2024
Water Ligands Regulate the Redox Leveling Mechanism of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of the Photosystem II
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Modeling the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. Redox chemistry and ligand binding of biologically relevant manganese tetramers
Thorp H, Kulawiec R, Brudvig G, Crabtree R. Modeling the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. Redox chemistry and ligand binding of biologically relevant manganese tetramers. Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry 1989, 36: 226. DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(89)84235-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research