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Johannes Messinger

Johannes Messinger

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Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16148
World Ranking
7614
National Ranking
101

Overview

Johannes Messinger is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research publications focus heavily on Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Messinger's research extensively covers topics related to Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research, Enzyme Structure and Function, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Messinger include:

  • Untangling the sequence of events during the S 2 → S 3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures, 2023, Photosynthesis Research
  • Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II, 2023, Nature
  • Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S2 to S3 transition, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II, 2024, Science

Messinger frequently publishes in journals such as Photosynthesis Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuro-Oncology, Nature Communications, and Chemical Science.

Collaborative work forms a considerable part of Messinger's output with frequent co-authors including Petko Chernev, Mun Hon Cheah, Jan Kern, Vittal K. Yachandra, and Junko Yano.

Best Publications

  • Where water is oxidized to dioxygen: structure of the photosynthetic Mn4Ca cluster.

    Junko Yano;Jan Kern;Kenneth Sauer;Kenneth Sauer;Matthew J. Latimer

  • X-ray damage to the Mn4Ca complex in single crystals of photosystem II: A case study for metalloprotein crystallography

    Junko Yano;Jana Kern;Klaus−Dieter Irrgang;Matthew J. Latimer

  • Toward a Low-Cost Artificial Leaf: Driving Carbon-Based and Bifunctional Catalyst Electrodes with Solution-Processed Perovskite Photovoltaics

    Tiva Sharifi;Christian Larsen;Jia Wang;Wai Ling Kwong

  • Structures of the intermediates of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation clock.

    Jan Kern;Ruchira Chatterjee;Iris D. Young;Franklin D. Fuller

  • Simultaneous Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction of Photosystem II at Room Temperature

    Jan Kern;Jan Kern;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Rosalie Tran;Johan Hattne

  • Solar water-splitting into H2 and O2: design principles of photosystem II and hydrogenases

    Wolfgang Lubitz;Edward J. Reijerse;Johannes Messinger

  • Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature

    Iris D. Young;Mohamed Ibrahim;Ruchira Chatterjee;Sheraz Gul

  • Absence of Mn-Centered Oxidation in the S2 → S3 Transition: Implications for the Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation

    Johannes Messinger;John H. Robblee;Uwe Bergmann;Carmen Fernandez

  • Metal oxidation states in biological water splitting

    Vera Krewald;Marius Retegan;Nicholas Cox;Johannes Messinger

  • Artificial photosynthesis as a frontier technology for energy sustainability

    Tom Faunce;Stenbjorn Styring;Michael R Wasielewski;Gary W Brudvig

  • Detection of one slowly exchanging substrate water molecule in the S3 state of photosystem II.

    Johannes Messinger;Murray Badger;Tom Wydrzynski

  • Electronic structure of the Mn4OxCa cluster in the S0 and S2 states of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II based on pulse 55Mn-ENDOR and EPR spectroscopy.

    Leonid V Kulik;Boris Epel;Wolfgang Lubitz;Johannes Messinger

  • Theoretical evaluation of structural models of the S2 state in the oxygen evolving complex of Photosystem II: protonation states and magnetic interactions.

    William Ames;Dimitrios A. Pantazis;Vera Krewald;Nicholas Cox

  • Reflections on substrate water and dioxygen formation.

    Nicholas Cox;Johannes Messinger

  • Recent pulsed EPR studies of the photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex: implications as to water oxidation mechanisms.

    R.David Britt;Kristy A Campbell;Jeffrey M Peloquin;M.Lane Gilchrist

  • Evaluation of different mechanistic proposals for water oxidation in photosynthesis on the basis of Mn4OxCa structures for the catalytic site and spectroscopic data

    Johannes Messinger

  • Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy

    Jan Kern;Rosalie Tran;Roberto Alonso-Mori;Sergey Koroidov

  • The Mn Cluster in the S0 State of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Studied by EXAFS Spectroscopy: Are There Three Di-μ-oxo-bridged Mn2 Moieties in the Tetranuclear Mn Complex?

    John H. Robblee;Johannes Messinger;Roehl M. Cinco;Karen L. McFarlane

  • Detection of the Water-Binding Sites of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Using W-Band 17O Electron–Electron Double Resonance-Detected NMR Spectroscopy

    Leonid Rapatskiy;Nicholas Cox;Anton Savitsky;William M. Ames

  • High-resolution Mn EXAFS of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II: structural implications for the Mn4Ca cluster.

    Junko Yano;Yulia Pushkar;Pieter Glatzel;Azul Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Junko Yano
Junko Yano Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Vittal K. Yachandra
Vittal K. Yachandra Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan Kern
Jan Kern Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Athina Zouni
Athina Zouni Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dimosthenis Sokaras
Dimosthenis Sokaras SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Wolfgang Lubitz
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Society
Pieter Glatzel
Pieter Glatzel European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Paul D. Adams
Paul D. Adams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kenneth Sauer
Kenneth Sauer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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