Nano-sized manganese-calcium cluster in photosystem II

M. M. Najafpour; M. Z. Ghobadi; B. Haghighi; J. J. Eaton-Rye; T. Tomo; J. R. Shen; Suleyman Allakhverdiev

doi:10.1134/S0006297914040026

Nano-sized manganese-calcium cluster in photosystem II

M. M. Najafpour, M. Z. Ghobadi, B. Haghighi, J. J. Eaton-Rye, T. Tomo, J. R. Shen, Suleyman Allakhverdiev

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Abstract

Cyanobacteria, algae, and plants are the manufacturers that release O ₂ via water oxidation during photosynthesis. Since fossil resources are running out, researchers are now actively trying to use the natural catalytic center of water oxidation found in the photosystem II (PS II) reaction center of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms to synthesize a biomimetic supercatalyst for water oxidation. Success in this area of research will transcend the current bottleneck for the development of energy-conversion schemes based on sunlight. In this review, we go over the structure and function of the water-oxidizing complex (WOC) found in Nature by focusing on the recent advances made by the international research community dedicated to achieve the goal of artificial water splitting based on the WOC of PS II.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-336
Number of pages	13
Journal	Biochemistry (Moscow)
Volume	79
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297914040026
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

calcium
manganese
nano-sized manganese-calcium cluster
oxygen
photosynthesis
water oxidation
wateroxidizing complex

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Biochemistry

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