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Stehlik D, Möbius K. NEW EPR METHODS FOR INVESTIGATING PHOTOPROCESSES WITH PARAMAGNETIC INTERMEDIATES. Annu Rev Phys Chem 1997; 48:745-84. [PMID: 15012455 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.48.1.745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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▪ Abstract Some of the significant advances in time-resolved multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) methods are reviewed, with the explicit focus on studies of light-driven processes and photoreactions in real time. Prominent examples are excited state electron transfer reactions with transient charge-separated radical pairs playing a central role. Paramagnetic intermediates and products are key functional states; thus EPR is the method of choice for their characterization. Photogenerated spin polarization and coherences as process-inherent features add the practical advantage of compensation in the trade-off between sensitivity and time resolution. Additionally, they provide detailed structural and dynamic information on the photoreactive system. Significance and specificity of the results achieved for charge separation in photosynthetic reaction centers and donor-acceptor model complexes indicate highly promising perspectives in photochemical research.
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- D Stehlik
- Department of Physics, Free University Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Progress has been rapid in the development and application of four different types of macromolecular crystallographic experiment at synchrotron hard X-ray sources: multiwavelength anomalous diffraction; studies of crystals with very large unit cell dimensions; structure determination at atomic or near-atomic resolution; and time-resolved studies. The results illustrate the interplay between the advanced technical capabilities available at new beamlines and more challenging scientific issues.
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- K Moffat
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Fleming GR, van Grondelle R. Femtosecond spectroscopy of photosynthetic light-harvesting systems. Curr Opin Struct Biol 1997; 7:738-48. [PMID: 9345635 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(97)80086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Observing the elementary steps of light-harvesting in real time is now possible using femtosecond spectroscopy. This, combined with new structural data, has allowed a fairly complete description of light-harvesting in purple bacteria and substantial insights into higher plant antenna systems.
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- G R Fleming
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460, USA.
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Ollagnier S, Mulliez E, Schmidt PP, Eliasson R, Gaillard J, Deronzier C, Bergman T, Gräslund A, Reichard P, Fontecave M. Activation of the anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli. The essential role of the iron-sulfur center for S-adenosylmethionine reduction. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:24216-23. [PMID: 9305874 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.39.24216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The anaerobic ribonucleotide reductase of Escherichia coli catalyzes the synthesis of the deoxyribonucleotides required for anaerobic DNA synthesis. The enzyme is an alpha2beta2 heterotetramer. In its active form, the large alpha2 subunit contains an oxygen-sensitive glycyl radical, whereas the beta2 small protein harbors a [4Fe-4S] cluster that joins its two polypeptide chains. Formation of the glycyl radical in the inactive enzyme requires S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), dithiothreitol, K+, and either an enzymatic (reduced flavodoxin) or chemical (dithionite or 5-deazaflavin plus light) reducing system. Here, we demonstrate that AdoMet is directly reduced by the Fe-S center of beta2 during the activation of the enzyme, resulting in methionine and glycyl radical formation. Direct binding experiments showed that AdoMet binds to beta2 with a Kd of 10 microM and a 1:1 stoichiometry. Binding was confirmed by EPR spectroscopy that demonstrated the formation of a complex between AdoMet and the [4Fe-4S] center of beta2. Dithiothreitol triggered the cleavage of AdoMet, leading to an EPR-silent form of beta2 and, in the case of alpha2beta2, to glycyl radical formation. In both instances, 3 methionines were formed per mol of protein. Our results indicate that the Fe-S center of beta2 is directly involved in the reductive cleavage of AdoMet and suggest a new biological function for an iron-sulfur center, i.e redox catalysis, as recently proposed by others (Staples, R. C., Ameyibor, E., Fu, W., Gardet-Salvi, L., Stritt-Etter, A. L., Schürmann, P., Knaff, D. B., and Johnson, M. K. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 11425-11434).
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- S Ollagnier
- Laboratoire d'Etudes Dynamiques et Structurales de la Selectivité, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR 5616, Chimie-Recherche, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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Trinkunas G, Holzwarth AR. A Model for Dynamic Protein Control of Energy Transfer to Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. J Phys Chem B 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9633660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gediminas Trinkunas
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany, and Institute of Physics, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany, and Institute of Physics, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania
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Zech SG, Kurreck J, Eckert HJ, Renger G, Lubitz W, Bittl R. Pulsed EPR measurement of the distance between P680+. and Q(A)-. in photosystem II. FEBS Lett 1997; 414:454-6. [PMID: 9315739 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Out-of-phase electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy was used to determine the distance between the primary donor radical cation P680+. and the quinone acceptor radical anion Q(A)-. in iron-depleted photosystem II in membrane fragments from spinach that are deprived of the water oxidizing complex. Furthermore, a lower limit for the distance between the oxidized tyrosine residue Y(Z) of polypeptide D1 and Q(A)-. could be estimated by a comparison of data gathered from samples where the electron transfer from Y(Z) to P680+. is either intact or blocked by preillumination in the presence of NH2OH.
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- S G Zech
- Max-Volmer-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
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Gourovskaya KN, Mamedov MD, Vassiliev IR, Golbeck JH, Semenov AY. Electrogenic reduction of the primary electron donor P700+ in photosystem I by redox dyes. FEBS Lett 1997; 414:193-6. [PMID: 9315684 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00994-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The kinetics of reduction of the photo-oxidized primary electron donor P700+ by redox dyes N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylendiamine, 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol and phenazine methosulfate was studied in proteoliposomes containing Photosystem I complexes from cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using direct electrometrical technique. In the presence of high concentrations of redox dyes, the fast generation of a membrane potential related to electron transfer between P700 and the terminal iron-sulfur clusters F(A)/F(B) was followed by a new electrogenic phase in the millisecond time domain, which contributes approximately 20% to the overall photoelectric response. This phase is ascribed to the vectorial transfer of an electron from the redox dye to the protein-embedded chlorophyll of P700+. Since the contribution of this electrogenic phase in the presence of artificial redox dyes is approximately equal to that of the phase observed earlier in the presence of cytochrome c6, it is likely that electrogenic reduction of P700+ in vivo occurs due to vectorial electron transfer within RC molecule rather than within the cytochrome c6-P700 complex.
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- K N Gourovskaya
- Department of Photobiochemistry, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia
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Breyton C, Tribet C, Olive J, Dubacq JP, Popot JL. Dimer to monomer conversion of the cytochrome b6 f complex. Causes and consequences. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:21892-900. [PMID: 9268322 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.35.21892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The molecular weight of the cytochrome b6 f complex purified from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii thylakoid membranes has been determined by combining velocity sedimentation measurements, molecular sieving analyses, and determination of its lipid and detergent content. The complex in its enzymatically active form is a dimer. Upon incubation in detergent solution, it converts irreversibly into an inactive, monomeric form that has lost the Rieske iron-sulfur protein, the b6 f-associated chlorophyll, and, under certain conditions, the small 32-residue subunit PetL. The results are consistent with the view that the dimer is the predominant form of the b6f in situ while the monomer observed in detergent solution is a breakdown product. Indirect observations suggest that subunit PetL plays a role in stabilizing the dimeric state. Delipidation is shown to be a critical factor in detergent-induced monomerization.
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- C Breyton
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique and Paris-7 University, CNRS UPR 9052, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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Sun J, Xu Q, Chitnis VP, Jin P, Chitnis PR. Topography of the photosystem I core proteins of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:21793-802. [PMID: 9268309 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.35.21793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PsaA and PsaB are homologous integral membrane proteins that form the heterodimeric core of photosystem I. Domain-specific antibodies were generated to examine the topography of PsaA and PsaB. The purified photosystem I complexes from the wild type strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were treated with eight proteases to study the accessibility of cleavage sites in PsaA and PsaB. Proteolytic fragments were identified using the information from N-terminal amino acid sequencing, reactivity to antibodies, apparent mass, and specificity of proteases. The extramembrane loops of PsaA and PsaB differed in their accessibility to proteases, which indicated the folded structure of the loops or their shielding by the small subunits of photosystem I. NaI-treated and mutant photosystem I complexes were used to identify the extramembrane loops that were exposed in the absence of specific small subunits. The absence of PsaD exposed additional proteolytic sites in PsaB, whereas the absence of PsaE exposed sites in PsaA. These studies distinguish PsaA and PsaB in the structural model for photosystem I that has been proposed on the basis of x-ray diffraction studies (Krauss, N., Schubert, W.-D., Klukas, O., Fromme, P., Witt, H. T., and Saenger, W. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 965-973). Using osmotically shocked cells for protease treatments, the N terminus of PsaA was determined to be on the n side of the photosynthetic membranes. Based on these data and available published information, we propose a topological model for PsaA and PsaB.
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- J Sun
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Li YF, Zhou W, Blankenship RE, Allen JP. Crystal structure of the bacteriochlorophyll a protein from Chlorobium tepidum. J Mol Biol 1997; 271:456-71. [PMID: 9268671 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a protein from Chlorobium tepidum, which participates in energy transfer in green photosynthetic bacteria, has been crystallized using the sitting drop method of vapor diffusion. X-ray diffraction data collected from these crystals indicate that the crystals belong to the cubic space group P4132 with cell dimensions of a=b=c=169.5 A. A native X-ray diffraction data set has been collected to a resolution of 2.2 A. The initial solution was determined by using the molecular replacement method using the structure of the previously solved BChl a protein from Prosthecochloris aestuarii. A unique rotation and translation solution was obtained for two monomers in the asymmetric unit giving a pseudo-body centered packing. After rebuilding and refinement the model yields an R factor of 19.0%, a free R-factor of 28.3%, and good geometry with root-mean-square deviations of 0.013 A and 2.1 degrees for the bond lengths and angles, respectively. The structure of the BChl a protein from C. tepidum consists of three identical subunits related by a 3-fold axis of crystallographic symmetry. In each subunit the polypeptide backbone forms large beta-sheets and encloses a central core of seven BChl a molecules. The distances between neighboring bacteriochlorin systems within a subunit range between 4 A to 11 A and that between two bacteriochlorins from different subunits is more than 20 A. The overall structure is comparable with that of P. aestuarii but significant differences are observed for the individual bacteriochlorophyll structures. The surface of the trimer has a hydrophobic region that is modeled as the complex being a peripheral membrane protein partially embedded in the membrane. A general model is presented for the membrane organization with two of the bacteriochlorophyll structures in the membrane and transferring energy to the reaction center complex. In this model these two bacteriochlorophyll structures serve a similar role to the cofactors of integral membrane light-harvesting complexes although the protein structure surrounding the cofactors is significantly different for the BChl a protein compared with the integral membrane complexes.
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- Y F Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for The Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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MacMillan F, Hanley J, van der Weerd L, Knüpling M, Un S, Rutherford AW. Orientation of the phylloquinone electron acceptor anion radical in photosystem I. Biochemistry 1997; 36:9297-303. [PMID: 9280439 DOI: 10.1021/bi971097d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The photosynthetic reaction center of photosystem I (PS I) contains a phylloquinone molecule (A1) which acts as a transient electron acceptor. In PS I form the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 under reducing conditions, we have photoaccumulated an EPR signal assigned to the phylloquinone radical anion. The phylloquinone EPR spectrum has been studied in oriented multilayers of PS I using EPR at 9 GHz. In addition, the phyllosemiquinone spectrum has been obtained at 283 GHz using high-field, high-frequency EPR spectroscopy. From the orientation dependence of the spectrum at 9 GHz and the resolved g values obtained at 283 GHz, the phyllosemiquinone ring plane was determined to be almost perpendicular to the membrane (76 degrees) while the oxygen-oxygen (O-O) axis of the quinone was found to make an approximate 63 degrees angle to the membrane plane. The orientation of the ring plane is similar to that determined for the quinone electron acceptor (QA) in the purple bacterial reaction center, while the orientation of the O-O axis is significantly different. The new orientation information, when taken with data in the literature, allows the position of the phylloquinone in the reaction center to be better defined.
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- F MacMillan
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Molécularie, CNRS URA 2096, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Kitmitto A, Holzenburg A, Ford RC. Two-dimensional crystals of photosystem I in higher plant grana margins. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:19497-501. [PMID: 9235952 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In this report, we present new structural data on the size, shape, and oligomeric form of higher plant photosystem I (PSI) formed within the thylakoid grana margins. We show that PSI complexes can be assembled into ordered molecular monolayers (two-dimensional crystals) using thylakoid membranes from a variety of higher plant sources. Digital image analysis of negatively stained two-dimensional crystals (a = 26.9 nm, b = 28.0 nm, gamma = 90 degrees, p22121 plane group) resulted in a projection map consisting of 4 monomers/unit cell. Higher plant PSI is slightly larger than its cyanobacterial equivalent but shows many similar features. Structural changes after urea and salt washing of the crystals supported the biochemical characterization and were mainly assigned to the stromal side of the complex where the psaC, psaD, and psaE gene products are known to be bound. Labeling with ferredoxin-colloidal gold complexes provided direct evidence for a segregated PSI population, with 5 nm diameter ferredoxin-gold particles enriched in the thylakoid grana margins and the two-dimensional crystals. This lateral segregation of photosynthetic complexes is important for the understanding of the kinetics of electron transfer between photosystem II and PSI in higher plants.
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- A Kitmitto
- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom
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Nilsson A, Stys D, Drakenberg T, Spangfort MD, Forsén S, Allen JF. Phosphorylation controls the three-dimensional structure of plant light harvesting complex II. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:18350-7. [PMID: 9218476 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The most abundant chlorophyll-binding complex in plants is the intrinsic membrane protein light-harvesting complex II (LHC II). LHC II acts as a light-harvesting antenna and has an important role in the distribution of absorbed energy between the two photosystems of photosynthesis. We used spectroscopic techniques to study a synthetic peptide with identical sequence to the LHC IIb N terminus found in pea, with and without the phosphorylated Thr at the 5th amino acid residue, and to study both forms of the native full-length protein. Our results show that the N terminus of LHC II changes structure upon phosphorylation and that the structural change resembles that of rabbit glycogen phosphorylase, one of the few phosphoproteins where both phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated structures have been solved. Our results indicate that phosphorylation of membrane proteins may regulate their function through structural protein-protein interactions in surface-exposed domains.
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- A Nilsson
- Plant Cell Biology, Box 7007, Lund University, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
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Kruip J, Chitnis PR, Lagoutte B, Rögner M, Boekema EJ. Structural organization of the major subunits in cyanobacterial photosystem 1. Localization of subunits PsaC, -D, -E, -F, and -J. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:17061-9. [PMID: 9202022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.27.17061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Based on an improved isolation procedure using perfusion chromatography, trimeric Photosystem 1 (PS1) complexes have been isolated from various deletion mutants of the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. These mutants are only deficient in the deleted subunits, which was carefully checked by high resolution gel electrophoresis in combination with immunoblotting. These highly purified and well characterized PS1 particles were then examined by electron microscopy, followed by computer-aided image processing with single particle averaging techniques as described earlier (Kruip, J., Boekema, E. J., Bald, D., Boonstra, A. F., and Rögner, M. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 23353-23360). This precise methodological approach allowed a confident localization of the PS1 subunits PsaC, -D, -E, -F, and -J; it also shows shape and size of these subunits once integrated in the PS1 complex. Subunits PsaC, -D, and -E form a ridge on the stromal site, with PsaE toward the edge of each monomer within the trimer and PsaD extending toward the trimeric center, leaving PsaC in between. PsaF (near PsaE) and PsaJ are close together on the outer edge of each monomer; their proximity is also supported by chemical cross-linking, using the zero-length cross-linker EDC. This localization of PsaF contradicts the position suggested by the published low resolution x-ray analysis and shows for the first time the existence of at least one transmembrane alpha-helix for PsaF. A topographic three-dimensional map has been drawn from this set of results showing the location of the major PS1 subunits (besides PsaA and PsaB). These data also led to the assignment of electron density in the recent medium resolution x-ray structure for PS1 (Krauss, N., Schubert, W.-D., Klukas, O., Fromme, P., Witt, H. T., Saenger, W. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 965-973).
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- J Kruip
- Institute of Botany, University of Münster, Schlossgarten 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Ostafin AE, Weber S. Quinone exchange at the A1 site in Photosystem I in spinach and cyanobacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(97)00023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hatanaka H, Tanimura R, Katoh S, Inagaki F. Solution structure of ferredoxin from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus and its thermostability. J Mol Biol 1997; 268:922-33. [PMID: 9180381 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The three-dimensional structure of ferredoxin, purified from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, was determined in aqueous solution by two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance. In addition to the 946 distance constraints from nuclear Overhauser effect connectivities, we added 241 distance constraints derived from the crystal structure of Spirulina platensis ferredoxin to the 19 residues close to the [2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur center, where crosspeaks disappeared due to paramagnetic effects. The atomic root-mean-square difference of the ten converged structures from the mean structure was 0.61(+/-0.12) A for backbone atoms (N, C(alpha), C'). The main-chain structure was almost the same as the crystal structures of other mesophile ferredoxins, but comparison of the side-chain structures revealed an extension of the hydrophobic core, a unique hydrophobic patch on the surface of the large beta-sheet, and two unique charge networks in this thermostable ferredoxin structure, some of which might contribute to thermostability.
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- H Hatanaka
- Department of Molecular Physiology, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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Chiou HC, Lin S, Blankenship RE. Time-resolved spectroscopy of energy transfer and trapping upon selective excitation in membranes of Heliobacillus mobilis at low temperature. J Phys Chem B 1997; 101:4136-41. [PMID: 11540131 DOI: 10.1021/jp963384h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transient absorption difference spectra in the Qy absorption band of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) g and in the 670 nm absorption band of the primary acceptor A0 in membranes of Heliobacillus mobilis (Hc. mobilis) were measured at 20 K upon selective excitation at 668, 793, 810, and 815 nm with a 5 nm spectral bandwidth. When excited at 793 nm, the spectral equilibration of excitations from shorter to longer wavelength-absorbing pigments occurred within 3 ps and mostly localized at the band centered around 808 nm. When excited at 668 nm, the excitation energy transfer from the 670 nm absorbing pigment to the Qy band of BChl g took less than 0.5 ps, and the energy redistribution occurred and localized at 808 nm as in the case of the 793 nm excitation. All of the excitations were localized at the long wavelength pigment pool centered around 810 or 813 nm when excited at 810 or 815 nm. A slower energy transfer process with a time constant of 15 ps was also observed within the pool of long wavelength-absorbing pigments upon selective excitation at different wavelengths as has been observed by Lin et al. (Biophys. J. 1994, 67, 2479) when excited at 590 nm. Energy transfer from long wavelength antenna molecules to the primary electron donor P798 followed by the formation of P+ took place with a time constant of 55-70 ps for all excitations. Direct excitation of the primary electron acceptor A0, which absorbed at 670 nm, showed the same kinetic behavior as in the case when different forms of antenna pigments were excited in the Qy region. This observation generally supports the trapping-limited case of energy transfer in which the excitations have high escape probability from the reaction center (RC) until the charge separation takes place. Possible mechanisms to account for the apparent "uphill" energy transfer from the long wavelength antenna pigments to P798 are discussed.
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- H C Chiou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1604, USA
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Hu X, Ritz T, Damjanović A, Schulten K. Pigment Organization and Transfer of Electronic Excitation in the Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria. J Phys Chem B 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/jp963777g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kumazaki S, Ikegami I, Yoshihara K. Excitation and Electron Transfer from Selectively Excited Primary Donor Chlorophyll (P700) in a Photosystem I Reaction Center. J Phys Chem A 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/jp961948b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shigeichi Kumazaki
- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444 Japan, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa, 199-01, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444 Japan, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa, 199-01, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444 Japan, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa, 199-01, Japan
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Liddington R, Frederick C. Paper Alert. Structure 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00173-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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