John Golbeck
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

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328 Frear South
University Park, PA - jhg5@psu.edu
- 814-865-1163
Research Summary
Light reactions in photosynthesis. Structure and function of photosystem I and the heliobacterial reaction center. Regulation and bioassembly of iron-sulfur clusters in cyanobacteria and plants. Plant and bacterial metalloproteins. Generation using Photosystem I, hydrogenase, and molecular wire technology.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Electrons Photosystem I Protein Complex Proteins Membranes Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins Light Chlorophyll Genes Electron Transfer Protein Synechococcus Oxygen Peptides Bacteriochlorophylls Solar Energy Molecule Chlorophyll F Nanowires Molecules Cofactor Histidine Carotenoids Ligands Photons Chlorophyll A'Most Recent Papers
QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTALLY PERSISTENT FREE RADICALS (EPFRS) OF SUBMICRON COAL DUST
S. Azam, S. Liu, V. Kurashov, J. H. Golbeck, S. Bhattacharyya, R. Zhang, 2022, on p. 439-443
Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f
Christopher J. Gisriel, Gaozhong Shen, Ming Yang Ho, Vasily Kurashov, David A. Flesher, Jimin Wang, William H. Armstrong, John H. Golbeck, Marilyn R. Gunner, David J. Vinyard, Richard J. Debus, Gary W. Brudvig, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
EPR of Type I photosynthetic reaction centers
John H. Golbeck, Art van der Est, 2022, on p. 413-450
Acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus to low light in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. strain
Nathan Soulier, Karim Walters, Tatiana N. Laremore, Gaozhong Shen, John H. Golbeck, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Photosynthesis Research
Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f.
C Gisriel, G Shen, M Ho, V Kurashov, D Flesher, J Wang, W Armstrong, John Golbeck, M Gunner, D Vinyard, R Debus, G Brudvig, D Bryant, 2021, THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY on p. 101424
Shedding Light on Primary Donors in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Michael Gorka, Amgalanbaatar Baldansuren, Amanda Malnati, Elijah Gruszecki, John H. Golbeck, K. V. Lakshmi, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
Symmetry breaking in photosystem I
Dmitry A. Cherepanov, Ivan V. Shelaev, Fedor E. Gostev, Victor A. Nadtochenko, Wu Xu, John H. Golbeck, Alexey Yu Semenov, 2021, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences on p. 1209-1227
Liposome-based measurement of light-driven chloride transport kinetics of halorhodopsin
Hasin Feroz, Bryan Ferlez, Hyeonji Oh, Hossein Mohammadiarani, Tingwei Ren, Carol S. Baker, John P. Gajewski, Daniel J. Lugar, Sandeep B. Gaudana, Peter Butler, Jonas Hühn, Matthias Lamping, Wolfgang J. Parak, Michael R. Blatt, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Nicholas Smirnoff, Harish Vashisth, John H. Golbeck, Manish Kumar, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
A dimeric chlorophyll electron acceptor differentiates type I from type II photosynthetic reaction centers
Michael Gorka, Philip Charles, Vidmantas Kalendra, Amgalanbaatar Baldansuren, K. V. Lakshmi, John H. Golbeck, 2021, iScience
Two-dimensional HYSCORE spectroscopy reveals a histidine imidazole as the axial ligand to Chl<sub>3A</sub> in the M688H<sub>PsaA</sub> genetic variant of Photosystem I
Michael Gorka, Elijah Gruszecki, Philip Charles, Vidmantas Kalendra, K. V. Lakshmi, John H. Golbeck, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
Most-Cited Papers
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 nanowires are outer membrane and periplasmic extensions of the extracellular electron transport components
Sahand Pirbadian, Sarah E. Barchinger, Kar Man Leung, Hye Suk Byun, Yamini Jangir, Rachida A. Bouhenni, Samantha B. Reed, Margaret F. Romine, Daad A. Saffarini, Liang Shi, Yuri A. Gorby, John H. Golbeck, Mohamed Y. El-Naggar, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12883-12888
Structure of a symmetric photosynthetic reaction center-photosystem
Christopher Gisriel, Iosifina Sarrou, Bryan Ferlez, John H. Golbeck, Kevin E. Redding, Raimund Fromme, 2017, Science on p. 1021-1025
Vipp1 is essential for the biogenesis of Photosystem I but not thylakoid membranes in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
Shuyi Zhang, Gaozhong Shen, Zhongkui Li, John H. Golbeck, Donald A. Bryant, 2014, Journal of Biological Chemistry on p. 15904-15914
Isolation and characterization of homodimeric type-I reaction center complex from Candidatus chloracidobacterium thermophilum, an aerobic chlorophototroph
Yusuke Tsukatani, Steven P. Romberger, John H. Golbeck, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Journal of Biological Chemistry on p. 5720-5732
PoreDesigner for tuning solute selectivity in a robust and highly permeable outer membrane pore
Ratul Chowdhury, Tingwei Ren, Manish Shankla, Karl Decker, Matthew Grisewood, Jeevan Prabhakar, Carol Baker, John H. Golbeck, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Manish Kumar, Costas D. Maranas, 2018, Nature Communications
Incorporation of a high potential quinone reveals that electron transfer in Photosystem I becomes highly asymmetric at low temperature
Sam Mula, Anton Savitsky, Klaus Möbius, Wolfgang Lubitz, John H. Golbeck, Mahir D. Mamedov, Alexey Yu Semenov, Art Van Der Est, 2012, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences on p. 946-956
Purification of the photosynthetic reaction center from Heliobacterium modesticaldum.
Iosifina Sarrou, Zahid Khan, John Cowgill, S. Lin, Daniel Brune, Steven Romberger, John H. Golbeck, Kevin E. Redding, 2012, Photosynthesis Research on p. 291-302
Regulation of gene expression in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during electron acceptor limitation and bacterial nanowire formation
Sarah E. Barchinger, Sahand Pirbadian, Christine Sambles, Carol S. Baker, Kar Man Leung, Nigel J. Burroughs, Mohamed Y. El-Naggar, John H. Golbeck, 2016, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 5428-5443
Two-dimensional protein crystals for solar energy conversion
Patrick O. Saboe, Carolyn E. Lubner, Nicholas S. McCool, Nella M. Vargas-Barbosa, Hengjing Yan, Stanley Chan, Bryan Ferlez, Guillermo C. Bazan, John H. Golbeck, Manish Kumar, 2014, Advanced Materials on p. 7064-7069
Characterization of chlorophyll f synthase heterologously produced in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
Gaozhong Shen, Daniel P. Canniffe, Ming Yang Ho, Vasily Kurashov, Art van der Est, John H. Golbeck, Donald A. Bryant, 2019, Photosynthesis Research on p. 77-92