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  1. Protein Dynamics of the Sensor Protein HemAT as Probed by Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR Spectroscopy

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  2. Resonance Raman detection of the heme Fe(II)-NO/2-nitrovinyl species in myoglobin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  3. Carob as cocoa substitute: a review on composition, health benefits and food applications

    Article • European Food Research and Technology, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  4. Probing the Role of the Heme Distal and Proximal Environment in Ligand Dynamics in the Signal Transducer Protein HemAT by Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  5. Probing nitrite coordination in horseradish peroxidase by resonance Raman spectroscopy: Detection of two binding sites

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  6. Coupling of helix E-F motion with the O-nitrito and 2-nitrovinyl coordination in myoglobin

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  7. Nitrite coordination in myoglobin

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  8. Spin Crossover in Nitrito-Myoglobin as Revealed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  9. Resonance Raman detection of the myoglobin nitrito heme Fe–O–NO/2-nitrovinyl species: implications for helix E-helix F interactions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  10. The structure of a ferrous heme-nitro species in the binuclear heme a3/CuB center of ba3-cytochrome c oxidase as determined by resonance Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  11. Probing the ligand recognition and discrimination environment of the globin-coupled oxygen sensor protein YddV by FTIR and time-resolved step-scan FTIR spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  12. Probing the nitrite and nitric oxide reductase activity of cbb3 oxidase: resonance Raman detection of a six-coordinate ferrous heme–nitrosyl species in the binuclear b3/CuB center

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  13. The Protein Effect in the Structure of Two Ferryl-Oxo Intermediates at the Same Oxidation Level in the Heme Copper Binuclear Center of CytochromecOxidase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  14. Structural Dynamics of the Signal Transducer Protein HemAT as Revealed by Time-Resolved Step Scan FTIR Spectroscopy

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  15. Observation of Ligand Transfer in ba3 Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus: Simultaneous FTIR Detection of Photolabile Heme a32+–CN and Transient CuB2+–CN Complexes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  16. The origin of the FeIV=O intermediates in cytochrome aa3 oxidase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Vangelis Daskalakis, Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  17. Aldoxime Dehydratase: Probing the Heme Environment Involved in the Synthesis of the Carbon–Nitrogen Triple Bond

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  18. Evidence for the Presence of Two Conformations of the Hemea3-CuBPocket of Cytochromecaa3fromThermus thermophilus

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  19. Erratum to “ICPBCZin: A red emitting ratiometric fluorescent indicator with nanomolar affinity for Zn2+ ions” [Cell Calcium 44 (3) (2008) 270–275]

    Article • Cell Calcium, April 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  20. Recognition and Discrimination of Gases by the Signal Transducers HemAT

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  21. ICPBCZin: A red emitting ratiometric fluorescent indicator with nanomolar affinity for Zn2+ ions

    Article • Cell Calcium, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  22. Nitric oxide activation and reduction by heme–copper oxidoreductases and nitric oxide reductase

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  23. Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Nitric Oxide Reductase andcbb3Heme-Copper Oxidase

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, February 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  24. Probing the Environment of CuB in Heme−Copper Oxidases

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Vangelis Daskalakis, Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  25. The Structure of the Hyponitrite Species in a Heme FeCu Binuclear Center

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  26. The Structure of the Hyponitrite Species in a Heme FeCu Binuclear Center

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  27. Two ligand-binding sites in the O 2 -sensing signal transducer HemAT: Implications for ligand recognition/discrimination and signaling

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  28. Recognition and Discrimination of Gases by the Oxygen-Sensing Signal Transducer Protein HemAT As Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy†

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  29. Detection of the His-Heme Fe2+−NO Species in the Reduction of NO to N2O byba3-Oxidase fromThermusthermophilus

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  30. Structural dynamics of heme-copper oxidases and nitric oxide reductases: time-resolved step-scan Fourier transform infrared and time-resolved resonance Raman studies

    Article • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Vangelis Daskalakis, Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  31. Resonance Raman Detection of the Fe2+−C−N Modes in Heme−Copper Oxidases:  A Probe of the Active Site†

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, August 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  32. Detection of a Photostable Five-Coordinate Hemea3-Fe−CO Species and Functional Implications of His384/α10 in CO-Boundba3-CytochromecOxidase fromThermus thermophilus

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, May 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  33. Time-resolved step-scan Fourier transform infrared investigation of heme-copper oxidases: implications for O2 input and H2O/H+ output channels

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Vangelis Daskalakis, Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  34. Simultaneous Resonance Raman Detection of the Hemea3-Fe-CO and CuB-CO Species in CO-boundba3-CytochromecOxidase fromThermus thermophilus

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  35. Time-Resolved Resonance Raman and Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR Studies of Nitric Oxide Reductase fromParacoccus denitrificans: Comparison of the Hemeb3-FeBSite to That of the Heme-CuBin Oxidases†

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  36. The Active Site Structure of Hemea33+C⋮NCuB2+of Cytochromeaa3Oxidase as Revealed from Resonance Raman Scattering

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, September 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  37. Direct Detection of Fe(IV)=O Intermediates in the Cytochromeaa3Oxidase fromParacoccus denitrificans/H2O2Reaction

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  38. Fourier Transform Infrared Evidence for a Ferric Six-Coordinate Nitrosylhemeb3Complex of Cytochromecbb3Oxidase fromPseudomonasStutzeriat Ambient Temperature

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  39. Resonance Raman Detection of a Ferrous Five-Coordinate Nitrosylhemeb3Complex in Cytochromecbb3Oxidase fromPseudomonasstutzeri

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  40. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Step-scan Time-resolved FTIR Spectroscopies Reveal a Unique Active Site in Cytochrome caa3 Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  41. Nitric-oxide Reductase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  42. Decay of the Transient CuB−CO Complex Is Accompanied by Formation of the Heme Fe−CO Complex of Cytochromecbb3−CO at Ambient Temperature:  Evidence from Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  43. The Role of the Cross-link His-Tyr in the Functional Properties of the Binuclear Center in CytochromecOxidase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  44. Cytochrome a3 hemepocket relaxation subsequent to carbon monoxide photolysis from fully reduced cytochrome ba3 oxidase of Paracoccus denitrificans

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki

  45. Resonance Raman scattering from cytochromes aa3 and ba3 in the fully oxidized cytochrome oxidase /H2O2 reaction

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eftychia Pinakoulaki