Dr. Sabina Visconti      

Education and Positions
1995: Degree cum laude in Chemistry – University of Rome “La Sapienza”
1999: Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2000-2005: Post-Doctoral Researcher – Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2005-to date: Assistant Professor – Department of Biology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Teaching activity:
2000-2003: “Plant secondary metabolites” – School of Biotechnological applications – Department of Biology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2003-2010: “Plant Biotechnology”, Degree Course in Biotechnology – Department of Biology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
2011-to date: “Plant Physiology and Biotechnology”, Degree Course in Biotechnology – Department of Biology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Research fields
- 14-3-3 proteins: biochemical characterization and functional role. Protein-protein interaction studies.
- Plant responses to environmental stress conditions.
- Genetic transformation of the model plant Arabidopsis to study genes involved in the plant responses to stress.

Selected publications
1. Fullone M.R., Visconti S., Marra M., Fogliano V. and Aducci P. 1998. Fusicoccin effect on the in vitro interaction between plant 14-3-3 proteins and plasma membrane H+-ATPase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273, 7698-7702. Bethesda, MD, USA.
2. Fuglsang A.T., Visconti S., Drumm K., Jahn T., Stensballe A., Mattei B., Jensen O.N., Aducci P. and Palmgren M.G. 1999. Binding of 14-3-3 protein to the H+-ATPase AHA2 involves the three C-terminal residues Tyr946-Thr-Val and requires phosphorylation of Thr947. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 274, 36774-36780. Bethesda, MD, USA.
3. Camoni L., Visconti S., Marra M. and Aducci P. 2001. Adenosine 5’-monophosphate inhibits the association of 14-3-3 proteins with the plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276, 31709-31712. Bethesda, MD, USA.
4. Aducci P., Camoni L., Marra M. and Visconti S. 2002. From cytosol to organelles: 14-3-3 proteins as multifunctional regulators of plant cell. IUBMB Life 53, 49-55. London, United Kingdom.
5. Visconti S., Camoni L., Fullone M.R., Lalle M., Marra M. and Aducci P. 2003. Mutational analysis of the interaction between 14-3-3 proteins and plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 8172-8178. Bethesda, MD, USA.
6. Aducci P., Camoni L., Fullone M.R., Marra M. and Visconti S. 2003. Fusicoccin: phytotoxin or molecular signal? In: Ascenzi P., Polticelli F. and Visca P. (eds) Bacterial, Plant and animal Toxins, 2003. pp. 59-67. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India.
7. Giacometti S., Camoni L., Albumi C., Visconti S., De Michelis M.I. and P. Aducci. 2004. Role of tyrosine phosphorylation of 14 3 3 proteins in plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase regulation. Plant Biology 6, 422-431. Stuttgart, Germany; New York, USA.
8. Lalle M., Visconti S., Marra M., Camoni L., Velasco R. and Aducci P. 2005. ZmMPK6, a novel MAP kinase that interacts with 14-3-3 proteins. Plant Molecular Biology 59, 713-722.
9. Camoni L., Marra M., Garufi A., Visconti S. and Aducci P. 2006. The maize root plasma membrane H+-ATPase is regulated by a sugar-induced pathway. Plant and Cell Physiology 47, 743-747.
10. Sottocornola B., Visconti S., Orsi S., Gazzarrini S., Giacometti S., Olivari C., Camoni L., Aducci P., Marra M., Abenavoli A., Thiel G. and Moroni A. 2006. The potassium channel KAT1 is activated by plant and animal 14-3-3 proteins. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 35735-35741. Bethesda, MD, USA.
11. Garufi A., Visconti S., Camoni L. and Aducci P. 2007. Polyamines as physiological regulators of 14-3-3 interaction with the H+-ATPase. Plant and Cell Physiology 48, 434-440.
12. Visconti S., Camoni L., Marra M. and Aducci P. 2008. Role of the 14-3-3 C-terminal region in the interaction with the plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Plant and Cell Physiology 49, 1887-1897.
13. Camoni L., Di Lucente C., Visconti S. and Aducci P. 2011. The phytotoxin fusicoccin promotes platelet aggregation via 14-3-3-glycoprotein Ib-IX-V interaction. Biochemical Journal 436, 429-436.
14. Camoni L, Di Lucente C, Pallucca R, Visconti S, Aducci P 2012. Binding of phosphatidic acid to 14-3-3 proteins hampers their ability to activate the plant plasma membrane H(+) -ATPase. IUBMB Life 64, 710-716
15. Paiardini A., Aducci P., Cervoni L., Cutruzzolà F., Di Lucente C., Janson G., Pascarella S., Rinaldo S., Visconti S., Camoni L. 2014. The phytotoxin fusicoccin differently regulates 14-3-3 proteins association to mode III targets. IUBMB Life, doi: 10.1002/iub.1239. [Epub ahead of print].