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Yocum CF. Photosystem 2 and the oxygen evolving complex: a brief overview. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2022; 152:97-105. [PMID: 35294671 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00910-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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These special issues of photosynthesis research present papers documenting progress in revealing the many aspects of photosystem 2, a unique, one-of-a-kind complex system that can reduce a plastoquinone to a plastoquinol on every second flash of light and oxidize 2 H2O to an O2 on every fourth flash. This overview is a brief personal assessment of the progress observed by the author over a four-decade research career, including a discussion of some remaining unsolved issues. It will come as no surprise to readers that there are remaining questions given the complexity of PS2, and the efforts that have been needed so far to uncover its secrets. In fact, most readers will have their own lists of outstanding questions.
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- Charles F Yocum
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Roose JL, Frankel LK, Mummadisetti MP, Bricker TM. The extrinsic proteins of photosystem II: update. PLANTA 2016; 243:889-908. [PMID: 26759350 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2462-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent investigations have provided important new insights into the structures and functions of the extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II. This review is an update of the last major review on the extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II (Bricker et al., Biochemistry 31:4623-4628 2012). In this report, we will examine advances in our understanding of the structure and function of these components. These proteins include PsbO, which is uniformly present in all oxygenic organisms, the PsbU, PsbV, CyanoQ, and CyanoP proteins, found in the cyanobacteria, and the PsbP, PsbQ and PsbR proteins, found in the green plant lineage. These proteins serve to stabilize the Mn4CaO5 cluster and optimize oxygen evolution at physiological calcium and chloride concentrations. The mechanisms used to perform these functions, however, remain poorly understood. Recently, important new findings have significantly advanced our understanding of the structures, locations and functions of these important subunits. We will discuss the biochemical, structural and genetic studies that have been used to elucidate the roles played by these proteins within the photosystem and their locations within the photosynthetic complex. Additionally, we will examine open questions needing to be addressed to provide a coherent picture of the role of these components within the photosystem.
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- Johnna L Roose
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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Snow JT, Polyviou D, Skipp P, Chrismas NAM, Hitchcock A, Geider R, Moore CM, Bibby TS. Quantifying Integrated Proteomic Responses to Iron Stress in the Globally Important Marine Diazotroph Trichodesmium. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142626. [PMID: 26562022 PMCID: PMC4642986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Trichodesmium is a biogeochemically important marine cyanobacterium, responsible for a significant proportion of the annual 'new' nitrogen introduced into the global ocean. These non-heterocystous filamentous diazotrophs employ a potentially unique strategy of near-concurrent nitrogen fixation and oxygenic photosynthesis, potentially burdening Trichodesmium with a particularly high iron requirement due to the iron-binding proteins involved in these processes. Iron availability may therefore have a significant influence on the biogeography of Trichodesmium. Previous investigations of molecular responses to iron stress in this keystone marine microbe have largely been targeted. Here a holistic approach was taken using a label-free quantitative proteomics technique (MSE) to reveal a sophisticated multi-faceted proteomic response of Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101 to iron stress. Increased abundances of proteins known to be involved in acclimation to iron stress and proteins known or predicted to be involved in iron uptake were observed, alongside decreases in the abundances of iron-binding proteins involved in photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation. Preferential loss of proteins with a high iron content contributed to overall reductions of 55-60% in estimated proteomic iron requirements. Changes in the abundances of iron-binding proteins also suggested the potential importance of alternate photosynthetic pathways as Trichodesmium reallocates the limiting resource under iron stress. Trichodesmium therefore displays a significant and integrated proteomic response to iron availability that likely contributes to the ecological success of this species in the ocean.
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- Joseph T. Snow
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Proteomic Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Clifton, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Evlard A, Sergeant K, Ferrandis S, Printz B, Renaut J, Guignard C, Paul R, Hausman JF, Campanella B. Physiological and proteomic responses of different willow clones (Salix fragilis x alba) exposed to dredged sediment contaminated by heavy metals. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2014; 16:1148-1169. [PMID: 24933908 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2013.821448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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High biomass producing species are considered as tools for remediation of contaminated soils. Willows (Salix spp.) are prominent study subjects in this regard. In this study, different willow clones (Salix fragilis x alba) were planted on heavy-metal polluted dredging sludge. A first objective was assessment of the biomass production for these clones. Using a Gupta statistic, four clones were identified as high biomass producers (HBP). For comparison, a group of four clones with lowest biomass production were selected (LBP). A second objective was to compare metal uptake as well as the physiological and proteomic responses of these two groups. All these complementary data's allow us to have a better picture of the health of the clones that would be used in phytoremediation programs. Cd, Zn, and Ni total uptake was higher in the HBPs but Pb total uptake was higher in LBPs. Our proteomic and physiological results showed that the LBPs were able to maintain cellular activity as much as the HBPs although the oxidative stress response was more pronounced in the LBPs. This could be due to the high Pb content found in this group although a combined effect of the other metals cannot be excluded.
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Bricker TM, Roose JL, Zhang P, Frankel LK. The PsbP family of proteins. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 116:235-50. [PMID: 23564479 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9820-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The PsbP family of proteins consists of 11 evolutionarily related thylakoid lumenal components. These include the archetypal PsbP protein, which is an extrinsic subunit of eukaryotic photosystem II, three PsbP-like proteins (CyanoP of the prokaryotic cyanobacteria and green oxyphotobacteria, and the PPL1 and PPL2 proteins found in many eukaryotes), and seven PsbP-domain (PPD) proteins (PPD1-PPD7, most of which are found in the green plant lineage). All of these possess significant sequence and structural homologies while having very diverse functions. While the PsbP protein has been extensively studied and plays a functional role in the optimization of photosynthetic oxygen evolution at physiological calcium and chloride concentrations, the molecular functions of the other family members are poorly understood. Recent investigations have begun to illuminate the roles that these proteins play in membrane protein complex assembly/stability, hormone biosynthesis, and other metabolic processes. In this review we have examined this functional information within the context of recent advances examining the structure of these components.
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- Terry M Bricker
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA,
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Offenbacher AR, Polander BC, Barry BA. An intrinsically disordered photosystem II subunit, PsbO, provides a structural template and a sensor of the hydrogen-bonding network in photosynthetic water oxidation. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:29056-68. [PMID: 23940038 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.487561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Photosystem II (PSII) is a membrane-bound enzyme that utilizes solar energy to catalyze the photooxidation of water. Molecular oxygen is evolved after four sequential light-driven oxidation reactions at the Mn4CaO5 oxygen-evolving complex, producing five sequentially oxidized states, Sn. PSII is composed of 17 membrane-spanning subunits and three extrinsic subunits, PsbP, PsbQ, and PsbO. PsbO is intrinsically disordered and plays a role in facilitation of the water oxidizing cycle. Native PsbO can be removed and substituted with recombinant PsbO, thereby restoring steady-state activity. In this report, we used reaction-induced Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to obtain information concerning the role of PsbP, PsbQ, and PsbO during the S state cycle. Light-minus-dark difference spectra were acquired, monitoring structural changes associated with each accessible flash-induced S state transition in a highly purified plant PSII preparation (Triton X-100, octylthioglucoside). A comparison of S2 minus S1 spectra revealed that removal of PsbP and PsbQ had no significant effect on the data, whereas amide frequency and intensity changes were associated with PsbO removal. These data suggest that PsbO acts as an organizational template for the PSII reaction center. To identify any coupled conformational changes arising directly from PsbO, global (13)C-PsbO isotope editing was employed. The reaction-induced Fourier transform infrared spectra of accessible S states provide evidence that PsbO spectral contributions are temperature (263 and 277 K) and S state dependent. These experiments show that PsbO undergoes catalytically relevant structural dynamics, which are coupled over long distance to hydrogen-bonding changes at the Mn4CaO5 cluster.
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- Adam R Offenbacher
- From the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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Dwyer SA, Chow WS, Yamori W, Evans JR, Kaines S, Badger MR, von Caemmerer S. Antisense reductions in the PsbO protein of photosystem II leads to decreased quantum yield but similar maximal photosynthetic rates. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:4781-95. [PMID: 22922640 PMCID: PMC3428074 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Photosystem (PS) II is the multisubunit complex which uses light energy to split water, providing the reducing equivalents needed for photosynthesis. The complex is susceptible to damage from environmental stresses such as excess excitation energy and high temperature. This research investigated the in vivo photosynthetic consequences of impairments to PSII in Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) expressing an antisense construct to the PsbO proteins of PSII. Transgenic lines were obtained with between 25 and 60% of wild-type (WT) total PsbO protein content, with the PsbO1 isoform being more strongly reduced than PsbO2. These changes coincided with a decrease in functional PSII content. Low PsbO (less than 50% WT) plants grew more slowly and had lower chlorophyll content per leaf area. There was no change in content per unit area of cytochrome b6f, ATP synthase, or Rubisco, whereas PSI decreased in proportion to the reduction in chlorophyll content. The irradiance response of photosynthetic oxygen evolution showed that low PsbO plants had a reduced quantum yield, but matched the oxygen evolution rates of WT plants at saturating irradiance. It is suggested that these plants had a smaller pool of PSII centres, which are inefficiently connected to antenna pigments resulting in reduced photochemical efficiency.
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- Simon A Dwyer
- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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- Research School of BiologyThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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Popelka H, Yocum C. Probing the N-terminal sequence of spinach PsbO: evidence that essential threonine residues bind to different functional sites in eukaryotic photosystem II. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2012; 112:117-128. [PMID: 22614952 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-012-9745-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The N-terminal ¹E-⁶L domain of the manganese-stabilizing protein (PsbO) from spinach prevents non-specific binding of the subunit to photosystem II (PSII) and deletions of the ¹E-⁷T or ¹E-¹⁵T sequences from the PsbO N-terminus reduce or impair, respectively, functional binding of PsbO to PSII (Popelkova et al., Biochemistry 42:6193-6200, 2003). The work presented here provides deeper insights into the interaction of PsbO with PSII. The data show that a single mutation, ¹⁵T → A in mature PsbO from spinach reduces the stoichiometry of its functional binding from two to one subunit per PSII and decreases reconstitution of activity to about 45 % of the wild-type control. Replacement of the ¹E-⁶L domain with ⁶M in the T15A PsbO mutant has no additional negative effect on recovery of O₂ evolution activity, but it significantly weakens both functional and nonspecific binding of the truncated mutant to PSII. These results suggest that the ¹⁵T side-chain by itself is essential for binding of one of two PsbO subunits to eukaryotic PSII and that specific PSII-binding sites for PsbO are distinguishable; one PSII-binding site does not require PsbO-¹⁵T and probably interacts with the other N-terminal domain of PsbO. Identity of the latter domain is revealed by a requirement for the presence of the ¹E-⁶L sequence that is shown here to be necessary for high-affinity binding of PsbO to PSII. When combined with previous results, the data presented here lead to a more detailed model for PsbO binding in eukaryotic PSII.
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- Hana Popelka
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA.
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Trotta A, Redondo-Gómez S, Pagliano C, Clemente MEF, Rascio N, La Rocca N, Antonacci A, Andreucci F, Barbato R. Chloroplast ultrastructure and thylakoid polypeptide composition are affected by different salt concentrations in the halophytic plant Arthrocnemum macrostachyum. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 169:111-116. [PMID: 22118876 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The effect of different external salt concentrations, from 0 mM to 1030 mM NaCl, on photosynthetic complexes and chloroplast ultrastructure in the halophyte Arthrocnemum macrostachyum was studied. Photosystem II, but not Photosystem I or cytochrome b6/f, was affected by salt treatment. We found that the PsbQ protein was never expressed, whereas the amounts of PsbP and PsbO were influenced by salt in a complex way. Analyses of Photosystem II intrinsic proteins showed an uneven degradation of subunits with a loss of about 50% of centres in the 0 mM NaCl treated sample. Also the shape of chloroplasts, as well as the organization of thylakoid membranes were affected by NaCl concentration, with many grana containing few thylakoids at 1030 mM NaCl and thicker grana and numerous swollen thylakoids at 0 mM NaCl. The PsbQ protein was found to be depleted also in thylakoids from other halophytes.
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- Andrea Trotta
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale,, viale Teresa Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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Psb27, a transiently associated protein, binds to the chlorophyll binding protein CP43 in photosystem II assembly intermediates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:18536-41. [PMID: 22031695 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111597108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Photosystem II (PSII), a large multisubunit pigment-protein complex localized in the thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts, mediates light-driven evolution of oxygen from water. Recently, a high-resolution X-ray structure of the mature PSII complex has become available. Two PSII polypeptides, D1 and CP43, provide many of the ligands to an inorganic Mn(4)Ca center that is essential for water oxidation. Because of its unusual redox chemistry, PSII often undergoes degradation followed by stepwise assembly. Psb27, a small luminal polypeptide, functions as an important accessory factor in this elaborate assembly pathway. However, the structural location of Psb27 within PSII assembly intermediates has remained elusive. Here we report that Psb27 binds to CP43 in such assembly intermediates. We treated purified genetically tagged PSII assembly intermediate complexes from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 with chemical cross-linkers to examine intermolecular interactions between Psb27 and various PSII proteins. First, the water-soluble 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) was used to cross-link proteins with complementary charged groups in close association to one another. In the His27△ctpAPSII preparation, a 58-kDa cross-linked species containing Psb27 and CP43 was identified. This species was not formed in the HT3△ctpA△psb27PSII complex in which Psb27 was absent. Second, the homobifunctional thiol-cleavable cross-linker 3,3'-dithiobis(sulfosuccinimidylpropionate) (DTSSP) was used to reversibly cross-link Psb27 to CP43 in His27△ctpAPSII preparations, which allowed the use of liquid chromatography/tandem MS to map the cross-linking sites as Psb27K(63)↔CP43D(321) (trypsin) and CP43K(215)↔Psb27D(58)AGGLK(63)↔CP43D(321) (chymotrypsin), respectively. Our data suggest that Psb27 acts as an important regulatory protein during PSII assembly through specific interactions with the luminal domain of CP43.
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The extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1817:121-42. [PMID: 21801710 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In this review we examine the structure and function of the extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II. These proteins include PsbO, present in all oxygenic organisms, the PsbP and PsbQ proteins, which are found in higher plants and eukaryotic algae, and the PsbU, PsbV, CyanoQ, and CyanoP proteins, which are found in the cyanobacteria. These proteins serve to optimize oxygen evolution at physiological calcium and chloride concentrations. They also shield the Mn(4)CaO(5) cluster from exogenous reductants. Numerous biochemical, genetic and structural studies have been used to probe the structure and function of these proteins within the photosystem. We will discuss the most recent proposed functional roles for these components, their structures (as deduced from biochemical and X-ray crystallographic studies) and the locations of their proposed binding domains within the Photosystem II complex. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosystem II.
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Popelkova H, Yocum CF. PsbO, the manganese-stabilizing protein: Analysis of the structure–function relations that provide insights into its role in photosystem II. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2011; 104:179-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Roose JL, Yocum CF, Popelkova H. Binding Stoichiometry and Affinity of the Manganese-Stabilizing Protein Affects Redox Reactions on the Oxidizing Side of Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2011; 50:5988-98. [DOI: 10.1021/bi2008068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Johnna L. Roose
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Popelkova H, Commet A, Yocum CF. Asp157 is required for the function of PsbO, the photosystem II manganese stabilizing protein. Biochemistry 2010; 48:11920-8. [PMID: 19894760 DOI: 10.1021/bi9016999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PsbO, the photosystem II manganese stabilizing protein, contains an aspartate residue [Asp157 (spinach numbering)], which is highly conserved in eukaryotic and prokaryotic PsbOs. The homology model of the PSII-bound conformation of spinach PsbO presented here positions Asp157 in the large flexible loop of the protein. We have characterized site-directed mutants (D157N, D157E, and D157K) of spinach PsbO that were rebound to PsbO-depleted PSII to probe the role of Asp157. Structural data revealed that PsbO Asp157 mutants exhibit near-wild-type solution structure at 25 degrees C, but functional analyses of the mutants showed that these are the first genetically modified PsbO proteins from spinach that combine wild-type PSII binding behavior with significantly impaired O(2) evolution activity; all of the mutants reconstituted approximately 30% of control O(2) evolution activity. PsbO Asp157 has been proposed to be a part of a putative H(2)O/H(+) channel that links the active site of the oxygen-evolving complex with the lumen [De Las Rivas, J., and Barber, J. (2004) Photosynth. Res. 81, 329-343]. Unsuccessful attempts to use chemical rescue to enhance the activity restored by Asp157 mutants could indicate that this residue is not involved in a proton transfer network. It is shown, however, that these mutants are deficient in restoring efficient Cl(-) retention by PSII.
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- Hana Popelkova
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA.
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Popelkova H, Commet A, Kuntzleman T, Yocum CF. Inorganic cofactor stabilization and retention: the unique functions of the two PsbO subunits of eukaryotic photosystem II. Biochemistry 2009; 47:12593-600. [PMID: 18980383 DOI: 10.1021/bi801512s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eukaryotic PsbO, the photosystem II (PSII) manganese-stabilizing protein, has two N-terminal sequences that are required for binding of two copies of the protein to PSII [Popelkova, H., et al. (2002) Biochemistry 41, 10038-10045; Popelkova, H., et al. (2003) Biochemistry 42, 6193-6200]. In the work reported here, a set of selected N-terminal truncation mutants of PsbO that affect subunit binding to PSII were used to determine the effects of PsbO stoichiometry on the Mn, Ca(2+), and Cl(-) cofactors and to characterize the roles of each of the PsbO subunits in PSII function. Results of the experiments with the PsbO-depleted PSII membranes reconstituted with the PsbO deletion mutants showed that the presence of PsbO does not affect Ca(2+) retention by PSII in steady-state assays of activity, nor is it required for Ca(2+) to protect the Mn cluster against reductive inhibition in darkness. In contrast to the results with Ca(2+), PsbO increases the affinity of Cl(-) for the active site of the O(2)-evolving complex (OEC) as expected. These results together with other data on activity retention suggest that PsbO can stabilize the Mn cluster by facilitating retention of Cl(-) in the OEC. The data presented here indicate that each of two copies of PsbO has a distinctive function in PSII. Binding of the first PsbO subunit fully stabilizes the Mn cluster and enhances Cl(-) retention, while binding of the second subunit optimizes Cl(-) retention, which in turn maximizes O(2) evolution activity. Nonspecific binding of some PsbO truncation mutants to PSII has no functional significance.
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- Hana Popelkova
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA
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Williamson AK. Structural and functional aspects of the MSP (PsbO) and study of its differences in thermophilic versus mesophilic organisms. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:365-89. [PMID: 18780158 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9353-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The Manganese Stabilizing Protein (MSP) of Photosystem II (PSII) is a so-called extrinsic subunit, which reversibly associates with the other membrane-bound PSII subunits. The MSP is essential for maximum rates of O(2) production under physiological conditions as stabilizes the catalytic [Mn(4)Ca] cluster, which is the site of water oxidation. The function of the MSP subunit in the PSII complex has been extensively studied in higher plants, and the structure of non-PSII associated MSP has been studied by low-resolution biophysical techniques. Recently, crystal structures of PSII from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus have resolved the MSP subunit in its PSII-associated state. However, neither any crystal structure is available yet for MSP from mesophilic organisms, higher plants or algae nor has the non-PSII associated form of MSP been crystallized. This article reviews the current understanding of the structure, dynamics, and function of MSP, with a particular focus on properties of the MSP from T. elongatus that may be attributable to the thermophilic ecology of this organism rather than being general features of MSP.
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- Adele K Williamson
- Research School of Biological Sciences, the Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia.
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Enami I, Okumura A, Nagao R, Suzuki T, Iwai M, Shen JR. Structures and functions of the extrinsic proteins of photosystem II from different species. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:349-63. [PMID: 18716894 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9343-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This minireview presents a summary of information available on the variety and binding properties of extrinsic proteins that form the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (PSII) of cyanobacteria, red alga, diatom, green alga, euglena, and higher plants. In addition, the structure and function of extrinsic PsbO, PsbV, and PsbU proteins are summarized based on the crystal structure of thermophilic cyanobacterial PSII together with biochemical and genetic studies from various organisms.
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- Isao Enami
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
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Oxygenic photosynthesis, the principal converter of sunlight into chemical energy on earth, is catalyzed by four multi-subunit membrane-protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI), photosystem II (PSII), the cytochrome b(6)f complex, and F-ATPase. PSI generates the most negative redox potential in nature and largely determines the global amount of enthalpy in living systems. PSII generates an oxidant whose redox potential is high enough to enable it to oxidize H(2)O, a substrate so abundant that it assures a practically unlimited electron source for life on earth. During the last century, the sophisticated techniques of spectroscopy, molecular genetics, and biochemistry were used to reveal the structure and function of the two photosystems. The new structures of PSI and PSII from cyanobacteria, algae, and plants has shed light not only on the architecture and mechanism of action of these intricate membrane complexes, but also on the evolutionary forces that shaped oxygenic photosynthesis.
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- Nathan Nelson
- Department of Biochemistry, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Burnap RL. D1 protein processing and Mn cluster assembly in light of the emerging Photosystem II structure. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2004. [DOI: 10.1039/b407094a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hong SK, Pawlikowski SA, Vander Meulen KA, Yocum CF. The oxidation state of the photosystem II manganese cluster influences the structure of manganese stabilizing protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1504:262-74. [PMID: 11245790 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00255-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exposure of photosystem II membranes to trypsin that has been treated to inhibit chymotrypsin activity produces limited hydrolysis of manganese stabilizing protein. Exposure to chymotrypsin under the same conditions yields substantial digestion of the protein. Further probing of the unusual insensitivity of manganese stabilizing protein to trypsin hydrolysis reveals that increasing the temperature from 4 to 25 degrees C will cause some acceleration in the rate of proteolysis. However, addition of low (100 microM) concentrations of NH2OH, that are sufficient to reduce, but not destroy, the photosystem II Mn cluster, causes a change in PS II-bound manganese stabilizing protein that causes it to be rapidly digested by trypsin. Immunoblot analyses with polyclonal antibodies directed against the N-terminus of the protein, or against the entire sequence show that trypsin cleavage produces two distinct peptide fragments estimated to be in the 17-20 kDa range, consistent with proposals that there are 2 mol of the protein/mol photosystem II. The correlation of trypsin sensitivity with Mn redox state(s) in photosystem II suggest that manganese stabilizing protein may interact either directly with Mn, or alternatively, that the polypeptide is bound to another protein of the photosystem II reaction center that is intimately involved in binding and redox activity of Mn.
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- S K Hong
- Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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Debus RJ. Amino acid residues that modulate the properties of tyrosine Y(Z) and the manganese cluster in the water oxidizing complex of photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1503:164-86. [PMID: 11115632 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The catalytic site for photosynthetic water oxidation is embedded in a protein matrix consisting of nearly 30 different polypeptides. Residues from several of these polypeptides modulate the properties of the tetrameric Mn cluster and the redox-active tyrosine residue, Y(Z), that are located at the catalytic site. However, most or all of the residues that interact directly with Y(Z) and the Mn cluster appear to be contributed by the D1 polypeptide. This review summarizes our knowledge of the environments of Y(Z) and the Mn cluster as obtained from the introduction of site-directed, deletion, and other mutations into the photosystem II polypeptides of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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- R J Debus
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0129, USA.
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Hankamer B, Barber J, Boekema EJ. STRUCTURE AND MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM II IN GREEN PLANTS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997; 48:641-671. [PMID: 15012277 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photosystem II (PSII) is the pigment protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane of higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that uses solar energy to drive the photosynthetic water-splitting reaction. This chapter reviews the primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of PSII as well as the function of its constituent subunits. The understanding of in vivo organization of PSII is based in part on freeze-etched and freeze-fracture images of thylakoid membranes. These images show a resolution of about 40-50 A and so provide information mainly on the localization, heterogeneity, dimensions, and shapes of membrane-embedded PSII complexes. Higher resolution of about 15-40 A has been obtained from single particle images of isolated PSII complexes of defined and differing subunit composition and from electron crystallography of 2-D crystals. Observations are discussed in terms of the oligomeric state and subunit organization of PSII and its antenna components.
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- Ben Hankamer
- Wolfson Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AY, United Kingdom, Biophysical Chemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, NL-9747 AG The Netherlands
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Seidler A. Intermolecular and intramolecular interactions of the 33-kDa protein in photosystem II. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 242:485-90. [PMID: 9022672 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0485r.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Intermolecular and intramolecular interactions of the extrinsic 33-kDa protein in photosystem II were investigated by cross-linking with a water-soluble carbodiimide as cross-linking agent. This zero-length cross-linker is known to cross-link the 33-kDa protein to the chlorophyll-alpha-binding protein CP47 [Bricker, T. M., Odom, W. R. & Queirolo, C. B. (1988) FEBS Lett. 231, 111-117; Enami, I., Kaneko, M., Kitamura, N., Koike, H., Sonoike, K., Inoue, Y & Katoh, S. (1991) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1960, 224-232]. In this work, cross-linking was observed not only to CP47 but also to a small intrinsic subunit. In addition, through the use of a high-resolution SDS-gel system, three intramolecular cross-linked products of the 33-kDa protein were detected. To search for additional cross-linking sites that might not be accessible to the cross-linker in intact photosystem II, the isolated 33-kDa protein was activated for cross-linking and subsequently bound to CaCl2-washed photosystem II. In the complementary experiment, CaCl2-washed photosystem II was activated, then reconstituted with the 33-kDa protein. The results of the cross-linking reactions demonstrated that all carboxylic acid groups involved in cross-linking were located on the 33-kDa protein and all primary amines were located on intrinsic membrane proteins. No cross-linking other than those observed in cross-linking experiments with intact photosystem II were observed. This indicated that the 33-kDa protein is bound to CP47 and a small subunit but not to the photosystem II reaction centre. This observation is consistent with the finding that cross-linking was independent of the presence or absence of the manganese cluster. Possible residues on the 33-kDa protein and CP47 involved in cross-linking are suggested.
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- A Seidler
- Séction de Bioénergétique (CNR URA 1290), Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- A Seidler
- Séction de Bioénergétique (CNRS URA 1290), Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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