2008
Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Study of the Catalytic Cycle of Water Splitting in Photosystem II
Sproviero EM, Gascón JA, McEvoy JP, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Study of the Catalytic Cycle of Water Splitting in Photosystem II. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2008, 130: 3428-3442. PMID: 18290643, DOI: 10.1021/ja076130q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstrate water moleculesWater moleculesMu-oxo bridgeOxygen-evolving complexWater splittingQuantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) hybrid methodsQuantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics StudySolar fuel production systemsPhotosystem IIX-ray diffraction structureMolecular mechanics studySecond coordination shellCyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatusOxomanganese clusterDioxygen evolutionTerminal ligandsXRD structureCatalytic clustersCP43-R357Ligand exchangeCatalytic reactionCatalytic cycleReaction intermediatesS0 stateNucleophilic attack
2005
The mechanism of photosynthetic water splitting
McEvoy J, Gascon J, Batista V, Brudvig G. The mechanism of photosynthetic water splitting. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2005, 4: 940-949. PMID: 16307106, DOI: 10.1039/b506755c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComputer SimulationManganeseModels, MolecularOxidation-ReductionOxygenPhotosynthesisWaterConceptsProtein complex photosystem IIOxygen-evolving complexWater splittingPhotosynthetic water splittingGreen plant chloroplastsMolecular mechanics calculationsPhotosynthetic light reactionsRecent experimental resultsElectron transfer pathwayX-ray crystallographic modelSource of electronsProton concentration gradientPlant chloroplastsProduct protonsMechanics calculationsOxygenic photosynthesisDioxygen gasThylakoid lumenAerobic lifeElectronsThylakoid membranesCatalytic mechanismChemical energyPhotosystem IIManganese ions
1999
Mapping RNA−Protein Interactions in Ribonuclease P from Escherichia coli Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy †
Gopalan V, Kühne H, Biswas R, Li H, Brudvig G, Altman S. Mapping RNA−Protein Interactions in Ribonuclease P from Escherichia coli Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy †. Biochemistry 1999, 38: 1705-1714. PMID: 10026248, DOI: 10.1021/bi9807106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesComputer SimulationElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyEndoribonucleasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein FoldingRibonuclease PRibonucleoproteinsRNA, BacterialRNA, CatalyticSpin LabelsStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsM1 RNAC5 proteinRibonuclease PCysteine residuesEscherichia coliRNA-protein interfaceCatalytic RNA subunitNative cysteine residuesSulfhydryl-specific reagentsCatalytic ribonucleoproteinRNA subunitHoloenzyme complexRNP complexesProtein cofactorsMutant derivativesDeletion derivativesRNASpin labelsProteinSpectroscopy-based approachRibonucleoproteinResiduesPosition 16Coli