2019
N,N,O Pincer Ligand with a Deprotonatable Site That Promotes Redox‐Leveling, High Mn Oxidation States, and a Mn2O2 Dimer Competent for Catalytic Oxygen Evolution
Lant H, Michaelos T, Sharninghausen L, Mercado B, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. N,N,O Pincer Ligand with a Deprotonatable Site That Promotes Redox‐Leveling, High Mn Oxidation States, and a Mn2O2 Dimer Competent for Catalytic Oxygen Evolution. European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 2019: 2115-2123. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlkoxide moietyOxidation stateOxygen evolutionHigher Mn oxidation statesCatalytic oxygen evolutionO-pincer ligandMn oxidation statePincer ligandRedox levelingElectrochemical dataLow overpotentialProtonation stateProton lossEPR experimentsMn IIIO intermediateRelated seriesMn–VMn IIMoietyLigandsOverpotentialDicationCatalystCatalysis
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