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Oxygen-evolving photosystem II structures during S1–S2–S3 transitions — Nature

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Key
li-2024-psii-s-states
Authors
Li, Hongjie; Shen, Jian-Ren
Issued
2024
Type
article-journal
Container
Nature
Volume
626
Pages
670-677
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1038/s41586-023-06987-5",
  "note": "Many additional authors; see DOI.",
  "page": "670-677",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "Oxygen-evolving photosystem II structures during S1–S2–S3 transitions",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "Hongjie",
      "family": "Li"
    },
    {
      "given": "Jian-Ren",
      "family": "Shen"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2024
      ]
    ]
  },
  "volume": "626",
  "container-title": "Nature"
}

Claims

  1. Photosystem II oxidizes water through a four-step cycle of S states (S0 to S4) at the Mn4CaO5 cluster, with an extra oxygen (O6) incorporated at the S3 state to form a possible dioxygen. Pump-probe serial femtosecond crystallography was used to follow structural changes from nanoseconds to milliseconds after illumination.
    "Photosystem II (PSII) catalyses the oxidation of water through a four-step cycle of Si states (i = 0-4) at the Mn4CaO5 cluster, during which an extra oxygen (O6) is incorporated at the S3 state to form a possible dioxygen."
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