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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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OA	López, S., Rojo-Domínguez, A., López-Simeon, R. and 2 more (...) (2025).L-tyrosine inhibits the formation of amyloid fibers of human lysozyme at physiological pH and temperature. Amino Acids,57(1)
OA	Vazquez-Lima, C.G., Quintana-Quirino, M., Bravo, A.L. and 2 more (...) (2025).Historical Insights Into the Purification of Polyphenol Oxidase From Plants. Food Science and Nutrition,13(11)
OA	López, S., Rojo-Domínguez, A., Nájera, H. (2025).Impact of Phenolic Compounds on Fibrillogenesis of Human Lysozyme under Physiological Conditions: Inhibition or Promotion?. ACS Omega,10(32) 35842-35849
OA	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Nájera, H. (2025).Assembly of Hydrophobin class I from Agaricus bisporus produced different amyloid-like fibrils. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics,1873(1)
OA	Morante-Carriel, J., Živković, S., Nájera, H. and 6 more (...) (2024).Prenylated Flavonoids of the Moraceae Family: A Comprehensive Review of Their Biological Activities. Plants,13(9)	\| 3 \|
OA	Morante-Carriel, J., Nájera, H., Samper-Herrero, A. and 6 more (...) (2024).Therapeutic Potential of Prenylated Flavonoids of the Fabaceae Family in Medicinal Chemistry: An Updated Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,25(23)	\| 3 \|
OA	Martínez-Esteso, M.J., Morante-Carriel, J., Samper-Herrero, A. and 4 more (...) (2024).Proteomics: An Essential Tool to Study Plant-Specialized Metabolism. Biomolecules,14(12)	\| 12 \|
OA	Martínez-Márquez, A., Selles-Marchart, S., Nájera, H. and 3 more (...) (2024).Biosynthesis of Piceatannol from Resveratrol in Grapevine Can Be Mediated by Cresolase-Dependent Ortho-Hydroxylation Activity of Polyphenol Oxidase. Plants,13(18)
OA	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Quintana-Quirino, M., Espinosa-Valencia, A. and 2 more (...) (2024).Hydrophobins: multitask proteins. Frontiers in Physics,12
	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
	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
	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

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

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

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