[HTML][HTML] Charge separation in photosystem II: a comparative and evolutionary overview

T Cardona, A Sedoud, N Cox, AW Rutherford - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Our current understanding of the PSII reaction centre owes a great deal to comparisons to
the simpler and better understood, purple bacterial reaction centre. Here we provide an …

[HTML][HTML] Electron transfer and arrangement of the redox cofactors in photosystem I

K Brettel - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 1997 - Elsevier
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Light-adapted charge-separated state of photosystem II: structural and functional dynamics of the closed reaction center

G Sipka, M Magyar, A Mezzetti, P Akhtar, Q Zhu… - The Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons for life on
Earth. The photochemical reaction center of PSII is known to possess two stationary states …

Protein conformational dynamics probed by single-molecule electron transfer

H Yang, G Luo, P Karnchanaphanurach, TM Louie… - Science, 2003 - science.org
Electron transfer is used as a probe for angstrom-scale structural changes in single protein
molecules. In a flavin reductase, the fluorescence of flavin is quenched by a nearby tyrosine …

Light-induced structural changes in photosynthetic reaction center: implications for mechanism of electron-proton transfer

MHB Stowell, TM McPhillips, DC Rees, SM Soltis… - Science, 1997 - science.org
High resolution x-ray diffraction data from crystals of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides
photosynthetic reaction center (RC) have been collected at cryogenic temperature in the …

Structure and function of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres

G Feher, JP Allen, MY Okamura, DC Rees - Nature, 1989 - nature.com
The primary reaction of photosynthesis is light-driven charge separation, carried out in
reaction centres, which are complexes of integral membrane proteins and cofactors. The …

New foundations for the physical mechanism of variable chlorophyll a fluorescence. Quantum efficiency versus the light-adapted state of photosystem II

G Garab, M Magyar, G Sipka… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Photosystem II (PSII) uses solar energy to oxidize water and delivers electrons to fix CO2.
Although the structure at atomic resolution and the basic photophysical and photochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Light-induced quinone reduction in photosystem II

F Müh, C Glöckner, J Hellmich, A Zouni - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2012 - Elsevier
The photosystem II core complex is the water: plastoquinone oxidoreductase of oxygenic
photosynthesis situated in the thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria, algae and plants. It …

[HTML][HTML] Proton and electron transfer in bacterial reaction centers

MY Okamura, ML Paddock, MS Graige… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2000 - Elsevier
The bacterial reaction center couples light-induced electron transfer to proton pum**
across the membrane by reactions of a quinone molecule QB that binds two electrons and …

Bacterial reaction centers purified with styrene maleic acid copolymer retain native membrane functional properties and display enhanced stability

DJK Swainsbury, S Scheidelaar… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Integral membrane proteins often present daunting challenges for biophysical
characterization, a fundamental issue being how to select a surfactant that will optimally …