Calcium, conformational selection, and redox-active tyrosine YZ in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving cluster [Plant Biology]

In Photosystem II (PSII), YZ (Tyr161D1) participates in radical transfer between the chlorophyll donor and the Mn4CaO5 cluster. Under flashing illumination, the metal cluster cycles among five Sn states, and oxygen is evolved from water. The essential YZ is transiently oxidized and reduced on each flash in a proton-coupled electron...

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