Photosystem II: The machinery of photosynthetic water splitting

G Renger, T Renger - Photosynthesis research, 2008 - Springer
This review summarizes our current state of knowledge on the structural organization and
functional pattern of photosynthetic water splitting in the multimeric Photosystem II (PS II) …

Site selective and single complex laser-based spectroscopies: a window on excited state electronic structure, excitation energy transfer, and electron–phonon …

R Jankowiak, M Reppert, V Zazubovich… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In photosynthesis, light is harvested and its energy is used to produce the various biological
components that support nearly all life on earth. It is oxygenic photosynthesis that led to the …

Kinetics and mechanism of electron transfer in intact photosystem II and in the isolated reaction center: pheophytin is the primary electron acceptor

AR Holzwarth, MG Müller, M Reus… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanism and kinetics of electron transfer in isolated D1/D2-cytb559 photosystem
(PS) II reaction centers (RCs) and in intact PSII cores have been studied by femtosecond …

Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis

JR Reimers, M Biczysko, D Bruce, DF Coker… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological
capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device …

[HTML][HTML] Optical properties, excitation energy and primary charge transfer in photosystem II: theory meets experiment

T Renger, E Schlodder - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this review we discuss structure–function relationships of the core complex of
photosystem II, as uncovered from analysis of optical spectra of the complex and its …

[HTML][HTML] Charge separation in photosystem II core complexes induced by 690–730 nm excitation at 1.7 K

JL Hughes, P Smith, R Pace, E Krausz - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2006 - Elsevier
The illumination of oxygen-evolving PSII core complexes at very low temperatures in
spectral regions not expected to excite P680 leads to charge separation in a majority of …

Charge separation and energy transfer in the photosystem II core complex studied by femtosecond midinfrared spectroscopy

NP Pawlowicz, ML Groot, IHM Van Stokkum, J Breton… - Biophysical …, 2007 - cell.com
The core of photosystem II (PSII) of green plants contains the reaction center (RC) proteins
D1D2-cytb559 and two core antennas CP43 and CP47. We have used time-resolved visible …

[HTML][HTML] The primary donor of far-red photosystem II: ChlD1 or PD2?

M Judd, J Morton, D Nürnberg, A Fantuzzi… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Far-red light (FRL) Photosystem II (PSII) isolated from Chroococcidiopsis thermalis is studied
using parallel analyses of low-temperature absorption, circular dichroism (CD) and magnetic …

Lowest electronic states of the CP47 antenna protein complex of photosystem II: simulation of optical spectra and revised structural assignments

M Reppert, K Acharya, B Neupane… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present simulated steady-state absorption, emission, and nonresonant hole
burning (HB) spectra for the CP47 antenna complex of photosystem II (PS II) based on fits to …

The CP43 proximal antenna complex of higher plant photosystem II revisited: Modeling and hole burning study. I

NC Dang, V Zazubovich, M Reppert… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The CP43 core antenna complex of photosystem II is known to possess two quasi-
degenerate “red”-trap states (Jankowiak, R. et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2000, 104, 11805). It has …