2022
How to correct relative voxel scale factors for calculations of vector-difference Fourier maps in cryo-EM
Wang J, Liu J, Gisriel CJ, Wu S, Maschietto F, Flesher DA, Lolis E, Lisi GP, Brudvig GW, Xiong Y, Batista VS. How to correct relative voxel scale factors for calculations of vector-difference Fourier maps in cryo-EM. Journal Of Structural Biology 2022, 214: 107902. PMID: 36202310, PMCID: PMC10226527, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-EM mapsAmino acid residuesAcid residuesCryo-electron microscopy mapIndividual amino acid residuesCyanobacteria Synechocystis spPCC 6803Synechocystis spMicroscopy mapsThermosynechococcus elongatusSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinLocal structural changesResiduesSpike proteinAtomic coordinatesElongatusSubunitsSpeciesProteinSpSimilar structureStructural changesBinding of the substrate analog methanol in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the D1-N87A genetic variant of cyanobacteria
Kalendra V, Reiss KM, Banerjee G, Ghosh I, Baldansuren A, Batista VS, Brudvig GW, Lakshmi KV. Binding of the substrate analog methanol in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the D1-N87A genetic variant of cyanobacteria. Faraday Discussions 2022, 234: 195-213. PMID: 35147155, DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00094b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxygen-evolving complexDensity functional theorySolar water-splitting protein complexTwo-dimensional hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopyPhotosystem IIQuantum mechanics/molecular mechanicsHyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopyWater oxidation reactionWater oxidationCatalytic clustersOxidation reactionSubstrate waterMolecular mechanicsCorrelation spectroscopyFunctional theorySubstrate analoguesLight energyMethanolComplexesReactionIntermediatesDetailed mechanismCatalystSpectroscopyWater
2021
High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of photosystem II from the mesophilic cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Gisriel CJ, Wang J, Liu J, Flesher DA, Reiss KM, Huang HL, Yang KR, Armstrong WH, Gunner MR, Batista VS, Debus RJ, Brudvig GW. High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of photosystem II from the mesophilic cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 119: e2116765118. PMID: 34937700, PMCID: PMC8740770, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116765118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyPhotosystem II Protein ComplexProtein ConformationSynechocystisConceptsCryo-electron microscopy structurePCC 6803Photosystem IIWater oxidationMicroscopy structureMesophilic cyanobacteriumHigh-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structuresOxygen-evolving photosystem IILight-driven water oxidationCyanobacterial photosystem IIHigh-resolution structuresD1 subunitPSII structureSynechocystis spLarge water channelsGenetic manipulationC-terminusBiophysical dataActive siteCyanobacteriumSpStructural pictureSubunitsOxidationWater channels