Magneto-optical measurements of the pigments in fully active photosystem II core complexes from plants

Smith, Paul; Peterson Arskold, Sindra; Masters, Vanessa; Wydrzynski, Thomas; Styring, Stenbjorn; Krausz, Elmars; Pace, Ronald

Magneto-optical measurements of the pigments in fully active photosystem II core complexes from plants

Date

2002

Authors

Smith, Paul

Peterson Arskold, Sindra

Masters, Vanessa

Wydrzynski, Thomas

Styring, Stenbjorn

Krausz, Elmars

Pace, Ronald

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

Preparation of a minimum PSII core complex from spinach is described, containing four Mn per reaction center (RC) and exhibiting high O2 evolving activity [∼4000 μmol of O2 (mg of chl)-1 h-11. The complex consists of the CP47 and CP43 chlorophyll bindi