Pascal PLAZA

Directeur de recherche – CNRS

ENS – Département de chimie
24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris

Email: pascal.plaza@ens.psl.eu
Phone: 01 44 32 24 14
Office: E123
ORCID: 0000-0002-8021-4521
 
 

Research interests

Photoactives Proteins; Flavoproteins; Reversibly Switchable Fluorescent Proteins;
Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy;  Photophysics; Photochemical Processes;
Electron and Proton Transfer;
See more details here.

 

Teaching

Master of chemistry at Sorbonne Université: « Primary Photoreactivity of Molecular and Macromolecular Systems in Condensed Phase » module of UE 5C206 – Ultrafast Dynamics of Reactive Species.

 

Publications

115 Entrées « 1 de 8 »

2023

Multiscale Transient Absorption Study of the Fluorescent Protein Dreiklang and Two Point Variants Provides Insight into Photoswitching and Nonproductive Reaction Pathways Article de journal

Emilie Renouard; Magdalena Nowinska; Fabien Lacombat; Pascal Plaza; Pavel Müller; Agathe Espagne

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14 (28), p. 6477-6485, 2023.

2021

Ultrafast Dynamics of Fully Reduced Flavin in Catalytic Structures of Thymidylate Synthase ThyX Article de journal

Nadia Dozova; Fabien Lacombat; Murielle Lombard; Djemel Hamdane; Pascal Plaza

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23 , p. 22692-22702, 2021, ISSN: 1463-9076.

Ultrafast photoreduction dynamics of a new class of CPD photolyases Article de journal

Fabien Lacombat; Agathe Espagne; Nadia Dozova; Pascal Plaza; Pavel Müller; Hans-Joachim Emmerich; Martin Saft; Lars-Oliver Essen

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 20 (6), p. 733-746, 2021, ISSN: 1474-9092.

2019

Ultrafast Oxidation of a Tyrosine by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Promotes Light Activation of an Animal-like Cryptochrome Article de journal

Fabien Lacombat; Agathe Espagne; Nadia Dozova; Pascal Plaza; Pavel Müller; Klaus Brettel; Sophie Franz-Badur; Lars-Oliver Essen

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (34), p. 13394-13409, 2019, ISSN: 0002-7863.

Ultrafast photoinduced flavin dynamics in the unusual active site of the tRNA methyltransferase TrmFO Article de journal

N Dozova; F Lacombat; C Bou-Nader; D Hamdane; P Plaza

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21 (17), p. 8743-8756, 2019, ISSN: 1463-9076.

2018

A novel diarylethene-based photoswitchable chelator for reversible release and capture of Ca2+ in aqueous media Article de journal

N Dozova; G Pousse; B Barnych; J -M Mallet; J Cossy; B Valeur; P Plaza

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 360 , p. 181–187, 2018.

Delocalized hole transport coupled to sub-ns tryptophanyl deprotonation promotes photoreduction of class II photolyases Article de journal

F Lacombat; A Espagne; N Dozova; P Plaza; E Ignatz; S Kiontke; L O Essen

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20 (39), p. 25446-25457, 2018, ISSN: 1463-9076.

2017

Loss of Fourth Electron-Transferring Tryptophan in Animal (6-4) Photolyase Impairs DNA Repair Activity in Bacterial Cells Article de journal

J Yamamoto; K Shimizu; T Kanda; Y Hosokawa; S Iwai; P Plaza; P Müller

Biochemistry, 56 (40), p. 5356–5364, 2017.

Photoinduced Chromophore Hydration in the Fluorescent Protein Dreiklang Is Triggered by Ultrafast Excited-State Proton Transfer Coupled to a Low-Frequency Vibration Article de journal

F Lacombat; P Plaza; M -A Plamont; A Espagne

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8 (7), p. 1489–1495, 2017.

Repair of (6-4) Lesions in DNA by (6-4) Photolyase: 20 Years of Quest for the Photoreaction Mechanism Article de journal

J Yamamoto; P Plaza; K Brettel

Photochemistry and Photobiology, 93 (1), p. 51–66, 2017.

Ultrafast flavin photoreduction in an oxidized animal (6-4) photolyase through an unconventional tryptophan tetrad Article de journal

P R Martin; F Lacombat; A Espagne; N Dozova; P Plaza; J Yamamoto; P Müller; K Brettel; A De La Lande

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 (36), p. 24493–24504, 2017.

2016

Excited-state symmetry breaking of linear quadrupolar chromophores: A transient absorption study Article de journal

N Dozova; L Ventelon; G Clermont; M Blanchard-Desce; P Plaza

Chemical Physics Letters, 664 , p. 56–62, 2016.

Ultrafast Dynamics of a Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore Analogue: Competition between Excited-State Proton Transfer and Torsional Relaxation Article de journal

T Chatterjee; F Lacombat; D Yadav; M Mandal; P Plaza; A Espagne; P K Mandal

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120 (36), p. 9716–9722, 2016.

2015

Photo-induced cation translocation in a molecular shuttle based on a calix[4]-biscrown including DCM and DMABN chromophores Article de journal

N Dozova; R Kumar; T Pradhan; F Lacombat; B Valeur; J S Kim; P Plaza

Chemical Communications, 51 (80), p. 14859–14861, 2015.

Real-time monitoring of chromophore isomerization and deprotonation during the photoactivation of the fluorescent protein Dronpa Article de journal

D Yadav; F Lacombat; N Dozova; F Rappaport; P Plaza; A Espagne

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119 (6), p. 2404–2414, 2015.

115 Entrées « 1 de 8 »