Dr Alexander Peskin graduated from Moscow State University and received his PhD and DSc (Habilitation) from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He worked as an Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the International Union Against Cancer at the Swiss Institute for Cancer Research (Cerutti lab) and as a Visiting Scientist at Lodz University (Bartosz lab), before joining the Centre for Free Radical Research in 1998.
Dr Peskin's expertise lies in biochemistry and enzymology, with a particular interest in thiol biochemistry. His original research focussed on superoxide dismutase and cancer, and the biochemistry of chloramines, and more recently he has been investigating the complex biochemical properties of the peroxiredoxins.
Peskin, A. V. (2023). Could CO2 be a player in a redox relay team? Redox Biochemistry & Chemistry, 5-6, 100006. doi: 10.1016/j.rbc.2023.100006
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Winterbourn, C. C., Peskin, A., Kleffmann, T., Radi, R., & Pace, P. E. (2023). Carbon dioxide/bicarbonate is required for sensitive inactivation of mammalian glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by hydrogen peroxide. PNAS, 120(18), e2221047120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221047120
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Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2022, August). Disrupting the oligomeric structure of peroxiredoxins in cancer cells using CRISPR. Poster session presented at the CRISPR Technologies Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Peskin, A. V., Meotti, F. C., Kean, K. M., Göbl, C., Peixoto, A. S., Pace, P. E., … Winterbourn, C. C. (2021). Modifying the resolving cysteine affects the structure and hydrogen peroxide reactivity of peroxiredoxin 2. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 296, 100494. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100494
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Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2021). The enigma of 2-Cys peroxiredoxins: What are their roles? Biochemistry (Moscow), 86(1), 84-91. doi: 10.1134/S0006297921010089
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Kouakou Ahuie, G., Gagnon, H., Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Wagner, P. R. J., Naylor, S., & Klarskov, K. (2020). Investigating protein thiol chemistry associated with dehydroascorbate, homocysteine and glutathione using mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 34, e8774. doi: 10.1002/rcm.8774
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Peskin, A. V., Meotti, F. C., de Souza, L. F., Anderson, R. F., Winterbourn, C. C., & Salvador, A. (2020). Intra-dimer cooperativity between the active site cysteines during the oxidation of peroxiredoxin 2. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 158, 115-125. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.07.007
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Peskin, A. V., Pace, P. E., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2019). Enhanced hyperoxidation of peroxiredoxin 2 and peroxiredoxin 3 in the presence of bicarbonate/CO2. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 145, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.010
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Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Konigstorfer, A., Jasoni, C. L., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2018). Peroxiredoxin interaction with the cytoskeletal-regulatory protein CRMP2: Investigation of a putative redox relay. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 129, 383-393. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.10.407
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Yewdall, N. A., Peskin, A. V., Hampton, M. B., Goldstone, D. C., Pearce, F. G., & Gerrard, J. A. (2018). Quaternary structure influences the peroxidase activity of peroxiredoxin 3. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 497(2), 558-563. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.093
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Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2017). Assay of superoxide dismutase activity in a plate assay using WST-1. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 103, 188-191. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.12.033
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Peskin, A. V., Pace, P. E., Behring, J. B., Paton, L. N., Soethoudt, M., Bachschmid, M. M., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2016). Glutathionylation of the active site cysteines of peroxiredoxin 2 and recycling by glutaredoxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(6), 3053-3062. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.692798
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Poynton, R. A., Peskin, A. V., Haynes, A. C., Lowther, W. T., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2016). Kinetic analysis of structural influences on the susceptibility of peroxiredoxins 2 and 3 to hyperoxidation. Biochemical Journal, 473, 411-421. doi: 10.1042/bj20150572
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Winterbourn, C. C., & Peskin, A. V. (2016). Kinetic approaches to measuring peroxiredoxin reactivity. Molecules & Cells, 39(1), 26-30. doi: 10.14348/molcells.2016.2325
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Pace, P., Peskin, A. V., Jasoni, C. L., Winterbourn, C., & Hampton, M. (2016). Interaction of peroxiredoxin 2 with collapsin response mediator protein 2. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 100(Suppl.), (pp. S47). doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.10.126
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Peskin, A., Pace, P., Behring, J., Paton, L., Soethoudt, M., Bachschmid, M., & Winterbourn, C. (2015). Glutathionylation at the Active Sites of Peroxiredoxin 2 and Recycling by Glutaredoxin. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 87(Suppl. 1), (pp. 105). doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.10.276
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Cheah, F.-C., Peskin, A. V., Wong, F.-L., Ithnin, A., Othman, A., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2014). Increased basal oxidation of peroxiredoxin 2 and limited peroxiredoxin recycling in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient erythrocytes from newborn infants. FASEB Journal, 28(7), 3205-3210. doi: 10.1096/fj.14-250050
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Soethoudt, M., Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Paton, L. N., Pace, P. E., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2014). Interaction of adenanthin with glutathione and thiol enzymes: Selectivity for thioredoxin reductase and inhibition of peroxiredoxin recycling. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 77, 331-339. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.09.025
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Winterbourn, C. C., Cheah, F.-C., & Peskin, A. V. (2014). Increased basal oxidation and limited recycling of peroxiredoxin 2 in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 76(Suppl. 1), (pp. S161). doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.10.075
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Peskin, A. (2014, July). Increased basal oxidation of preoxiredoxin 2 and limited peroxiredoxin recycling in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient erythrocytes from newborn infants. Verbal presentation at the Oxygen Theme Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Han, M.-H., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2013). Hyperoxidized peroxiredoxin 2 interacts with the protein disulphide isomerase ERp46. Biochemical Journal, 453, 475-485. doi: 10.1042/BJ20130030
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Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Poynton, R. A., Paton, L. N., Pace, P. E., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2013). Hyperoxidation of peroxiredoxins 2 and 3: Rate constants for the reactions of the sulfenic acid of the peroxidatic cysteine. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, 14170-14177. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.460881
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Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Han, M.-H., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2013, August). Hyperoxidized peroxiredoxin 2 interacts with the protein disulphide isomerase ERp46. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Paton, L. N., Poynton, R. A., Pace, P., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2013, August). Hyperoxidation of human peroxiredoxin 2 and 3. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Poynton, R. A., Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Lowther, T. W., Betz, A., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2013, August). Kinetics and biochemical properties of peroxiredoxin 3 hyperoxidation. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Soethoudt, M., Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2013, August). The diterpenoid Adenanthin favors binding to glutathione over peroxiredoxin 2 in erythrocytes. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Kato, Y., Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Harwood, D. T., & Kettle, A. J. (2012). Myeloperoxidase catalyzes the conjugation of serotonin to thiols via free radicals and tryptamine-4,5-dione. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 25(11), 2322-2332. doi: 10.1021/tx300218f
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Kelso, G. F., Maroz, A., Cochemé, H. M., Logan, A., Prime, T. A., Peskin, A. V., Winterbourn, C. C., James, A. M., … Brooker, S., Porteous, C. M., … Smith, R. A. J. (2012). A mitochondria-targeted macrocyclic Mn(II) superoxide dismutase mimetic. Chemistry & Biology, 19(10), 1237-1246. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.08.005
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Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2012). Hydrogen peroxide dependent interaction of peroxiredoxin 2 with ERp46. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 53(Suppl. 1), (pp. S210). doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.08.440
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Pace, P., Peskin, A., Hampton, M., & Winterbourn, C. (2012). Hydrogen peroxide-dependent interaction of peroxiredoxin 2 with ERp46. Proceedings of the Oxygen Theme Meeting. (pp. 32). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/research/otago051864.pdf
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Peskin, A. V., Dickerhof, N., Poynton, R. A., Pace, P., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2012). Kinetics of hyperoxidation of human peroxiredoxin 2. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 53(Suppl. 1), (pp. S210-S211). doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.08.441
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Poynton, R., Peskin, A., Dickerhof, N., Paton, L., Winterbourn, C., & Hampton, M. (2012). Kinetics of peroxiredoxin 2 and 3 hyperoxidation. Proceedings of the Oxygen Theme Meeting. (pp. 14). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/research/otago051864.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hampton, M., Bayer, S., Moran, S., Maghzal, G., Stocker, R., Choe, C. F., Lunt, H., Chambers, S., Peskin, A., & Winterbourn, C. (2012, November). Peroxiredoxins as biomarkers of oxidative stress. Verbal presentation at the Gravida Annual Science Symposium: What Makes the Best Start for a Healthy Life? Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Karton, A., Nagy, P., Betz, A., Peskin, A. V., Pace, P., O'Reilly, R. J., Hampton, M. B., … Winterbourn, C. C. (2011). Model for the exceptional reactivity of peroxiredoxins 2 and 3 with hydrogen peroxide; a kinetic and computational study. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(20), 18048-18055. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.232355
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Peskin, A. (2011, September). Hyperoxidation of human peroxiredoxin II. Poster session presented at the European Science Federation and European Molecular Biology Organization (ESF-EMBO) Symposium: Glutathione and Related Thiols in Living Cells, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Peskin, A. V., Cox, A. G., Nagy, P., Morgan, P. E., Hampton, M. B., Davies, M. J., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2010). Removal of amino acid, peptide and protein hydroperoxides by reaction with peroxiredoxins 2 and 3. Biochemical Journal, 432, 313-321. doi: 10.1042/BJ20101156
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Peskin, A. V., Cox, A. G., Nagy, P., Morgan, P. E., Davies, M. J., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2010, November-December). Removal of amino acid, peptide and protein peroxide by reaction with peroxiredoxin 2 and peroxiredoxin 3. Verbal presentation at the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR) Australasia 19th Annual Conference, Akaroa, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Cox, A. G., Peskin, A. V., Paton, L. N., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2009). Redox potential and peroxide reactivity of human peroxiredoxin 3. Biochemistry, 48(27), 6495-6501. doi: 10.1021/bi900558g
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Peskin, A. V., Turner, R., Maghzal, G. J., Winterbourn, C. C., & Kettle, A. J. (2009). Oxidation of methionine to dehydromethionine by reactive halogen species generated by neutrophils. Biochemistry, 48(42), 10175-10182. doi: 10.1021/bi901266w
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Stacey, M. M., Peskin, A. V., Vissers, M. C., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2009). Chloramines and hypochlorous acid oxidize erythrocyte peroxiredoxin 2. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 47(10), 1468-1476. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.08.022
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Peskin, A. V., Cox, A. G., Nagy, P., Morgan, P. E., Hampton, M. B., Davies, M. J., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2009). Rapid removal of amino acid, peptide and protein peroxides. Free Radical Biology and Medicine.47(Suppl. 1), (pp. S150-S151). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Peskin, A. (2009, November). Rapid removal of amino acid, peptide and protein peroxides. Poster session presented at the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) 16th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Peskin, A. (2008, November). Peroxiredoxins are highly efficient scavengers of amino acid and protein hydroperoxides. Poster session presented at the Society for Free Radical Research Australasia Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Low, F. M., Hampton, M. B., Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2007). Peroxiredoxin 2 functions as a noncatalytic scavenger of low-level hydrogen peroxide in the erythrocyte. Blood, 109(6), 2611-2617.
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Peskin, A. V., Low, F. M., Paton, L. N., Maghzal, G. J., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2007). The high reactivity of peroxiredoxin 2 with H2O2 is not reflected in its reaction with other oxidants and thiol reagents. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(16), 11885-11892.
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Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2006). Taurine chloramine is more selective than hypochlorous acid at targeting critical cysteines and inactivating creatine kinase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 40, 45-53.
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Peskin, A. V., Midwinter, R. G., Harwood, D. T., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2005). Chlorine transfer between glycine, taurine, and histamine: Reaction rates and impact on cellular reactivity [Erratum version of the 2004 publication of the same title]. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 38(3), 397-405.
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Midwinter, R. G., Peskin, A. V., Vissers, M. C. M., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2004). Extracellular oxidation by taurine chloramine activates ERK via the epidermal growth factor receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(31), 32205-32211.
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Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2003). Histamine chloramine reactivity with thiol compounds, ascorbate, and methionine and with intracellular glutathione. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 35(10), 1252-1260.
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Winterbourn, C. C., Peskin, A. V., & Parsons-Mair, H. N. (2002). Thiol oxidase activity of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(3), 1906-1911.
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Wood, J. E., Senthilmohan, S. T., & Peskin, A. (2002). Antioxidant activity of procyanidin-containing plant extracts at different pHs. Food Chemistry, 77(2), 155-161.
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Peskin, A. V., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2001). Kinetics of the reactions of hypochlorous acid and amino acid chloramines with thiols, methionine, and ascorbate. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 30, 572-579.
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Peskin, A., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2000). A microtiter plate assay for superoxide dismutase using a water soluble tetrazolium salt (WST-1). Clinica Chimica Acta, 293, 157-166.
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