| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Introduction Introduction James Barber and A. William Rutherford Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1125–1128. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2227.PMCID: PMC2459217 Research Articles The structure of the Mn4Ca2+ cluster of photosystem II and its protein environment as revealed by X-ray crystallography James Barber and James W Murray Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1129–1138. Published online 2007 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2208.PMCID: PMC2614106 High-resolution structure of the photosynthetic Mn4Ca catalyst from X-ray spectroscopy Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Yulia Pushkar, Kenneth Sauer, Pieter Glatzel, Uwe Bergmann, Johannes Messinger, Athina Zouni, and Vittal K Yachandra Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1139–1147. Published online 2007 October 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2209.PMCID: PMC2614107 QM/MM computational studies of substrate water binding to the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II Eduardo M Sproviero, Katherine Shinopoulos, José A Gascón, James P McEvoy, Gary W Brudvig, and Victor S Batista Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1149–1156. Published online 2007 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2210.PMCID: PMC2614095 Multifrequency electron spin-echo envelope modulation studies of nitrogen ligation to the manganese cluster of photosystem II Gregory J Yeagle, M. Lane Gilchrist, Jr, Lee M Walker, Richard J Debus, and R. David Britt Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1157–1166. Published online 2007 October 18. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2211.PMCID: PMC2614105 Focusing the view on nature's water-splitting
catalyst Samir Zein, Leonid V Kulik, Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Yulia Pushkar, Athina Zouni, Vittal K Yachandra, Wolfgang Lubitz, Frank Neese, and Johannes Messinger Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1167–1177. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2212.PMCID: PMC2614100 Glutamate-354 of the CP43 polypeptide interacts with the oxygen-evolving Mn4Ca cluster of photosystem II: a preliminary characterization of the Glu354Gln mutant Melodie A Strickler, Hong Jin Hwang, Robert L Burnap, Junko Yano, Lee M Walker, Rachel J Service, R. David Britt, Warwick Hillier, and Richard J Debus Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1179–1188. Published online 2007 October 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2213.PMCID: PMC2614098 FTIR detection of water reactions in the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II Takumi Noguchi Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1189–1195. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2214.PMCID: PMC2614091 Site-directed mutations at D1-His198 and D1-Thr179 of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: deciphering the spectral properties of the PSII reaction centre Eberhard Schlodder, William J Coleman, Peter J Nixon, Rachel O Cohen, Thomas Renger, and Bruce A Diner Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1197–1202. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2215.PMCID: PMC2614104 Low-temperature photochemistry in photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus induced by visible and near-infrared light Alain Boussac, Miwa Sugiura, Thanh-Lan Lai, and A. William Rutherford Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1203–1210. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2216.PMCID: PMC2614093 Water oxidation chemistry of photosystem II Gary W Brudvig Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1211–1219. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2217.PMCID: PMC2614092 Mechanism and energy diagram for O–O bond formation in the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II Per E.M Siegbahn Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1221–1228. Published online 2007 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2218.PMCID: PMC2614101 Investigation of substrate water interactions at the high-affinity Mn site in the photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex Sonita Singh, Richard J Debus, Tom Wydrzynski, and Warwick Hillier Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1229–1235. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2219.PMCID: PMC2614096 On the structure of the manganese complex of photosystem II: extended-range EXAFS data and specific atomic-resolution models for four S-states Holger Dau, Alexander Grundmeier, Paola Loja, and Michael Haumann Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1237–1244. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2220.PMCID: PMC2614103 Redox interaction of Mn–bicarbonate complexes with reaction centres of purple bacteria A.A Khorobrykh, V.V Terentyev, S.K Zharmukhamedov, and V.V Klimov Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1245–1251. Published online 2007 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2221.PMCID: PMC2614090 Calcium controls the assembly of the photosynthetic water-oxidizing
complex: a cadmium(II) inorganic mutant of the Mn4Ca
core John E Bartlett, Sergei V Baranov, Gennady M Ananyev, and G. Charles Dismukes Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1253–1261. Published online 2007 October 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2222.PMCID: PMC2614102 Why did Nature choose manganese to make oxygen? Fraser A Armstrong Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1263–1270. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2223.PMCID: PMC2614089 Using small molecule complexes to elucidate features of photosynthetic water oxidation Kristof Meelich, Curtis M Zaleski, and Vincent L Pecoraro Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1271–1281. Published online 2007 October 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2224.PMCID: PMC2614097 Coupled electron transfers in artificial photosynthesis Leif Hammarström and Stenbjörn Styring Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1283–1291. Published online 2007 October 18. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2225.PMCID: PMC2614099 A ligand field chemistry of oxygen generation by the oxygen-evolving complex and synthetic active sites Theodore A Betley, Yogesh Surendranath, Montana V Childress, Glen E Alliger, Ross Fu, Christopher C Cummins, and Daniel G Nocera Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 March 27; 363(1494): 1293–1303. Published online 2007 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2226.PMCID: PMC2614088 |