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Cryo-EM structure of photosystem II D1-V185T mutant from Thermosynechococcus vestitus.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics - 1 Nov 2026
Jiang Haowei, Nakajima Yoshiki, Akita Fusamichi, Li Hongjie, Kato Koji, Sugiura Miwa, Shen Jian-Ren
Abstract excerpt
Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes water oxidation into electrons, protons and dioxygen at its catalytic center, a Mn4CaO5 cluster, utilizing light energy. An amino acid residue D1-V185 in the D1 protein is located close to the Mn4CaO5 cluster, and plays a critical role in its catalytic function. In this research we purified PSII dimers from a D1-V185T mutant of Thermosynechococcus vestitus and analyzed its...
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- Photosystem II Protein Complex
- Thermosynechococcus
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Mutation
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Models, Molecular
