Melvin Okamura

Title(s)	Emeritus Professor, Physics
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

Electron and Proton Transfer in Reaction Centers
NIH R01GM041637Apr 1, 1989 - Jan 31, 2012
Role: Principal Investigator

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Remembering George Feher (1924-2017). Photosynth Res. 2018 Sep; 137(3):361-375. Okamura MY, Lubitz W, Allen JP. PMID: 29802563.

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Met Metabolism
Translation:Cells
Special issue of photosynthetic research. Photosynth Res. 2014 May; 120(1-2):1-2. Okamura M, Wraight CA, van Grondelle R. PMID: 24287763.

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Met Metabolism
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George Feher: a pioneer in reaction center research. Photosynth Res. 2014 May; 120(1-2):29-42. Okamura M. PMID: 24104959.

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Met Metabolism
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Pulse Q-band EPR and ENDOR spectroscopies of the photochemically generated monoprotonated benzosemiquinone radical in frozen alcoholic solution. J Phys Chem B. 2012 Aug 02; 116(30):8890-900. Flores M, Okamura MY, Niklas J, Pandelia ME, Lubitz W. PMID: 22731760; PMCID: PMC3432317.

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Che Chemistry
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Electron-nuclear and electron-electron double resonance spectroscopies show that the primary quinone acceptor QA in reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides remains in the same orientation upon light-induced reduction. J Phys Chem B. 2010 Dec 23; 114(50):16894-901. Flores M, Savitsky A, Paddock ML, Abresch EC, Dubinskii AA, Okamura MY, Lubitz W, Möbius K. PMID: 21090818.

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Che Chemistry
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Electron transfer from cytochrome c(2) to the reaction center: a transition state model for ionic strength effects due to neutral mutations. Biochemistry. 2009 Dec 08; 48(48):11390-8. Abresch EC, Gong XM, Paddock ML, Okamura MY. PMID: 19877711; PMCID: PMC2789999.

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Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Cells
Identification of FTIR bands due to internal water molecules around the quinone binding sites in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochemistry. 2009 Feb 17; 48(6):1220-9. Iwata T, Paddock ML, Okamura MY, Kandori H. PMID: 19161296; PMCID: PMC2701474.

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Bio Biochemistry
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Interaction between cytochrome c2 and the photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: role of interprotein hydrogen bonds in binding and electron transfer. Biochemistry. 2008 Dec 16; 47(50):13318-25. Abresch EC, Paddock ML, Villalobos M, Chang C, Okamura MY. PMID: 19053264; PMCID: PMC2615004.

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Bio Biochemistry
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Monitoring the pH dependence of IR carboxylic acid signals upon Q(B)- formation in the Glu-L212 --> Asp/Asp-L213 --> Glu swap mutant reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochemistry. 2007 Feb 06; 46(5):1176-82. Nabedryk E, Paddock ML, Okamura MY, Breton J. PMID: 17260947.

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Bio Biochemistry
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An isotope-edited FTIR investigation of the role of Ser-L223 in binding quinone (QB) and semiquinone (QB-) in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochemistry. 2005 Nov 08; 44(44):14519-27. Nabedryk E, Paddock ML, Okamura MY, Breton J. PMID: 16262252.

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Bio Biochemistry
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Interprotein electron transfer from cytochrome c2 to photosynthetic reaction center: tunneling across an aqueous interface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 08; 102(10):3558-63. Miyashita O, Okamura MY, Onuchic JN. PMID: 15738426; PMCID: PMC553326.

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Sci Science
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The structure and function of the cytochrome c2: reaction center electron transfer complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Photosynth Res. 2005; 85(1):101-14. Axelrod HL, Okamura MY. PMID: 15977062.

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Met Metabolism
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Transition state and encounter complex for fast association of cytochrome c2 with bacterial reaction center. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Nov 16; 101(46):16174-9. Miyashita O, Onuchic JN, Okamura MY. PMID: 15520377; PMCID: PMC528947.

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Sci Science
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Identification of a novel protonation pattern for carboxylic acids upon Q(B) photoreduction in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center mutants at Asp-L213 and Glu-L212 sites. Biochemistry. 2004 Jun 15; 43(23):7236-43. Nabedryk E, Breton J, Okamura MY, Paddock ML. PMID: 15182169.

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Bio Biochemistry
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X-Ray structure determination of three mutants of the bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers from Rb. sphaeroides; altered proton transfer pathways. Structure. 2004 Apr; 12(4):703-15. Xu Q, Axelrod HL, Abresch EC, Paddock ML, Okamura MY, Feher G. PMID: 15062092.

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Bio Biochemistry Bio Biotechnology Mol Molecular Biology
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Interactions between cytochrome c2 and photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: changes in binding affinity and electron transfer rate due to mutation of interfacial hydrophobic residues are strongly correlated. Biochemistry. 2003 Dec 16; 42(49):14492-500. Gong XM, Paddock ML, Okamura MY. PMID: 14661961.

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Bio Biochemistry
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Continuum electrostatic model for the binding of cytochrome c2 to the photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochemistry. 2003 Oct 14; 42(40):11651-60. Miyashita O, Onuchic JN, Okamura MY. PMID: 14529275.

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Bio Biochemistry
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Rapid-scan Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy shows coupling of GLu-L212 protonation and electron transfer to Q(B) in Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002 Feb 15; 1553(3):320-30. Mezzetti A, Nabedryk E, Breton J, Okamura MY, Paddock ML, Giacometti G, Leibl W. PMID: 11997141.

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Bio Biochemistry Bio Biophysics
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