Proteomics @ Liverpool
An internal website for the Protein Function Group and Collaborators
Title
  • Dr Guadalupe Gómez-Baena

Roles
  • 2009-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Proteomics and Functional Genomics Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, funded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development.
  • 2007-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain).
  • 2002-2007: PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain).
  • 2000-2002: Postgraduate student collaborator in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain).

Education
  • 2007 PhD ‘Physiological role of the metal-catalyzed oxidation in the regulation of the glutamine synthetase from the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus’ funded by Consejería de Educación y Ciencia-Junta de Andalucia (Spain). Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain).
  • 2001 Master Degree "In vitro characterization of the inactivation by metal-catalyzed oxidation systems of the glutamine synthetase from Prochlorococcus marinus", funded by Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain). Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba (Spain)
  • 1995-2000 Degree in Veterinary Medicine, University of Córdoba (Spain).

Publications

  • El Alaoui, S., Diez, J., López-Ruiz, A., Gómez-Baena, G., Partensky, F., García-Fernández, J.M. Asimilación de nitrógeno en el procariota fotosintético marino Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del nitrógeno: Bioquímica, Fisiología y Biología Molecular. 195-201(2000).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Diez, J., García-Fernández, J.M., El Alaoui, S., Humanes, L. Regulation of glutamine synthetase by metal-catalized oxidative modification in the marine oxyphotobacterium Prochlorococcus. Biochim et Biophys Acta.1568:237-244 (2001).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Humanes, L., El Alaoui, S., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Modificación oxidativa de la glutamina sintetasa de Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del nitrógeno: de la Biología Molecular a la Agronomía.145-153 (2002).
  • El Alaoui, S., Diez, J., Toribio, F., Gómez-Baena, G., Dufresne, A. García-Fernández, J.M. Glutamine synthetase from the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus spp.: characterization, phylogeny and response to nutrient limitation. Environmental Microbiology 5:412-423 (2003).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Toribio, F., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Regulación in vivo de la degradación de la glutamina sintetasa de Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del nitrógeno: de los microorganismos a las plantas 225-223 (2005).
  • García-Fernández, J.M., El Alaoui, S., López-Lozano, A., Gómez-Baena, G., Rangel-Zúñiga,O.A., Toribio, F., Diez, J. Mecanismos adaptativos de la asimilación de nitrógeno en Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del nitrógeno: de los microorganismos a las plantas 155-165 (2005).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., García-Fernández, J.M., López-Lozano, A., Toribio, F. Diez, J. Glutamine synthetase degradation is controlled by oxidative proteolysis in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus strain PCC 9511. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1760:930-940 (2006).
  • García-Fernández, J.M., Gómez-Baena, G., López-Lozano, A., Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., Toribio, F., Diez, J. Prochlorococcus marinus: some keys for an ecological success. En New Strides in Biotechnology. Center for Integrative Mediterranean Studies. pp 163-171 (2008).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., López-Lozano, A., Gil-Martínez, J., Lucena, J.M., Diez, J., Candau, P., García-Fenández, J.M. Transporte de glucosa en Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del Nitrógeno (2009). 210-217. ISBN 978-84-8454-806-5
  • García-Fernández, J.M., López-Lozano, A., Gómez-Baena, G., Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., Toribio, F. y Diez, J. Regulación de la interacción carbono/nitrógeno en Prochlorococcus. En Avances en el metabolismo del Nitrógeno (2009). 202-209. ISBN 978-84-8454-806-5
  • Gómez-Baena, G., López-Lozano ,A., Gil-Martínez, J., Lucena, J.M., Diez, J., Candau, P., García-Fernández, J.M. Glucose uptake and its effect on gene expression in Prochlorococcus. PLoS ONE 3(10): e3416. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003416 (2008).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., López-Lozano, A., Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., Donaldson, R.P., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Oxidative stress in Prochlorococcus: degradation of glutamine synthetase and effect on proteases gene expression. En Proccedings of the International conference on Free Radicals and Oxidative stress in Biology and Medicine.
  • Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., Gómez-Baena, G., López-Lozano, A., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Physiological role and regulation of glutamate dehidrogenase in Prochlorococcus sp. strain MIT9313. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1(1), 56-64 (2009).
  • López-Lozano, A., Gómez-Baena, G., Muñoz-Marín, M.C., Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., Diez, J., García-Fernández, J.M. Expression of genes involved in nitrogen assimilation and the C/N balance sensing in Prochlorococcus sp. strain SS120. Gene Expression 14(5), 279-289 (2009).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Rangel-Zúñiga, O.A., López-Lozano, A., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Stress responses in Prochlorococcus MIT9313 vs SS120 involve differential expression genes encoding proteases ClpP, FtsH and Lon. Research in Microbiology 160 (8), 567-575 (2009).
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Donaldson, R.P., García-Fernández, J.M., Diez, J. Glutamine synthetase from Prochlorococcus marinus PCC 9511 is carbonylated during nutrient starvation and oxidative stress. Submitted
  • Gómez-Baena, G., Davidson, A.J., Hurst, J., Beynon, R.J. The bovine urinary proteome. Under preparation.

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