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Yasui M, Tamiaki H. Supramolecular chirality in self-assembly of zinc protobacteriochlorophyll-d analogs possessing enantiomeric esterifying groups. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2024; 23:421-434. [PMID: 38265754 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00528-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Zinc 3-hydroxymethyl-pyroprotopheophorbides-a esterified with a chiral secondary alcohol at the 17-propionate residue were prepared as bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs. The synthetic zinc 31-hydroxy-131-oxo-porphyrins self-aggregated in an aqueous Triton X-100 micellar solution to give red-shifted and broadened Soret and Qy absorption bands in comparison with their monomeric bands. The intense, exciton-coupled circular dichroism spectra of their self-aggregates were dependent on the chirality of the esterifying groups. The observation indicated that the self-aggregates based on the J-type stacking of the porphyrin cores were sensitive to the peripheral 17-propionate residues. The supramolecular structures of the present J-aggregates as models of bacteriochlorophyll aggregates in natural chlorosomes were remotely regulated by the esterifying groups.
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- Mizuki Yasui
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
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Proctor MS, Sutherland GA, Canniffe DP, Hitchcock A. The terminal enzymes of (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:211903. [PMID: 35573041 PMCID: PMC9066304 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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(Bacterio)chlorophylls are modified tetrapyrroles that are used by phototrophic organisms to harvest solar energy, powering the metabolic processes that sustain most of the life on Earth. Biosynthesis of these pigments involves enzymatic modification of the side chains and oxidation state of a porphyrin precursor, modifications that differ by species and alter the absorption properties of the pigments. (Bacterio)chlorophylls are coordinated by proteins that form macromolecular assemblies to absorb light and transfer excitation energy to a special pair of redox-active (bacterio)chlorophyll molecules in the photosynthetic reaction centre. Assembly of these pigment-protein complexes is aided by an isoprenoid moiety esterified to the (bacterio)chlorin macrocycle, which anchors and stabilizes the pigments within their protein scaffolds. The reduction of the isoprenoid 'tail' and its addition to the macrocycle are the final stages in (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis and are catalysed by two enzymes, geranylgeranyl reductase and (bacterio)chlorophyll synthase. These enzymes work in conjunction with photosynthetic complex assembly factors and the membrane biogenesis machinery to synchronize delivery of the pigments to the proteins that coordinate them. In this review, we summarize current understanding of the catalytic mechanism, substrate recognition and regulation of these crucial enzymes and their involvement in thylakoid biogenesis and photosystem repair in oxygenic phototrophs.
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- Matthew S. Proctor
- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Modified tetrapyrroles are large macrocyclic compounds, consisting of diverse conjugation and metal chelation systems and imparting an array of colors to the biological structures that contain them. Tetrapyrroles represent some of the most complex small molecules synthesized by cells and are involved in many essential processes that are fundamental to life on Earth, including photosynthesis, respiration, and catalysis. These molecules are all derived from a common template through a series of enzyme-mediated transformations that alter the oxidation state of the macrocycle and also modify its size, its side-chain composition, and the nature of the centrally chelated metal ion. The different modified tetrapyrroles include chlorophylls, hemes, siroheme, corrins (including vitamin B12), coenzyme F430, heme d1, and bilins. After nearly a century of study, almost all of the more than 90 different enzymes that synthesize this family of compounds are now known, and expression of reconstructed operons in heterologous hosts has confirmed that most pathways are complete. Aside from the highly diverse nature of the chemical reactions catalyzed, an interesting aspect of comparative biochemistry is to see how different enzymes and even entire pathways have evolved to perform alternative chemical reactions to produce the same end products in the presence and absence of oxygen. Although there is still much to learn, our current understanding of tetrapyrrole biogenesis represents a remarkable biochemical milestone that is summarized in this review.
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- Donald A Bryant
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom
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20-Substitution effect on self-aggregation of synthetic zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Saga Y, Yamashita H. Effects of exogenous isoprenoid diphosphates on in vivo attachment to bacteriochlorophyllide c in the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 124:408-413. [PMID: 28579086 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Metabolic substitution of the esterifying chain in bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c in green photosynthetic bacteria grown by supplementation of exogenous alcohols has attracted attentions to study supramolecular structures and biogenesis of major antenna complexes chlorosomes in these bacteria as well as BChl pigment biosynthesis. Actual substrates in the enzymatic attachment of the esterifying moieties to the precursor of BChl c, namely bacteriochlorophyllide (BChlide) c, in these bacteria are believed to be diphosphate esters of alcoholic substrates, although only intact alcohols have so far been supplemented in the bacterial cultures. We report herein BChl c compositions in the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum by supplementation with geranyl and geranylgeranyl diphosphates. The supplementation of these diphosphates hardly produced BChl c derivatives esterified with geraniol and geranylgeraniol in Cba. tepidum, whereas these BChl c derivatives were accumulated by supplementation of intact geraniol and geranylgeraniol. The sharp contrast of the incorporation efficiency of the supplemental isoprenoid moieties in BChl c using the isoprenoid diphosphates to that by the isoprenoid alcohols was mainly ascribable to less penetration abilities of the diphosphate substrates into Cba. tepidum cells because of their anionic and polar diphosphate moiety.
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Shoji S, Mizoguchi T, Tamiaki H. In vitro self-assemblies of bacteriochlorophylls-c from Chlorobaculum tepidum and their supramolecular nanostructures. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Saga Y, Yamashita H, Hirota K. Introduction of perfluoroalkyl chain into the esterifying moiety of bacteriochlorophyll c in the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum by pigment biosynthesis. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:4165-4170. [PMID: 27427396 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2016] [Revised: 07/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum (Cba.) tepidum was grown in liquid cultures containing perfluoro-1-decanol, 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluoro-1-decanol [CF3(CF2)7(CH2)2OH] or 1H,1H-nonadecafluoro-1-decanol [CF3(CF2)8CH2OH], to introduce rigid and fluorophilic chains into the esterifying moiety of light-harvesting bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c. Exogenous 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluoro-1-decanol was successfully attached to the 17(2)-carboxy group of bacteriochlorophyllide (BChlide) c in vivo: the relative ratio of the unnatural BChl c esterified with this perfluoroalcohol over the total BChl c was 10.3%. Heat treatment of the liquid medium containing 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluoro-1-decanol with β-cyclodextrin before inoculation increased the relative ratio of the BChl c derivative esterified with this alcohol in the total BChl c in Cba. tepidum. In a while, 1H,1H-nonadecafluoro-1-decanol was not attached to BChlide c in Cba. tepidum, which was grown by its supplementation. These results suggest that the rigidity close to the hydroxy group of the esterifying alcohol is not suitable for the recognition by the BChl c synthase called BchK in Cba. tepidum. The unnatural BChl c esterified with 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluoro-1-decanol participated in BChl c self-aggregates in chlorosomes.
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Saga Y, Hayashi K, Hirota K, Harada J, Tamiaki H. Modification of the esterifying farnesyl chain in light-harvesting bacteriochlorophylls in green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria by supplementation of 9-decyn-1-ol, 9-decen-1-ol, and decan-1-ol. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Saga Y, Hirota K, Harada J, Tamiaki H. In Vitro Enzymatic Activities of Bacteriochlorophyll a Synthase Derived from the Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4998-5005. [PMID: 26258685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The activity of an enzyme encoded by the CT1610 gene in the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum, which was annotated as bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a synthase, BchG (denoted as tepBchG), was examined in vitro using the lysates of Escherichia coli containing the heterologously expressed enzyme. BChl a possessing a geranylgeranyl group at the 17-propionate residue (BChl aGG) was produced from bacteriochlorophyllide (BChlide) a and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate in the presence of tepBchG. Surprisingly, tepBchG catalyzed the formation of BChl a bearing a farnesyl group (BChl aF) as in the enzymatic production of BChl aGG, indicating loose recognition of isoprenoid pyrophosphates in tepBchG. In contrast to such loose recognition of isoprenoid substrates, BChlide c and chlorophyllide a gave no esterifying product upon being incubated with geranylgeranyl or farnesyl pyrophosphate in the presence of tepBchG. These results confirm that tepBchG undoubtedly acts as the BChl a synthase in Cba. tepidum. The enzymatic activity of tepBchG was higher than that of BchG of Rhodobacter sphaeroides at 45 °C, although the former activity was lower than the latter below 35 °C.
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- †Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan.,‡PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- †Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- §Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- ∥Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Nishimori R, Tamiaki H, Kashimura S, Saga Y. In vitro self-assembly of bacteriochlorophyll c derivatives monoesterified with α,ω-diols isolated from the green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. Supramol Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2014.904515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Risato Nishimori
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Saga Y, Hayashi K, Mizoguchi T, Tamiaki H. Biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophyll c derivatives possessing chlorine and bromine atoms at the terminus of esterifying chains in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. J Biosci Bioeng 2014; 118:82-7. [PMID: 24495924 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 12/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum newly produced BChl c derivatives possessing a chlorine or bromine atom at the terminus of the esterifying chain in the 17-propionate residue by cultivation with exogenous ω-halo-1-alkanols. The relative ratios of BChl c derivatives esterified with 8-chloro-1-octanol and 10-chloro-1-decanol were estimated to be 26.5% and 33.3% by cultivation with these ω-chloro-1-alkanols at the final concentrations of 300 and 150 μM, respectively. In contrast, smaller amounts of unnatural BChls c esterified with ω-bromo-1-alkanols were biosynthesized than those esterified with ω-chloro-1-alkanols: the ratios of BChl c derivatives esterified with 8-bromo-1-octanol and 10-bromo-1-decanol were 11.3% and 12.2% at the concentrations of 300 and 150 μM, respectively. These indicate that ω-chloro-1-alkanols can be incorporated into bacteriochlorophyllide c more than ω-bromo-1-alkanols in the BChl c biosynthetic pathway. The homolog compositions of the novel BChl c derivatives possessing a halogen atom were analogous to those of coexisting natural BChl c esterified with farnesol. These results demonstrate unique properties of BChl c synthase, BchK, which can utilize unnatural substrates containing halogen in the BChl c biosynthesis of Cba. tepidum.
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Takahashi N, Tamiaki H, Saga Y. Synthesis and self-assembly of amphiphilic zinc chlorophyll derivatives possessing a crown ether at the 17-propionate residue. Tetrahedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tang JKH, Xu Y, Muhlmann GM, Zare F, Khin Y, Tam SW. Temperature shift effect on the Chlorobaculum tepidum chlorosomes. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 115:23-41. [PMID: 23435510 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9800-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Chlorobaculum [Cba.] tepidum is known to grow optimally at 48-52 °C and can also be cultured at ambient temperatures. In this paper, we prepared constant temperature, temperature shift, and temperature shift followed by backshift cultures and investigated the intrinsic properties and spectral features of chlorosomes from those cultures using various approaches, including temperature-dependent measurements on circular dichroism (CD), UV-visible, and dynamic light scattering. Our studies indicate that (1) chlorosomes from constant temperature cultures at 50 and 30 °C exhibited more resistance to heat relative to temperature shift cultures; (2) as temperature increases bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c) in chlorosomes is prone to demetalation, which forms bacteriopheophytin c, and degradation under aerobic conditions. Some BChl c aggregates inside reduced chlorosomes prepared in low-oxygen environments can reform after heat treatments; (3) temperature shift cultures synthesize and incorporate more BChl c homologs with a smaller substituent at C-8 on the chlorin ring and less BChl c homologs with a larger long-chain alcohol at C-17(3) versus constant-temperature cultures. We hypothesize that the long-chain alcohol at C-17(3) (and perhaps together with the substituent at C-8) may account for thermal stability of chlorosomes and the substituent at C-8 may assist self-assembling BChls; and (4) while almost identical absorption spectra are detected, chlorosomes from different growth conditions exhibited differences in the rotational length of the CD signal, and aerobic and reduced chlorosomes also display different Qy CD intensities. Further, chlorosomes exhibited changes of CD features in response to temperature increases. Additionally, we compare temperature-dependent studies for the Cba. tepidum chlorosomes and previous studies for the Chloroflexus aurantiacus chlorosomes. Together, our work provides useful and novel insights on the properties and organization of chlorosomes.
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Nishimori R, Mizoguchi T, Tamiaki H, Kashimura S, Saga Y. Biosynthesis of Unnatural Bacteriochlorophyll c Derivatives Esterified with α,ω-Diols in the Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. Biochemistry 2011; 50:7756-64. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200994h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Risato Nishimori
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and
Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and
Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
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Saga Y, Nakai Y, Tamiaki H. Temperature-dependent spectral changes of self-aggregates of zinc chlorophylls esterified by different linear alcohols at the 17-propionate. Supramol Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10610270902853035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering , Kinki University , Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering , Kinki University , Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan
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- b Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering , Ritsumeikan University , Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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Zupcanova A, Arellano JB, Bina D, Kopecky J, Psencik J, Vacha F. The length of esterifying alcohol affects the aggregation properties of chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:1187-94. [PMID: 18331396 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Chlorosomes, the main light-harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria, contain bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) molecules in the form of self-assembling aggregates. To study the role of esterifying alcohols in BChl aggregation we have prepared a series of bacteriochlorophyllide c (BChlide c) derivatives differing in the length of the esterifying alcohol (C(1), C(4), C(8) and C(12)). Their aggregation behavior was studied both in polar (aqueous buffer) and nonpolar (hexane) environments and the esterifying alcohols were found to play an essential role. In aqueous buffer, hydrophobic interactions among esterifying alcohols drive BChlide c derivatives with longer chains into the formation of dimers, while this interaction is weak for BChlides with shorter esterifying alcohols and they remain mainly as monomers. All studied BChlide c derivatives form aggregates in hexane, but the process slows down with longer esterifying alcohols due to competing hydrophobic interactions with hexane molecules. In addition, the effect of the length of the solvent molecules (n-alkanes) was explored for BChl c aggregation. With an increasing length of n-alkane molecules, the hydrophobic interaction with the farnesyl chain becomes stronger, leading to a slower aggregation rate. The results show that the hydrophobic interaction is the driving force for the aggregation in an aqueous environment, while in nonpolar solvents it is the hydrophilic interaction.
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- Anita Zupcanova
- Biological Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Tamiaki H, Michitsuji T, Shibata R. Synthesis of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogues with various 17-substituents and their chlorosomal self-aggregates in non-polar organic solvents. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2008; 7:1225-30. [DOI: 10.1039/b802359j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mizoguchi T, Tamiaki H. The Effect of Esterifying Chains at the 17-Propionate of Bacteriochlorophylls-con Their Self-Assembly. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2007. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.80.2196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tamiaki H, Shibata R, Mizoguchi T. The 17-propionate function of (bacterio)chlorophylls: biological implication of their long esterifying chains in photosynthetic systems. Photochem Photobiol 2007; 83:152-62. [PMID: 16776548 DOI: 10.1562/2006-02-27-ir-819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Molecular structures of (bacterio)chlorophylls [= (B)Chls] in photosynthetic apparatus are surveyed, and a diversity of the ester groups of the 17-propionate substituent is particularly focused on in this review. In oxygenic photosynthetic species including green plants and algae, the ester of Chl molecules is limited to a phytyl group. Geranylgeranyl and farnesyl groups in addition to phytyl are observed in (B)Chl molecules inside photosynthetic proteins of anoxygenic bacteria. In main light-harvesting antennas of green bacteria (chlorosomes), a greater variety of ester groups including long straight chains are used in the composite BChl molecules. This diversity is ascribable to the fact that chlorosomal BChls self-aggregate to form a core part of chlorosomes without any specific interaction of oligopeptides. Biological significance of the long chains is discussed in photosynthetic apparatus, especially in chlorosomes.
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- Hitoshi Tamiaki
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
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Sasaki SI, Mizoguchi T, Tamiaki H. A Facile Synthetic Method for Conversion of Chlorophyll-a to Bacteriochlorophyll-c. J Org Chem 2007; 72:4566-9. [PMID: 17497927 DOI: 10.1021/jo0703855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A simple synthetic route for converting chlorophyll(Chl)-a to bacteriochlorophyll(BChl)-c is described. Methyl bacteriopheophorbide(MBPhe)-d, easily obtained from Chl-a, was selectively brominated at the 20-position with pyridinium tribromide, and the following Suzuki-coupling with methylboronic acid afforded ca. a 4:1 mixture of desired MBPhe-c (20-Me) and debrominated MBPhe-d (20-H) in quantitative yield. Separation of MBPhe-c, transesterification of the 17-propionate group (Me --> farnesyl), and magnesium insertion successfully led to naturally occurring BChl-c.
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- Shin-Ichi Sasaki
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Ishii T, Kimura M, Yamamoto T, Kirihata M, Uehara K. The Effects of Epimerization at the 31-position of Bacteriochlorophylls c on their Aggregation in Chlorosomes of Green Sulfur Bacteria. Control of the Ratio of 31 Epimers by Light Intensity ‡. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0710567teoeat2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Miyatake T, Shitasue K, Omori Y, Nakagawa K, Fujiwara M, Matsushita T, Tamiaki H. Time-dependent self-assembly of 31-epimerically pure and mixed zinc methyl bacteriopheophorbides-d in an aqueous THF solution. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 86:131-6. [PMID: 16172932 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-2441-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The self-aggregation process of 3(1)-epimerically pure and mixed zinc methyl bacteriopheophorbides-d (ZMBPhes-d) was examined by stopped-flow technique. A 33(v/v)% tetrahydrofuran (THF) - water solution of ZMBPhe-d was rapidly mixed with a 7(v/v)% THF - water solution to form a chlorosome-type aggregate with a red-shifted Qy band around 700 nm. We observed a rapid autocatalytic aggregation in a subsecond time scale. Aggregates of the 3(1)R epimer increased with a change in the Qy absorption maximum from 698 to 705 nm, suggesting that small aggregates formed as intermediate species. In addition, the rate of aggregation was dependent on the stereochemistry at the 3(1)-position of ZMBPhe-d; the 3(1)R epimer self-aggregated more rapidly than the 3(1)S epimer.
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- Tomohiro Miyatake
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan.
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Massé A, Airs RL, Keely BJ, de Wit R. The impact of different intensities of green light on the bacteriochlorophyll homologue composition of the chlorobiaceae Prosthecochloris aestuarii and Chlorobium phaeobacteroides. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:2555-2564. [PMID: 15289552 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Members of theChlorobiaceaeandChloroflexaceaeare unique among the phototrophic micro-organisms in having a remarkably rich chlorophyll pigment diversity. The physiological regulation of this diversity and its ecological implications are still enigmatic. The bacteriochlorophyll composition of the chlorobiaceaeProsthecochloris aestuariistrain CE 2404 andChlorobium phaeobacteroidesstrain UdG 6030 was therefore studied by both HPLC with photodiode array (PDA) detection and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). These strains were grown in liquid cultures under green light (480–615 nm) at different light intensities (0·2–55·7 μmol photons m−2 s−1), simulating the irradiance regime at different depths of the water column of deep lakes. The specific growth rates ofPtc. aestuariiunder green light achieved a maximum of 0·06 h−1at light intensities exceeding 6 μmol photons m−2 s−1, lower than the maximum observed under white light (approx. 0·1 h−1). The maximal growth rates ofChl. phaeobacteroidesunder green light were slightly higher (0·07 h−1) than observed forPtc. aestuariiand were achieved at 3·5 and 4·3 μmol photons m−2 s−1. LC-MS/MS analysis of pigment extracts revealed most (>90 %) BChlchomologues ofPtc. aestuariito be esterified with farnesol. The homologues differed in mass by multiples of 14 Da, reflecting different alkyl subsituents at positions C-8 and C-12 on the tetrapyrrole macrocycle. The relative proportions of the individual homologues varied only slightly among different light intensities. The specific content of BChlcwas maximal at 3–5 μmol photons m−2 s−1[400±150 nmol BChlc(mg protein)−1]. In the case ofChl. phaeobacteroides, the specific content of BChlewas maximal at 4·3 μmol photons m−2 s−1[115 nmol BChle(mg protein)−1], and this species was characterized by high carotenoid (isorenieratene) contents. The major BChleforms were esterified with a range of isoprenoid and straight-chain alcohols. The major isoprenoid alcohols comprised mainly farnesol and to a lesser extent geranylgeraniol. The straight-chain alcohols included C15, C15 : 1, C16, C16 : 1and C17. Interestingly, the proportion of straight alkyl chains over isoprenoid esterified side chains shifted markedly with increasing light intensity: the isoprenoid side chains dominated at low light intensities, while the straight-chain alkyl substituents dominated at higher light intensities. The authors propose that this phenomenon may be explained as a result of changing availability of reducing power, i.e. the highly reduced straight-chain alcohols have a higher biosynthetic demand for NADPH2than the polyunsaturated isoprenoid with the same number of carbon atoms.
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- Astrid Massé
- Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, CNRS-UMR 5805 Université Bordeaux 1, 2 rue du Professeur Jolyet, F-33120 Arcachon, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique, CNRS-UMR 5805 Université Bordeaux 1, 2 rue du Professeur Jolyet, F-33120 Arcachon, France
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Wilson MA, Md Saleh SR, Hodgson DA, Keely BJ. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography/multi-stage mass spectrometry of isobaric bacteriophaeophorbide d methyl esters. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2003; 17:2455-2458. [PMID: 14587093 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Frigaard NU, Voigt GD, Bryant DA. Chlorobium tepidum mutant lacking bacteriochlorophyll c made by inactivation of the bchK gene, encoding bacteriochlorophyll c synthase. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:3368-76. [PMID: 12029054 PMCID: PMC135091 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.12.3368-3376.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2002] [Accepted: 03/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gene encoding bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c synthase was identified by insertional inactivation in the photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum and was named bchK. The bchK mutant of C. tepidum was rusty-orange in color and completely lacked BChl c. Because of the absence of the BChl c antenna, the mutant grew about seven times slower than the wild type at light intensities that were limiting to the wild type (< 90 micromol m(-2) s(-1)). Various pheophorbides, which probably represent precursors of BChl c which had lost magnesium, accumulated in the mutant cells. A small fraction of these pheophorbides were apparently esterified by the remaining chlorophyll (Chl) a and BChl a synthases in cells. The amounts of BChl a, Chl a, isoprenoid quinones, carotenoids, Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein, and chlorosome envelope protein CsmA were not significantly altered on a cellular basis in the mutant compared to in the wild type. This suggests that the BChl a antennae, photosynthetic reaction centers, and remaining chlorosome components were essentially unaffected in the mutant. Electron microscopy of thin sections revealed that the mutant lacked normal chlorosomes. However, a fraction containing vestigial chlorosomes, denoted "carotenosomes," was partly purified by density centrifugation; these structures contained carotenoids, isoprenoid quinones, and a 798-nm-absorbing BChl a species that is probably protein associated. Because of the absence of the strong BChl c absorption found in the wild type, the bchK mutant should prove valuable for future analyses of the photosynthetic reaction center and of the roles of BChl a in photosynthesis in green bacteria. An evolutionary implication of our findings is that the photosynthetic ancestor of green sulfur bacteria could have evolved without chlorosomes and BChl c and instead used only BChl a-containing proteins as the major light-harvesting antennae.
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- Niels-Ulrik Frigaard
- Department of Biochemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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Zinc analogues of bacteriochlorophylls c and d self-assembled in aqueous media with phospholipids. A methanol solution of zinc chlorin and alpha-lecithin was put in a cellulose tube and the inner methanol solvent was gradually replaced with water by dialysis to form the self-assembled oligomers. Visible absorption spectra of the aqueous solution showed that zinc chlorins formed J-aggregates within the hydrophobic core of alpha-lecithin assemblies and that the supramolecular structure of the aggregates depended upon the stereochemistry at the 3(1)-position and the alkyl substituents at the 8-, 12-, and 17(4)-positions of the zinc chlorin. When the aqueous aggregates were prepared with a mixture of 3(1)-epimers and/or 8-, 12-, or 17(4)-homologues of zinc 3(1)-hydroxy-13(1)-oxochlorins, the structurally distinct components coaggregated to make scrambled oligomers. However, during the dialysis, zinc 3(1)-hydroxy- and 7(1)-hydroxy-13(1)-oxochlorins slowly individually aggregated to give two structurally different oligomer units in the cellulose tube. In contrast, if the two zinc chlorin components rapidly self-assembled in an aqueous medium, these components coaggregated to form scrambled oligomers. The present study shows that both the molecular structure of the pigments and the speed of the oligomerization determine the molecular arrangement in chlorosome-type self-assembled oligomers.
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- T Miyatake
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Steensgaard DB, Wackerbarth H, Hildebrandt P, Holzwarth AR. Diastereoselective Control of Bacteriochlorophyll e Aggregation. 3-S-BChl e Is Essential for the Formation of Chlorosome-Like Aggregates. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0013356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dorte B. Steensgaard
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Ishii T, Kimura M, Yamamoto T, Kirihata M, Uehara K. The effects of epimerization at the 3(1)-position of bacteriochlorophylls c on their aggregation in chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria. Control of the ratio of 3(1) epimers by light intensity. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 71:567-73. [PMID: 10818787 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0567:teoeat>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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R- and S-epimerization at the 3(1) position of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c and the formation of rod-like aggregates in chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria were markedly affected in Chlorobium (Cb.) tepidum and Cb. limicola by cultivation under various light intensities (photon fluence rate). The stronger the light, the higher the ratio of the S-epimer to the R-epimer for each homolog of BChl c in the bacteria. S[P,E] BChl cF and S[I,E] BChl cF were found to be the major S-epimers in Cb. tepidum and Cb. limicola, respectively. R[P,E] BChl cF decreased markedly compared to R[E,E] BChl cF in Cb. tepidum, whereas no observable change in the ratio of R[P,E]/R[E,E] was detected for Cb. limicola. With increase in light intensity the Qy absorption maximum of the bacteria shifted to shorter wavelengths. In vitro spectroscopic studies of the aggregates showed a marked difference in the formation of aggregates from R- and S-epimers of BChl c; the S-epimers formed aggregates much more slowly than did the R-epimers. These results suggest that the ratio of the epimers of BChl c might significantly affect the aggregation of BChl in the chlorosome. We propose different roles for the R- and S-epimers in chlorosomes of Cb. limicola and Cb. tepidum.
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- T Ishii
- Research Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
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Borrego CM, Garcia-Gil J, Cristina XP, Vila X, Abella CA. Occurrence of new bacteriochlorophyll d forms in natural populations of green photosynthetic sulfur bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1998.tb00510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Steensgaard DB, Matsuura K, Cox RP, Miller M. Changes in Bacteriochlorophyll c Organization during Acid Treatment of Chlorosomes from Chlorobium tepidum. Photochem Photobiol 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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