Computational insights into the O2-evolving complex of photosystem II

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-114

  Sproviero, Eduardo M ^a   McEvoy, James P ^a,b   Gascón, José A ^a,c   Brudvig, Gary W ^a   Batista, Victor S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory (DFT); Oxomanganese complexes; Oxygen evolution; Oxygen evolving center; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Quantum mechanics molecular mechanics (QM MM); Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; WATER;

EID: 48549102241     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9307-0     Document Type: Review

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