Melvin Okamura

Title(s)Emeritus Professor, Physics
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Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Electron and Proton Transfer in Reaction Centers
    NIH R01GM041637Apr 1, 1989 - Jan 31, 2012
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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    11. 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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    12. 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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    13. 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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    14. 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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    15. 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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    16. 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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    17. 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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    18. Spin-lattice relaxation of coupled metal-radical spin-dimers in proteins: application to Fe(2+)-cofactor (Q(A)(-.), Q(B)(-.), phi(-.)) dimers in reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria. Biophys J. 2002 Nov; 83(5):2440-56. Calvo R, Isaacson RA, Abresch EC, Okamura MY, Feher G. PMID: 12414679; PMCID: PMC1302331.
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    19. X-ray structure determination of the cytochrome c2: reaction center electron transfer complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Mol Biol. 2002 May 31; 319(2):501-15. Axelrod HL, Abresch EC, Okamura MY, Yeh AP, Rees DC, Feher G. PMID: 12051924.
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    20. 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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