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Across the Board: Licheng Sun on the Mechanism of O−O Bond Formation in Photosystem II
Author(s) -
Zhang BiaoBiao,
Sun Licheng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201901438
Subject(s) - photosystem ii , chemistry , mechanism (biology) , proton , photochemistry , charge (physics) , physics , photosynthesis , biochemistry , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
In this series of articles, the board members of ChemSusChem discuss recent research articles that they consider of exceptional quality and importance for sustainability. This entry features Prof. L. Sun, who proposes a special mechanism for O−O bond formation in photosystem II with involvement of an Mn VII –oxo species induced by charge‐ and structural rearrangements. In this viewpoint, Proton transfer is involved in changes of the first coordination spheres around the Mn VII –oxo site on the dangling Mn4 with de‐ and re‐coordination of carboxylates (Glu333 and Asp170).