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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Structural basis of cyanobacterial photosystem II Inhibition by the herbicide terbutryn.

Matthias Broser, Carina Glöckner, Azat Gabdulkhakov, Albert Guskov, Joachim Buchta, Jan Kern, Frank Müh, Holger Dau, Wolfram Saenger, Athina Zouni

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias BroserInstitut für Chemie/Max-Volmer-Laboratorium für Biophysikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Carina Glöckner
Azat Gabdulkhakov
Albert Guskov
Joachim Buchta
Jan Kern
Frank Müh
Holger Dau
Wolfram Saenger
Athina Zouni
Freie Universität Berlin · DETechnische Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herbicides that target photosystem II (PSII) compete with the native electron acceptor plastoquinone for binding at the Q(B) site in the D1 subunit and thus block the electron transfer from Q(A) to Q(B). Here, we present the first crystal structure of PSII with a bound herbicide at a resolution of 3.2 Å. The crystallized PSII core complexes were isolated from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. The used herbicide terbutryn is found to bind via at least two hydrogen bonds to the Q(B) site similar to photosynthetic reaction centers in anoxygenic purple bacteria. Herbicide binding to PSII is also discussed regarding the influence on the redox potential of Q(A), which is known to affect photoinhibition. We further identified a second and novel chloride position close to the water-oxidizing complex and in the vicinity of the chloride ion reported earlier (Guskov, A., Kern, J., Gabdulkhakov, A., Broser, M., Zouni, A., and Saenger, W. (2009) Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 16, 334-342). This discovery is discussed in the context of proton transfer to the lumen.

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Crystallography, X-RayCyanobacteriaHerbicidesPhotosystem II Protein ComplexProtein Structure, QuaternaryStructure-Activity RelationshipTriazinesHerbicidesPhotosystem II Protein ComplexterbutryneTriazines

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PMID21367867
PMCPMC3091205
OpenAlexW2102038853

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