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Cherepanov DA, Neverov KV, Obukhov YN, Maleeva YV, Gostev FE, Shelaev IV, Aybush AV, Kritsky MS, Nadtochenko VA. Femtosecond Dynamics of Excited States of Chlorophyll Tetramer in Water-Soluble Chlorophyll-Binding Protein BoWSCP. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2023; 88:1580-1595. [PMID: 38105026 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297923100139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The paper reports on the absorption dynamics of chlorophyll a in a symmetric tetrameric complex of the water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein BoWSCP. It was measured by a broadband femtosecond laser pump-probe spectroscopy within the range from 400 to 750 nm and with a time resolution of 20 fs-200 ps. When BoWSCP was excited in the region of the Soret band at a wavelength of 430 nm, nonradiative intramolecular conversion S3→S1 was observed with a characteristic time of 83 ± 9 fs. When the complex was excited in the region of the Qy band at 670 nm, relaxation transition between two excitonic states of the chlorophyll dimer was observed in the range of 105 ± 10 fs. Absorption spectra of the excited singlet states S1 and S3 of chlorophyll a were obtained. The delocalization of the excited state between exciton-coupled Chl molecules in BoWSCP tetramer changed in time and depended on the excitation energy. When BoWSCP is excited in the Soret band region, an ultrafast photochemical reaction is observed. This could result from the reduction of tryptophan in the vicinity of chlorophyll.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dmitry A Cherepanov
- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
- Belozersky Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Belozersky Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Bos PR, Schiphorst C, Kercher I, Buis S, de Jong D, Vunderink I, Wientjes E. Spectral diversity of photosystem I from flowering plants. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2023; 155:35-47. [PMID: 36260271 PMCID: PMC9792416 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Photosystem I and II (PSI and PSII) work together to convert solar energy into chemical energy. Whilst a lot of research has been done to unravel variability of PSII fluorescence in response to biotic and abiotic factors, the contribution of PSI to in vivo fluorescence measurements has often been neglected or considered to be constant. Furthermore, little is known about how the absorption and emission properties of PSI from different plant species differ. In this study, we have isolated PSI from five plant species and compared their characteristics using a combination of optical and biochemical techniques. Differences have been identified in the fluorescence emission spectra and at the protein level, whereas the absorption spectra were virtually the same in all cases. In addition, the emission spectrum of PSI depends on temperature over a physiologically relevant range from 280 to 298 K. Combined, our data show a critical comparison of the absorption and emission properties of PSI from various plant species.
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- Peter R Bos
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8128, 6700 ET, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Cherepanov DA, Semenov AY, Mamedov MD, Aybush AV, Gostev FE, Shelaev IV, Shuvalov VA, Nadtochenko VA. Current state of the primary charge separation mechanism in photosystem I of cyanobacteria. Biophys Rev 2022; 14:805-820. [PMID: 36124265 PMCID: PMC9481807 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-022-00983-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This review analyzes new data on the mechanism of ultrafast reactions of primary charge separation in photosystem I (PS I) of cyanobacteria obtained in the last decade by methods of femtosecond absorption spectroscopy. Cyanobacterial PS I from many species harbours 96 chlorophyll a (Chl a) molecules, including six specialized Chls denoted Chl1A/Chl1B (dimer P700, or PAPB), Chl2A/Chl2B, and Chl3A/Chl3B arranged in two branches, which participate in electron transfer reactions. The current data indicate that the primary charge separation occurs in a symmetric exciplex, where the special pair P700 is electronically coupled to the symmetrically located monomers Chl2A and Chl2B, which can be considered together as a symmetric exciplex Chl2APAPBChl2B with the mixed excited (Chl2APAPBChl2B)* and two charge-transfer states P700 +Chl2A - and P700 +Chl2B -. The redistribution of electrons between the branches in favor of the A-branch occurs after reduction of the Chl2A and Chl2B monomers. The formation of charge-transfer states and the symmetry breaking mechanisms were clarified by measuring the electrochromic Stark shift of β-carotene and the absorption dynamics of PS I complexes with the genetically altered Chl 2B or Chl 2A monomers. The review gives a brief description of the main methods for analyzing data obtained using femtosecond absorption spectroscopy. The energy levels of excited and charge-transfer intermediates arising in the cyanobacterial PS I are critically analyzed.
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- Dmitry A. Cherepanov
- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Leninskye gory 1 building, 40 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Leninskye gory 1 building, 40 Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Kosygina Street 1, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Leninskiye Gory 1-3, Moscow, Russia
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Excitation energy transfer kinetics of trimeric, monomeric and subunit-depleted Photosystem I from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Biochem J 2021; 478:1333-1346. [PMID: 33687054 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Photosystem I is the most efficient photosynthetic enzyme with structure and composition highly conserved among all oxygenic phototrophs. Cyanobacterial Photosystem I is typically associated into trimers for reasons that are still debated. Almost universally, Photosystem I contains a number of long-wavelength-absorbing 'red' chlorophylls (Chls), that have a sizeable effect on the excitation energy transfer and trapping. Here we present spectroscopic comparison of trimeric Photosystem I from Synechocystis PCC 6803 with a monomeric complex from the ΔpsaL mutant and a 'minimal' monomeric complex ΔFIJL, containing only subunits A, B, C, D, E, K and M. The quantum yield of photochemistry at room temperature was the same in all complexes, demonstrating the functional robustness of this photosystem. The monomeric complexes had a reduced far-red absorption and emission equivalent to the loss of 1.5-2 red Chls emitting at 710-715 nm, whereas the longest-wavelength emission at 722 nm was not affected. The picosecond fluorescence kinetics at 77 K showed spectrally and kinetically distinct red Chls in all complexes and equilibration times of up to 50 ps. We found that the red Chls are not irreversible traps at 77 K but can still transfer excitations to the reaction centre, especially in the trimeric complexes. Structure-based Förster energy transfer calculations support the assignment of the lowest-energy state to the Chl pair B37/B38 and the trimer-specific red Chl emission to Chls A32/B7 located at the monomer-monomer interface. These intermediate-energy red Chls facilitate energy migration from the lowest-energy states to the reaction centre.
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