• P. M. Matias, A. V. Coelho, F. M. A. Valente, D. Plácido, J. LeGall, A. V. Xavier, I. A. C. Pereira and M. A. Carrondo “Sulfate respiration in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: Structure of the 16-heme Cytochrome c HmcA at 2.5 Å resolution and a view of its role in transmembrane electron transfer” J. Biol. Chem. (2002), 277(49): 47907-47916.
• M. J. Bonifácio, M. Archer, M. L. Rodrigues, P. M. Matias, D. A. Learmonth, M. A. Carrondo and P. Soares-da-Silva “Kinetics and Crystal Structure of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Complex with Co-Substrate and a Novel Inhibitor with Potential Therapeutic Application” Molecular Pharmacology (2002), 62: 795-805.
• F.J. Enguita, P.M. Matias, L.O. Martins, D. Plácido, A. O. Henriques and M.A. Carrondo “Spore coat Laccase CotA from Bacillus subtilis: Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Characterization by the MAD method" Acta Cryst. (2002) D58, 1490-1493.
• M. L. Rodrigues, M. Archer, P. Martel, A. Jacquet, A. Cravador, and Maria A. Carrondo, “Crystal structure of beta-cinnamomin, a toxic protein for some plant species”, Acta Cryst. (2002) D58, 1314-1321.
• S. Macedo, E. P. Mitchell, C. V. Romão, S. J. Cooper, R. Coelho, M. Y. Liu, A. V. Xavier, J. LeGall, S. Bailey, C. D. Garner, W. R. Hagen, M. Teixeira, M.A. Carrondo and P. Lindley, “Hybrid cluster proteins (HCPs) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 2774 and Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough): X-ray structures at 1.25 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (2002), 7:514-525.
• C. M. Gomes, C. Frazão, A. V. Xavier, J. Legall and M. Teixeira "Functional control of the binuclear metal site in the metallo-beta-lactamase-like fold by subtle amino acid replacements" Protein Science (2002), 11:707-712.
• P. M. Matias, M. A. Carrondo, R. Coelho, M. Thomaz, X.-Y. Zhao, A. Wegg, K. Crusius, U. Egner, and P. Donner “Structural basis for the glucocorticoid response in a mutant human androgen receptor (ARccr) derived from an androgen-independent prostate cancer”, J. Med. Chem. (2002), 45: 1439-1446.