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Fields of interest:

• Annexins
• Calcium-binding protein
• Calcium homeostasis
• Membrane structure
• Lipid-binding protein
• Vesicular transport
• Ion transport

Recent publications:

J. Bandorowicz-Pikula, R. Buchet and S. Pikula:
Annexins as nucleotide-binding proteins: facts and speculations,
Bioessays, Vol. 23,(2001), pp. 170-178.

A. Kirilenko, M. Golczak, S. Pikuła, R. Buchet and J. Bandorowicz-Pikuła:
GTP-induced membrane binding and ion channel activity of annexin VI. Is annexin VI a GTP biosensor?
Biophys. J., Vol. 82, pp. 2737-2745.

J. Bandorowicz-Pikula:
Annexins as neuroprotective agents in the central nervous system,
Curr. Med. Chem. - Central Nervous System Agents, Vol. 2, (2002), pp. 87-107.

J. Bandorowicz-Pikula, A. Kirilenko, R. van Deursen, M. Golczak, M. Kuhnel, J.-M. Lancelin, S. Pikula and R. Buchet:
A putative consensus sequence for nucleotide-binding site of annexin A6,
Biochemistry, Vol. 42, (2003), pp. 9137-9146.

J. Bandorowicz-Pikula:
Nucleotide face of annexins,
In: J. Bandorowicz-Pikula (Ed.): The Annexins:
Biological Importance and Annexin-related Pathologies,
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY & Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX, 2003, pp. 234-256.

M. Golczak, A. Kirilenko, J. Bandorowicz-Pikula, B. Desbat and S. Pikula:
Structure of human annexin A6 at the air-water interface and in membrane- bound state,
Biophys. J., Vol. 87, (2004), pp. 1215-1226.

A. Kirilenko, S. Pikula and J. Bandorowicz-Pikula:
Effects of mutagenesis of W343 in human annexin A6 isoform 1 on its interaction with GTP: nucleotide-induced oligomer formation and ion channel activity,
Biochemistry, Vol. 45, (2006), pp. 4965-4973.

M. Balcerzak and J. Bandorowicz-Pikula, R. Buchet and S. Pikula:
A novel retinoid binding property of human annexin A6,
FEBS Lett., Vol. 580, (2006), pp. 3065-3069.

C. Thouverey, F. Bleicher and J. Bandorowicz-Pikula:
Extracellular ATP and its effects on physiological and pathological mineralization,
Curr. Opin. Orthopaed., Vol. 18, (2007), pp. 460-466.

A. Strzelecka-Kiliszek, M.E. Buszewska, P. Podszywalow-Bartnicka, S. Pikula, K. Otulak, R. Buchet and J. Bandorowicz-Pikula:
Calcium- and pH-dependent localization of annexin A6 isoforms in Balb/3T3 fibroblasts reflecting their potential participation in vesicular transport,
J. Cell. Biochem., (2007), in press.