title: Synthetic Model of the Oxygen-Evolving Center: Photosystem II under the Spotlight.
abstract: The oxygen-evolving center (OEC) in photosystem II catalyzes a water splitting reaction. Great efforts have already been made to artificially synthesize the OEC, in order to elucidate the structure-function relationship and the mechanism of the reaction. Now, a new synthetic model makes the best mimic yet of the OEC. This recent study opens up the possibility to study the mechanism of photosystem II and photosynthesis in general for applications in renewable energy and synthetic biology.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China. jwang@ibp.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jiangyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D032701:Biomimetics; D002384:Catalysis; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D059205:Renewable Energy; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014867:Water; D008345:Manganese; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: metal clusters; oxygen-evolving centers; photosynthesis; photosystem II; water splitting