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Graça AT, Lihavainen J, Hussein R, Schröder WP. Obscurity of chlorophyll tails - Is chlorophyll with farnesyl tail incorporated into PSII complexes? PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14428. [PMID: 38981693 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
Abstract
Chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, converting sunlight into chemical energy in plants, algae, and certain bacteria. Its structure, featuring a porphyrin ring enclosing a central magnesium ion, varies in forms like chlorophyll a, b, c, d, and f, allowing light absorption at a broader spectrum. With a 20-carbon phytyl tail (except for chlorophyll c), chlorophyll is anchored to proteins. Previous findings suggested the presence of chlorophyll with a modified farnesyl tail in thermophilic cyanobacteria Thermosynechoccocus vestitus. In our Arabidopsis thaliana PSII cryo-EM map, specific chlorophylls showed incomplete phytyl tails, suggesting potential farnesyl modifications. However, further high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis in A. thaliana and T. vestitus did not confirm the presence of any farnesyl tails. Instead, we propose the truncated tails in PSII models may result from binding pocket flexibility rather than actual modifications.
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- André T Graça
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Müh F, Bothe A, Zouni A. Towards understanding the crystallization of photosystem II: influence of poly(ethylene glycol) of various molecular sizes on the micelle formation of alkyl maltosides. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2024:10.1007/s11120-024-01079-5. [PMID: 38488943 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-024-01079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
The influence of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymers H-(O-CH2-CH2)p-OH with different average molecular sizes p on the micelle formation of n-alkyl-β-D-maltoside detergents with the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain ranging from 10 to 12 is investigated with the aim to learn more about the detergent behavior under conditions suitable for the crystallization of the photosynthetic pigment-protein complex photosystem II. PEG is shown to increase the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of all three detergents in the crystallization buffer in a way that the free energy of micelle formation increases linearly with the concentration of oxyethylene units (O-CH2-CH2) irrespective of the actual molecular weight of the polymer. The CMC shift is modeled by assuming for simplicity that it is dominated by the interaction between PEG and detergent monomers and is interpreted in terms of an increase of the transfer free energy of a methylene group of the alkyl chain by 0.2 kJ mol-1 per 1 mol L-1 increase of the concentration of oxyethylene units at 298 K. Implications of this effect for the solubilization and crystallization of protein-detergent complexes as well as detergent extraction from crystals are discussed.
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- Frank Müh
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria.
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- Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH Zürich, HPK, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Leonor-Michaelis-Haus, Philippstrasse 13, 10095, Berlin, Germany
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Bindra JK, Niklas J, Jeong Y, Jasper AW, Kretzschmar M, Kern J, Utschig LM, Poluektov OG. Coherences of Photoinduced Electron Spin Qubit Pair States in Photosystem I. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:10108-10117. [PMID: 37980604 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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This publication presents the first comprehensive experimental study of electron spin coherences in photosynthetic reaction center proteins, specifically focusing on photosystem I (PSI). The ultrafast electron transfer in PSI generates spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRPs), which are entangled spin pairs formed in well-defined spin states (Bell states). Since their discovery in our group in the 1980s, SCRPs have been extensively used to enhance our understanding of structure-function relationships in photosynthetic proteins. More recently, SCRPs have been utilized as tools for quantum sensing. Electron spin decoherence poses a significant challenge in realizing practical applications of electron spin qubits, particularly the creation of quantum entanglement between multiple electron spins. This work is focused on the systematic characterization of decoherence in SCRPs of PSI. These decoherence times were measured as electron spin echo decay times, termed phase memory times (TM), at various temperatures. Decoherence was recorded on both transient SCRP states P700+A1- and thermalized states. Our study reveals that TM exhibits minimal dependence on the biological species, biochemical treatment, and paramagnetic species. The analysis indicates that nuclear spin diffusion and instantaneous diffusion mechanisms alone cannot explain the observed decoherence. As a plausible explanation we discuss the assumption that the low-temperature dynamics of methyl groups in the protein surrounding the unpaired electron spin centers is the main factor governing the loss of the spin coherence in PSI.
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- Jasleen K Bindra
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Bhowmick A, Simon PS, Bogacz I, Hussein R, Zhang M, Makita H, Ibrahim M, Chatterjee R, Doyle MD, Cheah MH, Chernev P, Fuller FD, Fransson T, Alonso-Mori R, Brewster AS, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Dobbek H, Zouni A, Messinger J, Kern J, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Going around the Kok cycle of the water oxidation reaction with femtosecond X-ray crystallography. IUCRJ 2023; 10:642-655. [PMID: 37870936 PMCID: PMC10619448 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252523008928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
The water oxidation reaction in photosystem II (PS II) produces most of the molecular oxygen in the atmosphere, which sustains life on Earth, and in this process releases four electrons and four protons that drive the downstream process of CO2 fixation in the photosynthetic apparatus. The catalytic center of PS II is an oxygen-bridged Mn4Ca complex (Mn4CaO5) which is progressively oxidized upon the absorption of light by the chlorophyll of the PS II reaction center, and the accumulation of four oxidative equivalents in the catalytic center results in the oxidation of two waters to dioxygen in the last step. The recent emergence of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) with intense femtosecond X-ray pulses has opened up opportunities to visualize this reaction in PS II as it proceeds through the catalytic cycle. In this review, we summarize our recent studies of the catalytic reaction in PS II by following the structural changes along the reaction pathway via room-temperature X-ray crystallography using XFELs. The evolution of the electron density changes at the Mn complex reveals notable structural changes, including the insertion of OX from a new water molecule, which disappears on completion of the reaction, implicating it in the O-O bond formation reaction. We were also able to follow the structural dynamics of the protein coordinating with the catalytic complex and of channels within the protein that are important for substrate and product transport, revealing well orchestrated conformational changes in response to the electronic changes at the Mn4Ca cluster.
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- Asmit Bhowmick
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry- Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE 75120, Sweden
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry- Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE 75120, Sweden
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry- Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala SE 75120, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå SE 90187, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Hussein R, Ibrahim M, Bhowmick A, Simon PS, Bogacz I, Doyle MD, Dobbek H, Zouni A, Messinger J, Yachandra VK, Kern JF, Yano J. Evolutionary diversity of proton and water channels on the oxidizing side of photosystem II and their relevance to function. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2023; 158:91-107. [PMID: 37266800 PMCID: PMC10684718 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01018-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
One of the reasons for the high efficiency and selectivity of biological catalysts arise from their ability to control the pathways of substrates and products using protein channels, and by modulating the transport in the channels using the interaction with the protein residues and the water/hydrogen-bonding network. This process is clearly demonstrated in Photosystem II (PS II), where its light-driven water oxidation reaction catalyzed by the Mn4CaO5 cluster occurs deep inside the protein complex and thus requires the transport of two water molecules to and four protons from the metal center to the bulk water. Based on the recent advances in structural studies of PS II from X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, in this review we compare the channels that have been proposed to facilitate this mass transport in cyanobacteria, red and green algae, diatoms, and higher plants. The three major channels (O1, O4, and Cl1 channels) are present in all species investigated; however, some differences exist in the reported structures that arise from the different composition and arrangement of membrane extrinsic subunits between the species. Among the three channels, the Cl1 channel, including the proton gate, is the most conserved among all photosynthetic species. We also found at least one branch for the O1 channel in all organisms, extending all the way from Ca/O1 via the 'water wheel' to the lumen. However, the extending path after the water wheel varies between most species. The O4 channel is, like the Cl1 channel, highly conserved among all species while having different orientations at the end of the path near the bulk. The comparison suggests that the previously proposed functionality of the channels in T. vestitus (Ibrahim et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:12624-12635, 2020; Hussein et al., Nat Commun 12:6531, 2021) is conserved through the species, i.e. the O1-like channel is used for substrate water intake, and the tighter Cl1 and O4 channels for proton release. The comparison does not eliminate the potential role of O4 channel as a water intake channel. However, the highly ordered hydrogen-bonded water wire connected to the Mn4CaO5 cluster via the O4 may strongly suggest that it functions in proton release, especially during the S0 → S1 transition (Saito et al., Nat Commun 6:8488, 2015; Kern et al., Nature 563:421-425, 2018; Ibrahim et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:12624-12635, 2020; Sakashita et al., Phys Chem Chem Phys 22:15831-15841, 2020; Hussein et al., Nat Commun 12:6531, 2021).
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- Rana Hussein
- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, 10099, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Uppsala University, SE 75120, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Makita H, Zhang M, Yano J, Kern J. Room temperature crystallography and X-ray spectroscopy of metalloenzymes. Methods Enzymol 2023; 688:307-348. [PMID: 37748830 PMCID: PMC10799221 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
Abstract
The ultrashort (10s of femtoseconds) X-ray pulses generated by X-ray free electron lasers enable the measurement of X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic data from radiation-sensitive metalloenzymes at room temperature while mostly avoiding the effects of radiation damage usually encountered when performing such experiments at synchrotron sources. Here we discuss an approach to measure both X-ray emission and X-ray crystallographic data at the same time from the same sample volume. The droplet-on-tape setup described allows for efficient sample use and the integration of different reaction triggering options in order to conduct time-resolved studies with limited sample amounts. The approach is illustrated by two examples, photosystem II that catalyzes the light-driven oxidation of water to oxygen, and isopenicillin N synthase, an enzyme that catalyzes the double ring cyclization of a tripeptide precursor into the β-lactam isopenicillin and can be activated by oxygen exposure. We describe the necessary steps to obtain microcrystals of both proteins as well as the operation procedure for the drop-on-tape setup and details of the data acquisition and processing involved in this experiment. At the end, we present how the combination of time-resolved X-ray emission spectra and diffraction data can be used to improve the knowledge about the enzyme reaction mechanism.
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- Hiroki Makita
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States.
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Doyle M, Bhowmick A, Wych DC, Lassalle L, Simon PS, Holton J, Sauter NK, Yachandra VK, Kern JF, Yano J, Wall ME. Water Networks in Photosystem II Using Crystalline Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Room-Temperature XFEL Serial Crystallography. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:14621-14635. [PMID: 37369071 PMCID: PMC10347547 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
Abstract
Structural dynamics of water and its hydrogen-bonding networks play an important role in enzyme function via the transport of protons, ions, and substrates. To gain insights into these mechanisms in the water oxidation reaction in Photosystem II (PS II), we have performed crystalline molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the dark-stable S1 state. Our MD model consists of a full unit cell with 8 PS II monomers in explicit solvent (861 894 atoms), enabling us to compute the simulated crystalline electron density and to compare it directly with the experimental density from serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography under physiological temperature collected at X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs). The MD density reproduced the experimental density and water positions with high fidelity. The detailed dynamics in the simulations provided insights into the mobility of water molecules in the channels beyond what can be interpreted from experimental B-factors and electron densities alone. In particular, the simulations revealed fast, coordinated exchange of waters at sites where the density is strong, and water transport across the bottleneck region of the channels where the density is weak. By computing MD hydrogen and oxygen maps separately, we developed a novel Map-based Acceptor-Donor Identification (MADI) technique that yields information which helps to infer hydrogen-bond directionality and strength. The MADI analysis revealed a series of hydrogen-bond wires emanating from the Mn cluster through the Cl1 and O4 channels; such wires might provide pathways for proton transfer during the reaction cycle of PS II. Our simulations provide an atomistic picture of the dynamics of water and hydrogen-bonding networks in PS II, with implications for the specific role of each channel in the water oxidation reaction.
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- Margaret
D. Doyle
- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Computer,
Computational and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Center
for Non-linear Studies, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University
of California, San Francisco, San
Francisco, California 94158, United States
- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Computer,
Computational and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Bhowmick A, Hussein R, Bogacz I, Simon PS, Ibrahim M, Chatterjee R, Doyle MD, Cheah MH, Fransson T, Chernev P, Kim IS, Makita H, Dasgupta M, Kaminsky CJ, Zhang M, Gätcke J, Haupt S, Nangca II, Keable SM, Aydin AO, Tono K, Owada S, Gee LB, Fuller FD, Batyuk A, Alonso-Mori R, Holton JM, Paley DW, Moriarty NW, Mamedov F, Adams PD, Brewster AS, Dobbek H, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Zouni A, Messinger J, Kern J, Yano J, Yachandra VK. Structural evidence for intermediates during O 2 formation in photosystem II. Nature 2023; 617:629-636. [PMID: 37138085 PMCID: PMC10191843 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06038-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
In natural photosynthesis, the light-driven splitting of water into electrons, protons and molecular oxygen forms the first step of the solar-to-chemical energy conversion process. The reaction takes place in photosystem II, where the Mn4CaO5 cluster first stores four oxidizing equivalents, the S0 to S4 intermediate states in the Kok cycle, sequentially generated by photochemical charge separations in the reaction center and then catalyzes the O-O bond formation chemistry1-3. Here, we report room temperature snapshots by serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography to provide structural insights into the final reaction step of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation cycle, the S3→[S4]→S0 transition where O2 is formed and Kok's water oxidation clock is reset. Our data reveal a complex sequence of events, which occur over micro- to milliseconds, comprising changes at the Mn4CaO5 cluster, its ligands and water pathways as well as controlled proton release through the hydrogen-bonding network of the Cl1 channel. Importantly, the extra O atom Ox, which was introduced as a bridging ligand between Ca and Mn1 during the S2→S3 transition4-6, disappears or relocates in parallel with Yz reduction starting at approximately 700 μs after the third flash. The onset of O2 evolution, as indicated by the shortening of the Mn1-Mn4 distance, occurs at around 1,200 μs, signifying the presence of a reduced intermediate, possibly a bound peroxide.
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- Asmit Bhowmick
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Amin M. Predicting the oxidation states of Mn ions in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II using supervised and unsupervised machine learning. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2023; 156:89-100. [PMID: 35896927 PMCID: PMC10070209 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00941-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Serial Femtosecond Crystallography at the X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) sources enabled the imaging of the catalytic intermediates of the oxygen evolution reaction of Photosystem II (PSII). However, due to the incoherent transition of the S-states, the resolved structures are a convolution from different catalytic states. Here, we train Decision Tree Classifier and K-means clustering models on Mn compounds obtained from the Cambridge Crystallographic Database to predict the S-state of the X-ray, XFEL, and CryoEM structures by predicting the Mn's oxidation states in the oxygen-evolving complex. The model agrees mostly with the XFEL structures in the dark S1 state. However, significant discrepancies are observed for the excited XFEL states (S2, S3, and S0) and the dark states of the X-ray and CryoEM structures. Furthermore, there is a mismatch between the predicted S-states within the two monomers of the same dimer, mainly in the excited states. We validated our model against other metalloenzymes, the valence bond model and the Mn spin densities calculated using density functional theory for two of the mismatched predictions of PSII. The model suggests designing a more optimized sample delivery and illumiation systems are crucial to precisely resolve the geometry of the advanced S-states to overcome the noncoherent S-state transition. In addition, significant radiation damage is observed in X-ray and CryoEM structures, particularly at the dangler Mn center (Mn4). Our model represents a valuable tool for investigating the electronic structure of the catalytic metal cluster of PSII to understand the water splitting mechanism.
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- Muhamed Amin
- Department of Sciences, University College Groningen, University of Groningen, Hoendiepskade 23/24, 9718 BG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
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Bothe A, Zouni A, Müh F. Refined definition of the critical micelle concentration and application to alkyl maltosides used in membrane protein research. RSC Adv 2023; 13:9387-9401. [PMID: 36968053 PMCID: PMC10031436 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07440k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023] Open
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The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of nonionic detergents is defined as the breaking point in the monomer concentration as a function of the total detergent concentration, identified by setting the third derivate of this function to zero. Combined with a mass action model for micelle formation, this definition yields analytic formulae for the concentration ratio of monomers to total detergent at the CMC and the relationship between the CMC and the free energy of micellization g mic. The theoretical breaking point is shown to coincide with the breaking point of the experimental titration curve, if the fluorescence enhancement of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid (ANS) or a similar probe dye is used to monitor micelle formation. Application to a series of n-alkyl-β-d-maltosides with the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain ranging from 8 to 12 demonstrates the good performance of a molecular thermodynamic model, in which the free energy of micellization is given by g mic = σΦ + g pack + g st. In this model, σ is a fit parameter with the dimension of surface tension, Φ represents the change in area of hydrophobic molecular surfaces in contact with the aqueous phase, and g pack and g st are contributions, respectively, from alkyl chain packing in the micelle interior and steric repulsion of detergent head groups. The analysis of experimental data from different sources shows that varying experimental conditions such as co-solutes in the aqueous phase can be accounted for by adapting only σ, if the co-solutes do not bind to the detergent to an appreciable extent. The model is considered a good compromise between theory and practicability to be applied in the context of in vitro investigations of membrane proteins.
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- Adrian Bothe
- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Leonor-Michaelis-Haus, Philippstrasse 13 D-10095 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Leonor-Michaelis-Haus, Philippstrasse 13 D-10095 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Altenberger Strasse 69 A-4040 Linz Austria
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Sirohiwal A, Pantazis DA. Functional Water Networks in Fully Hydrated Photosystem II. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22035-22050. [PMID: 36413491 PMCID: PMC9732884 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Water channels and networks within photosystem II (PSII) of oxygenic photosynthesis are critical for enzyme structure and function. They control substrate delivery to the oxygen-evolving center and mediate proton transfer at both the oxidative and reductive endpoints. Current views on PSII hydration are derived from protein crystallography, but structural information may be compromised by sample dehydration and technical limitations. Here, we simulate the physiological hydration structure of a cyanobacterial PSII model following a thorough hydration procedure and large-scale unconstrained all-atom molecular dynamics enabled by massively parallel simulations. We show that crystallographic models of PSII are moderately to severely dehydrated and that this problem is particularly acute for models derived from X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) serial femtosecond crystallography. We present a fully hydrated representation of cyanobacterial PSII and map all water channels, both static and dynamic, associated with the electron donor and acceptor sides. Among them, we describe a series of transient channels and the attendant conformational gating role of protein components. On the acceptor side, we characterize a channel system that is absent from existing crystallographic models but is likely functionally important for the reduction of the terminal electron acceptor plastoquinone QB. The results of the present work build a foundation for properly (re)evaluating crystallographic models and for eliciting new insights into PSII structure and function.
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Bondar AN. Interplay between local protein interactions and water bridging of a proton antenna carboxylate cluster. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:184052. [PMID: 36116514 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.184052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Proteins that bind protons at cell membrane interfaces often expose to the bulk clusters of carboxylate and histidine sidechains that capture protons transiently and, in proton transporters, deliver protons to an internal site. The protonation-coupled dynamics of bulk-exposed carboxylate clusters, also known as proton antennas, is poorly described. An essential open question is how water-mediated bridges between sidechains of the cluster respond to protonation change and facilitate transient proton storage. To address this question, here I studied the protonation-coupled dynamics at the proton-binding antenna of PsbO, a small extrinsinc subunit of the photosystem II complex, with atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and systematic graph-based analyses of dynamic protein and protein-water hydrogen-bond networks. The protonation of specific carboxylate groups is found to impact the dynamics of their local protein-water hydrogen-bond clusters. Regardless of the protonation state considered for PsbO, carboxylate pairs that can sample direct hydrogen bonding, or bridge via short hydrogen-bonded water chains, anchor to nearby basic or polar protein sidechains. As a result, carboxylic sidechains of the hypothesized antenna cluster are part of dynamic hydrogen bond networks that may rearrange rapidly when the protonation changes.
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- Ana-Nicoleta Bondar
- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Str. Atomiştilor 405, Bucharest-Măgurele 077125, Romania; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine and Institute for Advanced Simulations (IAS-5/INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, 52425 Jülich, Germany; Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Group, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Giardi MT, Antonacci A, Touloupakis E, Mattoo AK. Investigation of Photosystem II Functional Size in Higher Plants under Physiological and Stress Conditions Using Radiation Target Analysis and Sucrose Gradient Ultracentrifugation. Molecules 2022; 27:5708. [PMID: 36080475 PMCID: PMC9457868 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The photosystem II (PSII) reaction centre is the critical supramolecular pigment-protein complex in the chloroplast which catalyses the light-induced transfer of electrons from water to plastoquinone. Structural studies have demonstrated the existence of an oligomeric PSII. We carried out radiation inactivation target analysis (RTA), together with sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation (SGU) of PSII, to study the functional size of PSII in diverse plant species under physiological and stress conditions. Two PSII populations, made of dimeric and monomeric core particles, were revealed in Pisum sativum, Spinacea oleracea, Phaseulus vulgaris, Medicago sativa, Zea mais and Triticum durum. However, this core pattern was not ubiquitous in the higher plants since we found one monomeric core population in Vicia faba and a dimeric core in the Triticum durum yellow-green strain, respectively. The PSII functional sizes measured in the plant seedlings in vivo, as a decay of the maximum quantum yield of PSII for primary photochemistry, were in the range of 75-101 ± 18 kDa, 2 to 3 times lower than those determined in vitro. Two abiotic stresses, heat and drought, imposed individually on Pisum sativum, increased the content of the dimeric core in SGU and the minimum functional size determined by RTA in vivo. These data suggest that PSII can also function as a monomer in vivo, while under heat and drought stress conditions, the dimeric PSII structure is predominant.
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- Maria Teresa Giardi
- Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Salaria Km 29.3, 00016 Monterotondo, Italy
- Biosensor Srl, Via Olmetti 44, 00060 Formello, Italy
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- Institute of Crystallography, CNR, Via Salaria Km 29.3, 00016 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- USDA-ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Narzi D, Guidoni L. Structural and dynamic insights into Mn 4Ca cluster-depleted Photosystem II. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:27428-27436. [PMID: 34860219 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02367e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the first steps of natural oxygenic photosynthesis, sunlight is used to oxidize water molecules to protons, electrons and molecular oxygen. This reaction takes place on the Mn4Ca cluster located in the reaction centre of Photosystem II (PSII), where the cluster is assembled and continuously repaired through a process known as photoactivation. Understanding the molecular details of such a process has important implications in different fields, in particular inspiring synthesis and repair strategies for artificial photosynthesis devices. In this regard, a detailed structural and dynamic characterization of Photosystem II lacking a Mn4Ca cluster, namely apo PSII, is a prerequisite for the full comprehension of the photoactivation. Recently, the structure of the apo PSII was resolved at 2.55 Å resolution [Zhang et al., eLife, 2017, 6, e26933], suggesting a pre-organized structure of the protein cavity hosting the cluster. Anyway, the question of whether these findings are a feature of the method used remains open. Here, by means of classical Molecular Dynamics simulations, we characterized the structural and dynamic features of the apo PSII for different protonation states of the cluster cavity. Albeit an overall conformational stability common to all investigated systems, we found significant deviations in the conformation of the side chains of the active site with respect to the X-ray positions. Our findings suggest that not all residues acting as Mn ligands are pre-organized prior to the Mn4Ca formation and previous local conformational changes are required in order to bind the first Mn ion in the high-affinity binding site.
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- Daniele Narzi
- Department of Physical and Chemical Science, Università dellAquila, LAquila, Italy.
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Science, Università dellAquila, LAquila, Italy.
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Hussein R, Ibrahim M, Bhowmick A, Simon PS, Chatterjee R, Lassalle L, Doyle M, Bogacz I, Kim IS, Cheah MH, Gul S, de Lichtenberg C, Chernev P, Pham CC, Young ID, Carbajo S, Fuller FD, Alonso-Mori R, Batyuk A, Sutherlin KD, Brewster AS, Bolotovsky R, Mendez D, Holton JM, Moriarty NW, Adams PD, Bergmann U, Sauter NK, Dobbek H, Messinger J, Zouni A, Kern J, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Structural dynamics in the water and proton channels of photosystem II during the S 2 to S 3 transition. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6531. [PMID: 34764256 PMCID: PMC8585918 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26781-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Light-driven oxidation of water to molecular oxygen is catalyzed by the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in Photosystem II (PS II). This multi-electron, multi-proton catalysis requires the transport of two water molecules to and four protons from the OEC. A high-resolution 1.89 Å structure obtained by averaging all the S states and refining the data of various time points during the S2 to S3 transition has provided better visualization of the potential pathways for substrate water insertion and proton release. Our results indicate that the O1 channel is the likely water intake pathway, and the Cl1 channel is the likely proton release pathway based on the structural rearrangements of water molecules and amino acid side chains along these channels. In particular in the Cl1 channel, we suggest that residue D1-E65 serves as a gate for proton transport by minimizing the back reaction. The results show that the water oxidation reaction at the OEC is well coordinated with the amino acid side chains and the H-bonding network over the entire length of the channels, which is essential in shuttling substrate waters and protons.
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- Rana Hussein
- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75120 Uppsala, Sweden ,grid.12650.300000 0001 1034 3451Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.512023.70000 0004 6047 9447Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- grid.512023.70000 0004 6047 9447Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- grid.512023.70000 0004 6047 9447Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- grid.512023.70000 0004 6047 9447Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA ,grid.47840.3f0000 0001 2181 7878Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.14003.360000 0001 2167 3675Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75120, Uppsala, Sweden. .,Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE 90187, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Li M, Ma J, Li X, Sui SF. In situ cryo-ET structure of phycobilisome-photosystem II supercomplex from red alga. eLife 2021; 10:e69635. [PMID: 34515634 PMCID: PMC8437437 DOI: 10.7554/elife.69635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phycobilisome (PBS) is the main light-harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria and red algae. How PBS transfers the light energy to photosystem II (PSII) remains to be elucidated. Here we report the in situ structure of the PBS-PSII supercomplex from Porphyridium purpureum UTEX 2757 using cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging. Our work reveals the organized network of hemiellipsoidal PBS with PSII on the thylakoid membrane in the native cellular environment. In the PBS-PSII supercomplex, each PBS interacts with six PSII monomers, of which four directly bind to the PBS, and two bind indirectly. Additional three 'connector' proteins also contribute to the connections between PBS and PSIIs. Two PsbO subunits from adjacent PSII dimers bind with each other, which may promote stabilization of the PBS-PSII supercomplex. By analyzing the interaction interface between PBS and PSII, we reveal that αLCM and ApcD connect with CP43 of PSII monomer and that αLCM also interacts with CP47' of the neighboring PSII monomer, suggesting the multiple light energy delivery pathways. The in situ structures illustrate the coupling pattern of PBS and PSII and the arrangement of the PBS-PSII supercomplex on the thylakoid, providing the near-native 3D structural information of the various energy transfer from PBS to PSII.
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- Meijing Li
- Key Laboratory for Protein Sciences of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Key Laboratory for Protein Sciences of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology & Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and TechnologyGuangdongChina
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Jiang J, Cheong KY, Falkowski PG, Dai W. Integrating on-grid immunogold labeling and cryo-electron tomography to reveal photosystem II structure and spatial distribution in thylakoid membranes. J Struct Biol 2021; 213:107746. [PMID: 34010667 PMCID: PMC8577061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A long-standing challenge in cell biology is elucidating the structure and spatial distribution of individual membrane-bound proteins, protein complexes and their interactions in their native environment. Here, we describe a workflow that combines on-grid immunogold labeling, followed by cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) imaging and structural analyses to identify and characterize the structure of photosystem II (PSII) complexes. Using an antibody specific to a core subunit of PSII, the D1 protein (uniquely found in the water splitting complex in all oxygenic photoautotrophs), we identified PSII complexes in biophysically active thylakoid membranes isolated from a model marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Subsequent cryoET analyses of these protein complexes resolved two PSII structures: supercomplexes and dimeric cores. Our integrative approach establishes the structural signature of multimeric membrane protein complexes in their native environment and provides a pathway to elucidate their high-resolution structures.
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- Jennifer Jiang
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
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- Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States; Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
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- Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States; Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States; Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States.
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Graça AT, Hall M, Persson K, Schröder WP. High-resolution model of Arabidopsis Photosystem II reveals the structural consequences of digitonin-extraction. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15534. [PMID: 34330992 PMCID: PMC8324835 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94914-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
In higher plants, the photosynthetic process is performed and regulated by Photosystem II (PSII). Arabidopsis thaliana was the first higher plant with a fully sequenced genome, conferring it the status of a model organism; nonetheless, a high-resolution structure of its Photosystem II is missing. We present the first Cryo-EM high-resolution structure of Arabidopsis PSII supercomplex with average resolution of 2.79 Å, an important model for future PSII studies. The digitonin extracted PSII complexes demonstrate the importance of: the LHG2630-lipid-headgroup in the trimerization of the light-harvesting complex II; the stabilization of the PsbJ subunit and the CP43-loop E by DGD520-lipid; the choice of detergent for the integrity of membrane protein complexes. Furthermore, our data shows at the anticipated Mn4CaO5-site a single metal ion density as a reminiscent early stage of Photosystem II photoactivation.
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- André T Graça
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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Zhang Z, Zhao LS, Liu LN. Characterizing the supercomplex association of photosynthetic complexes in cyanobacteria. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2021; 8:202142. [PMID: 34295515 PMCID: PMC8278045 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.202142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The light reactions of photosynthesis occur in thylakoid membranes that are densely packed with a series of photosynthetic complexes. The lateral organization and close association of photosynthetic complexes in native thylakoid membranes are vital for efficient light harvesting and energy transduction. Recently, analysis of the interconnections between photosynthetic complexes to form supercomplexes has garnered great interest. In this work, we report a method integrating immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry and atomic force microscopy to identify the inter-complex associations of photosynthetic complexes in thylakoid membranes from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. We characterize the preferable associations between individual photosynthetic complexes and binding proteins involved in the complex-complex interfaces, permitting us to propose the structural models of photosynthetic complex associations that promote the formation of photosynthetic supercomplexes. We also identified other potential binding proteins with the photosynthetic complexes, suggesting the highly connecting networks associated with thylakoid membranes. This study provides mechanistic insight into the physical interconnections of photosynthetic complexes and potential partners, which are crucial for efficient energy transfer and physiological acclimatization of the photosynthetic apparatus. Advanced knowledge of the protein organization and interplay of the photosynthetic machinery will inform rational design and engineering of artificial photosynthetic systems to supercharge energy production.
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- Zimeng Zhang
- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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Golub M, Hussein R, Ibrahim M, Hecht M, Wieland DCF, Martel A, Machado B, Zouni A, Pieper J. Solution Structure of the Detergent-Photosystem II Core Complex Investigated by Small-Angle Scattering Techniques. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8583-8592. [PMID: 32816484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Albeit achieving the X-ray diffraction structure of dimeric photosystem II core complexes (dPSIIcc) at the atomic resolution, the nature of the detergent belt surrounding dPSIIcc remains ambiguous. Therefore, the solution structure of the whole detergent-protein complex of dPSIIcc of Thermosynechococcus elongatus (T. elongatus) solubilized in n-dodecyl-ß-d-maltoside (ßDM) was investigated by a combination of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with contrast variation. First, the structure of dPSIIcc was studied separately in SANS experiments using a contrast of 5% D2O. Guinier analysis reveals that the dPSIIcc solution is virtually free of aggregation in the studied concentration range of 2-10 mg/mL dPSIIcc, and characterized by a radius of gyration of 62 Å. A structure reconstitution shows that dPSIIcc in buffer solution widely retains the crystal structure reported by X-ray free electron laser studies at room temperature with a slight expansion of the entire protein. Additional SANS experiments on dPSIIcc samples in a buffer solution containing 75% D2O provide information about the size and shape of the whole detergent-dPSIIcc. The maximum position of P(r) function increases to 68 Å, i.e., it is about 6 Å larger than that of dPSIIcc only, thus indicating the presence of an additional structure. Thus, it can be concluded that dPSIIcc is surrounded by a monomolecular belt of detergent molecules under appropriate solubilization conditions. The homogeneity of the ßDM-dPSIIcc solutions was also verified using dynamic light scattering. Complementary SAXS experiments indicate the presence of unbound detergent micelles by a separate peak consistent with a spherical shape possessing a radius of about 40 Å. The latter structure also contributes to the SANS data but rather broadens the SANS curve artificially. Without the simultaneous inspection of SANS and SAXS data, this effect may lead to an apparent underestimation of the size of the PS II-detergent complex. The formation of larger unbound detergent aggregates in solution prior to crystallization may have a significant effect on the crystal formation or quality of the ßDM-dPSIIcc.
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- Maksym Golub
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Wilhelm Ostwald str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Wilhelm Ostwald str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Wilhelm Ostwald str. 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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Kim CJ, Debus RJ. Roles of D1-Glu189 and D1-Glu329 in O2 Formation by the Water-Splitting Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2020; 59:3902-3917. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Christopher J. Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Zhao LS, Huokko T, Wilson S, Simpson DM, Wang Q, Ruban AV, Mullineaux CW, Zhang YZ, Liu LN. Structural variability, coordination and adaptation of a native photosynthetic machinery. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:869-882. [PMID: 32665651 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0694-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes represent the active sites for both photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport. We used high-resolution atomic force microscopy to visualize the native organization and interactions of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoid membranes from the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. The thylakoid membranes are heterogeneous and assemble photosynthetic complexes into functional domains to enhance their coordination and regulation. Under high light, the chlorophyll-binding proteins IsiA are strongly expressed and associate with Photosystem I (PSI), forming highly variable IsiA-PSI supercomplexes to increase the absorption cross-section of PSI. There are also tight interactions of PSI with Photosystem II (PSII), cytochrome b6f, ATP synthase and NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complexes. The organizational variability of these photosynthetic supercomplexes permits efficient linear and cyclic electron transport as well as bioenergetic regulation. Understanding the organizational landscape and environmental adaptation of cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes may help inform strategies for engineering efficient photosynthetic systems and photo-biofactories.
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- Long-Sheng Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- College of Marine Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
- College of Marine Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
- College of Marine Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
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Gerland L, Friedrich D, Hopf L, Donovan EJ, Wallmann A, Erdmann N, Diehl A, Bommer M, Buzar K, Ibrahim M, Schmieder P, Dobbek H, Zouni A, Bondar A, Dau H, Oschkinat H. pH-Dependent Protonation of Surface Carboxylate Groups in PsbO Enables Local Buffering and Triggers Structural Changes. Chembiochem 2020; 21:1597-1604. [PMID: 31930693 PMCID: PMC7318136 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes the splitting of water, releasing protons and dioxygen. Its highly conserved subunit PsbO extends from the oxygen-evolving center (OEC) into the thylakoid lumen and stabilizes the catalytic Mn4 CaO5 cluster. The high degree of conservation of accessible negatively charged surface residues in PsbO suggests additional functions, as local pH buffer or by affecting the flow of protons. For this discussion, we provide an experimental basis, through the determination of pKa values of water-accessible aspartate and glutamate side-chain carboxylate groups by means of NMR. Their distribution is strikingly uneven, with high pKa values around 4.9 clustered on the luminal PsbO side and values below 3.5 on the side facing PSII. pH-dependent changes in backbone chemical shifts in the area of the lumen-exposed loops are observed, indicating conformational changes. In conclusion, we present a site-specific analysis of carboxylate group proton affinities in PsbO, providing a basis for further understanding of proton transport in photosynthesis.
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- Lisa Gerland
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyThielallee 6314195BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyThielallee 6314195BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyThielallee 6314195BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare MedizinRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Physics, Theoretical Molecular BiophysicsArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinInstitute of BiologyPhilippstrasse 1310099BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinInstitute of BiologyPhilippstrasse 1310099BerlinGermany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinInstitute of BiologyPhilippstrasse 1310099BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Physics, Theoretical Molecular BiophysicsArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Physics, Biophysics and PhotosynthesisArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare PharmakologieDepartment of NMR-Supported Structural BiologyRobert-Rössle-Strasse 1013125BerlinGermany
- Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and PharmacyThielallee 6314195BerlinGermany
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Müh F, Zouni A. Structural basis of light-harvesting in the photosystem II core complex. Protein Sci 2020; 29:1090-1119. [PMID: 32067287 PMCID: PMC7184784 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Photosystem II (PSII) is a membrane-spanning, multi-subunit pigment-protein complex responsible for the oxidation of water and the reduction of plastoquinone in oxygenic photosynthesis. In the present review, the recent explosive increase in available structural information about the PSII core complex based on X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy is described at a level of detail that is suitable for a future structure-based analysis of light-harvesting processes. This description includes a proposal for a consistent numbering scheme of protein-bound pigment cofactors across species. The structural survey is complemented by an overview of the state of affairs in structure-based modeling of excitation energy transfer in the PSII core complex with emphasis on electrostatic computations, optical properties of the reaction center, the assignment of long-wavelength chlorophylls, and energy trapping mechanisms.
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- Frank Müh
- Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Biology, Biophysics of Photosynthesis, Berlin, Germany
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The oxygen-evolving center (OEC) in photosystem II (PSII) of plants, algae and cyanobacteria is a unique natural catalyst that splits water into electrons, protons and dioxygen. The crystallographic studies of PSII have revealed that the OEC is an asymmetric Mn4CaO5-cluster. The understanding of the structure-function relationship of this natural Mn4CaO5-cluster is impeded mainly due to the complexity of the protein environment and lack of a rational chemical model as a reference. Although it has been a great challenge for chemists to synthesize the OEC in the laboratory, significant advances have been achieved recently. Different artificial complexes have been reported, especially a series of artificial Mn4CaO4-clusters that closely mimic both the geometric and electronic structures of the OEC in PSII, which provides a structurally well-defined chemical model to investigate the structure-function relationship of the natural Mn4CaO5-cluster. The deep investigations on this artificial Mn4CaO4-cluster could provide new insights into the mechanism of the water-splitting reaction in natural photosynthesis and may help the development of efficient catalysts for the water-splitting reaction in artificial photosynthesis.
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Krasilnikov PM, Zlenko DV, Stadnichuk IN. Rates and pathways of energy migration from the phycobilisome to the photosystem II and to the orange carotenoid protein in cyanobacteria. FEBS Lett 2019; 594:1145-1154. [PMID: 31799708 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The phycobilisome (PBS) is the cyanobacterial antenna complex which transfers absorbed light energy to the photosystem II (PSII), while the excess energy is nonphotochemically quenched by interaction of the PBS with the orange carotenoid protein (OCP). Here, the molecular model of the PBS-PSII-OCP supercomplex was utilized to assess the resonance energy transfer from PBS to PSII and, using the excitonic theory, the transfer from PBS to OCP. Our estimates show that the effective energy migration from PBS to PSII is realized due to the existence of several transfer pathways from phycobilin chromophores of the PBS to the neighboring antennal chlorophyll molecules of the PSII. At the same time, the single binding site of photoactivated OCP and the PBS is sufficient to realize the quenching.
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- Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia
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Ogata K, Hatakeyama M, Sakamoto Y, Nakamura S. Investigation of a Pathway for Water Delivery in Photosystem II Protein by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:6444-6452. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Koji Ogata
- Nakamura Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Nakamura Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Nakamura Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Nakamura Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Zeng B, Hönigschmid P, Frishman D. Residue co-evolution helps predict interaction sites in α-helical membrane proteins. J Struct Biol 2019; 206:156-169. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AbstractCyanobacteria and plants carry out oxygenic photosynthesis. They use water to generate the atmospheric oxygen we breathe and carbon dioxide to produce the biomass serving as food, feed, fibre and fuel. This paper scans the emergence of structural and mechanistic understanding of oxygen evolution over the past 50 years. It reviews speculative concepts and the stepped insight provided by novel experimental and theoretical techniques. Driven by sunlight photosystem II oxidizes the catalyst of water oxidation, a hetero-metallic Mn4CaO5(H2O)4 cluster. Mn3Ca are arranged in cubanoid and one Mn dangles out. By accumulation of four oxidizing equivalents before initiating dioxygen formation it matches the four-electron chemistry from water to dioxygen to the one-electron chemistry of the photo-sensitizer. Potentially harmful intermediates are thereby occluded in space and time. Kinetic signatures of the catalytic cluster and its partners in the photo-reaction centre have been resolved, in the frequency domain ranging from acoustic waves via infra-red to X-ray radiation, and in the time domain from nano- to milli-seconds. X-ray structures to a resolution of 1.9 Å are available. Even time resolved X-ray structures have been obtained by clocking the reaction cycle by flashes of light and diffraction with femtosecond X-ray pulses. The terminal reaction cascade from two molecules of water to dioxygen involves the transfer of four electrons, two protons, one dioxygen and one water. A rigorous mechanistic analysis is challenging because of the kinetic enslaving at millisecond duration of six partial reactions (4e−, 1H+, 1O2). For the time being a peroxide-intermediate in the reaction cascade to dioxygen has been in focus, both experimentally and by quantum chemistry. Homo sapiens has relied on burning the products of oxygenic photosynthesis, recent and fossil. Mankind's total energy consumption amounts to almost one-fourth of the global photosynthetic productivity. If the average power consumption equalled one of those nations with the highest consumption per capita it was four times greater and matched the total productivity. It is obvious that biomass should be harvested for food, feed, fibre and platform chemicals rather than for fuel.
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Kern J, Chatterjee R, Young ID, Fuller FD, Lassalle L, Ibrahim M, Gul S, Fransson T, Brewster AS, Alonso-Mori R, Hussein R, Zhang M, Douthit L, de Lichtenberg C, Cheah MH, Shevela D, Wersig J, Seuffert I, Sokaras D, Pastor E, Weninger C, Kroll T, Sierra RG, Aller P, Butryn A, Orville AM, Liang M, Batyuk A, Koglin JE, Carbajo S, Boutet S, Moriarty NW, Holton JM, Dobbek H, Adams PD, Bergmann U, Sauter NK, Zouni A, Messinger J, Yano J, Yachandra VK. Structures of the intermediates of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation clock. Nature 2018; 563:421-425. [PMID: 30405241 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0681-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Inspired by the period-four oscillation in flash-induced oxygen evolution of photosystem II discovered by Joliot in 1969, Kok performed additional experiments and proposed a five-state kinetic model for photosynthetic oxygen evolution, known as Kok's S-state clock or cycle1,2. The model comprises four (meta)stable intermediates (S0, S1, S2 and S3) and one transient S4 state, which precedes dioxygen formation occurring in a concerted reaction from two water-derived oxygens bound at an oxo-bridged tetra manganese calcium (Mn4CaO5) cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex3-7. This reaction is coupled to the two-step reduction and protonation of the mobile plastoquinone QB at the acceptor side of PSII. Here, using serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography and simultaneous X-ray emission spectroscopy with multi-flash visible laser excitation at room temperature, we visualize all (meta)stable states of Kok's cycle as high-resolution structures (2.04-2.08 Å). In addition, we report structures of two transient states at 150 and 400 µs, revealing notable structural changes including the binding of one additional 'water', Ox, during the S2→S3 state transition. Our results suggest that one water ligand to calcium (W3) is directly involved in substrate delivery. The binding of the additional oxygen Ox in the S3 state between Ca and Mn1 supports O-O bond formation mechanisms involving O5 as one substrate, where Ox is either the other substrate oxygen or is perfectly positioned to refill the O5 position during O2 release. Thus, our results exclude peroxo-bond formation in the S3 state, and the nucleophilic attack of W3 onto W2 is unlikely.
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- Jan Kern
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, Sweden. .,Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Structure, assembly and energy transfer of plant photosystem II supercomplex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:633-644. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Guerra F, Siemers M, Mielack C, Bondar AN. Dynamics of Long-Distance Hydrogen-Bond Networks in Photosystem II. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:4625-4641. [PMID: 29589763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photosystem II uses the energy of absorbed light to split water molecules, generating molecular oxygen, electrons, and protons. The four protons generated during each reaction cycle are released to the lumen via mechanisms that are poorly understood. Given the complexity of photosystem II, which consists of multiple protein subunits and cofactor molecules and hosts numerous waters, a fundamental issue is finding transient networks of hydrogen bonds that bridge potential proton donor and acceptor groups. Here, we address this issue by performing all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of wild-type and mutant photosystem II monomers, which we analyze using a new protocol designed to facilitate efficient analysis of hydrogen-bond networks. Our computations reveal that local protein/water hydrogen-bond networks can assemble transiently in photosystem II such that the reaction center connects to the lumen. The dynamics of the hydrogen-bond networks couple to the protonation state of specific carboxylate groups and are altered in a mutant with defective proton transfer. Simulations on photosystem II without its extrinsic PsbO subunit provide a molecular interpretation of the elusive functional role of this subunit.
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- Federico Guerra
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics , Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Group , Arnimallee 14 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics , Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Group , Arnimallee 14 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics , Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Group , Arnimallee 14 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics , Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Group , Arnimallee 14 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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Skandary S, Müh F, Ashraf I, Ibrahim M, Metzger M, Zouni A, Meixner AJ, Brecht M. Role of missing carotenoid in reducing the fluorescence of single monomeric photosystem II core complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:13189-13194. [PMID: 28489091 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07748j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fluorescence of monomeric photosystem II core complexes (mPSIIcc) of the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus, originating from redissolved crystals, is investigated by using single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS) at 1.6 K. The emission spectra of individual mPSIIcc are dominated by sharp zero-phonon lines, showing the existence of different emitters compatible with the F685, F689, and F695 bands reported formerly. The intensity of F695 is reduced in single mPSIIcc as compared to single PSIIcc-dimers (dPSIIcc). Crystal structures show that one of the β-carotene (β-Car) cofactors located at the monomer-monomer interface in dPSIIcc is missing in mPSIIcc. This β-Car in dPSIIcc is in van der Waals distance to chlorophyll (Chl) 17 in the CP47 subunit. We suggest that this Chl contributes to the F695 emitter. A loss of β-Car cofactors in mPSIIcc preparations will lead to an increased lifetime of the triplet state of Chl 17, which can explain the reduced singlet emission of F695 as observed in SMS.
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- Sepideh Skandary
- IPTC and LISA+ Center, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Hussein R, Ibrahim M, Chatterjee R, Coates L, Müh F, Yachandra VK, Yano J, Kern J, Dobbek H, Zouni A. Optimizing Crystal Size of Photosystem II by Macroseeding: Toward Neutron Protein Crystallography. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2018; 18:85-94. [PMID: 29962903 PMCID: PMC6020701 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes the photo-oxidation of water to molecular oxygen and protons. The water splitting reaction occurs inside the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) via a Mn4CaO5 cluster. To elucidate the reaction mechanism, detailed structural information for each intermediate state of the OEC is required. Despite the current high-resolution crystal structure of PSII at 1.85 Å and other efforts to follow the structural changes of the Mn4CaO5 cluster using X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) crystallography in addition to spectroscopic methods, many details about the reaction mechanism and conformational changes in the catalytic site during water oxidation still remain elusive. In this study, we present a rarely found successful application of the conventional macroseeding method to a large membrane protein like the dimeric PSII core complex (dPSIIcc). Combining microseeding with macroseeding crystallization techniques allowed us to reproducibly grow large dPSIIcc crystals with a size of ~3 mm. These large crystals will help improve the data collected from spectroscopic methods like polarized extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and single crystal electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques and are a prerequisite for determining a three-dimensional structure using neutron diffraction.
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- Rana Hussein
- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
- Corresponding Authors: (R.H.) Phone; +49 30 2093 47933; . (A.Z.) Phone: +49 30 2093 47930;
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
- Corresponding Authors: (R.H.) Phone; +49 30 2093 47933; . (A.Z.) Phone: +49 30 2093 47930;
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Allen JF. Why we need to know the structure of phosphorylated chloroplast light-harvesting complex II. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2017; 161:28-44. [PMID: 28393369 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2016] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In oxygenic photosynthesis there are two 'light states' - adaptations of the photosynthetic apparatus to spectral composition that otherwise favours either photosystem I or photosystem II. In chloroplasts of green plants the transition to light state 2 depends on phosphorylation of apoproteins of a membrane-intrinsic antenna, the chlorophyll-a/b-binding, light-harvesting complex II (LHC II), and on the resulting redistribution of absorbed excitation energy from photosystem II to photosystem I. The transition to light state 1 reverses these events and requires a phospho-LHC II phosphatase. Current structures of LHC II reveal little about possible steric effects of phosphorylation. The surface-exposed N-terminal domain of an LHC II polypeptide contains its phosphorylation site and is disordered in its unphosphorylated form. A molecular recognition hypothesis proposes that state transitions are a consequence of movement of LHC II between binding sites on photosystems I and II. In state 1, LHC II forms part of the antenna of photosystem II. In state 2, a unique but as yet unidentified 3-D structure of phospho-LHC II may attach it instead to photosystem I. One possibility is that the LHC II N-terminus becomes ordered upon phosphorylation, adopting a local alpha-helical secondary structure that initiates changes in LHC II tertiary and quaternary structure that sever contact with photosystem II while securing contact with photosystem I. In order to understand redistribution of absorbed excitation energy in photosynthesis we need to know the structure of LHC II in its phosphorylated form, and in its complex with photosystem I.
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- John F Allen
- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Darwin Building, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Zlenko DV, Galochkina TV, Krasilnikov PM, Stadnichuk IN. Coupled rows of PBS cores and PSII dimers in cyanobacteria: symmetry and structure. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2017; 133:245-260. [PMID: 28365856 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0362-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Phycobilisome (PBS) is a giant water-soluble photosynthetic antenna transferring the energy of absorbed light mainly to the photosystem II (PSII) in cyanobacteria. Under the low light conditions, PBSs and PSII dimers form coupled rows where each PBS is attached to the cytoplasmic surface of PSII dimer, and PBSs come into contact with their face surfaces (state 1). The model structure of the PBS core that we have developed earlier by comparison and combination of different fine allophycocyanin crystals, as reported in Zlenko et al. (Photosynth Res 130(1):347-356, 2016b), provides a natural way of the PBS core face-to-face stacking. According to our model, the structure of the protein-protein contact between the neighboring PBS cores in the rows is the same as the contact between the APC hexamers inside the PBS core. As a result, the rates of energy transfer between the cores can occur, and the row of PBS cores acts as an integral PBS "supercore" providing energy transfer between the individual PBS cores. The PBS cores row pitch in our elaborated model (12.4 nm) is very close to the PSII dimers row pitch obtained by the electron microscopy (12.2 nm) that allowed to unite a model of the PBS cores row with a model of the PSII dimers row. Analyzing the resulting model, we have determined the most probable locations of ApcD and ApcE terminal emitter subunits inside the bottom PBS core cylinders and also revealed the chlorophyll molecules of PSII gathering energy from the PBS.
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- Dmitry V Zlenko
- Biological Faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin Hills, 1/12, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Botanicheskaya St, 35, Moscow, Russia, 127276.
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- Biological Faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin Hills, 1/12, Moscow, Russia, 119991
- INRIA Team Dracula, INRIA Antenne Lyon la Doua, 69603, Villeurbanne, France
- Institut Camille Jordan, UMR 5208 CNRS, University Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Biological Faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lenin Hills, 1/12, Moscow, Russia, 119991
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Botanicheskaya St, 35, Moscow, Russia, 127276
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Botanicheskaya St, 35, Moscow, Russia, 127276
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Golub M, Hejazi M, Kölsch A, Lokstein H, Wieland DCF, Zouni A, Pieper J. Solution structure of monomeric and trimeric photosystem I of Thermosynechococcus elongatus investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2017; 133:163-173. [PMID: 28258466 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0342-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The structure of monomeric and trimeric photosystem I (PS I) of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP1 (T. elongatus) was investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The scattering data reveal that the protein-detergent complexes possess radii of gyration of 58 and 78 Å in the cases of monomeric and trimeric PS I, respectively. The results also show that the samples are monodisperse, virtually free of aggregation, and contain empty detergent micelles. The shape of the protein-detergent complexes can be well approximated by elliptical cylinders with a height of 78 Å. Monomeric PS I in buffer solution exhibits minor and major radii of the elliptical cylinder of about 50 and 85 Å, respectively. In the case of trimeric PS I, both radii are equal to about 110 Å. The latter model can be shown to accommodate three elliptical cylinders equal to those describing monomeric PS I. A structure reconstitution also reveals that the protein-detergent complexes are larger than their respective crystal structures. The reconstituted structures are larger by about 20 Å mainly in the region of the hydrophobic surfaces of the monomeric and trimeric PS I complexes. This seeming contradiction can be resolved by the addition of a detergent belt constituted by a monolayer of dodecyl-β-D-maltoside molecules. Assuming a closest possible packing, a number of roughly 1024 and 1472 detergent molecules can be determined for monomeric and trimeric PS I, respectively. Taking the monolayer of detergent molecules into account, the solution structure can be almost perfectly modeled by the crystal structures of monomeric and trimeric PS I.
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- Maksym Golub
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Wilhelm Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department for Metalic Biomaterials, Institute for Materials Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany
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- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philipp Str. 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Wilhelm Ostwaldi 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.
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Bommer M, Coates L, Dau H, Zouni A, Dobbek H. Protein crystallization and initial neutron diffraction studies of the photosystem II subunit PsbO. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2017; 73:525-531. [PMID: 28876232 PMCID: PMC5619745 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x17012171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The PsbO protein of photosystem II stabilizes the active-site manganese cluster and is thought to act as a proton antenna. To enable neutron diffraction studies, crystals of the β-barrel core of PsbO were grown in capillaries. The crystals were optimized by screening additives in a counter-diffusion setup in which the protein and reservoir solutions were separated by a 1% agarose plug. Crystals were cross-linked with glutaraldehyde. Initial neutron diffraction data were collected from a 0.25 mm3 crystal at room temperature using the MaNDi single-crystal diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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- Martin Bommer
- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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Zhang M, Bommer M, Chatterjee R, Hussein R, Yano J, Dau H, Kern J, Dobbek H, Zouni A. Structural insights into the light-driven auto-assembly process of the water-oxidizing Mn 4CaO 5-cluster in photosystem II. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28718766 PMCID: PMC5542773 DOI: 10.7554/elife.26933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In plants, algae and cyanobacteria, Photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes the light-driven splitting of water at a protein-bound Mn4CaO5-cluster, the water-oxidizing complex (WOC). In the photosynthetic organisms, the light-driven formation of the WOC from dissolved metal ions is a key process because it is essential in both initial activation and continuous repair of PSII. Structural information is required for understanding of this chaperone-free metal-cluster assembly. For the first time, we obtained a structure of PSII from Thermosynechococcus elongatus without the Mn4CaO5-cluster. Surprisingly, cluster-removal leaves the positions of all coordinating amino acid residues and most nearby water molecules largely unaffected, resulting in a pre-organized ligand shell for kinetically competent and error-free photo-assembly of the Mn4CaO5-cluster. First experiments initiating (i) partial disassembly and (ii) partial re-assembly after complete depletion of the Mn4CaO5-cluster agree with a specific bi-manganese cluster, likely a di-µ-oxo bridged pair of Mn(III) ions, as an assembly intermediate. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26933.001
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- Miao Zhang
- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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del Val C, Bondar AN. Charged groups at binding interfaces of the PsbO subunit of photosystem II: A combined bioinformatics and simulation study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2017; 1858:432-441. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Fuller FD, Gul S, Chatterjee R, Burgie ES, Young ID, Lebrette H, Srinivas V, Brewster AS, Michels-Clark T, Clinger JA, Andi B, Ibrahim M, Pastor E, de Lichtenberg C, Hussein R, Pollock CJ, Zhang M, Stan CA, Kroll T, Fransson T, Weninger C, Kubin M, Aller P, Lassalle L, Bräuer P, Miller MD, Amin M, Koroidov S, Roessler CG, Allaire M, Sierra RG, Docker PT, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Koglin JE, Zhu D, Chollet M, Song S, Lemke H, Liang M, Sokaras D, Alonso-Mori R, Zouni A, Messinger J, Bergmann U, Boal AK, Bollinger JM, Krebs C, Högbom M, Phillips GN, Vierstra RD, Sauter NK, Orville AM, Kern J, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers. Nat Methods 2017; 14:443-449. [PMID: 28250468 PMCID: PMC5376230 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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X-ray crystallography at X-ray free-electron laser sources is a powerful method for studying macromolecules at biologically relevant temperatures. Moreover, when combined with complementary techniques like X-ray emission spectroscopy, both global structures and chemical properties of metalloenzymes can be obtained concurrently, providing insights into the interplay between the protein structure and dynamics and the chemistry at an active site. The implementation of such a multimodal approach can be compromised by conflicting requirements to optimize each individual method. In particular, the method used for sample delivery greatly affects the data quality. We present here a robust way of delivering controlled sample amounts on demand using acoustic droplet ejection coupled with a conveyor belt drive that is optimized for crystallography and spectroscopy measurements of photochemical and chemical reactions over a wide range of time scales. Studies with photosystem II, the phytochrome photoreceptor, and ribonucleotide reductase R2 illustrate the power and versatility of this method.
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- Franklin D. Fuller
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St.
Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University,
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University,
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum,
Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation on Synchrotron Radiation
Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489
Berlin, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
Didcot, OX110DE, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
Didcot, OX110DE, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road,
Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum,
Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
Didcot, OX110DE, UK
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum,
Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry – Ångström,
Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University,
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305,
USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice Univ. Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Rice Univ. Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St.
Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
Didcot, OX110DE, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025,
USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Shlyk O, Samish I, Matěnová M, Dulebo A, Poláková H, Kaftan D, Scherz A. A single residue controls electron transfer gating in photosynthetic reaction centers. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44580. [PMID: 28300167 PMCID: PMC5353731 DOI: 10.1038/srep44580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Interquinone QA− → QB electron-transfer (ET) in isolated photosystem II reaction centers (PSII-RC) is protein-gated. The temperature-dependent gating frequency “k” is described by the Eyring equation till levelling off at T ≥ 240 °K. Although central to photosynthesis, the gating mechanism has not been resolved and due to experimental limitations, could not be explored in vivo. Here we mimic the temperature dependency of “k” by enlarging VD1-208, the volume of a single residue at the crossing point of the D1 and D2 PSII-RC subunits in Synechocystis 6803 whole cells. By controlling the interactions of the D1/D2 subunits, VD1-208 (or 1/T) determines the frequency of attaining an ET-active conformation. Decelerated ET, impaired photosynthesis, D1 repair rate and overall cell physiology upon increasing VD1-208 to above 130 Å3, rationalize the >99% conservation of small residues at D1-208 and its homologous motif in non-oxygenic bacteria. The experimental means and resolved mechanism are relevant for numerous transmembrane protein-gated reactions.
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- Oksana Shlyk
- The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.,Institute of Microbiology CAS, Department of Phototrophic Microorganisms, 37981 Trebon, Czech Republic
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- The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Weisz DA, Liu H, Zhang H, Thangapandian S, Tajkhorshid E, Gross ML, Pakrasi HB. Mass spectrometry-based cross-linking study shows that the Psb28 protein binds to cytochrome b559 in Photosystem II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:2224-2229. [PMID: 28193857 PMCID: PMC5338524 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620360114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Photosystem II (PSII), a large pigment protein complex, undergoes rapid turnover under natural conditions. During assembly of PSII, oxidative damage to vulnerable assembly intermediate complexes must be prevented. Psb28, the only cytoplasmic extrinsic protein in PSII, protects the RC47 assembly intermediate of PSII and assists its efficient conversion into functional PSII. Its role is particularly important under stress conditions when PSII damage occurs frequently. Psb28 is not found, however, in any PSII crystal structure, and its structural location has remained unknown. In this study, we used chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry to capture the transient interaction of Psb28 with PSII. We detected three cross-links between Psb28 and the α- and β-subunits of cytochrome b559, an essential component of the PSII reaction-center complex. These distance restraints enable us to position Psb28 on the cytosolic surface of PSII directly above cytochrome b559, in close proximity to the QB site. Protein-protein docking results also support Psb28 binding in this region. Determination of the Psb28 binding site and other biochemical evidence allow us to propose a mechanism by which Psb28 exerts its protective effect on the RC47 intermediate. This study also shows that isotope-encoded cross-linking with the "mass tags" selection criteria allows confident identification of more cross-linked peptides in PSII than has been previously reported. This approach thus holds promise to identify other transient protein-protein interactions in membrane protein complexes.
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- Daniel A Weisz
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- Department of Biochemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Biochemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130;
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Müh F, Plöckinger M, Renger T. Electrostatic Asymmetry in the Reaction Center of Photosystem II. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:850-858. [PMID: 28151674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The exciton Hamiltonian of the chlorophyll (Chl) and pheophytin (Pheo) pigments in the reaction center (RC) of photosystem II is computed based on recent crystal structures by using the Poisson-Boltzmann/quantum-chemical method. Computed site energies largely confirm a previous model inferred from fits of optical spectra, in which ChlD1 has the lowest site energy, while that of PheoD1 is higher than that of PheoD2. The latter assignment has been challenged recently under reference to mutagenesis experiments. We argue that these data are not in contradiction to our results. We conclude that ChlD1 is the primary electron donor in both isolated RCs and intact core complexes at least at cryogenic temperatures. The main source of asymmetry in site energies is the charge distribution in the protein. Because many small contributions from various structural elements have to be taken into account, it can be assumed that this asymmetry was established in evolution by global optimization of the RC protein.
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- Frank Müh
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69, AT-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69, AT-4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69, AT-4040 Linz, Austria
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Miyachi M, Ikehira S, Nishiori D, Yamanoi Y, Yamada M, Iwai M, Tomo T, Allakhverdiev SI, Nishihara H. Photocurrent Generation of Reconstituted Photosystem II on a Self-Assembled Gold Film. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:1351-1358. [PMID: 28103045 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII)-modified gold electrodes were prepared by the deposition of PSII reconstituted with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) on Au electrodes. PtNPs modified with 1-[15-(3,5,6-trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone-2-yl)]pentadecyl disulfide ((TMQ(CH2)15S)2) were incorporated into the QB site of PSII isolated from thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. The reconstitution was confirmed by QA-reoxidation measurements. PSII reconstituted with PtNPs was deposited and integrated on a Au(111) surface modified with 4,4'-biphenyldithiol. The cross section of the reconstituted PSII film on the Au electrode was investigated by SEM. Absorption spectra showed that the surface coverage of the electrode was about 18 pmol PSII cm-2. A photocurrent density of 15 nAcm-2 at E = +0.10 V (vs Ag/AgCl) was observed under 680 nm irradiation. The photoresponse showed good reversibility under alternating light and dark conditions. Clear photoresponses were not observed in the absence of PSII and molecular wire. These results supported the photocurrent originated from PSII and moved to a gold electrode by light irradiation, which also confirmed conjugation with orientation through the molecular wire.
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- Mariko Miyachi
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science , Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology , Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science , Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, 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
- Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Young ID, Ibrahim M, Chatterjee R, Gul S, Fuller F, Koroidov S, Brewster AS, Tran R, Alonso-Mori R, Kroll T, Michels-Clark T, Laksmono H, Sierra RG, Stan CA, Hussein R, Zhang M, Douthit L, Kubin M, de Lichtenberg C, Long Vo P, Nilsson H, Cheah MH, Shevela D, Saracini C, Bean MA, Seuffert I, Sokaras D, Weng TC, Pastor E, Weninger C, Fransson T, Lassalle L, Bräuer P, Aller P, Docker PT, Andi B, Orville AM, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Zhu D, Hunter MS, Lane TJ, Aquila A, Koglin JE, Robinson J, Liang M, Boutet S, Lyubimov AY, Uervirojnangkoorn M, Moriarty NW, Liebschner D, Afonine PV, Waterman DG, Evans G, Wernet P, Dobbek H, Weis WI, Brunger AT, Zwart PH, Adams PD, Zouni A, Messinger J, Bergmann U, Sauter NK, Kern J, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature. Nature 2016; 540:453-457. [PMID: 27871088 DOI: 10.1038/nature20161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Light-induced oxidation of water by photosystem II (PS II) in plants, algae and cyanobacteria has generated most of the dioxygen in the atmosphere. PS II, a membrane-bound multi-subunit pigment protein complex, couples the one-electron photochemistry at the reaction centre with the four-electron redox chemistry of water oxidation at the Mn4CaO5 cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Under illumination, the OEC cycles through five intermediate S-states (S0 to S4), in which S1 is the dark-stable state and S3 is the last semi-stable state before O-O bond formation and O2 evolution. A detailed understanding of the O-O bond formation mechanism remains a challenge, and will require elucidation of both the structures of the OEC in the different S-states and the binding of the two substrate waters to the catalytic site. Here we report the use of femtosecond pulses from an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) to obtain damage-free, room temperature structures of dark-adapted (S1), two-flash illuminated (2F; S3-enriched), and ammonia-bound two-flash illuminated (2F-NH3; S3-enriched) PS II. Although the recent 1.95 Å resolution structure of PS II at cryogenic temperature using an XFEL provided a damage-free view of the S1 state, measurements at room temperature are required to study the structural landscape of proteins under functional conditions, and also for in situ advancement of the S-states. To investigate the water-binding site(s), ammonia, a water analogue, has been used as a marker, as it binds to the Mn4CaO5 cluster in the S2 and S3 states. Since the ammonia-bound OEC is active, the ammonia-binding Mn site is not a substrate water site. This approach, together with a comparison of the native dark and 2F states, is used to discriminate between proposed O-O bond formation mechanisms.
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- Iris D Young
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.,SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.,Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation on Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz Zentrum, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.,Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK and CCP4, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation on Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz Zentrum, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.,Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry, Molecular Biomimetics, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.,LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Bommer M, Bondar AN, Zouni A, Dobbek H, Dau H. Crystallographic and Computational Analysis of the Barrel Part of the PsbO Protein of Photosystem II: Carboxylate–Water Clusters as Putative Proton Transfer Relays and Structural Switches. Biochemistry 2016; 55:4626-35. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Martin Bommer
- Institut
für Biologie, Strukturbiologie/Biochemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Biologie, Biophysik der Photosynthese, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Biologie, Strukturbiologie/Biochemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Biophysics and Photosynthesis, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1627-1640. [PMID: 27372198 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device design, additional low-energy states have been discovered in many systems with obscure origins and significance. However, as low-energy states are naively expected to be critical to function, these observations pose important challenges. A review of known properties of low energy states covering eight photochemical systems, and options for their interpretation, are presented. A concerted experimental and theoretical research strategy is suggested and outlined, this being aimed at providing a fully comprehensive understanding.
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The lowest-energy chlorophyll of photosystem II is adjacent to the peripheral antenna: Emitting states of CP47 assigned via circularly polarized luminescence. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1580-1593. [PMID: 27342201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The identification of low-energy chlorophyll pigments in photosystem II (PSII) is critical to our understanding of the kinetics and mechanism of this important enzyme. We report parallel circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) measurements at liquid helium temperatures of the proximal antenna protein CP47. This assembly hosts the lowest-energy chlorophylls in PSII, responsible for the well-known "F695" fluorescence band of thylakoids and PSII core complexes. Our new spectra enable a clear identification of the lowest-energy exciton state of CP47. This state exhibits a small but measurable excitonic delocalization, as predicated by its CD and CPL. Using structure-based simulations incorporating the new spectra, we propose a revised set of site energies for the 16 chlorophylls of CP47. The significant difference from previous analyses is that the lowest-energy pigment is assigned as Chl 612 (alternately numbered Chl 11). The new assignment is readily reconciled with the large number of experimental observations in the literature, while the most common previous assignment for the lowest energy pigment, Chl 627(29), is shown to be inconsistent with CD and CPL results. Chl 612(11) is near the peripheral light-harvesting system in higher plants, in a lumen-exposed region of the thylakoid membrane. The low-energy pigment is also near a recently proposed binding site of the PsbS protein. This result consequently has significant implications for our understanding of the kinetics and regulation of energy transfer in PSII.
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Lobley CMC, Sandy J, Sanchez-Weatherby J, Mazzorana M, Krojer T, Nowak RP, Sorensen TL. A generic protocol for protein crystal dehydration using the HC1b humidity controller. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2016; 72:629-40. [PMID: 27139626 PMCID: PMC4854313 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798316003065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Dehydration may change the crystal lattice and affect the mosaicity, resolution and quality of X-ray diffraction data. A dehydrating environment can be generated around a crystal in several ways with various degrees of precision and complexity. This study uses a high-precision crystal humidifier/dehumidifier to provide an airstream of known relative humidity in which the crystals are mounted: a precise yet hassle-free approach to altering crystal hydration. A protocol is introduced to assess the impact of crystal dehydration systematically applied to nine experimental crystal systems. In one case, that of glucose isomerase, dehydration triggering a change of space group from I222 to P21212 was observed. This observation is supported by an extended study of the behaviour of the glucose isomerase crystal structure during crystal dehydration.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carina M. C. Lobley
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, England
| | - James Sandy
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, England
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, England
| | - Tobias Krojer
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7DQ, England
| | - Radosław P. Nowak
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7DQ, England
| | - Thomas L. Sorensen
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, England
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