Photo - oxidation of water
by photosystem II is responsible for most of the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.
Not exact matches
Software algorithms developed
by Sauter, Paul Adams (also of the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division at Berkeley Lab), and their respective groups were then used to translate the diffraction readings into the 3 - D rendering of
photosystem II.
A, Micro - compartment for linear PET (solid arrows): electrons flow from
photosystem II (PSII), through plastoqui - none (PQ) and the cytochrome b6f (Cytb6f) complex to PSI, where they are donated to Fd and used
by FNR to reduce NADP +.
The experiments, led
by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), are helping researchers narrow down the process
by which the protein, called
photosystem II, uses light energy to split water and create oxygen.
Using the world's most powerful x-ray laser, an international collaboration led
by Berkeley Lab researchers took femtosecond «snapshots» of water oxidation in
photosystem II, the only known biological system able to harness sunlight for splitting the water molecule.
Blocking the Q (B)- binding site of
photosystem II
by tenuazonic acid, a non-host-specific toxin of Alternaria alternata, activates singlet oxygen - mediated and EXECUTER - dependent signalling in Arabidopsis
The program focuses on development of transition - metal complexes that are inspired
by the natural photosynthetic enzymes such as nitrogenases, hydrogenases, and the oxygen - evolving complex of
photosystem II with the goal of designing catalysts that are chemically stable, active, and highly selective for specific chemical targets.
The symbionts residing closer to the surface may be better adapted to high irradiance
by making proteins that protect against too much ultra violet light or
by modifying their
photosystem.