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Indirect interactions involving the PsbM or PsbT subunits and the PsbO, PsbU and PsbV proteins stabilize assembly and activity of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
The low-molecular-weight PsbM and PsbT proteins of Photosystem II (PS II) are both located at the monomer-monomer interface of the mature PS II...
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The PsbJ protein is required for photosystem II activity in centers lacking the PsbO and PsbV lumenal subunits
Photosystem II (PS II) of oxygenic photosynthesis is found in the thylakoid membranes of plastids and cyanobacteria. The mature PS II complex...
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Effects of mutations of D1-R323, D1-N322, D1-D319, D1-H304 on the functioning of photosystem II in Thermosynechococcus vulcanus
Photosystem II (PSII) has a number of hydrogen-bonding networks connecting the manganese cluster with the lumenal bulk solution. The structure of...
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Effects of high-temperature stress on photosynthesis of a new variety "SF-2" in Neoporphyra haitanensis
With the intensification of global climate change, high-temperature weather has an increasing impact on the cultivation of seaweeds. In this study we...
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Proximity-based proteomics reveals the thylakoid lumen proteome in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
Cyanobacteria possess unique intracellular organization. Many proteomic studies have examined different features of cyanobacteria to learn about the...
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Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function
One of the reasons for the high efficiency and selectivity of biological catalysts arise from their ability to control the pathways of substrates and...
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Binding and functions of the two chloride ions in the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II
Light-driven water oxidation in photosynthesis occurs at the oxygen-evolving center (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). Chloride ions (Cl − ) are essential...
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Function of PsbO-Asp158 in photosystem II: effects of mutation of this residue on the binding of PsbO and function of PSII in Thermosynechococcus vulcanus
PsbO-D158 is a highly conserved residue of the PsbO protein in photosystem II (PSII), and participates in one of the hydrogen-bonding networks...
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Macromolecular conformational changes in photosystem II: interaction between structure and function
Conformational changes play an important role in the functioning of proteins and their complexes. This is also true for the pigment-protein...
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Structural insights into cyanobacterial photosystem II intermediates associated with Psb28 and Tsl0063
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit pigment–protein complex and catalyses light-induced water oxidation, leading to the conversion of light...
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Theoretical elucidation of the structure, bonding, and reactivity of the CaMn4Ox clusters in the whole Kok cycle for water oxidation embedded in the oxygen evolving center of photosystem II. New molecular and quantum insights into the mechanism of the O–O bond formation
This paper reviews our historical developments of broken-symmetry (BS) and beyond BS methods that are applicable for theoretical investigations of...
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Properties of Photosystem II lacking the PsbJ subunit
Photosystem II (PSII), the oxygen-evolving enzyme, consists of 17 trans-membrane and 3 extrinsic membrane proteins. Other subunits bind to PSII...
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Structural insights into photosystem II assembly
Biogenesis of photosystem II (PSII), nature’s water-splitting catalyst, is assisted by auxiliary proteins that form transient complexes with PSII...
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Comparison of PsbQ and Psb27 in photosystem II provides insight into their roles
Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes the oxidation of water at its active site that harbors a high-valent inorganic Mn 4 CaO x cluster called the...
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Mass spectrometry analysis of the photosystem II assembly factor Psb27 revealed variations in its lipid modification
The assembly of large, multi-cofactor membrane protein complexes like photosystem II (PSII) requires a high level of coordination. The process is...
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Taming the perils of photosynthesis by eukaryotes: constraints on endosymbiotic evolution in aquatic ecosystems
An ancestral eukaryote acquired photosynthesis by genetically integrating a cyanobacterial endosymbiont as the chloroplast. The chloroplast was then...
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Growth phase-dependent reorganization of cryptophyte photosystem I antennae
Photosynthetic cryptophytes are eukaryotic algae that utilize membrane-embedded chlorophyll a/c binding proteins (CACs) and lumen-localized...
