Harvey Jian-Min Hou

Assistant Professor

II-311A
(508) 999-8234; Lab: x8239

B.S. 1984, Wuhan University
Ph.D. 1993, Peking University

Research interests

Analytical Chemistry: Bioanalytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins

Recent Publications (total of 36 papers)

1. Harvey J.M. Hou, Gaozhong Shen, Vladimir A. Boichenko, John H. Golbeck and David Mauzerall (2009) Thermodynamics of charge separation of photosystem I in the menA and menB null mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 determined by pulsed photoacoustics, Biochemistry, 48, 1829-1837

2. Harvey J.M. Hou and David Mauzerall (2006) The A- F to FA/B Step in Synechocystis 6803 Photosystem I is Entropy Driven, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 1580-1586

3. Elsa C. Y. Yan, Manija A. Kazmi, Ziad Ganim, Jian-Min Hou, Douhai Pan, Belinda S. W. Chang, Thomas P. Sakmar, and Richard A. Mathies (2003) Counterion Switch in the Photoactivation of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 9262-9267

4. David Mauzerall, Jian-Min Hou, and Vladimir A. Boichenko (2002) Volume Changes and Electrostriction in the Primary Photoreactions of Various Photosynthetic Systems: Estimation of Dielectric Coefficient in Bacterial Reaction Centers and of the Observed Volume Changes With the Drude-Nernst Equation, Photosynthesis Research, 74, 173-180

5. Jian-Min Hou, Vladimir A. Boichenko, Ying-Chun Wang, Parag R. Chitnis, and David Mauzerall (2001) Thermodynamics of Electron Transfer in Oxygenic Photosynthetic Reaction Center: a Photoacoustic Study Revealed a Similarity to Bacterial Reaction Centers on Electron Transfer in Photosystem I in Both Volume Change and Entropy, Biochemistry, 40, 7109-7116

6. Jian-Min Hou, Vladimir A. Boichenko, Bruce A. Diner, and David Mauzerall (2001) Thermodynamics of Electron Transfer in Oxygenic Photosynthetic Reaction Center: Volume Change, Enthalpy and Entropy of Electron Transfer in Manganese-depleted Photosystem II Core Reaction Centers, Biochemistry, 40, 7117-7125

7. Vladimir A. Boichenko, Jian-Min Hou, and David Mauzerall (2001) Thermodynamics of electron transfer in oxygenic photosynthetic reaction center: volume change and energy storage in primary photosynthetic processes in the intact cells of cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803, Biochemistry, 40, 7126-7132

8. Sushma Naithani, Jian-Min Hou, and Parag R. Chitnis (2000) Targeted inactivation of the psaK1, psaK2 and psaM genes encoding subunits of photosystem I in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Photosynthesis Research, 63:225-236

 

 Last Updated On: 2/25/09