Five-coordinate MnIV intermediate in the activation of nature’s water splitting cofactor

The low spin - high spin equilibrium in the S 2 -state of the water oxidizing enzyme

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Structural Effects of Ammonia Binding to the Mn4CaO5 Cluster of Photosystem II

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The S2 to S3 transition for water oxidation in PSII (photosystem II), revisited

(2018) Per E. M. Siegbahn   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Structures of the intermediates of Kok’s photosynthetic water oxidation clock

(2018) Jan Kern et al.   NATURE

Monitoring the Reaction Process During the S2 → S3 Transition in Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

(2017) Hiroki Sakamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The First State in the Catalytic Cycle of the Water-Oxidizing Enzyme: Identification of a Water-Derived μ-Hydroxo Bridge

(2017) Thomas Lohmiller et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL

(2017) Michihiro Suga et al.   NATURE

S3 State of the O2-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II: Insights from QM/MM, EXAFS, and Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction

(2016) Mikhail Askerka et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Room-Temperature Energy-Sampling Kβ X-ray Emission Spectroscopy of the Mn4Ca Complex of Photosynthesis Reveals Three Manganese-Centered Oxidation Steps and Suggests a Coordination Change Prior to O2 Formation

(2016) Ivelina Zaharieva et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Sequential and Coupled Proton and Electron Transfer Events in the S2 → S3 Transition of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Revealed by Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

(2016) Ivelina Zaharieva et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Redox-coupled substrate water reorganization in the active site of Photosystem II—The role of calcium in substrate water delivery

(2016) Ilke Ugur et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Recent developments in biological water oxidation

(2016) Montserrat Pérez-Navarro et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Mechanism of Water Delivery to the Active Site of Photosystem II along the S2 to S3 Transition

(2016) Matteo Capone et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A five-coordinate Mn(iv) intermediate in biological water oxidation: spectroscopic signature and a pivot mechanism for water binding

(2016) Marius Retegan et al.   Chemical Science

Interaction of methanol with the oxygen-evolving complex: atomistic models, channel identification, species dependence, and mechanistic implications

(2016) Marius Retegan et al.   Chemical Science

Characterization of the Sr2+- and Cd2+-Substituted Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II by Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Calculations

(2015) Fabio Pitari et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Reorganization of Substrate Waters between the Closed and Open Cubane Conformers during the S2 to S3 Transition in the Oxygen Evolving Complex

(2015) Matteo Capone et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Ammonia Binds to the Dangler Manganese of the Photosystem II Oxygen-Evolving Complex

(2015) Paul H. Oyala et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of the Interaction of Methanol with the S2 State of the Mn4O5Ca Cluster of Photosystem II

(2014) Paul H. Oyala et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That D1-Asp61 Influences the Water Reactions of the Oxygen-Evolving Mn4CaO5 Cluster of Photosystem II

(2014) Richard J. Debus   BIOCHEMISTRY

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

(2014) Michihiro Suga et al.   NATURE

Pathway for Mn-cluster oxidation by tyrosine-Z in the S2 state of photosystem II

(2014) D. Narzi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Electronic structure of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II prior to O-O bond formation

(2014) N. Cox et al.   SCIENCE

Biological Water Oxidation

(2013) Nicholas Cox et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Reflections on substrate water and dioxygen formation

(2013) Nicholas Cox et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Ammonia binding to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II identifies the solvent-exchangeable oxygen bridge ( -oxo) of the manganese tetramer

(2013) M. Perez Navarro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two Interconvertible Structures that Explain the Spectroscopic Properties of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II in the S2State

(2012) Dimitrios A. Pantazis et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Theoretical illumination of water-inserted structures of the CaMn4O5 cluster in the S2 and S3 states of oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II: full geometry optimizations by B3LYP hybrid density functional

(2012) H. Isobe et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Detection of the Water-Binding Sites of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Using W-Band 17O Electron–Electron Double Resonance-Detected NMR Spectroscopy

(2012) Leonid Rapatskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthetic model of the asymmetric [Mn3CaO4] cubane core of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II

(2012) S. Mukherjee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Alternating electron and proton transfer steps in photosynthetic water oxidation

(2012) A. Klauss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural–Functional Role of Chloride in Photosystem II

(2011) Ivan Rivalta et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The electronic structures of the S2 states of the oxygen-evolving complexes of photosystem II in plants and cyanobacteria in the presence and absence of methanol

(2011) Ji-Hu Su et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Effect of Ca2+/Sr2+Substitution on the Electronic Structure of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II: A Combined Multifrequency EPR,55Mn-ENDOR, and DFT Study of the S2State

(2011) Nicholas Cox et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9 Å

(2011) Yasufumi Umena et al.   NATURE

Structures and Energetics for O2Formation in Photosystem II

(2009) Per E. M. Siegbahn   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Effects of methanol on the S i -state transitions in photosynthetic water-splitting

(2008) Birgit Nöring et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

The manganese complex of photosystem II in its reaction cycle—Basic framework and possible realization at the atomic level

(2007) H DAU et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

FTIR detection of water reactions in the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II

(2007) T. Noguchi   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES