A metalloradical mechanism for the generation of oxygen from water in photosynthesis.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In plants and algae, photosystem II uses light energy to oxidize water to oxygen at a metalloradical site that comprises a tetranuclear manganese cluster and a tyrosyl radical. A model is proposed whereby the tyrosyl radical functions by abstracting hydrogen atoms from substrate water bound as terminal ligands to two of the four manganese ions. Molecular oxygen is produced in the final step in which hydrogen atom transfer and oxygen-oxygen bond formation occur together in a concerted reaction. This mechanism establishes clear analogies between photosynthetic water oxidation and amino acid radical function in other enzymatic reactions.
Medical subject headings
- Manganese
- Oxygen
- Photosynthesis
- Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
- Tyrosine
- Water