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John H. Golbeck

Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Professor of Chemistry

310 South Frear Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-1163
Fax: (814) 863-7024
E-mail: jhg5@psu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry from Valparaiso University
Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indiana University

Golbeck Lab Web Site

Publications

Publications:

 

Books

Golbeck (ed) 2006, 'Photosystem I: The Light-Driven Plastocyanin: Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase,' Springer, Dordrecht.

 

Textbooks

Golbeck, J. H. (2003) "Photosystem I" in Bioenergetics volume of Biophysics Textbook On Line, published by the American Biophysical Society (http://www.biophysics.org/btol/).


Review Articles

Golbeck, J.H. (1987) "Structure, Function and Organization of the Photosystem I Reaction Center Complex" Reviews on Bioenergetics, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 895, 167-204.

Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D. (1991) "Photosystem I" in Current Topics in Bioenergetics, Vol 16 (Lee, C.P. ed) 83-177.

Golbeck, J.H. (1992) "Structure and Function of Photosystem I" in Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 43 (Burke, I. ed.) 293-324.

Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "Structure of Photosystem I" in Current Opinion in Structural Biology, Vol 3, pp. 508-514.

Golbeck, J.H. (1994) "Photosystem I in Cyanobacteria" in The Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria (Bryant, D.A., ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 179-220.

Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Photosystem I and its Bacterial Counterparts" in CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology (Song P.S. and Horspool W., eds.) CRC Press, Bocca Raton, FL. pp. 1407-1419.

Golbeck, J. H. and Vassiliev, I. (2001) "Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Type I Reaction Centers" in Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1507, 139-160.

Johnson, T. W. and Golbeck, J. H. (2003) "Biological Incorporation of Alternative Quinones into Photosystem I" in CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology (Lenci, F., ed.) CRC Press, Bocca Raton, FL. 119:1-14

Golbeck, J. H. (2003) "The Binding of Cofactors to Photosystem I Analyzed by Spectroscoic and Mutagenic Methods" in Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure 32:237-56.


Research Articles:
1976, 77, 78, 79
1980, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Golbeck, J.H. and San Pietro, A. (1976) "Determination of the Acid-Labile Sulfide Content in Subchloroplast Particles Containing Triton X-100", Anal. Biochem. 73, 539-542.

Golbeck, J.H., Lien, S. and San Pietro, A (1976) "Quantitation of Labile Sulfide Content and P700 Photochemistry in Spinach Photosystem I Particles", Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 71, 452-458.

Golbeck, J.H., Lien, S. and San Pietro, A. (1977) "Isolation and Characterization of a Subchloroplast Particle Enriched in Iron-Sulfur Protein and P700", Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 178, 140-150.

Golbeck, J.H. and Kok, B (1978) "Further Studies of the Membrane-Bound Iron-Sulfur Proteins and P700 in a Photosystem I Subchloroplast Particle", Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 188, 233-242.

Golbeck, J.H., Velthuys, B. and Kok, B. (1979) "Evidence that the Intermediate Electron Acceptor, A2, in Photosystem I is a Bound Iron-Sulfur Protein", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 504, 266-230.

Golbeck, J.H. and Kok, B. (1979) "Redox Titration of Electron Acceptor Q and the Plastoquinone Pool in Photosystem II", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 547, 347-360.

Golbeck, J.H., Martin, I. and Fowler, C.F. (1980) "Mechanism of Linolenic-Acid-Induced Inhibition of Photosynthetic Electron Transport", Plant Physiol. 65, 707-713

Golbeck, J.H. (1980) "Action of Salicylaldoxime on Electron Transport Reactions, Fluorescence Yield and Light-Induced Field Changes in Spinach Chloroplasts. A New Mode of Inhibition in Photosystem II", Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 202, 458-466

Golbeck, J.H. and Cammarata, K.C. (1981) "Spinach Thylakoid Polyphenol Oxidase: Isolation, Activation and Properties of the Native Chloroplast Enzyme", Plant Physiol. 67, 977-984.

Golbeck, J.H. and Warden, J.T. (1982) "Electron Spin Resonance Studies of the Bound Iron-Sulfur Centers in Photosystem I: Photoreduction of Center A Occurs in the Absence of Center B", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 681, 77-84.

Golbeck, J.H., Albaugh, S., and Radmer, R. (1983) "Metabolism of Biphenyl by Aspergillus toxicarius: Induction of Hydroxylating Activity and Accumulation of Water Soluble Conjugates", J. Bacteriol. 156, 49-57.

Golbeck, J.H. and Cox, J.C. (1984) "The Hydroxylation of Biphenyl by Aspergillus toxicarius: Conditions for a Bench-Scale Fermentation Process", Biotech. Bioeng. 26, 434-441.

Golbeck, J.H. and Warden, J.T. (1984) "Interaction of Linolenic Acid with Bound Quinone Molecules in Photosystem II: Time-Resolved Optical and Electron Spin Resonance Studies", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 767, 263-271.

Cox, J.C. and Golbeck, J.H. (1985) "Hydroxylation of Biphenyl by Aspergillus parasiticus: Approaches to Yield Improvement in Fermenter Cultures", Biotech. Bioeng. 27, 1395-1402.

Golbeck, J.H. and Warden, J.T. (1985) "Redox Study of Electron Donation to P680 in Photosystem II", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 806, 116-123

Golbeck, J.H. and Warden, J.T. (1985) "Site of Salicylaldoxime Interaction with Photosystem II", Photosyn. Res. 6, 377-380.

Golbeck, J.H. and Cornelius, J.M. (1986) "Photosystem I Charge Separation in the Absence of Centers A and B. I. Optical Characterization of Center A2 and Evidence for its Association with a 64-kDa Peptide", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 849, 16-24.

Warden, J.H. and Golbeck, J.H. (1986) "Photosystem I Charge Separation in the Absence of Centers A and B. II. ESR Characterization of Center X and Correlation with Optical Signal A2", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 849, 25-33.

Warden, J.T. and Golbeck, J.H. (1987) "Electron Spin Resonance Studies of the Bound Iron-Sulfur Centers in Photosystem I. II. Correlation of P700 Triplet Production with Urea/Ferricyanide Inactivation of the Iron-sulfur Clusters", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 891, 286-292.

Golbeck, J.H., McDermott, A.E., Jones, W.K. and Kurtz, D. (1987) "Evidence for the Existence of [2Fe-2S] as well as [4Fe-4S] Clusters Among FA, FB and FX. Implications for the Structure of the Photosystem I Reaction Center", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 893, 149-160.

Golbeck, J.H., Parrett, K. and McDermott, A.E. (1987) "Photosystem I Charge Separation in the Absence of Center A and B. III. Biochemical Characterization of a Reaction Center Particle Containing P700 and FX", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 893, 149-160.

Gillie, J.K., Fearey, B.L., Hayes, J.M., Small, G.J. and Golbeck, J.H. (1987) "Persistent Hole Burning of the Primary Donor State of Photosystem I: Strong Linear Electron-Phonon Coupling", Chem. Phys. Lett. 134, 316-322.

Gillie, J.K., Hayes, J.M., Small, G.J. and Golbeck, J.H. (1987) "Hole Burning Spectroscopy of a Core Antenna Complex", J. Phys. Chem. 91, 5524-5527.

Golbeck, J.H., Parrett, K.G., Mehari, T., Jones, K.L. and Brand, J. (1988) "Isolation of the Intact Photosystem I Reaction Center Core Containing P700 and Iron-Sulfur Center FX", FEBS Lett. 228, 268-272.

Golbeck, J.H., Mehari, T., Parrett, K.G. and Ikegami, I. (1988) "Reconstitution of the Photosystem I Complex from the P700 and FX-containing Reaction Center Core Protein and the FA/FB Polypeptide", FEBS Lett. 240, 9-14.

Parrett, K.G., Mehari, T., Warren, P. and Golbeck, J.H. (1989) "Purification and Properties of the Intact P700 and FX-containing Photosystem I Core Protein" Biochim. Biophys. Acta 973, 324-332.

Gillie, J.K., Small, G.J. and Golbeck, J.H. (1989) "Nonphotochemical Hole Burning of the Antenna System of a Photosynthetic Complex (PSI-200)" J. Phys. Chem. 93, 1620-1627.

McDermott, A.E., Yachandra, V.K., Guiles, R.D., Sauer, K., Parrett K.G. and Golbeck, J.H. (1989) "An EXAFS Structural Study of FX, the Low Potential Fe-S Center in Photosystem I" Biochemistry 28, 8056-8059.

Wamser, C.C., Bard, R.R., Senthilathipan, V., Anderson, V.C., Yates, J.A., Lonsdale, H.K., Rayfield, G.W., Friesen, D.T., Lorenz, D.A., Stangle, G.C., Eikeren, P., Ransdell, R.A., Golbeck, J.H., Baer, D.R., Babcock, W.C., Sandberg, J.J. and Clark, S.E., (1989) "Synthesis and Photoactivity of Chemically Asymmetric Polymeric Porphyrin Films Made by Interfacial Polymerization", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 8485-8491.

Petrouleas, V., Brand, J.J., Parrett, K.P. and Golbeck, J.H. (1989) "A Mössbauer Analysis of the Low-Potential Iron-Sulfur Center in Photosystem I. Spectroscopic Evidence that FX is a [4Fe-4S] Cluster", Biochemistry 28, 8980-8983.

Gillie, J.K., Small, G.J. and Golbeck, J.H. (1990) "Spectral Hole Burning of the Primary Electron Donor State of Photosystem I" Photosyn. Res. 22, 233-246.

Parrett, K.P., Mehari, T. and Golbeck, J.H. (1990) "Resolution and Reconstitution of the Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Complex ", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1015, 341-352.

Warren, P.V., Parrett, K.G. and Golbeck, J.H. (1990) "Characterization of a Photosystem I Core Containing P700 and Intermediate Electron Acceptor A1", 29, 6545-6550.

Zhao, J., Warren, P.V., Li, N., Bryant, D.A. and Golbeck, J.H. (1990) "Reconstitution of Electron Transport in Photosystem I with PsaC and PsaD Proteins Expressed in Escherischia coli", FEBS Lett. 276, 175-180.

Mehari, T., Parrett, K.G., Warren, P.V. and Golbeck, J.H. (1991) "Reconstitution of the Iron-Sulfur Clusters in the Isolated FA/FB Protein: ESR Characterization of Same-Species & Cross-Species Photosystem I Complexes", Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1056, 139-148.

Blubaugh, D.J., Atamian, M., El-Deeb, M., Babcock, G., Golbeck, J.H. and Cheniae, G.M. (1991) "Photoinhibition of Hydroxylamine-Extracted Photosystem II Membranes: Identification of the Site of Photodamage" Biochemistry 30, 7586-7597.

Li, N., Zhao, J.D., Warren, P. V., Warden, J.T., J., Bryant, D. and Golbeck, J.H. (1991) "PsaD is Required for the Stable Binding of PsaC to the Photosystem I Core Protein of Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301" Biochemistry 30, 7863-7872.

Li, N., Warren, P.V., Golbeck, J.H., Frank, G., Zuber, H. and Bryant, D.A. (1991) "Polypeptide Composition of the Photosystem I Complex and the Photosystem I Core Protein from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301" Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1059, 215-225.

Roffedy, R.A., Golbeck, J.H., Hille, C.R. and Sayre, R. T. (1991) "Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Genetically Altered Photosystem II Reaction Centers of Chloroplasts" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 88, 9122-9126.

Zhao, J.D., Li, N., Warren, P.V., Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D.A. (1992) "Site-Directed Conversion of a Cysteine to an Aspartate Leads to the Assembly of a [3Fe-4S] Cluster in PsaC of Photosystem I. Photoreduction of FA is Independent of FB" Biochemistry 31, 5093-5099.

Warren, P.V., Golbeck, J.H. and Warden, J.T. (1993) "Charge Recombination Between P700+ and A1- Occurs Directly to the Ground State of P700 in the Absence of FX, FB and FA" Biochemistry 32, 849-857.

Smart, L., Warren, P.V., Golbeck, J.H. and McIntosh, L. (1993) "Mutational Analysis of the Structure and Biogenesis of the Photosystem I Reaction Center in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 90, 1132-1136.

Warren, P. V., Smart, L. B., McIntosh, L. and Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "Site-Directed Conversion of Cysteine 565 to Serine in PsaB of Photosystem I Results in the Assembly of [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S} Clusters in FX. A Mixed-Ligand [4Fe-4S] Cluster is Capable of Electron Transfer to FA and FB" Biochemistry 32, 4411-4419.

Chitnis, V. P., Xu, Q., Yu, L., Golbeck, J. H., Nakamoto, H., Xie, D-L. and Chitnis, P. R. (1993) "Targeted Inactivation of the Gene psaL Encoding a Subunit of Photosystem I of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" J. Biol. Chem. 268, 11678-11684.

Zhao, J.D., Snyder, W. B., Mühlenhoff, U., Rhiel, E., Warren, P. V., Golbeck, J. H. and Bryant, D. A. (1993) "Cloning and Characterization of the psaE gene of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: Characterization of a psaE Mutant and Overproduction of the Protein in Escherichia coli." Molecular Microbiol. 9, 183-194.

Yu, L., Zhao, J., Lu, W., Bryant, D. A. and Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "Characterization of the [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S] Clusters in Unbound PsaC Mutants C14D and C51D. The Midpoint Potentials of the Single [4Fe-4S] Clusters are Identical to FA and FB in Bound PsaC of Photosystem I." Biochemistry 32, 8251-8258.

Yu, L., Zhao, J.D., Mühlenhoff, U., Bryant, D. A. and Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "PsaE is Required for Cyclic Electron Flow Around Photosystem I in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002" Plant Physiol. 103, 171-180.

Ikegami, I., Itoh, S., Warren, P. G and Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "Reconstitution of the Photosystem I Secondary Quinone Acceptor (A1) in the P700-FX Core Isolated from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301" Plant Cell Physiol. 34, 849-853.

Chitnis, V. P., Xu, Q., Yu, L., Golbeck, J. H., Nakamoto, H., Xie, D-L. and Chitnis, P. R. (1993) "Targeted Inactivation of the Gene psaL Encoding a Subunit of Photosystem I of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" J. Biol. Chem. 268, 11678-11684.

Golbeck, J. H. (1993) "Shared Thematic Elements in Photochemical Reaction Centers" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. 90, 1642-1646.

Herman, P.L., Adiwilaga, K., Golbeck, J. H. and Weeks, D. P. (1994) "Sequence of a psaC Gene from the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301" Plant Physiology 104, 1459-1461.

Kjaer, B., Jung, Y-S., Yu, L., Golbeck, J.H. and Scheller, H.V. (1994) "Iron-Sulfur Centers in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex from Chlorobium vibrioforme. Differences and Similarities to the Iron-Sulfur Centers in Photosystem I", Photosyn. Res. 41, 105-114.

Van der Est, A., Bock, C., Golbeck, J. H., Brettel, K., Sétif, P. and Stehlik, D. (1994) "Electron Transfer from the Acceptor A1 to the Iron-Sulfur Centers In Photosystem I as Studied by Transient EPR Spectroscopy." Biochemistry 33, 11789-11797.

Xu, Q., Jung, Y-S., Chitnis, V.P., Golbeck, J.H., Guikema, J.A. and Chitnis, P.R. (1994) "Mutational Analysis of the Photosystem I Polypeptides in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. I. Subunit Requirements for Reduction of NADP+ Mediated by Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin ", J. Biol. Chem. 269, 21512-21518.

Chen, G.-X., Blubaugh, D.J., Golbeck, J.H., Homann, P.H. and Cheniae, G.M. (1995) "Superoxide Dependent Rapid Loss of Photosystem II D1-Tytrosine 161 and D1-Histidine 190 Redox Activities During Photoinhibition of Hydroxylamine-Extracted Photosystem II Membranes" Biochemistry 34, 2317-2332.

Yu, L., Bryant, D., and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Evidence for a Mixed-Ligand [4Fe-4S] Cluster in the C14D Mutant Upon Rebinding to the P700-FX Core. Altered Reduction Potentials and EPR Properties of the FA and FB Clusters" Biochemistry 34, 7861-7868.

Vassiliev, I.R., Jung, Y-S., Smart, L.B., Schulz, R., McIntosh, L. and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Substitution of Serine at C556PsaB or C565PsaB in the FX Iron-Sulfur Cluster Leads to a Reduced Efficiency of Electron Transfer on The Acceptor Side of Photosystem I" Biophys. J. 69, 1544-1553.

Brettel, K. and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Spectral and Kinetic Characterization of Electron Acceptor A1 in a Photosystem I Core Devoid of Iron-Sulfur Centers FX, FB and FA" Photosyn. Res. 45, 183-193.

Mehari, T., Qiao, F., Scott, M.P., Jung, Y-S., Nellis, D., Zhao, J., Bryant, D. and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Modified Ligands to FA and FB in Photosystem I. I. Structural Constraints for the Formation of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Free and Rebound PsaC", J. Biol. Chem. 270, 28108-28117.

Yu, L., Vasseliev, I., Jung, Y-S., Bryant, D. and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Modified Ligands to FA and FB in Photosystem I. II. Identification of a Mixed-Ligand [4Fe-4S] Cluster in the C51D Mutant of PsaC After Rebinding to the P700-FX Core" J. Biol. Chem. 270, 28118-28125.

Yu, J., Smart, L. B., Jung, Y-S., Golbeck, J. H. and McIntosh, L. (1995) "Absence of the PsaC Subunit Allows Assembly of the Photosystem I Core but Prevents the Binding of PsaD in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803", Plant Mol. Biol. 29, 331-342.

Jung, Y-S., Yu, L. and Golbeck, J.H. (1995) "Reconstitution of Iron-Sulfur Center FB Results in Complete Restoration of NADP+ Photoreduction in Hg-Treated Photosystem I Complexes from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301" Photosynth. Res. 46, 249-255.

Naver, H., Scott, M.P., Golbeck, J.H., Miller, B. L. and Scheller, H.V. (1996) "Reconstitution of Barley Photosystem I with Modified PSI-C Allows Identification of Domains Interacting with PS I-D and PSI-A/B", J. Biol. Chem. 271, 8996-9001.

Chitnis, V.P., Jung, Y-S., Albee, L., Golbeck, J.H. and Chitnis, P.R (1996) "Mutational Analysis of Photosystem I Polypeptides: Role of PsaD and Lysyl 106 Residue in the Reductase Activity of Photosystem I" J. Biol. Chem. 271, 11772-11780.

Jung, Y-S., Vassiliev, I.R., Qiao, F., Yang, F., Bryant, D. and Golbeck, J.H. (1996) "Modified Ligands to FA and FB in Photosystem I. III. Chemical Rescue of a [4Fe-4S] Cluster using an External Thiolate in Alanine, Glycine and Serine Mutants of PsaC" J. Biol. Chem. 271, 31135-31144.

Wells, T.A., Losi, A., Dai, R., Scott, P.A., Anderson, M., Redepenning, J., Park, S-M., Golbeck, J.H. and Song, P-S. (1996) "Electron Transfer Quenching and Photoinduced EPR of Hypericin and Ciliate Photoreceptor Stentorin" J. Phys. Chem. A. 101, 366-372.

Vassiliev, I., Jung, Y-S., Mamedov, M.D., Semonov, A.Y., McIntosh, L. and Golbeck, J.H. (1997) "r820 Absorbance Changes and Electrogenic Reactions in the µsec-to-sec Time Domain in Photosystem I" Biophys. J. 72, 301-315.

Yu, J., Vassiliev, I., Jung, Y-S., Golbeck, J.H. and McIntosh, L. (1997) "Strains of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with Altered PsaC. I. Mutations Incorporated in the Cysteine Ligands of the Two [4Fe-4S] Clusters FA and FB of Photosystem I" J. Biol. Chem. 272, 8032-8039.

Jung, Y-S., Vassiliev, I., Yu, J., McIntosh, L. and Golbeck, J.H. (1997) "Strains of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with Altered PsaC. II. EPR and Optical Spectroscopic Properties of FA and FB in Aspartate, Serine and Alanine Replacements of Cysteines 14 and 51" J. Biol. Chem. 272, 8040-8049.

Scott, P., Scheller, H., Haver, H., and Golbeck, J.H. (1997) "Redox Titration of Two Photoactive [4Fe-4S] Clusters in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex of the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme" Eur. J. Biochem. 244, 454-461.

Jung, Y-S., Vassiliev, I. and Golbeck, J.H. (1997) "Crossover of High Spin (S = 7/2, 3/2) to Low Spin (S = 1/2) Iron-Selenium Clusters in FA and FB of Photosystem I upon Rebinding of PsaC onto P700-FX Cores" J. Biol. Inorganic Chem. 2, 209-217.

Rathinasabapathi, B., Burnet, M., Russel, B. L., Gage, D. A., Liao, P-C., Nye, G. J., Scott, P., Golbeck, J. H. and Hanson, A. D. (1997) "Molecular Cloning, Characterization and Expression of Choline Monooxygenase, an Unusual Iron-Sulfur Enzyme Catalyzing the First Step of Glycine Betaine Synthesis in Plants", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, U.S. 94, 3454-3458.

Yu, L., Golbeck, J.H., Yao, J. and Rusnak, F. (1997) "Spectroscopic and Enzymatic Characterization of Active Site of Dinuclear Metal Cluster of Calcineurin: Implications for a Mechanistic Role", Biochemistry 36, 10727-10734.

Gourovskaya, K.N., Mamedov, M. D., Vassiliev, I.R., Golbeck, J.H. and Semenov, A. Yu. (1997) "Electrogenic Reduction of the Primary Electron Donor P700+ in Photosystem I by Redox Dyes" FEBS Lett. 414, 193-196.

Kjaer, B., Frigaard, N-U., Yang, F., Zybailov, B., Miller, M., Golbeck, J.H. and Scheller, H.V. (1998) "Menaquinone-7 in the Reaction Center Complex of the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme Functions as the Electron Acceptor, A1". Biochemistry 37, 3237-3242.

Vassiliev, I.R., Jung, Y-S., Yang, F. and Golbeck, J.H. (1998) "PsaC is Oriented with Iron-Sulfur Cluster FB as the Immediate Electron Donor to Ferredoxin and Flavodoxin in Photosystem I" Biophys. J. 74, 2029-2035.

Mamedov, M. D., Gourovskaya, K.N., Vassiliev, I.R., Golbeck, J.H. and Semenov, A. Yu. (1998) "Electrogenicity Accompanies Photoreduction of the Iron-Sulfur Clusters FA and FB in Photosystem I" FEBS Lett. 431, 219-223.

Hays, A-M., Vassiliev, I.R., Golbeck, J.H. and Debus, R. (1998) "Role of D1-His190 in Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions in Photosystem II: A Chemical Complementation Study", Biochemistry 37, 11352-11365.

Xia, Z., Broadhurst, R.W., Laue, E.D., Bryant, B.D., Golbeck, J.H. and D.S. Bendall (1998) "Structure and Properties in Solution of PsaD, an Extrinsic Polypeptide of Photosystem I" Eur. J. Biochem. 255, 309-316.

Naver, H., Scott, M. P., Golbeck, J. H. and Scheller, H. V. (1998) "The Eight Amino Acid Internal Loop of PSI-C Mediates Association of Low Molecular Mass Iron-Sulfur Proteins with the P700-FX core in Photosystem I" J. Biol. Chem. 273, 18778-18783.

Yang, F., Shen, G., Schluchter, W.M., Zybailov, B.L., Ganago, A.O., Vassiliev, I., Bryant, D.A. and Golbeck, J. H. (1998) "Deletion of the PsaF Polypeptide Modifies the Environment of the Redox-Active Phylloquinone (A1). Evidence for Unidirectionality of Electron Transfer in Photosystem I" J. Phys. Chem. , Part B 102, 8288-8299.

Vassiliev, I.R., Jung, Y-S., Schulz, R., McIntosh, L. and Golbeck, J.H. (1999) "The Cysteine-Proximal Aspartates in the FX-binding Niche of Photosystem I. Effect of Alanine and Lysine Replacements on Photoautotrophic Growth, Electron Transfer Rates, Single-Turnover Flash Efficiency, and EPR Spectral Properties" J. Biol. Chem. 274 9993-10001.

Redding, K., Cournac, L., Vassiliev, I.R., Golbeck, J.H., Peltier, G. and Rochaix, J-D (1999) "Photosystem I is Indispensable for Photoautotrophic Growth, CO2 Fixation, and H2 Photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" J. Biol. Chem. 274 10466-10473.

Hays, A-M., Vassiliev, I.R., Golbeck, J.H. and Debus, R. (1999) "Role of D1-His190 in the Proton-Coupled Oxidation of Tyrosine YZ in Mn-Depleted Photosystem II" Biochemistry 38, 11851-11865.

Lakshmi, K. V., Jung, Y-S., Golbeck, J.H. and Brudvig, G.W. (1999) "Location of the Iron-Sulfur Clusters FAand FB in Photosystem I: An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of Spin Relaxation Enhancement of P700+" Biochemistry 38, 13210-13215.

Golbeck, J. H. (1999) "A Comparative Analysis of the Spin State Distribution of in vitro and in vivo mutants of PsaC. A Biochemical Argument for the Sequence of Electron Transfer as FX -> FA -> FB -> ferredoxin" Photosyn. Res. 61, 107-144.

Mamedova, A. A., Mamedov, M. D. , Gourovskaya, K. N., Vassiliev, I. R., Golbeck, J. H. and Semenov, A. Y. (1999) "Electrometrical Study of Electron Transfer from the Terminal FA/FB Iron- Sulfur Clusters to External Acceptors in Photosystem I" FEBS Lett 462:421-424.

Shenkarev, V., Vassiliev, I. and Golbeck, J. H. (2000) "A Kinetic Assessment of the Sequence of Electron Transfer From FX to FA and Further to FB in Photosystem I. The Value of the Equilibrium Constant Between FX and FA" Biophys. J. 78, 363-372.

Johnson, W. T., Shen, G., Zybailov, B., Kolling, D., Reategui, R., Beauparlant, S., Vassiliev, I. R., Bryant, D. A., Jones, A. D., Golbeck, J. H. and Chitnis, P. (2000) "Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I. I. Genetic and Physiological Characterization of Phylloquinone Biosynthetic Pathway Mutants in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" J. Biol. Chem. 275, 8523-8530.

Zybailov, B., van der Est, A., Zech, S. G., Teutloff, C., Johnson, W. T., Shen, G., Bittl, R., Stehlik, D., Chitnis, P. and Golbeck, J. H. (2000) "Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I. II. Structural and Functional Characterization of Phylloquinone Biosynthetic Pathway Mutants by EPR and ENDOR Spectroscopy" J. Biol. Chem. 275, 8531-8539.

Vassiliev, I. R., Ronan, M. T., Hauska, G. and Golbeck, J. H. (2000) " Photoreduction of The Bound Iron-Sulfur Clusters In Green Sulfur Bacteria: Resolution of the g-Tensor for the Electron Acceptor FX in Chlorobium tepidum" Biophys. J. 78, 3160-3169.

Antonkine, M., Bentrop, D., Bertini, I., Bryant, D. A., Luchinat, C., Shen, G., Stehlik, D. and Golbeck, J. H. (2000) " Paramagnetic 1H NMR Spectroscopy of the Reduced, Unbound Photosystem I Subunit PsaC: Sequence Specific Assignment of Contact-Shifted Resonances and Identification of Mixed and Equal Valence Fe-Fe pairs in [4Fe-4S] Centers FA and FB" J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 5, 381-392.

Semenov, A. Y., Vassiliev, I. R., van der Est, A., Mamedov, M. D., Zybailov, B., Shen, G., Stehlik, D., Diner, B. A., Chitnis, P. R. and Golbeck, J. H. (2000) "Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I. III. Altered Kinetics of Electron Transfer in Phylloquinone Biosynthetic Pathway Mutants Studied by Time-Resolved Optical, EPR and Electrometric Techniques" J. Biol. Chem 275, 23429-23438.

Vassilieva, E. V., Antonkine, M. L., Zybailov, B. L., Yang, F., Jakobs, C., Golbeck, J. H. and Bryant, D. A. (2001) "Electron Transport May Occur in the Chlorosome Envelope: the CxmI and CsmJ Proteins of Chlorosomes are [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxins" Biochemistry 40, 464-473.

Vassiliev IR, Kjaer B, Schorner GL, Scheller HV, Golbeck JH 2001 Photoinduced transient absorption spectra of P840/P840+ and the FMO Protein in reaction centers of Chlorobium vibrioforme. Biophys. J. 81, 382-393.

Johnson, W., van der Est, A., Zybailov, B., Shen, G., Stehlik, D., Golbeck, J. and Chitnis, P. R. (2001) "Recruitment of a Foreign Quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I. IV. Displacement of Plastoquinone-9 by Phylloquinone in Media-Supplemented Precursors " J. Biol. Chem 276, 39512-39521.

Sakuragi Y, Zybailov B, Jones AD, Chitnis PR, Bittl R, Zech S, Stehlik D, Golbeck JH, Bryant DA. (2002) "Insertional inactivation of the menG Gene, encoding 2-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone methyltransferase of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, results in the incorporation of 2-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone into the A1 Site and alteration of the equilibrium constant between A1 and FX in Photosystem I", Biochemistry 41, 394-405.

Antonkine, M. L., Bentrop, D., Bertini, I., Luchinat, C., Shen, G., Bryant, D. A., Stehlik, D. and Golbeck, J. H. (2002) "Solution structure of the Unbound, Oxidized Photosystem I Subunit PsaC Containing [4Fe-4S] Clusters FA and FB. A Conformational Change Occurs upon Binding to Photosystem I". J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 7, 461-472.

Shen, G., Zhao, J., Reimer, S., Cai, Q., Golbeck, J. H. and Bryant, D. A. (2002) "Assembly of [4Fe-4S] Clusters in Photosystem I. I. Inactivation of the Gene Encoding a membrane-Associated Rubredoxin in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002" , J. Biol. Chem. 277, 20343-20354.

Shen, G., Antonkine, M. L., van der Est, A. J., Vassiliev, I. R., Brettel, K., Zhao, J. Stehlik, D., Bryant, D. and Golbeck, J. H. (2002) "Assembly of [4Fe-4S] Clusters in Photosystem I. II. Rubredoxin Is Required for Assembly of FX as Shown by Optical and EPR Spectroscopy" J. Biol. Chem. 277, 20455-20366.

Shinkarev, V. P., Zybailov, B. Vassiliev, I. R., Golbeck, J. H. 2002. "Modeling of the P700+ Charge Recombination Kinetics with Phylloquinone and Plastoquinone-9 in the A1 site of Photosytem I". Biophys. J. 83, 2885-2897

Johnson, T. W., Naithani, S., Zybailov, B., Jones, A. D., Golbeck, J. H. and Chitnis, P. 2003. "The menD and menE homologues code for 2-succinyl-6-hydroxyl-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate synthase and O-succinylbenzoic acid-CoA ligase in the phylloquinone biosynthetic pathway of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1557, 67-76

Antonkine M, Jordan P, Fromme P, Krauß N, Golbeck J, Stehlik D. 2003. "Assembly of protein subunits within the stromal ridge of Photosystem I. Structural changes between unbound and sequentially-bound PS I-bound polypeptides and correlated changes of the magnetic properties of the terminal iron-sulfur clusters". J. Mol. Biol. 327, 671-697

Yu, J., Shen, G,, Wang, T., Bryant, D., Golbeck, J. H. and McIntosh, L. 2003. "Suppressor Mutations in the Study of Photosystem I Biogenesis: sll0088 is a Previously Unidentified Gene Involved in Reaction Center Accumulation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" J. Bacteriol. 185, 3878-3887

Xu W, Chitnis P, Vaieva A, van der Est A, Pushkar J, Krzystyniak, M., Teutloff, C., Zech. S. G., Bittl, R., Stehlik D, Zybailov B, Shen G, and Golbeck J. 2003. Electron transfer in cyanobacterial Photosystem I: I. Physiological and spectroscopic characterization of forward electron transfer in a putative electron transfer pathway from A0 through A1 to FX. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 27864-27875

Xu W, Chitnis P, Vaieva A, van der Est A, Brettel, K., Guergova-Kuras, M., Pushkar J, Zech. S. G., Stehlik D, Shen G, Zybailov B, and Golbeck J. 2003. "Electron transfer in cyanobacterial photosystem I: II. Determination of forward electron transfer rates in a putative electron transfer pathway from A0 through A1 to FX." J. Biol. Chem. 278, 27876-27887

Salikhov, K.M., Pushkar, Y.N., Golbeck, J.H. and Stehlik, D. 2003. "Interpretation of Multifrequency Transient EPR Spectra of the P700+A0QK- State in Photosystem I Complexes with a Sequential Correlated Radical Pair Model: Wild-Type vs. A0 Mutants". Appl. Mag. Res. 24, 467-482.

van der Est, A., Valieva, A.I., Kandrashkin Yu E., Shen, G., Bryant, D., and Golbeck, J. 2003. "Removal of PsaF Alters Forward Electron Transfer in Photosystem I: Evidence for Fast Reoxidation of QK-A in Subunit Deletion Mutants of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002" Biochemistry 43, 1264-1275.

Wang, T., Shen, G., Balasubramanian, R., McIntosh, L., Bryant D. A., and Golbeck, J. H. 2003. "The sufR Gene (sll0088) in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 functions as a repressor for the expression of the sufBCDS operon in iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in cyanobacteria" J. Bact. 186 956-967.

Cohen R, Xu W, van der Est A, Stehlik D, Chitnis P, Golbeck J. 2004. “Evidence for Asymmetric Electron Transfer in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I: Analysis of a Methionine to Leucine Mutation of the Ligand to the Primary Electron Acceptor A0” Biochemistry 43, 4741-4754.

Golbeck, J., Antonkine, M., and Stehlik, D. 2004 ‘Breaking Biological Symmetry in Membrane Proteins: How PsaC Evolved to Orient Asymmetrically on the Photosystem I Core’ Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. 9, 24-28.

Pushkar, Y. N., Golbeck, J. H. and Stehlik, D. 2004”Asymmetric Binding of the Quinone Cofactor in Photosystem I Probed using 13C labeled Naphthoquinones” J. Phys. Chem. B. 108, 9439-9448.

Dashdorj, N, Xu, W., Cohen, R. O., Golbeck, J. H. and Savikhin, S. 2005 “Asymmetric electron transfer in cyanobacterial Photosystem I: Charge separation and secondary electron transfer dynamics of mutations near the primary electron acceptor A0” Biohys. J. 88, 1238-1249.

Sakuragi, Y., Zybailov, B., Shen, G., Bryant, D. A., Golbeck, J. H., Diner, B. A., Karygina, I., Pushkar, Y., and Stehlik, D. 2005. Recruitment of a foreign quinone into the A1 Site of Photosystem I. Characterization of a menB rubA double mutant in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 devoid of FX, FA and FB and containing plastoquinone or exchanged 9,10-anthraquinone. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 12371-12381.

Bautista, J.A., Rappaport, F., Guergova-Kuras, M., Cohen, R., Golbeck J.H., Wang, J., Béal, D. and Diner, B. 2005 “Biochemical and biophysical characterization of photosystem I from phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase deletion mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Evidence for PsaA- and PsaB-side electron transport in cyanobacteria.” J. Biol. Chem. 280, 20030-20041.

Heinnickel, M., Shen, G., Agalarov, R., and Golbeck J. H. 2005 “Resolution and Reconstitution of a Bound Fe/S Protein from the Photosynthetic Reaction Center of Heliobacterium modesticaldum” Biochemistry 44, 9950-9960.

Ishikita, H. Stehlik, D., Golbeck, J. H. and Knapp, E-W. 2005 “Electrostatic Influence of PsaC Protein Binding to the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer in Photosystem I” Biophys. J. 90, 1081-1089.

Balasubramanian, R., Shen, G., Bryant D. A. and Golbeck J.H. 2005“Regulatory Roles for IscA and SufA in Iron and Oxygen Homeostasis and Redox Stress Responses in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002”, J. Bact. 188, 3182-3191.

Ishikita, H., Stehlik, D., Golbeck, J. H. and Knappe, E-W. (2006) "Electrostatic Influence of PsaC Protein Binding to the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer in Photosystem I" Biophys. J. 90, 1081-1089.

Balasubramanian, R., Shen, G., Bryant D. A. and Golbeck J.H. (2006) "Regulatory Roles for IscA and SufA in Iron and Oxygen Homeostasis and Redox Stress Responses in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002", J. Bact. 188, 3182-3191.

Heinnickel, M., Agalarov, R., Svensen, N., Krebs, C. and Golbeck J. H. (2006) "Identification of FX in the Heliobacterial Reaction Center as a [4Fe-4S] Cluster with an S = 3/2 Ground Spin State" Biochemistry. 45, 6756-6764.

Shen, G., and Golbeck, J. H. (2006) Assembly of the Bound Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Photosystem I, in Photosystem I: The Light-Driven Plastocyanin (Cytochrome c6):Ferredoxin (Flavodoxin) Oxidoreductase (Golbeck, J. H., Ed.) pp 529-547, Springer, Dordrecht.

Antokine, M., and Golbeck, J. H. (2006) Molecular Interactions of the Stromal Subunit PsaC with the PsaA/PsaB Heterodimer, in Photosystem I: The Light- The Light-Driven Plastocyanin (Cytochrome c6):Ferredoxin (Flavodoxin) Oxidoreductase (Golbeck, J. H., Ed.) pp 79-98, Springer, Dordrecht.

Karyagina, I., Golbeck, J. H., Srinivasan, N., Stehlik, D., and Zimmermann, H. (2007) "Single-Sided Hydrogen-Bonding to the Quinone Cofactor in Photosystem I Probed by Selective 13C-Laballed Naphthoquinones and Transient EPR" Appl. Mag. Res. (in press).

Heinnickel, M., Agalarov, R., Shen, G., and Golbeck, J. H. (2007) Identification of the pshB gene Encoding the Protein that Harbors Two [4Fe-4S] clusters That Function as the Terminal Electron Acceptors FA and FB in Heliobacterium modedescaldum. Biochemistry (in press).

Antonkine, M., Maes, E., Czernuszewicz, R., Breitenstein, C., Bill, E., Falzone, C., Balasubramanian, R., Yang, F., Bryant, D. A., and Golbeck J. (2007) Chemical Rescue of a Site-Modified Ligand to a [4Fe-4S] Cluster in PsaC, a Bacerial-like Dicluster Ferredoxin. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. (in review).

Stehlik, D., Salikhov, K., and Golbeck J. H.(2007) Quantum Teleportation across a Biological Membrane by means of Correlated Spin Pair Dynamics in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Appl. Magn. Reson. (in review).

Karyagina, I., Pushkar, Y. N., Stehlik, D., Wyndhamm, I., van der Est, A., Ishikita, H., Jaganathan, B., Agaralov, R., and Golbeck, J. H. (2007) Protein-Cofactor Interactions in Photosystem I. Contribution of the Distant Protein Environment to the Midpoint Potentials of the A1A and A1B Phylloquinones and the Fx Iron-Sulfur Cluster J. Biol. Chem., (in review).

 

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