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Substrate water binding and oxidation in photosystem II

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This mini review presents a general introduction to photosystem II with an emphasis on the oxygen evolving complex. An attempt is made to summarise what is currently known about substrate interaction in the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II in terms of the nature of the substrate, the timing and the location of its binding. As the nature of substrate water binding has a direct bearing on the mechanism of O–O bond formation in PSII, a discussion of O–O bond formation follows the summary of current opinion in substrate interaction.

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Abbreviations

BBY:

Berthold Babcock and Yocum PSII enriched membrane preparation

EPR:

Electron paramagnetic resonance

ENDOR:

Electron nuclear double resonance

ESEEM:

Electron spin echo envelope modulation

ESE-ENDOR:

Electron spin echo electron nuclear double resonance

EXAFS:

Extended X-ray absorption fine structure

FTIR:

Fourier transform infrared

HYSCORE:

Hyperfine sublevel correlation

MLS:

Multiline signal

MIMS:

Membrane inlet mass spectrometry

MM:

Molecular mechanics

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

PSII:

Photosystem II

QM:

Quantum mechanics

RC:

Reaction centre

RH:

Relative humidity

WOC:

Water oxidising complex

RIXS:

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

XANES:

X-Ray absorption near edge spectroscopy

XES:

X-ray emission spectroscopy

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The author would like to thank T. Wydrzynski for helpful discussions and the invitation to submit this review. W. Hillier for helpful discussions. The Australian Research Council. ILM was supported by an Australian postgraduate award.

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McConnell, I.L. Substrate water binding and oxidation in photosystem II. Photosynth Res 98, 261–276 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-008-9337-7

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