The structure of the Mn4Ca2+ cluster of photosystem II and its protein environment as revealed by X-ray crystallography

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1494, 2008, Pages 1129-1138

  Barber, James ^a   Murray, James W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manganese cluster; Models; Oxygen evolving complex; Photosystem II; Structure; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATALYST; CATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MANGANESE; MODEL; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; RADIATION DAMAGE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM; MANGANESE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; REVIEW; SYNECHOCOCCUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MANGANESE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 38949153095     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2208     Document Type: Article

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