Guillermo Montoya

Guillermo Montoya

Professor, head of research, Professor


  1. Molecular basis of xeroderma pigmentosum group C DNA recognition by engineered meganucleases

    Redondo, P., Prieto, J., Muñoz, I. G., Alibés, A., Stricher, F., Serrano, L., Cabaniols, J., Daboussi, F., Arnould, S., Perez, C., Duchateau, P., Pâques, F., Blanco, F. J. & Montoya, Guillermo, 6 Nov 2008, In: Nature. 456, 7218, p. 107-11 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Molecular basis of cyclic tetra-oligoadenylate processing by small standalone CRISPR-Cas ring nucleases

    Molina, R., García Martín, Ricardo, López-Méndez, B., Jensen, A. L. G., Ciges Tomas, Jose Rafael, Marchena-Hurtado, J., Stella, S. & Montoya, Guillermo, 2022, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 50, 19, p. 11199-11213 15 p.

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  3. Published

    Molecular basis of Tousled-Like Kinase 2 activation

    Mortuza, G. B., Hermida, D., Pedersen, A., Segura-Bayona, S., López-Méndez, B., Redondo, P., Rüther, P., Pozdnyakova, I., Garrote, A. M., Muñoz, I. G., Villamor-Payà, M., Jauset, C., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Stracker, T. H. & Montoya, Guillermo, 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, p. 2535 2535.

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  4. Published

    Molecular architecture of the recombinant human MCM2-7 helicase in complex with nucleotides and DNA

    Boskovic, J., Bragado-Nilsson, E., Saligram Prabhakar, B., Yefimenko, I., Martínez-Gago, J., Muñoz, S., Méndez, J. & Montoya, Guillermo, 16 Sep 2016, In: Cell Cycle. 15, 18, p. 2431-40 10 p.

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  5. Published

    Molecular architecture of the Jumonji C family histone demethylase KDM5B

    Dorosz, J., Kristensen, L. H., Aduri, N. G., Mirza, Osman Asghar, Lousen, R., Bucciarelli, S., Mehta, V., Sellés Baiget, Selene, Solbak, Sara Marie Øie, Bach, Anders, Mesa, Pablo, Hernandez, P. A., Montoya, Guillermo, Nguyen, T. T. T. N., Rand, Kasper Dyrberg, Boesen, T. & Gajhede, Michael, 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 13 p., 4019.

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  6. Published

    Molecular Basis of the Mechanisms Controlling MASTL

    Hermida, D., Mortuza, G. B., Pedersen, A., Pozdnyakova, I., Nguyen, T. T. T. N., Maroto, M., Williamson, M., Ebersole, T., Cazzamali, G., Rand, Kasper Dyrberg, Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Malumbres, M. & Montoya, Guillermo, 2020, In: Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 19, 2, p. 326-343

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  7. Published

    Mechanics of CRISPR-Cas12a and engineered variants on λ-DNA

    Paul, B., Chaubet, L., Verver, D. E. & Montoya, Guillermo, 2022, In: Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 50, 9, p. 5208-5225 18 p.

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  8. Published

    Key Players in I-DmoI Endonuclease Catalysis Revealed from Structure and Dynamics

    Molina, R., Besker, N., Marcaida, M. J., Montoya, Guillermo, Prieto, J. & D'Abramo, M., 8 Mar 2016, In: ACS chemical biology. 11, 5, p. 1401–1407

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  9. Published

    Identification and Optimization of Novel Small-Molecule Cas9 Inhibitors by Cell-Based High-Throughput Screening

    Lee, S., Tran, K. T., Vazquez-Uribe, R., Gotfredsen, C. H., Clausen, M. H., Mendez, B. L., Montoya, Guillermo, Bach, Anders & Sommer, M. O. A., 2022, In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65, 4, p. 3266–3305

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  10. Published

    How do CRISPR-Cas RNA-guided endonucleases cut specific DNA regions for Genome Editing?

    Montoya, Guillermo, 2018, In: Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances. 74, p. E3 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  11. Published

    High-Resolution Structure of Cas13b and Biochemical Characterization of RNA Targeting and Cleavage

    Slaymaker, I. M., Mesa, Pablo, Kellner, M. J., Kannan, S., Brignole, E., Koob, J., Feliciano, P. R., Stella, S., Abudayyeh, O. O., Gootenberg, J. S., Strecker, J., Montoya, Guillermo & Zhang, F., 2019, In: Cell Reports. 26, 13, p. 3741-3751.e5 17 p.

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  12. Published

    Functional and in silico assessment of MAX variants of unknown significance

    Comino-Méndez, I., Leandro-García, L. J., Montoya, G., Inglada-Pérez, L., de Cubas, A. A., Currás-Freixes, M., Tysoe, C., Izatt, L., Letón, R., Gómez-Graña, Á., Mancikova, V., Apellániz-Ruiz, M., Mannelli, M., Schiavi, F., Favier, J., Gimenez-Roqueplo, A-P., Timmers, H. J. L. M., Roncador, G., Garcia, J. F., Rodríguez-Antona, C. & 2 others, Robledo, M. & Cascón, A., Nov 2015, In: Journal of Molecular Medicine. 93, 11, p. 1247-55 9 p.

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  13. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the novel modular DNA-binding protein BurrH in its apo form and in complex with its target DNA

    Stella, S., Molina, R., Bertonatti, C., Juillerrat, A. & Montoya, Guillermo, 1 Jan 2014, In: Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications. 70, 1, p. 87-91 5 p.

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  14. Published

    Evolutionary origin of vertebrate OCT4/POU5 functions in supporting pluripotency

    Sukparangsi, W., Morganti, E., Lowndes, Molly, Mayeur, H., Weisser, Melanie, Hammachi, F., Peradziryi, H., Roske, F., Hölzenspies, J., Livigni, A., Godard, B. G., Sugahara, F., Kuratani, S., Montoya, Guillermo, Frankenberg, S. R., Mazan, S. & Brickman, Joshua Mark, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 21 p., 5537.

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  15. Published

    Engineering a Nickase on the Homing Endonuclease I-DmoI Scaffold

    Molina, R., Marcaida, M. J., Redondo, P., Marenchino, M., Duchateau, P., D'Abramo, M., Montoya, Guillermo & Prieto, J., 2015, In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290, 30, p. 18534-18544 11 p.

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  16. Published

    Electron Microscopy Structural Insights into CPAP Oligomeric Behavior: A Plausible Assembly Process of a Supramolecular Scaffold of the Centrosome

    Alvarez-Cabrera, A. L., Delgado, S., Gil-Carton, D., Mortuza, G. B., Montoya, Guillermo, Sorzano, C. O. S., Tang, T. K. & Carazo, J. M., 2017, In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 4, 14 p., 17.

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  17. Published

    Editorial overview: Protein-nucleic acid interactions: 'Takes two to Tango'

    Montoya, Guillermo & Carlomagno, T., 2020, In: Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 65, p. v-vi 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  18. Directly from the source: endogenous preparations of molecular machines

    Mesa, Pablo, Deniaud, A., Montoya, Guillermo & Schaffitzel, C., Jun 2013, In: Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 23, 3, p. 319-25 7 p.

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  19. Published

    Direct Observation of CRISPR-Cas12 Conformational Sampling by SM FRET and Cryo EM Reveals how Conformational Activation Promotes Catalysis and Resetting of the Endonuclease Activity

    Stella, S., Mesa, Pablo, Thomsen, J., Paul, B., Alcon, P., Jensen, S. B., Moses, M. E., Montoya, Guillermo & Hatzakis, Nikos, 7 Feb 2020, In: Biophysical Journal. 118, 3, p. 223A-224A 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  20. Published

    DeepFRET, a software for rapid and automated single-molecule FRET data classification using deep learning

    Thomsen, J., Sletfjerding, M. B., Jensen, S. B., Stella, S., Paul, B., Malle, M. G., Montoya, Guillermo, Petersen, Troels Christian & Hatzakis, Nikos, Nov 2020, In: eLife. 9, 21 p., e60404.

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  21. Published

    DAXX adds a de novo H3.3K9me3 deposition pathway to the histone chaperone network

    Carraro, Massimo, Hendriks, Ivo Alexander, Hammond, Colin, Solis-Mezarino, V., Völker-Albert, M., Elsborg, Jonas Damgaard, Weisser, Melanie, Spanos, C., Montoya, Guillermo, Rappsilber, J., Imhof, A., Nielsen, Michael Lund & Groth, Anja, 2023, In: Molecular Cell. 83, 7, p. 1075-1092.e9 28 p.

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  22. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the homing endonuclease I-CvuI from Chlorella vulgaris in complex with its target DNA

    Redondo, P., Merino, N., Villate, M., Blanco, F. J., Montoya, Guillermo & Molina, R., Feb 2014, In: Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications. 70, Pt 2, p. 256-9 4 p.

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  23. Published

    Crystal structure of the open conformation of the mammalian chaperonin CCT in complex with tubulin

    Muñoz, I. G., Yébenes, H., Zhou, M., Mesa, Pablo, Serna, M., Park, A. Y., Bragado-Nilsson, E., Beloso, A., de Cárcer, G., Malumbres, M., Robinson, C. V., Valpuesta, J. M. & Montoya, Guillermo, Jan 2011, In: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18, 1, p. 14-9 6 p.

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  24. Published

    Crystal Structure of the Homing Endonuclease I-CvuI Provides a New Template for Genome Modification

    Molina, R., Redondo, P., López-Méndez, B., Villate, M., Merino, N., Blanco, F. J., Valton, J., Grizot, S., Duchateau, P., Prieto, J. & Montoya, Guillermo, 27 Nov 2015, In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290, 48, p. 28727-36 10 p.

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  25. Published

    Conformational Activation Promotes CRISPR-Cas12a Catalysis and Resetting of the Endonuclease Activity

    Stella, S., Mesa, Pablo, Thomsen, J., Paul, B., Alcón, P., Jensen, S. B., Saligram, B., Moses, M. E., Hatzakis, Nikos & Montoya, Guillermo, 13 Dec 2018, In: Cell. 175, 7, p. 1856-1871.e21 16 p.

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