Professor Emeritus
B.A. Emory and Henry College, 1958
Ph.D. Microbiology, Duke University, 1962
Postdoctoral University of California at Berkeley, 1962-63
Principal Scientific Contributions
Buchanan, B.B., and Pine, L. (1962) Characterization of a propionic acid producing actinomycete, Actinomyces propionicus, sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 28, 305-323.
The organism, originally isolated from a case of lachrymal canaliculitis, was reclassified as Propionibacterium propionicus and later found by others to infect the middle ear and chest.
http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/28/2/305.long
Bachofen, R., Buchanan, B.B. and Arnon, D.I. (1964) Ferredoxin as a reductant in pyruvate synthesis by a bacterial extract. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 51, 690-694.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300141/pdf/pnas00178-0154.pdf
Evans, M.C.W., Buchanan, B.B. and Arnon, D.I. (1966) A new ferredoxin-dependent carbon reduction cycle in a photosynthetic bacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 55, 928-934.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC224252/
Buchanan, B.B., Kalberer, P.P. and Arnon, D.I. (1967) Ferredoxin-activated fructose diphosphatase in isolated chloroplasts. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 29, 74-79.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006291X67905438
Wolosiuk, R.A. and Buchanan, B.B. (1977) Thioredoxin and glutathione regulate photosynthesis in chloroplasts. Nature 266, 565-567.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v266/n5602/pdf/266565a0.pdf
• Role of thioredoxin in seed germination
Kobrehel, K., Wong, J.H., Balogh, A., Kiss, F., Yee, B.C. and Buchanan, B.B. (1992) Specific reduction of wheat storage proteins by thioredoxin h. Plant Physiol. 99, 919-924.
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/99/3/919.long
• Thioredoxin as a tool in biotechnology
Buchanan, B.B., Adamidi, C., Lozano, R.M., Yee, B.C., Momma, M., Kobrehel, K., Ermel, R. and Frick, O.L. (1997) Thioredoxin-linked mitigation of allergic responses to wheat. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc.i USA. 94, 5372-5377.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Proc.+Natl.+Acad.+Sc.i+USA.+94%...
Cho, M.-J., Wong, J.H., Marx, C., Jiang, W., Lemaux, P.G. and Buchanan, B.B. (1999) Overexpression of thioredoxin h leads to enhanced activity of starch debranching enzyme (pullulanase) in barley grain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 14641-14646.
http://www.pnas.org/content/99/25/16325.long
Specific Topics
- Diversity of Trx systems with an emphasis on their role in anaerobic archaea and bacteria and oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes.
Collaborator | Link | University |
Monica Balsera (CSIC, Salamanca, Spain) | www.irnasa.csic.es | |
Peter Schürmann (Université de Neuchâtel) | Université de Neuchâtel | |
Peggy G. Lemaux (UC Berkeley) | pmb.berkeley.edu |
- Improvement in cereal quality and yield by Trx:
Peggy G. Lemaux (UC Berkeley)
http://ucbiotech.org
Berkeley Citation - 2013
Lifetime Achievement Award - Rebeiz Foundation, 2012
Honorary Member - Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, 2009
Honorary Professor - Nanging University, 2009
Humboldt Research Award - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - 2007
Career Achievement Award - College of Natural Resources - 2007
Honorary Professor - Henan Agricultural University - Zhengzhou, China - 2007
Fellow - American Society of Plant Biologists - 2007
Fellow - American Academy of Microbiology – 2006
The Stephen Hales Prize - American Society of Plant Biologists - 2005
The William and Martha DeFriece Award - Emory and Henry College - 2005
Who’s Who in America - Marquis - 2004
Book Award - Association Trends - 2001
Silver Book Award - Society of National Association Publications - 2001
Bob B. Buchanan Annual Lecture - Dept. of Plant & Microbial Biology - 2000
Distinguished Achievement Award - Emory & Henry College - 2000
Charles F. Kettering Award for Excellence in Photosynthesis - American Society of Plant
Biologists (formerly Plant Physiologists) - 1998
Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1997
Fellow - American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1997
Member - National Academy of Sciences - 1995
Bessenyei Medal - György Bessenyei College/Hungarian Ministry of Education - 1987
Fellowship - Organisation de Cooperation et Developpement Economiques - 1986
Senior Scientist Award - National Science Foundation - 1984
Special Creativity Award - National Science Foundation - 1982
Fellowship - Guggenheim Foundation - 1974
Fellowship - National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral - 1962
Fellowship - National Institutes of Health Predoctoral - 1960
Fellowship - Duke University – 1958-59
Bob B. Buchanan
Berkeley, California 94720-3102