Arrangement of Atoms in the Heart of Photosystem II (IMAGE)

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Arrangement of Atoms in the Heart of Photosystem II

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Arrangement of atoms in the heart of photosystem II: four manganese, five oxygen and one calcium atom are linked in the cluster on which water is split. Johannes Messinger and his fellow researchers have not yet been able to pinpoint the position of the latter unambiguously, which is why it is not shown in the illustration.

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Johannes Messinger -- MPI for Bioinorganic Chemistry

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