I. Publications 55, total citations 1157, h-index 20 (according to WOS, 1st January 2017)
1. Pospíšil P. and Yamamoto Y. (2017) Damage to photosystem II by lipid peroxidation
products. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1861, 457–466 (review)
2. Pospíšil P. (2016) Production of reactive oxygen species by photosystem II as a
response to light and temperature stress. Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 1950 (review)
3. Sinha R.K., Pospíšil P., Maheshwari P. and Eudes F. (2016) Bcl-2421 and AcDEVD-CHO Inhibit Death of Wheat Microspores. Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 1931
4. Prasad A., Ferretti U., Sedlářová M., Pospíšil P. (2016) Singlet oxygen production in
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii uder heat stress. Scientific Reports 6, 20094
5. Datta K. J., Gawande M. B., Datta K. K. R., Ranc V., Pechousek J., Krizek M.,
Tucek J., Kale R., Pospíšil P., Varma R. S., Asefa T., Zoppellaro G. and Zboril R.
(2016) Micro–mesoporous iron oxides with record efficiency for the decomposition of
hydrogen peroxide: morphology driven catalysis for the degradation of organic
contaminants. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 596–604
6. Prasad A., Kumar A, Suzuki M, Kikuchi H, Sugai T, Kobayashi M., Pospíšil P.,
Tada M. and Kasai S. (2015) Detection of hydrogen peroxide in PhotosystemII (PSII)
using catalytic amperometric biosensor. Frontiers in Plant Science 6, 862
7. Rác M., Sedlářová M., Pospíšil P. (2015) The formation of electronically excited
species in the human multiple myeloma cell suspension. Scientific Reports 5, 8882
8. Rác M., Křupka M., Binder S., Sedlářová M., Matušková Z., Raška M., Pospíšil P.
(2015) Oxidative damage of U937 human leukemic cells caused by hydroxyl radical
results in singlet oxygen formation. PLoS ONE 10(3), e0116958
9. Yadav D.K., Prasad A., Kruk J., Pospíšil P. (2014) Evidence for the involvement of
loosely bound plastosemiquinones in superoxide anion radical production in
photosystem II. PLoS ONE 9(12), e115466
10. Prasad A., Rossi C., Lamponi, S., Pospíšil P., Foletti A. (2014) New perspective in
cell communication: Potential role of ultra-weak photon emission. Journal of
Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 139, 47–53 (review)
11. Pospíšil P., Prasad A., Rác M. (2014) Role of reactive oxygen species in ultra-weak
photon emission from biological systems. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
B: Biology, 139, 11–23 (review)
12. Cifra M., Pospíšil P. (2014) Ultra-weak photon emission from biological samples:
definition, mechanisms, properties, detection and applications Journal of
Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 139, 2–10 (review)
13. Pospíšil P., Prasad A. (2014) Formation of singlet oxygen and protection against its
oxidative damage in Photosystem II under abiotic stress. Journal of Photochemistry and
Photobiology B: Biology 137, 3-48 (review)
14. Pospíšil P. (2014) The role of metals in production and scavenging of reactive oxygen
species in Photosystem II. Plant and Cell Physiology 55, 1224–1232 (review)
15. Rastogi A., Yadav D.K., Szymańska R., Kruk J., Sedlářová M., Pospíšil P. (2014)
Singlet oxygen scavenging activity of tocopherol and plastochromanol in Arabidopsis
thaliana: Relevance to photooxidative stress. Plant, Cell & Environment, 37, 392–401
16. Tiwari A., Rác M., Pospíšil P. (2013) Formation of superoxide anion and carboncentered radicals by photosystem II under high light and heat stress—EPR spin-trapping
study. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 45, 551–559
17. Rastogi A., Pospíšil P. (2013) Ultra-weak photon emission as a non-invasive tool for
the measurement of oxidative stress induced by UVA radiation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 123, 59–64
18. Prasad A., Pospíšil P. (2013) Towards the two-dimensional imaging of spontaneous
ultra-weak photon emission from microbial, plant and animal cells. Scientific Reports 3,
1211
19. Chan T., Shimizu Y., Pospíšil P., Nijo N., Fujiwara A., Taninaka Y., Ishikawa T.,
Hori H., Nanba D., Imai A., Morita N., Yoshioka-Nishimura M., Izumi Y.,
Yamamoto Y., Kobayashi H., Mizusawa N., Wada H., Yamamoto Y. (2012) Quality
Control of Photosystem II: Lipid Peroxidation Accelerates Photoinhibition under
Excessive Illumination. PLoS ONE 7(12), e52100
20. Rastogi A., Pospíšil P. (2012) Production of hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical in
potato tuber during the necrotrophic phase of hemibiotrophic pathogen Phytophthora
infestans infection. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 117, 202–
206
21. Yadav D.K., Pospíšil P. (2012) Evidence on the formation of singlet oxygen in the
donor side photoinhibition of photosystem II: EPR spin-trapping study. PLoS ONE 7(9),
e45883
22. Prasad A., Pospíšil P. (2012) Ultraweak photon emission induced by visible light and
ultraviolet A radiation via photoactivated skin chromophores: in vivo charge coupled
device imaging. Journal of Biomedical Optics 17(8), 085004
23. Yadav D.K., Pospíšil P. (2012) Role of chloride ion in hydroxyl radical production in
photosystem II under heat stress: Electron paramagnetic resonance spin-trapping study.
Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 44, 365–372
24. Sinha R.K., Komenda J., Knoppová J., Sedlářová M., Pospíšil P. (2012) Small
CAB-like proteins prevent formation of singlet oxygen in the damaged Photosystem II
complex of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant, Cell &
Environment 35, 806-818
25. Pospíšil P. (2012) Molecular mechanisms of production and scavenging of reactive
oxygen species by photosystem II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1817, 218231 (review)
26. Prasad A., Pospíšil P. (2011) Two-dimensional imaging of spontaneous ultra-weak
photon emission from the human skin: role of reactive oxygen species. Journal of
Biophotonics 4(11-12), 840-849
27. Rastogi A., Pospíšil P. (2011) Spontaneous ultraweak photon emission imaging of
oxidative metabolic processes in human skin: effect of molecular oxygen and
antioxidant defense system. Journal of Biomedical Optics 16(9), 096005
28. Prasad A., Pospíšil P. (2011) Linoleic Acid-Induced Ultra-Weak Photon Emission
from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a Tool for Monitoring of Lipid Peroxidation in the
Cell Membranes. PLoS ONE 6(7) e22345
29. Pospíšil P. (2011) Enzymatic function of cytochrome b559 in photosystem II. Journal
of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 104, 341–347 (review)
30. Yadav D.K., Kruk J., Sinha R.K., Pospíšil P. (2010) Singlet oxygen scavenging
activity of plastoquinol in photosystem II of higher plants: electron paramagnetic
resonance spin-trapping study. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1797, 1807-1811
31. Sinha R.K, Tiwari A., Pospíšil P. (2010) Water-splitting manganese complex controls
light-induced redox changes of cytochrome b559 in Photosystem II. Journal of
Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 42, 337-344
32. Rastogi A., Pospíšil P. (2010) Ultra-weak photon emission as a non-invasive tool for
monitoring of oxidative processes in the epidermal cells of human skin: comparative
study on the dorsal and the palm side of the hand. Skin Research and Technology 16,
365-370
33. Rastogi A., Pospíšil P. (2010) Effect of exogenous hydrogen peroxide on biophoton
emission from radish root cells. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48, 117-123
34. Pospíšil P., Tiwari A. (2010) Differential mechanism of light-induced and oxygendependent restoration of the high-potential form of cytochrome b559 in Tris-treated
Photosystem II membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1797, 451-456
35. Khatoon M., Inagawa K., Pospíšil P., Yamashita A., Yoshioka M., Lundin B.,
Horie J., Morita N., Jajoo A., Yamamoto Yo., Yamamoto Ya. (2009) Quality control
of photosystem II thylakoid unstacking is necessary to avoid further damage to the D1
protein and to facilitate D1 degradation under light stress in spinach thylakoids. Journal
of Biological Chemistry 284, 25343-25352
36. Pospíšil P. (2009) Production of reactive oxygen species by Photosystem II. Biochimica
et Biophysica Acta 1787, 1151-1560 (review)
37. Tiwari A., Pospíšil P. (2009) Superoxide oxidase and reductase activity of cytochrome
b559 in photosystem II. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1787, 985-994
38. Yamashita A., Nijo N., Pospíšil P., Morita N., Takenaka D., Aminaka R.,
Yamamoto Yo., Yamamoto Ya. (2008) Quality control of photosystem II: Reactive
oxygen species are responsible for the damage to photosystem II under moderate heat
stress. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, 28380-28391
39. Pospíšil P., Šnyrychová I., Nauš J. (2007) Dark production of reactive oxygen species
in photosystem II membrane particles at elevated temperature - EPR spin-trapping
study. Biochmica et Biophysica Acta 1767, 854-859
40. Šnyrychová I., Pospíšil P., Nauš J. (2006) The effect of metal chelators on the
production of hydroxyl radicals in thylakoids. Photosynthesis Research 88, 323-329
41. Pospíšil P., Šnyrychová I., Kruk J., Strzałka K., Nauš J. (2006) Evidence that
cytochrome b559 is involved in superoxide production in Photosystem II: effect of
synthetic short-chain plastoquinones in a cytochrome b559 tobacco mutant. Biochemical
Journal 397, 321-327
42. Šnyrychová I., Pospíšil P., Nauš J. (2006) Reaction pathways involved in the
production of hydroxyl radicals in thylakoid membrane: EPR spin-trapping study.
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 5, 472-476
43. Pospíšil P., Arató A., Krieger-Liszkay A., Rutherford A. W. (2004) Hydroxyl radical
generation by Photosystem II. Biochemistry 43, 6783-6792
44. Pospíšil P., Haumann M., Dittmer J., Solé V.A., Dau H. (2003) Stepwise Transition
of the Tetra-Manganese Complex of Photosystem II to a Binuclear Mn2(µ-O)2 Complex
in Response to a Temperature Jump: A Time-Resolved Structural Investigation
Employing X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal 84, 1370-1386
45. Haumann M., Pospíšil P., Grabolle M., Müller C., Liebisch P., Solé V.A., Neisius
T., Dittmer J., Iuzzolino L., Dau H. (2002) First steps towards time-resolved BioXAS
at room temperature: state transitions of the manganese complex of oxygenic
photosynthesis. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 9, 304-308
46. Pospíšil P., Dau H. (2002) Valinomycin sensitivity proves that light-induced thylakoid
voltages result in millisecond phase of chlorophyll fluorescence transients. Biochimica
et Biophysica Acta 1554, 94-100
47. Pospíšil P., Dau H. (2000) Chlorophyll fluorescence transients of Photosystem II
membrane particles as a tool for studying photosynthetic oxygen evolution.
Photosynthesis Research 65, 41-52
48. Meinke C., Solé A.V., Pospíšil P., Dau H. (2000) Does the structure of the wateroxidizing photosystem II-manganese complex at room temperature differ from its lowtemperature structure? - Acomparative X-ray absorption study. Biochemistry 39, 70337040
49. Lazár D., Pospíšil P. (1999) Mathematical simulation of chlorophyll a fluorescence
rise measured with 3-(3´,4´-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea-treted barley leaves at
room and high temperatures. European Biophysical Journal 28, 468-477
50. Lazár D., Pospíšil P., Nauš J. (1999) Decrease of fluorescence intensity after the K
step in chlorophyll a fluorescence induction is suppressed by electron acceptors and
donors to photosystem II. Photosynthetica 37, 255-265
51. Pospíšil P., Tyystjärvi E. (1999) Molecular mechanism of high-temperature-induced
inhibition of acceptor side of Photosystem II. Photosysnthesis Research 62, 55-66
52. Pospíšil P., Skotnica J., Nauš J. (1998) Low and high temperature dependence of
minimum F0 and maximum FM chlorophyll fluorescence in vivo. Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta 1363, 95-99
53. Pospíšil P., Nauš J. (1998) Theoretical simulation of temperature induced increase of
quantum yield of minimum chlorphyll fluorescence FF(0). Journal of Theoretical
Biology 191, 79-86
54. Ilík P., Nauš J., Špunda V., Čajánek M., Cikánek D., Pospíšil P. (1997) High
temperature chlorophyll fluorescence rise within 61 - 67 °C. Spectroscopic study with
intermittent light grown barley leaves. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B:
Biology 39, 243-248
55. Pospíšil P. (1997) Mechanisms of non-photochemical chlorophyll florescence
quenching in higher plants. Photosynthetica 34, 343-355 (review)
II. Guest Editor
1. Pospíšil P. (2014) Ultra-weak photon emission from living systems – from mechanism to
application. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 139, 1
2. Szymańska R., Pospíšil P. and Kruk J. (2016) Plant-Derived Antioxidants in Disease
Prevention. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Article ID 1920208
III. Book chapter
1. Prasad A., Pospíšil P. (2015) Photon source within the cell. In D. Fels, M. Cifra and F.
Scholkmann (eds) Fields of the Cell. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, pp. 113129.