Funding Organization(s): Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Department of EnergyDepartment of Energy, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS), Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), German Research Foundation (DFG), Deutsche forschungs Gemeinschaft, Umea University, Solar Fuels Strong Research Environment, K&A Wallenberg Foundation, Energimyndigheten, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 (CCP4), National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Office of Science, Department of Energy, Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) and SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Office of Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources (NIH/NCRR), Department of Energy (DOE, United States), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Primary Citation of Related Structures:   5KAF, 5KAI, 5TIS
PubMed Abstract: 
Light-induced oxidation of water by photosystem II (PS II) in plants, algae and cyanobacteria has generated most of the dioxygen in the atmosphere. PS II, a membrane-bound multi-subunit pigment protein complex, couples the one-electron photochemistry at the reaction centre with the four-electron redox chemistry of water oxidation at the Mn 4 CaO 5 cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) ...
Light-induced oxidation of water by photosystem II (PS II) in plants, algae and cyanobacteria has generated most of the dioxygen in the atmosphere. PS II, a membrane-bound multi-subunit pigment protein complex, couples the one-electron photochemistry at the reaction centre with the four-electron redox chemistry of water oxidation at the Mn 4 CaO 5 cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Under illumination, the OEC cycles through five intermediate S-states (S 0 to S 4 ), in which S 1 is the dark-stable state and S 3 is the last semi-stable state before O-O bond formation and O 2 evolution. A detailed understanding of the O-O bond formation mechanism remains a challenge, and will require elucidation of both the structures of the OEC in the different S-states and the binding of the two substrate waters to the catalytic site. Here we report the use of femtosecond pulses from an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) to obtain damage-free, room temperature structures of dark-adapted (S 1 ), two-flash illuminated (2F; S 3 -enriched), and ammonia-bound two-flash illuminated (2F-NH 3 ; S 3 -enriched) PS II. Although the recent 1.95 Å resolution structure of PS II at cryogenic temperature using an XFEL provided a damage-free view of the S 1 state, measurements at room temperature are required to study the structural landscape of proteins under functional conditions, and also for in situ advancement of the S-states. To investigate the water-binding site(s), ammonia, a water analogue, has been used as a marker, as it binds to the Mn 4 CaO 5 cluster in the S 2 and S 3 states. Since the ammonia-bound OEC is active, the ammonia-binding Mn site is not a substrate water site. This approach, together with a comparison of the native dark and 2F states, is used to discriminate between proposed O-O bond formation mechanisms.
Related Citations: 
Towards automated crystallographic structure refinement with phenix.refine. Afonine, P.V., Grosse-Kunstleve, R.W., Echols, N., Headd, J.J., Moriarty, N.W., Mustyakimov, M., Terwilliger, T.C., Urzhumtsev, A., Zwart, P.H., Adams, P.D. (2012) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 68: 352
PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution. Adams, P.D., Afonine, P.V., Bunkoczi, G., Chen, V.B., Davis, I.W., Echols, N., Headd, J.J., Hung, L.W., Kapral, G.J., Grosse-Kunstleve, R.W., McCoy, A.J., Moriarty, N.W., Oeffner, R., Read, R.J., Richardson, D.C., Richardson, J.S., Terwilliger, T.C., Zwart, P.H. (2010) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 66: 213
Organizational Affiliation: 
Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Department of EnergyDepartment of Energy
United States
DE-AC02-05CH11231
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
GM055302
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
GM110501
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
GM095887
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
GM102520
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
5 F32 GM116423-02
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
France
RGP0063/2013 310
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Germany
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Deutsche forschungs Gemeinschaft
Germany
Sfb1078, TP A5
Umea University, Solar Fuels Strong Research Environment
Sweden
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K&A Wallenberg Foundation
Sweden
2011.0055
Energimyndigheten
Sweden
36648-1
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
United States
Collaborative Innovation Award
Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 (CCP4)
United Kingdom
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National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Office of Science, Department of Energy
United States
DE-AC02-05CH11231
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
P41GM103393
Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) and SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Office of Basic Energy Science, Department of Energy
United States
DE-AC02-76SF00515
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy
United States
Laboratory Directed Research and Development grant 11-008
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources (NIH/NCRR)
United States
2-P41-RR012408
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
United States
8P41GM103473-16
Department of Energy (DOE, United States)
United States
FWP BO-70
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
United Kingdom
102593
Department of Energy (DOE, United States)
United States
DE-AC02-98CH10886
Department of Energy (DOE, United States)
United States
DE-SC0012704
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)