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Wojciech Bal is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, and Materials Chemistry. The main topics addressed in their publications cover Trace Elements in Health, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Iron Metabolism and Disorders, and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications.

Their recent papers illustrate the scope and depth of their research interests. These include:

  • Key Intermediate Species Reveal the Copper(II)-Exchange Pathway in Biorelevant ATCUN/NTS Complexes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Covalent Proximity Scanning of a Distal Cysteine to Target PI3Kα, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Stochastic or Not? Method To Predict and Quantify the Stochastic Effects on the Association Reaction Equilibria in Nanoscopic Systems, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Intermediate Cu(II)-Thiolate Species in the Reduction of Cu(II)GHK by Glutathione: A Handy Chelate for Biological Cu(II) Reduction, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • 5-x Peptides: N-Terminal Truncation Yields Tunable Cu(II) Complexes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry

Wojciech Bal often collaborates with a set of frequent coauthors over multiple publications. These include Urszula E. Wawrzyniak, Nina E. Wezynfeld, Dawid Płonka, Radosław Kotuniak, and Karolina Bossak-Ahmad.

The scientist's work has been published in several prominent journals, with a majority of contributions appearing in Inorganic Chemistry (10 publications). Other common venues include Dalton Transactions (6 publications), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (5 publications), Angewandte Chemie International Edition (3 publications), and Metallomics (3 publications).

Best Publications

  • A formula for correlating pKa values determined in D2O and H2O.

    Artur Krezel;Wojciech Bal

  • Binding of transition metal ions to albumin: sites, affinities and rates.

    Wojciech Bal;Magdalena Sokołowska;Ewa Kurowska;Peter Faller

  • Specific structure–stability relations in metallopeptides

    Henryk Kozłowski;Wojciech Bal;Marcin Dyba;Teresa Kowalik-Jankowska

  • Multi-metal binding site of serum albumin.

    Wojciech Bal;John Christodoulou;Peter J. Sadler;Alan Tucker

  • Damage of zinc fingers in DNA repair proteins, a novel molecular mechanism in carcinogenesis

    Aleksandra Witkiewicz-Kucharczyk;Wojciech Bal

  • Coordination of heavy metals by dithiothreitol, a commonly used thiol group protectant

    Artur Krȩżel;Wojciech Leśniak;Małgorzata Jeżowska-Bojczuk;Piotr Młynarz

  • Induction of oxidative DNA damage by carcinogenic metals.

    Wojciech Bal;Kazimierz S. Kasprzak

  • Co(II) and Cd(II) substitute for Zn(II) in the zinc finger derived from the DNA repair protein XPA, demonstrating a variety of potential mechanisms of toxicity.

    Edyta Kopera;Tanja Schwerdtle;and Andrea Hartwig;Wojciech Bal

  • Human serum albumin coordinates Cu(II) at its N-terminal binding site with 1 pM affinity

    Małgorzata Rózga;Magdalena Sokołowska;Anna Maria Protas;Wojciech Bal

  • Cu(II) Affinity for the Alzheimer’s Peptide: Tyrosine Fluorescence Studies Revisited

    Bruno Alies;Emelyne Renaglia;Emelyne Renaglia;Malgorzata Rózga;Wojciech Bal

  • Coordination Properties of Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine, a Newly Introduced Thiol Reductant, and Its Oxide

    Artur Krezel;Rafał Latajka;Grzegorz D Bujacz;Wojciech Bal

  • Overexpression of phytochelatin synthase in tobacco: distinctive effects of AtPCS1 and CePCS genes on plant response to cadmium

    Sylwia Wojas;Stephan Clemens;Jacek Hennig;Aleksandra Skłodowska

  • Affinity of copper and zinc ions to proteins and peptides related to neurodegenerative conditions (Aβ, APP, α-synuclein, PrP)

    Izabela Zawisza;Małgorzata Rózga;Wojciech Bal

  • Coordination chemistry of glutathione.

    Artur Krężel;Wojciech Bal

  • N-Terminal Cu-Binding Motifs (Xxx-Zzz-His, Xxx-His) and Their Derivatives: Chemistry, Biology and Medicinal Applications.

    Paulina Gonzalez;Karolina Bossak;Ewelina Stefaniak;Christelle Hureau;Christelle Hureau

  • Cu(II) complexation by "non-coordinating" N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES buffer).

    Magdalena Sokołowska;Wojciech Bal

  • A Functional Role for Aβ in Metal Homeostasis? N‐Truncation and High‐Affinity Copper Binding

    Mariusz Mital;Nina Ewa Wezynfeld;Tomasz Frączyk;Magdalena Z. Wiloch

  • Molecular models in nickel carcinogenesis.

    Wojciech Bal;Henryk Kozłowski;Kazimierz S Kasprzak

  • Interactions of Nickel(II) with Histones: Interactions of Nickel(II) with CH3CO-Thr-Glu-Ser-His-His-Lys-NH2, a Peptide Modeling the Potential Metal Binding Site in the “C-Tail” Region of Histone H2A

    Wojciech Bal;Jan Lukszo;Karol Bialkowski;Kazimierz S. Kasprzak

  • Ni(II) specifically cleaves the C-terminal tail of the major variant of histone H2A and forms an oxidative damage-mediating complex with the cleaved-off octapeptide.

    Wojciech Bal;Rongti Liang;Jan Lukszo;Sang-Han Lee

  • Interaction of selenium compounds with zinc finger proteins involved in DNA repair

    Holger Blessing;Silke Kraus;Philipp Heindl;Wojciech Bal

Frequent Co-Authors

Henryk Kozlowski
Henryk Kozlowski University of Wrocław
Kazimierz S. Kasprzak
Kazimierz S. Kasprzak National Institutes of Health
Christelle Hureau
Christelle Hureau Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Peter Faller
Peter Faller University of Strasbourg
Michal Dadlez
Michal Dadlez Polish Academy of Sciences
Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Graham S. Ogg
Graham S. Ogg University of Oxford
Padraic G. Fallon
Padraic G. Fallon Trinity College Dublin
Kevin J. Barnham
Kevin J. Barnham Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
David Chandler
David Chandler University of California, Berkeley

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