CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CYANOBACTERIAL PHOTOSYSTEM II AT 3.2 A RESOLUTION

摘要

The key reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis are driven by sun light that excites two large protein-pigment complexes, photosystem I and photosystem II (PSI, PSII), which are embedded in the photosynthetic thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria, algae and plants. At the catalytic center of PSII a Mn-cluster catalyses the oxidation of water to atmospheric oxygen under release of H~+ and electrons.