• Title of article

    Calcium in the oxygen-evolving complex: Structural and mechanistic role determined by X-ray spectroscopy

  • Author/Authors

    Vittal K. Yachandra، نويسنده , , Vittal K. and Yano، نويسنده , , Junko، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    51
  • To page
    59
  • Abstract
    This review describes the results from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy studies that have contributed to an understanding of the role of Ca in the photosynthetic water-oxidation reaction. The results include the first Mn, Ca and Sr X-ray spectroscopy studies using Ca or Sr-substituted PS II samples that established the presence of a MnCa heteronuclear structure and its orientation, and the most recent Sr X-ray spectroscopy study using biosynthetically prepared Sr-containing PS II in the various S-states that provide important insights into the requirement for Ca in the mechanism of the Mn4Ca catalytic center.
  • Keywords
    Calcium , Photosystem II , X-ray absorption spectroscopy , Manganese , oxygen-evolving complex
  • Journal title
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology
  • Record number

    1873686