Manganese and photosynthetic oxygen evolution by algae

  • E. Tel-Or*
  • , W. D.P. Stewart
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

MANGANESE is required for the photoautotrophic growth of O 2-evolving organisms, in which it functions in the O 2-evolving complex of photosystem II. Mn-deficient cultures thus lose their O2-evolving capacity, but activity can be restored by reincorporation of Mn into the photosynthetic apparatus. The ratio of Mn atoms to chlorophyll molecules in O2-evolving organisms and preparations is 1:50-100 (ref. 1).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)715-716
Number of pages2
JournalNature
Volume258
Issue number5537
DOIs
StatePublished - 1975
Externally publishedYes

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