A tetramanganese cluster (Mn4) resides at the active site of photosystem II (PSII) in green
plants and in certain bacteria and algae. It catalyzes the light-driven water oxidation reaction …

Given the well-defined enzymology of the manganese catalases and recent advances in the
structural biology of these proteins, this is an excellent area for corroborative modeling of the …

The synthesis and characterisation of supramolecular model systems mimicking the light
reactions on the donor side of Photosystem II (PSII) in green plants have been reviewed. In …

Photoinhibition of PSII occurs at the same quantum efficiency from very low to very high light,
which raises a question about how important is the rate of photosynthetic electron transfer in …

Light drives photosynthesis, but at the same time, light also damages the photosynthesis
machinery. The damaging reaction is termed photoinhibition, and its target is Photosystem II …

Protonation states of water ligands and oxo bridges are intimately involved in tuning the
electronic structures and oxidation potentials of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) in …

Understanding the mechanisms of dioxygen activation at the metal centers is important for
unraveling the mechanisms of metal-containing oxidases and oxygenases, synthesizing …

The photosynthetic processes that lead to water oxidation involve an evolution in time from
photon dynamics to photochemically-driven electron transfer to coupled electron/proton …

The physical organic chemistry and spectroscopic features of the ligand phenoxyl are
reviewed. Some well‐characterized metalloproteins known to contain tyrosyl radicals are …

Lipoxygenases are mononuclear non-heme metalloenzymes that regio-and
stereospecifically convert 1, 4-pentadiene subunit-containing fatty acids into alkyl peroxides …