Lights, X-rays, oxygen!
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2014.07.037.
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Abstract
Photosystem II uses metal ions to oxidize water to form O2. Two recent papers employ the new technique of serial femtosecond crystallography utilizing X-ray free-electron lasers and nanocrystals to obtain initial structures of intermediate states of photosystem II catalysis at the site of oxygen production.
Medical subject headings
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Cyanobacteria
- Models, Molecular
- Photosystem II Protein Complex