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Hou HJM. Unidirectional photodamage of pheophytin in photosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 4:554. [PMID: 24454319 PMCID: PMC3888939 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Sang M, Xie J, Qin XC, Wang WD, Chen XB, Wang KB, Zhang JP, Li LB, Kuang TY. High-light induced superoxide radical formation in cytochrome b₆f complex from Bryopsis corticulans as detected by EPR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2010; 102:177-81. [PMID: 21277495 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Revised: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The generation of superoxide radical (O₂·⁻) in Cyt b₆f of Bryopsis corticulans under high light illumination was studied using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. This could be evidenced by the addition of SOD which specifically reacted with O₂·⁻. The generation of O₂·⁻ was lost in the absence of oxygen and was found to be suppressed in the presence of NaN₃ and be scavenged by extraneous antioxidants such as ascorbate, β-carotene and glutathione which could also scavenged ¹O₂*. These results indicated that O₂·⁻ which produced under high light illumination in Cyt b₆f of B. corticulans might rise from a reaction which ¹O₂* could participated in. Also the photo-protection mechanism to Cyt b₆f complex by antioxidants which might contain in thylakoid was speculated.
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- Min Sang
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China; Institute of Hydrobiology, Ji' nan University, Guangzhou 510632, P.R.China
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Sang M, Ma F, Xie J, Chen XB, Wang KB, Qin XC, Wang WD, Zhao JQ, Li LB, Zhang JP, Kuang TY. High-light induced singlet oxygen formation in cytochrome b(6)f complex from Bryopsis corticulans as detected by EPR spectroscopy. Biophys Chem 2009; 146:7-12. [PMID: 19861232 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to detect the light-induced formation of singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)*) in the intact and the Rieske-depleted cytochrome b(6)f complexes (Cyt b(6)f) from Bryopsis corticulans, as well as in the isolated Rieske Fe-S protein. It is shown that, under white-light illumination and aerobic conditions, chlorophyll a (Chl a) bound in the intact Cyt b(6)f can be bleached by light-induced (1)O(2)*, and that the (1)O(2)* production can be promoted by D(2)O or scavenged by extraneous antioxidants such as l-histidine, ascorbate, beta-carotene and glutathione. Under similar experimental conditions, (1)O(2)* was also detected in the Rieske-depleted Cyt b(6)f complex, but not in the isolated Rieske Fe-S protein. The results prove that Chl a cofactor, rather than Rieske Fe-S protein, is the specific site of (1)O(2)* formation, a conclusion which draws further support from the generation of (1)O(2)* with selective excitation of Chl a using monocolor red light.
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- Min Sang
- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Ma F, Chen XB, Sang M, Wang P, Zhang JP, Li LB, Kuang TY. Singlet oxygen formation and chlorophyll a triplet excited state deactivation in the cytochrome b6f complex from Bryopsis corticulans. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 100:19-28. [PMID: 19333778 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9418-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have attempted to investigate the correlation between the detergent-perturbed structural integrity of the Cyt b (6) f complex from the marine green alga Bryopsis corticulans and its photo-protective properties, for which the nonionic detergents n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (beta-OG) and n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (beta-DM), respectively, were used for the preparation of Cyt b (6) f, and the singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)*) production as well as the triplet excited-state chlorophyll a ((3)Chl a*) formation and deactivation were examined by spectroscopic means. Near-infrared luminescence of (1)O(2)* (approximately 1,270 nm) on photo-irradiation was detected for the beta-OG preparation where the complex is mainly in oligomeric state, but not for the beta-DM one in which the complex exists in dimeric form. Under anaerobic condition, photo-excitation of Chl a in the beta-DM preparation generated (3)Chl a* with a lower quantum yield of Phi(T) approximately 0.02 and a longer lifetime of approximately 600 micros with respect to those as in the case of beta-OG preparation, Phi(T) approximately 0.12 and 200-300 micros. These results prove that the enzymatically active and intact Cyt b (6) f complex on photo-excitation tends to produce little (3)Chl a* or (1)O(2)*, which implies that the pigment-protein assembly of Cyt b (6) f complex per se is crucial for photo-protection.
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- Fei Ma
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mimuro M, Akimoto S, Tomo T, Yokono M, Miyashita H, Tsuchiya T. Delayed fluorescence observed in the nanosecond time region at 77 K originates directly from the photosystem II reaction center. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2007; 1767:327-34. [PMID: 17382895 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2006] [Revised: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The excited-state dynamics of delayed fluorescence in photosystem (PS) II at 77 K were studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and decay analysis on three samples with different antenna sizes: PS II particles and the PS II reaction center from spinach, and the PS II core complexes from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Delayed fluorescence in the nanosecond time region originated from the 683-nm component in all three samples, even though a slight variation in lifetimes was detected from 15 to 25 ns. The relative amplitude of the delayed fluorescence was higher when the antenna size was smaller. Energy transfer from the 683-nm pigment responsible for delayed fluorescence to antenna pigment(s) at a lower energy level was not observed in any of the samples examined. This indicated that the excited state generated by charge recombination was not shared with antenna pigments under the low-temperature condition, and that delayed fluorescence originates directly from the PS II reaction center, either from chlorophyll a(D1) or P680. Supplemental data on delayed fluorescence from spinach PS I complexes are included.
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- Mamoru Mimuro
- Department of Technology and Ecology, Hall of Global Environmental Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Li BX, Zuo P, Chen XB, Li LB, Zhang JP, Zhang JP, Kuang TY. Study on energy transfer between carotenoid and chlorophyll a in cytochrome b6f complex from Bryopsis corticulans. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 88:43-50. [PMID: 16688490 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-9020-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The excitation energy transfer between carotenoid and chlorophyll (Chl) in the cytochrome b ( 6 ) f complex from Bryopsis corticulans (B. corticulans), in which the carotenoid is 9-cis-alpha-carotene, was investigated by means of fluorescence excitation and sub-microsecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopies. The presence of efficient singlet excitation transfer from alpha-carotene to Chl a was found with an overall efficiency as high as approximately approximately 24%, meanwhile the Chl a-to-alpha-carotene triplet excitation transfer was also evidenced. Circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that alpha-carotene molecule existed in an asymmetric environment and Chl a molecule had a certain orientation in this complex.
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- Bin-Xing Li
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nan Xincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, P.R. China.
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Szabò I, Rigoni F, Bianchetti M, Carbonera D, Pierantoni F, Seraglia R, Segalla A, Giacometti GM. Isolation and characterization of photosystem II subcomplexes from cyanobacteria lacking photosystem I. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:5129-34. [PMID: 11589704 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A photosystem II (PSII) core complex lacking the internal antenna CP43 protein was isolated from the photosystem II of Synechocystis PCC6803, which lacks photosystem I (PSI). CP47-RC and reaction centre (RCII) complexes were also obtained in a single procedure by direct solubilization of whole thylakoid membranes. The CP47-RC subcore complex was characterized by SDS/PAGE, immunoblotting, MALDI MS, visible and fluorescence spectroscopy, and absorption detected magnetic resonance. The purity and functionality of RCII was also assayed. These preparations may be useful for mutational analysis of PSII RC and CP47-RC in studying primary reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis.
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- I Szabò
- Department of Biology, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Johnston HG, Wang J, Ruffle SV, Sayre RT, Gustafson TL. Fluorescence Decay Kinetics of Wild Type and D2-H117N Mutant Photosystem II Reaction Centers Isolated from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp993556l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Heather G. Johnston
- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Merry SA, Nixon PJ, Barter LM, Schilstra M, Porter G, Barber J, Durrant JR, Klug DR. Modulation of quantum yield of primary radical pair formation in photosystem II by site-directed mutagenesis affecting radical cations and anions. Biochemistry 1998; 37:17439-47. [PMID: 9860859 DOI: 10.1021/bi980502d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pigment-protein interactions play a significant role in determining the properties of photosynthetic complexes. Site-directed mutants of Synechocystis PCC 6803 have been prepared which modify the redox potential of the primary radical pair anion and cation. In one set of mutants, the environment of P680, the primary electron donor of Photosystem II, has been modified by altering the residue at D1-His198. It has been proposed that this residue is an axial ligand to the magnesium cation. In the other set, the D1-Gln130 residue, which is thought to interact with the C9-keto group of the pheophytin electron acceptor, has been changed. The effect of these mutations is to alter the free energy of the primary radical pair state, which causes a change in the equilibrium between excited singlet states and radical pair states. We show that the free energy of the primary radical pair can be increased or decreased by modifications at either the D1-His198 or the D1-Gln130 sites. This is demonstrated by using three independent measures of quantum yield and equilibrium constant, which exhibit a quantitative correlation. These data also indicate the presence of a fast nonradiative decay pathway that competes with primary charge separation. These results emphasize the sensitivity of the primary processes of PS II to small changes in the free energy of the primary radical pair.
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- S A Merry
- Molecular Dynamics and Photosynthesis Research Groups, Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, U.K
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Holzwarth AR, Müller MG. Energetics and kinetics of radical pairs in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. A femtosecond transient absorption study. Biochemistry 1996; 35:11820-31. [PMID: 8794764 DOI: 10.1021/bi9607012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Femtosecond transient absorption spectra on reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides wild type have been recorded with high time and wavelength resolution and a very high S/N ratio in the 500-940 nm range with a diode array system. The data have been analyzed by global analysis. Five lifetime components of 1.5, 3.1, 10.8, and 148 ps and long-lived (several nanoseconds) were required to fit the entire three-dimensional data surface adequately with a single set of lifetimes and decay-associated difference spectra (DADS). Up to 30 ps, there is little dispersion in the lifetimes, but in the longer time range (50-250 ps), a substantial variation in lifetime was observed, depending on detection wavelength. The data from the global analysis have been subjected to kinetic modeling comparing sequential kinetic schemes either including (reversible model) or excluding (forward model) back-reactions in the early electron transfer process(es). Thus, the molecular rate constants for the model(s) and the difference spectra of the pure intermediates [species-associated difference spectra (SADS)] were obtained. The data unequivocally confirm the necessity of an electron transfer intermediate with spectral characteristics of P+B-H prior to the formation of the P+BH- state (P is special pair, B is accessory chlorophyll, and H is pheophytin), irrespective of the model chosen. Besides being in much better agreement with the observation of long-lived fluorescence kinetics components, the reversible model results in SADS, in particular for the P+BH- state, that are in somewhat better agreement with expectations than for the pure forward model. For these and other reasons, the reversible model is preferred over the pure forward model. The electrochromic shifts of the H bands in the P+B- state and of the B bands in the P+H- state are revealed clearly in the spectra, thus supporting the assignments. Within the reversible model, the rate constant for the forward reaction in the first step P*-->P+B-H is slightly larger [k12 approximately (2.48 ps)-1] than for the second step P+B-H-->P+BH- [k23 approximately equal to (2.53 ps)-1], in contrast to the pure forward model. From the rate constants for the respective back-reactions, the free energy differences delta G relative to P* for the states P+B-H and P+BH- have been determined to be -41 and -91 meV, respectively. Thus, the free energy difference for the P+BH- state at early times after electron transfer is by a factor of 2-3 smaller than assumed so far. This has the important consequence that a quasi-equilibrium exists from about 10 ps until further electron transfer on the 200 ps time scale with a substantial percentage (approximately 16%) of the P+B-H state present. These results present the first direct evidence from transient absorption data, where the nature of the intermediate can be assigned, for the validity of the slow radical pair relaxation concept. The results have various consequences for understanding the mechanism of the overall electron transfer reaction and imply a much more active role of the protein in the early charge separation processes of the reaction center than assumed so far. The data are discussed in terms of current electron transfer theory. It is suggested that the two first-electron steps operate at a rate very close to the maximal possible rate.
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- A R Holzwarth
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany.
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Gatzen G, Müller MG, Griebenow K, Holzwarth AR. Primary Processes and Structure of the Photosystem II Reaction Center. 3. Kinetic Analysis of Picosecond Energy Transfer and Charge Separation Processes in the D1−D2−cyt-b559 Complex Measured by Time-Resolved Fluorescence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9530865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Guido Gatzen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34−36, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34−36, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34−36, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34−36, D-45470 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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Giorgi LB, Nixon PJ, Merry SA, Joseph DM, Durrant JR, De Las Rivas J, Barber J, Porter G, Klug DR. Comparison of primary charge separation in the photosystem II reaction center complex isolated from wild-type and D1-130 mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:2093-101. [PMID: 8567665 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.4.2093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We compare primary charge separation in a photosystem II reaction center preparation isolated from a wild-type (WT) control strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and from two site-directed mutants of Synechocystis in which residue 130 of the D1 polypeptide has been changed from a glutamine to either a glutamate (mutant D1-Gln130Glu), as in higher plant sequences, or a leucine residue (mutant D1-Gln130Leu). The D1-130 residue is thought to be close to the pheophytin electron acceptor. We show that, when P680 is photoselectively excited, the primary radical pair state P680+Ph- is formed with a time constant of 20-30 ps in the WT and both mutants; this time constant is very similar to that observed in Pisum sativum (a higher plant). We also show that a change in the residue at position D1-130 causes a shift in the peak of the pheophytin Qx-band. Nanosecond and picosecond transient absorption measurements indicate that the quantum yield of radical pair formation (phi RP), associated with the 20-30-ps component, is affected by the identify of the D1-130 residue. We find that, for the isolated photosystem II reaction center particle, phi RP higher plant > phi RP D1-Gln130Glu mutant > phi RP WT > phi RP D1-Gln130Leu mutant. Furthermore, the spectroscopic and quantum yield differences we observe between the WT Synechocystis and higher plant photosystem II, seem to be reversed by mutating the D1-130 ligand so that it is the same as in higher plants. This result is consistent with the previously observed natural regulation of quantum yield in Synechococcus PS II by particular changes in the D1 polypeptide amino acid sequence (Clark, A.K., Hurry, V. M., Gustafsson, P. and Oquist, G. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 11985-11989).
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- L B Giorgi
- Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Identification of a photochemically inactive pheophytin molecule in the spinach D1-D2-cyt b559 complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(95)00116-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hagen C, Pascal AA, Horton P, Inoue Y. INFLUENCE OF CHANGES IN THE PHOTON PROTECTIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION ON RED LIGHT-INDUCED DETRAPPING OF THE THERMOLUMINESCENCE Z-BAND. Photochem Photobiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb02377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alizadeh S, Nixon PJ, Telfer A, Barber J. Isolation and characterisation of the Photosystem two reaction centre complex from a double mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1995; 43:165-171. [PMID: 24306750 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/1994] [Accepted: 01/30/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A rapid procedure has been developed for the isolation of the photosystem two reaction centre complex (PS II RC) from a double mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, F54-14, which lacks the Photosystem one complex and the chloroplast ATPase. Thylakoid membranes are solubilised with 1.5% (w/v) Triton X-100 and the PS II RC purified by anion-exchange chromatography using TSK DEAE-650(S) (Merck). The complex has a pigment stoichiometry of approximately six chlorophyll a: two pheophytin a: one cytochrome b-559: one to two β-carotene. It photoaccumulates reduced pheophytin and oxidised P680 in the presence of sodium dithionite and silicomolybdate, respectively. Immunoblotting experiments have confirmed the presence of the D1 and D2 polypeptides in this complex. The α-subunit of cytochrome b-559 was identified by N-terminal sequencing. Comparison of the complex with the PS II RC from pea using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that their polypeptide compositions were similar. However, the α-subunit of cytochrome b-559 from C. reinhardtii has a lower apparent molecular weight than the pea counterpart whereas the β-subunit is larger.
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- S Alizadeh
- Photosynthesis Research Group, Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Biochemistry Department, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, SW7 2AY, London, UK
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Pico- and nanosecond fluorescence kinetics of Photosystem II reaction centre and its complex with CP47 antenna. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vass I, Gatzen G, Holzwarth AR. Picosecond time-resolved fluorescence studies on photoinhibition and double reduction of QA in photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90244-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Durrant JR, Hastings G, Joseph DM, Barber J, Porter G, Klug DR. Rate of oxidation of P680 in isolated photosystem 2 reaction centers monitored by loss of chlorophyll stimulated emission. Biochemistry 1993; 32:8259-67. [PMID: 8347624 DOI: 10.1021/bi00083a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have continued our studies of the primary photochemistry of isolated photosystem 2 reaction centers using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Experiments were performed over a wide range of excitation and probe wavelengths, using several data collection time scales. This has enabled us to resolve five different lifetimes ranging between 100 fs and 200 ps plus a nanosecond component. We demonstrate here and elsewhere [e.g., Durrant, J.R., Hastings, G., Joseph, D. M., Barber, J., Porter, G., & Klug, D. R. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89, 11632-11636] that the kinetic spectra associated with all but two of these lifetimes are clearly distinguishable. We have previously reported that a 21-ps lifetime is associated with pheophytin reduction [Hastings, G., Durrant, J. R., Hong, Q., Barber, J., Porter, G., & Klug, D. R. (1992) Biochemistry 31, 7638-7647]. In this paper, we show that it is possible to spectrally and temporally resolve stimulated emission from PS2 reaction centers with great accuracy and that this stimulated emission is largely unaffected by those kinetic components which are faster than 21 ps. The observation of a distinct stimulated emission band allows us to distinguish charge-separated states from chlorin singlet states. In this way, we are able to show that the proportion of charge-separated states prior to the 21-ps component is between 0% and 25%. We also show that the shape of the spectrum which we obtain for the state P680+Ph- is essentially invariant between 100 ps and 9 ns, and is the same as that previously reported for P680+Ph- by other researchers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J R Durrant
- Department of Biology, Imperial College, London, U.K
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Roelofs TA, Kwa SL, van Grondelle R, Dekker JP, Holzwarth AR. Primary processes and structure of the Photosystem II reaction center: II. Low-temperature picosecond fluorescence kinetics of a D1-D2-cyt-b-559 reaction center complex isolated by short Triton exposure. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90137-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Macpherson AN, Telfer A, Barber J, Truscott T. Direct detection of singlet oxygen from isolated Photosystem II reaction centres. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90201-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Redox potentials of cytochrome b-559 in the D1/D2/cytochrome b-559 reaction centre of Photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90149-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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De Las Rivas J, Crystall B, Booth PJ, Durrant JR, Ozer S, Porter G, Klug DR, Barber J. Long-lived primary radical pair state detected by time-resolved fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy in an isolated Photosystem two core. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1992; 34:419-431. [PMID: 24408837 DOI: 10.1007/bf00029816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/1992] [Accepted: 06/08/1992] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A Photosystem two (PS II) core preparation containing the chlorophyll a binding proteins CP 47, CP 43, D1 and D2, and the non-chlorophyll binding cytochrome-b559 and 33 kDA polypeptides, has been isolated from PS II-enriched membranes of peas using the non-ionic detergent heptylthioglucopyranoside and elevated ionic strengths. The primary radical pair state, P680(+)Pheo(-), was studied by time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, under conditions where quinone reduction and water-splitting activities were inhibited. Charge recombination of the primary radical pair in PS II cores was found to have lifetimes of 17.5 ns measured by fluorescence and 21 ns measured by transient decay kinetics under anaerobic conditions. Transient absorption spectroscopy demonstrated that the activity of the particles, based on primary radical pair formation, was in excess of 70% (depending on the choice of kinetic model), while time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy indicated that the particles were 91% active. These estimates of activity were further supported by steady-state measurements which quantified the amount of photoreducible pheophytin. It is concluded that the PS II core preparation we have isolated is ideal for studying primary radical pair formation and recombination as demonstrated by the correlation of our absorption and fluorescence transient data, which is the first of its kind to be reported in the literature for isolated PS II core complexes from higher plants.
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Hastings G, Durrant JR, Barber J, Porter G, Klug DR. Observation of pheophytin reduction in photosystem two reaction centers using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1992; 31:7638-47. [PMID: 1510949 DOI: 10.1021/bi00148a027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Photosystem two reaction centers have been studied using a sensitive femtosecond transient absorption spectrometer. Measurements were performed at 295 K using different excitation wavelengths and excitation intensities which are shown to avoid multiphoton absorption by the reaction centers. Analyses of results collected over a range of time scales and probe wavelengths allowed the resolution of two exponential components in addition to those previously reported [Durrant, J. R., Hastings, G., Hong, Q., Barber, J., Porter, G., & Klug, D. R. (1992) Chem. Phys. Lett. 188, 54-60], plus the long-lived radical pair itself. A 21-ps component was observed. The process(es) responsible for this component was (were) found to produce bleaching of a pheophytin ground-state absorption band at 545 nm and the simultaneous appearance of a pheophytin anion absorption band at 460 nm resulting in a transient spectrum which was that of the radical pair P680+Ph-. This component is assigned to the production of reduced pheophytin. A lower limit of 60% of the final pheophytin reduction was found to occur at this rate. Despite subtle differences in transient spectra, the lifetime and yield of this pheophytin reduction are essentially independent of excitation wavelength within the signal to noise limitations of these experiments. A long-lived species was also observed. This species is produced by those processes which result in the 21-ps component, and it has a spectrum which is found to be independent of excitation wavelength. This spectrum is characteristic of the primary radical pair state P680+Ph-. In addition, a 200-ps component was found which is tentatively assigned to a slow energy-transfer/trapping process. This component was absent if P680 was excited directly and is therefore not integral to primary radical pair formation. Overall, it is concluded that the rate of pheophytin reduction is limited to (21 ps)-1, even when P680 is directly excited.
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- G Hastings
- Department of Biology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Holzwarth AR, Roelofs TA. Recent advances in the understanding of chlorophyll excited state dynamics in thylakoid membranes and isolated reaction centre complexes. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(92)87005-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Maciy K, Renger G, Haag E, Voigt J. Light-induced degradation of PS II reaction centres analyzed by measurements of steady-state fluorescence spectra in D1/D2/cytochrome b-559 preparations from spinach. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(92)90067-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The influence of the double reduction of QA on the fluorescence decay kinetics of Photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(92)90082-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Durrant JR, Hastings G, Hong Q, Barber J, Porter G, Klug DR. Determination of P680 singlet state lifetimes in photosystem two reaction centres. Chem Phys Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(92)85088-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Roelofs TA, Gilbert M, Shuvalov VA, Holzwarth AR. Picosecond fluorescence kinetics of the D1-D2-cyt-b-559 photosystem II reaction center complex. Energy transfer and primary charge separation processes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(05)80312-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Barbato R, Friso G, Giardi MT, Rigoni F, Giacometti GM. Breakdown of the photosystem II reaction center D1 protein under photoinhibitory conditions: identification and localization of the C-terminal degradation products. Biochemistry 1991; 30:10220-6. [PMID: 1931951 DOI: 10.1021/bi00106a021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Illumination of a suspension of thylakoids with light at high intensity causes inhibition of the photosystem II electron transport activity and loss from the membrane of the D1 protein of the photosystem II reaction center. Impairment of the electron transport activity and depletion of D1 protein from the thylakoid membrane of pea were investigated with reference to the presence or absence of oxygen in the suspension. The breakdown products of the D1 protein were identified by immunoblotting with anti-D1 polyclonal antibodies which were proven to recognize mainly the C-terminal region of the protein. The results obtained show that (i) the light-induced inactivation of the photosystem II electron transport activity under anaerobic conditions is faster than in the presence of oxygen; (ii) depletion of D1 protein is observed on a longer time scale with respect to loss of electron transport activity and is faster when photoinhibition is performed in the presence of oxygen; (iii) C-terminal fragments of D1 are only observed when photoinhibition is carried out anaerobically and are mainly localized in the stroma-exposed regions; and (iv) the fragments observed after anaerobic photoinhibition are quickly degraded on further illumination of the thylakoid suspension in the presence of oxygen.
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- R Barbato
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Italy
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Telfer A, De Las Rivas J, Barber J. β-Carotene within the isolated Photosystem II reaction centre: photooxidation and irreversible bleaching of this chromophore by oxidised P680. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(05)80125-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Booth PJ, Crystall B, Ahmad I, Barber J, Porter G, Klug DR. Observation of multiple radical pair states in photosystem 2 reaction centers. Biochemistry 1991; 30:7573-86. [PMID: 1854756 DOI: 10.1021/bi00244a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Charge recombination of the primary radical pair in D1/D2 reaction centers from photosystem 2 has been studied by time-resolved fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. The kinetics of the primary radical pair are multiexponential and exhibit at least two lifetimes of 20 and 52 ns. In addition, a third lifetime of approximately 500 ps also appears to be present. These multiexponential charge-recombination kinetics reflect either different conformational states of D1/D2 reaction centers, with the different conformers exhibiting different radical pair lifetimes, or relaxations in the free energy of the radical pair state. Whichever model is invoked, the free energies of formation of the different radical pair states exhibit a linear temperature dependence from 100 to 220 K, indicating that they are dominated by entropy with negligible enthalpy contributions. These results are in agreement with previous determinations of the thermodynamics that govern primary charge separation in both D1/D2 reaction centers [Booth, P.J., Crystall, B., Giorgi, L. B., Barber, J., Klug, D.R., & Porter, G. (1990) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1016, 141-152] and reaction centers of purple bacteria [Woodbury, N.W.T., & Parson, W.W. (1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 767, 345-361]. It is possible that these observations reflect structural changes that accompanying primary charge separation and assist in stabilization of the radical pair state thus optimizing the efficiency of primary electron transfer.
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- P J Booth
- Photochemistry Research Group, Department of Biology, Imperial College, London, U.K
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Jegerschöld C, Styring S. Fast oxygen-independent degradation of the D1 reaction center protein in photosystem II. FEBS Lett 1991; 280:87-90. [PMID: 2009971 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80210-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The D1 reaction center protein in photosystem II is rapidly degraded during illumination of chloride-depleted or Tris-washed thylakoids. The degradation is independent of oxygen and occurs under anaerobic conditions provided that electrons can flow through the acceptor-side of photosystem II. This shows that oxygen-derived reactive species are not necessarily involved in the light-dependent damage of the D1 protein. Instead the illumination of chloride-depleted or Tris-washed thylakoids induces long-lived, strongly oxidizing radicals on the donor-side of photosystem II which are suggested to be the damaging species for the D1 protein.
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- C Jegerschöld
- Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Barber J, Melis A. Quantum efficiency for the photoaccumulation of reduced pheophytin in Photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90159-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Transient absorption spectroscopy of the primary electron donor, P680, in the isolated photosystem II reaction centre. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90241-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gounaris K, Chapman DJ, Booth P, Crystall B, Giorgi LB, Klug DR, Porter G, Barber J. Comparison of the D1/D2/cytochrome b559 reaction centre complex of photosystem two isolated by two different methods. FEBS Lett 1990; 265:88-92. [PMID: 2194834 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80890-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Photosystem 2 reaction centre complexes prepared either by solubilisation with Triton X-100 and subsequent exchange into dodecyl maltoside or by a procedure involving a combination of dodecyl maltoside and LiClO4, were characterised in terms of chlorophyll a, pheophytin a, beta-carotene and cytochrome b559 content. Time-resolved chlorophyll fluorescence decay kinetics were measured using both types of complexes. Our data show that the isolated photosystem two reaction centre complex contain, for two pheophytin a molecules, close to six chlorophyll a, two beta-carotene and one cytochrome b559. No major differences were observed in the composition or the kinetic characteristics measured in the samples prepared by the different procedures. Time-resolved fluorescence measurements indicate that more than 94% of the chlorophyll a in both preparations is coupled to the reaction centre complex.
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- K Gounaris
- Biochemistry Department, Imperial College, London, UK
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Durrant J, Giorgi L, Barber J, Klug D, Porter G. Characterisation of triplet states in isolated Photosystem II reaction centres: Oxygen quenching as a mechanism for photodamage. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90148-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Spectral resolution of more than one chlorophyll electron donor in the isolated Photosystem II reaction centre complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90145-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thermodynamic properties of D1/D2/cytochrome b-559 reaction centres investigated by time-resolved fluorescence measurements. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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van de Ven M, Preston C, Seibert M, Gratton E. Chlorophyll a fluorescence lifetime distributions in open and closed photosystem II reaction center preparations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1015:173-9. [PMID: 2404517 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90017-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have measured the decay of chlorophyll a fluorescence at 4 degrees C under anaerobic conditions in stabilized photosystem II reaction center complex isolated from spinach, using multifrequency (2-400 MHz) cross-correlation phase fluorometry. Examination of our data shows that although the fluorescence decay of open reaction centers (i.e., when both the electron donor P-680 and the electron acceptor pheophytin are capable of engaging in charge separation) can be analyzed as a multiexponential decay, another representation of the data is obtained when the decay is analyzed using a continuous distribution of lifetimes. Our results on the open reaction center differ from the two lifetime components of 25 ps and 35 ns published by Mimuro et al. (Biochim. Biophys. Acta 933 (1988) 478-486) for the D1-D2-cytochrome b-559 complex, obtained for F682 at 4 degrees C by a time-resolved photon-counting spectrofluorometer. When the reaction centers are closed by pretreatment with sodium dithionite and methyl viologen followed by exposure to laser excitation, conditions known to result in accumulation of reduced pheophytin, a dramatic decrease in the contribution of the slow lifetime component(s) is observed. These results suggest that the slow distribution lifetime component(s) in the 5-20 ns range originate(s) in the back reaction of the charge separated state. On the other hand, the fast lifetime component(s) in the picosecond range may be only partially related to the charge separation, since no dramatic change is observed upon closure of the reaction center. Perhaps, this component is related, in part, to the excitation energy migration among the various chromophores in the reaction center preparations.
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