QM/MM methods for biomolecular systems

HM Senn, W Thiel - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Two are better than one: Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods are
the state‐of‐the‐art computational technique for treating reactive and other “electronic” …

Photosynthetic energy conversion: natural and artificial

J Barber - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is the water splitting enzyme of photosynthesis. Its appearance during
evolution dramatically changed the chemical composition of our planet and set in motion an …

From natural to artificial photosynthesis

J Barber, PD Tran - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Demand for energy is projected to increase at least twofold by mid-century relative to the
present global consumption because of predicted population and economic growth. This …

Missing pieces in the puzzle of biological water oxidation

DA Pantazis - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 dynamics of photosynthesis

S Eberhard, G Finazzi, FA Wollman - Annual review of genetics, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Despite recent elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of major photosynthetic
complexes, our understanding of light energy conversion in plant chloroplasts and …

Structures and Energetics for O2 Formation in Photosystem II

PEM Siegbahn - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2009 - ACS Publications
Water oxidation, forming O2 from water and sunlight, is a fundamental process for life on
earth. In nature, the enzyme photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes this reaction. The oxygen …

Proton-coupled electron transfer in solution, proteins, and electrochemistry

S Hammes-Schiffer, AV Soudackov - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in the theoretical treatment of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET)
reactions are reviewed. These reactions play an important role in a wide range of biological …

The manganese complex of photosystem II in its reaction cycle—basic framework and possible realization at the atomic level

H Dau, M Haumann - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic water oxidation proceeds at a pentanuclear Mn4Ca complex bound to amino
acid residues in the interior of photosystem II (PSII). It involves the binding of two water …

Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics study of the catalytic cycle of water splitting in photosystem II

EM Sproviero, JA Gascón, JP McEvoy… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
This paper investigates the mechanism of water splitting in photosystem II (PSII) as
described by chemically sensible models of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in the S0 …

Critical computational analysis illuminates the reductive-elimination mechanism that activates nitrogenase for N2 reduction

S Raugei, LC Seefeldt… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Recent spectroscopic, kinetic, photophysical, and thermodynamic measurements show
activation of nitrogenase for N2→ 2NH3 reduction involves the reductive elimination (re) of …