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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Department of Biology | Structural Biology / Biochemistry | Hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II revealed by cryo-electron microscopy (Science, June 2024)

Hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II revealed by cryo-electron microscopy (Science, June 2024)



Rana Hussein together with Holger Dobbek, Athina Zouni and Julia Gaetcke (UniSysCat/SFB1078), and Petra Wendler (UniSysCat) in collaboration with colleagues from the Umeå and Uppsala Universities (Sweden) used cryo-electron microscopy single-particle analysis (cryo-EM SPA) to reveal previously undetected water networks and more than half of the hydrogen and proton positions. The results elucidate the water binding/activation and plastoquinone B protonation.

 

 

Rana Hussein, André Graça, et al (2024) Science DOI: 10.1126/science.adn6541