2024
Photochemical Oxidation of Substrate Water Analogs and Halides by Photosystem II
Shin J, Kanyo J, Debus R, Brudvig G. Photochemical Oxidation of Substrate Water Analogs and Halides by Photosystem II. Advanced Energy Materials 2024 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202401292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWater oxidation catalysisRedox-active cofactorsOxidation catalysisWater oxidationSubstrate photooxidationProtein-pigment complexesRedox chemistryPhotochemical reductionSubstrate waterNative PSIISmall moleculesO 2 evolutionHalidesO-2ChloridePhotooxidationPhotochemical oxidationPSII complexesBound chlorideKinetic profilesPhotosystem IISubstratePutative water channelsCatalystCatalysis
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
1989
Molecular basis of the heat denaturation of photosystem II.
Thompson L, Blaylock R, Sturtevant J, Brudvig G. Molecular basis of the heat denaturation of photosystem II. Biochemistry 1989, 28: 6686-95. PMID: 2675973, DOI: 10.1021/bi00442a023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential scanning calorimetryPSII complexesMembrane proteinsMn complexesAntenna proteinsThermal gel analysisElectron paramagnetic resonance measurementsGel analysisMembrane protein complexesMajor membrane proteinParamagnetic resonance measurementsElectron transport chainRelease of MnWater oxidationA2 peakHydroxide ionPSII membranesProtein complexesAqueous phaseComponent essentialSolubility propertiesDSC studiesMolecular basisEPR experimentsPSII core