Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

D Shevela, JF Kern, G Govindjee, J Messinger - Photosynthesis research, 2023 - Springer
Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it
sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for …

Reactivity of metal–oxo clusters towards biomolecules: from discrete polyoxometalates to metal–organic frameworks

DES Marcano, ND Savić, K Declerck… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–oxo clusters hold great potential in several fields such as catalysis, materials science,
energy storage, medicine, and biotechnology. These nanoclusters of transition metals with …

Exogenous selenium promotes cadmium reduction and selenium enrichment in rice: Evidence, mechanisms, and perspectives

F Huang, L Chen, Y Zhou, J Huang, F Wu, Q Hu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice, a global environmental issue, poses a significant threat
to human health due to its widespread presence and potential transfer through the food …

The evolution and evolvability of photosystem II

T Oliver, TD Kim, JP Trinugroho… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Photosystem II is the water-oxidizing and O2-evolving enzyme of photosynthesis. How and
when this remarkable enzyme arose are fundamental questions in the history of life that …

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of photosystem II from the mesophilic cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

CJ Gisriel, J Wang, J Liu, DA Flesher… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Photosystem II (PSII) enables global-scale, light-driven water oxidation. Genetic
manipulation of PSII from the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has …

Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f

CJ Gisriel, G Shen, MY Ho, V Kurashov… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Far-red light (FRL) photoacclimation in cyanobacteria provides a selective growth
advantage for some terrestrial cyanobacteria by expanding the range of photosynthetically …

New foundations for the physical mechanism of variable chlorophyll a fluorescence. Quantum efficiency versus the light-adapted state of photosystem II

G Garab, M Magyar, G Sipka… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons to fix CO2.
Although the structure at atomic resolution and the basic photophysical and photochemical …

Molecular photocatalytic water splitting by mimicking photosystems I and II

YH Hong, YM Lee, W Nam… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In nature, water is oxidized by plastoquinone to evolve O2 and form plastoquinol in
Photosystem II (PSII), whereas NADP+ is reduced by plastoquinol to produce NADPH and …

Lighting the way: compelling open questions in photosynthesis research

NA Eckardt, Y Allahverdiyeva, CE Alvarez… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthesis—the conversion of energy from sunlight into chemical energy—is essential
for life on Earth. Yet there is much we do not understand about photosynthetic energy …