| Literature DB >> 17082458 |
Junko Yano1, Jan Kern, Kenneth Sauer, Matthew J Latimer, Yulia Pushkar, Jacek Biesiadka, Bernhard Loll, Wolfram Saenger, Johannes Messinger, Athina Zouni, Vittal K Yachandra.
Abstract
The oxidation of water to dioxygen is catalyzed within photosystem II (PSII) by a Mn(4)Ca cluster, the structure of which remains elusive. Polarized extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements on PSII single crystals constrain the Mn(4)Ca cluster geometry to a set of three similar high-resolution structures. Combining polarized EXAFS and x-ray diffraction data, the cluster was placed within PSII, taking into account the overall trend of the electron density of the metal site and the putative ligands. The structure of the cluster from the present study is unlike either the 3.0 or 3.5 angstrom-resolution x-ray structures or other previously proposed models.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17082458 PMCID: PMC3963817 DOI: 10.1126/science.1128186
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728