Rafał Pietras, PhD

    Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow

    2015 PhD (Biophysics); Jagiellonian University
    2009 MSc (Biophysics); Jagiellonian University

    Contact

    room: A023

    phone: 12 664 65 42
    e-mail: rafal.pietras(at)uj.edu.pl

     

    Scholarships

    2016 Nagroda Rektora zespołowa II stopnia za osiągnięcia naukowe.

    Work experience

    from 2009 Department of Molecular Biophysics, Jagiellonian University

    Publications:

    1. Pintscher, S., Pietras, R., Sarewicz, M., Osyczka, A., (2018) Electron sweep across four b-hemes of cytochrome bc1 revealed by unusual paramagnetic properties of the Qi semiquinone intermediate Bioch. Biophys. Acta 1859, 459-469

    2. Pietras, R., Sarewicz, M., Osyczka, A. (2016) Distinct properties of semiquinone species detected at the ubiquinol oxidation Qo site of cytochrome bc1 and their mechanistic implications J. R. Soc. Interface 13 (118)

    3. Sarewicz, M., Dutka, M., Pietras, R., Borek, A., Osyczka, A. (2015) Effect of H bond removal and changes in the position of the iron-sulphur head domain on the spin-lattice relaxation properties of the [2Fe-2S](2+) Rieske cluster in cytochrome bc(1). Phys Chem Chem Phys 17(38), 25297-25308

    4. Borek, A., Kuleta, P., Ekiert, R., Pietras, R., Sarewicz, M., Osyczka, A. (2015) Mitochondrial Disease-related Mutation G167P in Cytochrome b of Rhodobacter capsulatus Cytochrome bc1 (S151P in Human) Affects the Equilibrium Distribution of [2Fe-2S] Cluster and Generation of Superoxide. J Biol Chem 290, 23781-23792

    5. Pietras, R., Sarewicz, M., Osyczka, A. (2014) Molecular organization of cytochrome c2 near the binding domain of cytochrome bc1 studied by electron spin-lattice relaxation enhancement. J Phys Chem B 118: 6634–6643

    6. Sarewicz, M., Pietras, R., Froncisz, W., and Osyczka, A. (2011) Reorientation of cytochrome c2 upon interaction with oppositely charged macromolecules probed by SR EPR: implications for the role of dipole moment to facilitate collisions in proper configuration for electron transfer. Metallomics 3, 404-409.

    7. Pietras, R., Cieluch, E., Czapla, M. (2011) Molekularna szyna elektryczna w biologicznych układach energetycznych. Wszechświat, 2011, 112, 33-38