Angeles Aroca Aguilar
Group: Metabolism and signaling by Sulfide and Cyanide
Position: Associate professor University of Seville
Contact:
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L105 / SE 202
Tel. 954489635 / Lab: +34 954489501 Ext. 446035
Formation
2008 PhD degree at Department of Biotechnology and Genetic resources in plants, ETSI Agricultural, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
2009-2019 Postdoc at different centres: Department of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (University of Seville), NMR Swedish Centre, (Goteborg, Sweden), Cysteine Biosynthesis and Metabolic Networks Research Group (IBVF-CSIC, Sevilla), Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires (CNRS), (Bordeaux, France.), MSCA-IF-GF at Iowa State University (Iowa, USA).
2021 Associate professor at University of Seville (Spain)
Research Interests
My postdoctoral research career during the last 10 years has been focused on the study of post-translational modifications of cysteine, especially persulfidation. I have applied state-of-the-art techniques and technology focused mainly on the proteomic analysis of the physiological effects of sulfide on molecular targets regulated by these post-translational modifications. In this regard, three fundamental milestones I have addressed during this research include: a) elucidate the mechanism of action of sulfide in plants through a new post-translational modification of proteins named persulfidation; b) decipher wide range of action of persulfidation in diverse biological processes and c) describe a new regulation mechanism of bulk and selective autophagy through sulfide in Arabidopsis, which constituted the first time cited that sulfide regulates autophagy in a eukaryotic organism.
Publications