Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn 4 Ca Cluster
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- 3 November 2006
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 314 (5800) , 821-825
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128186
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.Keywords
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