2001
Mechanism of photosynthetic water oxidation: combining biophysical studies of photosystem II with inorganic model chemistry
Vrettos J, Limburg J, Brudvig G. Mechanism of photosynthetic water oxidation: combining biophysical studies of photosystem II with inorganic model chemistry. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2001, 1503: 229-245. PMID: 11115636, DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00214-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCrystallographyElectron TransportHemerythrinHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsManganeseModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularOrganometallic CompoundsOxidation-ReductionOxygenPhotosynthesisPhotosynthetic Reaction Center Complex ProteinsPhotosystem II Protein ComplexProtonsThylakoidsTyrosineWaterConceptsPhotosynthetic water oxidationWater oxidationOxygen-evolving complexProton-coupled electron transferTetranuclear manganese clusterMu-oxo bridgePhotosystem IIReduction of manganeseOOH speciesWater moleculesElectron transferModel chemistryManganese clusterNucleophilic attackDiferric siteFerric hydroperoxideOxidationD1 polypeptideBiophysical studiesOxyhemerythrinBiophysical resultsStructural modelDioxygenChemistryProtonation
1998
A Structural and Mechanistic Model of the O2-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Szalai V, Stone D, Brudvig G. A Structural and Mechanistic Model of the O2-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II. 1998, 1403-1406. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3953-3_331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectron paramagnetic resonanceMn4 clusterO bond-forming stepReactivity of MnBond-forming stepWater oxidation siteWater/hydroxidePhotosystem II membranesPoint-dipole approximationMN4 complexesElectron transferO speciesParamagnetic resonanceEPR signalS2 stateSpectral simulationsPhotosystem IIYZComplexesMn atomsStructural modelCluster orientationChemistryHydroxideAtoms