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Synthetic Model of the Oxygen‐Evolving Center: Photosystem II under the Spotlight
Author(s) -
Yu Yang,
Hu Cheng,
Liu Xiaohong,
Wang Jiangyun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201500302
Subject(s) - photosystem ii , photosynthetic reaction centre , photosynthesis , oxygen evolving complex , oxygen evolution , mechanism (biology) , artificial photosynthesis , chemistry , synthetic biology , water splitting , biophysics , photochemistry , physics , biology , catalysis , computational biology , biochemistry , electrochemistry , photocatalysis , electrode , quantum mechanics
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.