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    Trends Biochem Sci. 2001 Jun;26(6):341-4.

    The heart of photosynthesis in glorious 3D.

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    Service de Bioénergétique, CNRS URA 2096, CEA Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. rutherford@dsvid.cea.fr

    Abstract

    The input of solar energy into photosynthesis, and thence into the biosphere, occurs via chlorophyll-containing proteins known as reaction centres. There are two kinds of reaction centre in oxygenic photosynthesis: photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). The PSII reaction centre, alias the oxygen-evolving enzyme, the water-oxidizing complex or the water-plastoquinone photo-oxidoreductase, has now been crystallized and its structure solved to a resolution of 3.8 A.

    PMID:
    11406392
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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