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Athena Zitti

Cardiff UniversityORCID 0009-0003-7376-5805Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:protein structure· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1

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D. Dafydd JonesiD· 3 shared Danoo VitsupakorniD· 2 shared James A. PlattsiD· 2 shared Alex R. JonesiD· 1 shared Christopher R. PudneyiD· 1 shared Georgina Elizabeth MenziesiD· 1 shared Halina MikolajekiD· 1 shared Inês S. CamachoiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BiophysicsJournal of the American Chemical SocietyPeer-reviewedFeb 16, 2026

Environmental dipolar relaxation during excited state proton transfer in Green Fluorescent Protein

Moona Kurttila, Inês S. Camacho, Athena Zitti…·Alex R. Jones

The paper shows dipolar relaxation in the protein matrix during ESPT in GFP, which influences the reaction pathway and is on the same timescale as ESPT.

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fluorescence / live-cell microscopyexperimental assay

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BiochemistryInternational Journal of Molecular SciencesPeer-reviewedDec 23, 2025

Structure, function and dynamics of mCoral, a pH responsive engineered variant of the mCherry fluorescent protein with improved hydrogen peroxide tolerance.

Athena Zitti, Ozan Aksakal, Danoo Vitsupakorn…·D. Dafydd Jones

The paper describes the engineering of mCoral, a modified mCherry variant with improved hydrogen peroxide tolerance and pH responsiveness, and elucidates its structural and dynamic properties.

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protein structureexperimental assay

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintJan 8, 2025

Molecular dynamics guided engineering of Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein chromophore interactions generates a brighter variant with improved photobleaching resistance

Rochelle D. Ahmed, William David Jamieson, Danoo Vitsupakorn…·D. Dafydd Jones

The paper engineers a brighter and more photostable variant of avGFP by modifying chromophore interactions, resulting in improved fluorescence and resistance to photobleaching.

DOI 10.1101/2025.01.08.631926

protein structuremechanistic / dynamical model

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