Melvin Okamura
Publications: 1980-1989[Back to home page]

18.      The electronic structure of Fe2+ in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. I. Static magnetization measurements; W.F. Butler, D.C. Johnston, H.B. Shore, D.R. Fredkin, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biophys. J. 32, 967-992 (December 1980).Melvin Okamura Publications: (1980-89)

19.      Interaction of cytochrome c with reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26. I. Determination of number of binding sites and dissociation constant by equilibrium dialysis; D. Rosen, M. Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochem. 19, 5687-5692 (1980).

20.      Mossbauer spectroscopy studies of photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26; Brian Boso, Peter Debrunner, Melvin Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 638, 173-177 (1981).

21.      The electronic structure of Fe2+ in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides II. Extended x-ray fine structure studies; P. Eisenberger, M. Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biophys. J. 37, 523-538 (February 1982).

22.      Quinone binding sites in reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria; M.Y. Okamura, R.J. Debus, D. Kleinfeld, and G. Feher; in Function of Quinones in Energy Conserving Systems (ed. Bernard L. Trumpower), Academic Press, N.Y., Chapter V, pp. 299-317 (1982).

23.      Reaction centers; M.Y. Okamura, G. Feher, and N. Nelson; in Photosynthesis: Energy Conversion by Plants and Bacteria, Volume 1, Govindjee, editor (Academic Press, N. Y.), Chapter 5, pp. 195-272 (1982).

24.      Localization of the secondary quinone binding site in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26 by antibody inhibition of electron transfer; R.J. Debus, G.E. Valkirs, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 682, #3, 500-503 (December 15, 1982).

25.      Interaction of cytochrome c with reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26: Localization of the binding site by chemical crosslinking and immunochemical studies; D. Rosen, M.Y. Okamura, E.C. Abresch, G.E. Valkirs, and G. Feher; Biochemistry 22, 335-341 (January 24, 1983).

26.      The electronic structure of Fe2+ in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides III. EPR measurements of the reduced acceptor complex; W.F. Butler, R. Calvo, D.R. Fredkin, R.A. Isaacson, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biophysical J.,45, 947-973 (May 1984).

27.      Structure and Function of the reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides; G. Feher and M.Y. Okamura; in Advances in Photosynthesis Research, Vol. II. chap. 3, pp. 155-164 (1984), C. Sybesma, editor; M. Nijhoff/W. Junk, Publishers (1984) (``Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Photosynthesis'' Brussels, Belgium, 1-6 August, 1983).

28.      Damping of oscillations in the semiquinone absorption in reaction centers after successive flashes: determination of the equilibrium between QA-QB and QAQB-; D. Kleinfeld, E.C. Abresch, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 765, 406-409 (1984).

29.      Electron transfer in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. I. Determination of the charge recombination pathway of D+QAQB- and free energy and kinetic relations between QA-QB and QAQB-; D. Kleinfeld, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 766 126-140 (1984).

30. On the Herbicide Binding Site in Bacterial Reaction Centers; M. Y. Okamura; In Biosynthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus: Molecular Biology, Development, and Regulation. (R. Hallick, L. A. Staehlin, and J. P. Thornber, Eds.), Alan R. Liss, New York, pp. 381-390 (1984).

31. LM complex of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26: characterization and reconstitution with the H subunit; R. J. Debus, G. Feher and M. Y. Okamura. Biochemistry 24, 2488-2500 (1985).

32.      The effect of an applied electric field on the rate of charge recombination in reaction centers incorporated in planar lipid bilayers; A. Gopher, Y. Blatt, M. Schönfeld, M.Y. Okamura, G. Feher, and M. Montal; Biophys. J. 48, 311-320 (1985).

33.      Electron Nuclear Double Resonance of Semiquinones in Reaction Centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides; W. Lubitz, E.C. Abresch, R.J. Debus, R.A. Isaacson, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher, Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 808, 464-469 (1985).

34.      Electron Transfer in Reaction Centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. II. Free Energy and Kinetic Relations between the Acceptor States QA-QB- and QAQB2-; D. Kleinfeld, M.Y. Okamura and G. Feher Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 809, 291-310 (1985).

35.      Reaction Centers from Triazine Resistant Strains of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides: Localization of the Mutation Site by Protein Hybridization Experiments; M.Y. Okamura, E.C. Abresch and R.J. Debus; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 810, 110-113 (1985).

36.      Charge Recombination Kinetics as a Probe of Protonation of the Primary Acceptor in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers; D. Kleinfeld, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher. Biophys. J. 48, 849-852 (1985).

37.      ENDOR of Semiquinones in Reaction Centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides; G. Feher, R.A. Isaacson, M.Y. Okamura, and W. Lubitz (1985); in Antennas and Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria - Structure, Interactions and Dynamics, Michel-Beyerle, Ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 174-189.

38.      Iron-depleted Reaction Centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides R-26.1: Characterization and Reconstitution with Fe2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ ; R. J. Debus, G. Feher and M.Y. Okamura; Biochemistry, 25, 2276-2287 (1986).

39.      Electron Transfer Reactions in Bacterial Photosynthesis; Charge Recombination Kinetics as a Structure Probe; G. Feher, M.Y. Okamura, and D. Kleinfeld; in Protein Structure: Molecular and Electronic Reactivity, (Presented at the Conference on Protein-Structure: Molecular and Electronic Reactivity, in Philadelphia, April 1985), Robert Austin, Ephraim Buhks, Britton Chance, Don DeVault, P. Leslie Dutton, Hans Frauenfelder and Vitallii I. Goldanskii, eds. (Springer Verlag), pp. 399-421 (1987).

40.      Primary Photochemistry of Iron-Depleted and Zinc-Reconstituted Reaction Centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides; C. Kirmaier, D. Holten, R.J. Debus, G. Feher, and M.Y. Okamura; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 83, 6407-6411 (1986).

41.      Isotope Effect on Electron Transfer in Reaction Centers from R. sphaeroides; M.Y. Okamura and G. Feher; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 83, 8152-8156 (1986).

42.      Evidence of the Primary Charge Separation in the D1D2 Complex of Photosystem II from Spinach: EPR of the Triplet State; M.Y. Okamura, K. Satoh, R.A. Isaacson and G. Feher; Progress in Photosynthesis Research, Vol. 1, pp. I.4.379-I.4.381 (Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Photosynthesis, Brown University, August 1986, Ed. J. Biggins), Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, 1987.

43.      Characterization of Three Herbicide Resistant Mutants of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides 2.4.1: Structure - Function Relationship; M.L. Paddock, J.C. Williams, S.H. Rongey, E.C. Abresch, G. Feher and M.Y. Okamura; Progress in Photosynthesis Research, Vol. 3, pp. III.11.775-III.11.778 (Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Photosynthesis, Brown University, August 1986, Ed. J. Biggins), Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, 1987.

44.      The Stark Effect in Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 and Rhodopseudomonas viridis; M. Lösche, G. Feher, M.Y. Okamura; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 84, 7537-7541 (1987).

45.      ENDOR of Exchangeable Protons of the Reduced Intermediate Acceptor in Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26; G. Feher, R.A. Isaacson, M.Y. Okamura, W. Lubitz (1988); in The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, Jacques Breton and Andre Vermeglio, editors; Plenum Press, Publishers, pp. 229-235. (Presented at the Conference on Structure of the Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, in Cadarache, France, September 1987.)

46.      The Stark Effect in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26, Rhodopseudomonas viridis and the D1 D2 Complex of Photosystem II from Spinach; M. Lösche, G. Feher, and M.Y. Okamura (1988); in The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, Jacques Breton and Andre Vermeglio, editors; Plenum Press, Publishers, pp. 151-164. (Presented at the Conference on Structure of the Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, in Cadarache, France, September 1987.)

47.      The Effect of an Electric Field on the Charge Recombination Rate of D+QA- to DQA in Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26; G. Feher, T.R. Arno and M.Y. Okamura; in The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, Jacques Breton and Andre Vermeglio, editors; Plenum Press, Publishers, pp. 271-287. (Presented at the Conference on Structure of the Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center, in Cadarache, France, September 1987.)

48.      Reaction Centers from Three Herbicide Resistant Mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: Sequence Analysis and Preliminary Characterization; M.L. Paddock, S.H. Rongey, E.C. Abresch, G. Feher and M.Y. Okamura; Photosynthesis Research 17, 75-96 (1988).

49.      Light-Induced Proton Uptake by Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26, I. Protonation of the One-Electron States D+QA- , DQA-, D+QAQB-, and DQAQB-; P.H. McPherson, M.Y. Okamura, and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 934, 348-368 (1988).

50.      Comparisons between Photosystem II and Bacterial Reaction Centers (December 1988); M.Y. Okamura and G. Feher; in: Table Ronde roussel-uclaf No. 63, Structure, Function and Molecular Mechanisms in Photosystem II; Institut Scientifique Roussel, Paris, France.

51.      Primary Processes in Bacterial Photosynthesis: Structure and Function of Reaction Centers; G. Feher, J.P. Allen, M.Y. Okamura and D.C. Rees; Nature, 339, 111-116 (1989).

52.      Pathway of Proton Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers: Replacement of Glutamic Acid 212 in the L Subunit by Glutamine Inhibits Quinone (Secondary Acceptor) Turnover; M.L. Paddock, S.H. Rongey, G. Feher and M.Y. Okamura; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 86, 6602-6606 (1989).

53.      ENDOR studies of the Intermediate Electron Acceptor Radical Anion I - in Photosystem II Reaction Centers; W. Lubitz, R.A. Isaacson, M.Y. Okamura, E.C. Abresch, M. Plato and G. Feher; Biochim. Biophys. Acta , 977, 227-232 (1989).

54.      Role of Specific Lysine Residues in Binding Cytochrome c2 to the Rhodobacter sphaeroides Reaction Center in Optimal Orientation for Rapid Electron Transfer; J.E. Long, B. Durham, M.Y. Okamura and F. Millet; Biochemistry 28, 6970-6974 (1989).