Preface for Special Issue of Photosynthesis Research “Photosynthetic Water Oxidation”

[1] Barber J(2004)Structural model of the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II with mechanistic implications Chem Phys Phys Chem 6 4737-4742

[2] Ferreira K(2006)Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy detects protein-based intermediates in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving cycle PNAS 103 7288-7291

[3] Maghlaoui K(2004)Detection of an intermediate of photosynthetic water oxidation Nature 430 480-483

[4] Iwata S(2006)Reaction cycle of photosynthetic water oxidation Science 312 1471-1472

[5] Barry BA(2003)X-ray absorption spectroscopy to analyze nuclear geometry and electronic structure of biological metal centers—potential and questions examined with special focus on the tetra-nuclear manganese complex of oxygenic photosynthesis Anal Bioanal Chem 376 562-583

[6] Cooper IB(2005)Structural and oxidation state changes of the photosystem II manganese complex in four transitions of the water oxidation cycle characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at 20 K as well as at room temperature Biochemistry 44 1894-1908

[7] De Riso A(1970)Cooperation of charges in photosynthetic O Photochem Photobiol 11 457-475

[8] Brewer SH(2006) evolution 1. A linear 4 step mechanism Nature 438 1040-1044

[9] Vu DM(2007)Towards complete cofactor arrangement in the 3.0 Å resolution structure of photosystem II Chem Commun (Camb) 15 1538-1540

[10] Dyer RB(2006)Heteronuclear Mn-Ca/strontium complexes and Ca/Sr EXAFS spectral comparisons with the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II J Biol Chem 282 7198-7208

[1] Barber J(2004)Structural model of the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II with mechanistic implications Chem Phys Phys Chem 6 4737-4742

[2] Ferreira K(2006)Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy detects protein-based intermediates in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving cycle PNAS 103 7288-7291

[3] Maghlaoui K(2004)Detection of an intermediate of photosynthetic water oxidation Nature 430 480-483

[4] Iwata S(2006)Reaction cycle of photosynthetic water oxidation Science 312 1471-1472

[5] Barry BA(2003)X-ray absorption spectroscopy to analyze nuclear geometry and electronic structure of biological metal centers—potential and questions examined with special focus on the tetra-nuclear manganese complex of oxygenic photosynthesis Anal Bioanal Chem 376 562-583

[6] Cooper IB(2005)Structural and oxidation state changes of the photosystem II manganese complex in four transitions of the water oxidation cycle characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at 20 K as well as at room temperature Biochemistry 44 1894-1908

[7] De Riso A(1970)Cooperation of charges in photosynthetic O Photochem Photobiol 11 457-475

[8] Brewer SH(2006) evolution 1. A linear 4 step mechanism Nature 438 1040-1044

[9] Vu DM(2007)Towards complete cofactor arrangement in the 3.0 Å resolution structure of photosystem II Chem Commun (Camb) 15 1538-1540

[10] Dyer RB(2006)Heteronuclear Mn-Ca/strontium complexes and Ca/Sr EXAFS spectral comparisons with the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II J Biol Chem 282 7198-7208