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Fischer T, Köhler L, Engel PD, Song C, Gärtner W, Wachtveitl J, Slavov C. Conserved tyrosine in phytochromes controls the photodynamics through steric demand and hydrogen bonding capabilities. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2023; 1864:148996. [PMID: 37437858 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.148996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
Abstract
Using ultrafast spectroscopy and site-specific mutagenesis, we demonstrate the central role of a conserved tyrosine within the chromophore binding pocket in the forward (Pr → Pfr) photoconversion of phytochromes. Taking GAF1 of the knotless phytochrome All2699g1 from Nostoc as representative member of phytochromes, it was found that the mutations have no influence on the early (<30 ps) dynamics associated with conformational changes of the chromophore in the excited state. Conversely, they drastically impact the extended protein-controlled excited state decay (>100 ps). Thus, the steric demand, position and H-bonding capabilities of the identified tyrosine control the chromophore photoisomerization while leaving the excited state chromophore dynamics unaffected. In effect, this residue operates as an isomerization-steric-gate that tunes the excited state lifetime and the photoreaction efficiency by modulating the available space of the chromophore and by stabilizing the primary intermediate Lumi-R. Understanding the role of such a conserved structural element sheds light on a key aspect of phytochrome functionality and provides a basis for rational design of optimized photoreceptors for biotechnological applications.
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- Tobias Fischer
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, 33620 Tampa, United States of America.
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Takeda Y, Ohtsu I, Suzuki T, Nakasone Y, Fushimi K, Ikeuchi M, Terazima M, Dohra H, Narikawa R. Conformational change in an engineered biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome during the photoconversion process. Arch Biochem Biophys 2023; 745:109715. [PMID: 37549803 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) derived from cyanobacteria are linear-tetrapyrrole-binding photoreceptors related to the canonical red/far-red reversible phytochrome photoreceptors. CBCRs contain chromophore-binding cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase/adenylate cyclase/FhlA (GAF) domains that are highly diverse in their primary sequences and are categorized into many subfamilies. Among this repertoire, the biliverdin (BV)-binding CBCR GAF domains receive considerable attention for their in vivo optogenetic and bioimaging applications because BV is a mammalian intrinsic chromophore and can absorb far-red light that penetrates deep into the mammalian body. The typical BV-binding CBCR GAF domain exhibits reversible photoconversion between far-red-absorbing dark-adapted and orange-absorbing photoproduct states. Herein, we applied various biochemical and spectral studies to identify the details of the conformational change during this photoconversion process. No oligomeric state change was observed, whereas the surface charge would change with a modification of the α-helix structures during the photoconversion process. Combinatorial analysis using partial protease digestion and mass spectrometry identified the region where the conformational change occurred. These results provide clues for the future development of optogenetic tools.
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- Yuka Takeda
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Hyogo, 657-0013, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan; Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.
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Rockwell NC, Moreno MV, Martin SS, Lagarias JC. Protein-chromophore interactions controlling photoisomerization in red/green cyanobacteriochromes. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2022; 21:471-491. [PMID: 35411484 PMCID: PMC9609751 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-022-00213-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Photoreceptors in the phytochrome superfamily use 15,16-photoisomerization of a linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophore to photoconvert between two states with distinct spectral and biochemical properties. Canonical phytochromes include master regulators of plant growth and development in which light signals trigger interconversion between a red-absorbing 15Z dark-adapted state and a metastable, far-red-absorbing 15E photoproduct state. Distantly related cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) carry out a diverse range of photoregulatory functions in cyanobacteria and exhibit considerable spectral diversity. One widespread CBCR subfamily typically exhibits a red-absorbing 15Z dark-adapted state similar to that of phytochrome that gives rise to a distinct green-absorbing 15E photoproduct. This red/green CBCR subfamily also includes red-inactive examples that fail to undergo photoconversion, providing an opportunity to study protein-chromophore interactions that either promote photoisomerization or block it. In this work, we identified a conserved lineage of red-inactive CBCRs. This enabled us to identify three substitutions sufficient to block photoisomerization in photoactive red/green CBCRs. The resulting red-inactive variants faithfully replicated the fluorescence and circular dichroism properties of naturally occurring examples. Converse substitutions restored photoconversion in naturally red-inactive CBCRs. This work thus identifies protein-chromophore interactions that control the fate of the excited-state population in red/green cyanobacteriochromes.
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- Nathan C Rockwell
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Fischer T, van Wilderen LJGW, Gnau P, Bredenbeck J, Essen LO, Wachtveitl J, Slavov C. Ultrafast Photoconversion Dynamics of the Knotless Phytochrome SynCph2. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910690. [PMID: 34639031 PMCID: PMC8508867 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The family of phytochrome photoreceptors contains proteins with different domain architectures and spectral properties. Knotless phytochromes are one of the three main subgroups classified by their distinct lack of the PAS domain in their photosensory core module, which is in contrast to the canonical PAS-GAF-PHY array. Despite intensive research on the ultrafast photodynamics of phytochromes, little is known about the primary kinetics in knotless phytochromes. Here, we present the ultrafast Pr ⇆ Pfr photodynamics of SynCph2, the best-known knotless phytochrome. Our results show that the excited state lifetime of Pr* (~200 ps) is similar to bacteriophytochromes, but much longer than in most canonical phytochromes. We assign the slow Pr* kinetics to relaxation processes of the chromophore-binding pocket that controls the bilin chromophore’s isomerization step. The Pfr photoconversion dynamics starts with a faster excited state relaxation than in canonical phytochromes, but, despite the differences in the respective domain architectures, proceeds via similar ground state intermediate steps up to Meta-F. Based on our observations, we propose that the kinetic features and overall dynamics of the ultrafast photoreaction are determined to a great extent by the geometrical context (i.e., available space and flexibility) within the binding pocket, while the general reaction steps following the photoexcitation are most likely conserved among the red/far-red phytochromes.
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- Tobias Fischer
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany;
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- Institute of Biophysics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany; (L.J.G.W.v.W.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany; (P.G.); (L.-O.E.)
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- Institute of Biophysics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany; (L.J.G.W.v.W.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany; (P.G.); (L.-O.E.)
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany;
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (C.S.)
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany;
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (C.S.)
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Rao AG, Wiebeler C, Sen S, Cerutti DS, Schapiro I. Histidine protonation controls structural heterogeneity in the cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJg2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:7359-7367. [PMID: 33876095 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05314g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Cyanobacteriochromes are compact and spectrally diverse photoreceptor proteins that bind a linear tetrapyrrole as a chromophore. They show photochromicity by having two stable states that can be interconverted by the photoisomerization of the chromophore. These photochemical properties make them an attractive target for biotechnological applications. However, their application is impeded by structural heterogeneity that reduces the yield of the photoconversion. The heterogeneity can originate either from the chromophore structure or the protein environment. Here, we study the origin of the heterogeneity in AnPixJg2, a representative member of the red/green cyanobacteriochrome family, that has a red absorbing parental state and a green absorbing photoproduct state. Using molecular dynamics simulations and umbrella sampling we have identified the protonation state of a conserved histidine residue as a trigger for structural heterogeneity. When the histidine is in a neutral form, the chromophore structure is homogenous, while in a positively charged form, the chromophore is heterogeneous with two different conformations. We have identified a correlation between the protonation of the histidine and the structural heterogeneity of the chromophore by detailed characterization of the interactions in the protein binding site. Our findings reconcile seemingly contradicting spectroscopic studies that attribute the heterogeneity to different sources. Furthermore, we predict that circular dichroism can be used as a diagnostic tool to distinguish different substates.
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- Aditya G Rao
- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, USA
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Kirpich JS, Chang CW, Franse J, Yu Q, Escobar FV, Jenkins AJ, Martin SS, Narikawa R, Ames JB, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Comparison of the Forward and Reverse Photocycle Dynamics of Two Highly Similar Canonical Red/Green Cyanobacteriochromes Reveals Unexpected Differences. Biochemistry 2021; 60:274-288. [PMID: 33439010 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial photoreceptors that exhibit photochromism between two states: a thermally stable dark-adapted state and a metastable light-adapted state with bound linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophores possessing 15Z and 15E configurations, respectively. The photodynamics of canonical red/green CBCRs have been extensively studied; however, the time scales of their excited-state lifetimes and subsequent ground-state evolution rates widely differ and, at present, remain difficult to predict. Here, we compare the photodynamics of two closely related red/green CBCRs that have substantial sequence identity (∼68%) and similar chromophore environments: AnPixJg2 from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and NpR6012g4 from Nostoc punctiforme. Using broadband transient absorption spectroscopy on the primary (125 fs to 7 ns) and secondary (7 ns to 10 ms) time scales together with global analysis modeling, our studies revealed that AnPixJg2 and NpR6012g4 have comparable quantum yields for initiating the forward (15ZPr → 15EPg) and reverse (15EPg → 15ZPr) reactions, which proceed through monotonic and nonmonotonic mechanisms, respectively. In addition to small discrepancies in the kinetics, the secondary reverse dynamics resolved unique features for each domain: intermediate shunts in NpR6012g4 and a Meta-Gf intermediate red-shifted from the 15ZPr photoproduct in AnPixJg2. Overall, this study supports the conclusion that sequence similarity is a useful criterion for predicting pathways of the light-induced evolution and quantum yield of generating primary intermediate Φp within subfamilies of CBCRs, but more studies are still needed to develop a comprehensive molecular level understanding of these processes.
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- Julia S Kirpich
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekr. PC14, Straße des 17 Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Shizuoka University, 836, Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Jenkins AJ, Gottlieb SM, Chang CW, Kim PW, Hayer RJ, Hanke SJ, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Conservation and Diversity in the Primary Reverse Photodynamics of the Canonical Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome Family. Biochemistry 2020; 59:4015-4028. [PMID: 33021375 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
In this report, we compare the femtosecond to nanosecond primary reverse photodynamics (15EPg → 15ZPr) of eight tetrapyrrole binding photoswitching cyanobacteriochromes in the canonical red/green family from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. Three characteristic classes were identified on the basis of the diversity of excited-state and ground-state properties, including the lifetime, photocycle initiation quantum yield, photointermediate stability, spectra, and temporal properties. We observed a correlation between the excited-state lifetime and peak wavelength of the electronic absorption spectrum with higher-energy-absorbing representatives exhibiting both faster excited-state decay times and higher photoisomerization quantum yields. The latter was attributed to both an increased number of structural restraints and differences in H-bonding networks that facilitate photoisomerization. All three classes exhibited primary Lumi-Go intermediates, with class II and III representatives evolving to a secondary Meta-G photointermediate. Class II Meta-GR intermediates were orange absorbing, whereas class III Meta-G had structurally relaxed, red-absorbing chromophores that resemble their dark-adapted 15ZPr states. Differences in the reverse and forward reaction mechanisms are discussed within the context of structural constraints.
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- Adam J Jenkins
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Fushimi K, Hoshino H, Shinozaki-Narikawa N, Kuwasaki Y, Miyake K, Nakajima T, Sato M, Kano F, Narikawa R. The Cruciality of Single Amino Acid Replacement for the Spectral Tuning of Biliverdin-Binding Cyanobacteriochromes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176278. [PMID: 32872628 PMCID: PMC7504144 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs), which are known as linear tetrapyrrole-binding photoreceptors, to date can only be detected from cyanobacteria. They can perceive light only in a small unit, which is categorized into various lineages in correlation with their spectral and structural characteristics. Recently, we have succeeded in identifying specific molecules, which can incorporate mammalian intrinsic biliverdin (BV), from the expanded red/green (XRG) CBCR lineage and in converting BV-rejective molecules into BV-acceptable ones with the elucidation of the structural basis. Among the BV-acceptable molecules, AM1_1870g3_BV4 shows a spectral red-shift in comparison with other molecules, while NpF2164g5_BV4 does not show photoconversion but stably shows a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence. In this study, we found that AM1_1870g3_BV4 had a specific Tyr residue near the d-ring of the chromophore, while others had a highly conserved Leu residue. The replacement of this Tyr residue with Leu in AM1_1870g3_BV4 resulted in a blue-shift of absorption peak. In contrast, reverse replacement in NpF2164g5_BV4 resulted in a red-shift of absorption and fluorescence peaks, which applies to fluorescence bio-imaging in mammalian cells. Notably, the same Tyr/Leu-dependent color-tuning is also observed for the CBCRs belonging to the other lineage, which indicates common molecular mechanisms.
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- Keiji Fushimi
- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; (K.F.); (H.H.); (K.M.)
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; (K.F.); (H.H.); (K.M.)
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; (N.S.-N.); (F.K.)
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; (Y.K.); (T.N.)
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; (K.F.); (H.H.); (K.M.)
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; (Y.K.); (T.N.)
- Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 705-1 Shimoimaizumi, Ebina, Kanagawa 243-0435, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan;
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; (Y.K.); (T.N.)
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan; (N.S.-N.); (F.K.)
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; (K.F.); (H.H.); (K.M.)
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan;
- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-54-238-4783
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The interplay between chromophore and protein determines the extended excited state dynamics in a single-domain phytochrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:16356-16362. [PMID: 32591422 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921706117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Phytochromes are a diverse family of bilin-binding photoreceptors that regulate a wide range of physiological processes. Their photochemical properties make them attractive for applications in optogenetics and superresolution microscopy. Phytochromes undergo reversible photoconversion triggered by the Z ⇄ E photoisomerization about the double bond in the bilin chromophore. However, it is not fully understood at the molecular level how the protein framework facilitates the complex photoisomerization dynamics. We have studied a single-domain bilin-binding photoreceptor All2699g1 (Nostoc sp. PCC 7120) that exhibits photoconversion between the red light-absorbing (Pr) and far red-absorbing (Pfr) states just like canonical phytochromes. We present the crystal structure and examine the photoisomerization mechanism of the Pr form as well as the formation of the primary photoproduct Lumi-R using time-resolved spectroscopy and hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics simulations. We show that the unusually long excited state lifetime (broad lifetime distribution centered at ∼300 picoseconds) is due to the interactions between the isomerizing pyrrole ring D and an adjacent conserved Tyr142. The decay kinetics shows a strongly distributed character which is imposed by the nonexponential protein dynamics. Our findings offer a mechanistic insight into how the quantum efficiency of the bilin photoisomerization is tuned by the protein environment, thereby providing a structural framework for engineering bilin-based optical agents for imaging and optogenetics applications.
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Jenkins AJ, Gottlieb SM, Chang CW, Hayer RJ, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Conservation and diversity in the secondary forward photodynamics of red/green cyanobacteriochromes. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:2539-2552. [PMID: 31528964 DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00295b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are photosensitive proteins that are distantly related to the phytochrome family of photoreceptors and, like phytochromes, exhibit photoactivity initiated by the excited-state photoisomerization of a covalently bound bilin chromophore. The canonical red/green photoswitching sub-family is the most studied class of CBCRs studied to date. Recently, a comparative study of the ultrafast (100 fs-10 ns) forward photodynamics of nine red/green photoswitching CBCR domains isolated from Nostoc punctiforme were reported (S. M. Gottlieb, P. W. Kim, C.-W. Chang, S. J. Hanke, R. J. Hayer, N. C. Rockwell, S. S. Martin, J. C. Lagarias and D. S. Larsen, Conservation and Diversity in the Primary Forward Photodynamics of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochromes, Biochemistry, 2015, 54, 1028-1042). We extend this study by characterizing the secondary (10 ns-1 ms) forward photodynamics of eight red/green photoswitching CBCRs from N. punctiforme with broadband time-resolved absorption spectroscopy. We demonstrate that the dynamics of these representative red/green CBCRs can be separated into two coexisting pathways involving a photoactive pathway that is successful in generating the terminal light-adapted 15EPg population and an unsuccessful pathway that stalls after generating a meta-stable Lumi-Of intermediate. The photoactive pathway evolves through a similar mechanism from excitation of the dark-adapted 15ZPr state to generate a far-red absorbing Lumi-Rf and then via a succession of blue-shifting photointermediates to ultimately generate the 15EPg state. This suggests a steady deviation from planarity of the bilin chromophore during the dynamics. While, the general mechanism for this evolution is conserved among these CBCBs, the timescales of these dynamics deviate significantly. Only half of the characterized CBCRs exhibit the unproductive pathways due to photoexcitation of dark-adapted 15ZPo sub-population that upon photoexcitation generates a meta-stable Lumi-Of intermediate, which eventually decays back to the 15ZPo subpopulation. 15ZPo is ascribed the horizontal Asp657 configuration that disrupts H-bonding with the chromophore in the dark-adapted state; its presence can be identified via enhanced absorption of high-energy tail of the electronic absorption spectrum.
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- Adam J Jenkins
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis One Shields Ave, Davis, 95616, USA.
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Kirpich JS, Gottlieb SM, Chang CW, Kim PW, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Reverse Photodynamics of the Noncanonical Red/Green NpR3784 Cyanobacteriochrome from Nostoc punctiforme. Biochemistry 2019; 58:2307-2317. [PMID: 30977638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
In the companion paper (10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01274), we examined the forward Pr photodynamics of NpR3784 (UniProtKB B2J457 ), a representative member of a noncanonical red/green (R/G) cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) subfamily. Here the reverse Pg → Pr photodynamics of NpR3784 was studied by broadband transient absorption pump-probe spectroscopy. Primary (100 fs to 10 ns) and secondary (10 ns to 1 ms) photodynamics were characterized over nine decades of time, which also were complemented with temperature-jump cryokinetics measurements. In contrast with canonical R/G CBCRs, the NpR3784 reverse photoconversion yielded two spectrally distinct primary photoproducts, Lumi-Go and Lumi-Gr, which decay on different time scales. The two primary photoproducts of NpR3784 equilibrate on the 40 ns time scale and subsequently propagate as a single intermediate population into Pr. Such heterogeneity could arise from differences in the direction of D-ring rotation, in chromophore protonation or hydrogen bonding, or in the mobility of protein residues or of solvent water nearby the chromophore or some combination therein. We conclude that the atypical photodynamics of NpR3784 reflects chromophore-protein interactions that differ from those present in the canonical R/G CBCR family.
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- Julia S Kirpich
- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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Kirpich JS, Gottlieb SM, Chang CW, Kim PW, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Forward Photodynamics of the Noncanonical Red/Green NpR3784 Cyanobacteriochrome from Nostoc punctiforme. Biochemistry 2019; 58:2297-2306. [PMID: 30973006 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) make up a diverse family of cyanobacterial photoreceptors distantly related to the phytochrome photoreceptors of land plants. At least two lineages of CBCRs have reacquired red-absorbing dark states similar to the phytochrome Pr resting state but are coupled to green-absorbing light-adapted states rather than the canonical far-red-absorbing light-adapted state. One such lineage includes the canonical red/green (R/G) CBCRs that includes AnPixJg2 (UniProtKB Q8YXY7 ) and NpR6012g4 (UniProtKB B2IU14 ) that have been extensively characterized. Here we examine the forward Pr photodynamics of NpR3784 (UniProtKB B2J457 ), a representative member of the second R/G CBCR subfamily. Using broadband transient absorption pump-probe spectroscopy, we characterize both primary (100 fs to 10 ns) and secondary (10 ns to 1 ms) forward (Pr → Pg) photodynamics and compare the results to temperature-jump cryokinetics measurements. Our studies show that primary isomerization dynamics occur on an ∼10 ps timescale, yet remarkably, the red-shifted primary Lumi-Rf photoproduct found in all photoactive canonical R/G CBCRs examined to date is extremely short-lived in NpR3784. These results demonstrate that differences in reaction pathways reflect the evolutionary history of R/G CBCRs despite the convergent evolution of their photocycle end products.
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- Julia S Kirpich
- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Davis , One Shields Avenue , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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Wiebeler C, Rao AG, Gärtner W, Schapiro I. Die effektive Konjugationslänge ist für die spektrale Verschiebung im rot/grün schaltenden Cyanobakteriochrom Slr1393g3 verantwortlich. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Christian Wiebeler
- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research; Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research; Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- Institut für Analytische Chemie; Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie; Universität Leipzig; 04103 Leipzig Germany
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research; Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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Wiebeler C, Rao AG, Gärtner W, Schapiro I. The Effective Conjugation Length Is Responsible for the Red/Green Spectral Tuning in the Cyanobacteriochrome Slr1393g3. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:1934-1938. [PMID: 30508317 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The origin of the spectral shift from a red- to a green-absorbing form in a cyanobacteriochrome, Slr1393g3, was identified by combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics simulations. This protein, related to classical phytochromes, carries the open-chain tetrapyrrole chromophore phycocyanobilin. Our calculations reveal that the effective conjugation length in the chromophore becomes shorter upon conversion from the red to the green form. This is related to the planarity of the entire chromophore. A large distortion was found for the terminal pyrrole rings A and D; however, the D ring contributes more strongly to the photoproduct tuning, despite a larger change in the twist of the A ring. Our findings implicate that the D ring twist can be exploited to regulate the absorption of the photoproduct. Hence, mutations that affect the D ring twist can lead to rational tuning of the photoproduct absorption, allowing the tailoring of cyanobacteriochromes for biotechnological applications such as optogenetics and bioimaging.
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- Christian Wiebeler
- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Institut für Analytische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie, Universität Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Research, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Kirpich JS, Chang CW, Madsen D, Gottlieb SM, Martin SS, Rockwell NC, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Noncanonical Photodynamics of the Orange/Green Cyanobacteriochrome Power Sensor NpF2164g7 from the PtxD Phototaxis Regulator of Nostoc punctiforme. Biochemistry 2018; 57:2636-2648. [PMID: 29633829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Forward and reverse primary (<10 ns) and secondary (>10 ns) photodynamics of cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) NpF2164g7 were characterized by global analysis of ultrafast broadband transient absorption measurements. NpF2164g7 is the most C-terminal bilin-binding GAF domain in the Nostoc punctiforme phototaxis sensor PtxD (locus Npun_F2164). Although a member of the canonical red/green CBCR subfamily phylogenetically, NpF2164g7 exhibits an orange-absorbing 15ZPo dark-adapted state instead of the typical red-absorbing 15ZPr dark-adapted state characteristic of this subfamily. The green-absorbing 15EPg photoproduct of NpF2164g7 is unstable, allowing this CBCR domain to function as a power sensor. Photoexcitation of the 15ZPo state triggers inhomogeneous excited-state dynamics with three spectrally and temporally distinguishable pathways to generate the light-adapted 15EPg state in high yield (estimated at 25-30%). Although observed in other CBCR domains, the inhomogeneity in NpF2164g7 extends far into secondary relaxation dynamics (10 ns -1 ms) through to formation of 15EPg. In the reverse direction, the primary dynamics after photoexcitation of 15EPg are qualitatively similar to those of other red/green CBCRs, but secondary dynamics involve a "pre-equilibrium" step before regenerating 15ZPo. The anomalous photodynamics of NpF2164g7 may reflect an evolutionary adaptation of CBCR sensors that function as broadband light intensity sensors.
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Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lagarias JC. There and Back Again: Loss and Reacquisition of Two‐Cys Photocycles in Cyanobacteriochromes. Photochem Photobiol 2017; 93:741-754. [DOI: 10.1111/php.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nathan C. Rockwell
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California Davis CA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California Davis CA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California Davis CA
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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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Tracking the secondary photodynamics of the green/red cyanobacteriochrome RcaE from Fremyella diplosiphon. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2015.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Detailed insight into the ultrafast photoconversion of the cyanobacteriochrome Slr1393 from Synechocystis sp. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:1335-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Song C, Lang C, Kopycki J, Hughes J, Matysik J. NMR chemical shift pattern changed by ammonium sulfate precipitation in cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:42. [PMID: 26284254 PMCID: PMC4516977 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Phytochromes are dimeric biliprotein photoreceptors exhibiting characteristic red/far-red photocycles. Full-length cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 from Synechocystis 6803 is soluble initially but tends to aggregate in a concentration-dependent manner, hampering attempts to solve the structure using NMR and crystallization methods. Otherwise, the Cph1 sensory module (Cph1Δ2), photochemically indistinguishable from the native protein and used extensively in structural and other studies, can be purified to homogeneity in >10 mg amounts at mM concentrations quite easily. Bulk precipitation of full-length Cph1 by ammonium sulfate (AmS) was expected to allow us to produce samples for solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR from dilute solutions before significant aggregation began. It was not clear, however, what effects the process of partial dehydration might have on the molecular structure. Here we test this by running solid-state MAS NMR experiments on AmS-precipitated Cph1Δ2 in its red-absorbing Pr state carrying uniformly 13C/15N-labeled phycocyanobilin (PCB) chromophore. 2D 13C–13C correlation experiments allowed a complete assignment of 13C responses of the chromophore. Upon precipitation, 13C chemical shifts for most of PCB carbons move upfield, in which we found major changes for C4 and C6 atoms associated with the A-ring positioning. Further, the broad spectral lines seen in the AmS 13C spectrum reflect primarily the extensive inhomogeneous broadening presumably due to an increase in the distribution of conformational states in the protein, in which less free water is available to partake in the hydration shells. Our data suggest that the effect of dehydration process indeed leads to changes of electronic structure of the bilin chromophore and a decrease in its mobility within the binding pocket, but not restricted to the protein surface. The extent of the changes induced differs from the freezing process of the solution samples routinely used in previous MAS NMR and crystallographic studies. AmS precipitation might nevertheless provide useful protein structure/functional information for full-length Cph1 in cases where neither X-ray crystallography nor conventional NMR methods are available.
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- Chen Song
- Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek, Universiteit Leiden Leiden, Netherlands ; Institut für Analytische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie and Mineralogie, Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Gießen, Germany
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- Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek, Universiteit Leiden Leiden, Netherlands ; Institut für Analytische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie and Mineralogie, Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
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Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lim S, Lagarias JC, Ames JB. Characterization of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 by Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A Hydrophobic Pocket for the C15-E,anti Chromophore in the Photoproduct. Biochemistry 2015; 54:3772-83. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Nathan C. Rockwell
- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lim S, Lagarias JC, Ames JB. Characterization of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 by Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A Protonated Bilin Ring System in Both Photostates. Biochemistry 2015; 54:2581-600. [DOI: 10.1021/bi501548t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Nathan C. Rockwell
- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Biology and ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Gottlieb SM, Kim PW, Chang CW, Hanke SJ, Hayer RJ, Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Conservation and Diversity in the Primary Forward Photodynamics of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochromes. Biochemistry 2015; 54:1028-42. [DOI: 10.1021/bi5012755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sean M. Gottlieb
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Pennacchietti F, Losi A, Xu XL, Zhao KH, Gärtner W, Viappiani C, Cella F, Diaspro A, Abbruzzetti S. Photochromic conversion in a red/green cyanobacteriochrome from Synechocystis PCC6803: quantum yields in solution and photoswitching dynamics in living E. coli cells. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 14:229-37. [DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00337c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photochromic conversion in GAF3 has been followed in solution and in E. coli cells.
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra “Macedonio Melloni”
- Università di Parma
- Parma
- Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology
- Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wuhan 430070
- PR China
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim
- Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra “Macedonio Melloni”
- Università di Parma
- Parma
- Italy
- NEST
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- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- 16163 Genova
- Italy
- Nikon Imaging Center
- Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
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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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Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Gulevich AG, Lagarias JC. Conserved Phenylalanine Residues Are Required for Blue-Shifting of Cyanobacteriochrome Photoproducts. Biochemistry 2014; 53:3118-30. [DOI: 10.1021/bi500037a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nathan C. Rockwell
- Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Gottlieb SM, Chang CW, Martin SS, Rockwell NC, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Optically Guided Photoactivity: Coordinating Tautomerization, Photoisomerization, Inhomogeneity, and Reactive Intermediates within the RcaE Cyanobacteriochrome. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:1527-1533. [PMID: 26270091 DOI: 10.1021/jz500378n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
The RcaE cyanobacteriochrome uses a linear tetrapyrrole chromophore to sense the ratio of green and red light to enable the Fremyella diplosiphon cyanobacterium to control the expression of the photosynthetic infrastructure for efficient utilization of incident light. The femtosecond photodynamics of the embedded phycocyanobilin chromophore within RcaE were characterized with dispersed femtosecond pump-dump-probe spectroscopy, which resolved a complex interplay of excited-state proton transfer, photoisomerization, multilayered inhomogeneity, and reactive intermediates. These reactions were integrated within a central model that incorporated a rapid (200 fs) excited-state Le Châtelier redistribution between parallel evolving populations ascribed to different tautomers. Three photoproducts were resolved and originates from four independent subpopulations, each with different dump-induced behavior: Lumi-Go was depleted, Lumi-Gr was unaffected, and Lumi-Gf was enhanced. This suggests that RcaE may be engineered to act either as an in vivo fluorescent probe (after single-pump excitation) or as an in vivo optogenetic sample (after pump and dump excitation).
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Affiliation(s)
- Sean M Gottlieb
- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Phytochromes
are widespread red/far-red photosensory proteins well
known as critical regulators of photomorphogenesis in plants. It is
often assumed that natural selection would have optimized the light
sensing efficiency of phytochromes to minimize nonproductive photochemical
deexcitation pathways. Surprisingly, the quantum efficiency for the
forward Pr-to-Pfr photoconversion of phytochromes
seldom exceeds 15%, a value very much lower than that of animal rhodopsins.
Exploiting ultrafast excitation wavelength- and temperature-dependent
transient absorption spectroscopy, we resolve multiple pathways within
the ultrafast photodynamics of the N-terminal PAS-GAF-PHY photosensory
core module of cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 (termed Cph1Δ)
that are primarily responsible for the overall low quantum efficiency.
This inhomogeneity primarily reflects a long-lived fluorescent subpopulation
that exists in equilibrium with a spectrally distinct, photoactive
subpopulation. The fluorescent subpopulation is favored at elevated
temperatures, resulting in anomalous excited-state dynamics (slower
kinetics at higher temperatures). The spectral and kinetic behavior
of the fluorescent subpopulation strongly resembles that of the photochemically
compromised and highly fluorescent Y176H variant of Cph1Δ.
We present an integrated, heterogeneous model for Cph1Δ that
is based on the observed transient and static spectroscopic signals.
Understanding the molecular basis for this dynamic inhomogeneity holds
potential for rational design of efficient phytochrome-based fluorescent
and photoswitchable probes.
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Gottlieb SM, Kim PW, Corley SC, Madsen D, Hanke SJ, Chang CW, Rockwell NC, Martin SS, Lagarias JC, Larsen DS. Primary and Secondary Photodynamics of the Violet/Orange Dual-Cysteine NpF2164g3 Cyanobacteriochrome Domain from Nostoc punctiforme. Biochemistry 2014; 53:1029-40. [DOI: 10.1021/bi4015538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sean M. Gottlieb
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
| | - Nathan C. Rockwell
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
| | - Shelley S. Martin
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
| | - J. Clark Lagarias
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
| | - Delmar S. Larsen
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California−Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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