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@article{Oliver:2023:10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509,
author = {Oliver, T and Kim, TD and Trinugroho, JP and Cordon-Preciado, V and Wijayatilake, N and Bhatia, A and Rutherford, AW and Cardona, Londono T},
doi = {10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509},
journal = {Annual Review of Plant Biology},
title = {The evolution and evolvability of photosystem II},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509},
volume = {74},
year = {2023}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Photosystem II is the water-oxidizing and O2 -evolving enzyme of photosynthesis. How and when this remarkable enzyme arose are fundamental questions in the history of life that have remained difficult to answer. Here, recent advances in our understanding of the origin andevolution of photosystem II are reviewed and discussed in detail. The evolution of photosystem II indicates that water oxidation originated early in the history of life, long before the diversification of cyanobacteria and other major groups of prokaryotes, challenging and transforming current paradigms on the evolution of photosynthesis. We show that photosystem II has remained virtually unchanged for well over three billion years, and yet the nonstop duplication process of the D1 subunit of photosystem II, which controls photochemistry and catalysis, has enabled the enzyme to become adaptable to variable environmental conditions, and even to innovate enzymatic functions beyond water oxidation. It is suggested that this evolvability can be exploited to develop novel light-powered enzymes with the capacity to carry out complex multi-step oxidative transformations for sustainable biocatalysis.
AU - Oliver,T
AU - Kim,TD
AU - Trinugroho,JP
AU - Cordon-Preciado,V
AU - Wijayatilake,N
AU - Bhatia,A
AU - Rutherford,AW
AU - Cardona,Londono T
DO - 10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509
PY - 2023///
SN - 1040-2519
TI - The evolution and evolvability of photosystem II
T2 - Annual Review of Plant Biology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509
UR - https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-062509
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101909
VL - 74
ER -
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