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Polypeptides of Photosystem II: Structure and function

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The intrinsic proteins, which are required for oxygen evolution, and the extrinsic proteins, which act as enhancers of this reaction, are examined from both structural and functional perspectives. In addition in this chapter the work that has been made towards the 2-D and 3-D crystallization of PS II, is described. In addition, the production of a structural model of Photosystem II and the current opinions, which have arisen from these structural analyses, on the structural topology and assemblage of the various subunits that constitute the complex, are discussed.

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