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Orientational Jahn-Teller Isomerism in the Dark-Stable State of Nature's Water Oxidase

Journal

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 60, Issue 24, Pages 13493-13499

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103425

Keywords

bioinorganic chemistry; computational chemistry; electronic structure; EPR spectroscopy; photosynthesis

Funding

  1. Max Planck Society
  2. Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) under the HFRI PhD Fellowship grant [16199]
  3. Operational Programme Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NSRF) [MIS 5002567]
  4. European Union (European Regional Development Fund)
  5. Projekt DEAL

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The study reveals that the tetramanganese-calcium cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II adopts orientational Jahn-Teller isomeric forms in the resting state, which explains previous spectroscopic observations and establishes the functional role of this isomerism in the catalytic process.
The tetramanganese-calcium cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II adopts electronically and magnetically distinct but interconvertible valence isomeric forms in its first light-driven oxidized catalytic state, S-2. This bistability is implicated in gating the final catalytic states preceding O-O bond formation, but it is unknown how the biological system enables its emergence and controls its effect. Here we show that the Mn4CaO5 cluster in the resting (dark-stable) S-1 state adopts orientational Jahn-Teller isomeric forms arising from a directional change in electronic configuration of the dangler Mn-III ion. The isomers are consistent with available structural data and explain previously unresolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic observations on the S-1 state. This unique isomerism in the resting state is shown to be the electronic origin of valence isomerism in the S-2 state, establishing a functional role of orientational Jahn-Teller isomerism unprecedented in biological or artificial catalysis.

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