Vanessa R. Bevilaqua

Glu311 and Arg337 Stabilize a Closed Active-site Conformation and Provide a Critical Catalytic Base and Countercation for Green Bioluminescence in Beetle Luciferases

Vadim R. Viviani, A. Simões, Vanessa R. Bevilaqua et al. · Biochemistry · 2016 · 34 citations

Biosynthesis, Arg337 Stabilize, Bioluminescence +13

A new brilliantly blue-emitting luciferin-luciferase system from Orfelia fultoni and Keroplatinae (Diptera)

Vadim R. Viviani, Jaqueline R. Silva, Danilo T. Amaral et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · 26 citations · Full text

The proton and metal binding sites responsible for the pH-dependent green-red bioluminescence color tuning in firefly luciferases

Vadim R. Viviani, Gabriele Verônica de Mello Gabriel, Vanessa R. Bevilaqua et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 25 citations · Full text

Phrixotrix luciferase and 6′-aminoluciferins reveal a larger luciferin phenolate binding site and provide novel far-red combinations for bioimaging purposes

Vanessa R. Bevilaqua, Takuto Matsuhashi, Gabriela Oliveira et al. · Scientific Reports · 2019 · 25 citations · Full text

A highly efficient, thermostable and cadmium selective firefly luciferase suitable for ratiometric metal and pH biosensing and for sensitive ATP assays

Gabriel F. Pelentir, Vanessa R. Bevilaqua, Vadim R. Viviani · Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences · 2019 · 23 citations

Engineering, Biosensing Systems, Biomedical Diagnostics +13