Johannes Messinger
Professor at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Molecular Biomimetics; Biophysical and Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 36 71
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 98 43
- E-mail:
- johannes.messinger@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
75120 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 523
75120 Uppsala
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Publications
Recent publications
- Assignment of the slowly exchanging substrate water of nature's water-splitting cofactor (2024)
- Closing Kok's cycle of nature's water oxidation catalysis (2024)
- Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II (2024)
- Flavodiiron-mediated O-2 photoreduction at photosystem I acceptor-side provides photoprotection to conifer thylakoids in early spring (2023)
- Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Assignment of the slowly exchanging substrate water of nature's water-splitting cofactor (2024)
- Closing Kok's cycle of nature's water oxidation catalysis (2024)
- Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II (2024)
- Flavodiiron-mediated O-2 photoreduction at photosystem I acceptor-side provides photoprotection to conifer thylakoids in early spring (2023)
- Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II (2023)
- Going around the Kok cycle of the water oxidation reaction with femtosecond X-ray crystallography (2023)
- Alternative Mechanism for O2 Formation in Natural Photosynthesis via Nucleophilic Oxo-Oxo Coupling. (2023)
- Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function (2023)
- Solar energy conversion by photosystem II (2023)
- Capturing the sequence of events during the water oxidation reaction in photosynthesis using XFELs (2023)
- Water Oxidation by Pentapyridyl Base Metal Complexes? (2022)
- Towards time resolved characterization of electrochemical reactions (2022)
- Reversible Structural Isomerization of Nature’s Water Oxidation Catalyst Prior to O–O Bond Formation (2022)
- Molecular basis for turnover inefficiencies (misses) during water oxidation in photosystem II (2022)
- Electronic and geometric structure effects on one-electron oxidation of first-row transition metals in the same ligand framework (2021)
- The D1-V185N mutation alters substrate water exchange by stabilizing alternative structures of the Mn4Ca-cluster in photosystem II (2021)
- The exchange of the fast substrate water in the S-2 state of photosystem II is limited by diffusion of bulk water through channels - implications for the water oxidation mechanism (2021)
- Solar-Driven Water Splitting at 13.8% Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency by an Earth-Abundant Electrolyzer (2021)
- Effects of x-ray free-electron laser pulse intensity on the Mn K beta(1,3) x-ray emission spectrum in photosystem II-A case study for metalloprotein crystals and solutions (2021)
- Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S-2 to S-3 transition (2021)
- Clear evidence of binding of Ox to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II is best observed in the omit map (2021)
- Room temperature XFEL crystallography reveals asymmetry in the vicinity of the two phylloquinones in photosystem I (2021)
- Electrochemical N2 reduction at ambient condition - Overcoming the selectivity issue via control of reactants' availabilities (2021)
- Spin transition in a ferrous chloride complex supported by a pentapyridine ligand (2020)
- Assessment of the manganese cluster's oxidation state via photoactivation of photosystem II microcrystals (2020)
- Substrate water exchange in the S-2 state of photosystem II is dependent on the conformation of the Mn4Ca cluster (2020)
- Untangling the sequence of events during the S-2 -> S-3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism (2020)
- More than protection (2020)
- Water oxidation by photosystem II is the primary source of electrons for sustained H-2 photoproduction in nutrient-replete green algae (2020)
- Toward Sustainable H-2 Production (2020)
- Bicarbonate-Mediated CO2 Formation on Both Sides of Photosystem II (2020)
- Structural isomers of the S-2 state in photosystem II (2019)
- XANES and EXAFS of dilute solutions of transition metals at XFELs (2019)
- Five-coordinate Mn-IV intermediate in the activation of nature's water splitting cofactor (2019)
- Thomas John Wydrzynski (8 July 1947–16 March 2018) (2019)
- We remember those who left us in the recent past (2019)
- A microstructured p-Si photocathode outcompetes Pt as a counter electrode to hematite in photoelectrochemical water splitting (2019)
- Photosynthesis (2019)
- Cobalt-doped hematite thin films for electrocatalytic water oxidation in highly acidic media (2019)
- Structure of intermediates of the water oxidation reaction in photosystem II (2019)
- Unequal misses during the flash-induced advancement of photosystem II (2019)
- "Birth defects' of photosystem II make it highly susceptible to photodamage during chloroplast biogenesis (2019)
- Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-Si photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods (2018)
- Structures of the intermediates of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation clock (2018)
- High-performance iron (III) oxide electrocatalyst for water oxidation in strongly acidic media (2018)
- Artificial photosynthesis - from sunlight to fuels and valuable products for a sustainable future (2018)
- Quantification of bound bicarbonate in photosystem II# (2018)
- Tumor antigen glycosaminoglycan modification regulates antibody-drug conjugate delivery and cytotoxicity (2017)
- Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers (2017)
- Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers (2017)
- Cationic Vacancy Defects in Iron Phosphide (2017)
- Scalable Two-Step Synthesis of Nickel Iron Phosphide Electrodes for Stable and Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution (2017)
- Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by MnOx /C (2017)
- Towards characterization of photo-excited electron transfer and catalysis in natural and artificial systems using XFELs (2016)
- Transparent Nanoparticulate FeOOH Improves the Performance of a WO3 Photoanode in a Tandem Water-Splitting Device (2016)
- Estimation of the driving force for dioxygen formation in photosynthesis (2016)
- Probing S-state advancements and recombination pathways in photosystem II with a global fit program for flash-induced oxygen evolution pattern (2016)
- No observable conformational changes in PSII (2016)
- Maghemite nanorods anchored on a 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes substrate as scalable direct electrode for water oxidation (2016)
- Toward a Low-Cost Artificial Leaf (2016)
- Biogenesis of water splitting by photosystem II during de-etiolation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (2016)
- Gernot Renger (1937-2013) (2016)
- Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature (2016)
- Crystal Structure and Functional Characterization of Photosystem II-Associated Carbonic Anhydrase CAH3 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2015)
- Metal oxidation states in biological water splitting (2015)
- Dinuclear manganese complexes for water oxidation (2014)
- Hydration of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II probed in the dark-stable S1 state using proton NMR dispersion profiles (2014)
- Mobile hydrogen carbonate acts as proton acceptor in photosynthetic water oxidation (2014)
- Improving BiVO4 photoanodes for solar water splitting through surface passivation (2014)
- Light-induced water oxidation in photosynthesis (2014)
- Warwick Hillier (2014)
- Photosynthesis (2014)
- Substrate water exchange in photosystem II core complexes of the extremophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae (2014)
- Substrate-water exchange in photosystem II is arrested before dioxygen formation (2014)
- Electrochemically produced hydrogen peroxide affects Joliot-type oxygen-evolution measurements of photosystem II (2014)
- The Mn4Ca photosynthetic water-oxidation catalyst studied by simultaneous X-ray spectroscopy and crystallography using an X-ray free-electron laser (2014)
- Reflections on substrate water and dioxygen formation (2013)
- Electronic Structural Changes of Mn in the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II during the Catalytic Cycle (2013)
- L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Systems Relevant to Metalloproteins Using an X-ray Free-Electron Laser (2013)
- Ammonia binding to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II identifies the solvent-exchangeable oxygen bridge (μ-oxo) of the manganese tetramer (2013)
- Studying the oxidation of water to molecular oxygen in photosynthetic and artificial systems by time-resolved membrane-inlet mass spectrometry (2013)
- Efficiency of photosynthetic water oxidation at ambient and depleted levels of inorganic carbon (2013)
- The Basic Properties of the Electronic Structure of the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II Are Not Perturbed by Ca2+ Removal (2012)
- An Institutional Approach to Solar Fuels Research (2012)
- Photosynthetic O2 evolution (2012)
- Detection of the Water-Binding Sites of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Using W-Band 17O Electron-Electron Double Resonance-Detected NMR Spectroscopy (2012)
- Probing the turnover efficiency of photosystem II membrane fragments with different electron acceptors (2012)
- Theoretical Evaluation of Structural Models of the S2 State in the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II (2011)
- Importance of Post-Translational Modifications for Functionality of a Chloroplast-Localized Carbonic Anhydrase (CAH1) in Arabidopsis thaliana (2011)
- Electronic Structure of a Weakly Antiferromagnetically Coupled MnIIMnIII Model Relevant to Manganese Proteins (2011)
- Effect of Ca2+/Sr2+ Substitution on the Electronic Structure of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II (2011)
- Membrane-inlet mass spectrometry reveals a high driving force for oxygen production by photosystem II (2011)
- Calcium Manganese Oxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts (2011)
- The electronic structures of the S2 states of the oxygen-evolving complexes of photosystem II in plants and cyanobacteria in the presence and absence of methanol (2011)
- Probing Mode and Site of Substrate Water Binding to the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in the S2 State of Photosystem II by 17O-HYSCORE Spectroscopy (vol 130, pg 786, 2008) (2011)
- Is Mn-Bound Substrate Water Protonated in the S 2 State of Photosystem II? (2010)
- On-line mass spectrometry (2009)
- Photo-catalytic oxidation of a di-nuclear manganese centre in an engineered bacterioferritin 'reaction centre' (2009)
- Catalysts for Solar Water Splitting (2009)
- Special educational issue on 'Basics and application of biophysical techniques in photosynthesis and related processes' (2009)
- Special educational issue on 'Basics and application of biophysical techniques in photosynthesis and related processes', Part B (2009)
- A New Quantum Chemical Approach to the Magnetic Properties of Oligonuclear Transition-Metal Complexes (2009)
- Structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (2009)
- X-ray Emission Spectroscopy To Study Ligand Valence Orbitals in Mn Coordination Complexes (2009)
- Using small molecule complexes to elucidate features of photosynthetic water oxidation - Discussion (2008)
- FTIR detection of water reactions in the oxygen-evolving centre of photosystem II - Discussion (2008)
- Solar water-splitting into H2 and O2 (2008)
- Effects of methanol on the Si-state transitions in photosynthetic water-splitting (2008)
- Focusing the view on nature's water-splitting catalyst - Discussion (2008)
- Water oxidation chemistry of photosystem II - Discussion (2008)
- The structure of the Mn4Ca2+ cluster of photosystem II and its protein environment as revealed by X-ray crystallography - (2008)
- Hydrogencarbonate is not a tightly bound constituent of the water-oxidizing complex in photosystem II (2008)
- Probing mode and site of substrate water binding to the oxygen-evolving complex in the S2 state of photosystem II by 17O-HYSCORE Spectroscopy (2008)
- High-resolution structure of the photosynthetic Mn4Ca catalyst from X-ray spectroscopy (2008)
- Focusing the view on nature's water-splitting catalyst (2008)
- Electronic structure of the Mn4OxCa cluster in the S0 and S2 states of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II based on pulse 55Mn-ENDOR and EPR Spectroscopy (2007)
- Structure and orientation of the Mn4Ca cluster in plant photosystem II membranes studied by polarized range-extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy (2007)
- Interactions of photosystem II with bicarbonate, formate and acetate (2007)
- Characterization of the water oxidizing complex of photosystem II of the Chl d-containing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina via its reactivity towards endogenous electron donors and acceptors (2006)
- Where water is oxidized to dioxygen: (2006)
- Evidence that bicarbonate is not the substrate in photosynthetic oxygen evolution (2005)
- Pulse EPR, 55Mn-ENDOR and ELDOR-detected NMR of the S2-state of the oxygen evolving complex in Photosystem II (2005)
- 55Mn pulse ENDOR at 34 GHz of the S0 and S2 states of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II (2005)
- Electron spin-lattice relaxation of the so state of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II and of dinuclear manganese model complexes (2005)
- X-ray damage to the Mn4Ca complex in single crystals of photosystem II: (2005)
- High-resolution Mn EXAFS of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II: (2005)
- Recent pulsed EPR studies of the Photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex (2004)
- Orientation of calcium in the Mn4Ca cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex determined using polarized strontium EXAFS of photosystem II membranes (2004)
- Evaluation of different mechanistic proposals for water oxidation in photosynthesis on the basis of Mn4OxCa structures for the catalytic site and spectroscopic data (2004)
- Biophysical studies of Photosystem II and related model systems (2004)
- Functional differences of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus and spinach characterized by flash induced oxygen evolution patterns (2003)
- Nitric oxide-induced formation of the S-2 state in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus (2003)
- The Mn cluster in the S0 state of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II studied by EXAFS spectroscopy: (2002)
- High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of rare events (2001)
- Absence of Mn-centered oxidation in the S2 → S3 Transition: (2001)
- Towards understanding the chemistry of photosynthetic oxygen evolution (2000)
- Kinetic determination of the fast exchanging substrate water molecule in the S3 state of photosystem II (1998)
- Detection of an EPR multiline signal for the S-0 state in photosystem II (1997)
- The S-0 state of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II is paramagnetic (1997)
- S-3 state of the water oxidase in photosystem II (1997)
- On the functional significance of substrate accessibility in the photosynthetic water oxidation mechanism (1996)
- STRUCTURAL-CHANGES IN THE WATER-OXIDIZING COMPLEX MONITORED VIA THE PH-DEPENDENCE OF THE REDUCTION RATE OF REDOX STATE S-1 BY HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE IN ISOLATED SPINACH THYLAKOIDS (1995)
- DETECTION OF ONE SLOWLY EXCHANGING SUBSTRATE WATER MOLECULE IN THE S-3 STATE OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II (1995)
- ANALYSES OF PH-INDUCED MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERIOD-4 OSCILLATION OF FLASH-INDUCED OXYGEN EVOLUTION REVEAL DISTINCT STRUCTURAL-CHANGES OF THE PHOTOSYSTEM-II DONOR SIDE AT CHARACTERISTIC PH VALUES (1994)
- STRUCTURE-FUNCTION-RELATIONSHIPS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC WATER OXIDATION (1994)
- GENERATION, OXIDATION BY THE OXIDIZED FORM OF THE TYROSINE OF POLYPEPTIDE D2, AND POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION OF THE REDOX STATE-S(0), STATE-S-1, AND STATE-S-2 OF THE WATER OXIDASE IN ISOLATED SPINACH THYLAKOIDS (1993)
- STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONS IN PHOTOSYSTEM-II - EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND CHAOTROPIC AGENTS ON THE PERIOD 4 OSCILLATION OF FLASH-INDUCED OXYGEN EVOLUTION (1993)
- THE FLASH PATTERN OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXYGEN EVOLUTION AFTER TREATMENT WITH LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROXYLAMINE AS A FUNCTION OF THE PREVIOUS S1/S0-RATIO - FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT NH2OH REDUCES THE WATER OXIDIZING COMPLEX IN THE DARK (1991)
- UNUSUAL LOW REACTIVITY OF THE WATER OXIDASE IN REDOX STATE S3 TOWARD EXOGENOUS REDUCTANTS - ANALYSIS OF THE NH2OH-INDUCED AND NH2NH2-INDUCED MODIFICATIONS OF FLASH-INDUCED OXYGEN EVOLUTION IN ISOLATED SPINACH THYLAKOIDS (1991)
- THE REACTIVITY OF HYDRAZINE WITH PHOTOSYSTEM-II STRONGLY DEPENDS ON THE REDOX STATE OF THE WATER OXIDIZING SYSTEM (1990)
Chapters
Conferences
- From natural to artificial photosynthesis (2017)
- Water splitting catalyzed by the MN4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II (2017)
- Light-driven water oxidation by photosystem II (2017)
- From natural to artificial photosynthesis (2017)
- Optimizing the Metal Ratio in Nickel-Iron Phosphide Electrodes for Stable and Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution (2016)
- Refined model of the oxidation states and structures of the Mn/Ca/Cl cluster of the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. (1998)
- Calcium and chloride cofactors of the oxygen evolving complex - X-ray absorption spectroscopy evidence for a Mn/Ca/Cl heteronuclear cluster. (1998)
- Substrate water 18O exchange kinetics in the S2 state of photosystem II. (1998)
- Oxidation states and structure of the manganese cluster in the S0 state of the oxygen evolving complex (1998)
- THERMODYNAMIC, KINETIC AND MECHANISTIC ASPECTS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC WATER OXIDATION (1990)