Patricia Saura

About me

Selected Publications

• Katsyv, A.*; Anuj, A.*; Saura, P.*; Pöverlein, M. C.; Freibert, S. A.; Stripp, S. T.; Jain, S.; Gamiz-Hernandez, A. P.; Kaila, V. R. I.; Müller, V., Schuller J. M. Molecular Basis of the Electron Bifurcation Mechanism in the [FeFe]-hydrogenase Complex HydABC.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 5696–5709, (2023). *equal contribution, shared first author.

• Saura, P.; Riepl, D.; Frey, D. M.; Wikström, M; Kaila, V. R. I. Electric Fields Modulate Water-Gated Proton Transfer in Cytochrome c Oxidase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 119, e2207761119, (2022).
• Schuller, J. M.; Saura, P.; Thiemann, J.; Schuller, S. K.; Gamiz-Hernandez, A. P.; Kurisu, G.; Nowaczyk, M. M.; Kaila, V. R. I. Redox-Coupled Proton Pumping Drives Carbon Concentration in the Photosynthetic Complex I. Nat. Commun., 11, 494, (2020).
• Röpke, M.*; Saura, P.*; Riepl, D.; Pöverlein, M. C.; Kaila, V. R. I. Functional Water Wires Catalyze Long-Range Proton Pumping in the Mammalian Respiratory Complex I. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 21758-21766, (2020). *equal contribution, shared first author.
• Mühlbauer, M. E.*; Saura, P.*; Nuber, F.; Di Luca, A.; Friedrich, T.; Kaila, V. R. I. Water-Gated Proton Transfer Dynamics in Respiratory Complex I. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 13718-13728, (2020). *equal contribution, shared first author.
• Saura, P.; Kaila, V. R. I. Energetics and Dynamics of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in the NADH/FMN Site of Respiratory Complex I. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 5710–5719, (2019).