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Keil E, Lokstein H, Cogdell R, Hauer J, Zigmantas D, Thyrhaug E. Light harvesting in purple bacteria does not rely on resonance fine-tuning in peripheral antenna complexes. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2024:10.1007/s11120-024-01107-4. [PMID: 38907135 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-024-01107-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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The ring-like peripheral light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2) expressed by many phototrophic purple bacteria is a popular model system in biological light-harvesting research due to its robustness, small size, and known crystal structure. Furthermore, the availability of structural variants with distinct electronic structures and optical properties has made this group of light harvesters an attractive testing ground for studies of structure-function relationships in biological systems. LH2 is one of several pigment-protein complexes for which a link between functionality and effects such as excitonic coherence and vibronic coupling has been proposed. While a direct connection has not yet been demonstrated, many such interactions are highly sensitive to resonance conditions, and a dependence of intra-complex dynamics on detailed electronic structure might be expected. To gauge the sensitivity of energy-level structure and relaxation dynamics to naturally occurring structural changes, we compare the photo-induced dynamics in two structurally distinct LH2 variants. Using polarization-controlled 2D electronic spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures, we directly access information on dynamic and static disorder in the complexes. The simultaneous optimal spectral and temporal resolution of these experiments further allows us to characterize the ultrafast energy relaxation, including exciton transport within the complexes. Despite the variations in PPC molecular structure manifesting as clear differences in electronic structure and disorder, the energy-transport and-relaxation dynamics remain remarkably similar. This indicates that the light-harvesting functionality of purple bacteria within a single LH2 complex is highly robust to structural perturbations and likely does not rely on finely tuned electronic- or electron-vibrational resonance conditions.
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- Erika Keil
- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Room 402 Davidson Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Chemical Physics, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 16, 22362, Lund, Sweden
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- TUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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Hao JF, Yamano N, Qi CH, Zhang Y, Ma F, Wang P, Yu LJ, Zhang JP. Carotenoid-Mediated Long-Range Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting-Reaction Center Complex from Photosynthetic Bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:10360-10369. [PMID: 37983555 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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The light harvesting-reaction center complex (LH-RC) of Roseiflexus castenholzii binds bacteriochlorophylls a (BChls a), B800 and B880, absorbing around 800 and 880 nm, respectively. We comparatively investigated the interband excitation energy transfer (EET) dynamics of the wild-type LH-RC (wt-LH-RC) of Rfl. castenholzii and its carotenoid (Car)-less mutant (m-LH-RC) and found that Car can boost the B800 → B880 EET rate from (2.43 ps)-1 to (1.75 ps)-1, accounting for 38% acceleration of the EET process. Interestingly, photoexcitation of wt-LH-RC at 800 nm induced pronounced excitation dynamics of Car despite the insufficient photon energy for direct Car excitation, a phenomenon which is attributed to the BChl-Car exciplex 1[B800(↑↑)···Car(↓↓)]*. Such an exciplex is suggested to play an essential role in promoting the B800 → B880 EET process, as corroborated by the recently reported cryo-EM structures of wt-LH-RC and m-LH-RC. The mechanism of Car-mediated EET will be helpful to deepen the understanding of the role of Car in bacterial photosynthesis.
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- Jin-Fang Hao
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China
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Parveen A, Bhatnagar P, Gautam P, Bisht B, Nanda M, Kumar S, Vlaskin MS, Kumar V. Enhancing the bio-prospective of microalgae by different light systems and photoperiods. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2023; 22:2687-2698. [PMID: 37642905 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00471-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Microalgae are a source of highly valuable bioactive metabolites and a high-potential feedstock for environmentally friendly and sustainable biofuel production. Recent research has shown that microalgae benefit the environment using less water than conventional crops while increasing oxygen production and lowering CO2 emissions. Microalgae are an excellent source of value-added compounds, such as proteins, pigments, lipids, and polysaccharides, as well as a high-potential feedstock for environmentally friendly and sustainable biofuel production. Various factors, such as nutrient concentration, temperature, light, pH, and cultivation method, effect the biomass cultivation and accumulation of high-value-added compounds in microalgae. Among the aforementioned factors, light is a key and essential factor for microalgae growth. Since photoautotrophic microalgae rely on light to absorb energy and transform it into chemical energy, light has a significant impact on algal growth. During micro-algal culture, spectral quality may be tailored to improve biomass composition for use in downstream bio-refineries and boost production. The light regime, which includes changes in intensity and photoperiod, has an impact on the growth and metabolic composition of microalgae. In this review, we investigate the effects of red, blue, and UV light wavelengths, different photoperiod, and different lighting systems on micro-algal growth and their valuable compounds. It also focuses on different micro-algal growth, photosynthesis systems, cultivation methods, and current market shares.
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- Afreen Parveen
- Algal Research and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 13/2 Izhorskaya St, Moscow, 125412, Russian Federation
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India.
- Graphic Era, Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248002, India.
- Peoples' Friendship, University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation.
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He Y, Li M, Wang Y, Shen S. The R2R3-MYB transcription factor MYB44 modulates carotenoid biosynthesis in Ulva prolifera. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bressan G, Jirasek M, Roy P, Anderson HL, Meech SR, Heisler IA. Population and Coherence Dynamics in Large Conjugated Porphyrin Nanorings. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9624-9636. [PMID: 36091893 PMCID: PMC9400675 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01971j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In photosynthesis, nature exploits the distinctive electronic properties of chromophores arranged in supramolecular rings for efficient light harvesting. Among synthetic supramolecular cyclic structures, porphyrin nanorings have attracted considerable attention as they have a resemblance to naturally occurring light-harvesting structures but offer the ability to control ring size and the level of disorder. Here, broadband femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, with pump pulses in resonance with either the high or the low energy sides of the inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum, is used to study the population dynamics and ground and excited state vibrational coherence in large porphyrin nanorings. A series of fully conjugated, alkyne bridged, nanorings constituted of between ten and forty porphyrin units is studied. Pump-wavelength dependent fast spectral evolution is found. A fast rise or decay of the stimulated emission is found when large porphyrin nanorings are excited on, respectively, the high or low energy side of the absorption spectrum. Such dynamics are consistent with the hypothesis of a variation in transition dipole moment across the inhomogeneously broadened ground state ensemble. The observed dynamics indicate the interplay of nanoring conformation and oscillator strength. Oscillatory dynamics on the sub-ps time domain are observed in both pumping conditions. A combined analysis of the excitation wavelength-dependent transient spectra along with the amplitude and phase evolution of the oscillations allows assignment to vibrational wavepackets evolving on either ground or excited states electronic potential energy surfaces. Even though porphyrin nanorings support highly delocalized electronic wavefunctions, with coherence length spanning tens of chromophores, the measured vibrational coherences remain localised on the monomers. The main contributions to the beatings are assigned to two vibrational modes localised on the porphyrin cores: a Zn–N stretching mode and a skeletal methinic/pyrrolic C–C stretching and in-plane bending mode. Pump wavelength-dependent, ultrafast excited state dynamics arising from inhomogeneous broadening and ground and excited state nuclear wavepackets were observed for a series of Zn porphyrin nanorings made of 10 to 40 repeating units.![]()
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- Giovanni Bressan
- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- School of Chemistry Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, CEP 91501-970 Porto Alegre Brazil
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Investigating carotenoid photophysics in photosynthesis with 2D electronic spectroscopy. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2021.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gacek DA, Betke A, Nowak J, Lokstein H, Walla PJ. Two-photon absorption and excitation spectroscopy of carotenoids, chlorophylls and pigment-protein complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:8731-8738. [PMID: 33876032 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00656h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In addition to (bacterio)chlorophylls, (B)Chls, photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes bind carotenoids (Cars) that fulfil various important functions which are not fully understood, yet. However, certain excited states of Cars are optically one-photon forbidden ("dark") and can potentially undergo excitation energy transfer (EET) to (B)Chls following two-photon absorption (TPA). The amount of EET is reflected by the differences in TPA and two-photon excitation (TPE) spectra of a complex (multi-pigment) system. Since it is technically and analytically demanding to resolve optically forbidden states, different studies reported varying contributions of Cars and Chls to TPE/TPA spectra. In a study using well-defined 1 : 1 Car-tetrapyrrole dyads TPE contributions of tetrapyrrole molecules, including Chls, and Cars were measured. In these experiments, TPE of Cars dominated over Chl a TPE in a broad wavelength range. Another study suggested only minor contributions of Cars to TPE spectra of pigment-protein complexes such as the plant main light-harvesting complex (LHCII), in particular for wavelengths longer than ∼600/1200 nm. By joining forces and a combined analysis of all available data by both teams, we try to resolve this apparent contradiction. Here, we demonstrate that reconstruction of a wide spectral range of TPE for LHCII and photosystem I (PSI) requires both, significant Car and Chl contributions. Direct comparison of TPE spectra obtained in both studies demonstrates a good agreement of the primary data. We conclude that in TPE spectra of LHCII and PSI, the contribution of Chls is dominating above 600/1200 nm, whereas the contributions of forbidden Car states increase particularly at wavelengths shorter than 600/1200 nm. Estimates of Car contributions to TPA as well as TPE spectra are given for various wavelengths.
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- Daniel A Gacek
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Department for Biophysical Chemistry, Gaußstr. 17, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Schultz JD, Shin JY, Chen M, O'Connor JP, Young RM, Ratner MA, Wasielewski MR. Influence of Vibronic Coupling on Ultrafast Singlet Fission in a Linear Terrylenediimide Dimer. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:2049-2058. [PMID: 33464054 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Singlet fission (SF) is a photophysical process capable of boosting the efficiency of solar cells. Recent experimental investigations into the mechanism of SF provide evidence for coherent mixing between the singlet, triplet, and charge transfer basis states. Up until now, this interpretation has largely focused on electronic interactions; however, nuclear motions resulting in vibronic coupling have been suggested to support rapid and efficient SF in organic chromophore assemblies. Further information about the complex interactions between vibronic excited states is needed to understand the potential role of this coupling in SF. Here, we report mixed singlet and correlated triplet pair states giving rise to sub-50 fs SF in a terrylene-3,4:11,12-bis(dicarboximide) (TDI) dimer in which the two TDI molecules are covalently linked by a direct N-N connection at one of their imide positions, leading to a linear dimer with perpendicular TDI π systems. We observe the transfer of low-frequency coherent wavepackets between the initial predominantly singlet states to the product triplet-dominated states. This implies a non-negligible dependence of SF on nonadiabatic coupling in this dimer. We interpret our experimental results in the framework of a modified Holstein Hamiltonian, which predicts that vibronic interactions between low-frequency singlet modes and high-frequency correlated triplet pair motions lead to mixing of the pure basis states. These results highlight how nonadiabatic mixing can shape the complex potential energy landscape underlying ultrafast SF.
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- Jonathan D Schultz
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, 30019 Sejong-ro, Sejong, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Yue H, Zhao C, Yang S, Jia Y. Effects of glycine on cell growth and pigment biosynthesis in Rhodobacter azotoformans. J Basic Microbiol 2020; 61:63-73. [PMID: 33226142 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202000503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The effect of exogenous glycine (a precursor for the biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophyll) on the cell growth and photopigment accumulation was investigated in phototrophic growing Rhodobacter azotoformans 134K20. The growth rate and the biomass of strain 134K20 were significantly inhibited by glycine addition when ammonium sulfate or glutamate were used as nitrogen sources and acetate or succinate as carbon sources. A characteristic absorption maximum at approximately 423 nm was present in the absorption spectra of glutamate cultures while it was absent by the addition of high-concentration glycine of 15 mM. The component account for the 423 nm peak was eventually identified as magnesium protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester, a precursor of bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a). Comparative analysis of pigment composition revealed that the amount of BChl a precursors was significantly decreased by the addition of 15-mM glycine while the BChl a accumulation was increased. Moreover, glycine changed the carotenoid compositions and stimulated the accumulation of spheroidene. The A850 /A875 in the growth-inhibited cultures was increased, indicating an increased level of the light-harvesting complex 2 compared to the reaction center. The exogenous glycine possibly played an important regulation role in photosynthesis of purple bacteria.
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- Huiying Yue
- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Taiyuan, China
- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
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Saga Y, Yamashita M, Imanishi M, Kimura Y, Masaoka Y, Hidaka T, Nagasawa Y. Reconstitution of 3-Acetyl Chlorophyll a into Light-Harvesting Complex 2 from the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Phaeospirillum molischianum. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:6817-6825. [PMID: 32258917 PMCID: PMC7114761 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The manipulation of B800 bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a in light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2) from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Phaeospirillum molischianum (molischianum-LH2) provides insight for understanding the energy transfer mechanism and the binding of cyclic tetrapyrroles in LH2 proteins since molischianum-LH2 is one of the two LH2 proteins whose atomic-resolution structures have been determined and is a representative of type-2 LH2 proteins. However, there is no report on the substitution of B800 BChl a in molischianum-LH2. We report the reconstitution of 3-acetyl chlorophyll (AcChl) a, which has a 17,18-dihydroporphyrin skeleton, to the B800 site in molischianum-LH2. The 3-acetyl group in AcChl a formed a hydrogen bond with β'-Thr23 in essentially the same manner as native B800 BChl a, but this hydrogen bond was weaker than that of B800 BChl a. This change can be rationalized by invoking a small distortion in the orientation of the 3-acetyl group in the B800 cavity by dehydrogenation in the B-ring from BChl a. The energy transfer from AcChl a in the B800 site to B850 BChl a was about 5-fold slower than that from native B800 BChl a by a decrease of the spectral overlap between energy-donating AcChl a and energy-accepting B850 BChl a.
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- Yoshitaka Saga
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Osaka, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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Bukartė E, Haufe A, Paleček D, Büchel C, Zigmantas D. Revealing vibronic coupling in chlorophyll c1 by polarization-controlled 2D electronic spectroscopy. Chem Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.110643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jakučionis M, Mancal T, Abramavičius D. Modeling irreversible molecular internal conversion using the time-dependent variational approach with sD2 ansatz. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:8952-8962. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01092h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A model of irreversible molecular internal conversion dynamics due to molecular thermal energy dissipation to the bath is presented.
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- Mantas Jakučionis
- Institute of Chemical Physics
- Vilnius University
- LT-10222 Vilnius
- Lithuania
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- Charles University
- 121 16 Prague
- Czech Republic
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Somoza AD, Marty O, Lim J, Huelga SF, Plenio MB. Dissipation-Assisted Matrix Product Factorization. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:100502. [PMID: 31573298 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.100502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Charge and energy transfer in biological and synthetic organic materials are strongly influenced by the coupling of electronic states to a highly structured dissipative environment. Nonperturbative simulations of these systems require a substantial computational effort, and current methods can only be applied to large systems if environmental structures are severely coarse grained. Time evolution methods based on tensor networks are fundamentally limited by the times that can be reached due to the buildup of entanglement in time, which quickly increases the size of the tensor representation, i.e., the bond dimension. In this Letter, we introduce a dissipation-assisted matrix product factorization (DAMPF) method that combines a tensor network representation of the vibronic state within a pseudomode description of the environment where a continuous bosonic environment is mapped into a few harmonic oscillators under Lindblad damping. This framework is particularly suitable for a tensor network representation, since damping suppresses the entanglement growth among oscillators and significantly reduces the bond dimension required to achieve a desired accuracy. We show that dissipation removes the "time-wall" limitation of existing methods, enabling the long-time simulation of large vibronic systems consisting of 10-50 sites coupled to 100-1000 underdamped modes in total and for a wide range of parameter regimes. For these reasons, we believe that our formalism will facilitate the investigation of spatially extended systems with applications to quantum biology, organic photovoltaics, and quantum thermodynamics.
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- Alejandro D Somoza
- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik and IQST, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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Götze JP. Vibrational Relaxation in Carotenoids as an Explanation for Their Rapid Optical Properties. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:2203-2209. [PMID: 30779570 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We propose the ultrafast S2 (1Bu) to S1 (2Ag) "electronic internal conversion" observed in carotenoids to be a vibrational relaxation of the 1Bu state. This suggestion arises from comparing excited-state geometries computed with the CAM-B3LYP density functional to the ground states; it is found that each conjugated atom moves less than 5 pm in, for example, violaxanthin. However, the changes of excitation energies are large, ranging from 0.4 to 1.2 eV. This is connected to the size of the conjugated system: while each atom contributes only 0.02-0.06 eV, the sum amounts to the observed shift. Additional analysis of computational data is provided from new or already published calculations. As the mechanism may be valid for all linear polyenes, the model has implications that go beyond the presented case of carotenoids. Finally, four sets of experimental data on carotenoids published elsewhere are reinterpreted. The model predicts near-infrared (IR) absorptions and transient femtosecond IR spectra within 0.1 eV accuracy.
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- Jan P Götze
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 14195 Berlin , Germany
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Meneghin E, Pedron D, Collini E. Characterization of the coherent dynamics of bacteriochlorophyll a in solution. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The subtle details of the mechanism of energy flow from carotenoids to chlorophylls in biological light-harvesting complexes are still not fully understood, especially in the ultrafast regime. Here we focus on the antenna complex peridinin–chlorophyll a–protein (PCP), known for its remarkable efficiency of excitation energy transfer from carotenoids—peridinins—to chlorophylls. PCP solutions are studied by means of 2D electronic spectroscopy in different experimental conditions. Together with a global kinetic analysis and multiscale quantum chemical calculations, these data allow us to comprehensively address the contribution of the potential pathways of energy flow in PCP. These data support dominant energy transfer from peridinin S2 to chlorophyll Qy state via an ultrafast coherent mechanism. The coherent superposition of the two states is functional to drive population to the final acceptor state, adding an important piece of information in the quest for connections between coherent phenomena and biological functions. Energy transfer from carotenoids to chlorophylls in light-harvesting is still not fully understood, especially in the ultrafast regime. Here, the authors investigate the coherent dynamics of this process in peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein complex via 2D electronic spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations.
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Perlík V, Šanda F. Vibrational relaxation beyond the linear damping limit in two-dimensional optical spectra of molecular aggregates. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:084104. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4999680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Václav Perlík
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 121 16, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 121 16, Czech Republic
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