Pace, Dr Ronald J. BSc (Hons) PhD UNSW - Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis
 


2009

Conlan B, Cox N, Su J-H, Hillier W, Messinger J, Lubitz W, Dutton PL, Wydrzynski T Photo-catalytic oxidation of a di-nuclear manganese centre in an engineered bacterioferritin 'reaction centre'. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenergetics (2009), 1787(9), 1112-1121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.04.011
 

Cox N, Ho FM, Pewnim N, Steffen R, Smith PJ, Havelius KGV, Hughes JL, Debono L, Styring S, Krausz E, Pace RJ The S1 split signal of Photosystem II; a tyrosine-manganese coupled interaction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenergetics (2009), 1787(7), 882-889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.03.023
 

Cox N, Hughes JL, Steffen R, Smith PJ, Rutherford AW, Pace RJ, Krausz E Identification of the QY excitation of the primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II: CD determination of its coupling environment. J. Phys. Chem. B (2009), 113(36), 12364-12374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp808796x
 

Cox N, Jin L, Jaszewski A, Smith PJ, Krausz E, Rutherford AW, Pace R The semiquinone-iron complex of Photosystem II: structural insights from ESR and theoretical simulation; evidence that the native ligand to the non-heme iron is carbonate. Biophys. J. (2009), 97(7), 2024-2033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.06.033
 

Jaszewski AR, Stranger R, Pace RJ The effect of Mn oxidation state on metal core electron excitations in manganese dimers: a time-dependent density functional investigation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2009), 11(27), 5634-5642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b900694j
 

2008

Cox N, Hughes JL, Steffen R, Smith PJ, Rutherford AW, Krausz E, Pace RJ The primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II is weakly coupled to the accessory chlorophyll. In Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis 2007. Allen JF, Gantt E, Golbeck JH, Osmond B, eds. Springer: Dordrecht (2008), pp. 43-46.
 

Fan D-Y, Hope AB, Smith PJ, Jia H, Pace RJ, Anderson JM, Chow WS The stoichiometry of Photosystem II to Photosystem I in higher plants. In Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis 2007. Allen JF, Gantt E, Golbeck JH, Osmond B, eds. Springer: Dordrecht (2008), pp. 7-10.
 

Hughes JL, Steffen R, Cox N, Smith P, Pace RJ, Rutherford AW, Krausz E What is the origin of the highly dispersive quantum efficiencies for secondary donor oxidation at low temperature in Photosystem II? In Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis 2007. Allen JF, Gantt E, Golbeck JH, Osmond B, eds. Springer: Dordrecht (2008), pp. 85-88.
 

Jaszewski AR, Stranger R, Pace RJ Time dependent DFT studies of metal core-electron excitations in Mn complexes. J. Phys. Chem. A (2008), 112(44), 11223-11234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp803286c
 

Petrie S, Stranger R, Pace RJ Structural, magnetic coupling and oxidation state trends in models of the Mn4Ca cluster in Photosystem II. Chem.- Eur. J. (2008), 14(18), 5482-5494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200701865
 

Steffen R, Hughes JL, Cox N, Smith P, Pace RJ, Krausz E Low temperature secondary pathway donation in Photosystem II of spinach. In Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis 2007. Allen JF, Gantt E, Golbeck JH, Osmond B, eds. Springer: Dordrecht (2008), pp. 201-206.
 

2007

Fan D-Y, Hope AB, Smith PJ, Jia H, Pace RJ, Anderson JM, Chow WS The stoichiometry of the two photosystems in higher plants revisited. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg. (2007), 1767(8), 1064-1072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.06.001
 

Hughes JL, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Krausz E Low-energy absorption and luminescence of higher plant photosystem II core samples. J. Lumin. (2007), 122-123, 284-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.01.142
 

Petrie S, Stranger R, Gatt P, Pace RJ Bridge over troubled water: resolving the competing Photosystem II crystal structures. Chem.- Eur. J. (2007), 13(18), 5082-5089. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200700003
 

Razeghifard R, Wallace BB, Pace RJ, Wydrzynski T Creating functional artificial proteins. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. (2007), 8(1), 3-18.
 

2006

Åhrling KA, Evans MCW, Nugent JHA, Ball RJ, Pace RJ ESEEM studies of substrate water and small alcohol binding to the oxygen-evolving complex of Photosystem II during functional turnover. Biochemistry (2006), 45(23), 7069-7082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi052146m
 

Hughes J L, Smith P, Pace R, Krausz E Charge separation in photosystem II core complexes induced by 690-730 nm excitation at 1.7 K. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg. (2006), 1757(7), 841-851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.035
 

Hughes J L, Smith P J, Pace R J, Krausz E Spectral hole burning at the low-energy absorption edge of photosystem II core complexes. J. Lumin. (2006), 119-120, 298-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.01.012
 

2005

Åhrling KA, Pace RJ, Evans MCW The catalytic manganese cluster: implications from spectroscopy. In Photosystem II - The Light-Driven Water: Plastoquinone Oxidoreductase, Wydrzynski TJ, Satoh K, Freeman JA, eds. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series Vol. 22, Springer: Dordrecht (2005), chapter 12, pp. 285-305.
 

Årsköld SP, Smith PJ, Shen J-R, Pace RJ, Krausz E Key cofactors of Photosystem II cores from four organisms identified by 1.7-K absorption, CD and MCD. Photosynth. Res. (2005), 84, 309-316.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11120-005-2135-6
 

Hughes JL, Krausz E, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Riesen H Probing the lowest energy chlorophyll astates of Photosystem II via selective spectroscopy: new insights on P680. Photosynth. Res. (2005), 84(1-3), 93-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11120-004-7927-6
 

Krausz E, Hughes JL, Smith P, Pace R, Peterson Årsköld S Oxygen-evolving Photosystem II core complexes: a new paradigm based on the spectral identification of the charge-separating state, the primary acceptor and assignment of low-temperature fluorescence. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. (2005), 4(9), 744-753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b417905f
 

Krausz E, Hughes J L, Smith P J, Pace R J, Peterson Årsköld S Assignment of the low-temperature fluorescence in oxygen-evolving Photosystem II.Photosynth. Res. (2005), 84(1-3), 193-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11120-004-7078-9
 

Pace RJ An integrated artificial photosynthesis model. In Artificial Photosynthesis: From Basic Biology to Industrial Application, Collings AF, Critchley C, eds. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim (2005), chapter 2, pp. 13-34.

Razeghifard MR, Kuzek D, Pace RJ EPR kinetic studies of the S-1 state in spinach thylakoids. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg. (2005), 1708(1), 35-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.03.010
 

2004

Åhrling KA, Evans MCW, Nugent JHA, Pace RJ The two forms of the S2 state multiline signal in Photosystem II: effect of methanol and ethanol. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg.(2004), 1656(1), 66-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.01.006
 

Evans MCW, Nugent JHA, Ball RJ, Muhiuddin I, Pace RJ Evidence for a direct Manganese-Oxygen ligand in water binding to the S2 state of the photosynthetic water oxidation complex. Biochemistry (2004), 43(4), 989-994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi035489y
 

Hughes JL, Pace RJ, Krausz E The exciton contribution to the Faraday B term MCD of molecular dimers. Chem. Phys. Lett. (2004), 385(1-2), 116-121. http://dx.doi.org/
 

Hughes JL, Prince BJ, Krausz E, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Riesen H Highly efficient spectral hole-burning in oxygen-evolving Photosystem II preparations. J. Phys. Chem. B (2004), 108(29), 10428-10439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0492523
 

Hughes JL, Prince BJ, Peterson Årsköld S, Krausz E, Pace RJ, Picorel R, Seibert M Photo-conversion of chlorophylls in higher-plant CP43 characterized by persistent spectral hole burning at 1.7 K. J. Lumin. (2004), 108(1-4), 131-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.01.030
 

Hughes JL, Prince BJ, Peterson Årsköld S, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Riesen H, Krausz E The native reaction centre of photosystem II: a new paradigm for P680. Aust. J. Chem. (2004), 57(12), 1179-1183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH04140
 

Mamedov F, Smith PJ, Styring S, Pace RJ Relaxation behaviour of the tyrosine YD radical in photosystem II: evidence for strong dipolar interaction with paramagnetic centers in the S1 and S2 states. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2004), 6(20), 4890-4896. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b407329k
 

Pace RJ, Åhrling KA Water oxidation in PS II-H atom abstraction revisited. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg. (2004), 1655(3), 172-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2003.09.016
 

Peterson Årsköld S, Prince BJ, Krausz E, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Picorel R, Seibert M Low-temperature spectroscopy of fully active PSII cores. Comparisons with CP43, CP47, D1/D2/cyt b559 fragments. J. Lumin. (2004), 108(1-4), 97-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.01.023
 

Prince BJ, Krausz E, Peterson Årsköld S, Smith PJ, Pace RJ Persistent spectral hole burning in oxygen-evolving photosystem II cores from cyanobacteria and higher plants. J. Lumin. (2004), 108(1-4), 101-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2004.01.024
 

2003

Krishna G, Schulte J, Cornell BA, Pace RJ, Osman PD Tethered bilayer membranes containing ionoic reservoirs: selectivity and conductance. Langmuir (2003), 19(6), 2294-2305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la026238d
 

Peterson Årsköld S, Masters VM, Prince BJ, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Krausz E Optical spectra of synechocystis and spinach photosystem II preparations at 1.7 K: identification of the D1-pheophytin energies and Stark shifts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2003), 125(43), 13063-13074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja034548s
 

2002

Smith PJ, Peterson S, Masters VM, Wydrzynski T, Styring S, Krausz E, Pace RJ Magneto-optical measurements of the pigments in fully active photosystem II core complexes from plants. Biochemistry (2002), 41(6), 1981-1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi0111202
 

2001

Cornell BA, Khrishna G, Osman PD, Pace RJ, Wieczorek L Tethered-bilayer lipid membranes as a support for membrane-active peptides. Biochemical Soc. Trans. (2001), 29(4), 613-617. http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/bst/029/bst0290613.htm
 

Krishna G, Schulte J, Cornell BA, Pace RJ, Weiczorek L, Osman PD Tethered bilayer membranes containing ionoic reservoirs: the interfacial capacitance. Langmuir (2001), 17(16), 4858-4866. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la001480a
 

Kuzek D, Pace RJ Probing the Mn oxidation states in the OEC. Insights from spectroscopic, computational and kinetic data. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg. (2001), 1503(1-2) 123-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2728(00)00218-8
 

Masters V, Smith P, Krausz E, Pace R Stark shifts and exciton coupling in PSII 'supercores'. J. Lumin. (2001), 94-95, 267-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-2313(01)00295-2
 

2000

Separovic F, Cornell B, Pace R Orientation dependence of NMR relaxation time, T1ρ, in lipid bilayers. Chem. Phys. Lipids (2000), 107(2), 159-167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-3084(00)00168-7
 

1999

Baxter R, Krausz E, Wydrzynski T, Pace RJ Identification of the near-infrared absorption band from the Mn cluster of photosystem II. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1999), 121(40), 9451-9452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja9838662
 

Klughammer C, Klughammer B, Pace RJ Deuteration effects on the in vivo EPR spectrum of the reduced secondary photosystem I electron acceptor A1 in cyanobacteria. Biochemistry (1999), 38(12), 3726-3732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi982431o
 

Razeghifard MR, Pace RJ EPR kinetic studies of oxygen release in thylakoids and PSII membranes: a kinetic intermediate in the S3 to S0transition. Biochemistry (1999), 38(4), 1252-1257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi9811765
 

1998

Åhrling KA, Smith PJ, Pace RJ Nature of the Mn centers in photosystem II. Modeling and behavior of the g = 4 resonances and related signals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1998), 120(xx), 13202-13214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja981471c
 

Altin JG, Burns CJ, Pace RJ, Parish CR, Fiddes RJ Receptor/ligand biosensor. International Patent Number WO98/55853 A1 (1998), 21 pp.
 

Pace RJ, Braach-Maksvytis V, King LG, Osman PDJ, Raguse B, Wieczorek L, Cornell BA Gated ion channel biosensor: a functioning nanomachine. Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1998), 3270, 50-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.308361
 

Raguse B, Braach-Maksvytis V, Cornell BA, King LG, Osman PDJ, Pace RJ, Wieczorek L Tethered lipid bilayer membranes: formation and ionic reservoir characterization. Langmuir (1998), 14(3), 648-659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la9711239
 

Zhang L, Crossley MJ, Dixon NE, Ellis PJ, Fisher ML, King GF, Lilley PE, MacLachlan D, Pace RJ, Freeman HC Spectroscopic identification of a dinuclear metal centre in manganese(II)-activated aminopeptidase P from Escherichia coli: implications for human prolidase. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (1998), 3(5), 470-483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007750050257
 

1997

Cornell BA, Braach-Maksvytis VLB, King LG, Osman PDJ, Raguse B, Wieczorek L, Pace RJ A biosensor that uses ion-channel switches. Nature(1997), 387(6633), 580-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/42432
 

Klughammer C, Pace RJ Photoreduction of the secondary photosystem I electron acceptor vitamin K1 in intact spinach chloroplasts and cyanobacteria in vivo. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg. (1997), 1318(1-2), 133-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2728(96)00129-6
 

Osman PDJ, Crossley MJ, Martin AS, Pace RJ Composite membrane sensor. International Patent Number WO97/05477 A1 (1997), 30 pp.
 

Raguse B, Pace RJ, King LG, Cornell B, Braach-Maksvytis VL Self-assembly of sensor membranes. International Patent Number WO97/01092 A1 (1997), 60 pp.
 

Razeghifard MR, Klughammer C, Pace RJ Electron paramagnetic resonance kinetic studies of the S states in spinach thylakoids. Biochemistry(1997), 36(1), 86-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi9614287
 

Razeghifard MR, Pace RJ Electron paramagnetic resonance kinetic studies of the S states in spinach PSII membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg. (1997), 1322(2-3), 141-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2728(97)00069-8
 

Razeghifard MR, Wydrzynski T, Pace RJ, Burnap RL YZ• reduction kinetics in the absence of the manganese-stabilizing protein of photosystem II. Biochemistry (1997), 36(47), 14474-14478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi970116g
 

1996

Pace RJ Bilayer membranes: proton and fluorine-19 NMR. In Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Grant DM, Harris RK, eds. Wiley: Chichester (1996), Vol. 2, pp. 885-895.
 

Smith PJ, Pace RJ Evidence for two forms of the g = 4.1 signal in the S2 state of photosystem II. Two magnetically isolated manganese dimers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenerg. (1996), 1275(3), 213-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0005-2728(96)00012-6
 

Smith P, Pace RJ Evidence for two forms of the g = 4.1 signal in photosystem II of higher plants. Two magnetically isolated manganese dimers? Appl. Magn. Reson. (1996), 11, 443-460.
 

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