Education

Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, 1984

Current position

Professor in Biochemistry and Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

Publications (since 2005)

1. Carrio-Segui, A., Garcia-Molina, A., Sanz, A. and Penarrubia, L. (2015). Defective copper transport in the copt5 mutant affects cadmium tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol 56(3): 442-454.
   
2. Penarrubia, L., Romero, P., Carrio-Segui, A., Andres-Borderia, A., Moreno, J. and Sanz, A. (2015). Temporal aspects of copper homeostasis and its crosstalk with hormones. Front Plant Sci 6: 255.
   
3. Perea-García, A., Andrés-Bordería, A., de Andrés, S. M., Sanz, A., Davis, A. M., Davis, S. J., Huijser, P. and Peñarrubia, L. (2015). Modulation of copper deficiency responses by diurnal and circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of experimental botany: erv474.
   
4. Rodrigo-Moreno, A., Andres-Colas, N., Poschenrieder, C., Gunse, B., Penarrubia, L. and Shabala, S. (2013). Calcium- and potassium-permeable plasma membrane transporters are activated by copper in Arabidopsis root tips: linking copper transport with cytosolic hydroxyl radical production. Plant Cell Environ 36(4): 844-855.
   
5. Andres-Colas, N., Perea-Garcia, A., Mayo de Andres, S., Garcia-Molina, A., Dorcey, E., Rodriguez-Navarro, S., Perez-Amador, M. A., Puig, S. and Penarrubia, L. (2013). Comparison of global responses to mild deficiency and excess copper levels in Arabidopsis seedlings. Metallomics 5(9): 1234-1246.
   
6. Perea-Garcia, A., Garcia-Molina, A., Andres-Colas, N., Vera-Sirera, F., Perez-Amador, M. A., Puig, S. and Penarrubia, L. (2013). Arabidopsis copper transport protein COPT2 participates in the cross talk between iron deficiency responses and low-phosphate signaling. Plant Physiol 162(1): 180-194.
   
7. Garcia-Molina, A., Andres-Colas, N., Perea-Garcia, A., Neumann, U., Dodani, S. C., Huijser, P., Penarrubia, L. and Puig, S. (2013). The Arabidopsis COPT6 transport protein functions in copper distribution under copper-deficient conditions. Plant Cell Physiol 54(8): 1378-1390.
   
8. Garcia-Molina, A., Andres-Colas, N., Perea-Garcia, A., Del Valle-Tascon, S., Penarrubia, L. and Puig, S. (2011). The intracellular Arabidopsis COPT5 transport protein is required for photosynthetic electron transport under severe copper deficiency. Plant J 65(6): 848-860.
   
9. Penarrubia, L., Andres-Colas, N., Moreno, J. and Puig, S. (2010). Regulation of copper transport in Arabidopsis thaliana: a biochemical oscillator? J Biol Inorg Chem 15(1): 29-36.
   
10. Andres-Colas, N., Perea-Garcia, A., Puig, S. and Penarrubia, L. (2010). Deregulated copper transport affects Arabidopsis development especially in the absence of environmental cycles. Plant Physiol 153(1): 170-184.
    
11. Perea-García, A., Andrés-Colás, N. and Peñarrubia, L. (2010). Copper homeostasis influences the circadian clock in Arabidopsis. Plant signaling & behavior 5(10): 1237-1240.
    
12. Puig, S. and Penarrubia, L. (2009). Placing metal micronutrients in context: transport and distribution in plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol 12(3): 299-306.
    
13. Perales, L., Penarrubia, L. and Cornejo, M. J. (2008). Induction of a polyubiquitin gene promoter by dehydration stresses in transformed rice cells. J Plant Physiol 165(2): 159-171.
    
14. Puig, S., Mira, H., Dorcey, E., Sancenon, V., Andres-Colas, N., Garcia-Molina, A., Burkhead, J. L., Gogolin, K. A., Abdel-Ghany, S. E., Thiele, D. J., Ecker, J. R., Pilon, M. and Penarrubia, L. (2007). Higher plants possess two different types of ATX1-like copper chaperones. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 354(2): 385-390.
    
15. Puig, S., Andres-Colas, N., Garcia-Molina, A. and Penarrubia, L. (2007). Copper and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis: responses to metal deficiencies, interactions and biotechnological applications. Plant Cell Environ 30(3): 271-290.
    
16. Andres-Colas, N., Sancenon, V., Rodriguez-Navarro, S., Mayo, S., Thiele, D. J., Ecker, J. R., Puig, S. and Penarrubia, L. (2006). The Arabidopsis heavy metal P-type ATPase HMA5 interacts with metallochaperones and functions in copper detoxification of roots. Plant J 45(2): 225-236.
    
17. Abdel-Ghany, S. E., Burkhead, J. L., Gogolin, K. A., Andres-Colas, N., Bodecker, J. R., Puig, S., Penarrubia, L. and Pilon, M. (2005). AtCCS is a functional homolog of the yeast copper chaperone Ccs1/Lys7. FEBS Lett 579(11): 2307-2312.