Architecture of the photosynthetic oxygen evolving centerArchitecture of the photosynthetic oxygen evolving center

Structural highlights

1s5l is a 20 chain structure with sequence from Thermosynechococcus vestitus. The November 2004 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Photosystem II by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2004_11. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3.5Å
Ligands:, , , , , , ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

PSBA1_THEVB Photosystem II (PSII) is a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase that uses light energy to abstract electrons from H(2)O, generating O(2) and a proton gradient subsequently used for ATP formation. It consists of a core antenna complex that captures photons, and an electron transfer chain that converts photonic excitation into a charge separation. The D1/D2 (PsbA/PsbD) reaction center heterodimer binds P680, the primary electron donor of PSII as well as several subsequent electron acceptors.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01379][1] [2] [3]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Photosynthesis uses light energy to drive the oxidation of water at an oxygen-evolving catalytic site within photosystem II (PSII). We report the structure of PSII of the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus at 3.5 angstrom resolution. We have assigned most of the amino acid residues of this 650-kilodalton dimeric multisubunit complex and refined the structure to reveal its molecular architecture. Consequently, we are able to describe details of the binding sites for cofactors and propose a structure of the oxygen-evolving center (OEC). The data strongly suggest that the OEC contains a cubane-like Mn3CaO4 cluster linked to a fourth Mn by a mono-micro-oxo bridge. The details of the surrounding coordination sphere of the metal cluster and the implications for a possible oxygen-evolving mechanism are discussed.

Architecture of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving center.,Ferreira KN, Iverson TM, Maghlaoui K, Barber J, Iwata S Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1831-8. Epub 2004 Feb 5. PMID:14764885[4]

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See Also

References

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  2. Broser M, Glockner C, Gabdulkhakov A, Guskov A, Buchta J, Kern J, Muh F, Dau H, Saenger W, Zouni A. Structural basis of cyanobacterial photosystem II Inhibition by the herbicide terbutryn. J Biol Chem. 2011 May 6;286(18):15964-72. Epub 2011 Mar 2. PMID:21367867 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.215970
  3. Kern J, Tran R, Alonso-Mori R, Koroidov S, Echols N, Hattne J, Ibrahim M, Gul S, Laksmono H, Sierra RG, Gildea RJ, Han G, Hellmich J, Lassalle-Kaiser B, Chatterjee R, Brewster AS, Stan CA, Glockner C, Lampe A, DiFiore D, Milathianaki D, Fry AR, Seibert MM, Koglin JE, Gallo E, Uhlig J, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Zwart PH, Skinner DE, Bogan MJ, Messerschmidt M, Glatzel P, Williams GJ, Boutet S, Adams PD, Zouni A, Messinger J, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Yano J, Yachandra VK. Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy. Nat Commun. 2014 Jul 9;5:4371. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5371. PMID:25006873 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5371
  4. Ferreira KN, Iverson TM, Maghlaoui K, Barber J, Iwata S. Architecture of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving center. Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1831-8. Epub 2004 Feb 5. PMID:14764885 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1093087

1s5l, resolution 3.50Å

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