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Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria

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Johnson, Jena E., Webb, Samuel M., Thomas, Katherine, Ono, Shuhei, Kirschvink, Joseph L., Fischer, Woodward W.·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1305530110PMC PMC3710856

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The emergence of oxygen-producing (oxygenic) photosynthesis fundamentally transformed our planet; however, the processes that led to the evolution of biological water splitting have remained largely unknown. To illuminate this history, we examined the behavior of the ancient Mn cycle using newly obtained scientific drill cores through an early Paleoproterozoic succession (2.415 Ga) preserved in South Africa. These strata contain substantial Mn enrichments (up to ∼17 wt %) well before those associated with the rise of oxygen such as the ∼2.2 Ga Kalahari Mn deposit. Using microscale X-ray spectroscopic techniques coupled to optical and electron microscopy and carbon isotope ratios, we demonstrate that the Mn is hosted exclusively in carbonate mineral phases derived from reduction of Mn oxides during diagenesis of primary sediments. Additional observations of independent proxies for O2--multiple S isotopes (measured by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry and secondary ion mass spectrometry) and redox-sensitive detrital grains--reveal that the original Mn-oxide phases were not produced by reactions with O2, which points to a different high-potential oxidant. These results show that the oxidative branch of the Mn cycle predates the rise of oxygen, and provide strong support for the hypothesis that the water-oxidizing complex of photosystem II evolved from a former transitional photosystem capable of single-electron oxidation reactions of Mn.

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Authors: Johnson, J. E., Webb, S. M., Thomas, K., Ono, S., Kirschvink, J. L., & Fischer, W. W.
Affiliations: California Institute of Technology (US)
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (US)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP)
ORCID: Johnson, Jena E.
Webb, Samuel M.
Ono, Shuhei
Kirschvink, Joseph L.
Fischer, Woodward W.
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2013-06-24
Volume: 110
Issue: 28
Pages: 11238-11243
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305530110
PMC: PMC3710856
OpenAlex: W2103118098
Cited by: 238
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 5
FWCI: 11.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders: National Science Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agouron Institute
Office of Science
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Keywords: manganese cycle, oxygen-evolving complex, Paleoproterozoic, manganese oxide, carbonate minerals, diagenesis, sulfur isotopes, carbon isotopes
MeSH terms: Cyanobacteria, Manganese, Oxidation-Reduction, Photosynthesis, Biomarkers

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