Manganese (Mn) is an important micronutrient for plant growth and development and
sustains metabolic roles within different plant cell compartments. The metal is an essential …

Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it
sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for …

Increasing energy demands and environment awareness have promoted extensive
research on the development of alternative energy conversion and storage technologies …

The functions of iron, manganese, copper, zinc, nickel, molybdenum, boron, and chlorine in
plants are discussed. Iron (Fe) plays a crucial role in redox systems in cells and various …

During photosynthesis, the plant photosystem II core complex receives excitation energy
from the peripheral light-harvesting complex II (LHCII). The pathways along which excitation …

Plants as sessile organisms are continuously exposed to abiotic stress conditions that
impose numerous detrimental effects and cause tremendous loss of yield. Abiotic stresses …

All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Photosystem II (PSII) enables global-scale, light-driven water oxidation. Genetic
manipulation of PSII from the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has …

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 …

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 …