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Vittal K. Yachandra

University of California System · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Research interest
Research interests include Chemistry, Photosystem II, Femtosecond, Oxygen-evolving complex, Spectroscopy, and Oxygen evolution.
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citations
3,826
works
33
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Recent publications

Tracking the redox reaction of the iron enzyme ribonucleotide reductase using continuous SerialED and SFX
Structure 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Serial-femtosecond crystallography reveals how a phytochrome variant couples chromophore and protein structural changes
Science Advances 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Metalloenzymes at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in a Shot-by-Shot Mode
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Lighting the way: Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research
The Plant Cell 2024cited by 36position: middledoi
Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II
Nature 2023cited by 161position: lastdoi
Water Networks in Photosystem II Using Crystalline Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Room-Temperature XFEL Serial Crystallography
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 33position: middledoi
Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function
Photosynthesis Research 2023cited by 29position: middledoi
Going around the Kok cycle of the water oxidation reaction with femtosecond X-ray crystallography
IUCrJ 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Capturing the sequence of events during the water oxidation reaction in photosynthesis using <scp>XFELs</scp>
FEBS Letters 2022cited by 18position: middledoi
Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S2 to S3 transition
Nature Communications 2021cited by 144position: middledoi
An on-demand, drop-on-drop method for studying enzyme catalysis by serial crystallography
Nature Communications 2021cited by 78position: middledoi
X-ray free-electron laser studies reveal correlated motion during isopenicillin <i>N</i> synthase catalysis
Science Advances 2021cited by 50position: middledoi
Room temperature XFEL crystallography reveals asymmetry in the vicinity of the two phylloquinones in photosystem I
Scientific Reports 2021cited by 23position: middledoi
Effects of x-ray free-electron laser pulse intensity on the Mn K<b><i>β</i></b><sub>1,3</sub> x-ray emission spectrum in photosystem II—A case study for metalloprotein crystals and solutions
Structural Dynamics 2021cited by 19position: middledoi
Reply to Wang et al.: Clear evidence of binding of Ox to the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II is best observed in the omit map
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 14position: middledoi
Untangling the sequence of events during the S <sub>2</sub> → S <sub>3</sub> transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 232position: middledoi
Structural isomers of the S<sub>2</sub> state in photosystem II: do they exist at room temperature and are they important for function?
Physiologia Plantarum 2019cited by 31position: middledoi
Structures of the intermediates of Kok’s photosynthetic water oxidation clock
Nature 2018cited by 520position: lastdoi
Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers
Nature Methods 2017cited by 202position: middledoi
Mechanistic Evidence for Ligand-Centered Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction with the Conductive MOF Ni<sub>3</sub>(hexaiminotriphenylene)<sub>2</sub>
ACS Catalysis 2017cited by 197position: middledoi
Optimizing Crystal Size of Photosystem II by Macroseeding: Toward Neutron Protein Crystallography
Crystal Growth & Design 2017cited by 11position: middledoi
Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature
Nature 2016cited by 386position: middledoi
Acoustic Injectors for Drop-On-Demand Serial Femtosecond Crystallography
Structure 2016cited by 120position: middledoi
No observable conformational changes in PSII
Nature 2016cited by 46position: lastdoi
Towards characterization of photo-excited electron transfer and catalysis in natural and artificial systems using XFELs
Faraday Discussions 2016cited by 19position: middledoi
Concentric-flow electrokinetic injector enables serial crystallography of ribosome and photosystem II
Nature Methods 2015cited by 124position: middledoi
High-density grids for efficient data collection from multiple crystals
Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology 2015cited by 75position: middledoi
Improvements in serial femtosecond crystallography of photosystem II by optimizing crystal uniformity using microseeding procedures
Structural Dynamics 2015cited by 35position: middledoi
Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy
Nature Communications 2014cited by 231position: lastdoi
Accurate macromolecular structures using minimal measurements from X-ray free-electron lasers
Nature Methods 2014cited by 158position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Junko Yano · University of California System13 papers (2012–2024)Jan Kern · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory11 papers (2014–2024)Athina Zouni · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin9 papers (2014–2023) · 7 papers (2014–2023)Mohamed Ibrahim · University of Lübeck7 papers (2015–2023)Nicholas K. Sauter · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory6 papers (2014–2023) · 5 papers (2014–2023)Holger Dobbek · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin5 papers (2017–2023)Asmit Bhowmick · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory5 papers (2021–2023)Ruchira Chatterjee · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory5 papers (2015–2023)Roberto Alonso‐Mori · National Institute of Standards and Technology4 papers (2014–2023)Philipp S. Simon · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory4 papers (2022–2023)Rana Hussein · Goethe University Frankfurt4 papers (2017–2023)Aaron S. Brewster · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory4 papers (2016–2023)Margaret Doyle · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory4 papers (2022–2023)Franklin D. Fuller · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor3 papers (2019–2023)Mun Hon Cheah · Australian National University3 papers (2019–2023)Isabel Bogacz · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory3 papers (2022–2023) · 2 papers (2014–2016)Julia Hellmich · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin2 papers (2014–2015)