, V Militello, V Vetri, S Morante and M Leone “Thioflavin T templates Amyloid b(1-40) Conformation and Aggregation pathway” (2015) Biophysical Chemistry 206:1-11 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.06.006
• F Stellato, V Minicozzi, GL Millhauser, M Pascucci, O Proux, GC Rossi, A Spevacek and S Morante “Copper-Zinc cross-modulation in prion protein binding” (2014) Eur Biophys J 43:631-642
• V Minicozzi, R Chiaraluce, V Consalvi, C Giordano, C Narcisi, P Punzi, GC Rossi and S Morante “Computational and experimental studies on b-sheet breakers targeting Ab1-40 fibrils” J. Biol. Chem. (2014) 289:11242-11252
• Ferrario et al. “IRIDE: Interdisciplinary research infrastructure based on dual electron linacs and lasers” (2014) NUCL INSTRUM METH A740:138-146 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.11.040 [1]
• Alesini et al. “IRIDE White Book, An Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure based on Dual Electron linacs&lasers” (2013)
• A Maiorana, T Marino, V Minicozzi, S Morante, N Russo “A Micro-Enviromental Study of the Zn+2-Ab1-16 Structural Properties” (2013) Biophysical Chemistry, 182:86-93 DOI information: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.07.002
• R Sarangi, P Frank, M Benfatto, S Morante, V Minicozzi, B Hedman, and K Hodgson “The XAS Model of Solvation About Sulfur in Aqueous L-cysteine” (2012) JCP 137, 205103, DOI: 10.1063/1.4767350
• P Giannozzi, K Jansen, G La Penna, V Minicozzi, S Morante, GC Rossi and F Stellato, “Zn induced structural aggregation patterns of b-amyloid peptides by first–principle simulations and XAS measurements” (2012) Metallomics, 4:156-165
• F Stellato, A Spevacek, O Proux, V Minicozzi, GL Millhauser, S Morante “Zinc Modulates Copper Coordination Mode in Prion Protein Octa-repeat Subdomains” (2011) EBJ 40(11):1259 – 1270, DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0713-4
• V Minicozzi, S Morante “Is Cu involved in prion oligopeptide stability? Experiments and numerical simulations.” (2010) Int. J. Quan. Chem. 110: 656-680 ISSN: 0020-7608
• Besio, S Alleva, A Forlino, A Lupi, C Meneghini, V Minicozzi, A Profumo, F. Stellato, R. Tenni, S. Morante “Identifying the structure of the active sites of human recombinant prolidase” European Biophysics Journal (2010) 39: 935-945 ISSN: 0175-7571
• F Guerrieri, V Minicozzi, S Morante, GC Rossi, S Furlan, G La Penna, “Modeling the interplay of glycine protonation and multiple histidine binding of copper in the Prion protein octarepeat sub-domains” (2009) J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 14: 361 ISSN: 0949-8257
• V Minicozzi, S Morante, GC Rossi, F Stellato, N Christian, K Jansen. “The role of metals in aggregation. Experiments and ab initio simulations” (2008) Int J Quan Chem 108: 1992 – 2015 ISSN: 0020-7608 (
• Minicozzi, F.Stellato, M.Comai, M. Dalla Serra, C.Potrich, W.Meyer-Klaucke, S.Morante, “Identifying the Minimal Cu and Zn Binding Site Sequence in Amyloid Beta Peptides” (2008) J. Biol. Chem. 283: 10784-10792. ISSN: 0021-9258
• Minicozzi, S.Morante, G.C.Rossi, F.Stellato, K.Jansen, “The role of metals in misfolding and aggregation processes: X-ray spectroscopy and numerical simulations” in “From Computational Biophysics to System Biology (CBSB07)”, Proceedings of the NIC Workshop 2007, 36: 223 (http://www.fz-juelich.de/nicseries/volume36)
• Minicozzi, S. Morante, G. C. Rossi, F. Stellato, “The rôle of Metals in Amyloid Aggregation: A Test Case for ab initio Simulations” Comp. Mod. Sci. and Eng. 963, 92-97 (2007)