Najafpour M M, Ghobadi M Z, Haghighi B, Eaton-Rye J J, Tomo T, Shen J-R, Allakhverdiev S I
Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran.
Biochemistry (Mosc). 2014 Apr;79(4):324-36. doi: 10.1134/S0006297914040026.
Cyanobacteria, algae, and plants are the manufacturers that release O2 via water oxidation during photosynthesis. Since fossil resources are running out, researchers are now actively trying to use the natural catalytic center of water oxidation found in the photosystem II (PS II) reaction center of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms to synthesize a biomimetic supercatalyst for water oxidation. Success in this area of research will transcend the current bottleneck for the development of energy-conversion schemes based on sunlight. In this review, we go over the structure and function of the water-oxidizing complex (WOC) found in Nature by focusing on the recent advances made by the international research community dedicated to achieve the goal of artificial water splitting based on the WOC of PS II.
蓝细菌、藻类和植物是在光合作用过程中通过水氧化释放氧气的生产者。由于化石资源即将枯竭，研究人员目前正积极尝试利用产氧光合生物的光系统II（PS II）反应中心中发现的水氧化天然催化中心，来合成用于水氧化的仿生超级催化剂。这一研究领域的成功将突破基于阳光的能量转换方案发展的当前瓶颈。在本综述中，我们将重点关注致力于基于PS II的水氧化复合物（WOC）实现人工水分解目标的国际研究团队所取得的最新进展，从而探讨自然界中发现的水氧化复合物的结构和功能。
