Photosystem II: the engine of life

J Barber - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2003 - cambridge.org
1. Introduction 712. Electron transfer in PS II 723.(Mn) 4cluster and mechanism of water
oxidation 734. Organization and structure of the protein subunits 755. Organization of …

The extrinsic polypeptides of photosystem II

A Seidler - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 1996 - Elsevier
Photosystem lI (PSII) is a pigment-protein complex found in the thylakoid membranes of
plants, algae and cyanobacteria which drives light-induced electron transfer from water to …

Structure of spinach photosystem II–LHCII supercomplex at 3.2 Å resolution

X Wei, X Su, P Cao, X Liu, W Chang, M Li, X Zhang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
During photosynthesis, the plant photosystem II core complex receives excitation energy
from the peripheral light-harvesting complex II (LHCII). The pathways along which excitation …

[HTML][HTML] The biogenesis and assembly of photosynthetic proteins in thylakoid membranes

FA Wollman, L Minai, R Nechushtai - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 1999 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photosynthesis is an energy-transducing process whereby light energy is trapped
and converted into biochemical energy. This multi-step process encompasses a series of …

[HTML][HTML] The low molecular mass subunits of the photosynthetic supracomplex, photosystem II

LX Shi, WP Schröder - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2004 - Elsevier
The photosystem II (PSII) complex is located in the thylakoid membrane of higher plants,
algae and cyanobacteria and drives the water oxidation process of photosynthesis, which …

Structure, function and assembly of Photosystem II and its light-harvesting proteins

J Minagawa, Y Takahashi - Photosynthesis research, 2004 - Springer
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit chlorophyll–protein complex that drives electron
transfer from water to plastoquinone using energy derived from light. In green plants, the …

[HTML][HTML] Amino acid residues that modulate the properties of tyrosine YZ and the manganese cluster in the water oxidizing complex of photosystem II

RJ Debus - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2001 - Elsevier
The catalytic site for photosynthetic water oxidation is embedded in a protein matrix
consisting of nearly 30 different polypeptides. Residues from several of these polypeptides …

The structure, function and dynamics of photosystem two

J Barber, J Nield, EP Morris, D Zheleva… - Physiologia …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
One of the greatest challenges in modern photosynthesis research is to elucidate fully the
structural and functional properties of photosystem two (PSII). This water‐plasto‐quinone …

[HTML][HTML] Pathway specificity for a ΔpH‐dependent precursor thylakoid lumen protein is governed by a'sec‐avoidance'motif in the transfer peptide and a'sec …

E Bogsch, S Brink, C Robinson - The EMBO journal, 1997 - embopress.org
Cleavable N‐terminal targeting signals direct the translocation of lumenal proteins across
the chloroplast thylakoid membrane by either a Sec‐type or ΔpH‐driven protein translocase …

Arabidopsis mutants lacking the 43-and 54-kilodalton subunits of the chloroplast signal recognition particle have distinct phenotypes

P Amin, DAC Sy, ML Pilgrim, DH Parry… - Plant …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP) is a protein complex consisting of 54-
and 43-kD subunits encoded by the fifty-four chloroplast, which encodes cpSRP54 (ffc), and …