2017
Antimony Complexes for Electrocatalysis: Activity of a Main‐Group Element in Proton Reduction
Jiang J, Materna K, Hedström S, Yang K, Crabtree R, Batista V, Brudvig G. Antimony Complexes for Electrocatalysis: Activity of a Main‐Group Element in Proton Reduction. Angewandte Chemie 2017, 129: 9239-9243. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMain group catalysisRedox-active ligandsMain group complexesQuantum chemistry calculationsMain group elementsViable electrocatalystsPorphyrin ligandChemistry calculationsHydroxy ligandsElectrocatalysis applicationsProton reductionCatalytic propertiesAntimony complexesRedox activityAxial ligandsCatalytic cycleSb centerLigandsCatalysisComplexesElectrocatalysisElectrocatalystsPorphyrinsReactionAcid
2000
Assignment of the Q y Absorbance Bands of Photosystem II Chromophores by Low-Temperature Optical Spectroscopy of Wild-Type and Mutant Reaction Centers †
Stewart D, Nixon P, Diner B, Brudvig G. Assignment of the Q y Absorbance Bands of Photosystem II Chromophores by Low-Temperature Optical Spectroscopy of Wild-Type and Mutant Reaction Centers †. Biochemistry 2000, 39: 14583-14594. PMID: 11087414, DOI: 10.1021/bi001246j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacteriochlorophyllsBenzoquinonesCold TemperatureCyanobacteriaElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyFree RadicalsFreezingGlutamineHistidineLight-Harvesting Protein ComplexesMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOxidation-ReductionPhotosynthetic Reaction Center Complex ProteinsPhotosystem II Protein ComplexSpectrophotometryTyrosineConceptsAbsorbance bandPhotosystem IIHydrogen bonding environmentOptical spectroscopyReaction center chromophoresRedox-active cofactorsDouble difference spectraLow temperature optical spectroscopyNumber of chromophoresRedox-active quinonesMutant reaction centersRedox stateRC chromophoresAxial ligandsCryogenic optical spectroscopyChromophore positionProtein environmentPSII preparationsSpectral assignmentsElectrochromic effectAccessory ChlElectronic structureChromophoreChromophore interactionsPhotosynthetic RCs
1998
Identification of Histidine 118 in the D1 Polypeptide of Photosystem II as the Axial Ligand to Chlorophyll Z †
Stewart D, Cua A, Chisholm D, Diner B, Bocian D, Brudvig G. Identification of Histidine 118 in the D1 Polypeptide of Photosystem II as the Axial Ligand to Chlorophyll Z †. Biochemistry 1998, 37: 10040-10046. PMID: 9665709, DOI: 10.1021/bi980668e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectron paramagnetic resonanceAxial ligandsChlorophyll ZPhotosystem IIRR spectraLow-temperature electron paramagnetic resonanceWild-type Photosystem IIRedox-active tyrosinesReaction centersEfficiency of photooxidationResonance Raman spectroscopyPSII complexesIR absorbance spectraD2 polypeptidesBacterial reaction centersParamagnetic resonanceRR signatureRaman spectroscopyAccessory ChlInfrared absorbanceQuantum yieldAbsorbance bandLigandsIR excitationLow-temperature illumination