Producción científica del grupo

Publicaciones de los investigadores principales

335

Dr. Josep M. Lluch López

Catedrático emérito

169

Dra. Àngels González Lafont

Catedrática

136

Dr. Miquel Moreno Ferrer

Catedrático

393

Artículos del grupo

1979–2026

2026 3 artículos

Protein Science

Protein Science. 2026;35:e70625

Omega-3 DHA as a blank canvas: A molecular approximation to how lipid mediators modulate LGR6 in inflammation resolution

Álex Pérez-Sánchez, Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Àngels González Lafont y José M. Lluch

Journal of the American Chemical Society

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 18, 19226–19237

Photoswitchable COX-2-Selective Inhibitors as Light-Regulated Anti-Inflammatory Agents

Amanda Morales, Alejandro Cruz, Álex Pérez-Sánchez, Danilo D’Avino, Gaia Galassi, Erica Ginevra Milano, Irene Bernareggi, Carla Arenós-Bach, Giovanni Grazioso, Ramon Alibés, Jordi Hernando, Pau Gorostiza, Antonietta Rossi, Anna Pistocchi, Carlo Matera, Félix Busqué, Àngels González Lafont y José M. Lluch

Commun Chem 2026

Exploring the photodynamical landscape of biomimetic lumichrome–ephedrine-class amine complexes across femtosecond to millisecond regimes

Subhrakant Jena, Mario de la Hoz Tomás, Juan Ángel Organero, Miquel Moreno Ferrer, Abderrazzak Douhal

2025 2 artículos

RSC Advances

RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 32284

Exploring allosteric properties of mammalian ALOX15: octyl (N-(4-(benzofuran-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl)sulfamoyl)- and octyl (N-(4-(1H-indol-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl)sulfamoyl)carbamates as ALOX inhibitors

Viktor Gavrilyuk, Alejandro Cruz, Vladislav Aksenov, Danila Nurgaliev, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alexey Golovanov, José M. Lluch, Hartmut Kuhn, Igor Ivanov y Àngels González Lafont

Protein Science

Protein Science 2025;34(1):e70001.

First-principles simulations of the fluorescence modulation of a COX-2-specific fluorogenic probe upon protein dimerization for cancer discrimination

Álex Pérez-Sánchez, Carles Curutchet, Àngels González Lafont y José M. Lluch

2024 2 artículos

American Chemical Society · ACS Omega
Effect of Leaving Centrosymmetric Character on Spectral Properties in Mono-, Bi-, and Triphotonic Absorption Spectroscopies

Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno y José M. Lluch

ACS Omega 2024, 9, 40, 41968–41977

ACS Catalysis

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 2, 637–656

Theoretical Study of the Arachidonic Acid Conversion into Leukotriene A4 Catalyzed by Human 5-Lipoxygenase: Hydroperoxidation and Epoxidation Mechanisms and Arachidonic Acid Active Site Access

Alejandro Cruz, Àngels González Lafont, José Maria Lluch

2023 5 artículos

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023

Three-Photon Infrared Stimulation of Endogenous Neuroreceptors in Vivo

Rosalba Sortino, Marina Cunquero, Gustavo Castro-Olvera, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, Fabio Riefolo, Carlo Matera, Noèlia Fernàndez-Castillo, Luca Agnetta, Michael Decker, José Maria Lluch, Jordi Hernando, Pablo Loza-Alvarez, Pau Gorostiza

Molecules
Different Structures—Similar Effect: Do Substituted 5-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1H-indoles and 5-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazoles Represent a Common Pharmacophore for Substrate Selective Inhibition of Linoleate Oxygenase Activity of ALOX15?

Zhuravlev, A.; Cruz, A.; Chen, X.; Aksenov, V.; Golovanov, A.; Lluch J. M.; Kuhn, H.; González Lafont, À. Ivanov I.

Molecules 2023, 28, 5418

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(12), 10046

Functional Characterization of Mouse and Human Arachidonic Acid Lipoxygenase 15B (ALOX15B) Orthologs and of Their Mutants Exhibiting Humanized and Murinized Reaction Specificities

Kakularam, K. R.; Canyelles-Niño, M.; Chen, X.; Lluch J. M.; González Lafont, À. González Lafont; Kuhn, H.

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(7), 6064

Hydroperoxidation of Docosahexaenoic Acid by Human ALOX12 and pigALOX15-mini-LOX

Canyelles-Niño, M.; González Lafont, À.; Lluch, J.M.

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(1), 25

Predicting the Electronic Absorption Band Shape of Azobenzene Photoswitches

Moreno, M.; Lluch, J.M.; Gelabert, R.

2022 6 artículos

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(15), 8690

On the Computational Design of Azobenzene-Based Multi-State Photoswitches

Moreno, M.; Lluch, J.M.; Gelabert, R.

American Chemical Society · ACS Omega
On the Computational Molecular Insights into the Regulation of 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase 1: Modeling the Interaction between the Kinase and the Pleckstrin Homology Domains

Garcia-Viloca, M.; Bayascas, J.M.; Lluch, J.M.; González Lafont, À.

ACS Omega 2022, 7, 29, 25186–25199

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(6), 3140

Theoretical Characterization of the Step-by-Step Mechanism of Conversion of Leukotriene A4 to Leukotriene B4 Catalysed by the Enzyme Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase

Canyelles-Niño, M.; González Lafont, À.; Lluch, J.M.

American Chemical Society · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

J. Med. Chem. 2022, 65, 3, 1979–1995

N-Substituted 5-(1H-Indol-2-yl)-2-methoxyanilines Are Allosteric Inhibitors of the Linoleate Oxygenase Activity of Selected Mammalian ALOX15 Orthologs: Mechanism of Action

Golovanov, A.; Zhuravlev, A.; Cruz, A.; Aksenov, V.; Shafiullina, R.; Kakularam, K.R.; Lluch, J.M.; Kuhn, H.; González Lafont, À; Ivanov, I.

Org. Biomol. Chem.

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 1260-1274

The role of acetylated cyclooxygenase-2 in the biosynthesis of resolvin precursors derived from eicosapentaenoic acid

Cebrián-Prats, A; Pinto, A.; González Lafont, À.; Fernandes, P.A.; Lluch, J.M.

ACS Omega 2022, 7, 25186-25199

Molecular Insights into the Regulation of 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase 1: Modeling the Interaction between the Kinase and the Pleckstrin Homology Domains

Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Jose Ramón Bayascas, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont

2021 3 artículos

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021 ,23, 13042-13054

Accounting for the instantaneous disorder in the enzyme–substrate Michaelis complex to calculate the Gibbs free energy barrier of an enzyme reaction

Romero-Téllez, S., Cruz, A., Masgrau, L., González Lafont, À. & Lluch, J. M.

MDPI · International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(6), 3285

Conformational Heterogeneity and Cooperative Effects of Mammalian ALOX15

Ivanov, I.; Cruz, A.; Zhuravlev, A.; Di Venere, A.; Nicolai, E.; Stehling, S.; Lluch, J.M. ; González Lafont, À.; Kuhn, H.

J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 6418-6435

Deciphering the behavior of a new MOF and its composites under light at ensemble and single crystal levels: relevance to its photonic applications

Eduardo Gomez, Daisuke Yasumiya, Norimitsu Tohnai, Miquel Moreno, Boiko Cohen, Ichiro Hisaki, Abderrazzak Douhal

2020 7 artículos

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 27385-27393

A protocol to obtain multidimensional quantum tunneling corrections derived from QM(DFT)/MM calculations for an enzyme reaction

Soler, J., González Lafont, À. & Lluch Lopez, J. M.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 11406-11418

Deciphering the Molecular Details of the Lipoxin Formation Mechanism in the 5(S),15(S)-DiHpETE Biosynthetic Pathway Catalyzed by Reticulocyte 15-Lipoxygenase-1

Alejandro Cruz, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 6938-6951

Shape-Persistent Phenylene-Ethynylene Macrocycles Spectroscopy and Dynamics: From Molecules to the Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Material

Eduardo Gomez, Maria Rosaria di Nunzio, Miquel Moreno, Ichiro Hisaki, Abderrazzak Douhal

ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 138-153

Understanding the Molecular Details of the Mechanism That Governs the Oxidation of Arachidonic Acid Catalyzed by Aspirin-Acetylated Cyclooxygenase-2

Anna Cebrián-Prats, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids 2020, 1865, 158680

A role of Gln596 in fine-tuning mammalian ALOX15 specificity, protein stability and allosteric properties

Alejandro Cruz, Almerinda Di Venere, Giampiero Mei, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alexey Golovanov, Sabine Stehling, Dagmar Heydeck, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont, Hartmut Kuhn, Igor Ivanov

RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 986-997

Unraveling how the Gly526Ser mutation arrests prostaglandin formation from arachidonic acid catalyzed by cyclooxygenase-2: a combined molecular dynamics and QM/MM study

Adrián Suñer-Rubio, Anna Cebrián-Prats, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

UABDivulga 2020

Role of Gln596 residue in the functioning of ALOX15, an enzyme crucial for health.

2019 10 artículos

ACS Chem. Biol. 2019, 14, 2768-2782

Mutations of Triad Determinants Changes the Substrate Alignment at the Catalytic Center of Human ALOX5

Igor Ivanov, Alexey B. Golovanov, Cristián Ferretti, Miquel Canyelles-Niño, Dagmar Heydeck, Sabine Stehling, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont, Hartmut Kühn

Nat Commun 2019, 10, 2222

Discovery of processive catalysis by an exo-hydrolase with a pocket-shaped active site

Victor A. Streltsov, Sukanya Luang, Alys Peisley, Joseph N. Varghese, James R. Ketudat Cairns, Sebastien Fort, Marcel Hijnen, Igor Tvaroška, Ana Ardá, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, Mercedes Alfonso-Prieto, Carme Rovira, Fernanda Mendoza, Laura Tiessler-Sala, José-Emilio Sánchez-Aparicio, Jaime Rodríguez-Guerra, José M. Lluch, Jean-Didier Maréchal, Laura Masgrau, Maria Hrmova

Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 3780-3784

Synthetic Photoswitchable Neurotransmitters Based on Bridged Azobenzenes

Gisela Cabré, Aida Garrido-Charles, Àngels González Lafont, Widukind Moormann, Daniel Langbehn, David Egea, José M. Lluch, Rainer Herges, Ramon Alibés, Félix Busqué, Pau Gorostiza, Jordi Hernando

Front. Chem. 2019, 7, 200

Comparing Hydrolysis and Transglycosylation Reactions Catalyzed by Thermus thermophilus β-Glycosidase. A Combined MD and QM/MM Study

Sonia Romero-Téllez, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont, Laura Masgrau

Nat Commun 2019, 10, 907

Rationally designed azobenzene photoswitches for efficient two-photon neuronal excitation

Gisela Cabré, Aida Garrido-Charles, Miquel Moreno, Miquel Bosch, Montserrat Porta-de-la-Riva, Michael Krieg, Marta Gascón-Moya, Núria Camarero, Ricard Gelabert, José M. Lluch, Félix Busqué, Jordi Hernando, Pau Gorostiza, Ramon Alibés

ACS Omega 2019, 4, 2063-2074

Unraveling the Molecular Details of the Complete Mechanism That Governs the Synthesis of Prostaglandin G2 Catalyzed by Cyclooxygenase-2

Anna Cebrián-Prats, Àngels González-Lafont, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 16075-16082

Deciphering the grounds of the suitability of acylhydrazones as efficient photoswitches

Miquel Moreno, Ricard Gelabert, José M. Lluch

J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 7872-7884

Optical characterization of a two-dimensional BODIPY-based polymer material and its related chromophores

P. Piatkowski, M. Moreno, M. Liras, F. Sánchez, A. Douhal

J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 10818-10832

Spectroscopy and dynamics of a HOF and its molecular units: remarkable vapor acid sensing

Eduardo Gomez, Yuto Suzuki, Ichiro Hisaki, Miquel Moreno, Abderrazzak Douhal

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 20678-20692

A high-throughput computational approach to UV-Vis spectra in protein mutants

Mirko Paulikat, Ricardo A. Mata, Ricard Gelabert

2018 5 artículos

Chemistry A European J 2018, 24, 962-973

Mutagenesis of Sequence Determinants of Truncated Porcine ALOX15 Induces Changes in the Reaction Specificity by Altering the Catalytic Mechanism of Initial Hydrogen Abstraction

Patricia Saura, Ilya Kaganer, Dagmar Heydeck, José M. Lluch, Hartmut Kühn, Àngels González‐Lafont

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 11067-11080

Ultrafast action chemistry in slow motion: atomistic description of the excitation and fluorescence processes in an archetypal fluorescent protein

Pau Armengol, Lasse Spörkel, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, Walter Thiel, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 27149-27161

Experimental and theoretical insights into the influence of electronic density on proton-transfer reactions

Eduardo Gomez, Noemí Alarcos, Cristina Monterde, Félix Sánchez, Miquel Moreno, Abderrazzak Douhal

New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 7005-7015

From 4-nitrotoluene and 4,4′-dinitrobibenzyl to E-4,4′-dinitrostilbene: an electrochemical approach

Iluminada Gallardo, Ana Belén Gómez, Gonzalo Guirado, Adrián Lariño, Miquel Moreno, Manuel Ortigosa, Sergio Soler

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 7415-7427

Spectroscopy and dynamics of dehydrobenzo[12]annulene derivatives possessing peripheral carboxyphenyl groups: theory and experiment

Eduardo Gomez, Mario Gutiérrez, Miquel Moreno, Ichiro Hisaki, Schoichi Nakagawa, Abderrazzak Douhal

2017 4 artículos

ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 4854-4866

Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of the Ala-versus-Gly Concept Controlling the Product Specificity in Reactions Catalyzed by Lipoxygenases: A Combined Molecular Dynamics and QM/MM Study of Coral 8R-Lipoxygenase

Patricia Saura, Reynier Suardíaz, Laura Masgrau, Àngels González-Lafont, Edina Rosta, José M. Lluch

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 9095-9107

Computational insights into active site shaping for substrate specificity and reaction regioselectivity in the EXTL2 retaining glycosyltransferase

Fernanda Mendoza, José M. Lluch, Laura Masgrau

J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 9752-9763

Inhibition of Mammalian 15-Lipoxygenase by Three Ebselen-like Drugs. A QM/MM and MM/PBSA Comparative Study

Anna Cebrián-Prats, Tiffani Rovira, Patricia Saura, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 10377-10394

Understanding how cAMP-dependent protein kinase can catalyze phosphoryl transfer in the presence of Ca2+ and Sr2+: a QM/MM study

Ayax Pérez-Gallegos, Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

2016 9 artículos

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 16964-16976

Chromophore interactions leading to different absorption spectra in mNeptune1 and mCardinal red fluorescent proteins

Pau Armengol, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 23017-23035

Computational insight into the catalytic implication of head/tail-first orientation of arachidonic acid in human 5-lipoxygenase: consequences for the positional specificity of oxygenation

Patricia Saura, Jean-Didier Maréchal, Laura Masgrau, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2016, 113

Evolutionary alteration of ALOX15 specificity optimizes the biosynthesis of antiinflammatory and proresolving lipoxins

Susan Adel, Felix Karst, Àngels González Lafont, Mária Pekárová, Patricia Saura, Laura Masgrau, José M. Lluch, Sabine Stehling, Thomas Horn, Hartmut Kuhn, Dagmar Heydeck

J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 1950-1960

How Can Linoleic Acid Be the Preferential Substrate of the Enzyme 15-Lipoxygenase-1? A QM/MM Approach

Jordi Soler, Patricia Saura, Diego García-López, Laura Masgrau, José M. Lluch, Àngels González Lafont

ChemPhysChem 2016, 17, 3321-3332

Is Regioselectivity in the Enzyme-Catalyzed Hydroperoxidation of Arachidonic Acid Necessarily Determined by Hydrogen Abstraction? The Case of Rabbit Leu597Ala/Ile663Ala ALOX15 Mutant

Patricia Saura, Laura Masgrau, Dagmar Heydeck, Hartmut Kühn, José M. Lluch, Àngels González‐Lafont

WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2016, 6, 584-603

Kinetic isotope effects in chemical and biochemical reactions: physical basis and theoretical methods of calculation

Àngels González‐Lafont, José M. Lluch

ChemPhysChem 2016, 17, 2824-2838

The Quest for Photoswitches Activated by Near-Infrared Light: A Theoretical Study of the Photochemistry of BF2-Coordinated Azo Derivatives

Miquel Moreno, Ricard Gelabert, José M. Lluch

J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2016, 12, 2079-2090

Understanding the Mechanism of the Hydrogen Abstraction from Arachidonic Acid Catalyzed by the Human Enzyme 15-Lipoxygenase-2. A Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Free Energy Simulation.

Reynier Suardíaz, Pablo G. Jambrina, Laura Masgrau, Àngels González Lafont, Edina Rosta, José M. Lluch

ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2577-2589

alpha 1,4-N-Acetylhexosaminyltransferase EXTL2: The Missing Link for Understanding Glycosidic Bond Biosynthesis with Retention of Configuration

Fernanda Mendoza, Hansel Gómez, José M. Lluch, Laura Masgrau

2015 10 artículos

Angewandte Chemie 2015, 127, 10036-10040

A Native Ternary Complex Trapped in a Crystal Reveals the Catalytic Mechanism of a Retaining Glycosyltransferase

David Albesa‐Jové, Fernanda Mendoza, Ane Rodrigo‐Unzueta, Fernando Gomollón‐Bel, Javier O. Cifuente, Saioa Urresti, Natalia Comino, Hansel Gómez, Javier Romero‐García, José M. Lluch, Enea Sancho‐Vaello, Xevi Biarnés, Antoni Planas, Pedro Merino, Laura Masgrau, Marcelo E. Guerin

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 3497-3511

A QM/MM study of Kemptide phosphorylation catalyzed by protein kinase A. The role of Asp166 as a general acid/base catalyst

Ayax Pérez-Gallegos, Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 29363-29373

Molecular modelling of the pH influence in the geometry and the absorbance spectrum of near-infrared TagRFP675 fluorescent protein

Carlos Randino, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, José M. Lluch, Kiryl D. Piatkevich

Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology 2015, 225-254

QM/MM Studies Reveal How Substrate-Substrate and Enzyme-Substrate Interactions Modulate Retaining Glycosyltransferases Catalysis and Mechanism.

Hansel Gómez, Fernanda Mendoza, José M. Lluch, Laura Masgrau

ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 4897-4912

SP20 Phosphorylation Reaction Catalyzed by Protein Kinase A: QM/MM Calculations Based on Recently Determined Crystallographic Structures

Ayax Pérez-Gallegos, Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Àngels González Lafont, José M. Lluch

ChemPhysChem 2015, 16, 2134-2139

Theoretical Computer-Aided Mutagenic Study on the Triple Green Fluorescent Protein Mutant S65T/H148D/Y145F

Pau Armengol, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, José M. Lluch

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 30876-30888

Transient low-barrier hydrogen bond in the photoactive state of green fluorescent protein

Marc Nadal-Ferret, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, José M. Lluch

J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2274-2291

Unveiling How an Archetypal Fluorescent Protein Operates: Theoretical Perspective on the Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics of GFP Variant 565T/H148D

Pau Armengol, Ricard Gelabert, Miquel Moreno, José M. Lluch

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015

Direct observation of breaking the intramolecular H-bond, slowing down the proton motion and tuning its mechanism in an HBO derivative.

chemphyschem 2015

Theoretical computer-aided mutagenic study on the triple green fluorescent mutant S65T/H148D/Y145Ft