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Nicholas Cox1, Johannes Messinger.
Abstract
This brief article aims at presenting a concise summary of all experimental findings regarding substrate water-binding to the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II. Mass spectrometric and spectroscopic results are interpreted in light of recent structural information of the water oxidizing complex obtained by X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy and theoretical modeling. Within this framework current proposals for the mechanism of photosynthetic water-oxidation are evaluated. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Metals in Bioenergetics and Biomimetics Systems.Entities:
Keywords: Mechanism of water oxidation; Mn(4)CaO(5) cluster; Oxygen evolving complex (OEC); Photosystem II; Substrate water binding; Water oxidizing complex (WOC)
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23380392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.01.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002