2022
Binding of the substrate analog methanol in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the D1-N87A genetic variant of cyanobacteria
Kalendra V, Reiss KM, Banerjee G, Ghosh I, Baldansuren A, Batista VS, Brudvig GW, Lakshmi KV. Binding of the substrate analog methanol in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the D1-N87A genetic variant of cyanobacteria. Faraday Discussions 2022, 234: 195-213. PMID: 35147155, DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00094b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxygen-evolving complexDensity functional theorySolar water-splitting protein complexTwo-dimensional hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopyPhotosystem IIQuantum mechanics/molecular mechanicsHyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopyWater oxidation reactionWater oxidationCatalytic clustersOxidation reactionSubstrate waterMolecular mechanicsCorrelation spectroscopyFunctional theorySubstrate analoguesLight energyMethanolComplexesReactionIntermediatesDetailed mechanismCatalystSpectroscopyWater
2020
The Mechanism of Substrate Delivery and Activation in the Solar Water Oxidation Reaction of Photosystem II
Lakshmi K, Kalendra V, Banerjee G, Ghosh I, Yang K, Batista V, Brudvig G. The Mechanism of Substrate Delivery and Activation in the Solar Water Oxidation Reaction of Photosystem II. Biophysical Journal 2020, 118: 610a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.3292.Peer-Reviewed Original Research