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 …

Even though light is the source of energy for photosynthesis, it can also be harmful to plants.
Light-induced damage is targetted mainly to Photosystem II and leads to inactivation of …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential micronutrient with many functional roles in plant
metabolism. Manganese acts as an activator and co-factor of hundreds of metalloenzymes …

At the core of many important energy conversion processes in chemistry and biology are
oxidation-reduction reactions in which both electrons and protons are transferred. An …

Life on earth is almost entirely solar-powered. We can get some idea of the enormous
quantity of energy received from the sun by noting that during daylight hours, the sun …

Far-red light (FRL) photoacclimation in cyanobacteria provides a selective growth
advantage for some terrestrial cyanobacteria by expanding the range of photosynthetically …

The essential involvement of manganese in photosynthetic water oxidation was implicit in
the observation by Pirson in 1937 that plants and algae deprived of Mn in their growth …

The. llltl'.. l inlportallt Itlnclioll o| nl; lllg, lllC~, C ill biology is to catalyze Iht conxcrsion ot water
to molecular oxygen. Thb, process t;. ikc~, place in l'tlolos~ Mem II near the lumenal surface …

Biogenesis of photosystem II (PSII), nature's water-splitting catalyst, is assisted by auxiliary
proteins that form transient complexes with PSII components to facilitate stepwise assembly …

Revealing the blueprint of photosynthesis Page 1 PROGRESS Revealing the blueprint of
photosynthesis J. Barber & B, Andersson Recent research has revealed the nature of the …