Vittal K. Yachandra

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms(162), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies(90), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms(74), Enzyme Structure and Function(57), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion(31)

Publications284 total

Structural basis of the promiscuity of the unusual Fe(II) and 2-oxoglutarate dependent human aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Can ferric-oxyl excited states explain elongated iron-oxygen bonds in heme peroxidase catalytic intermediates?
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
BPS2026 – Crystal structure of the light-harvesting complex II: Looking at the mobility changes between dark and illuminated states
Biophysical Journal·2026
BPS2026 – Unravelling the mechanism of water oxidation in photosystem II with time-resolved X-ray crystallography
Biophysical Journal·2026
Attosecond inner-shell lasing at ångström wavelengths
Nature·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Serial-femtosecond crystallography reveals how a phytochrome variant couples chromophore and protein structural changes
Science Advances·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Structure of active methyl-CoM reductase, Earth’s main methane producer
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Observation of Multiplet Lines in Seeded Stimulated Mn Kα1 X-ray Emission
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Development of Anaerobic Tools to Determine the Structure of the Active Ni(I) State of Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase: Nature’s Catalyst for Methane Synthesis, Activation, and Oxidation
Structural Dynamics·2025Open Access
Structural changes in Photosystem II using time-resolved X-ray free-electron (XFEL) crystallography and crystalline molecular dynamics.
Structural Dynamics·2025Open Access
Towards the spatial resolution of photosystem II charge states from XFEL diffraction data
Structural Dynamics·2025Open Access
Probing soft X-ray induced photoreduction of a model Mn-complex at cryogenic conditions
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation·2025Open Access
Tribute to Kenneth Sauer (1931–2022): a mentor, a role-model, and an inspiration to all in the field of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis Research·2024Open Access
Editorial for the Special Issue ‘Energy Conversion Reactions in Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis’: A Tribute to Ken Sauer
Photosynthesis Research·2024Open Access
Attosecond Inner-Shell Lasing at Angstrom Wavelengths
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Lighting the way: Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research
The Plant Cell·2024· 33 citedOpen Access
Structure Function Studies of Photosystem II Using X-Ray Free Electron Lasers
Annual Review of Biophysics·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II
Nature·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
In Situ Structural Observation of a Substrate- and Peroxide-Bound High-Spin Ferric-Hydroperoxo Intermediate in the P450 Enzyme CYP121
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2023· 27 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Junko Yano(34), Kenneth Sauer(19), Jan Kern(18), Johannes Messinger(18), Athina Zouni(17), Uwe Bergmann(17), Roberto Alonso‐Mori(14), Nicholas K. Sauter(14), Sheraz Gul(12), Melvin P. Klein(11), Matthew J. Latimer(11), Benedikt Lassalle‐Kaiser(11), Paul D. Adams(11), Pieter Glatzel(10), Aaron S. Brewster(10), Dimosthenis Sokaras(10), Raymond G. Sierra(10), Ruchira Chatterjee(9), Mohamed Ibrahim(9), Sébastien Boutet(9)