Author:
Murali Manoj Kelath,Bazhin Nikolai,Parashar Abhinav,Manekkathodi Afsal,Wu Yanyou
Abstract
The Z-scheme electron transport chain (ETC) explanation for photosynthesis starts with the serial/sequential transfer of electrons sourced from water molecules bound at Photosystem II via a deterministic array of redox centers (of various stationary/mobile proteins), before \"sinking\" via the reduction of NADP+ bound at flavin-enzyme reductase. Several research groups’ finding that additives (like bicarbonate) enhance the light reaction had divided the research community because it violated the Z-scheme. The untenable aspects of the Z-scheme perception were demonstrated earlier and a murburn bioenergetics (a stochastic/parallel paradigm of ion-radical equilibriums) model was proposed to explain photophosphorylation and Emerson effect. Herein, we further support the murburn model with accurate thermodynamic calculations, which show that the cost of one-electron abstraction from bicarbonate [491 kJ/mol] is lower than water [527 kJ/mol]. Further, copious thioredoxin enables the capture of photoactivated electrons in milieu, which aid in the reduction of nicotinamide nucleotides. The diffusible reactive species (DRS) generated in milieu sponsor phosphorylations and oxygenic reactions. With structural analysis of Photosystems and interacting molecules, we chart out the equations of reactions that explain the loss of labeled O-atom traces in delocalized oxygenesis. Thus, this essay discredits the Z-scheme and explains key outstanding observations in the field.
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