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2013

Structural Basis of Photosynthetic Water-Splitting

SOLAR CHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE (SOLCHES)
  • Jian-Ren Shen
  • ,
  • Yasufumi Umena
  • ,
  • Keisuke Kawakami
  • ,
  • Nobuo Kamiya

Volume
1568
Number
First page
31
Last page
34
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (international conference proceedings)
DOI
10.1063/1.4848085
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS

Photosynthetic water-splitting takes place in photosystem II (PSII), a membrane protein complex consisting of 20 subunits with an overall molecular mass of 350 kDa. The light-induced water-splitting reaction catalyzed by PSII not only converts light energy into biologically useful chemical energy, but also provides us with oxygen indispensible for sustaining oxygenic life on the earth. We have solved the structure of PSII at a 1.9 angstrom resolution, from which, the detailed structure of the Mn4CaO5-cluster, the catalytic center for water-splitting, became clear. Based on the structure of PSII at the atomic resolution, possible mechanism of light-induced water-splitting was discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4848085
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000331393400008&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1063/1.4848085
  • ISSN : 0094-243X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000331393400008

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