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Biological water-oxidizing complex: a nano-sized manganese–calcium oxide in a protein environment

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The resolution of Photosystem II (PS II) crystals has been improved using isolated PS II from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vulcanus. The new 1.9 Å resolution data have provided detailed information on the structure of the water-oxidizing complex (Umena et al. Nature 473: 55–61, 2011). The atomic level structure of the manganese–calcium cluster is important for understanding the mechanism of water oxidation and to design an efficient catalyst for water oxidation in artificial photosynthetic systems. Here, we have briefly reviewed our knowledge of the structure and function of the cluster.

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M. M. Najafpour and A. Nemati Moghaddam are grateful to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences for financial support. This study was also supported by Grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Nos: 11-04-01389a, 11-04-92690a, and 12-04-92101a), by BMBF (No: 8125) Bilateral Cooperation between Germany and Russia, and by Brain Pool Program of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MEST) and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology (KOFST) to SIA. C–H Lee is grateful for the support by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea grant funded by MEST (No. 2012-0004968).

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Najafpour, M.M., Moghaddam, A.N., Yang, Y.N. et al. Biological water-oxidizing complex: a nano-sized manganese–calcium oxide in a protein environment. Photosynth Res 114, 1–13 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-012-9778-x

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