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Research interests

• Protein folding
• Non-conventional protein folding
• Protein purification
• Biochemical characterization of proteins

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Professor Hugo Nájera has studied Biochemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a B.S. in Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM. He has done research stays at the Laboratory of Protein Biophysicochemistry of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and at the Laboratory of Phosphorescence Spectroscopy of the Istituto di Biofísica in Pisa, Italy.

He has been a Professor since 1996 in several institutions, since 2008 he is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He is a founding member of the Branch of Physicochemistry and Protein Structure of the Mexican Society of Biochemistry. He has published articles dealing with protein biochemistry and has supervised more than 20 undergraduate and graduate theses, as well as postdoctoral fellowships. Since 1996 he has taught more than 180 undergraduate and graduate courses.

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Research interests

• Protein folding
• Non-conventional protein folding
• Protein purification
• Biochemical characterization of proteins

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	Marrufo-Hernández, N.A., Nájera, H., González Chávez, F. and 1 more (...) (2024).Polyphenol oxidase inactivation from apple juice by Al-based metal–organic frameworks: New anti-browning strategy in fruits and vegetables. Food Chemistry,439
	Cerón, R., Peimbert, M., Rojo-Domínguez, A. and 1 more (...) (2023).Hen lysozyme fibrillogenesis, molten globule intermediate and effect of copper salts. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,41(2) 423-434
	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Rocha-Pino, Z., Nájera, H. and 2 more (...) (2020).Novel transglycosylation activity of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase of Lecanicillium lecanii produced by submerged culture. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,145759-767
	Chávez, F.G., Nájera, H., Leyva, M.A. and 3 more (...) (2020).New 2D Lanthanide MOFs Constructed from Bis(imide) Pyromellitic Alanine Ligands with Enhanced Fluorescence toward Activation and Modulation of Microstructure. Crystal Growth and Design,20(7) 4273-4292
OA	Palma-Orozco, G., Marrufo-Hernández, N.A., Tobías, I. and 1 more (...) (2019).Purification and biochemical characterization of polyphenol oxidase from soursop (Annona muricata L.) and its inactivation by microwave and ultrasound treatments. Journal of Food Biochemistry,43(3)
	Favela-Candia, A., Téllez-Valencia, A., Campos-Almazán, M. and 6 more (...) (2019).Biochemical, Kinetic, and Computational Structural Characterization of Shikimate Kinase from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Biotechnology,61(4) 274-285	\| 3 \|
	la Cruz, A.L.-D., Sanabria-Chanaga, E.E., Yépez-Mulia, L. and 7 more (...) (2018).Structural characterization, biochemical, inhibition and computational studies of Entamoeba histolytica phosphoglycerate mutase: finding hits for a new antiamoebic drug. Medicinal Chemistry Research,27(6) 1705-1716
OA	Marrufo-Hernández, N.A., Palma-Orozco, G., Beltrán, H.I. and 1 more (...) (2017).Purification, partial biochemical characterization and inactivation of polyphenol oxidase from Mexican Golden Delicious apple (Malus domestica). Journal of Food Biochemistry,41(3)
	Palma-Orozco, G., Osorio-Esquivel, O., Nájera, H. (2016).Mango: Chemical composition and health benefits. Mango: Production, Properties and Health Benefits,33-46
	Palma-Orozco, G., Marrufo-Hernández, N.A., Sampedro, J.G. and 1 more (...) (2014).Purification and partial biochemical characterization of polyphenol oxidase from mango (Mangifera indica cv. Manila). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,62(40) 9832-9840
OA	Avitia-Domínguez, C., Sierra-Campos, E., Salas-Pacheco, J.M. and 4 more (...) (2014).Inhibition and biochemical characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus shikimate dehydrogenase: An in silico and kinetic study. Molecules,19(4) 4491-4509	\| 3 \|
OA	Saucedo-Mendiola, M.L., Salas-Pacheco, J.M., Nájera, H. and 4 more (...) (2014).Discovery of Entamoeba histolytica hexokinase 1 inhibitors through homology modeling and virtual screening. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry,29(3) 325-332
	Sampedro, J.G., Nájera, H., Uribe-Carvajal, S. and 1 more (...) (2014).Mapping the ATP binding site in the plasma membrane h+-ATPase from Kluyveromyces lactis. Journal of Fluorescence,24(6) 1849-1859

Courses offered

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	23O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IX	Posgrado
2	23O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XII	Posgrado
3	23P	Seminario Doctoral IV	Posgrado
4	23P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VIII	Posgrado
5	23P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XI	Posgrado
6	23I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
7	23I	Laboratorio de Bioquímica	Licenciatura
8	23I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
9	23I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
10	23I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VII	Posgrado
11	23I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral X	Posgrado
12	22O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
13	22O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
14	22O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
15	22O	Seminario Doctoral III	Posgrado
16	22O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VI	Posgrado
17	22O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IX	Posgrado
18	22P	Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
19	22P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
20	22P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
21	22P	Técnicas Espectroscópicas	Posgrado
22	22P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral V	Posgrado
23	22I	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica I	Licenciatura
24	22I	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
25	22I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
26	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
27	22I	Técnicas de Separación Cromatográfica	Posgrado
28	22I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IV	Posgrado
29	21O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
30	21O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
31	21O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
32	21O	Temas Selectos V	Posgrado
33	21O	Seminario Doctoral II	Posgrado
34	21O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral III	Posgrado
35	21O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VIII	Posgrado
36	21P	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica I	Licenciatura
37	21P	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
38	21P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
39	21P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
40	21P	Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
41	21P	Seminario III	Posgrado
42	21P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral II	Posgrado
43	21P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VI	Posgrado
44	21P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VII	Posgrado
45	21I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
46	21I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
47	21I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
48	21I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
49	21I	Seminario Doctoral I	Posgrado
50	21I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral I	Posgrado
51	21I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IV	Posgrado
52	21I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral V	Posgrado
53	20O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
54	20O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
55	20O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
56	20O	Seminario Doctoral III	Posgrado
57	20O	Seminario Doctoral IV	Posgrado
58	20P	Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
59	20P	Seminario II	Posgrado
60	20P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado

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