title: Nano-sized manganese-calcium cluster in photosystem II.
abstract: Cyanobacteria, algae, and plants are the manufacturers that release O2 via water oxidation during photosynthesis. Since fossil resources are running out, researchers are now actively trying to use the natural catalytic center of water oxidation found in the photosystem II (PS II) reaction center of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms to synthesize a biomimetic supercatalyst for water oxidation. Success in this area of research will transcend the current bottleneck for the development of energy-conversion schemes based on sunlight. In this review, we go over the structure and function of the water-oxidizing complex (WOC) found in Nature by focusing on the recent advances made by the international research community dedicated to achieve the goal of artificial water splitting based on the WOC of PS II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran. mmnajafpour@iasbs.ac.ir.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Najafpour
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ghobadi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haghighi
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Eaton-Rye
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomo
authors.forename: J-R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010316:Particle Size; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014867:Water; D008345:Manganese; D002118:Calcium