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The structure of intact and active Photosystem II from Arabidopsis thaliana at 2.44 Ņ resolution

Forsman, Jack; Graca, Andre T.; Aydin, Abuzer Orkun; Hall, Michael et al.

Part of New Phytologist, p. 3014-3025, 2026

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Probing substrate water access through the O1 channel of Photosystem II by single site mutations and membrane inlet mass spectrometry

Aydin, Abuzer Orkun; de Lichtenberg, Casper; Liang, Feiyan; Forsman, Jack et al.

Part of Photosynthesis Research, 2025

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X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Metalloenzymes at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in a Shot-by-Shot Mode

Bogacz, Isabel; Szilagyi, Erzsi; Makita, Hiroki; Simon, Philipp S. et al.

Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, p. 3778-3787, 2025

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On the simulation and interpretation of substrate-water exchange experiments in photosynthetic water oxidation

Chernev, Petko; Aydin, Abuzer Orkun; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 413-426, 2024

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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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Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II

Hussein, Rana; Graca, Andre; Forsman, Jack; Aydin, Abuzer Orkun et al.

Part of Science, p. 1349-1355, 2024

• DOI for Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II

Tribute to Kenneth Sauer (1931-2022): a mentor, a role-model, and an inspiration to all in the field of photosynthesis

Yano, Junko; Kern, Jan; Blankenship, Robert E.; Messinger, Johannes et al.

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 103-138, 2024

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Editorial for the Special Issue 'Energy Conversion Reactions in Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis': A Tribute to Ken Sauer

Yano, Junko; Kern, Jan; Blankenship, Robert E.; Messinger, Johannes et al.

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 101-102, 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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Alternative Mechanism for O₂ Formation in Natural Photosynthesis via Nucleophilic Oxo-Oxo Coupling

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

Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 4129-4141, 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

• DOI for Molecular basis for turnover inefficiencies (misses) during water oxidation in photosystem II
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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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Clear evidence of binding of Ox to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II is best observed in the omit map

Ibrahim, Mohamed; Moriarty, Nigel W.; Kern, Jan; Holton, James M. et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021

• DOI for Clear evidence of binding of Ox to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II is best observed in the omit map

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

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

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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Toward Sustainable H-2 Production: Linking Hydrogenase with Photosynthesis

Magnuson, Ann; Mamedov, Fikret; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Joule, p. 1157-1159, 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

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

Thomas John Wydrzynski (8 July 1947–16 March 2018)

Conlan, Brendon; Govindjee; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 253-261, 2019

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We remember those who left us in the recent past

Govindjee; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 7-11, 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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Photosynthesis: European Congress on Photosynthesis Research

Krieger-Liszkay, Anja; Spetea, Cornelia; Messinger, Johannes

Part of Physiologia Plantarum, p. 4-6, 2019

• DOI for Photosynthesis: European Congress on Photosynthesis Research

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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Structure of intermediates of the water oxidation reaction in photosystem II

Lassalle, L.; Kern, J.; Ibrahim, M.; Sutherlin, K. D. et al.

Part of Acta Crystallographica Section A, 2019

• DOI for Structure of intermediates of the water oxidation reaction in photosystem II

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

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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

• DOI for "Birth defects' of photosystem II make it highly susceptible to photodamage during chloroplast biogenesis

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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