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Light-driven formation of high-valent manganese oxide by photosystem II supports evolutionary role in early bioenergetics
P. Chernev, S. Fischer, J. Hoffmann…·H. Dau
The paper shows modern photosystem II can form birnessite-type Mn oxides, suggesting an evolutionary link between ancient Mn oxide production and current water oxidation mechanisms.
DOI 10.1101/2020.03.03.975516