Publications

Recent papers

2025

  • Albini F., Biondi B., Di Stasi A., Schivo A., Mardirossian M., Scocchi M., and Peggion C. Fragments of cathelicidins PMAP-36 and BMAP-27 and their D-enantiomers: Effects of all D substitutions on structure, protease resistance and antimicrobial properties. Bioorg. Chem, 63, 2025, 108715 (2025).

  • Habrat Zoabi F., Zerihun M., Lizarovich R., Dalla Torre C., Davis L., Ertracht O., Barsheshet M., Atar S., Shalev D.E., De Zotti M., Senderowitz H., Qvit N. Inhibiting MARCH5/Mfn2 signaling as an alternative strategy to protect cardiomyocytes from hypoxia-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. Comp. Struct. Biotech. J., 27, 3045–3065 (2025).
  • Fabbian S., Gabbatore L., Morbiato L., De Zotti M., Giorgio V., Battistutta R., Giachin G., Sosic A., Bellanda M. The OSCP subunit of ATP Synthase is a dimer in solution: strategy to induce the monomeric protein as a new tool for drug discovery. J. Mol. Biol., 437, 169267 (2025).
  • Messina G.M.L., De Zotti M., Siano A.S., Mazzuca C., Marletta G., Palleschi A. Dimer Is Not Double: The Unexpected Behavior of Two-Floor Peptide Nanosponge. Molecules, 30, 47 (2025).
  • B. Biondi, F. Formaggio, C. Toniolo, C. Peggion, and M. Crisma, “ π-Turns in Peptides: A Crystal-State Literature Survey,” J. Pept. Sci., 31, e70036 (2025).
  • Kubitzky S., Lettieri R., Passaretti E., Venanzi M., De Zotti M.*, Mazzuca C., Placidi E., Gatto E. A Supramolecular Wire Able to Self-Assemble on Gold Surface: Controlling the Film Length to Optimize the Device Lifetime and Electron Transfer Efficiency. Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 2400418 (2025).

2024

  • Fodil S., De Zotti M.*, Tundo S., Gabbatore L., Vettorazzo I., Luti S., Musetti R., Sella L., Favaron F., Baccelli I.* Multiple lysine substitutions in the peptaibol trichogin GA IV enhance the antibiotic activity against plant pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae. Pest. Biochem. Physiol., 201, 105901 (2024).
  • Bertran A., De Zotti M., Timmel C.R., Di Valentin M., Bowen A.M. Determining and controlling conformational information from orientationally selective light-induced triplet–triplet electron resonance spectroscopy for a set of bis-porphyrin rulers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 26, 2589 (2024).
  • S. Bobone, C. Storti, C. Fulci, A. Damiani, C. Innamorati, D. Roversi, P. Calligari, L. Pannone, S. Martinelli, M. Tartaglia, G. Bocchinfuso, F. Formaggio, C. Peggion, B. Biondi, L. Stella. Fluorescent Labeling Can Significantly Perturb Measured Binding Affinity and Selectivity of Peptide–Protein Interactions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 10252-10257 (2024).
  • Peggion C., Panetta V., Lastella L., Formaggio F., Ricci A., Oancea S., Hilma G., Biondi B. Relevance of amphiphilicity and helicity on the antibacterial action of a histatin 5-derived peptide. J Pept Sci., 30(9), e3609 (2024).
  • Pieretti F., Moretto A., Papini E., Tavano R. Graphene Oxide Chemical Refining Screening to Improve Blood Compatibility of Graphene-Based Nanomaterials. Journal of Nanotheranostics, 5(1), 13-28 (2024).
  • C. Cometto, G. Marafon, V. Celorrio, G. García, S. Y. Woo, E. Paron, A. Zobelli, G. Bottaro, L. Armelao, E. Pastor, A. Moretto, L. Calvillo. Covalent stabilization of copper porphyrin into carbon nitride for the catalytic reduction of CO2, Journal of Catalysis, 436, 115597 (2024).

2023

  • Bertran A., Morbiato L., Sawyer J., Dalla Torre C., Heyes D.J., Hay S., Timmel C.R., Di Valentin M., De Zotti M.*, Bowen A.M.* Direct Comparison between Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Light-Induced Triplet−Triplet Electron Resonance Spectroscopy J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 22859−22865 (2023)
  • Toniolo C., De Zotti M. Ernesto Scoffone: A great scientist, colleague, and mentor. J. Pept. Sci. 30, e3552 (2023). Editorial
  • Morbiato L., Quaggia C., Menilli L., Dalla Torre C., Barbon A., De Zotti M.* Synthesis, Conformational Analysis and Antitumor Activity of the Naturally Occurring Antimicrobial Medium-Length Peptaibol Pentadecaibin and Spin-Labeled Analogs Thereof. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 24, 13396 (2023).  INVITED ARTICLE
  • Cimino R., Gatto E., De Zotti M., Formaggio F., Toniolo C., Giannetti M., Palleschi A., Serpa C., Venanzi M., Peptide-bridged bis-porphyrin compounds: A photophysical and molecular dynamics study, J. Photochem. Photobiol., 16, 100191 (2023).
  • Dalla Torre C., Sannio F., Battistella M., Docquier J.-D., De Zotti, M.* Peptaibol Analogs Show Potent Antibacterial Activity against Multidrug Resistant Opportunistic Pathogens. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 24, 7997 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24097997.  INVITED ARTICLE
  • Sukumaran S., Tan M., Ben-Uliel S.F., Zhang H., De Zotti M., Chua M.-S., So S.K., Qvit N., Rational Design, Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Peptides and Peptidomimetics to target Hsp90/Cdc37 Interaction for Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Comput. Struct. Biotechnol. J., 21, 3159-3172 (2023).
  • Roversi D., Troiano C., Salnikov E., Giordano L., Riccitelli F., De Zotti M., Casciaro B., Loffredo M.R., Park Y., Formaggio F., Mangoni M.L., Bechinger B., Stella L., Effects of antimicrobial peptides on membrane dynamics: A comparison of fluorescence and NMR experiments, Biophys. Chem., 300, 107060 (2023).