期刊
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
卷 104, 期 1-2, 页码 9-18出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.03.017
关键词
Crystal structure; Membrane protein structure; Oxygen-evolving complex; Photosystem II; Water-oxidation
资金
- University of Hyogo
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Yamada Science foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [10J02491] Funding Source: KAKEN
The catalytic center for photosynthetic water-splitting consists of 4 Mn atoms and 1 Ca atom and is located near the lumenal surface of photosystem II. So far the structure of the Mn4Ca-cluster has been studied by a variety of techniques including X-ray spectroscopy and diffraction, and various structural models have been proposed. However, its exact structure is still unknown due to the limited resolution of crystal structures of PSII achieved so far, as well as possible radiation damages that might have occurred. Very recently, we have succeeded in solving the structure of photosystem II at 1.9 angstrom. which yielded a detailed picture of the Mn4CaO5-cluster for the first time. In the high resolution structure, the Mn4CaO5-cluster is arranged in a distorted chair form, with a cubane-like structure formed by 3 Mn and 1 Ca, 4 oxygen atoms as the distorted base of the chair, and 1 Mn and 1 oxygen atom outside of the cubane as the back of the chair. In addition, four water molecules were associated with the cluster, among which, two are associated with the terminal Mn atom and two are associated with the Ca atom. Some of these water molecules may therefore serve as the substrates for water-splitting. The high resolution structure of the catalytic center provided a solid basis for elucidation of the mechanism of photosynthetic water splitting. We review here the structural features of the Mn4CaO5-cluster analyzed at 1.9 angstrom resolution, and compare them with the structures reported previously. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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