ΕΥΤΥΧΙΑ ΠΙΝΑΚΟΥΛΑΚΗ
- Δίπλωμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Ελλάδα, 1998.
- Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Ελλάδα, 2002.
- Μεταδιδακτορική Συνεργάτης, (EMBO Long-term fellow), Πανεπιστήμιο Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Ινστιτούτο Βιοχημείας, Γερμανία, 2003-2004.
- Μεταδιδακτορική Συνεργάτης, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Τμήμα Χημείας, Ελλάδα, 2004-2006.
- Λέκτορας, Τμήμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, 2007-2012.
- Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, 2012-2018.
- Αναπλ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Χημείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, 2018-
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Valianti, V. K., Tselios, C., Pinakoulaki, E.*, Reversible thermally induced spin crossover in the myoglobin–nitrito adduct directly monitored by resonance Raman spectroscopy. RSC Adv. (2023) 13, 9020-9025.
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Grigoriou, A.M., Pinakoulaki, E.*, Linking the dynamic changes in the in vitro antioxidant activity of carob kibbles upon roasting to the chemical and structural changes revealed by FTIR spectroscopy. Antioxidants (2021) 10 (12), 2025.
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Gregoriou, G., Neophytou, C.M., Vasincu, A., Gregoriou, Y., Hadjipakkou, H., Pinakoulaki, E., Christodoulou, M.C., Ioannou, G.D., Stavrou, I.J., Christou, A., Kapnissi-Christodoulou, C.P., Aigner, S., Stuppner, H., Kakas, A., Constantiou, A.I., Anti-cancer activity and phenolic content of extracts derived from cypriot carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pods using different solvents. Molecules (2021) 26(16), 5017.
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Tsipa, A., Stylianou, K., Papalli, M., Papageorgiou, E., Kyriakou, L., Rogopoulos, I., Ioannou, I., Pinakoulaki, E. Iron-stimulated production and antimicrobial potential of a novel biosurfactant produced by a drilling waste-degrading Pseudomonas citronellolis strain. Processes (2021) 9, 686.
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Pavlou, A., Yoshimura, H., Aono, S., Pinakoulaki, E.* Protein dynamics of the sensor protein HemAT as probed by time-resolved step-scan FTIR spectroscopy. Biophys. J. (2018) 114, 584–591.
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Loullis, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* Carob as cocoa substitute: a review on composition, health benefits and food applications. Eur. Food Res. Technol. (2018) 244, 959-977.
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Ioannou, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* Resonance Raman detection of the heme Fe(II)-NO/2-nitrovinyl species in myoglobin. J. Mol. Struct. (2018) 1152, 257-260.
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Pavlou, A., Loullis, A., Yoshimura, H., Aono S., Pinakoulaki E.* 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. Biochemistry (2017) 56, 5309-5317.
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Ioannou, A. Pinakoulaki, E.* Probing nitrite coordination in horseradish peroxidase by resonance Raman spectroscopy: Detection of two binding sites. J. Inorg. Biochem. (2017) 169, 79-85.
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Ioannou, A., Lambrou, A., Daskalakis, V.,* Pinakoulaki, E.* Coupling of Helix E-F Motion with the O-Nitrito and 2-Nitrovinyl Coordination in Myoglobin. Biophys. Chem. (2017) 221, 10–16.
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Ioannou, A., Lambrou, A., Daskalakis, V., Pinakoulaki, E.* Nitrite Coordination in Myoglobin. J. Inorg. Biochem. (2017) 166, 49–54.
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Lambrou, A., Ioannou, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* Spin Crossover in Nitrito-Myoglobin as Revealed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Chem. Eur. J. (2016) 22, 12176 – 12180.
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Loullis, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* 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. Chem. Commun. (2015) 51, 17398 - 17401.
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Pavlou, A., Martínková, M., Shimizu, T., Kitanishi, K., Stranava, M., Loullis, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* Probing the Ligand Recognition and Discrimination Environment of the Globin-Coupled Oxygen Sensor Protein YddV by FTIR and Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR Spectroscopy. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2015) 17, 17007-17015.
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Lambrou, A., Pinakoulaki, E.* Resonance Raman Detection of the Myoglobin Nitrito Heme Fe-O-N=O/2-Nitrovinyl Species: Implications for Helix E-Helix F Interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2015) 17, 3841-3849.
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Loullis, A., Noor, M. R., Soulimane, T., Pinakoulaki, E.* The Structure of a Ferrous Heme-Nitro Species in the Binucleara3/CuB Center of ba3-Cytochrome c Oxidase as Determined by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Chem. Commun. (2015) 51, 286-289.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Daskalakis, V., Ohta, T., Richter, O.-M., Budiman, K., Kitagawa, T., Ludwig, B., Varotsis, C. The Protein Effect in the Structure of Two Ferryl-Oxo Intermediates at the Same Oxidation Level in the Heme Copper Binuclear Center of Cytochrome c Oxidase. J. Biol. Chem. (2013) 288, 20261-20266.
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Loullis, A., Noor, M.R., Soulimane, T., and Pinakoulaki, E.* Observation of Ligand Transfer in ba3 Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus: Simultaneous FTIR Detection of Photolabile Heme a32+–CN and Transient CuB2+–CN Complexes. J. Phys. Chem. B (2012) 116, 8955-8960.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Daskalakis, V., Varotsis, C. The origin of the FeIV=O intermediates in cytochrome aa3 oxidase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Bioenergetics (2012) 1817, 552-557.
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Pinakoulaki, E.,* Koutsoupakis, C., Sawai, H., Pavlou, A., Kato, Y., Asano, Y., Aono, S. Aldoxime Dehydratase: Probing the Heme Environment Involved in the Synthesis of the Carbon-nitrogen Triple Bond. J. Phys. Chem. B (2011) 115, 13012-13018.
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Pavlou, A., Soulimane, T., Pinakoulaki, E.* Evidence for the presence of two conformations of the heme a3-CuB pocket of cytochrome caa3 from Thermus thermophilus. J. Phys. Chem. B (2011) 115, 11455-11461.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Varotsis, C. “Nitric oxide activation and reduction by Heme-copper oxidoreductases and Nitric oxide reductase” J. Inorg. Biochem. (2008) 102, 1277–1287.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Varotsis, C. “Resonance Raman spectroscopy of nitric oxide reductase and cbb3 heme-copper oxidase” J. Phys. Chem. B (2008) 112, 1851-1857.
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Roussakis, E., Voutsadaki, S., Pinakoulaki, E., Sideris, D., Tokatlidis, K. Katerinopoulos, H. “ICPBCZin: A red emitting ratiometric fluorescent indicator with nanomolar affinity for Zn2+ ions” Cell Calcium (2008) 44, 270-275.
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Daskalakis,V., Pinakoulaki, E., Stavrakis, S., Varotsis, C. “Probing the environment of CuB in heme-copper oxidases” J. Phys. Chem. B (2007) 111, 10502-10509.
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Varotsis, C., Ohta, T., Kitagawa, T., Soulimane, T., Pinakoulaki, E. “The structure of the hyponitrite species in the heme Fe-CuB center of ba3 oxidase from Thermus thermophilus” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2007) 46, 2210-2214.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Yoshimura, H., Daskalakis, V., Yoshioka, S., Aono, S., Varotsis, C. “Two ligand binding sites in the O2-sensing signal transducer HemAT: Implications for ligand recognition/discrimination and signaling” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2006) 103, 14796-14801.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Yoshimura, H., Yoshioka, S., Aono, S., Varotsis, C. “Recognition and Discrimination of Gases by the Oxygen-sensing Signal Transducer Protein HemAT as Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy” Biochemistry (2006) 45, 7763-7766.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Ohta,T., Soulimane,T., Kitagawa,T., Varotsis, C. “Detection of the His-Heme Fe2+ -NO Species in the Reduction of NO to N2O by ba3-Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005) 127, 15161-15167.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Koutsoupakis, K., Stavrakis, S., Aggelaki, M., Papadopoulos, G., Daskalakis, V., Varotsis, C. “Structural Dynamics of Heme-Copper Oxidases and Nitric Oxide Reductases: Time-resolved Step-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared and Time-resolved Resonance Raman Studies” J. Raman Spectrosc. (2005) 36, 337-349.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Vamvouka, M., and Varotsis, C. “Resonance Raman Detection of the Fe2+-C-N Modes in Heme-Copper Oxidases: A Probe of the Active Site” Inorg. Chem. (2004) 43, 4907-4910.
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Ohta, T., Pinakoulaki E., Soulimane T., Kitagawa, T., and Varotsis C. “Detection of a Photostable Five-Coordinate Heme a3-Fe-CO Species and Functional Implications of His384/α10 in CO-bound ba3-Cytochrome c Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus” J. Phys. Chem. B (2004) 108, 5489-5491.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Ohta, T., Soulimane, T., Kitagawa, T., and Varotsis, C. “Simultaneous Resonance Raman Detection of the Heme a3-Fe-CO and CuB-CO Species in CO-bound ba3-Cytochrome c Oxidase from Thermus thermophilus: Evidence for a Charge Transfer CuB-CO Transition” J. Biol. Chem. (2004) 279, 22791-22794. (Accelerated Publication)
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Koutsoupakis, C., Pinakoulaki, E., Stavrakis, S., Daskalakis, V., and Varotsis, C. “Time-resolved Step-Scan Fourier Transform Infrared Investigation of Heme-Copper Oxidases: Implications for O2 Input and H2O/H+ Output Channels”Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2004) 1655, 347-352. (Invited review)
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Pinakoulaki, E., and Varotsis, C. “Time-Resolved Resonance Raman and Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR Studies of Nitric Oxide Reductase from Paracoccus denitrificans: Comparison of the Heme b3-FeB Site to that of the Heme-CuB in Oxidases” Biochemistry (2003) 42, 14856-14861.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Vamvouka, M., and Varotsis, C. “The Active Site Structure of Heme a33+-C?N-CuB2+ of Cytochrome aa3 Oxidase as Revealed from Resonance Raman Scattering” J. Phys. Chem. B (2003) 107, 9865-9868.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Pfitzner, U., Ludwig, B., and Varotsis, C. “Direct detection of Fe(IV)=O intermediates in the cytochrome aa3 oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans/H2O2 reaction” J. Biol. Chem. (2003) 278, 18761-18766.
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Stavrakis, S., Pinakoulaki, E., Urbani, A., and Varotsis, C. “Fourier Transform Infrared Evidence for a Six Coordinate Ferric Nitrosylheme b3 Complex of Cytochrome cbb3 Oxidase from Pseudomonas stutzeri at Ambient Temperature” J. Phys. Chem. B (2002) 106, 12860-12862.
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Koutsoupakis, K., Stavrakis, S., Pinakoulaki, E., Soulimane, T., and Varotsis, C. “Direct Observation of the Equilibrium CuB-CO Complex and Functional Implications of the Transient Heme a3 Propionates in Cytochrome ba3-CO from Thermus thermophilus: FTIR and Time-Resolved Step-Scan FTIR Studies” J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277, 32860-32866.
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Stavrakis, S., Koutsoupakis, K., Pinakoulaki, E., Urbani, A., Saraste, M., Varotsis, C. “Decay of the Transient CuB-CO Complex Is Accompanied by Formation of the Heme Fe-CO Complex of Cytochrome cbb3-CO at Ambient Temperatures: Evidence from Time-Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2002) 124, 3814-3815.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Stavrakis, S., Urbani, A., and Varotsis, C. “Resonance Raman Detection of a Ferrous Five-Coordinate Nitrosylheme b3 Complex in Cytochrome cbb3 oxidase from Pseudomonas stutzeri” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2002) 124, 9378-9379.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Soulimane, T., and Varotsis, C. “FTIR and Step-scan Time-Resolved FTIR Spectroscopies Reveal a Unique Active Site in Cytochrome caa3 Oxidase” J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277, 32867-32874.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Gemeinhardt, S., Saraste, M., and Varotsis, C. “Nitric Oxide Reductase: Structure and Properties of the Catalytic Site from Resonance Raman Scattering” J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277, 23407-23413.
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Pinakoulaki, E., Pfitzner, U., Ludwig, B., and Varotsis, C. “The Role of the Cross-Link His-Tyr in the Functional Properties of the Binuclear Center in Cytochrome c Oxidase” J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277, 13563-13568.