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Pennsylvania State University: State College, Pennsylvania, US

2022-01-01 to present | Assistant Research Professor (Chemistry)
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Michael Gorka

Works (14)

Light-induced H 2 generation in a photosystem I-O 2 -tolerant [FeFe] hydrogenase nanoconstruct

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Tristen D. Rumbaugh; Michael J. Gorka; Carol S. Baker; John H. Golbeck; Alexey Silakov
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Shedding Light on Primary Donors in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

Frontiers in Microbiology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85117165581

Part of ISSN: 1664302X
Contributors: Gorka, M.; Baldansuren, A.; Malnati, A.; Gruszecki, E.; Golbeck, J.H.; Lakshmi, K.V.
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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

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85103789415

Part of ISSN: 18792650 00052728
Contributors: Gorka, M.; Gruszecki, E.; Charles, P.; Kalendra, V.; Lakshmi, K.V.; Golbeck, J.H.
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A Dimeric Chlorophyll Electron Acceptor Differentiates Type I from Type II Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

iScience
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Gorka; Philip Charles; Vidmantas Kalendra; Amgalanbaatar Baldansuren; K.V. Lakshmi; John H. Golbeck
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Generating dihydrogen by tethering an [FeFe]hydrogenase via a molecular wire to the A<sub>1A</sub>/A<sub>1B</sub> sites of photosystem I

Photosynthesis Research
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85074697519

Part of ISSN: 15735079 01668595
Contributors: Gorka, M.; Golbeck, J.H.
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Control of electron transfer by protein dynamics in photosynthetic reaction centers

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2020-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Gorka; Dmitry A. Cherepanov; Alexey Yu Semenov; John H. Golbeck
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Multiple pathways of charge recombination revealed by the temperature dependence of electron transfer kinetics in cyanobacterial photosystem I

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85068251014

Part of ISSN: 18792650 00052728
Contributors: Milanovsky, G.; Gopta, O.; Petrova, A.; Mamedov, M.; Gorka, M.; Cherepanov, D.; Golbeck, J.H.; Semenov, A.
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Critical evaluation of electron transfer kinetics in P<sub>700</sub>–F<sub>A</sub>/F<sub>B</sub>, P<sub>700</sub>–F<sub>X</sub>, and P<sub>700</sub>–A<sub>1</sub> Photosystem I core complexes in liquid and in trehalose glass

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054197097

Part of ISSN: 18792650 00052728
Contributors: Kurashov, V.; Gorka, M.; Milanovsky, G.E.; Johnson, T.W.; Cherepanov, D.A.; Semenov, A.Y.; Golbeck, J.H.
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Mutations in algal and cyanobacterial Photosystem I that independently affect the yield of initial charge separation in the two electron transfer cofactor branches

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85032979545

Part of ISSN: 18792650 00052728
Contributors: Badshah, S.L.; Sun, J.; Mula, S.; Gorka, M.; Baker, P.; Luthra, R.; Lin, S.; van der Est, A.; Golbeck, J.H.; Redding, K.E.
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Michael Gorka via Scopus - Elsevier

Ultrafast Energy Transfer Involving the Red Chlorophylls of Cyanobacterial Photosystem I Probed through Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018-09-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Yumin Lee; Michael Gorka; John H. Golbeck; Jessica M. Anna
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Effect of Dehydrated Trehalose Matrix on the Kinetics of Forward Electron Transfer Reactions in Photosystem i

Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85012253712

Part of ISSN: 09429352
Contributors: Shelaev, I.; Gorka, M.; Savitsky, A.; Kurashov, V.; Mamedov, M.; Gostev, F.; Möbius, K.; Nadtochenko, V.; Golbeck, J.; Semenov, A.
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Electron transfer from the A<sub>1A</sub> and A<sub>1B</sub> sites to a tethered Pt nanoparticle requires the FeS clusters for suppression of the recombination channel

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947708660

Part of ISSN: 18732682 10111344
Contributors: Gorka, M.; Perez, A.; Baker, C.S.; Ferlez, B.; Van Der Est, A.; Bryant, D.A.; Golbeck, J.H.
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Light-mediated hydrogen generation in photosystem I: Attachment of a naphthoquinone-molecular wire-Pt nanoparticle to the A<sub>1A</sub> and A <sub>1B</sub> sites

Biochemistry
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84898866539

Part of ISSN: 15204995 00062960
Contributors: Gorka, M.; Schartner, J.; Van Der Est, A.; Rögner, M.; Golbeck, J.H.
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Microwave assisted synthesis of tetrahydrofuran via acid catalyzed cyclodehydration of 1,4-butanediol

ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
2008 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-77955603676

Part of ISSN: 00657727
Contributors: Gorka, M.J.; Smith, P.M.
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