Application of Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy to the study of the OEC in Photosystem II from cyanobacteria and higher plants.

Morton, JenniferKrausz, ElmarsCraig, VincentCox, NicholasSmith, PaulShen, Jian-Ren2017-08-212017-08-21Application of Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy to the study of the OEC in Photosystem II from cyanobacteria and higher plants. Photosystem II and MCD (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308714300_Application_of_Magnetic_Circular_Dichroism_spectroscopy_to_the_study_of_the_OEC_in_Photosystem_II_from_cyanobacteria_and_higher_plants_Photosystem_II_and_MCD.http://hdl.handle.net/1885/124612Absorption from the OEC was expected to be too weak to be measured through basic optical spectroscopy, with a molar extinction coefficient of <100, compared to 106 for chlorophyll. We therefore used circular dichroism (CD) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) to search for this absorption.application/pdfapplication/pdfApplication of Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy to the study of the OEC in Photosystem II from cyanobacteria and higher plants.