title: Photosystem II: a multisubunit membrane protein that oxidises water.
abstract: A structure of photosystem II recently determined by X-ray crystallography at 3.8 A resolution complements structural studies using high-resolution electron microscopy and represents a major step towards understanding how photosynthetic organisms use light energy to oxidise water.
authors.affiliation: Wolfson Laboratories, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London SW7 2AY, UK. j.barber@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D011487:Protein Conformation; D018724:Spinacia oleracea / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014867:Water; D002734:Chlorophyll