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Jiang J, Reddy KR, Pavan MP, Lubian E, Harris MA, Jiao J, Niedzwiedzki DM, Kirmaier C, Parkes-Loach PS, Loach PA, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Amphiphilic, hydrophilic, or hydrophobic synthetic bacteriochlorins in biohybrid light-harvesting architectures: consideration of molecular designs. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2014; 122:187-202. [PMID: 24997120 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-014-0021-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Biohybrid light-harvesting architectures can be constructed that employ native-like bacterial photosynthetic antenna peptides as a scaffold to which synthetic chromophores are attached to augment overall spectral coverage. Synthetic bacteriochlorins are attractive to enhance capture of solar radiation in the photon-rich near-infrared spectral region. The effect of the polarity of the bacteriochlorin substituents on the antenna self-assembly process was explored by the preparation of a bacteriochlorin-peptide conjugate using a synthetic amphiphilic bacteriochlorin (B1) to complement prior studies using hydrophilic (B2, four carboxylic acids) or hydrophobic (B3) bacteriochlorins. The amphiphilic bioconjugatable bacteriochlorin B1 with a polar ammonium-terminated tail was synthesized by sequential Pd-mediated reactions of a 3,13-dibromo-5-methoxybacteriochlorin. Each bacteriochlorin bears a maleimido-terminated tether for attachment to a cysteine-containing analog of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides antenna β-peptide to give conjugates β-B1, β-B2, and β-B3. Given the hydrophobic nature of the β-peptide, the polarity of B1 and B2 facilitated purification of the respective conjugate compared to the hydrophobic B3. Bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) associates with each conjugate in aqueous micellar media to form a dyad containing two β-peptides, two covalently attached synthetic bacteriochlorins, and a datively bonded BChl-a pair, albeit to a limited extent for β-B2. The reversible assembly/disassembly of dyad (β-B2/BChl)2 was examined in aqueous detergent (octyl glucoside) solution by temperature variation (15-35 °C). The energy-transfer efficiency from the synthetic bacteriochlorin to the BChl-a dimer was found to be 0.85 for (β-B1/BChl)2, 0.40 for (β-B2/BChl)2, and 0.85 for (β-B3/BChl)2. Thus, in terms of handling, assembly and energy-transfer efficiency taken together, the amphiphilic design examined herein is more attractive than the prior hydrophilic or hydrophobic designs.
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- Jianbing Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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Olsen JD, Adams PG, Jackson PJ, Dickman MJ, Qian P, Hunter CN. Aberrant assembly complexes of the reaction center light-harvesting 1 PufX (RC-LH1-PufX) core complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides imaged by atomic force microscopy. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:29927-36. [PMID: 25193660 PMCID: PMC4208002 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.596585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, many protein complexes congregate within the membrane to form operational photosynthetic units consisting of arrays of light-harvesting LH2 complexes and monomeric and dimeric reaction center (RC)-light-harvesting 1 (LH1)-PufX “core” complexes. Each half of a dimer complex consists of a RC surrounded by 14 LH1 αβ subunits, with two bacteriochlorophylls (Bchls) sandwiched between each αβ pair of transmembrane helices. We used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate the assembly of single molecules of the RC-LH1-PufX complex using membranes prepared from LH2-minus mutants. When the RC and PufX components were also absent, AFM revealed a series of LH1 variants where the repeating α1β1(Bchl)2 units had formed rings of variable size, ellipses, and spirals and also arcs that could be assembly products. The spiral complexes occur when the LH1 ring has failed to close, and short arcs are suggestive of prematurely terminated LH1 complex assembly. In the absence of RCs, we occasionally observed captive proteins enclosed by the LH1 ring. When production of LH1 units was restricted by lowering the relative levels of the cognate pufBA transcript, we imaged a mixture of complete RC-LH1 core complexes, empty LH1 rings, and isolated RCs, leading us to conclude that once a RC associates with the first α1β1(Bchl)2 subunit, cooperative associations between subsequent subunits and the RC tend to drive LH1 ring assembly to completion.
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- John D Olsen
- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom and
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom and
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom and
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom and
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Harris MA, Parkes-Loach PS, Springer JW, Jiang J, Martin EC, Qian P, Jiao J, Niedzwiedzki DM, Kirmaier C, Olsen JD, Bocian DF, Holten D, Hunter CN, Lindsey JS, Loach PA. Integration of multiple chromophores with native photosynthetic antennas to enhance solar energy capture and delivery. Chem Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3sc51518d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Sakai S, Hiro A, Kondo M, Mizuno T, Tanaka T, Dewa T, Nango M. Overexpression of Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX-bearing maltose-binding protein and its effect on the stability of reconstituted light-harvesting core antenna complex. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2012; 111:63-69. [PMID: 21809113 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9673-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The PufX protein, encoded by the pufX gene of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, plays a key role in the organization and function of the core antenna (LH1)-reaction centre (RC) complex, which collects photons and triggers primary photochemical reactions. We synthesized a PufX/maltose-binding protein (MBP) fusion protein to study the effect of the PufX protein on the reconstitution of B820 subunit-type and LH1-type complexes. The fusion protein was synthesized using an Escherichia coli expression system and purified by affinity chromatography. Reconstitution experiments demonstrated that the MBP-PufX protein destabilizes the subunit-type complex (20°C), consistent with previous reports. Interestingly, however, the preformed LH1-type complex was stable in the presence of MBP-PufX. The MBP-PufX protein did not influence the preformed LH1-type complexes (4°C). The LH1-type complex containing MBP-PufX showed a unique temperature-dependent structural transformation that was irreversible. The predominant form of the complex at 4°C was the LH1-type. When shifted to 20°C, subunit-type complexes became predominant. Upon subsequent cooling back to 4°C, instead of re-forming the LH1-type complexes, the predominant form remained the subunit-type complexes. In contrast, reversible transformation of LH1 (4°C) and subunit-type complexes (20°C) occurs in the absence of PufX. These results are consistent with the suggestion that MBP-PufX interacts with the LH1α- polypeptide in the subunit (α/β)-type complex (at 20°C), preventing oligomerization of the subunit to form LH1-type complexes.
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- Shunnsuke Sakai
- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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Magis GJ, Olsen JD, Reynolds NP, Leggett GJ, Hunter CN, Aartsma TJ, Frese RN. Use of Engineered Unique Cysteine Residues to Facilitate Oriented Coupling of Proteins Directly to a Gold Substrate. Photochem Photobiol 2011; 87:1050-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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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Structure-Function Relationships in Bacterial Light-Harvesting Complexes Investigated by Reconstitution Techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8815-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Wang ZY, Gokan K, Kobayashi M, Nozawa T. Solution Structures of the Core Light-harvesting α and β Polypeptides from Rhodospirillum rubrum: Implications for the Pigment–Protein and Protein–Protein Interactions. J Mol Biol 2005; 347:465-77. [PMID: 15740753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2004] [Revised: 12/21/2004] [Accepted: 01/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have determined the solution structures of the core light-harvesting (LH1) alpha and beta-polypeptides from wild-type purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum using multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. The two polypeptides form stable alpha helices in organic solution. The structure of alpha-polypeptide consists of a long helix of 32 amino acid residues over the central transmembrane domain and a short helical segment at the N terminus that is followed by a three-residue loop. Pigment-coordinating histidine residue (His29) in the alpha-polypeptide is located near the middle of the central helix. The structure of beta-polypeptide shows a single helix of 32 amino acid residues in the membrane-spanning region with the pigment-coordinating histidine residue (His38) at a position close to the C-terminal end of the helix. Strong hydrogen bonds have been identified for the backbone amide protons over the central helical regions, indicating a rigid property of the two polypeptides. The overall structures of the R.rubrum LH1 alpha and beta-polypeptides are different from those previously reported for the LH1 beta-polypeptide of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, but are very similar to the structures of the corresponding LH2 alpha and beta-polypeptides determined by X-ray crystallography. A model constructed for the structural subunit (B820) of LH1 complex using the solution structures reveals several important features on the interactions between the LH1 alpha and beta-polypeptides. The significance of the N-terminal regions of the two polypeptides for stabilizing both B820 and LH1 complexes, as clarified by many experiments, may be attributed to the interactions between the short N-terminal helix (Trp2-Gln6) of alpha-polypeptide and a GxxxG motif in the beta-polypeptide.
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- Zheng-Yu Wang
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-aza, Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
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Wang ZY, Shimonaga M, Muraoka Y, Kobayashi M, Nozawa T. Methionine oxidation and its effect on the stability of a reconstituted subunit of the light-harvesting complex from Rhodospirillum rubrum. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:3375-82. [PMID: 11422366 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An additional component in the purified core light-harvesting complex (LH1) from wild-type purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum has been identified as an oxidized species of alpha-polypeptide by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. This component appears as a slightly earlier-eluting peak in the RP-HPLC chromatogram compared with the authentic alpha-polypeptide. The oxidation site has been determined to be the N-terminal methionine residue by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, where the methionine is oxidized to methionine sulfoxide in a diastereoisomeric form. Interconversion between the oxidized and authentic alpha-polypeptides has been confirmed by selective oxidation and reduction. The oxidative modification of methionine is shown to have discernible effects on the ability to form B820 subunit with beta-polypeptide and bacteriochlorophyll a, and on the stability of the reconstituted B820 subunit. Both the ability and the stability for the samples using the oxidized alpha-polypeptide are moderately reduced, indicating that the oxidation-induced conformational change in the N-terminal domain of alpha-polypeptide may affect the pigment-binding environment through a long-range interaction. The MALDI-TOF mass results also reveal that the N-terminus of alpha-polypeptide is formylated and no phosphorylation has occurred in this polypeptide.
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- Z Y Wang
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Conroy MJ, Westerhuis WH, Parkes-Loach PS, Loach PA, Hunter CN, Williamson MP. The solution structure of Rhodobacter sphaeroides LH1beta reveals two helical domains separated by a more flexible region: structural consequences for the LH1 complex. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:83-94. [PMID: 10756106 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Here, the solution structure of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides core light-harvesting complex beta polypeptide solubilised in chloroform:methanol is presented. The structure, determined by homonuclear NMR spectroscopy and distance geometry, comprises two alpha helical regions (residue -34 to -15 and -11 to +6, using the numbering system in which the conserved histidine residue is numbered zero) joined by a more flexible four amino acid residue linker. The C-terminal helix forms the membrane spanning region in the intact LH1 complex, whilst the N-terminal helix must lie in the lipid head groups or in the cytoplasm, and form the basis of interaction with the alpha polypeptide. The structure of a mutant beta polypeptide W(+9)F was also determined. This mutant, which is deficient in a hydrogen bond donor to the bacteriochlorophyll, showed an identical structure to the wild-type, implying that observed differences in interaction with other LH1 polypeptides must arise from cofactor binding. Using these structures we propose a modification to existing models of the intact LH1 complex by replacing the continuous helix of the beta polypeptide with two helices, one of which lies at an acute angle to the membrane plane. We suggest that a key difference between LH1 and LH2 is that the beta subunit is more bent in LH1. This modification puts the N terminus of LH1beta close to the reaction centre H subunit, and provides a rationale for the different ring sizes of LH1 and LH2 complexes.
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- M J Conroy
- Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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Kikuchi J, Asakura T, Loach PA, Parkes-Loach PS, Shimada K, Hunter CN, Conroy MJ, Williamson MP. A light-harvesting antenna protein retains its folded conformation in the absence of protein-lipid and protein-pigment interactions. Biopolymers 1999; 49:361-72. [PMID: 10101971 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(19990415)49:5<361::aid-bip3>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The first study by nmr of the integral membrane protein, the bacterial light-harvesting (LH) antenna protein LH1 beta, is reported. The photosynthetic apparatus of purple bacteria contains two different kinds of antenna complexes (LH1 and LH2), which consist of two small integral membrane proteins alpha and beta, each of approximately 6 kDa, and bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid pigments. We have purified the antenna polypeptide LH1 beta from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and have recorded CD spectra and a series of two-dimensional nmr spectra. A comparison of CD spectra of LH1 beta observed in organic solvents and detergent micelles shows that the helical character of the peptide does not change appreciably between the two milieus. A significantly high-field shifted methyl signal was observed both in organic solvents and in detergent micelles, implying that a similar three-dimensional structure is present in each case. However, the 1H-nmr signals observed in organic solvents had a narrower line width and better resolution, and it is shown that in this case organic solvents provide a better medium for nmr studies than detergent micelles. A sequential assignment has been carried out on the C-terminal transmembrane region, which is the region in which the pigment is bound. The region is shown to have a helical structure by the chemical shift values of the alpha-CH protons and the presence of nuclear Overhauser effects characteristic of helices. An analysis of the amide proton chemical shifts of the residues surrounding the histidine chlorophyll ligand suggests that the local structure is well ordered even in the absence of protein-lipid and protein-pigment interactions. Its structure was determined from 348 nmr-derived constraints by using distance geometry calculations. The polypeptide contains an alpha-helix extending from Leu19 (position of cytoplasmic surface) to Trp44 (position of periplasmic surface). The helix is bent, as expected from the amide proton chemical shifts, and it is similar to the polypeptide fold of the previously determined crystal structure of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Ac10050 LH2 beta (S. M. Prince et al., Journal of Molecular Biology, 1997, Vol. 268, pp. 412-423). It is concluded that the polypeptide conformation of this region may facilitate assembly of the LH complex.
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- J Kikuchi
- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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McGlynn P, Westerhuis WH, Jones MR, Hunter CN. Consequences for the organization of reaction center-light harvesting antenna 1 (LH1) core complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides arising from deletion of amino acid residues from the C terminus of the LH1 alpha polypeptide. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:3285-92. [PMID: 8621732 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.6.3285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The light harvesting antenna 1 (LH1) complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is intimately associated with the reaction center (RC) as part of the reaction center RC-LH1 core complex. The pufA gene has been modified such that between 5 and 16 amino acid residues were progressively deleted from the C terminus of the LH1 alpha polypeptide. The two largest deletions produced strains which were deficient in LH1. The remaining four deletion mutants exhibited significant reductions in the average level of LH1 per reaction center. Analysis of detergent-solubilized cores on sucrose gradients showed that the mutant strains had a sizeable population of antenna-deficient reaction centers in addition to core complexes with a reduced ratio of LH1:RC. The decrease in the ratio of LH1:RC in core complexes of the mutant strains was accompanied by a progressive blue shift of the absorbance maximum of LH1, which we attribute to the reduced aggregation state of LH1 in the smaller cores. The PufX polypeptide was not required for photosynthetic growth in mutants with reduced core sizes. We conclude that the level of LH1 in the bacterial membrane, and the aggregation state of LH1 in core complexes, are both influenced by the C terminus of the alpha polypeptide, and we discuss possible models for the organization of the core complex in Rb. sphaeroides.
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- P McGlynn
- Robert Hill Institute for Photosynthesis and Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2UH, United Kingdom
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Jirsakova V, Reiss-Husson F, Agalidis I, Vrieze J, Hoff AJ. Triplet states in reaction center, light-harvesting complex B875 and its spectral form B840 from Rubrivivax gelatinosus investigated by absorbance-detected electron spin resonance in zero magnetic field (ADMR). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(95)00099-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Davis CM, Bustamante PL, Loach PA. Reconstitution of the bacterial core light-harvesting complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum with isolated alpha- and beta-polypeptides, bacteriochlorophyll alpha, and carotenoid. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:5793-804. [PMID: 7890709 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.11.5793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Methodology has been developed to reconstitute carotenoids and bacteriochlorophyll alpha with isolated light-harvesting complex I (LHI) polypeptides of both Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum. Reconstitution techniques first developed in this laboratory using the LHI polypeptides of R. rubrum, R. sphaeroides, and Rhodobacter capsulatus reproduced bacteriochlorophyll alpha spectral properties characteristic of LHI complexes lacking carotenoids. In this study, carotenoids are supplied either as organic-solvent extracts of chromatophores or as thin-layer chromatography or high performance liquid chromatography-purified species. The resulting LHI complexes exhibit carotenoid and bacteriochlorophyll a spectral properties characteristic of native LHI complexes of carotenoid-containing bacteria. Absorption and circular dichroism spectra support the attainment of a native-like carotenoid environment in the reconstituted LHI complexes. For both R. sphaeroides- and R. rubrum-reconstituted systems, fluorescence excitation spectra reveal appropriate carotenoid to bacteriochlorophyll alpha energy-transfer efficiencies based on comparisons with the in vivo systems. In the case of R. rubrum reconstitutions, carotenoids afford protection from photodynamic degradation. Thus, carotenoids reconstituted into LHI exhibit spectral and functional characteristics associated with native pigments. Heterologous reconstitutions demonstrate the applicability of the developed assay in dissecting the molecular environment of carotenoids in light-harvesting complexes.
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- C M Davis
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3500
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Bustamante PL, Loach PA. Reconstitution of a functional photosynthetic receptor complex with isolated subunits of core light-harvesting complex and reaction centers. Biochemistry 1994; 33:13329-39. [PMID: 7947741 DOI: 10.1021/bi00249a020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The B820 subunit form of the core light-harvesting complex LHI, isolated from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum, was combined in a reassociation assay with the reaction center (RC) isolated from the same or related bacteria. This reassociation produced a photoreceptor complex (PRC) which appeared, by absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism measurements, and kinetic absorption spectroscopy measuring transient photochanges, as analogous to the PRC in the intact bacteria. Energy transfer between the LHI and reaction center progressed with almost 100% efficiency and indicated a cooperative pattern of transfer. Treatment of the RC with proteinase K resulted in peptide cleavages of all three polypeptides of the RC but did not alter the light-induced charge separation in the RC or prevent the reassociation of the LHI and modified RC. Energy transfer efficiency from LHI to RC still approached 100% but the cooperative behavior seen in reconstitutions with the intact RC was not observed. Initial experiments using interspecies reassociations (LHI from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and RC from Rs. rubrum) showed a low efficiency of energy transfer from LHI to RC. Possible association domains for the LHI-RC interaction based on considerations of the comparative amino acid sequences of the RC of each bacteria and the most feasible remaining residues in the proteinase K treated RC are considered.
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- P L Bustamante
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3500
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Parkes-Loach PS, Jones SM, Loach PA. Probing the structure of the core light-harvesting complex (LH1) of Rhodopseudomonas viridis by dissociation and reconstitution methodology. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1994; 40:247-261. [PMID: 24309943 DOI: 10.1007/bf00034774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/1993] [Accepted: 01/28/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A subunit complex was formed from the core light-harvesting complex (LH1) of bacteriochlorophyll(BChl)-b-containing Rhodopseudomonas viridis. The addition of octyl glucoside to a carotenoid-depleted Rps. viridis membrane preparation resulted in a subunit complex absorbing at 895 nm, which could be quantitatively dissociated to free BChl b and then reassociated to the subunit. When carotenoid was added back, the subunit could be reassociated to LH1 with a 25% yield. Additionally, the Rps. viridis α- and β-polypeptides were isolated, purified, and then reconstituted with BChl b. They formed a subunit absorbing near 895 nm, similar to the subunit formed by titration of the carotenoid depleted membrane, but did not form an LH1-type complex at 1015 nm. The same results were obtained with the β-polypeptide alone and BChl b. Isolated polypeptides were also tested for their interaction with BChl a. They formed subunit and LH1-type complexes similar to those formed using polypeptides isolated from BChl-a-containing bacteria but displayed 6-10 nm smaller red shifts in their long-wavelength absorption maxima. Thus, the larger red shift of BChl-b-containing Rps. viridis is not attributable solely to the protein structure. The β-polypeptide of Rps. viridis differed from the other β-polypeptides tested in that it could form an LH1-type complex with BChl a in the absence of the α- and γ-polypeptides. It apparently contains the necessary information required to assemble into an LH1-type complex. When the γ-polypeptide was tested in reconstitution with BChl a and BChl b with the α- and β-polypeptides, it had no effect; its role remains undetermined.
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- P S Parkes-Loach
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, 2153 Sheridan Road, 60208-3500, Evanston, IL, USA
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