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Cherepanov DA, Petrova AA, Fadeeva MS, Gostev FE, Shelaev IV, Nadtochenko VA, Semenov AY. Specificity of Photochemical Energy Conversion in Photosystem I from the Green Microalga Chlorella ohadii. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2024; 89:1133-1145. [PMID: 38981706 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297924060129] [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: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Primary excitation energy transfer and charge separation in photosystem I (PSI) from the extremophile desert green alga Chlorella ohadii grown in low light were studied using broadband femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy in the spectral range from 400 to 850 nm and in the time range from 50 fs to 500 ps. Photochemical reactions were induced by the excitation into the blue and red edges of the chlorophyll Qy absorption band and compared with similar processes in PSI from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. When PSI from C. ohadii was excited at 660 nm, the processes of energy redistribution in the light-harvesting antenna complex were observed within a time interval of up to 25 ps, while formation of the stable radical ion pair P700+A1- was kinetically heterogeneous with characteristic times of 25 and 120 ps. When PSI was excited into the red edge of the Qy band at 715 nm, primary charge separation reactions occurred within the time range of 7 ps in half of the complexes. In the remaining complexes, formation of the radical ion pair P700+A1- was limited by the energy transfer and occurred with a characteristic time of 70 ps. Similar photochemical reactions in PSI from Synechocystis 6803 were significantly faster: upon excitation at 680 nm, formation of the primary radical ion pairs occurred with a time of 3 ps in ~30% complexes. Excitation at 720 nm resulted in kinetically unresolvable ultrafast primary charge separation in 50% complexes, and subsequent formation of P700+A1- was observed within 25 ps. The photodynamics of PSI from C. ohadii was noticeably similar to the excitation energy transfer and charge separation in PSI from the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; however, the dynamics of energy transfer in C. ohadii PSI also included slower components.
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- Dmitry A Cherepanov
- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
- Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
- Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Walters KA, Redding KE, Golbeck JH. Identification and characterization of the low molecular mass ferredoxins involved in central metabolism in Heliomicrobium modesticaldum. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2024:10.1007/s11120-023-01069-z. [PMID: 38306001 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01069-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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The homodimeric Type I reaction center (RC) from Heliomicrobium modesticaldum lacks the PsaC subunit found in Photosystem I and instead uses the interpolypeptide [4Fe-4S] cluster FX as the terminal electron acceptor. Our goal was to identify which of the small mobile dicluster ferredoxins encoded by the H. modesticaldum genome are capable of accepting electrons from the heliobacterial RC (HbRC) and pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR), a key metabolic enzyme. Analysis of the genome revealed seven candidates: HM1_1462 (PshB1), HM1_1461 (PshB2), HM1_2505 (Fdx3), HM1_0869 (FdxB), HM1_1043, HM1_0357, and HM1_2767. Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli and studies using time-resolved optical spectroscopy revealed that only PshB1, PshB2, and Fdx3 are capable of accepting electrons from the HbRC and PFOR. Modeling studies using AlphaFold show that only PshB1, PshB2, and Fdx3 should be capable of docking on PFOR at a positively charged patch that overlays a surface-proximal [4Fe-4S] cluster. Proteomic analysis of wild-type and gene deletion strains ΔpshB1, ΔpshB2, ΔpshB1pshB2, and Δfdx3 grown under nitrogen-replete conditions revealed that Fdx3 is undetectable in the wild-type, ΔpshB1, and Δfdx3 strains, but it is present in the ΔpshB2 and ΔpshB1pshB2 strains, implying that Fdx3 may substitute for PshB2. When grown under nitrogen-deplete conditions, Fdx3 is present in the wild-type and all deletion strains except for Δfdx3. None of the knockout strains demonstrated significant impairment during chemotrophic dark growth on pyruvate, photoheterotrophic light growth on pyruvate, or phototrophic growth on acetate+CO2, indicating a high degree of redundancy among these three electron transfer proteins. Loss of both PshB1 and PshB2, but not FdxB, resulted in poor growth under N2-fixing conditions.
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- Karim A Walters
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, 1711 S Rural Rd, Box 871604, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1604, USA.
- Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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Mathis P, Sage E, Byrdin M. Pushing the limits of flash photolysis to unravel the secrets of biological electron and proton transfer. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2022; 21:1533-1544. [DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cherepanov DA, Shelaev IV, Gostev FE, Aybush AV, Mamedov MD, Shuvalov VA, Semenov AY, Nadtochenko VA. Generation of ion-radical chlorophyll states in the light-harvesting antenna and the reaction center of cyanobacterial photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 146:55-73. [PMID: 32144697 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The energy and charge-transfer processes in photosystem I (PS I) complexes isolated from cyanobacteria Thermosynechococcus elongatus and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were investigated by pump-to-probe femtosecond spectroscopy. The formation of charge-transfer (CT) states in excitonically coupled chlorophyll a complexes (exciplexes) was monitored by measuring the electrochromic shift of β-carotene in the spectral range 500-510 nm. The excitation of high-energy chlorophyll in light-harvesting antenna of both species was not accompanied by immediate appearance of an electrochromic shift. In PS I from T. elongatus, the excitation of long-wavelength chlorophyll (LWC) caused a pronounced electrochromic effect at 502 nm assigned to the appearance of CT states of chlorophyll exciplexes. The formation of ion-radical pair P700+A1- at 40 ps was limited by energy transfer from LWC to the primary donor P700 and accompanied by carotenoid bleach at 498 nm. In PS I from Synechocystis 6803, the excitation at 720 nm produced an immediate bidentate bleach at 690/704 nm and synchronous carotenoid response at 508 nm. The bidentate bleach was assigned to the formation of primary ion-radical state PB+Chl2B-, where negative charge is localized predominantly at the accessory chlorophyll molecule in the branch B, Chl2B. The following decrease of carotenoid signal at ~ 5 ps was ascribed to electron transfer to the more distant molecule Chl3B. The reduction of phylloquinone in the sites A1A and A1B was accompanied by a synchronous blue-shift of the carotenoid response to 498 nm, pointing to fast redistribution of unpaired electron between two branches in favor of the state PB+A1A-.
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- Dmitry A Cherepanov
- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Kosygina st., 4, Moscow, Russia, 117991
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Kosygina st., 4, Moscow, Russia, 117991
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Kosygina st., 4, Moscow, Russia, 117991
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Gorka M, Cherepanov DA, Semenov AY, Golbeck JH. Control of electron transfer by protein dynamics in photosynthetic reaction centers. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 55:425-468. [PMID: 32883115 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1810623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Trehalose and glycerol are low molecular mass sugars/polyols that have found widespread use in the protection of native protein states, in both short- and long-term storage of biological materials, and as a means of understanding protein dynamics. These myriad uses are often attributed to their ability to form an amorphous glassy matrix. In glycerol, the glass is formed only at cryogenic temperatures, while in trehalose, the glass is formed at room temperature, but only upon dehydration of the sample. While much work has been carried out to elucidate a mechanistic view of how each of these matrices interact with proteins to provide stability, rarely have the effects of these two independent systems been directly compared to each other. This review aims to compile decades of research on how different glassy matrices affect two types of photosynthetic proteins: (i) the Type II bacterial reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and (ii) the Type I Photosystem I reaction center from cyanobacteria. By comparing aggregate data on electron transfer, protein structure, and protein dynamics, it appears that the effects of these two distinct matrices are remarkably similar. Both seem to cause a "tightening" of the solvation shell when in a glassy state, resulting in severely restricted conformational mobility of the protein and associated water molecules. Thus, trehalose appears to be able to mimic, at room temperature, nearly all of the effects on protein dynamics observed in low temperature glycerol glasses.
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- Michael Gorka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.,Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Agarwala N, Makita H, Luo L, Xu W, Hastings G. Reversible inhibition and reactivation of electron transfer in photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 145:97-109. [PMID: 32447611 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00760-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In photosystem I (PSI) complexes at room temperature electron transfer from A1- to FX is an order of magnitude faster on the B-branch compared to the A-branch. One factor that might contribute to this branch asymmetry in time constants is TrpB673 (Thermosynechococcus elongatus numbering), which is located between A1B and FX. The corresponding residue on the A-branch, between A1A and FX, is GlyA693. Here, microsecond time-resolved step-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy at 77 K has been used to study isolated PSI complexes from wild type and TrpB673Phe mutant (WB673F mutant) cells from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. WB673F mutant cells require glucose for growth and are light sensitive. Photoaccumulated FTIR difference spectra indicate changes in amide I and II protein vibrations upon mutation of TrpB673 to Phe, indicating the protein environment near FX is altered upon mutation. In the WB673F mutant PSI samples, but not in WT PSI samples, the phylloquinone molecule that occupies the A1 binding site is likely doubly protonated following long periods of repetitive flash illumination at room temperature. PSI with (doubly) protonated quinone in the A1 binding site are not functional in electron transfer. However, electron transfer functionality can be restored by incubating the light-treated mutant PSI samples in the presence of added phylloquinone.
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- Neva Agarwala
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana At Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70503, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana At Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70503, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
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Poluektov OG, Niklas J, Utschig LM. Spin-Correlated Radical Pairs as Quantum Sensors of Bidirectional ET Mechanisms in Photosystem I. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7536-7544. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Oleg G. Poluektov
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Multiple pathways of charge recombination revealed by the temperature dependence of electron transfer kinetics in cyanobacterial photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1860:601-610. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Petrova A, Mamedov M, Ivanov B, Semenov A, Kozuleva M. Effect of artificial redox mediators on the photoinduced oxygen reduction by photosystem I complexes. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 137:421-429. [PMID: 29767343 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0514-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The peculiarities of interaction of cyanobacterial photosystem I with redox mediators 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) and N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD) were investigated. The higher donor efficiency of the reduced DCPIP form was demonstrated. The oxidized form of DCPIP was shown to be an efficient electron acceptor for terminal iron-sulfur cluster of photosystem I. Likewise methyl viologen, after one-electron reduction, DCPIP transfers an electron to the molecular oxygen. These results were discussed in terms of influence of these interactions on photosystem I reactions with the molecular oxygen and natural electron acceptors.
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- Anastasia Petrova
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Cherepanov DA, Milanovsky GE, Gopta OA, Balasubramanian R, Bryant DA, Semenov AY, Golbeck JH. Electron–Phonon Coupling in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:7943-7955. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b03906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dmitry A. Cherepanov
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory,
1, Building 40, 119992 Moscow, Russia
- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina st., 4, 117977 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory,
1, Building 40, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory,
1, Building 40, 119992 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Frear Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Frear Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Frear Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, 103 Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, PO Box 173400, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory,
1, Building 40, 119992 Moscow, Russia
- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina st., 4, 117977 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Frear Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Frear Laboratory, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Pérez AA, Ferlez BH, Applegate AM, Walters K, He Z, Shen G, Golbeck JH, Bryant DA. Presence of a [3Fe-4S] cluster in a PsaC variant as a functional component of the photosystem I electron transfer chain in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 136:31-48. [PMID: 28916964 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0437-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A site-directed C14G mutation was introduced into the stromal PsaC subunit of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 in vivo in order to introduce an exchangeable coordination site into the terminal FB [4Fe-4S] cluster of Photosystem I (PSI). Using an engineered PSI-less strain (psaAB deletion), psaC was deleted and replaced with recombinant versions controlled by a strong promoter, and the psaAB deletion was complemented. Modified PSI accumulated at lower levels in this strain and supported slower photoautotrophic growth than wild type. As-isolated PSI complexes containing PsaCC14G showed resonances with g values of 2.038 and 2.007 characteristic of a [3Fe-4S]1+ cluster. When the PSI complexes were illuminated at 15 K, these resonances partially disappeared and two new sets of resonances appeared. The majority set had g values of 2.05, 1.95, and 1.85, characteristic of FA-, and the minority set had g values of 2.11, 1.90, and 1.88 from FB' in the modified site. The S = 1/2 spin state of the latter implied the presence of a thiolate as the terminal ligand. The [3Fe-4S] clusters could be partially reconstituted with iron, producing a larger population of [4Fe-4S] clusters. Rates of flavodoxin reduction were identical in PSI complexes isolated from wild type and the PsaCC14G variant strain; this implied equivalent capacity for forward electron transfer in PSI complexes that contained [3Fe-4S] and [4Fe-4S] clusters. The development of this cyanobacterial strain is a first step toward translation of in vitro PSI-based biosolar molecular wire systems in vivo and provides new insights into the formation of Fe/S clusters.
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- Adam A Pérez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 28824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Jessup, PA, 18434, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
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Milanovsky GE, Petrova AA, Cherepanov DA, Semenov AY. Kinetic modeling of electron transfer reactions in photosystem I complexes of various structures with substituted quinone acceptors. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2017; 133:185-199. [PMID: 28352992 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0366-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The reduction kinetics of the photo-oxidized primary electron donor P700 in photosystem I (PS I) complexes from cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were analyzed within the kinetic model, which considers electron transfer (ET) reactions between P700, secondary quinone acceptor A1, iron-sulfur clusters and external electron donor and acceptors - methylviologen (MV), 2,3-dichloro-naphthoquinone (Cl2NQ) and oxygen. PS I complexes containing various quinones in the A1-binding site (phylloquinone PhQ, plastoquinone-9 PQ and Cl2NQ) as well as F X-core complexes, depleted of terminal iron-sulfur F A/F B clusters, were studied. The acceleration of charge recombination in F X-core complexes by PhQ/PQ substitution indicates that backward ET from the iron-sulfur clusters involves quinone in the A1-binding site. The kinetic parameters of ET reactions were obtained by global fitting of the P700+ reduction with the kinetic model. The free energy gap ΔG 0 between F X and F A/F B clusters was estimated as -130 meV. The driving force of ET from A1 to F X was determined as -50 and -220 meV for PhQ in the A and B cofactor branches, respectively. For PQ in A1A-site, this reaction was found to be endergonic (ΔG 0 = +75 meV). The interaction of PS I with external acceptors was quantitatively described in terms of Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The second-order rate constants of ET from F A/F B, F X and Cl2NQ in the A1-site of PS I to external acceptors were estimated. The side production of superoxide radical in the A1-site by oxygen reduction via the Mehler reaction might comprise ≥0.3% of the total electron flow in PS I.
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- Georgy E Milanovsky
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Zhu Y, Liberton M, Pakrasi HB. A Novel Redoxin in the Thylakoid Membrane Regulates the Titer of Photosystem I. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:18689-99. [PMID: 27382055 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.721175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In photosynthetic organisms like cyanobacteria and plants, the main engines of oxygenic photosynthesis are the pigment-protein complexes photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII) located in the thylakoid membrane. In the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the slr1796 gene encodes a single cysteine thioredoxin-like protein, orthologs of which are found in multiple cyanobacterial strains as well as chloroplasts of higher plants. Targeted inactivation of slr1796 in Synechocystis 6803 resulted in compromised photoautotrophic growth. The mutant displayed decreased chlorophyll a content. These changes correlated with a decrease in the PSI titer of the mutant cells, whereas the PSII content was unaffected. In the mutant, the transcript levels of genes for PSI structural and accessory proteins remained unaffected, whereas the levels of PSI structural proteins were severely diminished, indicating that Slr1796 acts at a posttranscriptional level. Biochemical analysis indicated that Slr1796 is an integral thylakoid membrane protein. We conclude that Slr1796 is a novel regulatory factor that modulates PSI titer.
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- Yuehui Zhu
- From the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- From the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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- From the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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Li Y, Liu P, Takano T, Liu S. A Chloroplast-Localized Rubredoxin Family Protein Gene from Puccinellia tenuiflora (PutRUB) Increases NaCl and NaHCO₃ Tolerance by Decreasing H₂O₂ Accumulation. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17060804. [PMID: 27248998 PMCID: PMC4926338 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17060804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rubredoxin is one of the simplest iron–sulfur (Fe–S) proteins. It is found primarily in strict anaerobic bacteria and acts as a mediator of electron transfer participation in different biochemical reactions. The PutRUB gene encoding a chloroplast-localized rubredoxin family protein was screened from a yeast full-length cDNA library of Puccinellia tenuiflora under NaCl and NaHCO3 stress. We found that PutRUB expression was induced by abiotic stresses such as NaCl, NaHCO3, CuCl2 and H2O2. These findings suggested that PutRUB might be involved in plant responses to adversity. In order to study the function of this gene, we analyzed the phenotypic and physiological characteristics of PutRUB transgenic plants treated with NaCl and NaHCO3. The results showed that PutRUB overexpression inhibited H2O2 accumulation, and enhanced transgenic plant adaptability to NaCl and NaHCO3 stresses. This indicated PutRUB might be involved in maintaining normal electron transfer to reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation.
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- Ying Li
- Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field (SAVER), Ministry of Education, Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center (ASNESC), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field (SAVER), Ministry of Education, Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center (ASNESC), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan.
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- Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field (SAVER), Ministry of Education, Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center (ASNESC), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China.
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Zhang S, Liu Y, Bryant DA. Metabolic engineering of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 to produce poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate. Metab Eng 2015; 32:174-183. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yang H, Liu J, Wen X, Lu C. Molecular mechanism of photosystem I assembly in oxygenic organisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:838-48. [PMID: 25582571 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Photosystem I, an integral membrane and multi-subunit complex, catalyzes the oxidation of plastocyanin and the reduction of ferredoxin by absorbed light energy. Photosystem I participates in photosynthetic acclimation processes by being involved in cyclic electron transfer and state transitions for sustaining efficient photosynthesis. The photosystem I complex is highly conserved from cyanobacteria to higher plants and contains the light-harvesting complex and the reaction center complex. The assembly of the photosystem I complex is highly complicated and involves the concerted assembly of multiple subunits and hundreds of cofactors. A suite of regulatory factors for the assembly of photosystem I subunits and cofactors have been identified that constitute an integrative network regulating PSI accumulation. This review aims to discuss recent findings in the field relating to how the photosystem I complex is assembled in oxygenic organisms. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chloroplast Biogenesis.
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- Huixia Yang
- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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Kozuleva MA, Petrova AA, Mamedov MD, Semenov AY, Ivanov BN. O2 reduction by photosystem I involves phylloquinone under steady-state illumination. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:4364-8. [PMID: 25311539 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 09/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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O2 reduction was investigated in photosystem I (PSI) complexes isolated from cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild type (WT) and menB mutant strain, which is unable to synthesize phylloquinone and contains plastoquinone at the quinone-binding site A1. PSI complexes from WT and menB mutant exhibited different dependencies of O2 reduction on light intensity, namely, the values of O2 reduction rate in WT did not reach saturation at high intensities, in contrast to the values in menB mutant. The obtained results suggest the immediate phylloquinone involvement in the light-induced O2 reduction by PSI.
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- Marina A Kozuleva
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia; A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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Evidence that histidine forms a coordination bond to the A0A and A0B chlorophylls and a second H-bond to the A1A and A1B phylloquinones in M688HPsaA and M668HPsaB variants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1362-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Roose JL, Frankel LK, Bricker TM. The PsbP domain protein 1 functions in the assembly of lumenal domains in photosystem I. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:23776-85. [PMID: 25008325 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.589085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Photosystem I (PS I) is a multisubunit membrane protein complex that functions as a light-driven plastocyanin-ferredoxin oxidoreductase. The PsbP domain protein 1 (PPD1; At4g15510) is located in the thylakoid lumen of plant chloroplasts and is essential for photoautotrophy, functioning as a PS I assembly factor. In this work, RNAi was used to suppress PPD1 expression, yielding mutants displaying a range of phenotypes with respect to PS I accumulation and function. These PPD1 RNAi mutants showed a loss of assembled PS I that was correlated with loss of the PPD1 protein. In the most severely affected PPD1 RNAi lines, the accumulated PS I complexes exhibited defects in electron transfer from plastocyanin to the oxidized reaction center P700 (+). The defects in PS I assembly in the PPD1 RNAi mutants also had secondary effects with respect to the association of light-harvesting antenna complexes to PS I. Because of the imbalance in photosystem function in the PPD1 RNAi mutants, light-harvesting complex II associated with and acted as an antenna for the PS I complexes. These results provide new evidence for the role of PPD1 in PS I biogenesis, particularly as a factor essential for proper assembly of the lumenal portion of the complex.
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- Johnna L Roose
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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In this review, we consider a selection of recent advances in chloroplast biology. These include new findings concerning chloroplast evolution, such as the identification of Chlamydiae as a third partner in primary endosymbiosis, a second instance of primary endosymbiosis represented by the chromatophores found in amoebae of the genus Paulinella, and a new explanation for the longevity of captured chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) in sacoglossan sea slugs. The controversy surrounding the three-dimensional structure of grana, its recent resolution by tomographic analyses, and the role of the CURVATURE THYLAKOID1 (CURT1) proteins in supporting grana formation are also discussed. We also present an updated inventory of photosynthetic proteins and the factors involved in the assembly of thylakoid multiprotein complexes, and evaluate findings that reveal that cyclic electron flow involves NADPH dehydrogenase (NDH)- and PGRL1/PGR5-dependent pathways, both of which receive electrons from ferredoxin. Other topics covered in this review include new protein components of nucleoids, an updated inventory of the chloroplast proteome, new enzymes in chlorophyll biosynthesis and new candidate messengers in retrograde signaling. Finally, we discuss the first successful synthetic biology approaches that resulted in chloroplasts in which electrons from the photosynthetic light reactions are fed to enzymes derived from secondary metabolism.
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- Poul Erik Jensen
- Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC), Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of CopenhagenThorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg CDenmark
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- Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC), Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of CopenhagenThorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg CDenmark
- Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University MunichGroßhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-MartinsriedGermany
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Gorka M, Schartner J, van der Est A, Rögner M, Golbeck JH. Light-Mediated Hydrogen Generation in Photosystem I: Attachment of a Naphthoquinone–Molecular Wire–Pt Nanoparticle to the A1A and A1B Sites. Biochemistry 2014; 53:2295-306. [DOI: 10.1021/bi500104r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael Gorka
- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department
of Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S 3A1
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- Department
of Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Fritsch J, Siebert E, Priebe J, Zebger I, Lendzian F, Teutloff C, Friedrich B, Lenz O. Rubredoxin-related maturation factor guarantees metal cofactor integrity during aerobic biosynthesis of membrane-bound [NiFe] hydrogenase. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:7982-93. [PMID: 24448806 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.544668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The membrane-bound [NiFe] hydrogenase (MBH) supports growth of Ralstonia eutropha H16 with H2 as the sole energy source. The enzyme undergoes a complex biosynthesis process that proceeds during cell growth even at ambient O2 levels and involves 14 specific maturation proteins. One of these is a rubredoxin-like protein, which is essential for biosynthesis of active MBH at high oxygen concentrations but dispensable under microaerobic growth conditions. To obtain insights into the function of HoxR, we investigated the MBH protein purified from the cytoplasmic membrane of hoxR mutant cells. Compared with wild-type MBH, the mutant enzyme displayed severely decreased hydrogenase activity. Electron paramagnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopic analyses revealed features resembling those of O2-sensitive [NiFe] hydrogenases and/or oxidatively damaged protein. The catalytic center resided partially in an inactive Niu-A-like state, and the electron transfer chain consisting of three different Fe-S clusters showed marked alterations compared with wild-type enzyme. Purification of HoxR protein from its original host, R. eutropha, revealed only low protein amounts. Therefore, recombinant HoxR protein was isolated from Escherichia coli. Unlike common rubredoxins, the HoxR protein was colorless, rather unstable, and essentially metal-free. Conversion of the atypical iron-binding motif into a canonical one through genetic engineering led to a stable reddish rubredoxin. Remarkably, the modified HoxR protein did not support MBH-dependent growth at high O2. Analysis of MBH-associated protein complexes points toward a specific interaction of HoxR with the Fe-S cluster-bearing small subunit. This supports the previously made notion that HoxR avoids oxidative damage of the metal centers of the MBH, in particular the unprecedented Cys6[4Fe-3S] cluster.
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- Johannes Fritsch
- From the Institut für Biologie/Mikrobiologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, 10115 Berlin
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Calderon RH, García-Cerdán JG, Malnoë A, Cook R, Russell JJ, Gaw C, Dent RM, de Vitry C, Niyogi KK. A conserved rubredoxin is necessary for photosystem II accumulation in diverse oxygenic photoautotrophs. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:26688-96. [PMID: 23900844 PMCID: PMC3772215 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.487629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In oxygenic photosynthesis, two photosystems work in tandem to harvest light energy and generate NADPH and ATP. Photosystem II (PSII), the protein-pigment complex that uses light energy to catalyze the splitting of water, is assembled from its component parts in a tightly regulated process that requires a number of assembly factors. The 2pac mutant of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was isolated and found to have no detectable PSII activity, whereas other components of the photosynthetic electron transport chain, including photosystem I, were still functional. PSII activity was fully restored by complementation with the RBD1 gene, which encodes a small iron-sulfur protein known as a rubredoxin. Phylogenetic evidence supports the hypothesis that this rubredoxin and its orthologs are unique to oxygenic phototrophs and distinct from rubredoxins in Archaea and bacteria (excluding cyanobacteria). Knockouts of the rubredoxin orthologs in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana were also found to be specifically affected in PSII accumulation. Taken together, our data suggest that this rubredoxin is necessary for normal PSII activity in a diverse set of organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis.
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- Robert H Calderon
- From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Lyska D, Meierhoff K, Westhoff P. How to build functional thylakoid membranes: from plastid transcription to protein complex assembly. PLANTA 2013; 237:413-28. [PMID: 22976450 PMCID: PMC3555230 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1752-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Chloroplasts are the endosymbiotic descendants of cyanobacterium-like prokaryotes. Present genomes of plant and green algae chloroplasts (plastomes) contain ~100 genes mainly encoding for their transcription-/translation-machinery, subunits of the thylakoid membrane complexes (photosystems II and I, cytochrome b (6) f, ATP synthase), and the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Nevertheless, proteomic studies have identified several thousand proteins in chloroplasts indicating that the majority of the plastid proteome is not encoded by the plastome. Indeed, plastid and host cell genomes have been massively rearranged in the course of their co-evolution, mainly through gene loss, horizontal gene transfer from the cyanobacterium/chloroplast to the nucleus of the host cell, and the emergence of new nuclear genes. Besides structural components of thylakoid membrane complexes and other (enzymatic) complexes, the nucleus provides essential factors that are involved in a variety of processes inside the chloroplast, like gene expression (transcription, RNA-maturation and translation), complex assembly, and protein import. Here, we provide an overview on regulatory factors that have been described and characterized in the past years, putting emphasis on mechanisms regulating the expression and assembly of the photosynthetic thylakoid membrane complexes.
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- Dagmar Lyska
- Entwicklungs- und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Kesawat MS, Das BK, Bhaganagare GR, Manorama. Genome-wide identification, evolutionary and expression analyses of putative Fe-S biogenesis genes in rice (Oryza sativa). Genome 2012; 55:571-83. [PMID: 22856514 DOI: 10.1139/g2012-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins are ubiquitous in nature and carry Fe-S clusters (ISCs) as prosthetic groups that are essential in maintaining basic biological processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen fixation, and DNA repair. In the present investigation, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis was carried out to find all the genes involved in the formation of ISCs in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) through a systematic EST and genomic DNA sequence data mining. This analysis profiled 44 rice ISC genes (OsISCs) that were identified using in silico analysis. Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis revealed that these genes were highly conserved among bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants. EST analysis and RT-PCR assays demonstrated that all OsISCs were active and that the transcript abundance of some OsISCs was tissue specific. The results of this study will assist further investigations to identify and elucidate the structural components involved in the assembly, biogenesis, and regulation of OsISCs. Thus, the outcome of the present study provides basic genomic information for the OsISC and will pave the way for elucidating the precise role of OsISCs in plant growth and development in the future. Also, it may enable us in the future to enhance the crop yield, uptake of Fe, and protection against abiotic and biotic stress.
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- Mahipal Singh Kesawat
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Krishak Nagar - 492 012 Raipur (CG), India.
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Mula S, Savitsky A, Möbius K, Lubitz W, Golbeck JH, Mamedov MD, Semenov AY, van der Est A. Incorporation of a high potential quinone reveals that electron transfer in Photosystem I becomes highly asymmetric at low temperature. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2012; 11:946-56. [PMID: 22246442 DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05340c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photosystem I (PS I) has two nearly identical branches of electron-transfer co-factors. Based on point mutation studies, there is general agreement that both branches are active at ambient temperature but that the majority of electron-transfer events occur in the A-branch. At low temperature, reversible electron transfer between P(700) and A(1A) occurs in the A-branch. However, it has been postulated that irreversible electron transfer from P(700) through A(1B) to the terminal iron-sulfur clusters F(A) and F(B) occurs via the B-branch. Thus, to study the directionality of electron transfer at low temperature, electron transfer to the iron-sulfur clusters must be blocked. Because the geometries of the donor-acceptor radical pairs formed by electron transfer in the A- and B-branch differ, they have different spin-polarized EPR spectra and echo-modulation decay curves. Hence, time-resolved, multiple-frequency EPR spectroscopy, both in the direct-detection and pulse mode, can be used to probe the use of the two branches if electron transfer to the iron-sulfur clusters is blocked. Here, we use the PS I variant from the menB deletion mutant strain of Synechocyctis sp. PCC 6803, which is unable to synthesize phylloquinone, to incorporate 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (Cl(2)NQ) into the A(1A) and A(1B) binding sites. The reduction midpoint potential of Cl(2)NQ is approximately 400 mV more positive than that of phylloquinone and is unable to transfer electrons to the iron-sulfur clusters. In contrast to previous studies, in which the iron-sulfur clusters were chemically reduced and/or point mutations were used to prevent electron transfer past the quinones, we find no evidence for radical-pair formation in the B-branch. The implications of this result for the directionality of electron transfer in PS I are discussed.
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- Sam Mula
- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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Schöttler MA, Albus CA, Bock R. Photosystem I: its biogenesis and function in higher plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:1452-61. [PMID: 21255865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Photosystem I (PSI), the plastocyanin-ferredoxin oxidoreductase of the photosynthetic electron transport chain, is one of the largest bioenergetic complexes known. It is composed of subunits encoded in both the chloroplast genome and the nuclear genome and thus, its assembly requires an intricate coordination of gene expression and intensive communication between the two compartments. In this review, we first briefly describe PSI structure and then focus on recent findings on the role of the two small chloroplast genome-encoded subunits PsaI and PsaJ in the stability and function of PSI in higher plants. We then address the sequence of PSI biogenesis, discuss the role of auxiliary proteins involved in cofactor insertion into the PSI apoproteins and in the establishment of protein-protein interactions during subunit assembly. Finally, we consider potential limiting steps of PSI biogenesis, and how they may contribute to the control of PSI accumulation.
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- Mark Aurel Schöttler
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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The maturation factors HoxR and HoxT contribute to oxygen tolerance of membrane-bound [NiFe] hydrogenase in Ralstonia eutropha H16. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2487-97. [PMID: 21441514 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01427-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The membrane-bound [NiFe] hydrogenase (MBH) of Ralstonia eutropha H16 undergoes a complex maturation process comprising cofactor assembly and incorporation, subunit oligomerization, and finally twin-arginine-dependent membrane translocation. Due to its outstanding O(2) and CO tolerance, the MBH is of biotechnological interest and serves as a molecular model for a robust hydrogen catalyst. Adaptation of the enzyme to oxygen exposure has to take into account not only the catalytic reaction but also biosynthesis of the intricate redox cofactors. Here, we report on the role of the MBH-specific accessory proteins HoxR and HoxT, which are key components in MBH maturation at ambient O(2) levels. MBH-driven growth on H(2) is inhibited or retarded at high O(2) partial pressure (pO(2)) in mutants inactivated in the hoxR and hoxT genes. The ratio of mature and nonmature forms of the MBH small subunit is shifted toward the precursor form in extracts derived from the mutant cells grown at high pO(2). Lack of hoxR and hoxT can phenotypically be restored by providing O(2)-limited growth conditions. Analysis of copurified maturation intermediates leads to the conclusion that the HoxR protein is a constituent of a large transient protein complex, whereas the HoxT protein appears to function at a final stage of MBH maturation. UV-visible spectroscopy of heterodimeric MBH purified from hoxR mutant cells points to alterations of the Fe-S cluster composition. Thus, HoxR may play a role in establishing a specific Fe-S cluster profile, whereas the HoxT protein seems to be beneficial for cofactor stability under aerobic conditions.
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Albus CA, Ruf S, Schöttler MA, Lein W, Kehr J, Bock R. Y3IP1, a nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein, cooperates with the plastid-encoded Ycf3 protein in photosystem I assembly of tobacco and Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:2838-55. [PMID: 20807881 PMCID: PMC2947186 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.073908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The intricate assembly of photosystem I (PSI), a large multiprotein complex in the thylakoid membrane, depends on auxiliary protein factors. One of the essential assembly factors for PSI is encoded by ycf3 (hypothetical chloroplast reading frame number 3) in the chloroplast genome of algae and higher plants. To identify novel factors involved in PSI assembly, we constructed an epitope-tagged version of ycf3 from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and introduced it into the tobacco chloroplast genome by genetic transformation. Immunoaffinity purification of Ycf3 complexes from the transplastomic plants identified a novel nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein, Y3IP1 (for Ycf3-interacting protein 1), that specifically interacts with the Ycf3 protein. Subsequent reverse genetics analysis of Y3IP1 function in tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana revealed that knockdown of Y3IP1 leads to a specific deficiency in PSI but does not result in loss of Ycf3. Our data indicate that Y3IP1 represents a novel factor for PSI biogenesis that cooperates with the plastid genome-encoded Ycf3 in the assembly of stable PSI units in the thylakoid membrane.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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van der Est A. Transient EPR: using spin polarization in sequential radical pairs to study electron transfer in photosynthesis. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 102:335-347. [PMID: 19255871 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9411-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The light induced electron transfer in photosynthesis generates a series of sequential spin polarized radical pairs, and transient electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) is ideally suited to study the lifetimes and physical and electronic structures of these radical pairs. In this article, the basic principles of TREPR are outlined with emphasis on the electron spin polarization (ESP) that develops during the electron transfer process. Examples of the analysis of TREPR data are given to illustrate the information that can be obtained. Recent applications of the technique to study the functionality of reaction centers, light-induced structural changes, and protein-cofactor interactions are reviewed.
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- Art van der Est
- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, Saint Catharines, ON, Canada.
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Srinivasan N, Golbeck JH. Protein–cofactor interactions in bioenergetic complexes: The role of the A1A and A1B phylloquinones in Photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1057-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Antonkine ML, Koay MS, Epel B, Breitenstein C, Gopta O, Gärtner W, Bill E, Lubitz W. Synthesis and characterization of de novo designed peptides modelling the binding sites of [4Fe–4S] clusters in photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:995-1008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ozawa SI, Nield J, Terao A, Stauber EJ, Hippler M, Koike H, Rochaix JD, Takahashi Y. Biochemical and structural studies of the large Ycf4-photosystem I assembly complex of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:2424-42. [PMID: 19700633 PMCID: PMC2751955 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Revised: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ycf4 is a thylakoid protein essential for the accumulation of photosystem I (PSI) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Here, a tandem affinity purification tagged Ycf4 was used to purify a stable Ycf4-containing complex of >1500 kD. This complex also contained the opsin-related COP2 and the PSI subunits PsaA, PsaB, PsaC, PsaD, PsaE, and PsaF, as identified by mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) and immunoblotting. Almost all Ycf4 and COP2 in wild-type cells copurified by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation and subsequent ion exchange column chromatography, indicating the intimate and exclusive association of Ycf4 and COP2. Electron microscopy revealed that the largest structures in the purified preparation measure 285 x 185 A; these particles may represent several large oligomeric states. Pulse-chase protein labeling revealed that the PSI polypeptides associated with the Ycf4-containing complex are newly synthesized and partially assembled as a pigment-containing subcomplex. These results indicate that the Ycf4 complex may act as a scaffold for PSI assembly. A decrease in COP2 to 10% of wild-type levels by RNA interference increased the salt sensitivity of the Ycf4 complex stability but did not affect the accumulation of PSI, suggesting that COP2 is not essential for PSI assembly.
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- Shin-Ichiro Ozawa
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Niklas J, Epel B, Antonkine ML, Sinnecker S, Pandelia ME, Lubitz W. Electronic Structure of the Quinone Radical Anion A1•− of Photosystem I Investigated by Advanced Pulse EPR and ENDOR Techniques. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:10367-79. [DOI: 10.1021/jp901890z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jens Niklas
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, and Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Photosynthesis is the major process that converts solar energy into chemical energy on Earth. Two and a half billion years ago, the ancestors of cyanobacteria were able to use water as electron source for the photosynthetic process, thereby evolving oxygen and changing the atmosphere of our planet Earth. Two large membrane protein complexes, Photosystems I and II, catalyze the primary step in this energy conversion, the light-induced charge separation across the photosynthetic membrane. This chapter describes and compares the structure of two Photosystems and discusses their function in respect to the mechanism of light harvesting, electron transfer and water splitting.
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- Petra Fromme
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA.
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Jin Z, Heinnickel M, Krebs C, Shen G, Golbeck JH, Bryant DA. Biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters in photosystem I: holo-NfuA from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 rapidly and efficiently transfers [4Fe-4S] clusters to apo-PsaC in vitro. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:28426-35. [PMID: 18694929 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803395200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The NfuA protein has been postulated to act as a scaffolding protein in the biogenesis of photosystem (PS) I and other iron-sulfur (Fe/S) proteins in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. To determine the properties of NfuA, recombinant NfuA from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 was overproduced and purified. In vitro reconstituted NfuA contained oxygen- and EDTA-labile Fe/S cluster(s), which had EPR properties consistent with [4Fe-4S] clusters. After reconstitution with 57Fe2+, Mössbauer studies of NfuA showed a broad quadrupole doublet that confirmed the presence of [4Fe-4S]2+ clusters. Native gel electrophoresis under anoxic conditions and chemical cross-linking showed that holo-NfuA forms dimers and tetramers harboring Fe/S cluster(s). Combined with iron and sulfide analyses, the results indicated that one [4Fe-4S] cluster was bound per NfuA dimer. Fe/S cluster transfer from holo-NfuA to apo-PsaC of PS I was studied by reconstitution of PS I complexes using P700-F(X) core complexes, PsaD, apo-PsaC, and holo-NfuA. Electron transfer measurements by time-resolved optical spectroscopy showed that holo-NfuA rapidly and efficiently transferred [4Fe-4S] clusters to PsaC in a reaction that required contact between the two proteins. The NfuA-reconstituted PS I complexes had typical charge recombination kinetics from [F(A)/F(B)](-) to P700+ and light-induced low-temperature EPR spectra. These results establish that cyanobacterial NfuA can act as a scaffolding protein for the insertion of [4Fe-4S] clusters into PsaC of PS I in vitro.
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- Zhao Jin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are required for critical biochemical pathways, including respiration, photosynthesis, and nitrogen fixation. Assembly of these iron cofactors is a carefully controlled process in cells to avoid toxicity from free iron and sulfide. Multiple Fe-S cluster assembly pathways are present in bacteria to carry out basal cluster assembly, stress-responsive cluster assembly, and enzyme-specific cluster assembly. Although biochemical and genetic characterization is providing a partial picture of in vivo Fe-S cluster assembly, a number of mechanistic questions remain unanswered. Furthermore, new factors involved in Fe-S cluster assembly and repair have recently been identified and are expanding the complexity of current models. Here we attempt to summarize recent advances and to highlight new avenues of research in the field of Fe-S cluster assembly.
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Majeran W, Zybailov B, Ytterberg AJ, Dunsmore J, Sun Q, van Wijk KJ. Consequences of C4 differentiation for chloroplast membrane proteomes in maize mesophyll and bundle sheath cells. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:1609-38. [PMID: 18453340 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800016-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chloroplasts of maize leaves differentiate into specific bundle sheath (BS) and mesophyll (M) types to accommodate C(4) photosynthesis. Chloroplasts contain thylakoid and envelope membranes that contain the photosynthetic machineries and transporters but also proteins involved in e.g. protein homeostasis. These chloroplast membranes must be specialized within each cell type to accommodate C(4) photosynthesis and regulate metabolic fluxes and activities. This quantitative study determined the differentiated state of BS and M chloroplast thylakoid and envelope membrane proteomes and their oligomeric states using innovative gel-based and mass spectrometry-based protein quantifications. This included native gels, iTRAQ, and label-free quantification using an LTQ-Orbitrap. Subunits of Photosystems I and II, the cytochrome b(6)f, and ATP synthase complexes showed average BS/M accumulation ratios of 1.6, 0.45, 1.0, and 1.33, respectively, whereas ratios for the light-harvesting complex I and II families were 1.72 and 0.68, respectively. A 1000-kDa BS-specific NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex with associated proteins of unknown function containing more than 15 proteins was observed; we speculate that this novel complex possibly functions in inorganic carbon concentration when carboxylation rates by ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase are lower than decarboxylation rates by malic enzyme. Differential accumulation of thylakoid proteases (Egy and DegP), state transition kinases (STN7,8), and Photosystem I and II assembly factors was observed, suggesting that cell-specific photosynthetic electron transport depends on post-translational regulatory mechanisms. BS/M ratios for inner envelope transporters phosphoenolpyruvate/P(i) translocator, Dit1, Dit2, and Mex1 were determined and reflect metabolic fluxes in carbon metabolism. A wide variety of hundreds of other proteins showed differential BS/M accumulation. Mass spectral information and functional annotations are available through the Plant Proteome Database. These data are integrated with previous data, resulting in a model for C(4) photosynthesis, thereby providing new rationales for metabolic engineering of C(4) pathways and targeted analysis of genetic networks that coordinate C(4) differentiation.
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- Wojciech Majeran
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Krzystyniak M, Shen G, Golbeck JH, Antonkine ML. Investigation of water bound to photosystem I with multiquantum filtered 17 O nuclear magnetic resonance. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:014503. [PMID: 18190200 DOI: 10.1063/1.2813891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A new analytical approach was developed to characterize the properties of water molecules bound to macromolecules in solution using 17 O nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation. A combination of conventional (single-quantum) and triple-quantum filtered Hahn echo and inversion recovery measurements was employed. From measured relaxation rate constants, the fraction and the correlation time of bound H2 17 O molecules and the relaxation rate constant of bulk water in solution were calculated. This was done by solving analytically a set of nonlinear equations describing the overall relaxation rate constants in the presence of chemical exchange between bulk and bound water. The analytical approach shows the uniqueness of the solution for a given set of three relaxation rate constants. This important result sheds light on the data reduction problem from 17 O NMR experiments on biological systems. Water bound in photosystem I isolated from the wild type and rubA variant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis species PCC 7002 was investigated for the first time. The analysis revealed that photosystem I isolated from the wild type binds 1720+/-110 water molecules, whereas photosystem I isolated from the rubA variant binds only 1310+/-170. The accuracy of the method proposed can be increased by further 17 O enrichment. The methodology, established for the first time in this work, allows the study of a diverse range of biological samples regardless of their size and molecular weight. Applied initially to photosystem I, this novel method has important consequences for the future investigation of the assembly of biological molecules.
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- M Krzystyniak
- Institute of Chemistry, Sekr. C 2, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Schöttler MA, Bock R. Extranuclear Inheritance: Plastid—Nuclear Cooperation in Photosystem I Assembly in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72954-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Proudfoot M, Sanders SA, Singer A, Zhang R, Brown G, Binkowski A, Xu L, Lukin JA, Murzin AG, Joachimiak A, Arrowsmith CH, Edwards AM, Savchenko AV, Yakunin AF. Biochemical and structural characterization of a novel family of cystathionine beta-synthase domain proteins fused to a Zn ribbon-like domain. J Mol Biol 2007; 375:301-15. [PMID: 18021800 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2007] [Revised: 10/23/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We have identified a novel family of proteins, in which the N-terminal cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) domain is fused to the C-terminal Zn ribbon domain. Four proteins were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified: TA0289 from Thermoplasma acidophilum, TV1335 from Thermoplasma volcanium, PF1953 from Pyrococcus furiosus, and PH0267 from Pyrococcus horikoshii. The purified proteins had a red/purple color in solution and an absorption spectrum typical of rubredoxins (Rds). Metal analysis of purified proteins revealed the presence of several metals, with iron and zinc being the most abundant metals (2-67% of iron and 12-74% of zinc). Crystal structures of both mercury- and iron-bound TA0289 (1.5-2.0 A resolution) revealed a dimeric protein whose intersubunit contacts are formed exclusively by the alpha-helices of two cystathionine beta-synthase subdomains, whereas the C-terminal domain has a classical Zn ribbon planar architecture. All proteins were reversibly reduced by chemical reductants (ascorbate or dithionite) or by the general Rd reductase NorW from E. coli in the presence of NADH. Reduced TA0289 was found to be capable of transferring electrons to cytochrome C from horse heart. Likewise, the purified Zn ribbon protein KTI11 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae had a purple color in solution and an Rd-like absorption spectrum, contained both iron and zinc, and was reduced by the Rd reductase NorW from E. coli. Thus, recombinant Zn ribbon domains from archaea and yeast demonstrate an Rd-like electron carrier activity in vitro. We suggest that, in vivo, some Zn ribbon domains might also bind iron and therefore possess an electron carrier activity, adding another physiological role to this large family of important proteins.
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- Michael Proudfoot
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, 112 College Street, Room 72, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Shen G, Balasubramanian R, Wang T, Wu Y, Hoffart LM, Krebs C, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH. SufR coordinates two [4Fe-4S]2+, 1+ clusters and functions as a transcriptional repressor of the sufBCDS operon and an autoregulator of sufR in cyanobacteria. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:31909-19. [PMID: 17827500 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705554200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The sufR gene encodes a protein that functions as a transcriptional repressor of the suf regulon in cyanobacteria. It is predicted to contain an N-terminal helix loop helix DNA binding motif and a C-terminal Fe/S binding domain. Through immunoblotting assays of cell extracts, the sufR product in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was shown to have a mass of approximately 25 kDa. This indicates that the second ATG in the open reading frame is the correct start codon and that sufR encodes a protein of 216 amino acids (SufR216) rather than the originally predicted 240 amino acids. Recombinant SufR harbored [4Fe-4S]2+, 1+ clusters, which were present in a mixture of S=1/2 and 3/2 ground spin states, and the holoprotein was a homodimer, containing 3.7 of non-heme irons and 3.5 labile sulfides per monomer. Thus, two [4Fe-4S]2+, 1+ clusters are coordinated by each SufR216 homodimer. SufR216 bound to two DNA sequences in the regulatory region between the divergently transcribed sufR gene and the sufBCDS operon, and its binding affinity depended on the presence and redox state of the [4Fe-4S]2+, 1+ clusters. A high affinity binding site, which controls sufBCDS expression, and a low affinity binding site, which controls sufR expression, were identified. The SufR binding sites, which are separated by 26 base pairs, each contain a perfect inverted repeat, CAAC-N6-GTTG, and are highly conserved in cyanobacteria. The Fe/S protein SufR thus functions both as a transcriptional repressor of the sufBCDS operon and as an autoregulator of sufR.
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- Gaozhong Shen
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Stöckel J, Bennewitz S, Hein P, Oelmüller R. The evolutionarily conserved tetratrico peptide repeat protein pale yellow green7 is required for photosystem I accumulation in Arabidopsis and copurifies with the complex. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 141:870-8. [PMID: 16679416 PMCID: PMC1489899 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.078147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Pale yellow green7-1 (pyg7-1) is a photosystem I (PSI)-deficient Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant. PSI subunits are synthesized in the mutant, but do not assemble into a stable complex. In contrast, light-harvesting antenna proteins of both photosystems accumulate in the mutant. Deletion of Pyg7 results in severely reduced growth rates, alterations in leaf coloration, and plastid ultrastructure. Pyg7 was isolated by map-based cloning and encodes a tetratrico peptide repeat protein with homology to Ycf37 from Synechocystis. The protein is localized in the chloroplast associated with thylakoid membranes and copurifies with PSI. An independent pyg7 T-DNA insertion line, pyg7-2, exhibits the same phenotype. pyg7 gene expression is light regulated. Comparison of the roles of Ycf37 in cyanobacteria and Pyg7 in higher plants suggests that the ancient protein has altered its function during evolution. Whereas the cyanobacterial protein mediates more efficient PSI accumulation, the higher plant protein is absolutely required for complex assembly or maintenance.
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- Jana Stöckel
- Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Friedrich Schiller University, 07747 Jena, Germany
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Balasubramanian R, Shen G, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH. Regulatory roles for IscA and SufA in iron homeostasis and redox stress responses in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:3182-91. [PMID: 16621810 PMCID: PMC1447454 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.9.3182-3191.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SufA, IscA, and Nfu have been proposed to function as scaffolds in the assembly of Fe/S clusters in bacteria. To investigate the roles of these proteins further, single and double null-mutant strains of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 were constructed by insertional inactivation of genes homologous to sufA, iscA, and nfu. Demonstrating the nonessential nature of their products, the sufA, iscA, and sufA iscA mutants grew photoautotrophically with doubling times that were similar to the wild type under standard growth conditions. In contrast, attempts to inactivate the nfu gene only resulted in stable merodiploids. These results imply that Nfu, but not SufA or IscA, is the essential Fe/S scaffold protein in cyanobacteria. When cells were grown under iron-limiting conditions, the iscA and sufA mutant strains exhibited less chlorosis than the wild type. Under iron-sufficient growth conditions, isiA transcript levels, a marker for iron limitation in cyanobacteria, as well as transcript levels of genes in both the suf and isc regulons were significantly higher in the iscA mutant than in the wild type. Under photosynthesis-induced redox stress conditions, the transcript levels of the suf genes are notably higher in the sufA and the sufA iscA mutants than in the wild type. The growth phenotypes and mRNA abundance patterns of the mutant strains contradict the proposed scaffold function for the SufA and IscA proteins in generalized Fe/S cluster assembly and instead suggest that they play regulatory roles in iron homeostasis and the sensing of redox stress in cyanobacteria.
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- Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Fromme P, Yu H, DeRuyter YS, Jolley C, Chauhan DK, Melkozernov A, Grotjohann I. Structure of photosystems I and II. CR CHIM 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2005.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rappaport F, Diner BA, Redding K. Optical Measurements of Secondary Electron Transfer in Photosystem I. PHOTOSYSTEM I 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4256-0_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ishikita H, Stehlik D, Golbeck JH, Knapp EW. Electrostatic influence of PsaC protein binding to the PsaA/PsaB heterodimer in photosystem I. Biophys J 2005; 90:1081-9. [PMID: 16258043 PMCID: PMC1367094 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The absence of the PsaC subunit in the photosystem I (PSI) complex (native PSI complex) by mutagenesis or chemical manipulation yields a PSI core (P700-F(X) core) that also lacks subunits PsaD and PsaE and the two iron-sulfur clusters F(A) and F(B), which constitute an integral part of PsaC. In this P700-F(X) core, the redox potentials (E(m)) of the two quinones A(1A/B) and the iron-sulfur cluster F(X) as well as the corresponding protonation patterns are investigated by evaluating the electrostatic energies from the solution of the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The B-side specific Asp-B558 changes its protonation state significantly upon isolating the P700-F(X) core, being mainly protonated in the native PSI complex but ionized in the P700-F(X) core. In the P700-F(X) core, E(m)(A(1A/B)) remains practically unchanged, whereas E(m)(F(X)) is upshifted by 42 mV. With these calculated E(m) values, the electron transfer rate from A(1) to F(X) in the P700-F(X) core is estimated to be slightly faster on the A(1A) side than that of the wild type, which is consistent with kinetic measurements.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Santabarbara S, Heathcote P, Evans MCW. Modelling of the electron transfer reactions in Photosystem I by electron tunnelling theory: The phylloquinones bound to the PsaA and the PsaB reaction centre subunits of PS I are almost isoenergetic to the iron–sulfur cluster FX. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2005; 1708:283-310. [PMID: 15975545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2004] [Revised: 04/12/2005] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Photosystem I is a large macromolecular complex located in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts and in cyanobacteria that catalyses the light driven reduction of ferredoxin and oxidation of plastocyanin. Due to the very negative redox potential of the primary electron transfer cofactors accepting electrons, direct estimation by redox titration of the energetics of the system is hampered. However, the rates of electron transfer reactions are related to the thermodynamic properties of the system. Hence, several spectroscopic and biochemical techniques have been employed, in combination with the classical Marcus theory for electron transfer tunnelling, in order to access these parameters. Nevertheless, the values which have been presented are very variable. In particular, for the case of the tightly bound phylloquinone molecule A(1), the values of the redox potentials reported in the literature vary over a range of about 350 mV. Previous models of Photosystem I have assumed a unidirectional electron transfer model. In the present study, experimental evidence obtained by means of time resolved absorption, photovoltage, and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements are reviewed and analysed in terms of a bi-directional kinetic model for electron transfer reactions. This model takes into consideration the thermodynamic equilibrium between the iron-sulfur centre F(X) and the phylloquinone bound to either the PsaA (A(1A)) or the PsaB (A(1B)) subunit of the reaction centre and the equilibrium between the iron-sulfur centres F(A) and F(B). The experimentally determined decay lifetimes in the range of sub-picosecond to the microsecond time domains can be satisfactorily simulated, taking into consideration the edge-to-edge distances between redox cofactors and driving forces reported in the literature. The only exception to this general behaviour is the case of phylloquinone (A(1)) reoxidation. In order to describe the reported rates of the biphasic decay, of about 20 and 200 ns, associated with this electron transfer step, the redox potentials of the quinones are estimated to be almost isoenergetic with that of the iron sulfur centre F(X). A driving force in the range of 5 to 15 meV is estimated for these reactions, being slightly exergonic in the case of the A(1B) quinone and slightly endergonic, in the case of the A(1A) quinone. The simulation presented in this analysis not only describes the kinetic data obtained for the wild type samples at room temperature and is consistent with estimates of activation energy by the analysis of temperature dependence, but can also explain the effect of the mutations around the PsaB quinone binding pocket. A model of the overall energetics of the system is derived, which suggests that the only substantially irreversible electron transfer reactions are the reoxidation of A(0) on both electron transfer branches and the reduction of F(A) by F(X).
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Santabarbara
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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