Oxygen, which supports all aerobic life, is produced by photosynthetic water oxidation in
plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. The water-oxidation reaction probably first appeared in …

Carotenoids (CARs) are a group of pigments that perform several important physiological
functions in all kingdoms of living organisms. CARs serve as protective agents, which are …

Photosystem II is the site of photosynthetic water oxidation and contains 20 subunits with a
total molecular mass of 350 kDa. The structure of photosystem II has been reported at …

Biogenesis of photosystem II (PSII), nature's water-splitting catalyst, is assisted by auxiliary
proteins that form transient complexes with PSII components to facilitate stepwise assembly …

Transmembrane (TM) helices of integral membrane proteins can facilitate strong and
specific noncovalent protein–protein interactions. Mutagenesis and structural analyses have …

Photosynthesis is a sustainable process that converts light energy into chemical energy.
Substantial research efforts are directed towards the application of the photosynthetic …

The photosystem II core complex is the water: plastoquinone oxidoreductase of oxygenic
photosynthesis situated in the thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria, algae and plants. It …

The thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms, which are the sites of oxygenic
photosynthesis, are composed of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) …

Photosynthesis converts solar energy into chemical energy to sustain all life on earth by
providing oxygen and food, and controlling the atmospheric carbon dioxide. During this …

The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in the membrane-bound protein complex photosystem
II (PSII) catalyzes the water oxidation reaction that takes place in oxygenic photosynthetic …