Research Fellow
BSc(Hons) (London, UK), PhD (Cambridge, UK)
Email paul.pace@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 364 0898
Research interests
Dr Paul Pace previously worked at Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, before moving to the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD studying DNA repair mechanisms.
His expertise is in molecular biology (cloning, mutagenesis, CRISPR applications), protein biochemistry (protein expression and purification, antibody generation and purification, immunocytochemistry, immunoprecipitation, analytical methods) and cell biology (cell culture, transfection, lentiviral expression). He teaches part of the BBiomedSc(Hons) programme, has supervised two summer students, and currently co-supervises two PhD students.
His current projects include studying the biochemistry of peroxiredoxins, including their roles in cell signalling, including the redox regulation of phosphorylation-dependent cell migration and transformation in cancer.
Publications
Dagnell, M., Pace, P. E., Cheng, Q., Frijhoff, J., Östman, A., Arnér, E. S. J., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2017). Thioredoxin reductase 1 and NADPH directly protect protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B from inactivation during H2O2 exposure. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(35), 14371-14380. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.793745
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
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
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
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
Other Research Output
Pace, P. (2010, April). Fanconi anaemia protein activities disrupt Ku70 activity during the repair of crosslinked DNA. Invited seminar at the Agriculture and Life Sciences Seminar, Lincoln University, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
Journal - Research Article
Dagnell, M., Pace, P. E., Cheng, Q., Frijhoff, J., Östman, A., Arnér, E. S. J., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2017). Thioredoxin reductase 1 and NADPH directly protect protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B from inactivation during H2O2 exposure. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(35), 14371-14380. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.793745
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
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
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
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
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
Pace, P., Mosedale, G., Hodskinson, M. R., Rosado, I. V., Sivasubramaniam, M., & Patel, K. J. (2010). Ku70 corrupts DNA repair in the absence of the Fanconi anemia pathway. Science, 329, 219-223. doi: 10.1126/science.1192277
Alpi, A. F., Pace, P. E., Babu, M. M., & Patel, K. J. (2008). Mechanistic insight into site-restricted monoubiquitination of FANCD2 by Ube2t, FANCL, and FANCI. Molecular Cell, 32(6), 767-777. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.12.003
Oestergaard, V. H., Langevin, F., Kuiken, H. J., Pace, P., Niedzweidz, W., Simpson, L. J., … Patel, K. J. (2007). Deubiquitination of FANCD2 is required for DNA crosslink repair. Molecular Cell, 28(5), 798-809. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.09.020
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
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 - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
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.
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.
Pace, P. (2011, September). Hydrogen peroxide-dependent interaction of Peroxiredoxin 2 with ERp46. 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.
Pace, P., Hampton, M., & Winterbourn, C. (2009, December). Cellular interactions of peroxiredoxins. Poster session presented at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Societies for Free Radical Research Australasia and Japan & Mutagenesis and Experimental Pathology Society of Australia, Sydney, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Pace, P. E., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2010, November-December). Cellular interactions of peroxiredoxin 2. Verbal presentation at the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR) Australasia 19th Annual Conference, Akaroa, New Zealand.
Pace, P. (2010, August-September). Fanconi anaemia protein activities disrupt Ku70 activity during the repair of crosslinked DNA. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
