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Hildebrandt P. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Phytochromes. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1007. [PMID: 37371587 DOI: 10.3390/biom13061007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Phytochromes are biological photoswitches that translate light into physiological functions. Spectroscopic techniques are essential tools for molecular research into these photoreceptors. This review is directed at summarizing how resonance Raman and IR spectroscopy contributed to an understanding of the structure, dynamics, and reaction mechanism of phytochromes, outlining the substantial experimental and theoretical challenges and describing the strategies to master them. It is shown that the potential of the various vibrational spectroscopic techniques can be most efficiently exploited using integral approaches via a combination of theoretical methods as well as other experimental techniques.
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- Peter Hildebrandt
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekr. PC 14, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Protein control of photochemistry and transient intermediates in phytochromes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6838. [PMID: 36369284 PMCID: PMC9652276 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34640-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phytochromes are ubiquitous photoreceptors responsible for sensing light in plants, fungi and bacteria. Their photoactivation is initiated by the photoisomerization of the embedded chromophore, triggering large conformational changes in the protein. Despite numerous experimental and computational studies, the role of chromophore-protein interactions in controlling the mechanism and timescale of the process remains elusive. Here, we combine nonadiabatic surface hopping trajectories and adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations to reveal the molecular details of such control for the Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome. Our simulations reveal that chromophore photoisomerization proceeds through a hula-twist mechanism whose kinetics is mainly determined by the hydrogen bond of the chromophore with a close-by histidine. The resulting photoproduct relaxes to an early intermediate stabilized by a tyrosine, and finally evolves into a late intermediate, featuring a more disordered binding pocket and a weakening of the aspartate-to-arginine salt-bridge interaction, whose cleavage is essential to interconvert the phytochrome to the active state.
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Significant impact of deprotonated status on the photoisomerization dynamics of bacteriophytochrome chromophore. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Takala H, Edlund P, Ihalainen JA, Westenhoff S. Tips and turns of bacteriophytochrome photoactivation. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 19:1488-1510. [PMID: 33107538 DOI: 10.1039/d0pp00117a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Phytochromes are ubiquitous photosensor proteins, which control the growth, reproduction and movement in plants, fungi and bacteria. Phytochromes switch between two photophysical states depending on the light conditions. In analogy to molecular machines, light absorption induces a series of structural changes that are transduced from the bilin chromophore, through the protein, and to the output domains. Recent progress towards understanding this structural mechanism of signal transduction has been manifold. We describe this progress with a focus on bacteriophytochromes. We describe the mechanism along three structural tiers, which are the chromophore-binding pocket, the photosensory module, and the output domains. We discuss possible interconnections between the tiers and conclude by presenting future directions and open questions. We hope that this review may serve as a compendium to guide future structural and spectroscopic studies designed to understand structural signaling in phytochromes.
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- Heikki Takala
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Box 35, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland. and Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Box 63, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Box 462, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Box 35, 40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Box 462, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Macaluso V, Salvadori G, Cupellini L, Mennucci B. The structural changes in the signaling mechanism of bacteriophytochromes in solution revealed by a multiscale computational investigation. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5555-5565. [PMID: 34168792 PMCID: PMC8179611 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00186h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Phytochromes are red-light sensing proteins, with important light-regulatory roles in different organisms, which are capturing an increasing interest in bioimaging and optogenetics. Upon absorption of light by the embedded bilin chromophore, they undergo structural changes that extend from the chromophore to the protein and finally drive the biological function. Up to now, the underlying mechanism still has to be characterized fully. Here we investigate the Pfr activated form of a bacterial phytochrome, by combining extensive molecular dynamics simulations with a polarizable QM/MM description of the spectroscopic properties, revealing a large structure relaxation in solution, compared to the crystal structure, both in the chromophore-binding pocket and in the overall structure of the phytochrome. Our results indicate that the final opening of the dimeric structure is preceded by an important internal reorganization of the phytochrome specific (PHY) domain involving a bend of the helical spine connecting the PHY domain with the chromophore-binding domain, opening the way to a new understanding of the activation pathway.
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- Veronica Macaluso
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa 56124 Pisa Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa 56124 Pisa Italy
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Grigorenko BL, Polyakov IV, Nemukhin AV. Modeling photophysical properties of the bacteriophytochrome-based fluorescent protein IFP1.4. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:065101. [PMID: 33588533 DOI: 10.1063/5.0026475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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An enhanced interest in the phytochrome-based fluorescent proteins is explained by their ability to absorb and emit light in the far-red and infra-red regions particularly suitable for bioimaging. The fluorescent protein IFP1.4 was engineered from the chromophore-binding domain of a bacteriophytochrome in attempts to increase the fluorescence quantum yield. We report the results of simulations of structures in the ground S0 and excited S1 electronic states of IFP1.4 using the methods of quantum chemistry and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics. We construct different protonation states of the biliverdin (BV) chromophore in the red-absorbing form of the protein by moving protons from the BV pyrrole rings to a suitable acceptor within the system and show that these structures are close in energy but differ by absorption bands. For the first time, we report structures of the minimum energy conical intersection points S1/S0 on the energy surfaces of BV in the protein environment and describe their connection to the local minima in the excited S1 state. These simulations allow us to characterize the deactivation routes in IFP1.4.
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- Bella L Grigorenko
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Kübel J, Chenchiliyan M, Ooi SA, Gustavsson E, Isaksson L, Kuznetsova V, Ihalainen JA, Westenhoff S, Maj M. Transient IR spectroscopy identifies key interactions and unravels new intermediates in the photocycle of a bacterial phytochrome. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:9195-9203. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06995j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Infra-red spectroscopy advances our understanding of how photosensory proteins carry their function.
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- Joachim Kübel
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Nanoscience Center
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science
- University of Jyväskylä
- Jyväskylä 40014
- Finland
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- Nanoscience Center
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science
- University of Jyväskylä
- Jyväskylä 40014
- Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
- University of Gothenburg
- Gothenburg 40530
- Sweden
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Rumfeldt JA, Takala H, Liukkonen A, Ihalainen JA. UV‐Vis Spectroscopy Reveals a Correlation Between Y263 and BV Protonation States in Bacteriophytochromes. Photochem Photobiol 2019; 95:969-979. [DOI: 10.1111/php.13095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jessica A. Rumfeldt
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science Nanoscience Center University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science Nanoscience Center University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
- Anatomy Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science Nanoscience Center University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science Nanoscience Center University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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Ma J, Zhang X, Phillips DL. Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Observation and Characterization of Water-Assisted Photoredox Reactions of Selected Aromatic Carbonyl Compounds. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:726-737. [PMID: 30742408 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In recent years, unusual and efficient self-photoredox reactions were detected for selected benzophenone derivatives (BPs) and anthraquinone derivatives (AQs) in aqueous environments by Wan and co-workers, where the carbonyl undergoes reduction to the corresponding alcohol and a side-chain alcohol group undergoes oxidation to the corresponding carbonyl. To unravel the photoredox reaction mechanisms of these types of BPs and AQs in aqueous environments, we have utilized a combination of time-resolved spectroscopy techniques such as femtosecond transient absorption, nanosecond transient absorption, and nanosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy to detect and characterize the electronic absorption and vibrational spectra of the intermediates and transient species from the femtosecond to microsecond time region after they are generated in the photoredox reactions. With the assistance of density functional theory calculations to simulate the electronic absorption and Raman spectra, the structural and kinetic information on the key reactive intermediates is described. Furthermore, the reaction pathways were calculated by finding the transition states connecting with the reactant and product complexes to better understand the photoredox reaction mechanism. In this Account, we summarize some of our time-resolved spectroscopic observations and characterization of water-assisted photoredox reactions of selected BPs and AQs. In the strong hydrogen-donor solvent isopropanol, the commonly studied photoreduction reaction for aromatic carbonyls via an intermolecular hydrogen atom tranfer process was observed for BPs and AQs. The photoredox reactions for the investigated BPs and AQs in aqueous environments occur on the triplet excited-state surface. Under moderately acidic aqueous conditions, the photoredox reactions for BPs and AQs are triggered by a proton transfer (PT) pathway. In neutral aqueous solutions, AQs may also undergo proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) leading to the photoredox reaction, while BPs generate the ketyl radical species. Both BPs and AQs prefer the photohydration reaction in high-proton-concentration aqueous solutions (pH 0). The PT and PCET processes were found to offer more possibilities for the aromatic carbonyl compounds to lead to new photochemical reactions like the unusual photoredox reactions associated with BPs and AQs described here. Clear characterization of the photophysical pathways and the photochemical reactions of representative aromatic carbonyl compounds in aqueous environments not only provides fundamental information to better understand the photochemistry of carbonyl-containing compounds but also will facilitate the development of applications of these systems, like photochemical synthesis, drugs, and photolabile protecting groups. In addition, the importance of water molecules in the photochemical reactions of interest here may also lead to further understanding of how water influences the photochemistry of related carbonyl-containing compounds in aqueous environments.
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- Jiani Ma
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Gourinchas G, Vide U, Winkler A. Influence of the N-terminal segment and the PHY-tongue element on light-regulation in bacteriophytochromes. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:4498-4510. [PMID: 30683693 PMCID: PMC6433076 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.007260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Photoreceptors enable the integration of ambient light stimuli to trigger lifestyle adaptations via modulation of central metabolite levels involved in diverse regulatory processes. Red light–sensing bacteriophytochromes are attractive targets for the development of innovative optogenetic tools because of their natural modularity of coupling with diverse functionalities and the natural availability of the light-absorbing biliverdin chromophore in animal tissues. However, a rational design of such tools is complicated by the poor understanding of molecular mechanisms of light signal transduction over long distances—from the site of photon absorption to the active site of downstream enzymatic effectors. Here we show how swapping structural elements between two bacteriophytochrome homologs provides additional insight into light signal integration and effector regulation, involving a fine-tuned interplay of important structural elements of the sensor, as well as the sensor–effector linker. Facilitated by the availability of structural information of inhibited and activated full-length structures of one of the two homologs (Idiomarina species A28L phytochrome-activated diguanylyl cyclase (IsPadC)) and characteristic differences in photoresponses of the two homologs, we identify an important cross-talk between the N-terminal segment, containing the covalent attachment site of the chromophore, and the PHY-tongue region. Moreover, we highlight how these elements influence the dynamic range of photoactivation and how activation can be improved to light/dark ratios of ∼800-fold by reducing basal dark-state activities at the same time as increasing conversion in the light state. This will enable future optimization of optogenetic tools aiming at a direct allosteric regulation of enzymatic effectors.
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- Geoffrey Gourinchas
- From the Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria and
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria and
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria and .,BioTechMed-Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Li X, Hu D, Xie Y, Lan Z. Analysis of trajectory similarity and configuration similarity in on-the-fly surface-hopping simulation on multi-channel nonadiabatic photoisomerization dynamics. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:244104. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5048049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Xusong Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research/Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research/Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Kar RK, Borin VA, Ding Y, Matysik J, Schapiro I. Spectroscopic Properties of Lumiflavin: A Quantum Chemical Study. Photochem Photobiol 2018; 95:662-674. [DOI: 10.1111/php.13023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Rajiv Kumar Kar
- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research Institute of Chemistry Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research Institute of Chemistry Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research Institute of Chemistry Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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Polyakov IV, Grigorenko BL, Mironov VA, Nemukhin AV. Modeling structure and excitation of biliverdin-binding domains in infrared fluorescent proteins. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.08.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Gourinchas G, Heintz U, Winkler A. Asymmetric activation mechanism of a homodimeric red light-regulated photoreceptor. eLife 2018; 7:34815. [PMID: 29869984 PMCID: PMC6005682 DOI: 10.7554/elife.34815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Organisms adapt to environmental cues using diverse signaling networks. In order to sense and integrate light for regulating various biological functions, photoreceptor proteins have evolved in a modular way. This modularity is targeted in the development of optogenetic tools enabling the control of cellular events with high spatiotemporal precision. However, the limited understanding of signaling mechanisms impedes the rational design of innovative photoreceptor-effector couples. Here, we reveal molecular details of signal transduction in phytochrome-regulated diguanylyl cyclases. Asymmetric structural changes of the full-length homodimer result in a functional heterodimer featuring two different photoactivation states. Structural changes around the cofactors result in a quasi-translational rearrangement of the distant coiled-coil sensor-effector linker. Eventually, this regulates enzymatic activity by modulating the dimer interface of the output domains. Considering the importance of phytochrome heterodimerization in plant signaling, our mechanistic details of asymmetric photoactivation in a bacterial system reveal novel aspects of the evolutionary adaptation of phytochromes.
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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Morzan UN, Alonso de Armiño DJ, Foglia NO, Ramírez F, González Lebrero MC, Scherlis DA, Estrin DA. Spectroscopy in Complex Environments from QM–MM Simulations. Chem Rev 2018; 118:4071-4113. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Uriel N. Morzan
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Li X, Xie Y, Hu D, Lan Z. Analysis of the Geometrical Evolution in On-the-Fly Surface-Hopping Nonadiabatic Dynamics with Machine Learning Dimensionality Reduction Approaches: Classical Multidimensional Scaling and Isometric Feature Mapping. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:4611-4623. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Xusong Li
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy
and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- Sino-Danish
Center for Education and Research/Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy
and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy
and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy
and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- Sino-Danish
Center for Education and Research/Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Takiden A, Velazquez-Escobar F, Dragelj J, Woelke AL, Knapp EW, Piwowarski P, Bart F, Hildebrandt P, Mroginski MA. Structural and Vibrational Characterization of the Chromophore Binding Site of Bacterial Phytochrome Agp1. Photochem Photobiol 2017; 93:713-723. [DOI: 10.1111/php.12737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Aref Takiden
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie; Freie Universität Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics; Charité-Medical University Berlin; Berlin Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics; Charité-Medical University Berlin; Berlin Germany
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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]
Abstract
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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Takala H, Niebling S, Berntsson O, Björling A, Lehtivuori H, Häkkänen H, Panman M, Gustavsson E, Hoernke M, Newby G, Zontone F, Wulff M, Menzel A, Ihalainen JA, Westenhoff S. Light-induced structural changes in a monomeric bacteriophytochrome. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2016; 3:054701. [PMID: 27679804 PMCID: PMC5010554 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Phytochromes sense red light in plants and various microorganism. Light absorption causes structural changes within the protein, which alter its biochemical activity. Bacterial phytochromes are dimeric proteins, but the functional relevance of this arrangement remains unclear. Here, we use time-resolved X-ray scattering to reveal the solution structural change of a monomeric variant of the photosensory core module of the phytochrome from Deinococcus radiodurans. The data reveal two motions, a bend and a twist of the PHY domain with respect to the chromophore-binding domains. Infrared spectroscopy shows the refolding of the PHY tongue. We conclude that a monomer of the phytochrome photosensory core is sufficient to perform the light-induced structural changes. This implies that allosteric cooperation with the other monomer is not needed for structural activation. The dimeric arrangement may instead be intrinsic to the biochemical output domains of bacterial phytochromes.
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla , Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility , CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility , CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility , CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla , Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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Björling A, Berntsson O, Lehtivuori H, Takala H, Hughes AJ, Panman M, Hoernke M, Niebling S, Henry L, Henning R, Kosheleva I, Chukharev V, Tkachenko NV, Menzel A, Newby G, Khakhulin D, Wulff M, Ihalainen JA, Westenhoff S. Structural photoactivation of a full-length bacterial phytochrome. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1600920. [PMID: 27536728 PMCID: PMC4982709 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Phytochromes are light sensor proteins found in plants, bacteria, and fungi. They function by converting a photon absorption event into a conformational signal that propagates from the chromophore through the entire protein. However, the structure of the photoactivated state and the conformational changes that lead to it are not known. We report time-resolved x-ray scattering of the full-length phytochrome from Deinococcus radiodurans on micro- and millisecond time scales. We identify a twist of the histidine kinase output domains with respect to the chromophore-binding domains as the dominant change between the photoactivated and resting states. The time-resolved data further show that the structural changes up to the microsecond time scales are small and localized in the chromophore-binding domains. The global structural change occurs within a few milliseconds, coinciding with the formation of the spectroscopic meta-Rc state. Our findings establish key elements of the signaling mechanism of full-length bacterial phytochromes.
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- University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
- University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Singer P, Wörner S, Lamparter T, Diller R. Spectroscopic Investigation on the Primary Photoreaction of Bathy Phytochrome Agp2-Pr ofAgrobacterium fabrum: Isomerization in a pH-dependent H-bond Network. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:1288-97. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Patrick Singer
- Department of Physics; University of Kaiserslautern; Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, Geb. 46 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany), Fax: +49-631-205-3902
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- Botanical Institute; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Kaiserstraße 2 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Botanical Institute; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Kaiserstraße 2 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of Physics; University of Kaiserslautern; Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, Geb. 46 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany), Fax: +49-631-205-3902
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Yang Y, Heyne K, Mathies RA, Dasgupta J. Non-Bonded Interactions Drive the Sub-Picosecond Bilin Photoisomerization in the P(fr) State of Phytochrome Cph1. Chemphyschem 2015; 17:369-74. [PMID: 26630441 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201501073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Phytochromes are protein-based photoreceptors harboring a bilin-based photoswitch in the active site. The timescale of photosignaling via C15 =C16 E-to-Z photoisomerization has been ambiguous in the far-red-absorbing Pfr state. Here we present a unified view of the structural events in phytochrome Cph1 post excitation with femtosecond precision, obtained via stimulated Raman and polarization-resolved transient IR spectroscopy. We demonstrate that photoproduct formation occurs within 700 fs, determined by a two-step partitioning process initiated by a planarization on the electronic excited state with a 300 fs time scale. The ultrafast isomerization timescale for Pfr -to-Pr conversion highlights the active role of the nonbonding methyl-methyl clash initiating the reaction in the excited state. We envision that our results will motivate the synthesis of new artificial photoswitches with precisely tuned non-bonded interactions for ultrafast response.
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- Yang Yang
- Department of Physics, Freie Universitat Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universitat Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1 Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai, 400005, India.
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Rudack T, Jenrich S, Brucker S, Vetter IR, Gerwert K, Kötting C. Catalysis of GTP hydrolysis by small GTPases at atomic detail by integration of X-ray crystallography, experimental, and theoretical IR spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:24079-90. [PMID: 26272610 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.648071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Small GTPases regulate key processes in cells. Malfunction of their GTPase reaction by mutations is involved in severe diseases. Here, we compare the GTPase reaction of the slower hydrolyzing GTPase Ran with Ras. By combination of time-resolved FTIR difference spectroscopy and QM/MM simulations we elucidate that the Mg(2+) coordination by the phosphate groups, which varies largely among the x-ray structures, is the same for Ran and Ras. A new x-ray structure of a Ran·RanBD1 complex with improved resolution confirmed this finding and revealed a general problem with the refinement of Mg(2+) in GTPases. The Mg(2+) coordination is not responsible for the much slower GTPase reaction of Ran. Instead, the location of the Tyr-39 side chain of Ran between the γ-phosphate and Gln-69 prevents the optimal positioning of the attacking water molecule by the Gln-69 relative to the γ-phosphate. This is confirmed in the RanY39A·RanBD1 crystal structure. The QM/MM simulations provide IR spectra of the catalytic center, which agree very nicely with the experimental ones. The combination of both methods can correlate spectra with structure at atomic detail. For example the FTIR difference spectra of RasA18T and RanT25A mutants show that spectral differences are mainly due to the hydrogen bond of Thr-25 to the α-phosphate in Ran. By integration of x-ray structure analysis, experimental, and theoretical IR spectroscopy the catalytic center of the x-ray structural models are further refined to sub-Å resolution, allowing an improved understanding of catalysis.
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- Till Rudack
- From the Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Universitaetstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Universitaetstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Universitaetstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany, and
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- From the Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Universitaetstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences-Max Planck Partner Institute and Key Laboratory for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- From the Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Universitaetstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany,
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Li F, Burgie ES, Yu T, Héroux A, Schatz GC, Vierstra RD, Orville AM. X-ray radiation induces deprotonation of the bilin chromophore in crystalline D. radiodurans phytochrome. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:2792-5. [PMID: 25650486 DOI: 10.1021/ja510923m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
We report that in the red light-absorbing (Pr) state, the bilin chromophore of the Deinococcus radiodurans proteobacterial phytochrome (DrBphP) is hypersensitive to X-ray photons used in typical synchrotron X-ray protein crystallography experiments. This causes the otherwise fully protonated chromophore to deprotonate without additional major structural changes. These results have major implications for our understanding of the structural and chemical characteristics of the resting and intermediate states of phytochromes and other photoreceptor proteins.
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- Feifei Li
- Photon Sciences Directorate and ∥Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory , Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Mathes T, Ravensbergen J, Kloz M, Gleichmann T, Gallagher KD, Woitowich NC, St Peter R, Kovaleva SE, Stojković EA, Kennis JTM. Femto- to Microsecond Photodynamics of an Unusual Bacteriophytochrome. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:239-43. [PMID: 26263456 DOI: 10.1021/jz502408n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A bacteriophytochrome from Stigmatella aurantiaca is an unusual member of the bacteriophytochrome family that is devoid of hydrogen bonding to the carbonyl group of ring D of the biliverdin (BV) chromophore. The photodynamics of BV in SaBphP1 wild type and the single mutant T289H reintroducing hydrogen bonding to ring D show that the strength of this particular weak interaction determines excited-state lifetime, Lumi-R quantum yield, and spectral heterogeneity. In particular, excited-state decay is faster in the absence of hydrogen-bonding to ring D, with excited-state half-lives of 30 and 80 ps for wild type and the T289H mutant, respectively. Concomitantly, the Lumi-R quantum yield is two times higher in wild type as compared with the T289H mutant. Furthermore, the spectral heterogeneity in the wild type is significantly higher than that in the T289H mutant. By extending the observable time domain to 25 μs, we observe a new deactivation pathway from the Lumi-R intermediate in the 100 ns time domain that corresponds to a backflip of ring D to the original Pr 15Za isomeric state.
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- Tilo Mathes
- †Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- †Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- †Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- †Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ‡Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625, United States
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- ‡Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625, United States
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- ‡Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625, United States
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- ‡Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625, United States
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- ‡Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625, United States
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- †Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Takala H, Lehtivuori H, Hammarén H, Hytönen VP, Ihalainen JA. Connection between Absorption Properties and Conformational Changes in Deinococcus radiodurans Phytochrome. Biochemistry 2014; 53:7076-85. [DOI: 10.1021/bi501180s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Heikki Takala
- Nanoscience
Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Nanoscience
Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Nanoscience
Center, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- School
of Medicine, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- BioMediTech, University of Tampere, 33520 Tampere, Finland
- Fimlab Laboratories, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Nanoscience
Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Stojković E, Toh KC, Alexandre MTA, Baclayon M, Moffat K, Kennis JTM. FTIR Spectroscopy Revealing Light-Dependent Refolding of the Conserved Tongue Region of Bacteriophytochrome. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:2512-2515. [PMID: 25126387 PMCID: PMC4126705 DOI: 10.1021/jz501189t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Bacteriophytochromes (BphPs) constitute a class of photosensory proteins that toggle between Pr and Pfr functional states through absorption of red and far-red light. The photosensory core of BphPs is composed of PAS, GAF, and PHY domains. Here, we apply FTIR spectroscopy to investigate changes in the secondary structure of Rhodopseudomonas palustris BphP2 (RpBphP2) upon Pr to Pfr photoconversion. Our results indicate conversion from a β-sheet to an α-helical element in the so-called tongue region of the PHY domain, consistent with recent X-ray structures of Deinococcus radiodurans DrBphP in dark and light states (Takala H.; et al. Nature2014, 5, 245-248). A conserved Asp in the GAF domain that noncovalently connects with the PHY domain and a conserved Pro in the tongue region of the PHY domain are essential for the β-sheet-to-α-helix conversion.
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- Emina
A. Stojković
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Physics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Physics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Physics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Physics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- E-mail: . Phone +31205987212
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Kim PW, Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Heterogeneous photodynamics of the pfr state in the cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1. Biochemistry 2014; 53:4601-11. [PMID: 24940993 PMCID: PMC4184438 DOI: 10.1021/bi5005359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Femtosecond
photodynamics of the Pfr form of the red/far-red
phytochrome N-terminal PAS-GAF-PHY photosensory core module of the
cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 (termed Cph1Δ) from Synechocystis were resolved with visible broadband transient
absorption spectroscopy. Multiphasic generation dynamics via global
target analysis revealed parallel evolution of two pathways with distinct
excited- and ground-state kinetics. These measurements resolved two
subpopulations: a majority subpopulation with fast excited-state decay
and slower ground-state dynamics, corresponding to previous descriptions
of Pfr dynamics, and a minority subpopulation with slower
excited-state decay and faster ground-state primary dynamics. Both
excited-state subpopulations generated the isomerized, red-shifted
Lumi-Ff photoproduct (715 nm); subsequent ground-state
evolution to a blue-shifted Meta-Fr population (635 nm)
proceeded on 3 ps and 1.5 ns time scales for the two subpopulations.
Meta-Fr was spectrally similar to a recently described
photoinactive fluorescent subpopulation of Pr (FluorPr). Thus, the reverse Pfr to Pr photoconversion of Cph1Δ involves minor structural deformation
of Meta-Fr to generate the fluorescent, photochemically
refractory form of Pr, with slower subsequent equilibration
with the photoactive Pr subpopulation (PhotoPr).
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- Peter W Kim
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California , One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Chizhov I, Zorn B, Manstein DJ, Gärtner W. Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of the light-induced processes in plant and cyanobacterial phytochromes. Biophys J 2014; 105:2210-20. [PMID: 24209867 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The light-induced processes of the biological photoreceptor phytochrome (recombinant phyA of oat and recombinant CphA from the cyanobacterium Tolypothrix PCC7601) have been investigated in a time-resolved manner in the temperature range from 0 to 30°C. Both proteins were heterologously expressed and assembled in vitro with phycocyanobilin. The Pr state of plant phytochrome phyA is converted to the Pfr state after formation of four intermediates with an overall quantum yield of ~18%. The reversal reaction (Pfr-to-Pr) shows several intermediates, all of which, even the first detectable one, exhibit already all spectral features of the Pr state. The canonical phytochrome CphA from Tolypothrix showed a similar intermediate sequence as its plant ortholog. Whereas the kinetics for the forward reaction (Pr-to-Pfr) was nearly identical for both proteins, the reverse process (Pr formation) in the cyanobacterial phytochrome was slower by a factor of three. As found for the Pfr-to-Pr intermediates in the plant protein, also in CphA all detectable intermediates showed the spectral features of the Pr form. For both phytochromes, activation parameters for both the forward and the backward reaction pathways were determined.
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- Igor Chizhov
- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Xie X, Kagawa T, Takano M. The phytochrome B/phytochrome C heterodimer is necessary for phytochrome C-mediated responses in rice seedlings. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97264. [PMID: 24853557 PMCID: PMC4031084 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background PhyC levels have been observed to be markedly lower in phyB mutants than in Arabidopsis or rice wild type etiolated seedlings, but the mechanism of this phenomenon has not been fully elucidated. Results In the present study, we investigated the mechanism by which phyB affects the protein concentration and photo-sensing abilities of phyC and demonstrated that rice phyC exists predominantly as phyB/phyC heterodimers in etiolated seedlings. PHYC-GFP protein was detected when expressed in phyA phyC mutants, but not in phyA phyB mutants, suggesting that phyC requires phyB for its photo-sensing abilities. Interestingly, when a mutant PHYB gene that has no chromophore binding site, PHYB(C364A), was introduced into phyB mutants, the phyC level was restored. Moreover, when PHYB(C364A) was introduced into phyA phyB mutants, the seedlings exhibited de-etiolation under both far-red light (FR) and red light (R) conditions, while the phyA phyB mutants were blind to both FR and R. These results are the first direct evidence that phyC is responsible for regulating seedling de-etiolation under both FR and R. These findings also suggest that phyB is indispensable for the expression and function of phyC, which depends on the formation of phyB/phyC heterodimers. Significance The present report clearly demonstrates the similarities and differences in the properties of phyC between Arabidopsis and rice and will advance our understanding of phytochrome functions in monocots and dicots.
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- Xianzhi Xie
- Photobiology and Photosynthesis Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Shandong Rice Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Photobiology and Photosynthesis Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Photobiology and Photosynthesis Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kakeya K, Aozasa M, Mizutani T, Hitomi Y, Kodera M. Nucleophilic ring opening of meso-substituted 5-oxaporphyrin by oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon nucleophiles. J Org Chem 2014; 79:2591-600. [PMID: 24597593 DOI: 10.1021/jo5000412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nucleophilic ring opening of 23H-[21,23-didehydro-10,15,20-tris(4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-5-oxaporphyrinato](trifluoroacetato)zinc(II) with various nucleophiles such as alkoxide, amine, thiolate, and enolate gave 19-substituted bilinone zinc complexes, and they were isolated as free base bilinones. An X-ray crystallographic study demonstrated that the product of 5-oxaporphyrin with sodium methoxide was 21H,23H-(4Z,9Z,15Z)-1,21-dihydro-19-methoxy-5,10,15-tris(4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)bilin-1-one with a helicoidal conformation. The structure of the product of 5-oxaporphyrin with an enolate of ethyl acetoacetate was 21H,22H,24H-(4Z,9Z,15Z,19E)-19-(1-ethoxycarbonyl-2-oxopropylidene)-5,10,15-tris(4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-1,19,21,24-tetrahydrobilin-1-one, with three inner NH groups. The product with SH(-) was also the same tautomer, 21H,22H,24H-19-thioxo-bilin-1-one, with three NH groups, while the products with RO(-), RNH2, and RS(-) nucleophiles were 21H,23H-bilin-1-ones with two inner NH groups. The first-order rate constants of the ring opening reaction of 5-oxaporphyrin with 1 M BnOH and BnSH in toluene at 303 K were 3.0 × 10(-4) and 6.1 × 10(-4) s(-1), respectively. The ratio of the rate of alcohol to thiol was much higher than that with methyl iodide, suggesting that 5-oxaporphyrin reacted as a hard electrophile in comparison to methyl iodide. UV-visible spectra of 19-substituted bilinones in CHCl3 at 298 K showed that the absorption maximum of the lower energy band was red-shifted in increasing order of O-substituted (645 nm), S-substituted (668 nm), N-substituted (699 nm), and C-substituted bilinones (706 nm).
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- Kazuhisa Kakeya
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University , Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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Nganou C, David L, Meinke R, Adir N, Maultzsch J, Mkandawire M, Pouhè D, Thomsen C. Activation and deactivation of vibronic channels in intact phycocyanin rods. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:085101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4866293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Zhuang X, Wang J, Lan Z. Tracking of the Molecular Motion in the Primary Event of Photoinduced Reactions of a Phytochromobilin Model. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:15976-86. [DOI: 10.1021/jp408799b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Xuhui Zhuang
- Key
Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- The
Qingdao Key Lab of Solar Energy Utilization and Energy Storage Technology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- The
Qingdao Key Lab of Solar Energy Utilization and Energy Storage Technology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- The
Qingdao Key Lab of Solar Energy Utilization and Energy Storage Technology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, P. R. China
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Nieder JB, Stojković EA, Moffat K, Forest KT, Lamparter T, Bittl R, Kennis JTM. Pigment–Protein Interactions in Phytochromes Probed by Fluorescence Line Narrowing Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:14940-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jp409110q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Jana B. Nieder
- Fachbereich
Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Advanced
Radiation Sources, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Advanced
Radiation Sources, and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Botany
1, KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kaiserstrasse 2, D 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Biophysics Section, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fraikin GY, Strakhovskaya MG, Rubin AB. Biological photoreceptors of light-dependent regulatory processes. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 78:1238-53. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913110047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lehtivuori H, Rissanen I, Takala H, Bamford J, Tkachenko NV, Ihalainen JA. Fluorescence properties of the chromophore-binding domain of bacteriophytochrome from Deinococcus radiodurans. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:11049-57. [PMID: 23464656 DOI: 10.1021/jp312061b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fluorescent proteins are versatile tools for molecular imaging. In this study, we report a detailed analysis of the absorption and fluorescence properties of the chromophore-binding domain from Deinococcus radiodurans and its D207H mutant. Using single photon counting and transient absorption techniques, the average excited state lifetime of both studied systems was about 370 ps. The D207H mutation slightly changed the excited state decay profile but did not have a considerable effect on the average decay time of the system or the shape of the absorption and emission spectra of the biliverdin chromophore. We confirmed that the fluorescence properties of both samples are very similar in vivo and in vitro. However, we found that the paraformaldehyde fixation of the Escherichia coli cells containing the recombinant phytochrome protein significantly changed the fluorescence properties of the chromophore-binding domain. The biliverdin fluorescence was diminished almost completely, and the fluorescence originated only from the protoporphyrin molecules. Our results emphasize that the effect of protoporphyrin IXa should not be ignored in the fluorescence experiments with phytochrome systems while designing better red fluorescence markers for cellular imaging.
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- Heli Lehtivuori
- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä , P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Song C, Rohmer T, Tiersch M, Zaanen J, Hughes J, Matysik J. Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy to Probe Photoactivation in Canonical Phytochromes. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:259-73. [DOI: 10.1111/php.12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek; Universiteit Leiden; Leiden; The Netherlands
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- Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics; Universiteit Leiden; Leiden; The Netherlands
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- Pflanzenphysiologie; Justus-Liebig-Universität; Giessen; Germany
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Kakeya K, Nakagawa A, Mizutani T, Hitomi Y, Kodera M. Synthesis, Reactivity, and Spectroscopic Properties of meso-Triaryl-5-oxaporphyrins. J Org Chem 2012; 77:6510-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jo3010342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kazuhisa Kakeya
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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Spectroscopy and a High-Resolution Crystal Structure of Tyr263 Mutants of Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Cph1. J Mol Biol 2011; 413:115-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mailliet J, Psakis G, Feilke K, Sineshchekov V, Essen LO, Hughes J. Spectroscopy and a High-Resolution Crystal Structure of Tyr263 Mutants of Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Cph1. J Mol Biol 2011; 413:115-127. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Chen DJ, Lu YH, Wang AJ, Feng JJ, Huo TT, Dong WJ. Facile synthesis of ultra-long Cu microdendrites for the electrochemical detection of glucose. J Solid State Electrochem 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-011-1524-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Nakamura R, Kakeya K, Furuta N, Muta E, Nishisaka H, Mizutani T. Synthesis of para- or ortho-Substituted Triarylbilindiones and Tetraarylbiladienones by Coupled Oxidation of Tetraarylporphyrins. J Org Chem 2011; 76:6108-15. [DOI: 10.1021/jo2007994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ryosuke Nakamura
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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Fukushima Y, Iwaki M, Narikawa R, Ikeuchi M, Tomita Y, Itoh S. Photoconversion mechanism of a green/red photosensory cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJ: time-resolved optical spectroscopy and FTIR analysis of the AnPixJ-GAF2 domain. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6328-39. [PMID: 21714499 DOI: 10.1021/bi101799w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The photoconversion mechanism of a green/red sensory cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJ was studied. The phycocyanobilin-binding second GAF domain of AnPixJ of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 was expressed in Escherichia coli cells. The His-tagged AnPixJ-GAF2 domain exhibited photoconversion between the green- and red-absorbing forms, APg(543) and APr(648), respectively. We detected four intermediate states in the photocycle between them, as follows: APr(648) → red light → APr(648)* → (with a rise time constant τ(r) of <100 ns) R1(650-80) (with a decay time constant τ(d) of <1 μs) → R2(610) (τ(d) = 920 μs) → APg(543) → green light → APg(543)* → (τ(r) < 50 ns) G1(570) (τ(d) = 190 μs) → G2(630) (τ(d) = 1.01 ms) → APr(648). These intermediates were named for their absorption peak wavelengths, which were estimated on the basis of the time-resolved difference spectra and global analysis of the time courses. The absorption spectrum of APr(648) resembles that of the Pr form of the phytochrome, while all the other states showed peaks at 530-650 nm and had wider bandwidths with smaller peak amplitudes. The fastest decay phases of fluorescence from APr(648)* and APg(543)* gave lifetimes of 200 and 42 ps, respectively, suggesting fast primary reactions. The APg(543)-minus-APr(648) difference FTIR spectrum in an H(2)O medium was significantly different from those reported for the Pfr/Pr difference spectra in phytochromes. Most of the peaks in the difference spectrum were shifted in the D(2)O medium, suggesting the high accessibility to the aqueous phase. The interactions of the phycocyanobilin chromophore with the surrounding amino acid residues, which are fairly different from those in the GAF domain of phytochromes, realize the unique green/red photocycle of AnPixJ.
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- Yoshimasa Fukushima
- Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Toh KC, Stojković EA, van Stokkum IHM, Moffat K, Kennis JTM. Fluorescence quantum yield and photochemistry of bacteriophytochrome constructs. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:11985-97. [PMID: 21611667 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp00050k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bacteriophytochromes (Bphs) are red-light photoreceptor proteins with a photosensory core that consists of three distinct domains, PAS, GAF and PHY, and covalently binds biliverdin (BV) to a conserved cysteine in the PAS domain. In a recent development, PAS-GAF variants were engineered for use as a near-infrared fluorescent marker in mammalian tissues (Tsien and co-workers, Science, 2009, 324, 804-807). Here, we report the fluorescence quantum yield and photochemistry of two highly-related Bphs from Rps. palustris, RpBphP2 (P2) and RpBphP3 (P3) with distinct photoconversion and fluorescence properties. We applied ultrafast spectroscopy to wild type P3 and P2 PAS-GAF proteins and their P3 D216A, Y272F and P2 D202A PAS-GAF-PHY mutant proteins. In these mutants hydrogen-bond interactions between a conserved aspartate (Asp) which connects the BV chromophore with the PHY domains are disrupted. The excited-state lifetime of the truncated P3 and P2 PAS-GAF proteins was significantly longer than in their PAS-GAF-PHY counterparts that constitute the full photosensory core. Mutation of the conserved Asp to Ala in the PAS-GAF-PHY protein had a similar but larger effect. The fluorescence quantum yields of the P3 D216A and Y272F mutants were 0.066, higher than that of wild type P3 (0.043) and similar to the engineered Bph of Tsien and co-workers. We conclude that elimination of a key hydrogen-bond interaction between Asp and a conserved Arg in the PHY domain is responsible for the excited-state lifetime increase in all Bph variants studied here. H/D exchange resulted in a 1.4-1.7 fold increase of excited-state lifetime. The results support a reaction model in which deactivation of the BV chromophore proceeds via excited-state proton transfer from the BV pyrrole nitrogens to the backbone of the conserved Asp or to a bound water. This work may aid in rational structure- and mechanism-based conversion of constructs based on P3 and other BPhs into efficient near-IR, deep tissue, fluorescent markers.
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- K C Toh
- Biophysics Section, Department of Physics and Astronomy, VU University, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Elucidating photoinduced structural changes in phytochromes by the combined application of resonance Raman spectroscopy and theoretical methods. J Mol Struct 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2011.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Phytochromes are environmental sensors, historically thought of as red/far-red photoreceptors in plants. Their photoperception occurs through a covalently linked tetrapyrrole chromophore, which undergoes a light-dependent conformational change propagated through the protein to a variable output domain. The phytochrome composition is modular, typically consisting of a PAS-GAF-PHY architecture for the N-terminal photosensory core. A collection of three-dimensional structures has uncovered key features, including an unusual figure-of-eight knot, an extension reaching from the PHY domain to the chromophore-binding GAF domain, and a centrally located, long α-helix hypothesized to be crucial for intramolecular signaling. Continuing identification of phytochromes in microbial systems has expanded the assigned sensory abilities of this family out of the red and into the yellow, green, blue, and violet portions of the spectrum. Furthermore, phytochromes acting not as photoreceptors but as redox sensors have been recognized. In addition, architectures other than PAS-GAF-PHY are known, thus revealing phytochromes to be a varied group of sensory receptors evolved to utilize their modular design to perceive a signal and respond accordingly. This review focuses on the structures of bacterial phytochromes and implications for signal transmission. We also discuss the small but growing set of bacterial phytochromes for which a physiological function has been ascertained.
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- Michele E Auldridge
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Belen’kii L, Gramenitskaya V, Evdokimenkova Y. The Literature of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Part X, 2005–2007. ADVANCES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385464-3.00001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Strambi A, Durbeej B. Initial excited-state relaxation of the bilin chromophores of phytochromes: a computational study. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2011; 10:569-79. [DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00307g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Anders K, von Stetten D, Mailliet J, Kiontke S, Sineshchekov VA, Hildebrandt P, Hughes J, Essen L. Spectroscopic and Photochemical Characterization of the Red‐Light Sensitive Photosensory Module of Cph2 from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Photochem Photobiol 2011; 87:160-173. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00845.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
Abstract
AbstractCyanobacterial phytochromes are a diverse family of light receptors controlling various biological functions including phototaxis. In addition to canonical bona fide phytochromes of the well characterized Cph1/plant‐like clade, cyanobacteria also harbor phytochromes that absorb green, violet or blue light. The Synechocystis PCC 6803 Cph2 photoreceptor, a phototaxis inhibitor, is unconventional in bearing two distinct chromophore‐binding GAF domains. Whereas the C‐terminal GAF domain is most likely involved in blue‐light perception, the first two domains correspond to a Cph1‐like photosensory module lacking the PAS domain. Biochemical and spectroscopic studies show that this region switches between red (Pr) and far‐red (Pfr) absorbing states. Unlike Cph1, the Pfr state of Cph2 decays rapidly in darkness. Mutations close to the PCB chromophore further destabilize the Pfr state without drastically affecting the spectroscopic features such as the quantum efficiency of Pr→Pfr conversion, fluorescence, or the Resonance‐Raman signature of the chromophore. Overall, the PAS‐less photosensory module of Cph2 resembles Cph1 including its mode of isomerisation, but the Pfr state is unstable.
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