Water-splitting chemistry of photosystem II

JP McEvoy, GW Brudvig - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
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 …

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 …

Recent advances in understanding the assembly and repair of photosystem II

PJ Nixon, F Michoux, J Yu, M Boehm… - Annals of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Photosystem II (PSII) is the light-driven water: plastoquinone
oxidoreductase of oxygenic photosynthesis and is found in the thylakoid membrane of …

Kinetics and pathways of charge recombination in photosystem II

F Rappaport, M Guergova-Kuras, PJ Nixon… - Biochemistry, 2002 - ACS Publications
The mechanism of charge recombination of the S2QA-state in photosystem II was
investigated by modifying the free energy gap between the quinone acceptor QA and the …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for psbA gene expression in cyanobacteria, green algae and higher plants: from transcription to PSII repair

P Mulo, I Sakurai, EM Aro - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Photosystem (PS) II of cyanobacteria, green algae and higher plants is prone to light-
induced inactivation, the D1 protein being the primary target of such damage. As a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lipids in photosystem II

N Mizusawa, H Wada - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2012 - Elsevier
The thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms, which are the sites of oxygenic
photosynthesis, are composed of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) …

Identification and roles of photosystem II assembly, stability, and repair factors in Arabidopsis

Y Lu - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multi-component pigment-protein complex that is responsible for
water splitting, oxygen evolution, and plastoquinone reduction. Components of PSII can be …

Effects of Extracellular pH on the Metabolic Pathways in Sulfur-Deprived, H2-Producing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cultures

S Kosourov, M Seibert, ML Ghirardi - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Sustained photoproduction of H2 by the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, can be
obtained by incubating cells in sulfur-deprived medium [Ghirardi et al.(2000b) Trends …

ATP is a driving force in the repair of photosystem II during photoinhibition

N Murata, Y Nishiyama - Plant, cell & environment, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Repair of photosystem II (PSII) during photoinhibition involves replacement of
photodamaged D1 protein by newly synthesized D1 protein. In this review, we summarize …

[HTML][HTML] The biogenesis and assembly of photosynthetic proteins in thylakoid membranes

FA Wollman, L Minai, R Nechushtai - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 1999 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photosynthesis is an energy-transducing process whereby light energy is trapped
and converted into biochemical energy. This multi-step process encompasses a series of …