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Bernal-Bayard P, Álvarez C, Calvo P, Castell C, Roncel M, Hervás M, Navarro JA. The singular properties of photosynthetic cytochrome c 550 from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum suggest new alternative functions. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:199-210. [PMID: 30499233 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cytochrome c550 is an extrinsic component in the luminal side of photosystem II (PSII) in cyanobacteria, as well as in eukaryotic algae from the red photosynthetic lineage including, among others, diatoms. We have established that cytochrome c550 from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum can be obtained as a complete protein from the membrane fraction of the alga, although a C-terminal truncated form is purified from the soluble fractions of this diatom as well as from other eukaryotic algae. Eukaryotic cytochromes c550 show distinctive electrostatic features as compared with cyanobacterial cytochrome c550 . In addition, co-immunoseparation and mass spectrometry experiments, as well as immunoelectron microscopy analyses, indicate that although cytochrome c550 from P. tricornutum is mainly located in the thylakoid domain of the chloroplast - where it interacts with PSII - , it can also be found in the chloroplast pyrenoid, related with proteins linked to the CO2 concentrating mechanism and assimilation. These results thus suggest new alternative functions of this heme protein in eukaryotes.
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- Pilar Bernal-Bayard
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, cicCartuja, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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Bernal-Bayard P, Puerto-Galán L, Yruela I, García-Rubio I, Castell C, Ortega JM, Alonso PJ, Roncel M, Martínez JI, Hervás M, Navarro JA. The photosynthetic cytochrome c 550 from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2017; 133:273-287. [PMID: 28032235 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0327-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The photosynthetic cytochrome c 550 from the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been purified and characterized. Cytochrome c 550 is mostly obtained from the soluble cell extract in relatively large amounts. In addition, the protein appeared to be truncated in the last hydrophobic residues of the C-terminus, both in the soluble cytochrome c 550 and in the protein extracted from the membrane fraction, as deduced by mass spectrometry analysis and the comparison with the gene sequence. Interestingly, it has been described that the C-terminus of cytochrome c 550 forms a hydrophobic finger involved in the interaction with photosystem II in cyanobacteria. Cytochrome c 550 was almost absent in solubilized photosystem II complex samples, in contrast with the PsbO and Psb31 extrinsic subunits, thus suggesting a lower affinity of cytochrome c 550 for the photosystem II complex. Under iron-limiting conditions the amount of cytochrome c 550 decreases up to about 45% as compared to iron-replete cells, pointing to an iron-regulated synthesis. Oxidized cytochrome c 550 has been characterized using continuous wave EPR and pulse techniques, including HYSCORE, and the obtained results have been interpreted in terms of the electrostatic charge distribution in the surroundings of the heme centre.
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- Pilar Bernal-Bayard
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza & CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza & CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Universidad de Sevilla & CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain.
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Roncel M, Kirilovsky D, Guerrero F, Serrano A, Ortega JM. Photosynthetic cytochrome c550. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1152-63. [PMID: 22289879 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Revised: 12/31/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Cytochrome c550 (cyt c550) is a membrane component of the PSII complex in cyanobacteria and some eukaryotic algae, such as red and brown algae. Cyt c550 presents a bis-histidine heme coordination which is very unusual for monoheme c-type cytochromes. In PSII, the cyt c550 with the other extrinsic proteins stabilizes the binding of Cl(-) and Ca(2+) ions to the oxygen evolving complex and protects the Mn(4)Ca cluster from attack by bulk reductants. The role (if there is one) of the heme of the cyt c550 is unknown. The low midpoint redox potential (E(m)) of the purified soluble form (from -250 to -314mV) is incompatible with a redox function in PSII. However, more positive values for the Em have been obtained for the cyt c550 bound to the PSII. A very recent work has shown an E(m) value of +200mV. These data open the possibility of a redox function for this protein in electron transfer in PSII. Despite the long distance (22Å) between cyt c550 and the nearest redox cofactor (Mn(4)Ca cluster), an electron transfer reaction between these components is possible. Some kind of protective cycle involving a soluble redox component in the lumen has also been proposed. The aim of this article is to review previous studies done on cyt c550 and to consider its function in the light of the new results obtained in recent years. The emphasis is on the physical properties of the heme and its redox properties. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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- Mercedes Roncel
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
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Iwuchukwu IJ, Vaughn M, Myers N, O'Neill H, Frymier P, Bruce BD. Self-organized photosynthetic nanoparticle for cell-free hydrogen production. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 5:73-9. [PMID: 19898496 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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There is considerable interest in making use of solar energy through photosynthesis to create alternative forms of fuel. Here, we show that photosystem I from a thermophilic bacterium and cytochrome-c(6) can, in combination with a platinum catalyst, generate a stable supply of hydrogen in vitro upon illumination. The self-organized platinization of the photosystem I nanoparticles allows electron transport from sodium ascorbate to photosystem I via cytochrome-c(6) and finally to the platinum catalyst, where hydrogen gas is formed. Our system produces hydrogen at temperatures up to 55 degrees C and is temporally stable for >85 days with no decrease in hydrogen yield when tested intermittently. The maximum yield is approximately 5.5 micromol H(2) h(-1) mg(-1) chlorophyll and is estimated to be approximately 25-fold greater than current biomass-to-fuel strategies. Future work will further improve this yield by increasing the kinetics of electron transfer, extending the spectral response and replacing the platinum catalyst with a renewable hydrogenase.
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- Ifeyinwa J Iwuchukwu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Cho YS, Wang QJ, Krogmann D, Whitmarsh J. Extinction coefficients and midpoint potentials of cytochrome c(6) from the cyanobacteria Arthrospira maxima, Microcystis aeruginosa, and Synechocystis 6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1413:92-7. [PMID: 10514550 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(99)00124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytochrome c(6) is a soluble heme protein that serves as a photosynthetic electron transport component in cyanobacteria and algae, carrying electrons from the cytochrome bf complex to photosystem I. The rapid accumulation of cytochrome c(6) sequence data from a wide range of species, combined with significant advances in determining high resolution three-dimensional structures, provides a powerful database for investigating the relationship between structure and function. The fact that the gene encoding cytochrome c(6) can be readily modified in a number of species adds to the usefulness of cytochrome c(6) as a tool for comparative analysis. Efforts to relate cytochrome c(6) sequence information to structure, and structural information to function depend on knowledge of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the cytochrome from different species. To this end we have determined the optical extinction coefficient, the oxidation/reduction midpoint potential, and the pH dependence of the midpoint potential of cytochrome c(6) isolated from three cyanobacteria, Arthrospira maxima, Microcystis aeruginosa, and Synechocystis 6803.
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- Y S Cho
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Kerfeld CA, Krogmann DW. PHOTOSYNTHETIC CYTOCHROMES c IN CYANOBACTERIA, ALGAE, AND PLANTS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998; 49:397-425. [PMID: 15012240 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The cytochromes that function in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, algae, and higher plants have, like the other photosynthetic catalysts, been largely conserved in their structure and function during evolution. Cyanobacteria and algae contain cytochrome c6, which is not found in higher plants and which may enhance survival in their planktonic mode of life. Cyanobacteria and algae contain another cytochrome, low-potential c549, which is not found in higher plants. This cytochrome has a structural role in PSII and may contribute to anaerobic survival. There is a third unique cytochrome, cytochrome M, in the planktonic photosynthesizers, and its function is unknown. New evidence is appearing to indicate evolution of cytochrome interaction mechanisms during the evolution of photosynthesis. The ease of cytochrome gene manipulation in cyanobacteria and in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii now provides great advantages in understanding of photosynthesis. The solution of tertiary and quaternary structures of cytochromes and cytochrome complexes will provide structural and functional detail at atomic resolution.
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- Cheryl A. Kerfeld
- 219 Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Box 951570, Los Angeles, California 90095-1570; e-mail: , Biochemistry Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1153; e-mail:
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Aguiar AP, Costa HS, Louro RO, Xavier AV, Turner DL. The orientation of the iron axial ligands in the low-potential cytochrome c549 from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 studied by NMR. Inorganica Chim Acta 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(97)06013-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enami I, Murayama H, Ohta H, Kamo M, Nakazato K, Shen JR. Isolation and characterization of a Photosystem II complex from the red alga Cyanidium caldarium: association of cytochrome c-550 and a 12 kDa protein with the complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1232:208-16. [PMID: 8534673 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(95)00122-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A Photosystem II (PS II) complex was purified from an acidophilic as well as a thermophilic red alga, Cyanidium caldarium. The purified PS II complex was essentially devoid of phycobiliproteins and other contaminating components, and showed a high oxygen-evolving activity of 2375 mumol O2/mg Chl per h using phenyl-p-benzoquinone as the electron acceptor. The expression of this high activity did not require addition of exogenous Ca2+, although EDTA reduced the activity by 40%. This effect of EDTA can be reversed not only by Ca2+ but also by Mg2+; a similar Mg2+ effect has been observed in purified cyanobacterial PS II but not in higher plant PS II. Immunoblotting analysis indicated the presence of major intrinsic polypeptides commonly found in PS II from cyanobacteria and higher plants as well as the extrinsic 33 kDa protein. Antibodies against the extrinsic 23 and 17 kDa proteins of higher plant PS II, however, did not crossreact with any polypeptides in the purified PS II, indicating the absence of these proteins in the red alga. In contrast, two other extrinsic proteins of 17 and 12 kDa were present in the red algal PS II; they were released by 1 M Tris or Urea/NaCl treatment but not by 1 M NaCl. The 17 kDa polypeptide was identified to be cytochrome c-550 from heme-staining, immunoblot analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing, and the 12 kDa protein was found to be homologous to the 12 kDa extrinsic protein of cyanobacterial PS II from its N-terminal sequence. These results indicate that PS II from the red alga is closely related to PS II from cyanobacteria rather than to that from higher plants, and that the replacement of PS II extrinsic cytochrome c-550 and the 12 kDa protein by the extrinsic 23 and 17 kDa proteins occurred during evolution from red algae to green algae and higher plants.
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- I Enami
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, Japan
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Kang C, Chitnis PR, Smith S, Krogmann DW. Cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding the low potential cytochrome c of Synechocystis PCC 6803. FEBS Lett 1994; 344:5-9. [PMID: 8181563 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00341-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The gene for the low potential cytochrome c (petK) was isolated from a genomic library of Synechocystis PCC 6803. The nucleotide sequence of this gene contains two regions with sequence similarity to two regions in the gene for the high potential cytochrome c6 of the organism. The sixth iron ligand can be identified with a conserved histidine. Experiments demonstrate the reduction of the low potential cytochrome by reduced ferredoxin II. The heme of the cytochrome is flanked by lysines which may be involved in orienting the ferredoxin near the site of electron donation.
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- C Kang
- Biochemistry Department, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907
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Ho KK, Tan S. Use of Adsorption Chromatography on Sephacryl S-500 for Improved Separation of Isoforms of Soluble Photosynthetic Catalysts from Cyanobacteria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/10826079408013371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Krogmann DW. The low-potential cytochrome c of cyanobacteria and algae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1058:35-7. [PMID: 1646015 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(05)80264-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A water-soluble, low-potential cytochrome c-550 is found in some cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae and has regions of sequence similarity to cytochrome c6. This cytochrome appears to be involved in a fermentation that sustains the organisms during prolonged periods of dark, anaerobic conditions.
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- D W Krogmann
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Cohn CL, Sprinkle JR, Alam J, Hermodson M, Meyer T, Krogmann DW. The amino acid sequence of low-potential cytochrome c550 from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Arch Biochem Biophys 1989; 270:227-35. [PMID: 2539046 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(89)90024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The low-potential cytochrome c550 has been purified from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa and its amino acid sequence has been determined. The protein contains 135 amino acid residues with the Cys-X-X-Cys-His heme binding site at residues 37 to 41. The sequence from residue 28 to 45 shows similarity to cytochrome c553 residues 1 to 18 when the heme binding sites are aligned. Another region of similarity is in the carboxyl-terminal regions of these two proteins. The two aligning regions of cytochrome c553 correspond to helical segments in other related cytochromes. A partial sequence of cytochrome c550 from Aphanizomenon flos-aquae was obtained and showed a 48% identity to the sequence of the M. aeruginosa cytochrome. The single methionine residue in cytochrome c550 of M. aeruginosa occurs at position 119 but there is no methionine in this region in the A. flos-aquae cytochrome, indicating that methionine is not the sixth ligand to the heme iron atom. Histidine 92 is a possible sixth ligand in M. aeruginosa cytochrome c550. The far-uv circular dichroism spectrum indicates that this protein is approximately 17% alpha helix, 42% beta-pleated sheet, and 41% random coil.
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- C L Cohn
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Tan S, Ho KK. Purification of an acidic plastocyanin from Microcystis aeruginosa. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 973:111-7. [PMID: 2537099 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(89)80410-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Plastocyanin and cytochrome c-553 are two functionally equivalent electron carriers in the photosynthetic chain of cyanobacteria. Microcystis aeruginosa, a unicellular cyanobacterium which grows well at a high pH (8.6) and which was not known to possess plastocyanin, has been studied for its ability to synthesize plastocyanin in culture media with and without Cu. In the absence of Cu, an acidic cytochrome c-553 alone was isolated. With the inclusion of 2 microM Cu, cytochrome c-553 synthesis was partially suppressed and an acidic plastocyanin was isolated. A newly developed procedure, using high concentrations of ammonium sulfate to fractionate water-soluble proteins on Sephacryl S-200 was successfully used to isolate and concentrate the plastocyanin, thus allowing it to be further purified to homogeneity. This protein has an isoelectric point of 4.8 which is similar to the pI value reported for other acidic plastocyanins from higher plants and green algae. Its N-terminal sequence of the first 15 amino acids has been determined; 9 of these amino acids are identical to those in the sequence of the basic plastocyanin from Anabaena variabilis.
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- S Tan
- Botany Department, National University of Singapore
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Kang BH, Tan S, Ho KK. Isolation of water-soluble cytochromes from cyanobacteria by adsorption chromatography. Arch Biochem Biophys 1988; 263:387-93. [PMID: 3132107 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(88)90650-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A simple procedure using ammonium sulfate to fractionate water-soluble cytochromes c553 and c550 on Sephacryl S-200 gel is described. The usefulness of this procedure has been studied using the crude extracts of mesophilic cyanobacteria. It was found that almost all the cytochromes were adsorbed on to the gel at 2.34 M ammonium sulfate and were eluted at decreasing salt concentrations. The cytochromes were free of interfering phycobiliproteins and thus were suitable for the study of isoelectric points. It was also found that this procedure allowed a clear separation of the cytochromes based on their hydrophobicities. The order of elution was cytochrome c553, then cytochrome c550, indicating that c550 is more hydrophobic than c553. All these results show that this procedure provides both a simplified and an efficient purification of the cytochromes and insight into their surface properties. The cytochromes of Microcystis aeruginosa were purified to homogeneity using this procedure and other existing ones. Homogeneous cytochromes c553 and c550 were chromatographed on Sephacryl S-200 at 1.75 M (NH4)2SO4 and found to elute in the same order as reported earlier for the cytochromes in the crude extracts. In addition, cytochrome c550 was found to be more heat resistant and less water soluble than cytochrome c553.
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- B H Kang
- Botany Department, National University of Singapore
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Kopaciewicz W, Regnier FE. Synthesis of cation-exchange stationary phases using an adsorbed polymeric coating. J Chromatogr A 1986; 358:107-17. [PMID: 3013912 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)90320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have prepared several silica-based cation-exchange materials that were suitable for the high-performance liquid chromatography of basic proteins. Two synthetic routes were examined. Central to both procedures was the adsorption of a low molecular weight polyamine. One method crosslinks the adsorbed polyamine with a multifunctional oxirane, which is then extensively derivatized with a monomeric cyclic anhydride. The second involves an adsorbed uncrosslinked polyethyleneimine layer which is reacted with polyacrylic anhydride, thereby crosslinking and imparting anionic character simultaneously. The resulting media prepared by either of these methods bound more than 40 mg of hemoglobin per gram of support depending on the reaction conditions. These cation-exchange stationary phases also exhibited good chromatographic performance, successfully resolving (horse heart) cytochrome c and lysozyme. Two of the more promising support materials were effectively used to isolate cytochrome c553 from a crude extract of cyanobacteria.
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Sprinkle JR, Hermodson M, Krogmann DW. The amino acid sequences of the cytochromes c553 from Porphyridium cruentum and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1986; 10:63-73. [PMID: 24435277 DOI: 10.1007/bf00024186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/1985] [Accepted: 03/20/1986] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The amino acid sequences of cytochrome c553 from the eukaryotic red alga Porphyridium cruentum and from the prokaryotic cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae have been determined from the tryptic and cyanogen bromide peptides. The results indicate that a charged region of these proteins has evolved with special rapidity to accomodate a rapid evolution of a binding site in the P700 electron acceptor complex.
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- J R Sprinkle
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Electron donors to P700 in cyanobacteria and algae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(84)90246-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alam J, Sprinkle J, Hermodson M, Krogmann D. Characterization of cytochrome c-550 from cyanobacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(84)90247-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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