The heart of photosynthesis in glorious 3D

Authors
Rutherford, AW Faller, P
Citation
Aw. Rutherford et P. Faller, The heart of photosynthesis in glorious 3D, TRENDS BIOC, 26(6), 2001, pp. 341-344
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
09680004 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
341 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0968-0004(200106)26:6<341:THOPIG>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The input of solar energy into photosynthesis, and thence into the biospher e, occurs via chlorophyll-containing proteins known as reaction centres. Th ere are two kinds of reaction centre in oxygenic photosynthesis: photosyste m I(PSI)and photosystem II(PSII). The PSII reaction centre, alias the oxyge n-evolving enzyme, the water-oxidizing complex or the water-plastoquinone p hoto-oxidoreductase, has now been crystallized and its structure solved to a resolution of 3.8 Angstrom.