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Dr. Ismael Bustos Jaimes

Full Professor

Former  Alexander von Humboldt Fellow

Phone: +52-55-56232260

E-mail: ismaelb @ unam.mx

Research projects

 

Biocatalysis; allosteric enzymes; supramolecular biochemistry.

 

The biocatalysis project points to the use of enzymes in non-conventional media for the production of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. One of our models is the lipase from Bacillus pumilus GMA1. We are also analyzing the catalytic properties of nitrile degrading enzymes in collaboration with Dr. Georgina Garza-Ramos.

 

Our experimental model of allosteric enzyme is glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase from Escherichia coli. This is a homohexameric protein, which is activated by N-acetyl-glucosamine-6-phosphate. The allosteric transition of this enzyme has been studied in collaboration with Prof. Mario L. Calcagno. Our results indicate that the quaternary change occurs through a complex network of interactions.

 

The supramolecular biochemistry model is the association and dissociation of viral capsids of Parvovirs B19 (B19V), Brome Mosaic Virus (BMV) and encapsulin  nanocompartments of Myxococcus xanthus. The main goal in this research is to design new approaches to deal with these pathogen agents and to develop nanomaterials for use in medicine. 


We are convinced that the best medicine is research.  



Postdoctoral fellows


Dr. Ángel de Jesús Jiménez Chávez



Students


Ph.D. student Carlos Coffeen Cruz

Ph.D. student Willy Angel Delgado Tapia

M.Sci. student Marco Antonio Estrada Tolentino

Ph.D. student Sac Nicté Gómez Barrera

M.Sci. student Aquetzali Estefanía Hernández Gutiérrez

Undergad. Juan Estebán Mata Murillo

M.Sci. student Eduardo Javier Medina Iriarte

Ph.D. student Juan Eduardo Pérez Sánchez

Ph.D. student Hugo César Santillán Uribe

Ph.D. student Iris Ashanty Soto Valerio



Coworkers


Ph.D. maribel Cayetano-Cruz

M.D. Josefina Valadez García



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Recent publications


- Sánchez-Moguel, I., Coffeen, C.F., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2024). On-column refolding and off-column assembly of parvovirus B19 virus-like particles from bacteria-expressed protein. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 108, 160 (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13004-w.


- Hernández-Alonso, A., Pérez-García, V., López-Medina, J., Cedeño-Caero, L., Trapala, J., Montiel, C., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Gimeno, M. (2023). Enzymatic synthesis of polypeptides in natural deep eutectic solvents. J. Polym. Res. 30:429. DOI: 10.1007/s10965-023-03808-1.


- Sánchez-Moguel, I., Montiel, C., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2023). Therapeutic potential of engineered virus-like particles of Parvovirus B19. Pathogens  2023, 12, 1007. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12081007.


- Marcos-Viquez, J., Rodríguez-Hernández, A., Álvarez-Añorve, L.I., Medina-García, A., Plumbridge, J., Calcagno, M.L., Rodríguez-Romero, A., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2023). Substrate binding in the allosteric site mimics homotropic cooperativity in the SIS-fold Glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminases. Protein Sci. 32(6), e4651. DOI: 10.1002/pro.4651.


- Trapala, J., González-Andrade, M., Olvera, C., Cayetano-Cruz, M.E., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Jimenez-Ortega, E., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Montiel, C. (2023). Relevance of aromatic and polar amino acids in the specificity of Inulinase ISO3 from Kluyveromyces marxianus: A molecular dynamics approach with an experimental verification. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 224 (2023), 124734. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124734.


- Gutiérrez-Antón, M., Santiago-Hernández, A., Rodríguez-Mendoza, J., Cano-Ramírez, C., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Aguilar-Osorio, G., Campos, J.E., Hidalgo-Lara, M.E. (2023). Improvement of Laccase production by Thielavia terrestris Co3Bag1. Enhancing the bio-catalytic performance of the native thermophilic TtLacA via immobilization in copper alginate gel beads. J. Fungi, 9(3), 308. DOI: 10.3390/jof9030308.


- López-López, A., Santiago-Hernández, A., Cayetano-Cruz, M.E. Campos, J.E., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Marsch-Moreno, R., Cano-Ramírez, C., Benítez-Cardoza, C.G., Hidalgo-Lara, M.E. (2023). TtCel7A: A native thermophilic bifunctional cellulose/xylanase exogluclanase from the thermophilic biomass-degrading fungus Thielavia terrestris Co3Bag1, and its application in enzymatic hydrolysis of agroindustrial derivatives. J. Fungi, 9(2), 152. DOI: 10.3390/jof9020152.


- Münch-Anguiano, L., Camarena, B., Nieto-Quinto, J., de la Tore, P., Laclette, J.P., Hirata-Hernández, H., Hernández-Muñoz, S., Aguilar-García, A., Becerra-Palars, C., Gutiérrez-Mora, D., Ortega-Ruiz, H., Escamilla-Orozco, R., Saracco-Álvarez R., Bustos-Jaimes, I.  (2022). Genetic analysis of the ZNF804A gene in Mexican patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder. Gene 829, 146508. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146508.


- Soto-Valerio, I.A., Cayetano-Cruz, M., Valadez-García, J., Guadarrama, P., Méndez, C., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2022). In vitro refolding of the structural protein VP1 of parvovirus B19 produces virus-like particles with functional VP1 unique region. Virology 570, 57-66. DOI:10.1016/j.virol.2022.03.009.


- Barreda-Huerta, F., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Mújica-Jiménez, C., Muñoz-Clares, R.A. (2021). Multiple conformations in solution of the maize C4-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozyme. Heliyon 7, e08464. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08464.


- Jiménez-Chávez, A.J., Nava-García, B.K., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Moreno-Fierros, L. (2021). B19-VLPs as an effective delivery system for tumour antigens to induce humoral and cellular immune responses against triple negative breast cancer. Immunol. Lett. 239, 77-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2021.09.002.


- Martinez-Gonzalez, A. I., Díaz-Sánchez, Ángel G., de la Rosa, L. A., Bustos-Jaimes, I., & Alvarez-Parrilla, E. (2021). A novel approach to trypsin inhibition by flavonoids. J. Food Bioact. 14, 102-113. DOI: 10.31665/JFB.2021.14272.


- Trapala, J., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Manzanares, P., Bárzana, E., Montiel, C. (2020). Purification and characterization of an inulinase produced by a Kluyveromyces marxianus strain isolated from Blue Agave Bagasse. Protein Expr. Purif. 176, 105718. DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105718.


- Terrazas-López, M., Lobo-Galo, N., Aguirre-Reyes, L.G., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Marcos-Víquez, J.A., González-Segura, L., Díaz-Sánchez, A.G. (2020). Interaction of N-succinyl diaminopimelate desuccinylase with orphenadrine and disulfiram. J. Mol. Struct. 1222, 128928. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128928.


- Martinez-Gonzalez, A.I., Díaz-Sánchez, A.G., De la Rosa, L.A., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Vazquez-Flores, A.A., Alvarez-Parrilla, E. (2020). Inhibición de lipasa pancreática por flavonoides: importancia del doble enlace C2=C3 y la estructura plana del anillo C. Biotecnia 22 (2), 50-60.  PDF


- Jiménez-Chávez, A.J., Moreno-Fierros, L., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2019). Therapy with multi-epitope virus-like particles of B19 parvovirus reduce tumor growth and lung metastasis in an aggressive breast cancer mouse model. Vaccine. 37, 7256-7268. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.068.


- Cayetano-Cruz, M.E., Valadez-García, J., Mendez, C., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2019). Virus-like nanoparticles derived from Parvovirus B19 efficiently internalize in human heptatocytes: A biocompatible delivery system for peptides and proteins. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2, 6178-6186. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b01018.


- Salazar-González, J.A., Ruiz-Cruz, A.A., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Moreno-Fierros, L. (2019). Expression of breast cancer-related epitopes targeting the IGF-1 receptor in chimeric human parvovirus B19 virus-like particles. Mol. Biotechnol. 61(10), 742-753. DOI: 10.1007/s12033-019-00198-y.


- Santillán-Uribe, H.C., Bustos-Jaimes, I. (2019). Parvovirus B19: self-assembly and potential for the construction of nanobiomaterials. Mens. Bioquim. 43, 91-100. (Spanish) PDF.


- Martínez-González, A.I., Díaz-Sánchez, A.G., De La Rosa, L.A., Bustos-Jaimes, I., Alvarez-Parrilla, E. (2019). Inhibition of α-amylase by flavonoids: Structure activity relationship (SAR). Spectrochim. Acta A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc.  206, 437-447. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.08.057.