Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria

JE Johnson, SM Webb, K Thomas… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The emergence of oxygen-producing (oxygenic) photosynthesis fundamentally transformed
our planet; however, the processes that led to the evolution of biological water splitting have …

Manganese and the evolution of photosynthesis

WW Fischer, J Hemp, JE Johnson - Origins of Life and Evolution of …, 2015 - Springer
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the most important bioenergetic event in the history of our planet—
it evolved once within the Cyanobacteria, and remained largely unchanged as it was …

From manganese oxidation to water oxidation: assembly and evolution of the water-splitting complex in photosystem II

N Oliver, AP Avramov, DJ Nürnberg, H Dau… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
The manganese cluster of photosystem II has been the focus of intense research aiming to
understand the mechanism of H2O-oxidation. Great effort has also been applied to …

Light-driven formation of manganese oxide by today's photosystem II supports evolutionarily ancient manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis

P Chernev, S Fischer, J Hoffmann, N Oliver… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Water oxidation and concomitant dioxygen formation by the manganese-calcium cluster of
oxygenic photosynthesis has shaped the biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. It has …

Where plants make oxygen: a structural model for the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving manganese cluster

VK Yachandra, VJ DeRose, MJ Latimer, I Mukerji… - Science, 1993 - science.org
In the photosynthetic evolution of oxygen, water oxidation occurs at a catalytic site that
includes four manganese atoms together with the essential cofactors, the calcium and …

Manganese oxides, Earth surface oxygenation, and the rise of oxygenic photosynthesis

LJ Robbins, M Fakhraee, AJB Smith, BA Bishop… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photosynthesis is arguably the most important biological innovation in Earth's
history, facilitating the transition to a habitable planet for complex life. Dating the emergence …

Bioinorganic chemistry of manganese related to photosynthetic oxygen evolution

GW Brudvig, RH Crabtree - 1989 - books.google.com
Despite the fact that manganese is one of the most abundant transition metals in the earth's
crust, manganese-requiring enzymes are rather uncommon (1, 2). Furthermore, the majority …

Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

NJ Planavsky, D Asael, A Hofmann, CT Reinhard… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The early Earth was characterized by the absence of oxygen in the ocean–atmosphere
system, in contrast to the well-oxygenated conditions that prevail today. Atmospheric …

[HTML][HTML] What are the oxidation states of manganese required to catalyze photosynthetic water oxidation?

DRJ Kolling, N Cox, GM Ananyev, RJ Pace… - Biophysical journal, 2012 - cell.com
Photosynthetic O 2 production from water is catalyzed by a cluster of four manganese ions
and a tyrosine residue that comprise the redox-active components of the water-oxidizing …

Structural and Oxidation State Changes of the Photosystem II Manganese Complex in Four Transitions of the Water Oxidation Cycle (S0 → S1, S1 → S2, S2 → S3, and S3,4 …

M Haumann, C Müller, P Liebisch, L Iuzzolino… - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Structural and electronic changes (oxidation states) of the Mn4Ca complex of photosystem II
(PSII) in the water oxidation cycle are of prime interest. For all four transitions between …