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Giardi MT, Antonacci A, Touloupakis E, Mattoo AK. Investigation of Photosystem II Functional Size in Higher Plants under Physiological and Stress Conditions Using Radiation Target Analysis and Sucrose Gradient Ultracentrifugation. Molecules 2022; 27:5708. [PMID: 36080475 PMCID: PMC9457868 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The photosystem II (PSII) reaction centre is the critical supramolecular pigment-protein complex in the chloroplast which catalyses the light-induced transfer of electrons from water to plastoquinone. Structural studies have demonstrated the existence of an oligomeric PSII. We carried out radiation inactivation target analysis (RTA), together with sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation (SGU) of PSII, to study the functional size of PSII in diverse plant species under physiological and stress conditions. Two PSII populations, made of dimeric and monomeric core particles, were revealed in Pisum sativum, Spinacea oleracea, Phaseulus vulgaris, Medicago sativa, Zea mais and Triticum durum. However, this core pattern was not ubiquitous in the higher plants since we found one monomeric core population in Vicia faba and a dimeric core in the Triticum durum yellow-green strain, respectively. The PSII functional sizes measured in the plant seedlings in vivo, as a decay of the maximum quantum yield of PSII for primary photochemistry, were in the range of 75-101 ± 18 kDa, 2 to 3 times lower than those determined in vitro. Two abiotic stresses, heat and drought, imposed individually on Pisum sativum, increased the content of the dimeric core in SGU and the minimum functional size determined by RTA in vivo. These data suggest that PSII can also function as a monomer in vivo, while under heat and drought stress conditions, the dimeric PSII structure is predominant.
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- Maria Teresa Giardi
- Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Salaria Km 29.3, 00016 Monterotondo, Italy
- Biosensor Srl, Via Olmetti 44, 00060 Formello, Italy
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- Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Salaria Km 29.3, 00016 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- USDA-ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Hu L, Bi A, Hu Z, Amombo E, Li H, Fu J. Antioxidant Metabolism, Photosystem II, and Fatty Acid Composition of Two Tall Fescue Genotypes With Different Heat Tolerance Under High Temperature Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1242. [PMID: 30186304 PMCID: PMC6113381 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is a typical and widely used cool-season turf grass. High temperature is a key factor that limits its utility. The objectives of this study were to investigate the behaviors of fatty acid composition and its gene expression patterns in heat-resistant genotype "TF71" and heat-sensitive genotype "TF133" exposed to heat stress (40/35°C, 14/10 h), and to broaden our comprehension about the relationship between heat tolerance and fatty acid function. The result showed that heat stress increased the malondialdehyde (MDA) content and relative electrolyte leakage (EL), but decreased the level of chlorophyll and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) when compared to the controls, to a greater extent in "TF133." This result proved that "TF71" had superior high-temperature resistance. Furthermore, comparing the changes in the composition of fatty acid and the expression of the genes involved in its synthesis between the two different genotypes under heat stress, we found that heat stress increased the degree of unsaturation, UFA/SFA, and double bond index (DBI) in "TF71." Moreover, quantitative RT-PCR revealed that heat stress altered the expression of the genes involved in fatty acid synthesis, including ACAC, FabD, FabF, FabH, FabI, and FatA. According to these findings, we can speculate that increasing the unsaturation degree of fatty acid or controlling the equilibrium ratio of UFA/SFA might be closely associated with the improving of the heat resistance in tall fescue.
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- Lianlian Hu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- The Institute for Advanced Study in Coastal Ecology, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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Pagliano C, Bersanini L, Cella R, Longoni P, Pantaleoni L, Dass A, Leelavathi S, Reddy VS. Use of Nicotiana tabacum transplastomic plants engineered to express a His-tagged CP47 for the isolation of functional photosystem II core complexes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 111:266-273. [PMID: 27987471 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This work focuses on the development of a molecular tool for purification of Photosystem II (PSII) from Nicotiana tabacum (L.). To this end, the chloroplast psbB gene encoding the CP47 PSII subunit was replaced with an engineered version of the same gene containing a C-terminal His-tag. Molecular analyses assessed the effective integration of the recombinant gene and its expression. Despite not exhibiting any obvious phenotype, the transplastomic plants remained heteroplasmic even after three rounds of regeneration under antibiotic selection. However, the recombinant His-tagged CP47 protein associated in vivo to the other PSII subunits allowing the isolation of a functional PSII core complex, although with low yield of extraction. These results will open up possible perspectives for further spectroscopic and structural studies.
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- Cristina Pagliano
- Applied Science and Technology Department-BioSolar Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Plant Transformation Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Transformation Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Transformation Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Mummadisetti MP, Frankel LK, Bellamy HD, Sallans L, Goettert JS, Brylinski M, Bricker TM. Use of Protein Cross-Linking and Radiolytic Labeling To Elucidate the Structure of PsbO within Higher-Plant Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2016; 55:3204-13. [PMID: 27203407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We have used protein cross-linking with the zero-length cross-linker 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide, and radiolytic footprinting coupled with high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry, to examine the structure of higher-plant PsbO when it is bound to Photosystem II. Twenty intramolecular cross-linked residue pairs were identified. On the basis of this cross-linking data, spinach PsbO was modeled using the Thermosynechococcus vulcanus PsbO structure as a template, with the cross-linking distance constraints incorporated using the MODELLER program. Our model of higher-plant PsbO identifies several differences between the spinach and cyanobacterial proteins. The N-terminal region is particularly interesting, as this region has been suggested to be important for oxygen evolution and for the specific binding of PsbO to Photosystem II. Additionally, using radiolytic mapping, we have identified regions on spinach PsbO that are shielded from the bulk solvent. These domains may represent regions on PsbO that interact with other components, as yet unidentified, of the photosystem.
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- Manjula P Mummadisetti
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- The J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures & Devices, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806, United States
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- The Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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- The J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures & Devices, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806, United States
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Weisz DA, Gross ML, Pakrasi HB. The Use of Advanced Mass Spectrometry to Dissect the Life-Cycle of Photosystem II. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:617. [PMID: 27242823 PMCID: PMC4862242 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) is a photosynthetic membrane-protein complex that undergoes an intricate, tightly regulated cycle of assembly, damage, and repair. The available crystal structures of cyanobacterial PSII are an essential foundation for understanding PSII function, but nonetheless provide a snapshot only of the active complex. To study aspects of the entire PSII life-cycle, mass spectrometry (MS) has emerged as a powerful tool that can be used in conjunction with biochemical techniques. In this article, we present the MS-based approaches that are used to study PSII composition, dynamics, and structure, and review the information about the PSII life-cycle that has been gained by these methods. This information includes the composition of PSII subcomplexes, discovery of accessory PSII proteins, identification of post-translational modifications and quantification of their changes under various conditions, determination of the binding site of proteins not observed in PSII crystal structures, conformational changes that underlie PSII functions, and identification of water and oxygen channels within PSII. We conclude with an outlook for the opportunity of future MS contributions to PSII research.
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- Daniel A. Weisz
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MO, USA
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Haniewicz P, Floris D, Farci D, Kirkpatrick J, Loi MC, Büchel C, Bochtler M, Piano D. Isolation of Plant Photosystem II Complexes by Fractional Solubilization. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015. [PMID: 26697050 DOI: 10.3389/fols.2015.01100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) occurs in different forms and supercomplexes in thylakoid membranes. Using a transplastomic strain of Nicotiana tabacum histidine tagged on the subunit PsbE, we have previously shown that a mild extraction protocol with β-dodecylmaltoside enriches PSII characteristic of lamellae and grana margins. Here, we characterize residual granal PSII that is not extracted by this first solubilization step. Using affinity purification, we demonstrate that this PSII fraction consists of PSII-LHCII mega- and supercomplexes, PSII dimers, and PSII monomers, which were separated by gel filtration and functionally characterized. Our findings represent an alternative demonstration of different PSII populations in thylakoid membranes, and they make it possible to prepare PSII-LHCII supercomplexes in high yield.
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- Patrycja Haniewicz
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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- Proteomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Plant Cell Physiology, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Warsaw, Poland ; Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Warsaw, Poland ; Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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Haniewicz P, Floris D, Farci D, Kirkpatrick J, Loi MC, Büchel C, Bochtler M, Piano D. Isolation of Plant Photosystem II Complexes by Fractional Solubilization. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1100. [PMID: 26697050 PMCID: PMC4674563 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) occurs in different forms and supercomplexes in thylakoid membranes. Using a transplastomic strain of Nicotiana tabacum histidine tagged on the subunit PsbE, we have previously shown that a mild extraction protocol with β-dodecylmaltoside enriches PSII characteristic of lamellae and grana margins. Here, we characterize residual granal PSII that is not extracted by this first solubilization step. Using affinity purification, we demonstrate that this PSII fraction consists of PSII-LHCII mega- and supercomplexes, PSII dimers, and PSII monomers, which were separated by gel filtration and functionally characterized. Our findings represent an alternative demonstration of different PSII populations in thylakoid membranes, and they make it possible to prepare PSII-LHCII supercomplexes in high yield.
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- Patrycja Haniewicz
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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- Proteomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
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- Laboratory of Plant Cell Physiology, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe-University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland
- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and BiophysicsWarsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell BiologyWarsaw, Poland
- Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Photobiology, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of CagliariCagliari, Italy
- *Correspondence: Dario Piano,
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Purification and characterization of an oxygen-evolving photosystem II from Leptolyngbya sp. strain O-77. J Biosci Bioeng 2014; 118:119-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ferroni L, Angeleri M, Pantaleoni L, Pagliano C, Longoni P, Marsano F, Aro EM, Suorsa M, Baldisserotto C, Giovanardi M, Cella R, Pancaldi S. Light-dependent reversible phosphorylation of the minor photosystem II antenna Lhcb6 (CP24) occurs in lycophytes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:893-905. [PMID: 24450769 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Evolution of vascular plants required compromise between photosynthesis and photodamage. We analyzed representative species from two divergent lineages of vascular plants, lycophytes and euphyllophytes, with respect to the response of their photosynthesis and light-harvesting properties to increasing light intensity. In the two analyzed lycophytes, Selaginella martensii and Lycopodium squarrosum, the medium phase of non-photochemical quenching relaxation increased under high light compared to euphyllophytes. This was thought to be associated with the occurrence of a further thylakoid phosphoprotein in both lycophytes, in addition to D2, CP43 and Lhcb1-2. This protein, which showed light intensity-dependent reversible phosphorylation, was identified in S. martensii as Lhcb6, a minor LHCII antenna subunit of PSII. Lhcb6 is known to have evolved in the context of land colonization. In S. martensii, Lhcb6 was detected as a component of the free LHCII assemblies, but also associated with PSI. Most of the light-induced changes affected the amount and phosphorylation of the LHCII assemblies, which possibly mediate PSI-PSII connectivity. We propose that Lhcb6 is involved in light energy management in lycophytes, participating in energy balance between PSI and PSII through a unique reversible phosphorylation, not yet observed in other land plants.
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- Lorenzo Ferroni
- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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Haniewicz P, De Sanctis D, Büchel C, Schröder WP, Loi MC, Kieselbach T, Bochtler M, Piano D. Isolation of monomeric photosystem II that retains the subunit PsbS. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 118:199-207. [PMID: 23975205 PMCID: PMC3825537 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9914-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosystem II has been purified from a transplastomic strain of Nicotiana tabacum according to two different protocols. Using the procedure described in Piano et al. (Photosynth Res 106:221-226, 2010) it was possible to isolate highly active PSII composed of monomers and dimers but depleted in their PsbS protein content. A "milder" procedure than the protocol reported by Fey et al. (Biochim Biophys Acta 1777:1501-1509, 2008) led to almost exclusively monomeric PSII complexes which in part still bind the PsbS protein. This finding might support a role for PSII monomers in higher plants.
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- Patrycja Haniewicz
- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02109 Warsaw, Poland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Rue Jules Horowitz 6, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Max von Laue Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Umeå Plant Science Center and Institute of Chemistry, Linnaeus väg 10, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, V.le S. Ingnazio da Laconi 13, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
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- Umeå Plant Science Center and Institute of Chemistry, Linnaeus väg 10, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02109 Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02109 Warsaw, Poland
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Rue Jules Horowitz 6, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, V.le S. Ingnazio da Laconi 13, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
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Proteomic characterization and three-dimensional electron microscopy study of PSII-LHCII supercomplexes from higher plants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1837:1454-62. [PMID: 24246636 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In higher plants a variable number of peripheral LHCII trimers can strongly (S), moderately (M) or loosely (L) associate with the dimeric PSII core (C2) complex via monomeric Lhcb proteins to form PSII-LHCII supercomplexes with different structural organizations. By solubilizing isolated stacked pea thylakoid membranes either with the α or β isomeric forms of the detergent n-dodecyl-D-maltoside, followed by sucrose density ultracentrifugation, we previously showed that PSII-LHCII supercomplexes of types C2S2M2 and C2S2, respectively, can be isolated [S. Barera et al., Phil. Trans. R Soc. B 67 (2012) 3389-3399]. Here we analysed their protein composition by applying extensive bottom-up and top-down mass spectrometry on the two forms of the isolated supercomplexes. In this way, we revealed the presence of the antenna proteins Lhcb3 and Lhcb6 and of the extrinsic polypeptides PsbP, PsbQ and PsbR exclusively in the C2S2M2 supercomplex. Other proteins of the PSII core complex, common to the C2S2M2 and C2S2 supercomplexes, including the low molecular mass subunits, were also detected and characterized. To complement the proteomic study with structural information, we performed negative stain transmission electron microscopy and single particle analysis on the PSII-LHCII supercomplexes isolated from pea thylakoid membranes solubilized with n-dodecyl-α-D-maltoside. We observed the C2S2M2 supercomplex in its intact form as the largest PSII complex in our preparations. Its dataset was further analysed in silico, together with that of the second largest identified sub-population, corresponding to its C2S2 subcomplex. In this way, we calculated 3D electron density maps for the C2S2M2 and C2S2 supercomplexes, approaching respectively 30 and 28Å resolution, extended by molecular modelling towards the atomic level. This article is part of a special issue entitled: photosynthesis research for sustainability: keys to produce clean energy.
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Pagliano C, Saracco G, Barber J. Structural, functional and auxiliary proteins of photosystem II. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 116:167-88. [PMID: 23417641 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9803-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) is the water-splitting enzyme complex of photosynthesis and consists of a large number of protein subunits. Most of these proteins have been structurally and functionally characterized, although there are differences between PSII of plants, algae and cyanobacteria. Here we catalogue all known PSII proteins giving a brief description, where possible of their genetic origin, physical properties, structural relationships and functions. We have also included details of auxiliary proteins known at present to be involved in the in vivo assembly, maintenance and turnover of PSII and which transiently bind to the reaction centre core complex. Finally, we briefly give details of the proteins which form the outer light-harvesting systems of PSII in different types of organisms.
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- Cristina Pagliano
- Applied Science and Technology Department-BioSolar Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121, Torino, Alessandria, Italy,
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Krupnik T, Kotabová E, van Bezouwen LS, Mazur R, Garstka M, Nixon PJ, Barber J, Kaňa R, Boekema EJ, Kargul J. A reaction center-dependent photoprotection mechanism in a highly robust photosystem II from an extremophilic red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:23529-42. [PMID: 23775073 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.484659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Members of the rhodophytan order Cyanidiales are unique among phototrophs in their ability to live in extremely low pH levels and moderately high temperatures. The photosynthetic apparatus of the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae represents an intermediate type between cyanobacteria and higher plants, suggesting that this alga may provide the evolutionary link between prokaryotic and eukaryotic phototrophs. Although we now have a detailed structural model of photosystem II (PSII) from cyanobacteria at an atomic resolution, no corresponding structure of the eukaryotic PSII complex has been published to date. Here we report the isolation and characterization of a highly active and robust dimeric PSII complex from C. merolae. We show that this complex is highly stable across a range of extreme light, temperature, and pH conditions. By measuring fluorescence quenching properties of the isolated C. merolae PSII complex, we provide the first direct evidence of pH-dependent non-photochemical quenching in the red algal PSII reaction center. This type of quenching, together with high zeaxanthin content, appears to underlie photoprotection mechanisms that are efficiently employed by this robust natural water-splitting complex under excess irradiance. In order to provide structural details of this eukaryotic form of PSII, we have employed electron microscopy and single particle analyses to obtain a 17 Å map of the C. merolae PSII dimer in which we locate the position of the protein mass corresponding to the additional extrinsic protein stabilizing the oxygen-evolving complex, PsbQ'. We conclude that this lumenal subunit is present in the vicinity of the CP43 protein, close to the membrane plane.
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- Tomasz Krupnik
- Department of Plant Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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Barera S, Pagliano C, Pape T, Saracco G, Barber J. Characterization of PSII-LHCII supercomplexes isolated from pea thylakoid membrane by one-step treatment with α- and β-dodecyl-D-maltoside. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2012; 367:3389-99. [PMID: 23148265 PMCID: PMC3497064 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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It was the work of Jan Anderson, together with Keith Boardman, that showed it was possible to physically separate photosystem I (PSI) from photosystem II (PSII), and it was Jan Anderson who realized the importance of this work in terms of the fluid-mosaic model as applied to the thylakoid membrane. Since then, there has been a steady progress in the development of biochemical procedures to isolate PSII and PSI both for physical and structural studies. Dodecylmaltoside (DM) has emerged as an effective mild detergent for this purpose. DM is a glucoside-based surfactant with a bulky hydrophilic head group composed of two sugar rings and a non-charged alkyl glycoside chain. Two isomers of this molecule exist, differing only in the configuration of the alkyl chain around the anomeric centre of the carbohydrate head group, axial in α-DM and equatorial in β-DM. We have compared the use of α-DM and β-DM for the isolation of supramolecular complexes of PSII by a single-step solubilization of stacked thylakoid membranes isolated from peas. As a result, we have optimized conditions to obtain homogeneous preparations of the C(2)S(2)M(2) and C(2)S(2) supercomplexes following the nomenclature of Dekker & Boekema (2005 Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1706, 12-39). These PSII-LHCII supercomplexes were subjected to biochemical and structural analyses.
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- Simone Barera
- Applied Science and Technology Department—BioSolar Laboratory, Politecnico di Torino, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
- Science and Technological Innovation Department, University of Piemonte Orientale ‘Amedeo Avogadro’, Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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- Applied Science and Technology Department—BioSolar Laboratory, Politecnico di Torino, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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- Division of Molecular Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Applied Science and Technology Department—BioSolar Laboratory, Politecnico di Torino, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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- Applied Science and Technology Department—BioSolar Laboratory, Politecnico di Torino, Viale T. Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
- Division of Molecular Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Pagliano C, Barera S, Chimirri F, Saracco G, Barber J. Comparison of the α and β isomeric forms of the detergent n-dodecyl-D-maltoside for solubilizing photosynthetic complexes from pea thylakoid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1817:1506-15. [PMID: 22079201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mild non-ionic detergents are indispensable in the isolation of intact integral membrane proteins and protein-complexes from biological membranes. Dodecylmaltoside (DM) belongs to this class of detergents being a glucoside-based surfactant with a bulky hydrophilic head group composed of two sugar rings and a non-charged alkyl glycoside chain. Two isomers of this molecule exist, differing only in the configuration of the alkyl chain around the anomeric center of the carbohydrate head group, axial in α-DM and equatorial in β-DM. In this paper, we have investigated the solubilizing properties of α-DM and β-DM on the isolation of photosynthetic complexes from pea thylakoids membranes maintaining their native architecture of stacked grana and stroma lamellae. Exposure of these stacked thylakoids to a single step treatment with increasing concentrations (5-100mM) of α-DM or β-DM resulted in a quick partial or complete solubilization of the membranes. Regardless of the isomeric form used: 1) at the lowest DM concentrations only a partial solubilization of thylakoids was achieved, giving rise to the release of mainly small protein complexes mixed with membrane fragments enriched in PSI from stroma lamellae; 2) at concentrations above 30mM a complete solubilization occurred with the further release of high molecular weight protein complexes identified as dimeric PSII, PSI-LHCI and PSII-LHCII supercomplexes. However, at concentrations of detergent which fully solubilized the thylakoids, the α and β isomeric forms of DM exerted a somewhat different solubilizing effect on the membranes: higher abundance of larger sized PSII-LHCII supercomplexes retaining a higher proportion of LHCII and lower amounts of PSI-LHCI intermediates were observed in α-DM treated membranes, reflecting the mildness of α-DM compared with its isomer. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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- Cristina Pagliano
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering - BioSolar Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Alessandria, Italy.
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Bensaid S, Centi G, Garrone E, Perathoner S, Saracco G. Towards artificial leaves for solar hydrogen and fuels from carbon dioxide. CHEMSUSCHEM 2012; 5:500-521. [PMID: 22431486 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201100661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The development of an "artificial leaf" that collects energy in the same way as a natural one is one of the great challenges for the use of renewable energy and a sustainable development. To avoid the problem of intermittency in solar energy, it is necessary to design systems that directly capture CO(2) and convert it into liquid solar fuels that can be easily stored. However, to be advantageous over natural leaves, it is necessary that artificial leaves have a higher solar energy-to-chemical fuel conversion efficiency, directly provide fuels that can be used in power-generating devices, and finally be robust and of easy construction, for example, smart, cheap and robust. This review discusses the recent progress in this field, with particular attention to the design and development of 'artificial leaf' devices and some of their critical components. This is a very active research area with different concepts and ideas under investigation, although often the validity of the considered solutions it is still not proven or the many constrains are not fully taken into account, particularly from the perspective of system engineering, which considerably limits some of the investigated solutions. It is also shown how system design should be included, at least at a conceptual level, in the definition of the artificial leaf elements to be investigated (catalysts, electrodes, membranes, sensitizers) and that the main relevant aspects of the cell engineering (mass/charge transport, fluid dynamics, sealing, etc.) should be also considered already at the initial stage because they determine the design and the choice between different options. For this reason, attention has been given to the system-design ideas under development instead of the molecular aspects of the O(2) - or H(2) -evolution catalysts. However, some of the recent advances in these catalysts, and their use in advanced electrodes, are also reported to provide a more complete picture of the field.
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- Samir Bensaid
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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