PARENT SESSION
Posters P7A Mechanisms of water oxidation. Abstracts (347-381)


(P7A-1) Study on the relationship between structure of photosynthetic oxygenic extrinsic proteins and their physiological functions. (Abstract 347)
Jun Weng1, Chunhe Xu*,1, Kangcheng Ruan2, 1 Institute of Plant Physiology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China2 Labotatory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, CAS, Shanghai, China


(P7A-2) Flash-number dependent oscillation of the light-induced (at 5 K) split EPR signals from OEC. (Abstract 348)
Jihu Su*,1, Kajsa Sigfridsson*,1, Yashar Feyziyev *,1,2, Stenbjörn Styring*,1, 1 Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Villavägen 6, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden2 Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Villavägen 6, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden


(P7A-3) Reconstitution of the water-oxidizing complex in manganese-depleted Photosystem II complexes by using synthetic manganese complexes. (Abstract 349)
Shuqin Li*,1, Guangye Han2, Guiying Chen3, Qiutian Liu4, Liangbi Li5, Tingyun Kuang6, 1 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China2 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China3 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China4 State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Scienc, China5 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China6 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, China


(P7A-4) Studies of the S0 state multiline signal of the oxygen evolving centre in Photosystem II. (Abstract 350)
Karin Ahrling*,1, M.C.W. Evans2, 1 Photobioenergetics, Research School of Biological Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia2 Biology Department, University College London, London, United Kingdom


(P7A-5) Fast repetition rate laser fluorometer and role for bicarbonate in oxygen evolution by Photosystem II at site arginine 357 of CP43. (Abstract 351)
Gennady Ananyev*,1, Tuan Nguen1, Rogier Willigen1, Cindy Putnam-Evans2, G. Dismukes1, 1 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA2 East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA


(P7A-6) Pulsed EPR studies of the Mn and tyrosines centers of PSII. (Abstract 352)
R David Britt*,1, 1 Department of Chemistry, Davis, CA, USA


(P7A-7) Ammonia-induced structural changes of the oxygen-evolving complex in Photosystem II as revealed by FTIR. (Abstract 353)
Hsiu-An Chu*,1, 1 Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan


(P7A-8) Water oxidation by PSII - relaxation of the potential of the tyrosine-z radical prior to the oxygen-formation step analyzed by delayed fluorescence measurements. (Abstract 354)
Markus Grabolle, Holger Dau*,1, 1 Free Univ. Berlin, D-14185 Berlin, Germany


(P7A-9) Possible mechanisms for photosynthetic O2 formation based on the higher resolution crystal structure, synthetic complexes and time-dependent electronic structure calculations. (Abstract 355)
Rogier van Willigen1, Jyotishman Dasgupta1, Jian-Zhong Wu1, Filippo De Angeles2, Roberto Car1, Charles Dismukes*,1, 1 Princeton University, USA2 Princeton University, USA


(P7A-10) Structural features associated with CP47, D1 and the extrinsic proteins that stabilize oxygen evolution. (Abstract 356)
Julian Eaton-Rye*,1, Bronwyn Carlisle1, Jackie Shand1, Claire Martin1, Ron Manulevu1, 1 Department of Biochemistry, Dunedin, New Zealand


(P7A-11) Characterization of Ser-replacement mutants in the D1 protein Arg 64, 323 and 334 in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. (Abstract 357)
Yashar Feyziyev*,1, Naoki Mizusawa1, Asako Ishii1, Taka-aki Ono1, 1 Laboratory for Photo-Biology (1), Sendai, Japan


(P7A-12) The Cl- binding site in the oxygen-evolving complex studied by FTIR spectroscopy. (Abstract 358)
Koji Hasegawa*,1, Yukihiro Kimura1, Taka-aki Ono1, 1 Laboratory for Photobiology(I), Photodynamics Research Center, RIKEN, 519-1399 Aoba, Sendai, Japan


(P7A-13) Interaction of higher S-states of the OEC with reductants: Is S3 a radical containing state? (Abstract 359)
Nikolaos Ioannidis*,1, Vassili Petrouleas1, 1 Institute of Materials Science, Athens, Greece


(P7A-14) Functional analysis of the four PsbP members encoded by multigene family in Nicotiana tabacum. (Abstract 360)
Seiko Ishihara*,1, Yumiko Yamamoto1, Kentaro Ifuku1, Fumihiko Sato1, 2, 1 Grad. Sch. of Biostudies, Kyoto Univ., Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, kyoto, Japan2 Fac. of Agri., Kyoto Univ., kitashirakawa, sakyo, Kyoto, Japan


(P7A-15) Detection of 18O-water sensitive and S-state dependent low-frequency vibrational modes in photosynthetic oxygen evolving complex. (Abstract 361)
Yukihiro Kimura*,1, Asako Ishii1, Toshihiro Yamanari2, Koji Hasegawa1, Taka-aki Ono1, 1 Laboratory for Photo-Biology(1), Photodynamics Research Center, RIKEN, Sendai, Japan2 Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan


(P7A-16) Oxidation potentials and functional interaction with Photosystem II of manganese complexes containing bicarbonate and carboxylate ligands. (Abstract 362)
Yuri Kozlov1, Konstantin Tikhonov1, Jyotishman Dasgupta2, Sergey Zharmukhamedov1, Alevtina Kazakova1, Charles Dismukes*,2, Vyacheslav Klimov1, 1 Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, RUSSIA2 Princeton University, Department of Chemistry, Hoyt Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA


(P7A-17) Deuterium isotope effects on the reaction of tyrosine D with the S2 and S3 states of the oxygen evolving complex in Photosystem II. (Abstract 363)
Sabina Isgandarova1, Birgit Nöring 1, Leonid Kulik*,1, Gernot Regner2, Johannes Messinger1, 1 Max-Planck-Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany2 Max-Volmer-Laboratorium for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin, Germany


(P7A-18) Dual action of chloride ion on hydroxylamine inhibition of Photosystem II: Activation and attenuation. (Abstract 364)
Thomas Kuntzleman*,1, Charles Yocum1, 2, 1 Department of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA2 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


(P7A-19) Mechanism of the tyrosine YZ oxidation in Photosystem II studied by density functional theory. (Abstract 365)
Masami Kusunoki*,1, Atsuhiro Adachi1, 1 1-1-1, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan


(P7A-20) Mechanism of the photosynthetic water oxidation reaction catalyzed by a noble Mn4CaCl-bicarbonate cluster. (Abstract 366)
Masami Kusunoki*,1, 1 Department of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan


(P7A-21) Targeted screening for PsbO mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (Abstract 367)
Haijun Liu*,1, Jyoti Iyer1, Ajay Yekkirala1, Ron Hutchison1, 1 Dept of Biological Science North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA


(P7A-22) Calcium release from PSII without loss of extrinsic polypeptides: The roles of temperature and potassium. (Abstract 368)
Robert McCarrick*,1, Zachary Nagel1, Charles Yocum1, 1 Chemistry Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US


(P7A-23) Origin of the g=2 broad EPR signal in the Ca2+-depleted PS II in S1 state. (Abstract 369)
Hiroyuki Mino*,1, Shigeru Itoh1, 1 Grad. School of Sci, Nagoya University, Nagoya, JAPAN


(P7A-24) The role of the calcium ion in the S-state transitions studied by UV-absorbance difference spectroscopy. (Abstract 370)
Mohamed MIQYASS*,1, Hans Van GORKOM1, Marcel MAROSVOLGYI1, 1 Biophysic Department Huygens Laboratorium, Leiden, Netherlands


(P7A-25) Effect of illumination temperature on the miss-factor in the S-cycle. (Abstract 371)
Fatemeh Morvaridi*,1, Yashar Feyziyev2, Fikret Mamedov2, Stenbjörn Styring2, 1 Department of Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and, Lund, Sweden2 Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden


(P7A-26) The functional difference between two extrinsic 33-kDa proteins, PsbO1 and PsbO2, in Arabidopsis. (Abstract 372)
Reiko Murakami*,1, Kentaro Ifuku1, Atsushi Takabayashi1, Toshiharu Shikanai4, Fumihiko Sato1, Tsuyoshi Endo1, 1 Grad. Sch. Biostudies, Kyoto Univ. , Kyoto 606-8502, Japan4 Grad. Sch. Biol. Sci. , Nara Institute Sci. & Tech. , Ikoma, Nara, 630-1101, Japan


(P7A-27) Structural implications of the D1 C-terminal -carboxylate in photosynthetic oxygen evolution as studied by FTIR. (Abstract 373)
Naoki Mizusawa1, Yukihiro Kimura1, Asako Ishii1, Toshihiro Yamanari2, Taka-aki Ono*,1, 1 Laboratory for Photo-Biology (I), Photodynamics Research Center, RIKEN, 519-1399 Aoba, Sendai, Japan2 Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan


(P7A-28) Studies on the mechanism of oxidative water cleavage in cyanobacteria and plants. (Abstract 374)
Gernot Renger*,1, 1 Max Volmer Laboratorium für Biophysikalische Chemie, Berlin, Berlin, Germany


(P7A-29) Modelling the Mn4Ca cluster of the water-oxidizing complex of Photosystem II. (Abstract 375)
Kenneth Sauer*,1, 2, Junko Yano1, 2, Vittal Yachandra1, 1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA2 Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA


(P7A-30) Characterization of the "Split" EPR-signal from Tyr-Z-S1 in PSII with Tyr-D reduced. (Abstract 376)
Kajsa Sigfridsson*,1, Yashar Feyziyev*,2, Stenbjörn Styring1, 1 Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala, Sweden2 Laboratory for Photobiology, Photodynamic Research Center, Sendai, Japan


(P7A-31) Photosystem II carbonic anhydrases and the oxidizing-side bicarbonate effect. (Abstract 377)
Yih-Kuang Lu, Alan Stemler*,,


(P7A-32) The role of the chloride ion in the oxygen evolving complex. (Abstract 378)
Hans van Gorkom*,1, Charles Yocum2, 1 Department of Biophysics, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden, Netherlands2 Departments of Biology and of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


(P7A-33) The influence of the D1-H332 residue on the energetics of the S2 state. (Abstract 379)
Imre Vass*,1, Yagut Allakhverdieva1, Krisztián Cser1, Zsuzsanna Deák1, Bruce Diner2, Peter Nixon3, 1 Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary2 CR&D, Experimental Station, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE, USA3 Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Biochemistry Building, South Kensington campus, London, UK


(P7A-34) Release of calcium from PSII by monovalent metal ions. (Abstract 380)
Charles Yocum*,1, Zachary Nagel1, 1 Departments of MCD Biology and of Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


(P7A-35) Tyrosine z redox chemistry in active Photosystem II at cryogenic temperature. (Abstract 381)
Chunxi Zhang*,1, Alfred Rutherford1, 1 Service de Bioénergétique, CNRS URA 2096, Département de Biologie Joliot-Curie, Paris, France



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