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Gorka M, Baldansuren A, Malnati A, Gruszecki E, Golbeck JH, Lakshmi KV. Shedding Light on Primary Donors in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:735666. [PMID: 34659164 PMCID: PMC8517396 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.735666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Chlorophylls (Chl)s exist in a variety of flavors and are ubiquitous in both the energy and electron transfer processes of photosynthesis. The functions they perform often occur on the ultrafast (fs-ns) time scale and until recently, these have been difficult to measure in real time. Further, the complexity of the binding pockets and the resulting protein-matrix effects that alter the respective electronic properties have rendered theoretical modeling of these states difficult. Recent advances in experimental methodology, computational modeling, and emergence of new reaction center (RC) structures have renewed interest in these processes and allowed researchers to elucidate previously ambiguous functions of Chls and related pheophytins. This is complemented by a wealth of experimental data obtained from decades of prior research. Studying the electronic properties of Chl molecules has advanced our understanding of both the nature of the primary charge separation and subsequent electron transfer processes of RCs. In this review, we examine the structures of primary electron donors in Type I and Type II RCs in relation to the vast body of spectroscopic research that has been performed on them to date. Further, we present density functional theory calculations on each oxidized primary donor to study both their electronic properties and our ability to model experimental spectroscopic data. This allows us to directly compare the electronic properties of hetero- and homodimeric RCs.
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- Michael Gorka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and The Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
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Sirohiwal A, Neese F, Pantazis DA. How Can We Predict Accurate Electrochromic Shifts for Biochromophores? A Case Study on the Photosynthetic Reaction Center. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:1858-1873. [PMID: 33566610 PMCID: PMC8023663 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Protein-embedded chromophores are responsible for light harvesting, excitation energy transfer, and charge separation in photosynthesis. A critical part of the photosynthetic apparatus are reaction centers (RCs), which comprise groups of (bacterio)chlorophyll and (bacterio)pheophytin molecules that transform the excitation energy derived from light absorption into charge separation. The lowest excitation energies of individual pigments (site energies) are key for understanding photosynthetic systems, and form a prime target for quantum chemistry. A major theoretical challenge is to accurately describe the electrochromic (Stark) shifts in site energies produced by the inhomogeneous electric field of the protein matrix. Here, we present large-scale quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations of electrochromic shifts for the RC chromophores of photosystem II (PSII) using various quantum chemical methods evaluated against the domain-based local pair natural orbital (DLPNO) implementation of the similarity-transformed equation of motion coupled cluster theory with single and double excitations (STEOM-CCSD). We show that certain range-separated density functionals (ωΒ97, ωΒ97X-V, ωΒ2PLYP, and LC-BLYP) correctly reproduce RC site energy shifts with time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). The popular CAM-B3LYP functional underestimates the shifts and is not recommended. Global hybrid functionals are too insensitive to the environment and should be avoided, while nonhybrid functionals are strictly nonapplicable. Among the applicable approximate coupled cluster methods, the canonical versions of CC2 and ADC(2) were found to deviate significantly from the reference results both for the description of the lowest excited state and for the electrochromic shifts. By contrast, their spin-component-scaled (SCS) and particularly the scale-opposite-spin (SOS) variants compare well with the reference DLPNO-STEOM-CCSD and the best range-separated DFT methods. The emergence of RC excitation asymmetry is discussed in terms of intrinsic and protein electrostatic potentials. In addition, we evaluate a minimal structural scaffold of PSII, the D1-D2-CytB559 RC complex often employed in experimental studies, and show that it would have the same site energy distribution of RC chromophores as the full PSII supercomplex, but only under the unlikely conditions that the core protein organization and cofactor arrangement remain identical to those of the intact enzyme.
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- Abhishek Sirohiwal
- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fakultät
für Chemie und Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Sirohiwal A, Neese F, Pantazis DA. Protein Matrix Control of Reaction Center Excitation in Photosystem II. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18174-18190. [PMID: 33034453 PMCID: PMC7582616 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit pigment-protein complex that uses light-induced charge separation to power oxygenic photosynthesis. Its reaction center chromophores, where the charge transfer cascade is initiated, are arranged symmetrically along the D1 and D2 core polypeptides and comprise four chlorophyll (PD1, PD2, ChlD1, ChlD2) and two pheophytin molecules (PheoD1 and PheoD2). Evolution favored productive electron transfer only via the D1 branch, with the precise nature of primary excitation and the factors that control asymmetric charge transfer remaining under investigation. Here we present a detailed atomistic description for both. We combine large-scale simulations of membrane-embedded PSII with high-level quantum-mechanics/molecular-mechanics (QM/MM) calculations of individual and coupled reaction center chromophores to describe reaction center excited states. We employ both range-separated time-dependent density functional theory and the recently developed domain based local pair natural orbital (DLPNO) implementation of the similarity transformed equation of motion coupled cluster theory with single and double excitations (STEOM-CCSD), the first coupled cluster QM/MM calculations of the reaction center. We find that the protein matrix is exclusively responsible for both transverse (chlorophylls versus pheophytins) and lateral (D1 versus D2 branch) excitation asymmetry, making ChlD1 the chromophore with the lowest site energy. Multipigment calculations show that the protein matrix renders the ChlD1 → PheoD1 charge-transfer the lowest energy excitation globally within the reaction center, lower than any pigment-centered local excitation. Remarkably, no low-energy charge transfer states are located within the "special pair" PD1-PD2, which is therefore excluded as the site of initial charge separation in PSII. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations suggest that modulation of the electrostatic environment due to protein conformational flexibility enables direct excitation of low-lying charge transfer states by far-red light.
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- Abhishek Sirohiwal
- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fakultät
für Chemie und Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Zabelin AA, Shkuropatova VA, Makhneva ZK, Moskalenko AA, Shuvalov VA, Shkuropatov AY. Chemically modified reaction centers of photosystem II: Exchange of pheophytin a with 7-deformyl-7-hydroxymethyl-pheophytin b. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1870-1881. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Delosme R. Wavelength Dependence of the Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in Photosynthesis: Photoacoustic Study of Light Energy Distribution among Various Pigment Complexes. Isr J Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.199800026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mendes-Pinto MM, Galzerano D, Telfer A, Pascal AA, Robert B, Ilioaia C. Mechanisms underlying carotenoid absorption in oxygenic photosynthetic proteins. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:18758-65. [PMID: 23720734 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.423681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The electronic properties of carotenoid molecules underlie their multiple functions throughout biology, and tuning of these properties by their in vivo locus is of vital importance in a number of cases. This is exemplified by photosynthetic carotenoids, which perform both light-harvesting and photoprotective roles essential to the photosynthetic process. However, despite a large number of scientific studies performed in this field, the mechanism(s) used to modulate the electronic properties of carotenoids remain elusive. We have chosen two specific cases, the two β-carotene molecules in photosystem II reaction centers and the two luteins in the major photosystem II light-harvesting complex, to investigate how such a tuning of their electronic structure may occur. Indeed, in each case, identical molecular species in the same protein are seen to exhibit different electronic properties (most notably, shifted absorption peaks). We assess which molecular parameters are responsible for this in vivo tuning process and attempt to assign it to specific molecular events imposed by their binding pockets.
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- Maria M Mendes-Pinto
- Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay, UMR 8221 CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Vishnev MI, Zabelin AA, Shkuropatova VA, Yanyushin MF, Shuvalov VA, Shkuropatov AY. Chemical modification of photosystem II core complex pigments with sodium borohydride. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 78:377-84. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913040068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Acharya K, Neupane B, Zazubovich V, Sayre RT, Picorel R, Seibert M, Jankowiak R. Site energies of active and inactive pheophytins in the reaction center of Photosystem II from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3890-9. [PMID: 22397491 DOI: 10.1021/jp3007624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It is widely accepted that the primary electron acceptor in various Photosystem II (PSII) reaction center (RC) preparations is pheophytin a (Pheo a) within the D1 protein (Pheo(D1)), while Pheo(D2) (within the D2 protein) is photochemically inactive. The Pheo site energies, however, have remained elusive, due to inherent spectral congestion. While most researchers over the past two decades placed the Q(y)-states of Pheo(D1) and Pheo(D2) bands near 678-684 and 668-672 nm, respectively, recent modeling [Raszewski et al. Biophys. J. 2005, 88, 986 - 998; Cox et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 12364 - 12374] of the electronic structure of the PSII RC reversed the assignment of the active and inactive Pheos, suggesting that the mean site energy of Pheo(D1) is near 672 nm, whereas Pheo(D2) (~677.5 nm) and Chl(D1) (~680 nm) have the lowest energies (i.e., the Pheo(D2)-dominated exciton is the lowest excited state). In contrast, chemical pigment exchange experiments on isolated RCs suggested that both pheophytins have their Q(y) absorption maxima at 676-680 nm [Germano et al. Biochemistry 2001, 40, 11472 - 11482; Germano et al. Biophys. J. 2004, 86, 1664 - 1672]. To provide more insight into the site energies of both Pheo(D1) and Pheo(D2) (including the corresponding Q(x) transitions, which are often claimed to be degenerate at 543 nm) and to attest that the above two assignments are most likely incorrect, we studied a large number of isolated RC preparations from spinach and wild-type Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (at different levels of intactness) as well as the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant (D2-L209H), in which the active branch Pheo(D1) is genetically replaced with chlorophyll a (Chl a). We show that the Q(x)-/Q(y)-region site energies of Pheo(D1) and Pheo(D2) are ~545/680 nm and ~541.5/670 nm, respectively, in good agreement with our previous assignment [Jankowiak et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 8803 - 8814]. The latter values should be used to model excitonic structure and excitation energy transfer dynamics of the PSII RCs.
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- K Acharya
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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Tomo T, Akimoto S, Tsuchiya T, Fukuya M, Tanaka K, Mimuro M. Isolation and spectral characterization of Photosystem II reaction center from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:293-302. [PMID: 18780157 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9354-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 08/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We isolated highly-purified photochemically active photosystem (PS) II reaction center (RC) complexes from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using a histidine-tag introduced to the 47 kDa chlorophyll protein, and characterized their spectroscopic properties. Purification was carried out in a one-step procedure after isolation of PS II core complex. The RC complexes consist of five polypeptides, the same as in spinach. The pigment contents per two molecules of pheophytin a were 5.8 +/- 0.3 chlorophyll (Chl) a and 1.8 +/- 0.1 beta-carotene; one cytochrome b(559) was found per 6.0 Chl a molecules. Overall absorption and fluorescence properties were very similar to those of spinach PS II RCs; our preparation retains the best properties so far isolated from cyanobacteria. However, a clear band-shift of pheophytin a and beta-carotene was observed. Reasons for these differences, and RC composition, are discussed on the basis of the three-dimensional structure of complexes.
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- Tatsuya Tomo
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Telfer A. What is beta-carotene doing in the photosystem II reaction centre? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2002; 357:1431-39; discussion 1439-40, 1469-70. [PMID: 12437882 PMCID: PMC1693050 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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During photosynthesis carotenoids normally serve as antenna pigments, transferring singlet excitation energy to chlorophyll, and preventing singlet oxygen production from chlorophyll triplet states, by rapid spin exchange and decay of the carotenoid triplet to the ground state. The presence of two beta-carotene molecules in the photosystem II reaction centre (RC) now seems well established, but they do not quench the triplet state of the primary electron-donor chlorophylls, which are known as P(680). The beta-carotenes cannot be close enough to P(680) for triplet quenching because that would also allow extremely fast electron transfer from beta-carotene to P(+)(680), preventing the oxidation of water. Their transfer of excitation energy to chlorophyll, though not very efficient, indicates close proximity to the chlorophylls ligated by histidine 118 towards the periphery of the two main RC polypeptides. The primary function of the beta-carotenes is probably the quenching of singlet oxygen produced after charge recombination to the triplet state of P(680). Only when electron donation from water is disturbed does beta-carotene become oxidized. One beta-carotene can mediate cyclic electron transfer via cytochrome b559. The other is probably destroyed upon oxidation, which might trigger a breakdown of the polypeptide that binds the cofactors that carry out charge separation.
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- Alison Telfer
- Wolfson Laboratories, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AY, UK.
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Nayak L, Raval MK, Biswal B, Biswal UC. Topology and photoprotective role of carotenoids in photosystem II of chloroplast: a hypothesis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2002; 1:629-31. [PMID: 12665297 DOI: 10.1039/b200176b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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On the basis of existing evidence, a model is proposed for the topology of carotenoids in photosystem II (PS II) of chloroplasts. suggesting their possible roles in the photoprotection and stability of PS II complex. The presence of one cis and one trans beta-carotene at reaction centre II (RC II), with different photoprotective functions, is suggested. The core antennae (CP43, CP47) are presumed to contain beta-carotene molecules in clusters. The possible molecular mechanism for formation of a quenching complex in the minor LHC II, involving zeaxanthin, chlorophyll a and the glutamic acid side chain of the light harvesting protein, is worked out. This complex is proposed to be an efficient triplet quencher, in addition to its role as a quencher of singlet chlorophyll energy. The migration of triplet energy from RC II to the quenching complex is surmised. It is suggested that the carotenoids in RC II and in different LHCs form an integrated photoprotective unit.
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- Lalitendu Nayak
- School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar 768019, Orissa, India
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Wang J, Gosztola D, Ruffle SV, Hemann C, Seibert M, Wasielewski MR, Hille R, Gustafson TL, Sayre RT. Functional asymmetry of photosystem II D1 and D2 peripheral chlorophyll mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:4091-6. [PMID: 11904453 PMCID: PMC122653 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.062056899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2001] [Accepted: 01/31/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The peripheral accessory chlorophylls (Chls) of the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center (RC) are coordinated by a pair of symmetry-related histidine residues (D1-H118 and D2-H117). These Chls participate in energy transfer from the proximal antennae complexes (CP43 and CP47) to the RC core chromophores. In addition, one or both of the peripheral Chls are redox-active and participate in a low-quantum-yield electron transfer cycle around PSII. We demonstrate that conservative mutations of the D2-H117 residue result in decreased Chl fluorescence quenching efficiency attributed to reduced accumulation of the peripheral accessory Chl cation, Chl(Z)(+). In contrast, identical symmetry-related mutations at residue D1-H118 had no effect on Chl fluorescence yield or quenching kinetics. Mutagenesis of the D2-H117 residue also altered the line width of the Chl(Z)(+) EPR signal, but the line shape of the D1-H118Q mutant remained unchanged. The D1-H118 and D2-H117 mutations also altered energy transfer properties in PSII RCs. Unlike wild type or the D1-H118Q mutant, D2-H117N RCs exhibited a reduced CD doublet in the red region of Chl absorbance band, indicative of reduced energetic coupling between P680 and the peripheral accessory Chl. In addition, transient absorption measurements of D2-H117N RCs, excited on the blue side of the Chl absorbance band, exhibited a ( approximately 400 fs) pheophytin Q(X) band bleach lifetime component not seen in wild-type or D1-H118Q RCs. The origin of this component may be related to delayed fast-energy equilibration of the excited state between the core pigments of this mutant.
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- Jun Wang
- Department of Plant Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Germano M, Shkuropatov AY, Permentier H, de Wijn R, Hoff AJ, Shuvalov VA, van Gorkom HJ. Pigment organization and their interactions in reaction centers of photosystem II: optical spectroscopy at 6 K of reaction centers with modified pheophytin composition. Biochemistry 2001; 40:11472-82. [PMID: 11560495 DOI: 10.1021/bi010439j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Photosystem II reaction centers (RC) with selectively exchanged pheophytin (Pheo) molecules as described in [Germano, M., Shkuropatov, A. Ya., Permentier, H., Khatypov, R. A., Shuvalov, V. A., Hoff, A. J., and van Gorkom, H. J. (2000) Photosynth. Res. 64, 189-198] were studied by low-temperature absorption, linear and circular dichroism, and triplet-minus-singlet absorption-difference spectroscopy. The ratio of extinction coefficients epsilon(Pheo)/epsilon(Chl) for Q(Y) absorption in the RC is approximately 0.40 at 6 K and approximately 0.45 at room temperature. The presence of 2 beta-carotenes, one parallel and one perpendicular to the membrane plane, is confirmed. Absorption at 670 nm is due to the perpendicular Q(Y) transitions of the two peripheral chlorophylls (Chl) and not to either Pheo. The "core" pigments, two Pheo and four Chl absorb in the 676-685 nm range. Delocalized excited states as predicted by the "multimer model" are seen in the active branch. The inactive Pheo and the nearby Chl, however, mainly contribute localized transitions at 676 and 680 nm, respectively, although large CD changes indicate that exciton interactions are present on both branches. Replacement of the active Pheo prevents triplet formation, causes an LD increase at 676 and 681 nm, a blue-shift of 680 nm absorbance, and a bleach of the 685 nm exciton band. The triplet state is mainly localized on the Chl corresponding to B(A) in purple bacteria. Both Pheo Q(Y) transitions are oriented out of the membrane plane. Their Q(X) transitions are parallel to that plane, so that the Pheos in PSII are structurally similar to their homologues in purple bacteria.
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- M Germano
- Biophysics Department, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Jankowiak R, Rätsep M, Picorel R, Seibert M, Small GJ. Excited States of the 5-Chlorophyll Photosystem II Reaction Center. J Phys Chem B 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9906738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R. Jankowiak
- Ames Laboratory−U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory−U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory−U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory−U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory−U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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Greenfield SR, Seibert M, Wasielewski MR. Time-Resolved Absorption Changes of the Pheophytin Qx Band in Isolated Photosystem II Reaction Centers at 7 K: Energy Transfer and Charge Separation. J Phys Chem B 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/jp990962w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Scott R. Greenfield
- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, Basic Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4831, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, Basic Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4831, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, Basic Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4831, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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Shkuropatov AY, Khatypov RA, Volshchukova TS, Shkuropatova VA, Owens TG, Shuvalov VA. Spectral and photochemical properties of borohydride-treated D1-D2-cytochrome b-559 complex of photosystem II. FEBS Lett 1997; 420:171-4. [PMID: 9459304 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01512-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The D1-D2-cytochrome b-559 reaction center complex of photosystem II with an altered pigment composition was prepared from the original complex by treatment with sodium borohydride (BH4-). The absorption spectra of the modified and original complexes were compared to each other and to the spectra of purified chlorophyll a and pheophytin a (Pheo a) treated with BH4- in methanolic solution. The results of these comparisons are consistent with the presence in the modified complex of an irreversibly reduced Pheo a molecule, most likely 13(1)-deoxo-13(1)-hydroxy-Pheo a, replacing one of the two native Pheo a molecules present in the original complex. Similar to the original preparation, the modified complex was capable of a steady-state photoaccumulation of Pheo- and P680+. It is concluded that the pheophytin a molecule which undergoes borohydride reduction is not involved in the primary charge separation and seems to represent a previously postulated photochemically inactive Pheo a molecule. The Qy and Qx transitions of this molecule were determined to be located at 5 degrees C at 679.5-680 nm and 542 nm, respectively.
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- A Y Shkuropatov
- Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation.
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Tomo T, Mimuro M, Iwaki M, Kobayashi M, Itoh S, Satoh K. Topology of pigments in the isolated Photosystem II reaction center studied by selective extraction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(97)00037-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Donovan B, Walker LA, Kaplan D, Bouvier M, Yocum CF, Sension RJ. Structure and Function in the Isolated Reaction Center Complex of Photosystem II. 1. Ultrafast Fluorescence Measurements of PSII. J Phys Chem B 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/jp971112o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Brent Donovan
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biology, and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, MEDOX ELECTRO-OPTICS, 3940 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, and Alliage, 77 rue de Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris, France
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Konermann L, Yruela I, Holzwarth AR. Pigment assignment in the absorption spectrum of the photosystem II reaction center by site-selection fluorescence spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1997; 36:7498-502. [PMID: 9200699 DOI: 10.1021/bi9701484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The steady state fluorescence properties of the photosystem II reaction center (D1-D2-cyt-b559 complex, PSII-RC) have been investigated by site-selection spectroscopy. The pattern of the vibronic bands in the emission spectra is used to identify the fluorescing species that have their absorption maxima on the red edge of the spectrum (at around 682 nm). At 10 K, even samples with a low content of red absorbing chlorophyll a (Chl) show pure Chl emission upon excitation at 685 nm, whereas at 77 K the fluorescence of the PSII-RCs is contributed to by Chl and pheophytin a (Pheo) in a ratio of roughly 8:2. These results allow an unequivocal distinction between two different spectral decompositions that were recently suggested for the absorption spectrum of the PSII-RC [Konermann, L., & Holzwarth, A. R. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 829]. Only one of these decompositions is compatible with the experimental data presented here according to which the absorption on the red edge of the spectrum is dominated by an accessory Chl.
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- L Konermann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim, Germany
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Stoichiometry of pigments and radical pair formation under saturating pulse excitation in D1/D2/cytb559 preparations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(96)00151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wavelength and intensity dependent primary photochemistry of isolated Photosystem II reaction centers at 5°C. Chem Phys 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(96)00185-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Greenfield SR, Wasielewski MR. Excitation energy transfer and charge separation in the isolated Photosystem II reaction center. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1996; 48:83-97. [PMID: 24271289 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/1996] [Accepted: 01/22/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The nature of excitation energy transfer and charge separation in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers is an area of considerable interest and controversy. Excitation energy transfer from accessory chlorophyll a to the primary electron donor P680 takes place in tens of picoseconds, although there is some evidence that thermal equilibration of the excitation between P680 and a subset of the accessory chlorophyll a occurs on a 100-fs timescale. The intrinsic rate for charge separation at low temperature is accepted to be ca. (2 ps)(-1), and is based on several measurements using different experimental techniques. This rate is in good agreement with estimates based on larger sized particles, and is similar to the rate observed with bacterial reaction centers. However, near room temperature there is considerable disagreement as to the observed rate for charge separation, with several experiments pointing to a ca. (3 ps)(-1) rate, and others to a ca. (20 ps)(-1) rate. These processes and the experiments used to measure them will be reviewed.
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- S R Greenfield
- Argonne National Laboratory, Chemistry Division, 60439-4831, Argonne, IL, USA
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