Photosystem II assembly: from cyanobacteria to plants

J Nickelsen, B Rengstl - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is an integral-membrane, multisubunit complex that initiates electron
flow in oxygenic photosynthesis. The biogenesis of this complex machine involves the …

Transition metals in plant photosynthesis

I Yruela - Metallomics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Transition metals are involved in essential biological processes in plants since they are
cofactors of metalloproteins and also act as regulator elements. Particularly, plant …

Structural insights into photosystem II assembly

J Zabret, S Bohn, SK Schuller, O Arnolds, M Möller… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Structural insights into a dimeric Psb27-photosystem II complex from a cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vulcanus

G Huang, Y Xiao, X Pi, L Zhao, Q Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit pigment-protein complex and catalyzes light-driven
water oxidation, leading to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy and the …

Structural, functional and auxiliary proteins of photosystem II

C Pagliano, G Saracco, J Barber - Photosynthesis research, 2013 - Springer
Photosystem II (PSII) is the water-splitting enzyme complex of photosynthesis and consists of
a large number of protein subunits. Most of these proteins have been structurally and …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of photosystem II biogenesis in cyanobacteria

S Heinz, P Liauw, J Nickelsen, M Nowaczyk - Biochimica Et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Photosystem II (PSII), a large multisubunit membrane protein complex found in the thylakoid
membranes of cyanobacteria, algae and plants, catalyzes light-driven oxygen evolution from …

The biogenesis and maintenance of PSII: Recent advances and current challenges

J Komenda, R Sobotka, PJ Nixon - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The growth of plants, algae and cyanobacteria relies on the catalytic activity of the oxygen-
evolving photosystem two (PSII) complex which uses solar energy to extract electrons from …

The role of Ca2+ and protein scaffolding in the formation of nature's water oxidizing complex

AP Avramov, HJ Hwang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Photosynthetic O2 evolution is catalyzed by the Mn4CaO5 cluster of the water oxidation
complex of the photosystem II (PSII) complex. The photooxidative self-assembly of the …

Structure and function of the hydrophilic Photosystem II assembly proteins: Psb27, Psb28 and Ycf48

PD Mabbitt, SM Wilbanks, JJ Eaton-Rye - Plant physiology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Photosystem II (PS II) is a macromolecular complex responsible for light-driven
oxidation of water and reduction of plastoquinone as part of the photosynthetic electron …

The PsbP and PsbQ family proteins in the photosynthetic machinery of chloroplasts

K Ifuku - Plant physiology and biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The PsbP and PsbQ proteins are extrinsic subunits of the photosystem II in
eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms including higher plants, green algae and euglena. It …