Photosynthesis: new light on biological oxygen production.
In oxygenic photosynthesis, a highly oxidising chlorophyll species strips electrons out of two water molecules, generating molecular oxygen as a waste product. A recent study has provided new insights into the structure of the molecular machinery responsible for biological oxygen production.
Jones
M R
MR
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, BS8 1TD, Bristol, UK.
Fyfe
P K
PK
D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D010100:Oxygen