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Chatterjee R, Coates CS, Milikisiyants S, Poluektov OG, Lakshmi KV. Structure and Function of Quinones in Biological Solar Energy Transduction: A High-Frequency D-Band EPR Spectroscopy Study of Model Benzoquinones. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:676-82. [DOI: 10.1021/jp210156a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Ruchira Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Magnuson A, Krassen H, Stensjö K, Ho FM, Styring S. Modeling Photosystem I with the alternative reaction center protein PsaB2 in the nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:1152-61. [PMID: 21605545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Five nitrogen fixing cyanobacterial strains have been found to contain PsaB2, an additional and divergent gene copy for the Photosystem I reaction center protein PsaB. In all five species the divergent gene, psaB2, is located separately from the normal psaAB operon in the genome. The protein, PsaB2, was recently identified in heterocysts of Nostoc punctiforme sp. strain PCC 73102. 12 conserved amino acid replacements and one insertion, were identified by a multiple sequence alignment of several PsaB2 and PsaB1 sequences. Several, including an inserted glutamine, are located close to the iron-sulfur cluster F(X) in the electron transfer chain. By homology modeling, using the Photosystem I crystal structure as template, we have found that the amino acid composition in PsaB2 will introduce changes in critical parts of the Photosystem I protein structure. The changes are close to F(X) and the phylloquinone (PhQ) in the B-branch, indicating that the electron transfer properties most likely will be affected. We suggest that the divergent PsaB2 protein produces an alternative Photosystem I reaction center with different structural and electron transfer properties. Some interesting physiologcial consequences that this can have for the function of Photosystem I in heterocysts, are discussed.
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- Ann Magnuson
- Department of Photochemistryand Molecular Science, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Srinivasan N, Chatterjee R, Milikisiyants S, Golbeck JH, Lakshmi KV. Effect of Hydrogen Bond Strength on the Redox Properties of Phylloquinones: A Two-Dimensional Hyperfine Sublevel Correlation Spectroscopy Study of Photosystem I. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3495-501. [DOI: 10.1021/bi102056q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Nithya Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Srinivasan N, Santabarbara S, Rappaport F, Carbonera D, Redding K, van der Est A, Golbeck JH. Alteration of the H-Bond to the A1A Phylloquinone in Photosystem I: Influence on the Kinetics and Energetics of Electron Transfer. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:1751-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp109531b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS/UPMC, 13 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS/UPMC, 13 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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Nycz JE, Malecki G, Ponikiewski L, Leboschka M, Nowak M, Kusz J. Synthesis, spectroscopy and computational studies of some novel phosphorylated derivatives of quinoline-5,8-diones. J Mol Struct 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kieseritzky G, Knapp EW. Charge transport in the ClC-type chloride-proton anti-porter from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:2976-86. [PMID: 21059656 PMCID: PMC3024792 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.163246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2010] [Revised: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The first chloride transporter identified in the superfamily of ClC chloride channels was from Escherichia coli (EClC) (Accardi, A., and Miller, C. (2004) Nature 427, 803-807). Pathways, energetics, and mechanism of proton and chloride translocation and their coupling are up to now unclear. To bridge the hydrophobic gap of proton transport, we modeled four stable buried waters into both subunits of the WT EClC structure. Together they form a "water wire" connecting Glu-203 with the chloride at the central site, which in turn connects to Glu-148, the hypothetical proton exit site. Assuming the transient production of hydrochloride in the central chloride binding site of EClC, the water wire could establish a transmembrane proton transport pathway starting from Glu-203 all the way downstream onto Glu-148. We demonstrated by electrostatic and quantum chemical computations that protonation of the central chloride is energetically feasible. We characterized all chloride occupancies and protonation states possibly relevant for the proton-chloride transport cycle in EClC and constructed a working model. Accordingly, EClC evolves through states involving up to two excess protons and between one and three chlorides, which was required to fulfill the experimentally observed 2:1 stoichiometry. We show that the Y445F and E203H mutants of EClC can operate similarly, thus explaining why they exhibit almost WT activity levels. The proposed mechanism of coupled chloride-proton transport in EClC is consistent with available experimental data and allows predictions on the importance of specific amino acids, which may be probed by mutation experiments.
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- Gernot Kieseritzky
- From the Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Fabeckstrasse 36a, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- From the Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Fabeckstrasse 36a, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Santabarbara S, Galuppini L, Casazza AP. Bidirectional electron transfer in the reaction centre of photosystem I. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 52:735-749. [PMID: 20666929 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00977.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In the past decade light-induced electron transfer reactions in photosystem I have been the subject of intensive investigations that have led to the elucidation of some unique characteristics, the most striking of which is the existence of two parallel, functional, redox active cofactors chains. This process is generally referred to as bidirectional electron transfer. Here we present a review of the principal evidences that have led to the uncovering of bidirectionality in the reaction centre of photosystem I. A special focus is dedicated to the results obtained combining time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, either difference absorption or electron paramagnetic resonance, with molecular genetics, which allows, through modification of the binding of redox active cofactors with the reaction centre subunits, an effect on their physical-chemical properties.
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Adolphs J, Müh F, Madjet MEA, am Busch MS, Renger T. Structure-based calculations of optical spectra of photosystem I suggest an asymmetric light-harvesting process. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:3331-43. [PMID: 20166713 DOI: 10.1021/ja9072222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Optical line shape theory is combined with a quantum-chemical/electrostatic calculation of the site energies of the 96 chlorophyll a pigments and their excitonic couplings to simulate optical spectra of photosystem I core complexes from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. The absorbance, linear dichroism and circular dichroism spectra, calculated on the basis of the 2.5 A crystal structure, match the experimental data semiquantitatively allowing for a detailed analysis of the pigment-protein interaction. The majority of site energies are determined by multiple interactions with a large number (>20) of amino acid residues, a result which demonstrates the importance of long-range electrostatic interactions. The low-energy exciton states of the antenna are found to be located at a nearest distance of about 25 A from the special pair of the reaction center. The intermediate pigments form a high-energy bridge, the site energies of which are stabilized by a particularly large number (>100) of amino acid residues. The concentration of low energy exciton states in the antenna is larger on the side of the A-branch of the reaction center, implying an asymmetric delivery of excitation energy to the latter. This asymmetry in light-harvesting may provide the key for understanding the asymmetric use of the two branches in primary electron transfer reactions. Experiments are suggested to check for this possibility.
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- Julian Adolphs
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 36a, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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van der Est A. Transient EPR: using spin polarization in sequential radical pairs to study electron transfer in photosynthesis. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 102:335-347. [PMID: 19255871 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9411-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The light induced electron transfer in photosynthesis generates a series of sequential spin polarized radical pairs, and transient electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) is ideally suited to study the lifetimes and physical and electronic structures of these radical pairs. In this article, the basic principles of TREPR are outlined with emphasis on the electron spin polarization (ESP) that develops during the electron transfer process. Examples of the analysis of TREPR data are given to illustrate the information that can be obtained. Recent applications of the technique to study the functionality of reaction centers, light-induced structural changes, and protein-cofactor interactions are reviewed.
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- Art van der Est
- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, Saint Catharines, ON, Canada.
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Weyers AM, Chatterjee R, Milikisiyants S, Lakshmi KV. Structure and Function of Quinones in Biological Solar Energy Transduction: A Differential Pulse Voltammetry, EPR, and Hyperfine Sublevel Correlation (HYSCORE) Spectroscopy Study of Model Benzoquinones. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:15409-18. [DOI: 10.1021/jp907379d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Amanda M. Weyers
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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Srinivasan N, Golbeck JH. Protein–cofactor interactions in bioenergetic complexes: The role of the A1A and A1B phylloquinones in Photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1057-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Srinivasan N, Karyagina I, Bittl R, van der Est A, Golbeck JH. Role of the Hydrogen Bond from Leu722 to the A1A Phylloquinone in Photosystem I. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3315-24. [DOI: 10.1021/bi802340s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Nithya Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Institut für Experimental Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Institut für Experimental Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Institut für Experimental Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Institut für Experimental Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Institut für Experimental Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Photosynthesis is the major process that converts solar energy into chemical energy on Earth. Two and a half billion years ago, the ancestors of cyanobacteria were able to use water as electron source for the photosynthetic process, thereby evolving oxygen and changing the atmosphere of our planet Earth. Two large membrane protein complexes, Photosystems I and II, catalyze the primary step in this energy conversion, the light-induced charge separation across the photosynthetic membrane. This chapter describes and compares the structure of two Photosystems and discusses their function in respect to the mechanism of light harvesting, electron transfer and water splitting.
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- Petra Fromme
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA.
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Ptushenko VV, Cherepanov DA, Krishtalik LI, Semenov AY. Semi-continuum electrostatic calculations of redox potentials in photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 97:55-74. [PMID: 18483776 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9309-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The midpoint redox potentials (E(m)) of all cofactors in photosystem I from Synechococcus elongatus as well as of the iron-sulfur (Fe(4)S(4)) clusters in two soluble ferredoxins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Clostridium acidiurici were calculated within the framework of a semi-continuum dielectric approach. The widely used treatment of proteins as uniform media with single dielectric permittivity is oversimplified, particularly, because permanent charges are considered both as a source for intraprotein electric field and as a part of dielectric polarizability. Our approach overcomes this inconsistency by using two dielectric constants: optical epsilon(o)=2.5 for permanent charges pre-existing in crystal structure, and static epsilon(s) for newly formed charges. We also take into account a substantial dielectric heterogeneity of photosystem I revealed by photoelectric measurements and a liquid junction potential correction for E(m) values of relevant redox cofactors measured in aprotic solvents. We show that calculations based on a single permittivity have the discrepancy with experimental data larger than 0.7 V, whereas E(m) values calculated within our approach fall in the range of experimental estimates. The electrostatic analysis combined with quantum chemistry calculations shows that (i) the energy decrease upon chlorophyll dimerization is essential for the downhill mode of primary charge separation between the special pair P(700) and the primary acceptor A(0); (ii) the primary donor is apparently P(700) but not a pair of accessory chlorophylls; (iii) the electron transfer from the A branch quinone Q(A) to the iron-sulfur cluster F(X) is most probably downhill, whereas that from the B branch quinone Q(B) to F(X) is essentially downhill.
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- Vasily V Ptushenko
- A.N.Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Krzystyniak M, Shen G, Golbeck JH, Antonkine ML. Investigation of water bound to photosystem I with multiquantum filtered 17 O nuclear magnetic resonance. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:014503. [PMID: 18190200 DOI: 10.1063/1.2813891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A new analytical approach was developed to characterize the properties of water molecules bound to macromolecules in solution using 17 O nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation. A combination of conventional (single-quantum) and triple-quantum filtered Hahn echo and inversion recovery measurements was employed. From measured relaxation rate constants, the fraction and the correlation time of bound H2 17 O molecules and the relaxation rate constant of bulk water in solution were calculated. This was done by solving analytically a set of nonlinear equations describing the overall relaxation rate constants in the presence of chemical exchange between bulk and bound water. The analytical approach shows the uniqueness of the solution for a given set of three relaxation rate constants. This important result sheds light on the data reduction problem from 17 O NMR experiments on biological systems. Water bound in photosystem I isolated from the wild type and rubA variant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis species PCC 7002 was investigated for the first time. The analysis revealed that photosystem I isolated from the wild type binds 1720+/-110 water molecules, whereas photosystem I isolated from the rubA variant binds only 1310+/-170. The accuracy of the method proposed can be increased by further 17 O enrichment. The methodology, established for the first time in this work, allows the study of a diverse range of biological samples regardless of their size and molecular weight. Applied initially to photosystem I, this novel method has important consequences for the future investigation of the assembly of biological molecules.
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- M Krzystyniak
- Institute of Chemistry, Sekr. C 2, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Feldman KS, Hester DK, Golbeck JH. A relationship between amide hydrogen bond strength and quinone reduction potential: implications for photosystem I and bacterial reaction center quinone function. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:4891-4. [PMID: 17596943 PMCID: PMC2084345 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A series of 11 simple phylloquinone derivatives, each lacking the extended phytyl side chain but featuring H-bond donor amides at one or both peri positions, were prepared and some salient physical properties were measured. A correlation between both IR frequency and NMR peak position, as indicators of internal H-bond strength, and the quinone half-wave reduction potential, was observed. These data are consistent with the prevailing hypothesis that quinone carbonyl H-bonding in general, and stronger H-bonds in particular, favorably bias the endogenous quinone's electrochemical potential toward easier reduction.
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- Ken S Feldman
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Karyagina I, Pushkar Y, Stehlik D, van der Est A, Ishikita H, Knapp EW, Jagannathan B, Agalarov R, Golbeck JH. Contributions of the Protein Environment to the Midpoint Potentials of the A1 Phylloquinones and the FX Iron−Sulfur Cluster in Photosystem I. Biochemistry 2007; 46:10804-16. [PMID: 17725326 DOI: 10.1021/bi700846z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Electrostatic calculations have predicted that the partial negative charge associated with D575PsaB plays a significant role in modulating the midpoint potentials of the A1A and A1B phylloquinones in photosystem I. To test this prediction, the side chain of residue 575PsaB was changed from negatively charged (D) to neutral (A) and to positively charged (K). D566PsaB, which is located at a considerable distance from either A1A or A1B, and should affect primarily the midpoint potential of FX, was similarly changed. In the 575PsaB variants, the rate of electron transfer from A1A to FX is observed to decrease slightly according to the sequence D/A/K. In the 566PsaB variants, the opposite effect of a slight increase in the rate is observed according to the same sequence D/A/K. These results are consistent with the expectation that changing these residues will shift the midpoint potentials of nearby cofactors to more positive values and that the magnitude of this shift will depend on the distance between the cofactors and the residues being changed. Thus, the midpoint potentials of A1A and A1B should experience a larger shift than will FX in the 575PsaB variants, while FX should experience a larger shift than will either A1A or A1B in the 566PsaB variants. As a result, the driving energy for electron transfer from A1A and A1B to FX will be decreased in the former and increased in the latter. This rationalization of the changes in kinetics is compared with the results of electrostatic calculations. While the altered amino acids shift the midpoint potentials of A1A, A1B, and FX by different amounts, the difference in the shifts between A1A and FX or between A1B and FX is small so that the overall effect on the electron transfer rate between A1A and FX or between A1B and FX is predicted to be small. These conclusions are borne out by experiment.
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- Irina Karyagina
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
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Ishikita H. Influence of the protein environment on the redox potentials of flavodoxins from Clostridium beijerinckii. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:25240-6. [PMID: 17602164 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702788200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The flavin mononucleotide (FMN) quinones in flavodoxin have two characteristic redox potentials, namely, Em(FMNH./FMNH-) for the one-electron reduction of the protonated FMN (E1) and Em(FMN/FMNH.) for the proton-coupled one-electron reduction (E2). These redox potentials in native and mutant flavodoxins obtained from Clostridium beijerinckii were calculated by considering the protonation states of all titratable sites as well as the energy contributed at the pKa value of FMN during protonation at the N5 nitrogen (pKa(N5)). E1 is sensitive to the subtle differences in the protein environments in the proximity of FMN. The protein dielectric volume that prevents the solvation of charged FMN quinones is responsible for the downshift of 130-160 mV of the E1 values with respect to that in an aqueous solution. The influence of the negatively charged 5'-phosphate group of FMN quinone on E1 could result in a maximum shift of 90 mV. A dramatic difference of 130 mV in the calculated E2 values of FMN quinone of the native and G57T mutant flavodoxins is due to the difference in the pKa(N5) values. This is due to the difference in the influence exerted by the carbonyl group of the protein backbone at residue 57.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
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Function of two beta-carotenes near the D1 and D2 proteins in photosystem II dimers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1767:79-87. [PMID: 17123463 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Revised: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The antenna proteins in photosystem II (PSII) not only promote energy transfer to the photosynthetic reaction center (RC) but provide also an efficient cation sink to re-reduce chlorophyll a if the electron transfer (ET) from the Mn-cluster is inhibited. Using the newest PSII dimer crystal structure (3.0 A resolution), in which 11 beta-carotene molecules (Car) and 14 lipids are visible in the PSII monomer, we calculated the redox potentials (Em) of one-electron oxidation for all Car (Em(Car)) by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. In each PSII monomer, the D1 protein harbors a previously unlocated Car (CarD1) in van der Waals contact with the chlorin ring of ChlZ(D1). Each CarD1 in the PSII dimer complex is located in the interface between the D1 and CP47 subunits, together with another four Car of the other PSII monomer and several lipid molecules. The proximity of Car bridging between CarD1 and plastoquinone/Q(A) may imply a direct charge recombination of Car+Q(A)-. The calculated Em(CarD1) and Em(ChlZ(D1)) are, respectively, 83 and 126 mV higher than Em(CarD2) and Em(ChlZ(D2)), which could explain why CarD2+ and ChlZ(D2)+ are observed rather than the corresponding CarD1+ and ChlZ(D1)+.
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Ishikita H, Saenger W, Biesiadka J, Loll B, Knapp EW. How photosynthetic reaction centers control oxidation power in chlorophyll pairs P680, P700, and P870. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:9855-60. [PMID: 16788069 PMCID: PMC1502543 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601446103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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At the heart of photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) are pairs of chlorophyll a (Chla), P700 in photosystem I (PSI) and P680 in photosystem II (PSII) of cyanobacteria, algae, or plants, and a pair of bacteriochlorophyll a (BChla), P870 in purple bacterial RCs (PbRCs). These pairs differ greatly in their redox potentials for one-electron oxidation, E(m). For P680, E(m) is 1,100-1,200 mV, but for P700 and P870, E(m) is only 500 mV. Calculations with the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation reproduce these measured E(m) differences successfully. Analyzing the origin for these differences, we found as major factors in PSII the unique Mn(4)Ca cluster (relative to PSI and PbRC), the position of P680 close to the luminal edge of transmembrane alpha-helix d (relative to PSI), local variations in the cd loop (relative to PbRC), and the intrinsically higher E(m) of Chla compared with BChla (relative to PbRC).
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ren X, Yang Z, Kuang T. Solvent-induced changes in photochemical activity and conformation of photosystem I particles by glycerol. Biol Chem 2006; 387:23-9. [PMID: 16497161 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2006.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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It has been shown that a large number of water molecules coordinate with the pigments and subunits of photosystem I (PSI); however, the function of these water molecules remains to be clarified. In this study, the photosynthetic properties of PSI from spinach were investigated using different spectroscopic and activity measurements under conditions of decreasing water content caused by increasing concentrations of glycerol. The results show that glycerol addition caused pronounced changes in the photochemical activity of PSI particles. At low concentrations (<60%, v/v), glycerol stimulated the rate of oxygen uptake in PSI particles, while higher concentrations of glycerol cause inhibition of PSI activity. The capacity of P700 photooxidation also increased with glycerol concentrations lower than 60%. In contrast, this capacity decreased at higher glycerol concentrations. On the other hand, glycerol addition considerably affected the distribution of the bulk and red antenna chlorophyll (Chl) forms or states, with the population of red-shifted Chl forms augmented with increasing glycerol. In addition, glycerol-treated PSI particles showed a blue shift of the tryptophan fluorescence emission maximum and an increase in their capacity to bind the hydrophobic probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate, indicating a more non-polar environment for tryptophan residues and increased exposure of hydrophobic surfaces.
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- Xiaohua Ren
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Ishikita H, Saenger W, Loll B, Biesiadka J, Knapp EW. Energetics of a Possible Proton Exit Pathway for Water Oxidation in Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2006; 45:2063-71. [PMID: 16475795 DOI: 10.1021/bi051615h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The crystal structure of photosystem II (PSII) at 3.0-A resolution suggests that titratable residues on the lumenal side of D1/D2 and PsbO form a polar channel, which might serve as a proton exit pathway associated with water oxidation on the Mn-cluster. With full account of protein environment, we calculated the pK(a) of these residues by solving the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Along the prospective proton channel, the calculated pK(a) of titratable residues (namely via D1-Asp61, D1-Glu65, D2-Glu312, D2-Lys317 D1-Asp59, D1-Arg64, PsbO-Arg152, and PsbO-Asp224) monotonically increase from the Mn-cluster to the lumenal bulk side. We suggest that these residues form the exit pathway guiding protons, which are released at the Mn-cluster as a product of water oxidation, in an exergonic process out of PSII. Upon the S2 to S3 transition, CP43-Arg357 showed a dramatic deprotonation of ca. one H(+), suggesting that this residue is coupled to the redox states of the Mn-cluster and the tyrosine Y(Z). The calculated pK(a) values of 4.2-4.4 for D2-Glu312 and those of approximately 8-10.9 for D1-Asp59 and D1-Arg64 are indicative of the experimentally determined pK(a) values for inhibition of S-state transitions. Upon removal of the atomic coordinates of PsbO, the pK(a) of these residues are dramatically affected, indicating a significant role of PsbO in tuning the pK(a) of those residues in the proton exit pathway.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Rappaport F, Diner BA, Redding K. Optical Measurements of Secondary Electron Transfer in Photosystem I. PHOTOSYSTEM I 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4256-0_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ishikita H, Stehlik D, Golbeck JH, Knapp EW. Electrostatic influence of PsaC protein binding to the PsaA/PsaB heterodimer in photosystem I. Biophys J 2005; 90:1081-9. [PMID: 16258043 PMCID: PMC1367094 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The absence of the PsaC subunit in the photosystem I (PSI) complex (native PSI complex) by mutagenesis or chemical manipulation yields a PSI core (P700-F(X) core) that also lacks subunits PsaD and PsaE and the two iron-sulfur clusters F(A) and F(B), which constitute an integral part of PsaC. In this P700-F(X) core, the redox potentials (E(m)) of the two quinones A(1A/B) and the iron-sulfur cluster F(X) as well as the corresponding protonation patterns are investigated by evaluating the electrostatic energies from the solution of the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The B-side specific Asp-B558 changes its protonation state significantly upon isolating the P700-F(X) core, being mainly protonated in the native PSI complex but ionized in the P700-F(X) core. In the P700-F(X) core, E(m)(A(1A/B)) remains practically unchanged, whereas E(m)(F(X)) is upshifted by 42 mV. With these calculated E(m) values, the electron transfer rate from A(1) to F(X) in the P700-F(X) core is estimated to be slightly faster on the A(1A) side than that of the wild type, which is consistent with kinetic measurements.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ishikita H, Knapp EW. Control of Quinone Redox Potentials in Photosystem II: Electron Transfer and Photoprotection. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:14714-20. [PMID: 16231925 DOI: 10.1021/ja052567r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In O(2)-evolving complex Photosystem II (PSII), an unimpeded transfer of electrons from the primary quinone (Q(A)) to the secondary quinone (Q(B)) is essential for the efficiency of photosynthesis. Recent PSII crystal structures revealed the protein environment of the Q(A/B) binding sites. We calculated the plastoquinone (Q(A/B)) redox potentials (E(m)) for one-electron reduction with a full account of the PSII protein environment. We found two different H-bond patterns involving Q(A) and D2-Thr217, resulting in an upshift of E(m)(Q(A)) by 100 mV if the H bond between Q(A) and Thr is present. The formation of this H bond to Q(A) may be the origin of a photoprotection mechanism, which is under debate. At the Q(B) side, the formation of a H bond between D2-Ser264 and Q(B) depends on the protonation state of D1-His252. Q(B) adopts the high-potential form if the H bond to Ser is present. Conservation of this residue and H-bond pattern for Q(B) sites among bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers (bRC) and PSII strongly indicates their essential requirement for electron transfer function.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Crystallography, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ishikita H, Loll B, Biesiadka J, Saenger W, Knapp EW. Redox potentials of chlorophylls in the photosystem II reaction center. Biochemistry 2005; 44:4118-24. [PMID: 15751989 DOI: 10.1021/bi047922p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Water oxidation generating atmospheric oxygen occurs in photosystem II (PSII), a large protein-pigment complex located in the thylakoid membrane. The recent crystal structures at 3.2 and 3.5 A resolutions provide novel details on amino acid side chains, especially in the D1/D2 subunits. We calculated the redox potentials for one-electron oxidation of the chlorophyll a (Chla) molecules in PSII, considering the protein environment in atomic detail. The calculated redox potentials for the dimer Chla (P(D1/D2)) and accessory Chla (Chl(D1/D2)) were 1.11-1.30 V relative to the normal hydrogen electrode at pH 7, which is high enough for water oxidation. The D1/D2 proteins and their cofactors contribute approximately 390 mV to the enormous upshift of 470 mV compared to the redox potential of monomeric Chla in dimethylformamide. The other subunits are responsible for the remaining 80 mV. The high redox potentials of the two accessory Chla Chl(D1/D2) suggests that they also participate in the charge separation process.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ishikita H, Knapp EW. Redox potential of cytochrome c550 in the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongates. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3190-4. [PMID: 15919077 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2005] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cytochrome c550 (cyt c550) from photosystem II (PSII) exists in the PSII-bound form but can be released from PSII by treatment with divalent cations or Tris, yielding the isolated form. We calculated heme redox potentials (Em) based on the crystal structures of cyt c550 by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. In the isolated form, the calculated Em are -240 mV at pH 6.0 and -352 mV at pH 9.0. This pH-dependence is predominantly due to deprotonation of the heme-propionic group near Asn-49. In the PSII-bound form, the calculated E(m) was up-shifted by 160 mV versus the isolated form due to a conformational change of protein backbone, yielding Em=-84 mV.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Prince RC, Kheshgi HS. The photobiological production of hydrogen: potential efficiency and effectiveness as a renewable fuel. Crit Rev Microbiol 2005; 31:19-31. [PMID: 15839402 DOI: 10.1080/10408410590912961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Photosynthetic microorganisms can produce hydrogen when illuminated, and there has been considerable interest in developing this to a commercially viable process. Its appealing aspects include the fact that the hydrogen would come from water, and that the process might be more energetically efficient than growing, harvesting, and processing crops. We review current knowledge about photobiological hydrogen production, and identify and discuss some of the areas where scientific and technical breakthroughs are essential for commercialization. First we describe the underlying biochemistry of the process, and identify some opportunities for improving photobiological hydrogen production at the molecular level. Then we address the fundamental quantum efficiency of the various processes that have been suggested, technological issues surrounding large-scale growth of hydrogen-producing microorganisms, and the scale and efficiency on which this would have to be practiced to make a significant contribution to current energy use.
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- Roger C Prince
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, New Jersey 08801, USA.
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Yang Z, Su X, Wu F, Gong Y, Kuang T. Effect of phosphatidylglycerol on molecular organization of photosystem I. Biophys Chem 2005; 115:19-27. [PMID: 15848280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2004] [Revised: 01/06/2005] [Accepted: 01/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is the only anionic phospholipid in photosynthetic membrane. In this study, photosystem I (PSI) particles obtained from plant spinach were reconstituted into PG liposomes at a relatively high concentration. The results from visible absorption, fluorescence emission, and circular dichroism (CD) spectra reveal an existence of the interactions of PSI with PG. PG effect causes blue-shift and intensity decrease of Chl a peak bands in the absorption and 77 K fluorescence emission. The visible CD spectra indicate that the excitonic interactions for Chl a and Chl b molecules were enhanced upon reconstitution. Furthermore, more or less blue- or red-shift of the peaks characterized by Chl a, Chl b, and carotenoid molecules are also occurred. Simultaneously, an increase in alpha-helix and a decrease particularly in the disordered conformations of protein secondary structures are observed. In addition, the same effect also leads to somewhat more tryptophan (Trp) residues exposed to the polar environment. These results demonstrate that some alteration of molecular organization occurs within both the external antenna LHCI and PSI core complex after PSI reconstitution.
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- Zhenle Yang
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environment Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
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Ishikita H, Loll B, Biesiadka J, Galstyan A, Saenger W, Knapp EW. Tuning electron transfer by ester-group of chlorophylls in bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:712-6. [PMID: 15670833 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 12/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Accessory chlorophylls (B(A/B)) in bacterial photosynthetic reaction center play a key role in charge-separation. Although light-exposed and dark-adapted bRC crystal structures are virtually identical, the calculated B(A) redox potentials for one-electron reduction differ. This can be traced back to different orientations of the B(A) ester-group. This tuning ability of chlorophyll redox potentials modulates the electron transfer from SP* to B(A).
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry, Crystallography, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ishikita H, Knapp EW. Energetics of Proton Transfer Pathways in Reaction Centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:12446-50. [PMID: 15637063 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413531200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Electron transfer between the primary and secondary quinones (Q(A), Q(B)) in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center (bRC) is coupled with proton uptake at Q(B). The protons are conducted from the cytoplasmic side, probably with the participation of two water channels. Mutations of titratable residues like Asp-L213 to Asn (inhibited mutant) or the double mutant Glu-L212 to Ala/Asp-L213 to Ala inhibit these electron transfer-coupled proton uptake events. The inhibition of the proton transfer (PT) process in the single mutant can be restored by a second mutation of Arg-M233 to Cys or Arg-H177 to His (revertant mutant). These revertant mutants shed light on the location of the main proton transfer pathway of wild type bRC. In contrast to the wild type and inhibited mutant bRC, the revertant mutant bRC showed notable proton uptake at Glu-H173 upon formation of the Q(B)- state. In all of these mutants, the pK(a) of Asp-M17 decreased by 1.4-2.4 units with respect to the wild type bRC, whereas a significant pK(a) upshift of up to 5.8 units was observed at Glu-H122, Asp-H170, Glu-H173, and Glu-H230 in the revertant mutants. These residues belonging to the main PT pathway are arranged along water channel P1 localized mainly in subunit H. bRC possesses subunit H, which has no counterpart in photosystem II. Thus, bRC may possess alternative PT pathways involving water channels in subunit H, which becomes active in case the main PT pathway is blocked.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, Berlin D-14195, Germany
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Bautista JA, Rappaport F, Guergova-Kuras M, Cohen RO, Golbeck JH, Wang JY, Béal D, Diner BA. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of photosystem I from phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase deletion mutants of Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803: evidence for PsaA- and PsaB-side electron transport in cyanobacteria. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20030-41. [PMID: 15760840 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500809200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In photosystem I, oxidation of reduced acceptor A(1)(-) through iron-sulfur cluster F(X) is biphasic with half-times of approximately 5-30 ns ("fast" phase) and approximately 150-300 ns ("slow" phase). Whether these biphasic kinetics reflect unidirectional electron transfer, involving only the PsaA-side phylloquinone or bi-directional electron transfer, involving both the PsaA- and PsaB-side phylloquinones, has been the source of some controversy. Brettel (Brettel, K. (1988) FEBS Lett. 239, 93-98) and Joliot and Joliot (Joliot, P., and Joliot, A. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 11130-11136) have attributed to nearby carotenoids electrochromic band shifts, accompanying A(1) reduction, centered at approximately 450 and 500-510 nm. As a test of these assignments, we separately deleted in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 the genes that encode phytoene desaturase (encoded by crtP (pds)) and zeta-carotene desaturase (encoded by crtQ (zds)). The pds(-) and zds(-) strains synthesize phytoene and zeta-carotene, respectively, both of which absorb to shorter wavelength than beta-carotene. Compared with wild type, the mutant A(1)(-) (FeS) - A(1)(FeS)(-) difference spectra, measured in cells and photosystem I complexes, retain the electrochromic band shift centered at 450 nm but show a complete loss of the electrochromic band shifts centered at 500-510 nm. Thus, the latter clearly arise from beta-carotene. In the wild type, the electrochromic band shift of the slow phase (centered at 500 nm) is shifted by 6 nm to the blue compared with the fast phase (centered at 506 nm). Thus, the carotenoid pigments acting as electrochromic markers during the fast and slow phases of A(1)(-) oxidation are different, indicating the involvement of both the PsaA- and the PsaB-side phylloquinones in photosystem I electron transport.
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- James A Bautista
- Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0173, USA
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Ishikita H, Knapp EW. Redox Potentials of Chlorophylls and β-Carotene in the Antenna Complexes of Photosystem II. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:1963-8. [PMID: 15701031 DOI: 10.1021/ja045058i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electron transfer (ET) processes in reaction centers (RC) of photosystem II (PSII) are prerequisites of oxygen generation. They are promoted by energy transfer from antenna to RC. Here, we calculated the redox potentials of chlorophylla/beta-carotene (Chla/Car) in PSII CP43/CP47 antenna complexes, solving the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann (LPB) equation based on the PSII crystal structure. The majority of antenna Chla redox potentials for reduction/oxidation were lower than those of RC Chla. Hence, ET events with excess electrons remain localized in the RC. Simultaneously antenna Chla can serve as an efficient cation sink to rereduce RC Chla if normal PSII function is inhibited. Especially three antenna Chla (Chl-47, Chl-18, and Chl-12) and two Car bridging the space between Chl(Z(D1)) and cytochrome (cyt) b559 have the same level of oxidation redox potential. Together with Chl(Z(D2)) they form an electron hole transfer pathway and temporary storage device guiding from the oxidized P680(+.) Chla to the cyt b559. This path may play a photoprotective role as efficient electron hole quencher.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Grotjohann I, Fromme P. Structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 85:51-72. [PMID: 15977059 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-1440-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosystem I is one of the most fascinating membrane protein complexes for which a structure has been determined. It functions as a bio-solar energy converter, catalyzing one of the first steps of oxygenic photosynthesis. It captures the light of the sun by means of a large antenna system, consisting of chlorophylls and carotenoids, and transfers the energy to the center of the complex, driving the transmembrane electron transfer from plastoquinone to ferredoxin. Cyanobacterial Photosystem I is a trimer consisting of 36 proteins to which 381 cofactors are non-covalently attached. This review discusses the complex function of Photosystem I based on the structure of the complex at 2.5 A resolution as well as spectroscopic and biochemical data.
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Schmidt am Busch M, Knapp EW. Accurate pKa Determination for a Heterogeneous Group of Organic Molecules. Chemphyschem 2004; 5:1513-22. [PMID: 15535550 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200400171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Single-molecule studies that allow to compute pKa values, proton affinities (gas-phase acidity/basicity) and the electrostatic energy of solvation have been performed for a heterogeneous set of 26 organic compounds. Quantum mechanical density functional theory (DFT) using the Becke-half&half and B3LYP functionals on optimized molecular geometries have been carried out to investigate the energetics of gas-phase protonation. The electrostatic contribution to the solvation energies of protonated and deprotonated compounds were calculated by solving the Poisson equation using atomic charges generated by fitting the electrostatic potential derived from the molecular wave functions in vacuum. The combination of gas-phase and electrostatic solvation energies by means of the thermodynamic cycle enabled us to compute pKa values for the 26 compounds, which cover six distinct chemical groups (carboxylic acids, benzoic acids, phenols, imides, pyridines and imidazoles). The computational procedure for determining pKa values is accurate and transferable with a root-mean-square deviation of 0.53 and 0.57 pKa units and a maximum error of 1.0 pKa and 1.3 pKa units for Becke-half&half and B3LYP DFT functionals, respectively.
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- Marcel Schmidt am Busch
- Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Institute of Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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