Oxygen, which supports all aerobic life, is produced by photosynthetic water oxidation in
plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. The water-oxidation reaction probably first appeared in …

Biological water oxidation, performed by a single enzyme, photosystem II, is a central
research topic not only in understanding the photosynthetic apparatus but also for the …

Oxygenic photosynthesis forms the basis of aerobic life on earth by converting light energy
into biologically useful chemical energy and by splitting water to generate molecular oxygen …

The investigation of water oxidation in photosynthesis has remained a central topic in
biochemical research for the last few decades due to the importance of this catalytic process …

Life on earth is almost entirely solar-powered. We can get some idea of the enormous
quantity of energy received from the sun by noting that during daylight hours, the sun …

Photosystem II (PSII) uses light energy to split water into chemical products that power the
planet. The stripped protons contribute to a membrane electrochemical potential before …

The sunlight-powered oxidation of water by photosystem II (PSII) of algae, plants, and
cyanobacteria underpins the energy conversion processes that sustain most life on our …

The widely accepted assumption that the development of more efficient single molecule
magnets must involve ever higher total spin values has so far driven synthetic efforts towards …

Photosystem II (PSII), a multisubunit pigment–protein supercomplex found in cyanobacteria,
algae, and plants, catalyzes a unique reaction in nature: the light-driven oxidation of water …

The active site of photosynthetic water oxidation is the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in
the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center. The OEC is a Mn4CaO5 cluster embedded in the …