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Assignment of the slowly exchanging substrate water of nature's water-splitting cofactor

de Lichtenberg, Casper; Rapatskiy, Leonid; Reusc, Michael; Heyno, Eiri et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024

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Closing Kok's cycle of nature's water oxidation catalysis

Guo, Yu; He, Lanlan; Ding, Yunxuan; Kloo, Lars et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2024

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Flavodiiron-mediated O-2 photoreduction at photosystem I acceptor-side provides photoprotection to conifer thylakoids in early spring

Bag, Pushan; Shutova, Tatyana; Shevela, Dmitry; Lihavainen, Jenna et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2023

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Structural evidence for intermediates during O₂ formation in photosystem II

Bhowmick, Asmit; Hussein, Rana; Bogacz, Isabel; Simon, Philipp S. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 629-636, 2023

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Going around the Kok cycle of the water oxidation reaction with femtosecond X-ray crystallography

Bhowmick, Asmit; Simon, Philipp S.; Bogacz, Isabel; Hussein, Rana et al.

Part of IUCrJ, p. 642-655, 2023

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Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function

Hussein, Rana; Ibrahim, Mohamed; Bhowmick, Asmit; Simon, Philipp S. et al.

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 91-107, 2023

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Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

Shevela, Dmitry; Kern, Jan F.; Govindjee, Govindjee; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 279-307, 2023

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Capturing the sequence of events during the water oxidation reaction in photosynthesis using XFELs

Simon, Philipp S.; Makita, Hiroki; Bogacz, Isabel; Fuller, Franklin et al.

Part of FEBS Letters, p. 30-37, 2023

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Water Oxidation by Pentapyridyl Base Metal Complexes?: A Case Study

Boniolo, Manuel; Hossain, Md Kamal; Chernev, Petko; Suremann, Nina F. et al.

Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 9104-9118, 2022

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Towards time resolved characterization of electrochemical reactions: electrochemically-induced Raman spectroscopy

D'Amario, Luca; Stella, Maria Bruna; Edvinsson, Tomas; Persico, Maurizio et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 10734-10742, 2022

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Reversible Structural Isomerization of Nature’s Water Oxidation Catalyst Prior to O–O Bond Formation

Guo, Yu; Messinger, Johannes; Kloo, Lars; Sun, Licheng

Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 11736-11747, 2022

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Molecular basis for turnover inefficiencies (misses) during water oxidation in photosystem II

Han, Guangye; Chernev, Petko; Styring, Stenbjörn; Messinger, Johannes et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 8667-8678, 2022

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Electronic and geometric structure effects on one-electron oxidation of first-row transition metals in the same ligand framework

Boniolo, Manuel; Chernev, Petko; Cheah, Mun Hon; Heizmann, Philipp A. et al.

Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 660-674, 2021

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The D1-V185N mutation alters substrate water exchange by stabilizing alternative structures of the Mn₄Ca-cluster in photosystem II

de Lichtenberg, Casper; Avramov, Anton P.; Zhang, Minquan; Mamedov, Fikret et al.

Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 2021

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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

de Lichtenberg, Casper; Kim, Christopher J; Chernev, Petko; Debus, Richard J et al.

Part of Chemical Science, p. 12763-12775, 2021

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Solar-Driven Water Splitting at 13.8% Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency by an Earth-Abundant Electrolyzer

Ekspong, Joakim; Larsen, Christian; Stenberg, Jonas; Kwong, Wai Ling et al.

Part of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, p. 14070-14078, 2021

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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

Fransson, Thomas; Alonso-Mori, Roberto; Chatterjee, Ruchira; Cheah, Mun Hon et al.

Part of Structural Dynamics, 2021

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Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S-2 to S-3 transition

Hussein, Rana; Ibrahim, Mohamed; Bhowmick, Asmit; Simon, Philipp S. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2021

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Room temperature XFEL crystallography reveals asymmetry in the vicinity of the two phylloquinones in photosystem I

Keable, Stephen M.; Kölsch, Adrian; Simon, Philipp S.; Dasgupta, Medhanjali et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2021

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Electrochemical N₂ reduction at ambient condition - Overcoming the selectivity issue via control of reactants' availabilities

Kwong, Wai Ling; Wagberg, Thomas; Messinger, Johannes

Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 30366-30372, 2021

• DOI for Electrochemical N₂ reduction at ambient condition - Overcoming the selectivity issue via control of reactants' availabilities

Spin transition in a ferrous chloride complex supported by a pentapyridine ligand

Boniolo, Manuel; Shylin, Sergii I.; Chernev, Petko; Cheah, Mun Hon et al.

Part of Chemical Communications, p. 2703-2706, 2020

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Assessment of the manganese cluster's oxidation state via photoactivation of photosystem II microcrystals

Cheah, Mun Hon; Zhang, Miao; Shevela, Dmitry; Mamedov, Fikret et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 141-145, 2020

• DOI for Assessment of the manganese cluster's oxidation state via photoactivation of photosystem II microcrystals

Substrate water exchange in the S-2 state of photosystem II is dependent on the conformation of the Mn4Ca cluster

de Lichtenberg, Casper; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12894-12908, 2020

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Untangling the sequence of events during the S-2 -> S-3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism

Ibrahim, Mohamed; Fransson, Thomas; Chatterjee, Ruchira; Cheah, Mun Hon et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 12624-12635, 2020

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More than protection: the function of TiO2 interlayers in hematite functionalized Si photoanodes

Kawde, Anurag; Annamalai, Alagappan; Sellstedt, Anita; Uhlig, Jens et al.

Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 28459-28467, 2020

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Water oxidation by photosystem II is the primary source of electrons for sustained H-2 photoproduction in nutrient-replete green algae

Kosourov, Sergey; Nagy, Valeria; Shevela, Dmitry; Jokel, Martina et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 29629-29636, 2020

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Bicarbonate-Mediated CO2 Formation on Both Sides of Photosystem II

Shevela, Dmitry; Do, Hoang-Nguyen; Fantuzzi, Andrea; Rutherford, A. William et al.

Part of Biochemistry, p. 2442-2449, 2020

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Structural isomers of the S-2 state in photosystem II: do they exist at room temperature and are they important for function?

Chatterjee, Ruchira; Lassalle, Louise; Gul, Sheraz; Fuller, Franklin D. et al.

Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 60-72, 2019

• DOI for Structural isomers of the S-2 state in photosystem II: do they exist at room temperature and are they important for function?

XANES and EXAFS of dilute solutions of transition metals at XFELs

Chatterjee, Ruchira; Weninger, Clemens; Loukianov, Anton; Gul, Sheraz et al.

Part of Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, p. 1716-1724, 2019

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Five-coordinate Mn-IV intermediate in the activation of nature's water splitting cofactor

Chrysina, Maria; Heyno, Eiri; Kutin, Yury; Reus, Michael et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 16841-16846, 2019

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A microstructured p-Si photocathode outcompetes Pt as a counter electrode to hematite in photoelectrochemical water splitting

Kawde, Anurag; Annamalai, Alagappan; Sellstedt, Anita; Glatzel, Pieter et al.

Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 1166-1170, 2019

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Cobalt-doped hematite thin films for electrocatalytic water oxidation in highly acidic media

Kwong, Wai Ling; Lee, Cheng Choo; Shchukarev, Andrey; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Chemical Communications, p. 5017-5020, 2019

• DOI for Cobalt-doped hematite thin films for electrocatalytic water oxidation in highly acidic media
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Unequal misses during the flash-induced advancement of photosystem II: effects of the S state and acceptor side cycles

Pham, Long Vo; Olmos, Julian David Janna; Chernev, Petko; Kargul, Joanna et al.

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 93-106, 2019

• DOI for Unequal misses during the flash-induced advancement of photosystem II: effects of the S state and acceptor side cycles
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"Birth defects' of photosystem II make it highly susceptible to photodamage during chloroplast biogenesis

Shevela, Dmitry; Ananyev, Gennady; Vatland, Ann K.; Arnold, Janine et al.

Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 165-180, 2019

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Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-Si photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods

Kawde, Anurag; Annamalai, Alagappan; Amidani, Lucia; Boniolo, Manuel et al.

Part of Sustainable Energy & Fuels, p. 2215-2223, 2018

• DOI for Photo-electrochemical hydrogen production from neutral phosphate buffer and seawater using micro-structured p-Si photo-electrodes functionalized by solution-based methods
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Structures of the intermediates of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation clock

Kern, Jan; Chatterjee, Ruchira; Young, Iris D.; Fuller, Franklin D. et al.

Part of Nature, p. 421-425, 2018

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High-performance iron (III) oxide electrocatalyst for water oxidation in strongly acidic media

Kwong, Wai Ling; Lee, Cheng Choo; Shchukarev, Andrey; Björn, Erik et al.

Part of Journal of Catalysis, p. 29-35, 2018

• DOI for High-performance iron (III) oxide electrocatalyst for water oxidation in strongly acidic media

Quantification of bound bicarbonate in photosystem II#

Tikhonov, K.; Shevela, D.; Klimov, V. V.; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Photosynthetica (Praha), p. 210-216, 2018

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Tumor antigen glycosaminoglycan modification regulates antibody-drug conjugate delivery and cytotoxicity

Christianson, Helena C.; Menard, Julien A.; Chandran, Vineesh Indira; Bourseau-Guilmain, Erika et al.

Part of Oncotarget, p. 66960-66974, 2017

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Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers

Fuller, Franklin D.; Gul, Sheraz; Chatterjee, Ruchira; Burgie, E. Sethe et al.

Part of Nature Methods, p. 443-+, 2017

• DOI for Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers

Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers

Kubin, Markus; Kern, Jan; Gul, Sheraz; Kroll, Thomas et al.

Part of Structural Dynamics, 2017

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Cationic Vacancy Defects in Iron Phosphide: A Promising Route toward Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution by Electrochemical Water Splitting

Kwong, Wai Ling; Gracia-Espino, Eduardo; Lee, Cheng Choo; Sandström, Robin et al.

Part of ChemSusChem, p. 4544-4551, 2017

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Scalable Two-Step Synthesis of Nickel Iron Phosphide Electrodes for Stable and Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Kwong, Wai Ling; Lee, Cheng Choo; Messinger, Johannes

Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 284-292, 2017

• DOI for Scalable Two-Step Synthesis of Nickel Iron Phosphide Electrodes for Stable and Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by MnO_x /C: In Situ Catalyst Formation, Carbon Substrate Variations, and Direct O₂ /CO₂ Monitoring by Membrane-Inlet Mass Spectrometry

Melder, Jens; Kwong, Wai Ling; Shevela, Dmitriy; Messinger, Johannes et al.

Part of ChemSusChem, p. 4491-4502, 2017

• DOI for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by MnO_x /C: In Situ Catalyst Formation, Carbon Substrate Variations, and Direct O₂ /CO₂ Monitoring by Membrane-Inlet Mass Spectrometry

Towards characterization of photo-excited electron transfer and catalysis in natural and artificial systems using XFELs

Alonso-Mori, R.; Asa, K.; Bergmann, U.; Brewster, A. S. et al.

Part of Faraday discussions, p. 621-638, 2016

• DOI for Towards characterization of photo-excited electron transfer and catalysis in natural and artificial systems using XFELs

Transparent Nanoparticulate FeOOH Improves the Performance of a WO₃ Photoanode in a Tandem Water-Splitting Device

Kwong, Wai Ling; Lee, Cheng Choo; Messinger, Johannes

Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 10941-10950, 2016

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Estimation of the driving force for dioxygen formation in photosynthesis

Nilsson, Hakan; Cournac, Laurent; Rappaport, Fabrice; Messinger, Johannes et al.

Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 23-33, 2016

• DOI for Estimation of the driving force for dioxygen formation in photosynthesis

Probing S-state advancements and recombination pathways in photosystem II with a global fit program for flash-induced oxygen evolution pattern

Pham, Long Vo; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 848-859, 2016

• DOI for Probing S-state advancements and recombination pathways in photosystem II with a global fit program for flash-induced oxygen evolution pattern

No observable conformational changes in PSII

Sauter, Nicholas K.; Echols, Nathaniel; Adams, Paul D.; Zwart, Petrus H. et al.

Part of Nature, 2016

• DOI for No observable conformational changes in PSII

Maghemite nanorods anchored on a 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes substrate as scalable direct electrode for water oxidation

Sharifi, Tiva; Kwong, Wai Ling; Berends, Hans-Martin; Larsen, Christian et al.

Part of International journal of hydrogen energy, p. 69-78, 2016

• DOI for Maghemite nanorods anchored on a 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes substrate as scalable direct electrode for water oxidation