TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanism for photosynthetic O2 evolution.
AU - Brudvig, G. W.
AU - Crabtree, R. H.
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PY - 1986/7
Y1 - 1986/7
N2 - We present a mechanism for photosynthetic O2 evolution based on a structural conversion of a Mn4O6 "adamantane"-like complex to a Mn4O4 "cubane"-like complex. EPR spectral data obtained from the S2 state of the O2-evolving complex are characteristic of a Mn4O4 cubane-like structure. Based on this structure for the manganese complex in the S2 state as well as a consideration of the other evidence available on the natural system and the coordination chemistry of manganese, structures are proposed for the five intermediate oxidation states of the manganese complex. A molecular mechanism for the formation of an O--O bond and the displacement of O2 from the S4 state is easily accommodated by the proposed model. The model is discussed in terms of recent EPR, x-ray, and UV spectral data obtained from the manganese site in the photosynthetic O2-evolving complex.
AB - We present a mechanism for photosynthetic O2 evolution based on a structural conversion of a Mn4O6 "adamantane"-like complex to a Mn4O4 "cubane"-like complex. EPR spectral data obtained from the S2 state of the O2-evolving complex are characteristic of a Mn4O4 cubane-like structure. Based on this structure for the manganese complex in the S2 state as well as a consideration of the other evidence available on the natural system and the coordination chemistry of manganese, structures are proposed for the five intermediate oxidation states of the manganese complex. A molecular mechanism for the formation of an O--O bond and the displacement of O2 from the S4 state is easily accommodated by the proposed model. The model is discussed in terms of recent EPR, x-ray, and UV spectral data obtained from the manganese site in the photosynthetic O2-evolving complex.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.83.13.4586
DO - 10.1073/pnas.83.13.4586
M3 - Article
C2 - 3460059
AN - SCOPUS:0022749776
VL - 83
SP - 4586
EP - 4588
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 13
ER -