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Kimura Y, Nojima S, Nakata K, Yamashita T, Wang XP, Takenaka S, Akimoto S, Kobayashi M, Madigan MT, Wang-Otomo ZY, Yu LJ. Electrostatic charge controls the lowest LH1 Q y transition energy in the triply extremophilic purple phototrophic bacterium, Halorhodospira halochloris. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2021; 1862:148473. [PMID: 34310933 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2021.148473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Halorhodospira (Hlr.) halochloris is a unique phototrophic purple bacterium because it is a triple extremophile-the organism is thermophilic, alkalophilic, and halophilic. The most striking photosynthetic feature of Hlr. halochloris is that the bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) b-containing core light-harvesting (LH1) complex surrounding its reaction center (RC) exhibits its LH1 Qy absorption maximum at 1016 nm, which is the lowest transition energy among phototrophic organisms. Here we report that this extraordinarily red-shifted LH1 Qy band of Hlr. halochloris exhibits interconvertible spectral shifts depending on the electrostatic charge distribution around the BChl b molecules. The 1016 nm band of the Hlr. halochloris LH1-RC complex was blue-shifted to 958 nm upon desalting or pH decrease but returned to its original position when supplemented with salts or pH increase. Resonance Raman analysis demonstrated that these interconvertible spectral shifts are not associated with the strength of hydrogen-bonding interactions between BChl b and LH1 polypeptides. Furthermore, circular dichroism signals for the LH1 Qy transition of Hlr. halochloris appeared with a positive sign (as in BChl b-containing Blastochloris species) and opposite those of BChl a-containing purple bacteria, possibly due to a combined effect of slight differences in the transition dipole moments between BChl a and BChl b and in the interactions between adjacent BChls in their assembled state. Based on these findings and LH1 amino acid sequences, it is proposed that Hlr. halochloris evolved its unique and tunable light-harvesting system with electrostatic charges in order to carry out photosynthesis and thrive in its punishing hypersaline and alkaline habitat.
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- Yukihiro Kimura
- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Science, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EEY. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). PROTOPLASMA 2020. [PMID: 31900730 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Palaeontologically, eubacteria are > 3× older than neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Cell biology contrasts ancestral eubacterial murein peptidoglycan walls and derived neomuran N-linked glycoprotein coats/walls. Misinterpreting long stems connecting clade neomura to eubacteria on ribosomal sequence trees (plus misinterpreted protein paralogue trees) obscured this historical pattern. Universal multiprotein ribosomal protein (RP) trees, more accurate than rRNA trees, are taxonomically undersampled. To reduce contradictions with genically richer eukaryote trees and improve eubacterial phylogeny, we constructed site-heterogeneous and maximum-likelihood universal three-domain, two-domain, and single-domain trees for 143 eukaryotes (branching now congruent with 187-protein trees), 60 archaebacteria, and 151 taxonomically representative eubacteria, using 51 and 26 RPs. Site-heterogeneous trees greatly improve eubacterial phylogeny and higher classification, e.g. showing gracilicute monophyly, that many 'rDNA-phyla' belong in Proteobacteria, and reveal robust new phyla Synthermota and Aquithermota. Monoderm Posibacteria and Mollicutes (two separate wall losses) are both polyphyletic: multiple outer membrane losses in Endobacteria occurred separately from Actinobacteria; neither phylum is related to Chloroflexi, the most divergent prokaryotes, which originated photosynthesis (new model proposed). RP trees support an eozoan root for eukaryotes and are consistent with archaebacteria being their sisters and rooted between Filarchaeota (=Proteoarchaeota, including 'Asgardia') and Euryarchaeota sensu-lato (including ultrasimplified 'DPANN' whose long branches often distort trees). Two-domain trees group eukaryotes within Planctobacteria, and archaebacteria with Planctobacteria/Sphingobacteria. Integrated molecular/palaeontological evidence favours negibacterial ancestors for neomura and all life. Unique presence of key pre-neomuran characters favours Planctobacteria only as ancestral to neomura, which apparently arose by coevolutionary repercussions (explained here in detail, including RP replacement) of simultaneous outer membrane and murein loss. Planctobacterial C-1 methanotrophic enzymes are likely ancestral to archaebacterial methanogenesis and β-propeller-α-solenoid proteins to eukaryotic vesicle coats, nuclear-pore-complexes, and intraciliary transport. Planctobacterial chaperone-independent 4/5-protofilament microtubules and MamK actin-ancestors prepared for eukaryote intracellular motility, mitosis, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis. We refute numerous wrong ideas about the universal tree.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EEY. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). PROTOPLASMA 2020; 257:621-753. [PMID: 31900730 PMCID: PMC7203096 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01442-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Palaeontologically, eubacteria are > 3× older than neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Cell biology contrasts ancestral eubacterial murein peptidoglycan walls and derived neomuran N-linked glycoprotein coats/walls. Misinterpreting long stems connecting clade neomura to eubacteria on ribosomal sequence trees (plus misinterpreted protein paralogue trees) obscured this historical pattern. Universal multiprotein ribosomal protein (RP) trees, more accurate than rRNA trees, are taxonomically undersampled. To reduce contradictions with genically richer eukaryote trees and improve eubacterial phylogeny, we constructed site-heterogeneous and maximum-likelihood universal three-domain, two-domain, and single-domain trees for 143 eukaryotes (branching now congruent with 187-protein trees), 60 archaebacteria, and 151 taxonomically representative eubacteria, using 51 and 26 RPs. Site-heterogeneous trees greatly improve eubacterial phylogeny and higher classification, e.g. showing gracilicute monophyly, that many 'rDNA-phyla' belong in Proteobacteria, and reveal robust new phyla Synthermota and Aquithermota. Monoderm Posibacteria and Mollicutes (two separate wall losses) are both polyphyletic: multiple outer membrane losses in Endobacteria occurred separately from Actinobacteria; neither phylum is related to Chloroflexi, the most divergent prokaryotes, which originated photosynthesis (new model proposed). RP trees support an eozoan root for eukaryotes and are consistent with archaebacteria being their sisters and rooted between Filarchaeota (=Proteoarchaeota, including 'Asgardia') and Euryarchaeota sensu-lato (including ultrasimplified 'DPANN' whose long branches often distort trees). Two-domain trees group eukaryotes within Planctobacteria, and archaebacteria with Planctobacteria/Sphingobacteria. Integrated molecular/palaeontological evidence favours negibacterial ancestors for neomura and all life. Unique presence of key pre-neomuran characters favours Planctobacteria only as ancestral to neomura, which apparently arose by coevolutionary repercussions (explained here in detail, including RP replacement) of simultaneous outer membrane and murein loss. Planctobacterial C-1 methanotrophic enzymes are likely ancestral to archaebacterial methanogenesis and β-propeller-α-solenoid proteins to eukaryotic vesicle coats, nuclear-pore-complexes, and intraciliary transport. Planctobacterial chaperone-independent 4/5-protofilament microtubules and MamK actin-ancestors prepared for eukaryote intracellular motility, mitosis, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis. We refute numerous wrong ideas about the universal tree.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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Xin Y, Shi Y, Niu T, Wang Q, Niu W, Huang X, Ding W, Yang L, Blankenship RE, Xu X, Sun F. Cryo-EM structure of the RC-LH core complex from an early branching photosynthetic prokaryote. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1568. [PMID: 29674684 PMCID: PMC5908803 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03881-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Photosynthetic prokaryotes evolved diverse light-harvesting (LH) antennas to absorb sunlight and transfer energy to reaction centers (RC). The filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs (FAPs) are important early branching photosynthetic bacteria in understanding the origin and evolution of photosynthesis. How their photosynthetic machinery assembles for efficient energy transfer is yet to be elucidated. Here, we report the 4.1 Å structure of photosynthetic core complex from Roseiflexus castenholzii by cryo-electron microscopy. The RC–LH complex has a tetra-heme cytochrome c bound RC encompassed by an elliptical LH ring that is assembled from 15 LHαβ subunits. An N-terminal transmembrane helix of cytochrome c inserts into the LH ring, not only yielding a tightly bound cytochrome c for rapid electron transfer, but also opening a slit in the LH ring, which is further flanked by a transmembrane helix from a newly discovered subunit X. These structural features suggest an unusual quinone exchange model of prokaryotic photosynthetic machinery. Filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs (FAPs) are phylogenetically distant from other anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. Here the authors present the 4.1 Å cryo-EM structure of the photosynthetic core complex from the FAP Roseiflexus castenholzii and propose a model for energy and electron transfer.
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- Yueyong Xin
- Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Cangqian, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049, Beijing, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Cangqian, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Cangqian, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Center for Biological Imaging, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biological Imaging, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Cangqian, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Cangqian, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 311121, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049, Beijing, China. .,Center for Biological Imaging, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, China.
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Dachev M, Bína D, Sobotka R, Moravcová L, Gardian Z, Kaftan D, Šlouf V, Fuciman M, Polívka T, Koblížek M. Unique double concentric ring organization of light harvesting complexes in Gemmatimonas phototrophica. PLoS Biol 2017; 15:e2003943. [PMID: 29253871 PMCID: PMC5749889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The majority of life on Earth depends directly or indirectly on the sun as a source of energy. The initial step of photosynthesis is facilitated by light-harvesting complexes, which capture and transfer light energy into the reaction centers (RCs). Here, we analyzed the organization of photosynthetic (PS) complexes in the bacterium G. phototrophica, which so far is the only phototrophic representative of the bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes. The isolated complex has a molecular weight of about 800 ± 100 kDa, which is approximately 2 times larger than the core complex of Rhodospirillum rubrum. The complex contains 62.4 ± 4.7 bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a molecules absorbing in 2 distinct infrared absorption bands with maxima at 816 and 868 nm. Using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, we determined the energy transfer time between these spectral bands as 2 ps. Single particle analyses of the purified complexes showed that they were circular structures with an outer diameter of approximately 18 nm and a thickness of 7 nm. Based on the obtained, we propose that the light-harvesting complexes in G. phototrophica form 2 concentric rings surrounding the type 2 RC. The inner ring (corresponding to the B868 absorption band) is composed of 15 subunits and is analogous to the inner light-harvesting complex 1 (LH1) in purple bacteria. The outer ring is composed of 15 more distant BChl dimers with no or slow energy transfer between them, resulting in the B816 absorption band. This completely unique and elegant organization offers good structural stability, as well as high efficiency of light harvesting. Our results reveal that while the PS apparatus of Gemmatimonadetes was acquired via horizontal gene transfer from purple bacteria, it later evolved along its own pathway, devising a new arrangement of its light harvesting complexes. The majority of life on Earth depends directly or indirectly on the sun as a source of energy. Phototrophic organisms use energy from light to power various cellular and metabolic processes. The initial step of photosynthesis is facilitated by light-harvesting complexes, which capture and transfer light energy into the reaction centers where it is used to power proton gradients or to form new chemical bonds. Here, we analyzed photosynthetic complexes in Gemmatimonas phototrophica, the only known phototrophic representative of the bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes. Using a combination of biochemical and spectroscopic techniques, we show that the light-harvesting complexes of G. phototrophica are organized in 2 concentric rings around the reaction center. This organization is unique among anoxygenic phototrophs. It offers both structural stability and high efficiency of light harvesting. The structural unit of both antenna rings is a dimer of photosynthetic pigments called bacteriochlorophyll. The inner ring is populated by more densely packed dimers, while the outer ring contains more distant dimers with a minimal excitation exchange. Such an arrangement modifies the spectral properties of bacteriochlorophylls in the complex and ensures efficient capture of light in the near-infrared part of the solar spectrum.
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- Marko Dachev
- Center Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Center Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Center Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Center Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Center Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Nowicka B, Kruk J. Powered by light: Phototrophy and photosynthesis in prokaryotes and its evolution. Microbiol Res 2016; 186-187:99-118. [PMID: 27242148 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photosynthesis is a complex metabolic process enabling photosynthetic organisms to use solar energy for the reduction of carbon dioxide into biomass. This ancient pathway has revolutionized life on Earth. The most important event was the development of oxygenic photosynthesis. It had a tremendous impact on the Earth's geochemistry and the evolution of living beings, as the rise of atmospheric molecular oxygen enabled the development of a highly efficient aerobic metabolism, which later led to the evolution of complex multicellular organisms. The mechanism of photosynthesis has been the subject of intensive research and a great body of data has been accumulated. However, the evolution of this process is not fully understood, and the development of photosynthesis in prokaryota in particular remains an unresolved question. This review is devoted to the occurrence and main features of phototrophy and photosynthesis in prokaryotes. Hypotheses concerning the origin and spread of photosynthetic traits in bacteria are also discussed.
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- Beatrycze Nowicka
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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Bína D, Gardian Z, Vácha F, Litvín R. Supramolecular organization of photosynthetic membrane proteins in the chlorosome-containing bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2014; 122:13-21. [PMID: 24760483 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-014-0006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The arrangement of core antenna complexes (B808-866-RC) in the cytoplasmic membrane of filamentous phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus was studied by electron microscopy in cultures from different light conditions. A typical nearest-neighbor center-to-center distance of ~18 nm was found, implying less protein crowding compared to membranes of purple bacteria. A mean RC:chlorosome ratio of 11 was estimated for the occupancy of the membrane directly underneath each chlorosome, based on analysis of chlorosome dimensions and core complex distribution. Also presented are results of single-particle analysis of core complexes embedded in the native membrane.
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- David Bína
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic,
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Paleček D, Dědic R, Alster J, Hála J. Low-temperature spectroscopy of bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2014; 119:331-338. [PMID: 24318566 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9955-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Chlorosomes from green photosynthetic bacteria belong to the most effective light-harvesting antennas found in nature. Quinones incorporated in bacterichlorophyll (BChl) c aggregates inside chlorosomes play an important redox-dependent photo-protection role against oxidative damage of bacterial reaction centers. Artificial BChl c aggregates with and without quinones were prepared. We applied hole-burning spectroscopy and steady-state absorption and emission techniques at 1.9 K and two different redox potentials to investigate the role of quinones and redox potential on BChl c aggregates at low temperatures. We show that quinones quench the excitation energy in a similar manner as at room temperature, yet the quenching process is not as efficient as for chlorosomes. Interestingly, our data suggest that excitation quenching partially proceeds from higher excitonic states competing with ultrafast exciton relaxation. Moreover, we obtained structure-related parameters such as reorganization energies and inhomogeneous broadening of the lowest excited state, providing experimental ground for theoretical studies aiming at designing plausible large-scale model for BChl c aggregates including disorder.
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- David Paleček
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic,
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Taisova AS, Lukashev EP, Fedorova NV, Zobova AV, Dolgova TA, Fetisova ZG. Experimental proof of optimality of interfacing of chlorosome BChl c and membrane BChl a subantennae in superantenna of photosynthetic green bacteria from the oscillochloridaceae family. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2012; 444:154-7. [PMID: 22772999 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672912030088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- A S Taisova
- Belozersky Institute of Physicochemical Biology, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy Gory, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Xin Y, Pan J, Collins AM, Lin S, Blankenship RE. Excitation energy transfer and trapping dynamics in the core complex of the filamentous photosynthetic bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2012; 111:149-156. [PMID: 21792612 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9669-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The light-harvesting core complex of the thermophilic filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii is intrinsic to the cytoplasmic membrane and intimately bound to the reaction center (RC). Using ultrafast transient absorption and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy with selective excitation, energy transfer, and trapping dynamics in the core complex have been investigated at room temperature in both open and closed RCs. Results presented in this report revealed that the excited energy transfer from the BChl 800 to the BChl 880 band of the antenna takes about 2 ps independent of the trapping by the RC. The time constants for excitation quenching in the core antenna BChl 880 by open and closed RCs were found to be 60 and 210 ps, respectively. Assuming that the light harvesting complex is generally similar to LH1 of purple bacteria, the possible structural and functional aspects of this unique antenna complex are discussed. The results show that the core complex of Roseiflexus castenholzii contains characteristics of both purple bacteria and Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
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- Yueyong Xin
- Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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Comparative and Functional Genomics of Anoxygenic Green Bacteria from the Taxa Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria. FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND EVOLUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1533-2_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Collins AM, Wen J, Blankenship RE. Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes. MOLECULAR SOLAR FUELS 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849733038-00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The light-harvesting antenna systems found in photosynthetic organisms function to collect light and transfer energy in the photon to a reaction center, where electron transfer gives rise to long-term energy storage. The antenna systems found in different types of photosynthetic organisms adapt the organisms to very different photic environments, and almost certainly have been invented multiple times during evolution. The diverse collection of photosynthetic antenna systems is described in terms of their pigment and protein components and their organization in the photosystem. The Förster theory is described as the physical basis of energy transfer in photosynthetic antennas, although in many systems it is not adequate to describe energy transfer in complexes with closely interacting pigments. Regulatory aspects of antennas are described, including the process of non-photochemical quenching.
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- Aaron M. Collins
- Departments of Biology and Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA
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- Departments of Biology and Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA
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Tang KH, Urban VS, Wen J, Xin Y, Blankenship RE. SANS investigation of the photosynthetic machinery of Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Biophys J 2011; 99:2398-407. [PMID: 20959079 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Revised: 07/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Green photosynthetic bacteria harvest light and perform photosynthesis in low-light environments, and contain specialized antenna complexes to adapt to this condition. We performed small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) studies to obtain structural information about the photosynthetic apparatus, including the peripheral light-harvesting chlorosome complex, the integral membrane light-harvesting B808-866 complex, and the reaction center (RC) in the thermophilic green phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Using contrast variation in SANS measurements, we found that the B808-866 complex is wrapped around the RC in Cfx. aurantiacus, and the overall size and conformation of the B808-866 complex of Cfx. aurantiacus is roughly comparable to the LH1 antenna complex of the purple bacteria. A similar size of the isolated B808-866 complex was suggested by dynamic light scattering measurements, and a smaller size of the RC of Cfx. aurantiacus compared to the RC of the purple bacteria was observed. Further, our SANS measurements indicate that the chlorosome is a lipid body with a rod-like shape, and that the self-assembly of bacteriochlorophylls, the major component of the chlorosome, is lipid-like. Finally, two populations of chlorosome particles are suggested in our SANS measurements.
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- Kuo-Hsiang Tang
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Collins AM, Qian P, Tang Q, Bocian DF, Hunter CN, Blankenship RE. Light-harvesting antenna system from the phototrophic bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii. Biochemistry 2010; 49:7524-31. [PMID: 20672862 DOI: 10.1021/bi101036t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Photosynthetic organisms have evolved diverse light-harvesting complexes to harness light of various qualities and intensities. Photosynthetic bacteria can have (bacterio)chlorophyll Q(y) antenna absorption bands ranging from approximately 650 to approximately 1100 nm. This broad range of wavelengths has allowed many organisms to thrive in unique light environments. Roseiflexus castenholzii is a niche-adapted, filamentous anoxygenic phototroph (FAP) that lacks chlorosomes, the dominant antenna found in most green bacteria, and here we describe the purification of a full complement of photosynthetic complexes: the light-harvesting (LH) antenna, reaction center (RC), and core complex (RC-LH). By high-performance liquid chromatography separation of bacteriochlorophyll and bacteriopheophytin pigments extracted from the core complex and the RC, the number of subunits that comprise the antenna was determined to be 15 +/- 1. Resonance Raman spectroscopy of the carbonyl stretching region displayed modes indicating that 3C-acetyl groups of BChl a are all involved in molecular interactions probably similar to those found in LH1 complexes from purple photosynthetic bacteria. Finally, two-dimensional projections of negatively stained core complexes and the LH antenna revealed a closed, slightly elliptical LH ring with an average diameter of 130 +/- 10 A surrounding a single RC that lacks an H-subunit but is associated with a tetraheme c-type cytochrome.
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- Aaron M Collins
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Zobova AV, Taisova AS, Fetisova ZG. Search for an optimal interfacing of subantennae in superantenna of photosynthetic green bacteria from Oscillochloridaceae family: model calculations. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2010; 433:148-51. [PMID: 20714844 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672910040022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- A V Zobova
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Structure of chlorosomes from the green filamentous bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:6701-8. [PMID: 19717605 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00690-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The green filamentous bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus employs chlorosomes as photosynthetic antennae. Chlorosomes contain bacteriochlorophyll aggregates and are attached to the inner side of a plasma membrane via a protein baseplate. The structure of chlorosomes from C. aurantiacus was investigated by using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction and compared with that of Chlorobi species. Cryo-electron tomography revealed thin chlorosomes for which a distinct crystalline baseplate lattice was visualized in high-resolution projections. The baseplate is present only on one side of the chlorosome, and the lattice dimensions suggest that a dimer of the CsmA protein is the building block. The bacteriochlorophyll aggregates inside the chlorosome are arranged in lamellae, but the spacing is much greater than that in Chlorobi species. A comparison of chlorosomes from different species suggested that the lamellar spacing is proportional to the chain length of the esterifying alcohols. C. aurantiacus chlorosomes accumulate larger quantities of carotenoids under high-light conditions, presumably to provide photoprotection. The wider lamellae allow accommodation of the additional carotenoids and lead to increased disorder within the lamellae.
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Zobova AV, Yakovlev AG, Taisova AS, Fetisova ZG. The search for an optimal orientational ordering of Q y transition dipoles of subantenna molecules in the superantenna of photosynthetic green bacteria: Model calculations. Mol Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s002689330903011x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Collins AM, Xin Y, Blankenship RE. Pigment organization in the photosynthetic apparatus of Roseiflexus castenholzii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1050-6. [PMID: 19272352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The light-harvesting-reaction center (LHRC) complex from the chlorosome-lacking filamentous anoxygenic phototroph (FAP), Roseiflexus castenholzii (R. castenholzii) was purified and characterized for overall pigment organization. The LHRC is a single complex that is comprised of light harvesting (LH) and reaction center (RC) polypeptides as well as an attached c-type cytochrome. The dominant carotenoid found in the LHRC is keto-gamma-carotene, which transfers excitation to the long wavelength antenna band with 35% efficiency. Linear dichroism and fluorescence polarization measurements indicate that the long wavelength antenna pigments absorbing around 880 nm are perpendicular to the membrane plane, with the corresponding Q(y) transition dipoles in the plane of the membrane. The antenna pigments absorbing around 800 nm, as well as the bound carotenoid, are oriented at a large angle with respect to the membrane. The antenna pigments spectroscopically resemble the well-studied LH2 complex from purple bacteria, however the close association with the RC makes the light harvesting component of this complex functionally more like LH1.
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- Aaron M Collins
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Sridharan A, Muthuswamy J, Labelle JT, Pizziconi VB. Immobilization of functional light antenna structures derived from the filamentous green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:8078-8089. [PMID: 18590285 DOI: 10.1021/la703691a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The integration of highly efficient, natural photosynthetic light antenna structures into engineered systems while their biophotonic capabilities are maintained has been an elusive goal in the design of biohybrid photonic devices. In this study, we report a novel technique to covalently immobilize nanoscaled bacterial light antenna structures known as chlorosomes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus on both conductive and nonconductive glass while their energy transducing functionality was maintained. Chlorosomes without their reaction centers (RCs) were covalently immobilized on 3-aminoproyltriethoxysilane (APTES) treated surfaces using a glutaraldehyde linker. AFM techniques verified that the chlorosomes maintained their native ellipsoidal ultrastructure upon immobilization. Results from absorbance and fluorescence spectral analysis (where the Stokes shift to 808/810 nm was observed upon 470 nm blue light excitation) in conjunction with confocal microscopy confirm that the functional integrity of immobilized chlorosomes was also preserved. In addition, experiments with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) suggested that the presence of chlorosomes in the electrical double layer of the electrode enhanced the electron transfer capacity of the electrochemical cell. Further, chronoamperometric studies suggested that the reduced form of the Bchl- c pigments found within the chlorosome modulate the conduction properties of the electrochemical cell, where the oxidized form of Bchl- c pigments impeded any current transduction at a bias of 0.4 V within the electrochemical cell. The results therefore demonstrate that the intact chlorosomes can be successfully immobilized while their biophotonic transduction capabilities are preserved through the immobilization process. These findings indicate that it is feasible to design biophotonic devices incorporating fully functional light antenna structures, which may offer significant performance enhancements to current silicon-based photonic devices for diverse technological applications ranging from CCD devices used in retinal implants to terrestrial and space fuel cell applications.
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- Arati Sridharan
- Harrington Department of Bioengineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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Zobova AV, Fetisova ZG. Optimal coupling of subantennas as a strategy for efficient functioning of the light-harvesting antennas in photosynthesizing organisms: Model computations. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2007; 416:281-4. [DOI: 10.1134/s1607672907050158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pedersen MØ, Borch J, Højrup P, Cox RP, Miller M. The light-harvesting antenna of Chlorobium tepidum: interactions between the FMO protein and the major chlorosome protein CsmA studied by surface plasmon resonance. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 89:63-9. [PMID: 16915355 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9081-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Green sulfur bacteria possess two external light-harvesting antenna systems, the chlorosome and the FMO protein, which participate in a sequential energy transfer to the reaction centers embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane. However, little is known about the physical interaction between these two antenna systems. We have studied the interaction between the major chlorosome protein, CsmA, and the FMO protein in Chlorobium tepidum using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Our results show an interaction between the FMO protein and an immobilized synthetic peptide corresponding to 17 amino acids at the C terminal of CsmA. This interaction is dependent on the presence of a motif comprising six amino acids that are highly conserved in all the currently available CsmA protein sequences.
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- Marie Østergaard Pedersen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK5230, Odense M, Denmark
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Frigaard NU, Bryant DA. Chlorosomes: Antenna Organelles in Photosynthetic Green Bacteria. MICROBIOLOGY MONOGRAPHS 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/7171_021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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