Catherine Berthomieu

Catherine Berthomieu currently works at the Laboratoire des Interactions Proteine Metal (LIPM) , Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission. Catherine Berthomieu does research in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy, notably FTIR spectroscopy in the mid and far-infrared domains. Research subjects concern the properties of metalloproteins involved in bioenergetics and nuclear toxicology addressed at the molecular level by studying the metal / radionuclide - protein interactions. The development of affine and selective metal binding sites in proteins could be used for biosensors or bioremediation. Their most recent publication is 'Structural Analysis of Uranyl Complexation by the EF-Hand Motif of Calmodulin: Effect of Phosphorylation.'