Imperial College London
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Professor Bill Rutherford FRS

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5329a.rutherford Website

 
 
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Location

 

702Sir Ernst Chain BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Cardona:2019:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.016,
author = {Cardona, Londono T and Rutherford, AW},
doi = {10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.016},
journal = {Trends in Plant Science},
pages = {1008--1021},
title = {Evolution of photochemical reaction centres: more twists?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.016},
volume = {24},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - One of the earliest events in the molecular evolution of photosynthesis is the structural and functional specialisation of Type I (ferredoxin-reducing) and Type II (quinone-reducing) reaction centres. In this opinion article we point out that the homodimeric Type I reaction centre of Heliobacteria has a calcium-binding site with striking structural similarities to the Mn4CaO5 cluster of Photosystem II. These similarities indicate that most of the structural elements required to evolve water oxidation chemistry were present in the earliest reaction centres. We suggest that the divergence of Type I and Type II reaction centres was made possible by a drastic structural shift linked to a change in redox properties that coincided with or facilitated the origin of photosynthetic water oxidation.
AU  - Cardona,Londono T
AU  - Rutherford,AW
DO  - 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.016
EP  - 1021
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1878-4372
SP  - 1008
TI  - Evolution of photochemical reaction centres: more twists?
T2  - Trends in Plant Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.06.016
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138519301633?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71138
VL  - 24
ER  -
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