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Nguyen HH, Song Y, Maret EL, Silori Y, Willow R, Yocum CF, Ogilvie JP. Charge separation in the photosystem II reaction center resolved by multispectral two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eade7190. [PMID: 37134172 PMCID: PMC10156117 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The photosystem II reaction center (PSII RC) performs the primary energy conversion steps of oxygenic photosynthesis. While the PSII RC has been studied extensively, the similar time scales of energy transfer and charge separation and the severely overlapping pigment transitions in the Qy region have led to multiple models of its charge separation mechanism and excitonic structure. Here, we combine two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) with a continuum probe and two-dimensional electronic vibrational spectroscopy (2DEV) to study the cyt b559-D1D2 PSII RC at 77 K. This multispectral combination correlates the overlapping Qy excitons with distinct anion and pigment-specific Qx and mid-infrared transitions to resolve the charge separation mechanism and excitonic structure. Through extensive simultaneous analysis of the multispectral 2D data, we find that charge separation proceeds on multiple time scales from a delocalized excited state via a single pathway in which PheoD1 is the primary electron acceptor, while ChlD1 and PD1 act in concert as the primary electron donor.
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- Hoang H Nguyen
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 450 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Quantum - coherent dynamics in photosynthetic charge separation revealed by wavelet analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2890. [PMID: 28588203 PMCID: PMC5460264 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02906-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Experimental/theoretical evidence for sustained vibration-assisted electronic (vibronic) coherence in the Photosystem II Reaction Center (PSII RC) indicates that photosynthetic solar-energy conversion might be optimized through the interplay of electronic and vibrational quantum dynamics. This evidence has been obtained by investigating the primary charge separation process in the PSII RC by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) and Redfield modeling of the experimental data. However, while conventional Fourier transform analysis of the 2DES data allows oscillatory signatures of vibronic coherence to be identified in the frequency domain in the form of static 2D frequency maps, the real-time evolution of the coherences is lost. Here we apply for the first time wavelet analysis to the PSII RC 2DES data to obtain time-resolved 2D frequency maps. These maps allow us to demonstrate that (i) coherence between the excitons initiating the two different charge separation pathways is active for more than 500 fs, and (ii) coherence between exciton and charge-transfer states, the reactant and product of the charge separation reaction, respectively; is active for at least 1 ps. These findings imply that the PSII RC employs coherence (i) to sample competing electron transfer pathways, and ii) to perform directed, ultrafast and efficient electron transfer.
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Kramer T, Rodríguez M, Zelinskyy Y. Modeling of Transient Absorption Spectra in Exciton–Charge-Transfer Systems. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:463-470. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b09858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tobias Kramer
- Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Department
of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, 02138 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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- Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Mamedov M, Nadtochenko V, Semenov A. Primary electron transfer processes in photosynthetic reaction centers from oxygenic organisms. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 125:51-63. [PMID: 25648636 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0088-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This minireview is written in honor of Vladimir A. Shuvalov, a pioneer in the area of primary photochemistry of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosyntheses (See a News Report: Allakhverdiev et al. 2014). In the present paper, we describe the current state of the formation of the primary and secondary ion-radical pairs within photosystems (PS) II and I in oxygenic organisms. Spectral-kinetic studies of primary events in PS II and PS I, upon excitation by ~20 fs laser pulses, are now available and reviewed here; for PS II, excitation was centered at 710 nm, and for PS I, it was at 720 nm. In PS I, conditions were chosen to maximally increase the relative contribution of the direct excitation of the reaction center (RC) in order to separate the kinetics of the primary steps of charge separation in the RC from that of the excitation energy transfer in the antenna. Our results suggest that the sequence of the primary electron transfer reactions is P680 → ChlD1 → PheD1 → QA (PS II) and P700 → A 0A/A 0B → A 1A/A 1B (PS I). However, alternate routes of charge separation in PS II, under different excitation conditions, are not ruled out.
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- Mahir Mamedov
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia,
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Zabelin AA, Shkuropatova VA, Makhneva ZK, Moskalenko AA, Shuvalov VA, Shkuropatov AY. Chemically modified reaction centers of photosystem II: Exchange of pheophytin a with 7-deformyl-7-hydroxymethyl-pheophytin b. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1870-1881. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ultrafast infrared spectroscopy in photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1847:2-11. [PMID: 24973600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In recent years visible pump/mid-infrared (IR) probe spectroscopy has established itself as a key technology to unravel structure-function relationships underlying the photo-dynamics of complex molecular systems. In this contribution we review the most important applications of mid-infrared absorption difference spectroscopy with sub-picosecond time-resolution to photosynthetic complexes. Considering several examples, such as energy transfer in photosynthetic antennas and electron transfer in reaction centers and even more intact structures, we show that the acquisition of ultrafast time resolved mid-IR spectra has led to new insights into the photo-dynamics of the considered systems and allows establishing a direct link between dynamics and structure, further strengthened by the possibility of investigating the protein response signal to the energy or electron transfer processes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Vibrational spectroscopies and bioenergetic systems.
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Lewis KLM, Fuller FD, Myers JA, Yocum CF, Mukamel S, Abramavicius D, Ogilvie JP. Simulations of the two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the photosystem II reaction center. J Phys Chem A 2012; 117:34-41. [PMID: 23210463 DOI: 10.1021/jp3081707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report simulations of the two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of the Q(y) band of the D1-D2-Cyt b559 photosystem II reaction center at 77 K. We base the simulations on an existing Hamiltonian that was derived by simultaneous fitting to a wide range of linear spectroscopic measurements and described within modified Redfield theory. The model obtains reasonable agreement with most aspects of the two-dimensional spectra, including the overall peak shapes and excited state absorption features. It does not reproduce the rapid equilibration from high energy to low energy excitonic states evident by a strong cross-peak below the diagonal. We explore modifications to the model to incorporate new structural data and improve agreement with the two-dimensional spectra. We find that strengthening the system-bath coupling and lowering the degree of disorder significantly improves agreement with the cross-peak feature, while lessening agreement with the relative diagonal/antidiagonal width of the 2D spectra. We conclude that two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy provides a sensitive test of excitonic models of the photosystem II reaction center and discuss avenues for further refinement of such models.
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- K L M Lewis
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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Herascu N, Ahmouda S, Picorel R, Seibert M, Jankowiak R, Zazubovich V. Effects of the Distributions of Energy or Charge Transfer Rates on Spectral Hole Burning in Pigment–Protein Complexes at Low Temperatures. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:15098-109. [DOI: 10.1021/jp208142k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicoleta Herascu
- Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6 Canada
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- Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6 Canada
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- Estacion Experimental Aula Dei (CSIC), Avda. Montañana, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Physics, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6 Canada
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Jankowiak R, Reppert M, Zazubovich V, Pieper J, Reinot T. Site Selective and Single Complex Laser-Based Spectroscopies: A Window on Excited State Electronic Structure, Excitation Energy Transfer, and Electron–Phonon Coupling of Selected Photosynthetic Complexes. Chem Rev 2011; 111:4546-98. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100234j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ryszard Jankowiak
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal H4B1R6 Quebec, Canada
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- Max-Volmer-Laboratories for Biophysical Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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Romero E, van Stokkum IHM, Novoderezhkin VI, Dekker JP, van Grondelle R. Two Different Charge Separation Pathways in Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2010; 49:4300-7. [DOI: 10.1021/bi1003926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Elisabet Romero
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninsky Gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Seibert M. Picosecond spectroscopy of the isolated reaction centers from the photosystems of oxygenic photosynthesis--ten years (1987-1997) of fun : a tribute to Michael R. Wasielewski on his 60th birthday. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2010; 103:1-6. [PMID: 19924560 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9505-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mike Wasielewski's pioneering work on Photosystem II photochemistry has an important place in the history of photosynthesis; we are proud to have been associated with him in making those first measurements. Here, we present our association and publications with him, and provide some of the history behind this research.
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Renger G, Renger T. Photosystem II: The machinery of photosynthetic water splitting. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:53-80. [PMID: 18830685 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9345-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This review summarizes our current state of knowledge on the structural organization and functional pattern of photosynthetic water splitting in the multimeric Photosystem II (PS II) complex, which acts as a light-driven water: plastoquinone-oxidoreductase. The overall process comprises three types of reaction sequences: (1) photon absorption and excited singlet state trapping by charge separation leading to the ion radical pair [Formula: see text] formation, (2) oxidative water splitting into four protons and molecular dioxygen at the water oxidizing complex (WOC) with P680+* as driving force and tyrosine Y(Z) as intermediary redox carrier, and (3) reduction of plastoquinone to plastoquinol at the special Q(B) binding site with Q(A)-* acting as reductant. Based on recent progress in structure analysis and using new theoretical approaches the mechanism of reaction sequence (1) is discussed with special emphasis on the excited energy transfer pathways and the sequence of charge transfer steps: [Formula: see text] where (1)(RC-PC)* denotes the excited singlet state (1)P680* of the reaction centre pigment complex. The structure of the catalytic Mn(4)O(X)Ca cluster of the WOC and the four step reaction sequence leading to oxidative water splitting are described and problems arising for the electronic configuration, in particular for the nature of redox state S(3), are discussed. The unravelling of the mode of O-O bond formation is of key relevance for understanding the mechanism of the process. This problem is not yet solved. A multistate model is proposed for S(3) and the functional role of proton shifts and hydrogen bond network(s) is emphasized. Analogously, the structure of the Q(B) site for PQ reduction to PQH(2) and the energetic and kinetics of the two step redox reaction sequence are described. Furthermore, the relevance of the protein dynamics and the role of water molecules for its flexibility are briefly outlined. We end this review by presenting future perspectives on the water oxidation process.
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- Gernot Renger
- Max Volmer Laboratory for Biophysical Chemistry, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany.
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Spectroscopic properties of reaction center pigments in photosystem II core complexes: revision of the multimer model. Biophys J 2008; 95:105-19. [PMID: 18339736 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Absorbance difference spectra associated with the light-induced formation of functional states in photosystem II core complexes from Thermosynechococcus elongatus and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (e.g., P(+)Pheo(-),P(+)Q(A)(-),(3)P) are described quantitatively in the framework of exciton theory. In addition, effects are analyzed of site-directed mutations of D1-His(198), the axial ligand of the special-pair chlorophyll P(D1), and D1-Thr(179), an amino-acid residue nearest to the accessory chlorophyll Chl(D1), on the spectral properties of the reaction center pigments. Using pigment transition energies (site energies) determined previously from independent experiments on D1-D2-cytb559 complexes, good agreement between calculated and experimental spectra is obtained. The only difference in site energies of the reaction center pigments in D1-D2-cytb559 and photosystem II core complexes concerns Chl(D1). Compared to isolated reaction centers, the site energy of Chl(D1) is red-shifted by 4 nm and less inhomogeneously distributed in core complexes. The site energies cause primary electron transfer at cryogenic temperatures to be initiated by an excited state that is strongly localized on Chl(D1) rather than from a delocalized state as assumed in the previously described multimer model. This result is consistent with earlier experimental data on special-pair mutants and with our previous calculations on D1-D2-cytb559 complexes. The calculations show that at 5 K the lowest excited state of the reaction center is lower by approximately 10 nm than the low-energy exciton state of the two special-pair chlorophylls P(D1) and P(D2) which form an excitonic dimer. The experimental temperature dependence of the wild-type difference spectra can only be understood in this model if temperature-dependent site energies are assumed for Chl(D1) and P(D1), reducing the above energy gap from 10 to 6 nm upon increasing the temperature from 5 to 300 K. At physiological temperature, there are considerable contributions from all pigments to the equilibrated excited state P*. The contribution of Chl(D1) is twice that of P(D1) at ambient temperature, making it likely that the primary charge separation will be initiated by Chl(D1) under these conditions. The calculations of absorbance difference spectra provide independent evidence that after primary electron transfer the hole stabilizes at P(D1), and that the physiologically dangerous charge recombination triplets, which may form under light stress, equilibrate between Chl(D1) and P(D1).
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Primary charge separation in the photosystem II core from Synechocystis: a comparison of femtosecond visible/midinfrared pump-probe spectra of wild-type and two P680 mutants. Biophys J 2008; 94:4783-95. [PMID: 18326665 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is now quite well accepted that charge separation in PS2 reaction centers starts predominantly from the accessory chlorophyll B(A) and not from the special pair P(680). To identify spectral signatures of B(A,) and to further clarify the process of primary charge separation, we compared the femtosecond-infrared pump-probe spectra of the wild-type (WT) PS2 core complex from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with those of two mutants in which the histidine residue axially coordinated to P(B) (D2-His(197)) has been changed to Ala or Gln. By analogy with the structure of purple bacterial reaction centers, the mutated histidine is proposed to be indirectly H-bonded to the C(9)=O carbonyl of the putative primary donor B(A) through a water molecule. The constructed mutations are thus expected to perturb the vibrational properties of B(A) by modifying the hydrogen bond strength, possibly by displacing the H-bonded water molecule, and to modify the electronic properties and the charge localization of the oxidized donor P(680)(+). Analysis of steady-state light-induced Fourier transform infrared difference spectra of the WT and the D2-His(197)Ala mutant indeed shows that a modification of the axially coordinating ligand to P(B) induces a charge redistribution of P(680)(+). In addition, a comparison of the time-resolved visible/midinfrared spectra of the WT and mutants has allowed us to investigate the changes in the kinetics of primary charge separation induced by the mutations and to propose a band assignment identifying the characteristic vibrations of B(A).
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Renger T, Holzwarth AR. Theory of Excitation Energy Transfer and Optical Spectra of Photosynthetic Systems. BIOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8250-4_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Novoderezhkin VI, Dekker JP, van Grondelle R. Mixing of exciton and charge-transfer states in Photosystem II reaction centers: modeling of Stark spectra with modified Redfield theory. Biophys J 2007; 93:1293-311. [PMID: 17526589 PMCID: PMC1929038 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.096867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We propose an exciton model for the Photosystem II reaction center (RC) based on a quantitative simultaneous fit of the absorption, linear dichroism, circular dichroism, steady-state fluorescence, triplet-minus-singlet, and Stark spectra together with the spectra of pheophytin-modified RCs, and so-called RC5 complexes that lack one of the peripheral chlorophylls. In this model, the excited state manifold includes a primary charge-transfer (CT) state that is supposed to be strongly mixed with the pure exciton states. We generalize the exciton theory of Stark spectra by 1), taking into account the coupling to a CT state (whose static dipole cannot be treated as a small parameter in contrast to usual excited states); and 2), expressing the line shape functions in terms of the modified Redfield approach (the same as used for modeling of the linear responses). This allows a consistent modeling of the whole set of experimental data using a unified physical picture. We show that the fluorescence and Stark spectra are extremely sensitive to the assignment of the primary CT state, its energy, and coupling to the excited states. The best fit of the data is obtained supposing that the initial charge separation occurs within the special-pair PD1PD2. Additionally, the scheme with primary electron transfer from the accessory chlorophyll to pheophytin gave a reasonable quantitative fit. We show that the effectiveness of these two pathways is strongly dependent on the realization of the energetic disorder. Supposing a mixed scheme of primary charge separation with a disorder-controlled competition of the two channels, we can explain the coexistence of fast sub-ps and slow ps components of the Phe-anion formation as revealed by different ultrafast spectroscopic techniques.
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- Vladimir I Novoderezhkin
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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Hughes JL, Picorel R, Seibert M, Krausz E. Photophysical Behavior and Assignment of the Low-Energy Chlorophyll States in the CP43 Proximal Antenna Protein of Higher Plant Photosystem II. Biochemistry 2006; 45:12345-57. [PMID: 17014087 DOI: 10.1021/bi0614683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have employed absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and persistent spectral hole-burning measurements at 1.7 K to study the photoconversion properties and exciton coupling of low-energy chlorophylls (Chls) in the CP43 proximal antenna light-harvesting subunit of photosystem II (PSII) isolated from spinach. These approximately 683 nm states act as traps for excitation energy in isolated CP43. They "bleach" at 683 nm upon illumination and photoconvert to a form absorbing in the range approximately 660-680 nm. We present new data that show the changes in the CD spectrum due to the photoconversion process. These changes occur in parallel with those in absorption, providing evidence that the feature undergoing the apparent bleach is a component of a weakly exciton-coupled system. From our photoconversion difference spectra, we assign four states in the Chl long-wavelength region of CP43, two of which are the known trap states and are both highly localized on single Chls. The other two states are associated with weak exciton coupling (maximally approximately 50 cm(-)(1)) to one of these traps. We propose a mechanism for photoconversion that involves Chl-protein hydrogen bonding. New hole-burning data are presented that indicate this mechanism is distinct to that for narrow-band spectral hole burning in CP43. We discuss the photophysical behavior of the Chl trap states in isolated CP43 compared to their behavior in intact PSII preparations. The latter represent a more intact, physiological complex, and we find no clear evidence that they exhibit the photoconversion process reported here.
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- Joseph L Hughes
- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Shi Y, Shiu YJ, Su C, Lin SH, Han KL. Transient Absorption of the Chlorophyll a in Ethanol. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2006. [DOI: 10.1360/cjcp2006.19(1).6.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The excited states of a structurally well-determined photosystem II (PSII) reaction center are obtained using an effective Hamiltonian for the interaction between the Q(y) states. The latter are calculated using the time-dependent density functional theory (DFT) method in DFT-optimized geometries, but with conserved side group orientations. Of particular importance is the orientation of the vinyl group of ring I. Couplings are calculated using actual transition charge distributions via the INDO/S model. Good agreement with experimental spectra is obtained. The lowest excited state is mainly located on the inactive B-side, but with a large component on P(A) too, making charge separation to H(A) possible at low temperature. The "trap state" and triplet state are localized on the inactive B-side. Since the spin singlet Q(y) states of the reaction center are all within a rather small energy range, the state with the highest component of B(A)*, on the blue side of the Q(y) absorption, has a rather high Boltzmann population at room temperature. The charge-transfer states, however, have a rather large spread and cannot be calculated accurately at present. The orientation of the phytyl chains is important and has as a consequence that the energy for the charge-separated B(A)+ H(A)- state is significantly lower than the corresponding state on the B-side. It follows that the B(A)* and P(A)* states are both possible origins for a fast charge separation in PSII.
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- Nikolaj Ivashin
- Department of Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Groot ML, Pawlowicz NP, van Wilderen LJGW, Breton J, van Stokkum IHM, van Grondelle R. Initial electron donor and acceptor in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers identified with femtosecond mid-IR spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13087-92. [PMID: 16135567 PMCID: PMC1196200 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503483102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite the apparent similarity between the plant Photosystem II reaction center (RC) and its purple bacterial counterpart, we show in this work that the mechanism of charge separation is very different for the two photosynthetic RCs. By using femtosecond visible-pump-mid-infrared probe spectroscopy in the region of the chlorophyll ester and keto modes, between 1,775 and 1,585 cm(-1), with 150-fs time resolution, we show that the reduction of pheophytin occurs on a 0.6- to 0.8-ps time scale, whereas P+, the precursor state for water oxidation, is formed after approximately 6 ps. We conclude therefore that in the Photosystem II RC the primary charge separation occurs between the "accessory chlorophyll" Chl(D1) and the pheophytin on the so-called active branch.
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- Marie Louise Groot
- Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Raval MK, Biswal B, Biswal UC. The mystery of oxygen evolution: analysis of structure and function of photosystem II, the water-plastoquinone oxido-reductase. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 85:267-93. [PMID: 16170631 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-8163-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 05/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Photosystem II (PS II) of thylakoid membrane of photosynthetic organisms has drawn attention of researchers over the years because it is the only system on Earth that provides us with oxygen that we breathe. In the recent past, structure of PS II has been the focus of research in plant science. The report of X-ray crystallographic structure of PS II complex by the research groups of James Barber and So Iwata in UK is a milestone in the area of research in photosynthesis. It follows the pioneering and elegant work from the laboratories of Horst Witt and W. Saenger in Germany, and J. Shen in Japan. It is time to analyze the historic events during the long journey made by the researchers to arrive at this point. This review makes an attempt to critically review the growth of the advancement of concepts and knowledge on the photosystem in the background of technological development. We conclude the review with perspectives on research and technology that should reveal the complete story of PS II of thylakoid in the future.
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- M K Raval
- P.G. Department of Chemistry, Government College, Sundargarh, Orissa, India.
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Krausz E, Hughes JL, Smith P, Pace R, Peterson Arsköld S. Oxygen-evolving Photosystem II core complexes: a new paradigm based on the spectral identification of the charge-separating state, the primary acceptor and assignment of low-temperature fluorescence. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2005; 4:744-53. [PMID: 16121287 DOI: 10.1039/b417905f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We review our recent low-temperature absorption, circular dichroism (CD), magnetic CD (MCD), fluorescence and laser-selective measurements of oxygen-evolving Photosystem II (PSII) core complexes and their constituent CP 4 3, CP 47 and D1/D2/cytb(559) sub-assemblies. Quantitative comparisons reveal that neither absorption nor fluorescence spectra of core complexes are simple additive combinations of the spectra of the sub-assemblies. The absorption spectrum of the D1/D2/cytb(559) component embedded within the core complex appears significantly better structured and red-shifted compared to that of the isolated sub-assembly. A characteristic MCD reduction or 'deficit' is a useful signature for the central chlorins in the reaction centre. We note a congruence of the MCD deficit spectra of the isolated D1/D2/cytb(559) sub-assemblies to their laser-induced transient bleaches associated with P 680. A comparison of spectra of core complexes prepared from different organisms helps distinguish features due to inner light-harvesting assemblies and the central reaction-centre chlorins. Electrochromic spectral shifts in core complexes that occur following low-temperature illumination of active core complexes arise from efficient charge separation and subsequent plastoquinone anion (Q(A)(-)) formation. Such measurements allow determinations of both charge-separation efficiencies and spectral characteristics of the primary acceptor, Pheo(D1). Efficient charge separation occurs with excitation wavelengths as long as 700 nm despite the illuminations being performed at 1.7 K and with an extremely low level of incident power density. A weak, homogeneously broadened, charge-separating state of PSII lies obscured beneath the CP 47 state centered at 690 nm. We present new data in the 690-760 nm region, clearly identifying a band extending to 730 nm. Active core complexes show remarkably strong persistent spectral hole-burning activity in spectral regions attributable to CP 43 and CP 47. Measurements of homogeneous hole-widths have established that, at low temperatures, excitation transfer from these inner light-harvesting assemblies to the reaction centre occurs with approximately 70-270 ps(-1) rates, when the quinone acceptor is reduced. The rate is slower for lower-energy sub-populations of an inhomogeneously broadened antenna (trap) pigment. The complex low-temperature fluorescence behaviour seen in PSII is explicable in terms of slow excitation transfer from traps to the weak low-energy charge-separating state and transfer to the more intense reaction-centre excitations near 685 nm. The nature and origin of the charge-separating state in oxygen-evolving PSII preparations is briefly discussed.
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- Elmars Krausz
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Novoderezhkin VI, Andrizhiyevskaya EG, Dekker JP, van Grondelle R. Pathways and timescales of primary charge separation in the photosystem II reaction center as revealed by a simultaneous fit of time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption. Biophys J 2005; 89:1464-81. [PMID: 15980183 PMCID: PMC1366653 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.060020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We model the dynamics of energy transfer and primary charge separation in isolated photosystem II (PSII) reaction centers. Different exciton models with specific site energies of the six core pigments and two peripheral chlorophylls (Chls) in combination with different charge transfer schemes have been compared using a simultaneous fit of the absorption, linear dichroism, circular dichroism, steady-state fluorescence, transient absorption upon different excitation wavelengths, and time-resolved fluorescence. To obtain a quantitative fit of the data we use the modified Redfield theory, with the experimental spectral density including coupling to low-frequency phonons and 48 high-frequency vibrations. The best fit has been obtained with a model implying that the final charge separation occurs via an intermediate state with charge separation within the special pair (RP(1)). This state is weakly dipole-allowed, due to mixing with the exciton states, and can be populated directly or via 100-fs energy transfer from the core-pigments. The RP(1) and next two radical pairs with the electron transfer to the accessory Chl (RP(2)) and to the pheophytin (RP(3)) are characterized by increased electron-phonon coupling and energetic disorder. In the RP(3) state, the hole is delocalized within the special pair, with a predominant localization at the inactive-branch Chl. The intrinsic time constants of electron transfer between the three radical pairs vary from subpicoseconds to several picoseconds (depending on the realization of the disorder). The equilibration between RP(1) and RP(2) is reached within 5 ps at room temperature. During the 5-100-ps period the equilibrated core pigments and radical pairs RP(1) and RP(2) are slowly populated from peripheral chlorophylls and depopulated due to the formation of the third radical pair, RP(3). The effective time constant of the RP(3) formation is 7.5 ps. The calculated dynamics of the pheophytin absorption at 545 nm displays an instantaneous bleach (30% of the total amplitude) followed by a slow increase of the bleaching amplitude with time constants of 15 and 12 ps for blue (662 nm) and red (695 nm) excitation, respectively.
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Raszewski G, Saenger W, Renger T. Theory of optical spectra of photosystem II reaction centers: location of the triplet state and the identity of the primary electron donor. Biophys J 2004; 88:986-98. [PMID: 15556979 PMCID: PMC1305170 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Based on the structural analysis of photosystem II of Thermosynechococcus elongatus, a detailed calculation of optical properties of reaction-center (D1-D2) complexes is presented applying a theory developed previously. The calculations of absorption, linear dichroism, circular dichroism, fluorescence spectra, all at 6 K, and the temperature-dependence of the absorption spectrum are used to extract the local optical transition energies of the reaction-center pigments, the so-called site energies, from experimental data. The site energies are verified by calculations and comparison with seven additional independent experiments. Exciton relaxation and primary electron transfer in the reaction center are studied using the site energies. The calculations are used to interpret transient optical data. Evidence is provided for the accessory chlorophyll of the D1-branch as being the primary electron donor and the location of the triplet state at low temperatures.
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- Grzegorz Raszewski
- Institut für Chemie (Kristallographie), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Germano M, Gradinaru CC, Shkuropatov AY, van Stokkum IHM, Shuvalov VA, Dekker JP, van Grondelle R, van Gorkom HJ. Energy and electron transfer in photosystem II reaction centers with modified pheophytin composition. Biophys J 2004; 86:1664-72. [PMID: 14990494 PMCID: PMC1304002 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74235-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Energy and electron transfer in Photosystem II reaction centers in which the photochemically inactive pheophytin had been replaced by 13(1)-deoxo-13(1)-hydroxy pheophytin were studied by femtosecond transient absorption-difference spectroscopy at 77 K and compared to the dynamics in untreated reaction center preparations. Spectral changes induced by 683-nm excitation were recorded both in the Q(Y) and in the Q(X) absorption regions. The data could be described by a biphasic charge separation. In untreated reaction centers the major component had a time constant of 3.1 ps and the minor component 33 ps. After exchange, time constants of 0.8 and 22 ps were observed. The acceleration of the fast phase is attributed in part to the redistribution of electronic transitions of the six central chlorin pigments induced by replacement of the inactive pheophytin. In the modified reaction centers, excitation of the lowest energy Q(Y) transition produces an excited state that appears to be localized mainly on the accessory chlorophyll in the active branch (B(A) in bacterial terms) and partially on the active pheophytin H(A). This state equilibrates in 0.8 ps with the radical pair. B(A) is proposed to act as the primary electron donor also in untreated reaction centers. The 22-ps (pheophytin-exchanged) or 33-ps (untreated) component may be due to equilibration with the secondary radical pair. Its acceleration by H(B) exchange is attributed to a faster reverse electron transfer from B(A) to. After exchange both and are nearly isoenergetic with the excited state.
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- M Germano
- Biophysics Department, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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Xiong L, Seibert M, Gusev AV, Wasielewski MR, Hemann C, Hille CR, Sayre RT. Substitution of a Chlorophyll into the Inactive Branch Pheophytin-Binding Site Impairs Charge Separation in Photosystem II. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp040262d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ling Xiong
- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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- Departments of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Hughes JL, Prince BJ, Krausz E, Smith PJ, Pace RJ, Riesen H. Highly Efficient Spectral Hole-Burning in Oxygen-Evolving Photosystem II Preparations. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0492523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Joseph L. Hughes
- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, Faculties Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, University College, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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Riley K, Jankowiak R, Rätsep M, Small GJ, Zazubovich V. Evidence for Highly Dispersive Primary Charge Separation Kinetics and Gross Heterogeneity in the Isolated PS II Reaction Center of Green Plants. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp049562l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- K. Riley
- Ames Laboratory, USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 142 Riia Street, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 142 Riia Street, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 142 Riia Street, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 142 Riia Street, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 142 Riia Street, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
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Zazubovich V, Jankowiak R, Riley K, Picorel R, Seibert M, Small GJ. How Fast Is Excitation Energy Transfer in the Photosystem II Reaction Center in the Low Temperature Limit? Hole Burning vs Photon Echo. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp022231t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- V. Zazubovich
- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, and E. E. Aula Dei, CSIC, Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Shiang JJ, Yoder LM, Sension RJ. Structure and Function in the Isolated Reaction-Center Complex of Photosystem II. 2. Models for Energy Relaxation and Charge Separation in a Protein Matrix. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp021983k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joseph J. Shiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055
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Jankowiak R, Rätsep M, Hayes J, Zazubovich V, Picorel R, Seibert M, Small GJ. Primary Charge-Separation Rate at 5 K in Isolated Photosystem II Reaction Centers Containing Five and Six Chlorophyll a Molecules. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp021787d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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- R. Jankowiak
- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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- Ames Laboratory, USDOE, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia, E. E. Aula Dei (CSIC), Apdo. 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401
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Zehetner A, Scheer H, Siffel P, Vacha F. Photosystem II reaction center with altered pigment-composition: reconstitution of a complex containing five chlorophyll a per two pheophytin a with modified chlorophylls. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1556:21-8. [PMID: 12351215 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00282-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pigment-depleted Photosystem II reaction centers (PS II-RCs) from a higher plant (pea) containing five chlorophyll a (Chl) per two pheophytin a (Phe), were treated with Chl and several derivatives under exchange conditions [FEBS Lett. 434 (1998) 88]. The resulting reconstituted complexes were compared to those obtained by pigment exchange of "conventional" PS II-RCs containing six Chl per two Phe. (1) The extraction of one Chl is fully reversible. (2) The site of extraction is the same as the one into which previously extraneous pigments have been exchanged, most likely the peripheral D1-H118. (3) Introducing an efficient quencher (Ni-Chl) into this site results in only 25% reduction of fluorescence, indicating incomplete energy equilibration among the "core" and peripheral chlorophylls.
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- Andrea Zehetner
- Department Biologie I-Botanik, Universität München, Menzinger Str. 67, D-80638, Munich, Germany
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Jankowiak R, Hayes JM, Small GJ. An Excitonic Pentamer Model for the Core Qy States of the Isolated Photosystem II Reaction Center. J Phys Chem B 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/jp020050l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R. Jankowiak
- Ames LaboratoryUSDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Ames LaboratoryUSDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Ames LaboratoryUSDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Wang J, Gosztola D, Ruffle SV, Hemann C, Seibert M, Wasielewski MR, Hille R, Gustafson TL, Sayre RT. Functional asymmetry of photosystem II D1 and D2 peripheral chlorophyll mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:4091-6. [PMID: 11904453 PMCID: PMC122653 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.062056899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2001] [Accepted: 01/31/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The peripheral accessory chlorophylls (Chls) of the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center (RC) are coordinated by a pair of symmetry-related histidine residues (D1-H118 and D2-H117). These Chls participate in energy transfer from the proximal antennae complexes (CP43 and CP47) to the RC core chromophores. In addition, one or both of the peripheral Chls are redox-active and participate in a low-quantum-yield electron transfer cycle around PSII. We demonstrate that conservative mutations of the D2-H117 residue result in decreased Chl fluorescence quenching efficiency attributed to reduced accumulation of the peripheral accessory Chl cation, Chl(Z)(+). In contrast, identical symmetry-related mutations at residue D1-H118 had no effect on Chl fluorescence yield or quenching kinetics. Mutagenesis of the D2-H117 residue also altered the line width of the Chl(Z)(+) EPR signal, but the line shape of the D1-H118Q mutant remained unchanged. The D1-H118 and D2-H117 mutations also altered energy transfer properties in PSII RCs. Unlike wild type or the D1-H118Q mutant, D2-H117N RCs exhibited a reduced CD doublet in the red region of Chl absorbance band, indicative of reduced energetic coupling between P680 and the peripheral accessory Chl. In addition, transient absorption measurements of D2-H117N RCs, excited on the blue side of the Chl absorbance band, exhibited a ( approximately 400 fs) pheophytin Q(X) band bleach lifetime component not seen in wild-type or D1-H118Q RCs. The origin of this component may be related to delayed fast-energy equilibration of the excited state between the core pigments of this mutant.
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- Jun Wang
- Department of Plant Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Smith PJ, Peterson S, Masters VM, Wydrzynski T, Styring S, Krausz E, Pace RJ. Magneto-optical measurements of the pigments in fully active photosystem II core complexes from plants. Biochemistry 2002; 41:1981-9. [PMID: 11827545 DOI: 10.1021/bi0111202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Preparation of a minimum PSII core complex from spinach is described, containing four Mn per reaction center (RC) and exhibiting high O2 evolving activity [approximately 4000 micromol of O2 (mg of chl)(-1) x h(-1)]. The complex consists of the CP47 and CP43 chlorophyll binding proteins, the RC D1/D2 pair, the cytochrome b559 subunits, and the Mn-stabilizing psbO (33 kDa) protein, all present in the same stoichiometric amounts found in the parent PSII membranes. Several small subunits are also present. The cyt b559 content is 1.0 per RC in core complexes and PSII membranes. The total chlorophyll content is 32 chl a and <1 chl b per RC, the lowest yet reported for any active PSII preparation. The core complex exhibits the characteristic EPR signals seen in the S2 state of higher plant PSII. A procedure for preparing low-temperature samples of very high optical quality is developed, allowing detailed optical studies in the S1 and S2 states of the system to be made. Optical absorption, CD, and MCD spectra reveal unprecedented detail, including a prominent, well-resolved feature at 683.5 nm (14630 cm(-1)) with a weaker partner at 187 cm(-1) to higher energy. On the basis of band intensity, CD, and MCD arguments, these features are identified as the exciton split components of P680 in an intact, active reaction center special pair. Comparisons are made with solubilized D1/D2/cyt b559 material and cyanobacterial PSII.
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- Paul J Smith
- Faculties Chemistry, Research School of Chemistry, and Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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Diner BA, Rappaport F. Structure, dynamics, and energetics of the primary photochemistry of photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2002; 53:551-80. [PMID: 12221988 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.100301.135238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Recent progress in two-dimensional and three-dimensional electron and X-ray crystallography of Photosystem II (PSII) core complexes has led to major advances in the structural definition of this integral membrane protein complex. Despite the overall structural and kinetic similarity of the PSII reaction centers to their purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterial homologues, the different cofactors and subtle differences in their spatial arrangement result in significant differences in the energetics and mechanism of primary charge separation. In this review we discuss some of the recent spectroscopic, structural, and mutagenic work on the primary and secondary electron transfer reactions in PSII, stressing what is experimentally novel, what new insights have appeared, and where questions of interpretation remain.
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- Bruce A Diner
- CR&D, Experimental Station, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0173, USA.
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Germano M, Shkuropatov AY, Permentier H, de Wijn R, Hoff AJ, Shuvalov VA, van Gorkom HJ. Pigment organization and their interactions in reaction centers of photosystem II: optical spectroscopy at 6 K of reaction centers with modified pheophytin composition. Biochemistry 2001; 40:11472-82. [PMID: 11560495 DOI: 10.1021/bi010439j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Photosystem II reaction centers (RC) with selectively exchanged pheophytin (Pheo) molecules as described in [Germano, M., Shkuropatov, A. Ya., Permentier, H., Khatypov, R. A., Shuvalov, V. A., Hoff, A. J., and van Gorkom, H. J. (2000) Photosynth. Res. 64, 189-198] were studied by low-temperature absorption, linear and circular dichroism, and triplet-minus-singlet absorption-difference spectroscopy. The ratio of extinction coefficients epsilon(Pheo)/epsilon(Chl) for Q(Y) absorption in the RC is approximately 0.40 at 6 K and approximately 0.45 at room temperature. The presence of 2 beta-carotenes, one parallel and one perpendicular to the membrane plane, is confirmed. Absorption at 670 nm is due to the perpendicular Q(Y) transitions of the two peripheral chlorophylls (Chl) and not to either Pheo. The "core" pigments, two Pheo and four Chl absorb in the 676-685 nm range. Delocalized excited states as predicted by the "multimer model" are seen in the active branch. The inactive Pheo and the nearby Chl, however, mainly contribute localized transitions at 676 and 680 nm, respectively, although large CD changes indicate that exciton interactions are present on both branches. Replacement of the active Pheo prevents triplet formation, causes an LD increase at 676 and 681 nm, a blue-shift of 680 nm absorbance, and a bleach of the 685 nm exciton band. The triplet state is mainly localized on the Chl corresponding to B(A) in purple bacteria. Both Pheo Q(Y) transitions are oriented out of the membrane plane. Their Q(X) transitions are parallel to that plane, so that the Pheos in PSII are structurally similar to their homologues in purple bacteria.
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- M Germano
- Biophysics Department, Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Prokhorenko VI, Holzwarth AR. Primary Processes and Structure of the Photosystem II Reaction Center: A Photon Echo Study,. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp002323n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Valentin I. Prokhorenko
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45413 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45413 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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