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Molecular organizations and function of iron-stress-induced-A protein family in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1862:148327. [PMID: 33069682 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Iron-stress-induced-A proteins (IsiAs) are expressed in cyanobacteria under iron-deficient conditions, and surround photosystem I (PSI) trimer with a ring formation. A cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 has four isiA genes; however, it is unknown how the IsiAs are associated with PSI. Here we report on molecular organizations and function of the IsiAs in this cyanobacterium. A deletion mutant of the isiA1 gene was constructed, and the four types of thylakoids were prepared from the wild-type (WT) and ΔisiA1 cells under iron-replete (+Fe) and iron-deficient (-Fe) conditions. Immunoblotting analysis exhibits a clear expression of the IsiA1 in the WT-Fe. The PSI-IsiA1 supercomplex is found in the WT-Fe, and excitation-energy transfer from IsiA1 to PSI is verified by time-resolved fluorescence analyses. Instead of the IsiA1, both IsiA2 and IsiA3 are bound to PSI monomer in the ΔisiA1-Fe. These findings provide insights into multiple-expression system of the IsiA family in this cyanobacterium.
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Yokono M, Takabayashi A, Kishimoto J, Fujita T, Iwai M, Murakami A, Akimoto S, Tanaka A. The PSI-PSII Megacomplex in Green Plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:1098-1108. [PMID: 30753722 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Energy dissipation is crucial for land and shallow-water plants exposed to direct sunlight. Almost all green plants dissipate excess excitation energy to protect the photosystem reaction centers, photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI), and continue to grow under strong light. In our previous work, we reported that about half of the photosystem reaction centers form a PSI-PSII megacomplex in Arabidopsis thaliana, and that the excess energy was transferred from PSII to PSI fast. However, the physiological function and structure of the megacomplex remained unclear. Here, we suggest that high-light adaptable sun-plants accumulate the PSI-PSII megacomplex more than shade-plants. In addition, PSI of sun-plants has a deep trap to receive excitation energy, which is low-energy chlorophylls showing fluorescence maxima longer than 730 nm. This deep trap may increase the high-light tolerance of PSI by improving excitation energy dissipation. Electron micrographs suggest that one PSII dimer is directly sandwiched between two PSIs with 2-fold rotational symmetry in the basic form of the PSI-PSII megacomplex in green plants. This structure should enable fast energy transfer from PSII to PSI and allow energy in PSII to be dissipated via the deep trap in PSI.
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- Makio Yokono
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- CREST, JST, Sapporo, Japan
- Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd., Innovation Center, Atsugi, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- CREST, JST, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- CREST, JST, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Kobe University Research Centre for Inland Seas, Awaji, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- CREST, JST, Sapporo, Japan
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Umetani I, Kunugi M, Yokono M, Takabayashi A, Tanaka A. Evidence of the supercomplex organization of photosystem II and light-harvesting complexes in Nannochloropsis granulata. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 136:49-61. [PMID: 28856533 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0438-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Diverse light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) have been found in photosynthetic microalgae that originated from secondary endosymbiosis involving primary red algae. However, the associations between LHCs and photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII) in these microalgae are not fully understood. Eustigmatophyta is a red algal lineage that appears to have a unique organization in its photosynthetic machinery, consisting of only chlorophyll a and carotenoids that are atypical compared with other closely related groups. In this study, the supramolecular organization of pigment-protein complexes in the eustigmatophyte alga, Nannochloropsis granulata was investigated using Clear Native (CN) PAGE coupled with two-dimensional (2D) SDS-PAGE. Our results showed two slowly migrating green bands that corresponded to PSII supercomplexes, which consisted of reaction centers and LHCs. These green bands were also characterized as PSII complexes by their low temperature fluorescence emission spectra. The protein subunits of the PSII-LHC resolved by 2D CN/SDS-PAGE were analyzed by mass spectrometry, and four different LHC proteins were identified. Phylogenetic analysis of the identified LHC protein sequences revealed that they belonged to four different Lhc groups; (1) stress-related Lhcx proteins, (2) fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding Lhcf proteins, (3) red-shifted Chromera light-harvesting proteins (Red-CLH), and (4) Lhcr proteins, which are commonly found in organisms possessing red algal plastids. This is the first report showing evidence of a pigment-protein supercomplex consisting of PSII and LHCs, and to identify PSII-associated LHC proteins in Nannochloropsis.
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- Ikumi Umetani
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
- Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health, University College of Southeast Norway, Gullbringvegen 36, 3880, Bø, Norway
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan.
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
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Kim K, Tsuji K, Kinoshita Y, Miyatake T, Tamiaki H. Synthesis of monovinyl- and divinyl-chlorophyll analogs and their physical properties. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Komatsu H, Wada K, Kanjoh T, Miyashita H, Sato M, Kawachi M, Kobayashi M. Unique chlorophylls in picoplankton Prochlorococcus sp. "Physicochemical properties of divinyl chlorophylls, and the discovery of monovinyl chlorophyll b as well as divinyl chlorophyll b in the species Prochlorococcus NIES-2086". PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 130:445-467. [PMID: 27334004 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0283-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this review, we introduce our recent studies on divinyl chlorophylls functioning in unique marine picoplankton Prochlorococcus sp. (1) Essential physicochemical properties of divinyl chlorophylls are compared with those of monovinyl chlorophylls; separation by normal-phase and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with isocratic eluent mode, absorption spectra in four organic solvents, fluorescence information (emission spectra, quantum yields, and life time), circular dichroism spectra, mass spectra, nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, and redox potentials. The presence of a mass difference of 278 in the mass spectra between [M+H]+ and the ions indicates the presence of a phytyl tail in all the chlorophylls. (2) Precise high-performance liquid chromatography analyses show divinyl chlorophyll a' and divinyl pheophytin a as the minor key components in four kinds of Prochlorococcus sp.; neither monovinyl chlorophyll a' nor monovinyl pheophytin a is detected, suggesting that the special pair in photosystem I and the primary electron acceptor in photosystem II are not monovinyl but divinyl-type chlorophylls. (3) Only Prochlorococcus sp. NIES-2086 possesses both monovinyl chlorophyll b and divinyl chlorophyll b, while any other monovinyl-type chlorophylls are absent in this strain. Monovinyl chlorophyll b is not detected at all in the other three strains. Prochlorococcus sp. NIES-2086 is the first example that has both monovinyl chlorophyll b as well as divinyl chlorophylls a/b as major chlorophylls.
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- Hirohisa Komatsu
- Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environment Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan.
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Rodríguez F, Garrido JL, Sobrino C, Johnsen G, Riobó P, Franco J, Aamot I, Ramilo I, Sanz N, Kremp A. Divinyl chlorophyll a in the marine eukaryotic protist Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae). Environ Microbiol 2015; 18:627-43. [PMID: 26337730 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Here it is reported the first detection of DV-chl a together with the usual chl a in the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii from the Baltic Sea. Growth response and photosynthetic parameters were examined at two irradiances (80 and 240 μmol photons m(-2) s(-1)) and temperatures (15 °C and 19 °C) in a divinylic strain (AOTV-OS20) versus a monovinylic one (AOTV-OS16), using in vivo chl a fluorescence kinetics of PSII to characterize photosynthetic parameters by pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence, (14)C assimilation rates and toxin analyses. The divinylic isolate exhibited slower growth and stronger sensitivity to high irradiance than normal chl a strain. DV-chl a : chl a ratios decreased along time (from 11.3 to < 0.5 after 10 months) and to restore them sub-cloning and selection of strains with highest DV-chl a content was required. A mutation and/or epigenetic changes in the expression of divinyl reductase gene/s in A. ostenfeldii may explain this altered pigment composition. Despite quite severe limitations (reduced fitness and gradual loss of DV-chl a content), the DV-chl a-containing line in A. ostenfeldii could provide a model organism in photosynthetic studies related with chl biosynthesis and evolution.
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- Francisco Rodríguez
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, Spain
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- Trondhjem Biological Station, Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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- Trondhjem Biological Station, Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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- Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Tomo T, Shinoda T, Chen M, Allakhverdiev SI, Akimoto S. Energy transfer processes in chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy on intact cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1484-9. [PMID: 24792349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We examined energy transfer dynamics in the unique chlorophyll (Chl) f-containing cyanobacterium Halomicronema hongdechloris. The absorption band of Chl f appeared during cultivation of this organism under far-red light. The absorption maximum of Chl f in organic solvents occurs at a wavelength of approximately 40 nm longer than that of Chl a. In vivo, the cells display a new absorption band at approximately 730 nm at 298 K, which is at a significantly longer wavelength than that of Chl a. We primarily assigned this band to a long wavelength form of Chl a. The function of Chl f is currently unknown. We measured the fluorescence of cells using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy in the picosecond-to-nanosecond time range and found clear differences in fluorescence properties between the cells that contained Chl f and the cells that did not. After excitation, the fluorescence peaks of photosystem I and photosystem II appeared quickly but diminished immediately. A unique fluorescence peak located at 748 nm subsequently appeared in cells containing Chl f. This finding strongly suggests that the Chl f in this alga exists in photosystem I and II complexes and is located close to each molecule of Chl a. This article is part of a special issue entitled: photosynthesis research for sustainability: keys to produce clean energy.
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- Tatsuya Tomo
- Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
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- Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow 127276, Russia; Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Synthesis of 32-nitro-chlorophyll-a derivatives and their electronic absorption/emission data. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Islam MR, Watanabe K, Kashino Y, Satoh K, Koike H. Spectral properties of a divinyl chlorophyll a harboring mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 117:245-255. [PMID: 23812785 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9877-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A divinyl chlorophyll (DV-Chl) a harboring mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, in which chlorophyll species is replaced from monovinyl(normal)-Chl a to DV-Chl a, was characterized. The efficiency of light utilization for photosynthesis was decreased in the mutant. Absorption spectra at 77 K and their fourth derivative analyses revealed that peaks of each chlorophyll forms were blue-shifted by 1-2 nm, suggesting lowered stability of chlorophylls at their binding sites. This was also true both in PSI and PSII complexes. On the other hand, fluorescence emission spectra measured at 77 K were not different between wild type and the mutant. This indicates that the mode of interaction between chlorophyll and its binding pockets responsible for emitting fluorescence at 77 K is not altered in the mutant. P700 difference spectra of thylakoid membranes and PSI complexes showed that the spectrum in Soret region was red-shifted by 7 nm in the mutant. This is a characteristic feature of DV-Chl a. Microenvironments of iron-sulfur center of a terminal electron acceptor of PSI complex, P430, were practically the same as that of wild type.
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- Md Rafiqul Islam
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Ako, Hyogo, 678-1297, Japan
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Alterations in photosynthetic pigments and amino acid composition of D1 protein change energy distribution in photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:754-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Revised: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tsuchiya T, Akimoto S, Mizoguchi T, Watabe K, Kindo H, Tomo T, Tamiaki H, Mimuro M. Artificially produced [7-formyl]-chlorophyll d functions as an antenna pigment in the photosystem II isolated from the chlorophyllide a oxygenase-expressing Acaryochloris marina. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1285-91. [PMID: 22402227 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Acaryochloris marina, a chlorophyll (Chl) d-dominated cyanobacterium, is a model organism for studying photosynthesis driven by far-red light using Chl d. Furthermore, studies on A. marina may provide insights into understanding how the oxygenic photosynthetic organisms adapt after the acquisition of new Chl. To solve the reaction mechanism of its unique photosynthesis, photosystem (PS) II complexes were isolated from A. marina and analyzed. However, the lack of a molecular genetic method for A. marina prevented us from conducting further studies. We recently developed a transformation system for A. marina and we introduced a chlorophyllide a oxygenase gene into A. marina. The resultant transformant accumulated [7-formyl]-Chl d, which has never been found in nature. In the current study, we isolated PS II complexes that contained [7-formyl]-Chl d. The pigment composition of the [7-formyl]-Chl d-containing PS II complexes was 1.96±0.04 Chl a, 53.21±1.00 Chl d, and 5.48±0.33 [7-formyl]-Chl d per two pheophytin a molecules. In contrast, the composition of the control PS II complexes was 2.01±0.06 Chl a and 62.96±2.49 Chl d. The steady-state fluorescence and excitation spectra of the PS II complexes revealed that energy transfer occurred from [7-formyl]-Chl d to the major Chl d species; however, the electron transfer was not affected by the presence of [7-formyl]-Chl d. These findings demonstrate that artificially produced [7-formyl]-Chl d molecules that are incorporated into PS II replace part of the Chl d molecules and function as the antenna. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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- Tohru Tsuchiya
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Luminescence of singlet oxygen in photosystem II complexes isolated from cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 containing monovinyl or divinyl chlorophyll a. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1299-305. [PMID: 22387397 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Revised: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The luminescence spectrum of singlet oxygen produced upon excitation at 674nm in the photochemically active photosystem II (PS II) complexes isolated from cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 containing different types of chlorophyll, i.e., monovinyl (wild-type) or divinyl (genetically modified) chlorophyll a. The yield of singlet oxygen, estimated using methylene blue as the standard, from the divinyl-chlorophyll PS II complex was more than five times greater than that from the monovinyl-chlorophyll PS II complex. These results are consistent with the observed difference in the sensitivity towards high intensity of light between the two cyanobacterial strains. The yield of singlet oxygen appeared to increase with the level of triplet chlorophyll, in the divinyl-chlorophyll PS II complex. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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Evolution of a divinyl chlorophyll-based photosystem in Prochlorococcus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:18014-9. [PMID: 22006316 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107590108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Acquisition of new photosynthetic pigments has been a crucial process for the evolution of photosynthesis and photosynthetic organisms. In this process, pigment-binding proteins must evolve to fit new pigments. Prochlorococcus is a unique photosynthetic organism that uses divinyl chlorophyll (DVChl) instead of monovinyl chlorophyll. However, cyanobacterial mutants that accumulate DVChl immediately die even under medium-light conditions, suggesting that chlorophyll (Chl)-binding proteins had to evolve to fit to DVChl concurrently with Prochlorococcus evolution. To elucidate the coevolutionary process of Chl and Chl-binding proteins during the establishment of DVChl-based photosystems, we first compared the amino acid sequences of Chl-binding proteins in Prochlorococcus with those in other photosynthetic organisms. Two amino acid residues of the D1 protein, V205 and G282, are conserved in monovinyl chlorophyll-based photosystems; however, in Prochlorococcus, they are substituted with M205 and C282, respectively. According to the solved photosystem II structure, these amino acids are not involved in Chl binding. To mimic Prochlorococcus, V205 was mutated to M205 in the D1 protein from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 and Synechocystis dvr mutant was transformed with this construct. Although these transgenic cells could not grow under high-light conditions, they acquired light tolerance and grew under medium-light conditions, whereas untransformed dvr mutants could not survive. Substitution of G282 for C282 contributed additional light tolerance, suggesting that the amino acid substitutions in the D1 protein played an essential role in the development of DVChl-based photosystems. Here, we discuss the coevolution of a photosynthetic pigment and its binding protein.
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Multiple types of 8-vinyl reductases for (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis occur in many green sulfur bacteria. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:4996-8. [PMID: 21764919 DOI: 10.1128/jb.05520-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two 8-vinyl reductases, BciA and BciB, have been identified in chlorophototrophs. The bciA gene of Chlorobaculum tepidum was replaced with genes similar to bciB from other green sulfur bacteria. Pigment analyses of the complemented strains showed that the bciB homologs encode 8-vinyl reductases similar to those of cyanobacteria.
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Yokono M, Murakami A, Akimoto S. Excitation energy transfer between photosystem II and photosystem I in red algae: Larger amounts of phycobilisome enhance spillover. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:847-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Molecular environments of divinyl chlorophylls in Prochlorococcus and Synechocystis: Differences in fluorescence properties with chlorophyll replacement. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:471-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Redox potentials of primary electron acceptor quinone molecule (QA)- and conserved energetics of photosystem II in cyanobacteria with chlorophyll a and chlorophyll d. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:8054-8. [PMID: 21521792 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100173108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In a previous study, we measured the redox potential of the primary electron acceptor pheophytin (Phe) a of photosystem (PS) II in the chlorophyll d-dominated cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina and a chlorophyll a-containing cyanobacterium, Synechocystis. We obtained the midpoint redox potential (E(m)) values of -478 mV for A. marina and -536 mV for Synechocystis. In this study, we measured the redox potentials of the primary electron acceptor quinone molecule (Q(A)), i.e., E(m)(Q(A)/Q(A)(-)), of PS II and the energy difference between [P680·Phe a(-)·Q(A)] and [P680·Phe a·Q(A)(-)], i.e., ΔG(PhQ). The E(m)(Q(A)/Q(A)(-)) of A. marina was determined to be +64 mV without the Mn cluster and was estimated to be -66 to -86 mV with a Mn-depletion shift (130-150 mV), as observed with other organisms. The E(m)(Phe a/Phe a(-)) in Synechocystis was measured to be -525 mV with the Mn cluster, which is consistent with our previous report. The Mn-depleted downshift of the potential was measured to be approximately -77 mV in Synechocystis, and this value was applied to A. marina (-478 mV); the E(m)(Phe a/Phe a(-)) was estimated to be approximately -401 mV. These values gave rise to a ΔG(PhQ) of -325 mV for A. marina and -383 mV for Synechocystis. In the two cyanobacteria, the energetics in PS II were conserved, even though the potentials of Q(A)(-) and Phe a(-) were relatively shifted depending on the special pair, indicating a common strategy for electron transfer in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms.
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Nixon PJ, Michoux F, Yu J, Boehm M, Komenda J. Recent advances in understanding the assembly and repair of photosystem II. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2010; 106:1-16. [PMID: 20338950 PMCID: PMC2889791 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 382] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photosystem II (PSII) is the light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase of oxygenic photosynthesis and is found in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. Considerable attention is focused on how PSII is assembled in vivo and how it is repaired following irreversible damage by visible light (so-called photoinhibition). Understanding these processes might lead to the development of plants with improved growth characteristics especially under conditions of abiotic stress. SCOPE Here we summarize recent results on the assembly and repair of PSII in cyanobacteria, which are excellent model organisms to study higher plant photosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS Assembly of PSII is highly co-ordinated and proceeds through a number of distinct assembly intermediates. Associated with these assembly complexes are proteins that are not found in the final functional PSII complex. Structural information and possible functions are beginning to emerge for several of these 'assembly' factors, notably Ycf48/Hcf136, Psb27 and Psb28. A number of other auxiliary proteins have been identified that appear to have evolved since the divergence of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. The repair of PSII involves partial disassembly of the damaged complex, the selective replacement of the damaged sub-unit (predominantly the D1 sub-unit) by a newly synthesized copy, and reassembly. It is likely that chlorophyll released during the repair process is temporarily stored by small CAB-like proteins (SCPs). A model is proposed in which damaged D1 is removed in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by a hetero-oligomeric complex composed of two different types of FtsH sub-unit (FtsH2 and FtsH3), with degradation proceeding from the N-terminus of D1 in a highly processive reaction. It is postulated that a similar mechanism of D1 degradation also operates in chloroplasts. Deg proteases are not required for D1 degradation in Synechocystis 6803 but members of this protease family might play a supplementary role in D1 degradation in chloroplasts under extreme conditions.
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- Peter J Nixon
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Allakhverdiev SI, Tomo T, Shimada Y, Kindo H, Nagao R, Klimov VV, Mimuro M. Redox potential of pheophytin a in photosystem II of two cyanobacteria having the different special pair chlorophylls. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:3924-9. [PMID: 20142495 PMCID: PMC2840487 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913460107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Water oxidation by photosystem (PS) II in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms is a major source of energy on the earth, leading to the production of a stable reductant. Mechanisms generating a high oxidation potential for water oxidation have been a major focus of photosynthesis research. This potential has not been estimated directly but has been measured by the redox potential of the primary electron acceptor, pheophytin (Phe) a. However, the reported values for Phe a are still controversial. Here, we measured the redox potential of Phe a under physiological conditions (pH 7.0; 25 degrees C) in two cyanobacteria with different special pair chlorophylls (Chls): Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, whose special pair for PS II consists of Chl a, and Acaryochloris marina MBIC 11017, whose special pair for PS II consists of Chl d. We obtained redox potentials of -536 +/- 8 mV for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and -478 +/- 24 mV for A. marina on PS II complexes in the presence of 1.0 M betaine. The difference in the redox potential of Phe a between the two species closely corresponded with the difference in the light energy absorbed by Chl a versus Chl d. We estimated the potentials of the special pair of PS II to be 1.20 V and 1.18 V for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (P680) and A. marina (P713), respectively. This clearly indicates conservation in the properties of water-oxidation systems in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, irrespective of the special-pair chlorophylls.
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- Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Sciences, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan; and
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Sciences, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan; and
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- Department of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Art and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Nagao R, Tomo T, Noguchi E, Nakajima S, Suzuki T, Okumura A, Kashino Y, Mimuro M, Ikeuchi M, Enami I. Purification and characterization of a stable oxygen-evolving Photosystem II complex from a marine centric diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:160-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 09/12/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Direct measurement of singlet oxygen produced by four chlorin-ringed chlorophyll species in acetone solution. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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