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Gates C, Williams JM, Ananyev G, Dismukes GC. How chloride functions to enable proton conduction in photosynthetic water oxidation: Time-resolved kinetics of intermediates (S-states) in vivo and bromide substitution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2023; 1864:148998. [PMID: 37499962 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.148998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Chloride (Cl-) is essential for O2 evolution during photosynthetic water oxidation. Two chlorides near the water-oxidizing complex (WOC) in Photosystem II (PSII) structures from Thermosynechococcus elongatus (and T. vulcanus) have been postulated to transfer protons generated from water oxidation. We monitored four criteria: primary charge separation flash yield (P* → P+QA-), rates of water oxidation steps (S-states), rate of proton evolution, and flash O2 yield oscillations by measuring chlorophyll variable fluorescence (P* quenching), pH-sensitive dye changes, and oximetry. Br-substitution slows and destabilizes cellular growth, resulting from lower light-saturated O2 evolution rate (-20 %) and proton release (-36 % ΔpH gradient). The latter implies less ATP production. In Br- cultures, protonogenic S-state transitions (S2 → S3 → S0') slow with increasing light intensity and during O2/water exchange (S0' → S0 → S1), while the non-protonogenic S1 → S2 transition is kinetically unaffected. As flash rate increases in Cl- cultures, both rate and extent of acidification of the lumen increase, while charge recombination is suppressed relative to Br-. The Cl- advantage in rapid proton escape from the WOC to lumen is attributed to correlated ion-pair movement of H3O+Cl- in dry water channels vs. separated Br- and H+ ion movement through different regions (>200-fold difference in Bronsted acidities). By contrast, at low flash rates a previously unreported reversal occurs that favors Br- cultures for both proton evolution and less PSII charge recombination. In Br- cultures, slower proton transfer rate is attributed to stronger ion-pairing of Br- with AA residues lining the water channels. Both anions charge-neutralize protons and shepherd them to the lumen using dry aqueous channels.
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- Colin Gates
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, IL 60660, USA
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ 08854, USA.
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Bhowmick A, Hussein R, Bogacz I, Simon PS, Ibrahim M, Chatterjee R, Doyle MD, Cheah MH, Fransson T, Chernev P, Kim IS, Makita H, Dasgupta M, Kaminsky CJ, Zhang M, Gätcke J, Haupt S, Nangca II, Keable SM, Aydin AO, Tono K, Owada S, Gee LB, Fuller FD, Batyuk A, Alonso-Mori R, Holton JM, Paley DW, Moriarty NW, Mamedov F, Adams PD, Brewster AS, Dobbek H, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Zouni A, Messinger J, Kern J, Yano J, Yachandra VK. Structural evidence for intermediates during O 2 formation in photosystem II. Nature 2023; 617:629-636. [PMID: 37138085 PMCID: PMC10191843 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06038-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In natural photosynthesis, the light-driven splitting of water into electrons, protons and molecular oxygen forms the first step of the solar-to-chemical energy conversion process. The reaction takes place in photosystem II, where the Mn4CaO5 cluster first stores four oxidizing equivalents, the S0 to S4 intermediate states in the Kok cycle, sequentially generated by photochemical charge separations in the reaction center and then catalyzes the O-O bond formation chemistry1-3. Here, we report room temperature snapshots by serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography to provide structural insights into the final reaction step of Kok's photosynthetic water oxidation cycle, the S3→[S4]→S0 transition where O2 is formed and Kok's water oxidation clock is reset. Our data reveal a complex sequence of events, which occur over micro- to milliseconds, comprising changes at the Mn4CaO5 cluster, its ligands and water pathways as well as controlled proton release through the hydrogen-bonding network of the Cl1 channel. Importantly, the extra O atom Ox, which was introduced as a bridging ligand between Ca and Mn1 during the S2→S3 transition4-6, disappears or relocates in parallel with Yz reduction starting at approximately 700 μs after the third flash. The onset of O2 evolution, as indicated by the shortening of the Mn1-Mn4 distance, occurs at around 1,200 μs, signifying the presence of a reduced intermediate, possibly a bound peroxide.
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- Asmit Bhowmick
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo, Japan
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Lambertz J, Meier-Credo J, Kucher S, Bordignon E, Langer JD, Nowaczyk MM. Isolation of a novel heterodimeric PSII complex via strep-tagged PsbO. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2023; 1864:148953. [PMID: 36572329 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148953] [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: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The multi-subunit membrane protein complex photosystem II (PSII) catalyzes the light-driven oxidation of water and with this the initial step of photosynthetic electron transport in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its biogenesis is coordinated by a network of auxiliary proteins that facilitate the stepwise assembly of individual subunits and cofactors, forming various intermediate complexes until fully functional mature PSII is present at the end of the process. In the current study, we purified PSII complexes from a mutant line of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vestitus BP-1 in which the extrinsic subunit PsbO, characteristic for active PSII, was fused with an N-terminal Twin-Strep-tag. Three distinct PSII complexes were separated by ion-exchange chromatography after the initial affinity purification. Two complexes differ in their oligomeric state (monomeric and dimeric) but share the typical subunit composition of mature PSII. They are characterized by the very high oxygen evolving activity of approx. 6000 μmol O2·(mg Chl·h)-1. Analysis of the third (heterodimeric) PSII complex revealed lower oxygen evolving activity of approx. 3000 μmol O2·(mg Chl·h)-1 and a manganese content of 2.7 (±0.2) per reaction center compared to 3.7 (±0.2) of fully active PSII. Mass spectrometry and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy further indicated that PsbO is partially replaced by Psb27 in this PSII fraction, thus implying a role of this complex in PSII repair.
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- Jan Lambertz
- Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Proteomics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany; Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland(1)
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- Proteomics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Proteomics, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max-von-Laue-Str. 4, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany(1).
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Lubitz W, Pantazis DA, Cox N. Water oxidation in oxygenic photosynthesis studied by magnetic resonance techniques. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:6-29. [PMID: 36409002 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The understanding of light-induced biological water oxidation in oxygenic photosynthesis is of great importance both for biology and (bio)technological applications. The chemically difficult multistep reaction takes place at a unique protein-bound tetra-manganese/calcium cluster in photosystem II whose structure has been elucidated by X-ray crystallography (Umena et al. Nature 2011, 473, 55). The cluster moves through several intermediate states in the catalytic cycle. A detailed understanding of these intermediates requires information about the spatial and electronic structure of the Mn4 Ca complex; the latter is only available from spectroscopic techniques. Here, the important role of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and related double resonance techniques (ENDOR, EDNMR), complemented by quantum chemical calculations, is described. This has led to the elucidation of the cluster's redox and protonation states, the valence and spin states of the manganese ions and the interactions between them, and contributed substantially to the understanding of the role of the protein surrounding, as well as the binding and processing of the substrate water molecules, the O-O bond formation and dioxygen release. Based on these data, models for the water oxidation cycle are developed.
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- Wolfgang Lubitz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Xu B, Chen Y, Yao R, Chen C, Zhang C. Redox‐Induced Structural Change in Artificial Heterometallic‐Oxide Cluster Mimicking the Photosynthetic Oxygen‐Evolving Center. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201456. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Boran Xu
- Laboratory of Photochemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Photochemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Photochemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Photochemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Photochemistry Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing P. R. China
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Boussac A, Sugiura M, Sellés J. Probing the proton release by Photosystem II in the S 1 to S 2 high-spin transition. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2022; 1863:148546. [PMID: 35337840 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148546] [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: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The stoichiometry and kinetics of the proton release were investigated during each transition of the S-state cycle in Photosystem II (PSII) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus containing either a Mn4CaO5 (PSII/Ca) or a Mn4SrO5 (PSII/Sr) cluster. The measurements were done at pH 6.0 and pH 7.0 knowing that, in PSII/Ca at pH 6.0 and pH 7.0 and in PSII/Sr at pH 6.0, the flash-induced S2-state is in a low-spin configuration (S2LS) whereas in PSII/Sr at pH 7.0, the S2-state is in a high-spin configuration (S2HS) in half of the centers. Two measurements were done; the time-resolved flash dependent i) absorption of either bromocresol purple at pH 6.0 or neutral red at pH 7.0 and ii) electrochromism in the Soret band of PD1 at 440 nm. The fittings of the oscillations with a period of four indicate that one proton is released in the S1 to S2HS transition in PSII/Sr at pH 7.0. It has previously been suggested that the proton released in the S2LS to S3 transition would be released in a S2LSTyrZ• → S2HSTyrZ• transition before the electron transfer from the cluster to TyrZ• occurs. The release of a proton in the S1TyrZ• → S2HSTyrZ transition would logically imply that this proton release is missing in the S2HSTyrZ• to S3TyrZ transition. Instead, the proton release in the S1 to S2HS transition in PSII/Sr at pH 7.0 was mainly done at the expense of the proton release in the S3 to S0 and S0 to S1 transitions. However, at pH 7.0, the electrochromism of PD1 seems larger in PSII/Sr when compared to PSII/Ca in the S3 state. This points to the complex link between proton movements in and immediately around the Mn4 cluster and the mechanism leading to the release of protons into the bulk.
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- Alain Boussac
- I(2)BC, UMR CNRS 9198, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Proteo-Science Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR CNRS 7141 and Sorbonne Université, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Boussac A, Sellés J, Hamon M, Sugiura M. Properties of Photosystem II lacking the PsbJ subunit. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2022; 152:347-361. [PMID: 34661808 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-021-00880-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Photosystem II (PSII), the oxygen-evolving enzyme, consists of 17 trans-membrane and 3 extrinsic membrane proteins. Other subunits bind to PSII during assembly, like Psb27, Psb28, and Tsl0063. The presence of Psb27 has been proposed (Zabret et al. in Nat Plants 7:524-538, 2021; Huang et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118:e2018053118, 2021; Xiao et al. in Nat Plants 7:1132-1142, 2021) to prevent the binding of PsbJ, a single transmembrane α-helix close to the quinone QB binding site. Consequently, a PSII rid of Psb27, Psb28, and Tsl0034 prior to the binding of PsbJ would logically correspond to an assembly intermediate. The present work describes experiments aiming at further characterizing such a ∆PsbJ-PSII, purified from the thermophilic Thermosynechococcus elongatus, by means of MALDI-TOF spectroscopy, thermoluminescence, EPR spectroscopy, and UV-visible time-resolved spectroscopy. In the purified ∆PsbJ-PSII, an active Mn4CaO5 cluster is present in 60-70% of the centers. In these centers, although the forward electron transfer seems not affected, the Em of the QB/QB- couple increases by ≥ 120 mV , thus disfavoring the electron coming back on QA. The increase of the energy gap between QA/QA- and QB/QB- could contribute in a protection against the charge recombination between the donor side and QB-, identified at the origin of photoinhibition under low light (Keren et al. in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94:1579-1584, 1997), and possibly during the slow photoactivation process.
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- Alain Boussac
- I2BC, UMR CNRS 9198, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR CNRS 7141 and Sorbonne Université, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR8226/FRC550 CNRS and Sorbonne-Université, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Proteo-Science Research Center, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan.
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Yocum CF. Photosystem 2 and the oxygen evolving complex: a brief overview. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2022; 152:97-105. [PMID: 35294671 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00910-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
These special issues of photosynthesis research present papers documenting progress in revealing the many aspects of photosystem 2, a unique, one-of-a-kind complex system that can reduce a plastoquinone to a plastoquinol on every second flash of light and oxidize 2 H2O to an O2 on every fourth flash. This overview is a brief personal assessment of the progress observed by the author over a four-decade research career, including a discussion of some remaining unsolved issues. It will come as no surprise to readers that there are remaining questions given the complexity of PS2, and the efforts that have been needed so far to uncover its secrets. In fact, most readers will have their own lists of outstanding questions.
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- Charles F Yocum
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Yang C, Wang S, Sai F, Liu D, Sun F, Gu Y, Wu G. Pentanuclear clusters resembling the cubane-dangler connectivity in the native oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:113-116. [PMID: 33290473 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07050e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of pentametallic "cubane-plus-dangler" complexes have been target synthesized. Among them, the [Fe3Ni2] aggregate strongly resembled the native oxygen-evolving center by mimicking the "cubane-plus-dangler" skeleton, the aqua binding site, and the connectivity between the pendent ion and the parent cubane. Our synthetic strategy that uses tri-substituted methanol as the "cubane-generator" and carboxylate as the pendant ligand provides a feasible approach for accessing model compounds of biological catalyst systems.
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- Chao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. China.
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de Lichtenberg C, Messinger J. Substrate water exchange in the S2 state of photosystem II is dependent on the conformation of the Mn4Ca cluster. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:12894-12908. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01380c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The structural flexibility of the Mn4Ca cluster in photosystem II supports the exchange of the central O5 bridge.
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Probing the role of Valine 185 of the D1 protein in the Photosystem II oxygen evolution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:1259-1273. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Shamsipur M, Pashabadi A. Latest advances in PSII features and mechanism of water oxidation. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The low spin - high spin equilibrium in the S2-state of the water oxidizing enzyme. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:342-356. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lohmiller T, Krewald V, Sedoud A, Rutherford AW, Neese F, Lubitz W, Pantazis DA, Cox N. The First State in the Catalytic Cycle of the Water-Oxidizing Enzyme: Identification of a Water-Derived μ-Hydroxo Bridge. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:14412-14424. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Thomas Lohmiller
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Department
of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- iBiTec-S, URA
CNRS 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department
of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- iBiTec-S, URA
CNRS 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Yamada Y, Oyama K, Suenobu T, Fukuzumi S. Photocatalytic water oxidation by persulphate with a Ca2+ ion-incorporated polymeric cobalt cyanide complex affording O2 with 200% quantum efficiency. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:3418-3421. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc00199a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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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Incorporation of a small amount of Ca2+ ions into a polymeric cobalt cyanide complex enhanced the activity for photocatalytic water oxidation by persulphate with [Ru(bpy)3]2+ at pH 7.0 to achieve a maximum quantum efficiency of 200%.
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- Yusuke Yamada
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka City University
- Osaka 558-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- SENTAN
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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- Department of Material and Life Science
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Osaka University
- SENTAN
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science
- Ewha Womans University
- Seoul 120-750
- Korea
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Gates C, Ananyev G, Dismukes GC. The strontium inorganic mutant of the water oxidizing center (CaMn4O5) of PSII improves WOC efficiency but slows electron flux through the terminal acceptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1550-1560. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Estimation of the driving force for dioxygen formation in photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:23-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Krewald V, Retegan M, Neese F, Lubitz W, Pantazis DA, Cox N. Spin State as a Marker for the Structural Evolution of Nature’s Water-Splitting Catalyst. Inorg Chem 2015; 55:488-501. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Vera Krewald
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr.
34–36, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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Fukuzumi S, Ohkubo K, Lee YM, Nam W. Lewis Acid Coupled Electron Transfer of Metal-Oxygen Intermediates. Chemistry 2015; 21:17548-59. [PMID: 26404482 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Redox-inactive metal ions and Brønsted acids that function as Lewis acids play pivotal roles in modulating the redox reactivity of metal-oxygen intermediates, such as metal-oxo and metal-peroxo complexes. The mechanisms of the oxidative CH bond cleavage of toluene derivatives, sulfoxidation of thioanisole derivatives, and epoxidation of styrene derivatives by mononuclear nonheme iron(IV)-oxo complexes in the presence of triflic acid (HOTf) and Sc(OTf)3 have been unified as rate-determining electron transfer coupled with binding of Lewis acids (HOTf and Sc(OTf)3 ) by iron(III)-oxo complexes. All logarithms of the observed second-order rate constants of Lewis acid-promoted oxidative CH bond cleavage, sulfoxidation, and epoxidation reactions of iron(IV)-oxo complexes exhibit remarkably unified correlations with the driving forces of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) and metal ion-coupled electron transfer (MCET) in light of the Marcus theory of electron transfer when the differences in the formation constants of precursor complexes were taken into account. The binding of HOTf and Sc(OTf)3 to the metal-oxo moiety has been confirmed for Mn(IV) -oxo complexes. The enhancement of the electron-transfer reactivity of metal-oxo complexes by binding of Lewis acids increases with increasing the Lewis acidity of redox-inactive metal ions. Metal ions can also bind to mononuclear nonheme iron(III)-peroxo complexes, resulting in acceleration of the electron-transfer reduction but deceleration of the electron-transfer oxidation. Such a control on the reactivity of metal-oxygen intermediates by binding of Lewis acids provides valuable insight into the role of Ca(2+) in the oxidation of water to dioxygen by the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II.
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- Shunichi Fukuzumi
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750 (Korea). .,Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 (Japan). .,Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Aichi, Nagoya, 468-0073 (Japan).
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750 (Korea).,Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750 (Korea)
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750 (Korea).
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Boussac A, Rutherford AW, Sugiura M. Electron transfer pathways from the S2-states to the S3-states either after a Ca2+/Sr2+ or a Cl-/I- exchange in Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:576-86. [PMID: 25843552 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The site for water oxidation in Photosystem II (PSII) goes through five sequential oxidation states (S0 to S4) before O2 is evolved. It consists of a Mn4CaO5-cluster close to a redox-active tyrosine residue (YZ). Cl- is also required for enzyme activity. By using EPR spectroscopy it has been shown that both Ca2+/Sr2+ exchange and Cl-/I- exchange perturb the proportions of centers showing high (S=5/2) and low spin (S=1/2) forms of the S2-state. The S3-state was also found to be heterogeneous with: i) a S=3 form that is detectable by EPR and not sensitive to near-infrared light; and ii) a form that is not EPR visible but in which Mn photochemistry occurs resulting in the formation of a (S2YZ)' split EPR signal upon near-infrared illumination. In Sr/Cl-PSII, the high spin (S=5/2) form of S2 shows a marked heterogeneity with a g=4.3 form generated at low temperature that converts to a relaxed form at g=4.9 at higher temperatures. The high spin g=4.9 form can then progress to the EPR detectable form of S3 at temperatures as low as 180K whereas the low spin (S=1/2) S2-state can only advance to the S3 state at temperatures≥235 K. Both of the two S2 configurations and the two S3 configurations are each shown to be in equilibrium at ≥235 K but not at 198 K. Since both S2 configurations are formed at 198 K, they likely arise from two specific populations of S1. The existence of heterogeneous populations in S1, S2 and S3 states may be related to the structural flexibility associated with the positioning of the oxygen O5 within the cluster highlighted in computational approaches and which has been linked to substrate exchange. These data are discussed in the context of recent in silico studies of the electron transfer pathways between the S2-state(s) and the S3-state(s).
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- Alain Boussac
- I(2)BC, CNRS UMR 9198, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Proteo-Science Research Center, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Nature relies on a unique and intricate biochemical setup to achieve sunlight-driven water splitting. Combined experimental and computational efforts have produced significant insights into the structural and functional principles governing the operation of the water-oxidizing enzyme Photosystem II in general, and of the oxygen-evolving manganese-calcium cluster at its active site in particular. Here we review the most important aspects of biological water oxidation, emphasizing current knowledge on the organization of the enzyme, the geometric and electronic structure of the catalyst, and the role of calcium and chloride cofactors. The combination of recent experimental work on the identification of possible substrate sites with computational modeling have considerably limited the possible mechanistic pathways for the critical O-O bond formation step. Taken together, the key features and principles of natural photosynthesis may serve as inspiration for the design, development, and implementation of artificial systems.
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Shen JR. The Structure of Photosystem II and the Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 66:23-48. [PMID: 25746448 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050312-120129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 450] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Oxygenic photosynthesis forms the basis of aerobic life on earth by converting light energy into biologically useful chemical energy and by splitting water to generate molecular oxygen. The water-splitting and oxygen-evolving reaction is catalyzed by photosystem II (PSII), a huge, multisubunit membrane-protein complex located in the thylakoid membranes of organisms ranging from cyanobacteria to higher plants. The structure of PSII has been analyzed at 1.9-Å resolution by X-ray crystallography, revealing a clear picture of the Mn4CaO5 cluster, the catalytic center for water oxidation. This article provides an overview of the overall structure of PSII followed by detailed descriptions of the specific structure of the Mn4CaO5 cluster and its surrounding protein environment. Based on the geometric organization of the Mn4CaO5 cluster revealed by the crystallographic analysis, in combination with the results of a vast number of experimental studies involving spectroscopic and other techniques as well as various theoretical studies, the article also discusses possible mechanisms for water splitting that are currently under consideration.
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- Jian-Ren Shen
- Photosynthesis Research Center, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan;
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Sugiura M, Boussac A. Variants of photosystem II D1 protein in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-014-1828-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bang S, Lee YM, Hong S, Cho KB, Nishida Y, Seo MS, Sarangi R, Fukuzumi S, Nam W. Redox-inactive metal ions modulate the reactivity and oxygen release of mononuclear non-haem iron(III)-peroxo complexes. Nat Chem 2014; 6:934-40. [PMID: 25242490 PMCID: PMC4215643 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Redox-inactive metal ions that function as Lewis acids play pivotal roles in modulating the reactivity of oxygen-containing metal complexes and metalloenzymes, such as the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II and its small-molecule mimics. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of non-haem iron(III)-peroxo complexes that bind redox-inactive metal ions, (TMC)Fe(III)-(μ,η(2):η(2)-O2)-M(n+) (M(n+) = Sr(2+), Ca(2+), Zn(2+), Lu(3+), Y(3+) and Sc(3+); TMC, 1,4,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane). We demonstrate that the Ca(2+) and Sr(2+) complexes showed similar electrochemical properties and reactivities in one-electron oxidation or reduction reactions. However, the properties and reactivities of complexes formed with stronger Lewis acidities were found to be markedly different. Complexes that contain Ca(2+) or Sr(2+) ions were oxidized by an electron acceptor to release O2, whereas the release of O2 did not occur for complexes that bind stronger Lewis acids. We discuss these results in the light of the functional role of the Ca(2+) ion in the oxidation of water to dioxygen by the oxygen-evolving complex.
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- Suhee Bang
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University and ALCA, Japan Science Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University and ALCA, Japan Science Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Department of Bioinspired Science, Center for Biomimetic Systems, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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Wang L, Zhang C, Zhao J. Location and function of the high-affinity chloride in the oxygen-evolving complex – Implications from comparing studies on Cl−/Br−/I−-substituted photosystem II prepared using two different methods. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2014; 138:249-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cox N, Retegan M, Neese F, Pantazis DA, Boussac A, Lubitz W. Electronic structure of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II prior to O-O bond formation. Science 2014; 345:804-8. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1254910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 375] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Substrate-water exchange in photosystem II is arrested before dioxygen formation. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4305. [PMID: 24993602 PMCID: PMC4102119 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Light-driven oxidation of water into dioxygen, catalysed by the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in photosystem II, is essential for life on Earth and provides the blueprint for devices for producing fuel from sunlight. Although the structure of the OEC is known at atomic level for its dark-stable state, the mechanism by which water is oxidized remains unsettled. Important mechanistic information was gained in the past two decades by mass spectrometric studies of the H218O/H216O substrate–water exchange in the four (semi) stable redox states of the OEC. However, until now such data were not attainable in the transient states formed immediately before the O–O bond formation. Using modified photosystem II complexes displaying up to 40-fold slower O2 production rates, we show here that in the transient state the substrate–water exchange is dramatically slowed as compared with the earlier S states. This further constrains the possible sites for substrate–water binding in photosystem II. The oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II converts water into oxygen during photosynthesis, but how this process occurs is not yet fully understood. Here, the authors use modified complexes with reduced reaction rates to study the process of oxygen evolution in more detail.
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Kauny J, Sétif P. NADPH fluorescence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: a versatile probe for in vivo measurements of rates, yields and pools. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:792-801. [PMID: 24463053 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We measured the kinetics of light-induced NADPH formation and subsequent dark consumption by monitoring in vivo its fluorescence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Spectral data allowed the signal changes to be attributed to NAD(P)H and signal linearity vs the chlorophyll concentration was shown to be recoverable after appropriate correction. Parameters associated to reduction of NADP(+) to NADPH by ferredoxin-NADP(+)-oxidoreductase were determined: After single excitation of photosystem I, half of the signal rise is observed in 8ms; Evidence for a kinetic limitation which is attributed to an enzyme bottleneck is provided; After two closely separated saturating flashes eliciting two photosystem I turnovers in less than 2ms, more than 50% of the cytoplasmic photoreductants (reduced ferredoxin and photosystem I acceptors) are diverted from NADPH formation by competing processes. Signal quantitation in absolute NADPH concentrations was performed by adding exogenous NADPH to the cell suspensions and by estimating the enhancement factor of in vivo fluorescence (between 2 and 4). The size of the visible (light-dependent) NADP (NADP(+)+NADPH) pool was measured to be between 1.4 and 4 times the photosystem I concentration. A quantitative discrepancy is found between net oxygen evolution and NADPH consumption by the light-activated Calvin-Benson cycle. The present study shows that NADPH fluorescence is an efficient probe for studying in vivo the energetic metabolism of cyanobacteria which can be used for assessing multiple phenomena occurring over different time scales.
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- Jocelyn Kauny
- iBiTec-S, CNRS UMR 8221, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- iBiTec-S, CNRS UMR 8221, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Sugiura M, Boussac A. Some Photosystem II properties depending on the D1 protein variants in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1427-34. [PMID: 24388918 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cyanobacteria have multiple psbA genes encoding PsbA, the D1 reaction center protein of the Photosystem II complex which bears together with PsbD, the D2 protein, most of the cofactors involved in electron transfer reactions. The thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus has three psbA genes differently expressed depending on the environmental conditions. Among the 344 residues constituting each of the 3 possible PsbA variants there are 21 substitutions between PsbA1 and PsbA3, 31 between PsbA1 and PsbA2 and 27 between PsbA2 and PsbA3. In this review, we summarize the changes already identified in the properties of the redox cofactors depending on the D1 variant constituting Photosystem II in T. elongatus. This article is part of a special issue entitled: photosynthesis research for sustainability: keys to produce clean energy.
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- Miwa Sugiura
- Proteo-science Research Center, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawauchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
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- iBiTec-S, CNRS UMR 8221, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Lohmiller T, Krewald V, Navarro MP, Retegan M, Rapatskiy L, Nowaczyk MM, Boussac A, Neese F, Lubitz W, Pantazis DA, Cox N. Structure, ligands and substrate coordination of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the S2 state: a combined EPR and DFT study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:11877-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55017f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Kato M, Zhang JZ, Paul N, Reisner E. Protein film photoelectrochemistry of the water oxidation enzyme photosystem II. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:6485-97. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00031e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This review describes key functions of the water oxidation enzyme photosystem II, protein film photoelectrochemistry of photosystem II and bio-inspired photoelectrochemical water oxidation systems.
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- Masaru Kato
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cambridge
- Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Sugiura M, Azami C, Koyama K, Rutherford AW, Rappaport F, Boussac A. Modification of the pheophytin redox potential in Thermosynechococcus elongatus Photosystem II with PsbA3 as D1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:139-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kato M, Cardona T, Rutherford AW, Reisner E. Covalent immobilization of oriented photosystem II on a nanostructured electrode for solar water oxidation. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:10610-3. [PMID: 23829513 PMCID: PMC3795471 DOI: 10.1021/ja404699h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Photosystem II (PSII) offers a biological and sustainable route of photochemical water oxidation to O2 and can provide protons and electrons for the generation of solar fuels, such as H2. We present a rational strategy to electrostatically improve the orientation of PSII from a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus , on a nanostructured indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode and to covalently immobilize PSII on the electrode. The ITO electrode was modified with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of phosphonic acid ITO linkers with a dangling carboxylate moiety. The negatively charged carboxylate attracts the positive dipole on the electron acceptor side of PSII via Coulomb interactions. Covalent attachment of PSII in its electrostatically improved orientation to the SAM-modified ITO electrode was accomplished via an amide bond to further enhance red-light-driven, direct electron transfer and stability of the PSII hybrid photoelectrode.
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- Masaru Kato
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge
CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department
of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge
CB2 1EW, U.K
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Boussac A, Rappaport F, Brettel K, Sugiura M. Charge recombination in S(n)Tyr(Z)(•)Q(A)(-•) radical pairs in D1 protein variants of Photosystem II: long range electron transfer in the Marcus inverted region. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:3308-14. [PMID: 23448315 DOI: 10.1021/jp400337j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Charge recombination in the light-induced radical pair SnTyrZ(•)QA(-•) in Photosystem II (PSII) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus has been studied at cryogenic temperatures by time-resolved EPR for different configurations of PSII that are expected to affect the driving force of the reaction (oxidation states S0, S1, or S2 of the Mn4CaO5 cluster; PsbA1, PsbA2, or PsbA3 as D1 protein). The kinetics were independent of temperature in the studied range from 4.2 to 50 K and were not affected by exchange of H2O for D2O, consistent with single-step electron tunneling over the distance of ∼32 Å without any repopulation through Boltzmann equilibration of intermediates lying higher in energy. In PsbA1-PSII, the charge recombinations in the radical pairs SnTyrZ(•)QA(-•) (ket = 3.4 × 10(-3) s(-1) for S1) were slower than in PsbA3-PSII despite an expected lower driving force owing to a downshifted Em(QA/QA(-•)) in PsbA1-PSII. Conversely, the reaction was slower in the presence of S2 than in the presence of S1, despite an expected larger driving force due to an upshifted Em(TyrZ(•)/TyrZ) in S2. These observations indicate that the charge recombination occurs in the Marcus inverted region. Assuming that the driving force of the reaction (-ΔG(0) ≈ 1.2 eV at room temperature for S1) does not vary strongly with temperature, the data indicate an optimal electron transfer rate (for a hypothetical -ΔG(0) = λ) substantially faster than would be predicted from extrapolation of room temperature intraprotein ET rates over shorter distances. Possible origins of this deviation are discussed, including a possible enhancement of the electronic coupling of TyrZ(•) and QA(-•) by aromatic cofactors located in between. Observed similar S1TyrZ(•)QA(-•) charge recombinations in PsbA2-PSII and PsbA3-PSII predict that Em(QA/QA(-•)) in PsbA2-PSII is similar to that in PsbA3-PSII.
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- Alain Boussac
- iBiTec-S, CNRS UMR 8221, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Structure of Sr-substituted photosystem II at 2.1 A resolution and its implications in the mechanism of water oxidation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:3889-94. [PMID: 23426624 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219922110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (PSII) is a tetra-manganese calcium penta-oxygenic cluster (Mn4CaO5) catalyzing light-induced water oxidation through several intermediate states (S-states) by a mechanism that is not fully understood. To elucidate the roles of Ca(2+) in this cluster and the possible location of water substrates in this process, we crystallized Sr(2+)-substituted PSII from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus, analyzed its crystal structure at a resolution of 2.1 Å, and compared it with the 1.9 Å structure of native PSII. Our analysis showed that the position of Sr was moved toward the outside of the cubane structure of the Mn4CaO5-cluster relative to that of Ca(2+), resulting in a general elongation of the bond distances between Sr and its surrounding atoms compared with the corresponding distances in the Ca-containing cluster. In particular, we identified an apparent elongation in the bond distance between Sr and one of the two terminal water ligands of Ca(2+), W3, whereas that of the Sr-W4 distance was not much changed. This result may contribute to the decrease of oxygen evolution upon Sr(2+)-substitution, and suggests a weak binding and rather mobile nature of this particular water molecule (W3), which in turn implies the possible involvement of this water molecule as a substrate in the O-O bond formation. In addition, the PsbY subunit, which was absent in the 1.9 Å structure of native PSII, was found in the Sr-PSII structure.
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Kato Y, Shibamoto T, Yamamoto S, Watanabe T, Ishida N, Sugiura M, Rappaport F, Boussac A. Influence of the PsbA1/PsbA3, Ca2+/Sr2+ and Cl−/Br− exchanges on the redox potential of the primary quinone QA in Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus as revealed by spectroelectrochemistry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1998-2004. [PMID: 22721916 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 06/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yuki Kato
- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
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Rapatskiy L, Cox N, Savitsky A, Ames WM, Sander J, Nowaczyk MM, Rögner M, Boussac A, Neese F, Messinger J, Lubitz W. Detection of the Water-Binding Sites of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Using W-Band 17O Electron–Electron Double Resonance-Detected NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:16619-34. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3053267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Leonid Rapatskiy
- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Plant
Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Plant
Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Plant
Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse
150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- iBiTec-S, URA UMR 8221, CEA Saclay,
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical
Biological Centre (KBC), Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Germany
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Boussac A, Ishida N, Sugiura M, Rappaport F. Probing the role of chloride in Photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus by exchanging chloride for iodide. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:802-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shevela D, Messinger J. Probing the turnover efficiency of photosystem II membrane fragments with different electron acceptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1208-12. [PMID: 22503842 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In this study we employ isotope ratio membrane-inlet mass spectrometry to probe the turnover efficiency of photosystem II (PSII) membrane fragments isolated from spinach at flash frequencies between 1Hz and 50Hz in the presence of the commonly used exogenous electron acceptors potassium ferricyanide(III) (FeCy), 2,5-dichloro-p-benzoquinone (DCBQ), and 2-phenyl-p-benzoquinone (PPBQ). The data obtained clearly indicate that among the tested acceptors PPBQ is the best at high flash frequencies. If present at high enough concentration, the PSII turnover efficiency is unaffected by flash frequency of up to 30Hz, and at 40Hz and 50Hz only a slight decrease by about 5-7% is observed. In contrast, drastic reductions of the O(2) yields by about 40% and 65% were found at 50Hz for DCBQ and FeCy, respectively. Comparison with literature data reveals that PPBQ accepts electrons from Q(A)(-) in PSII membrane fragments with similar efficiency as plastoquinone in intact cells. Our data also confirm that at high flashing rates O(2) evolution is limited by the reactions on the electron-acceptor side of PSII. The relevance of these data to the evolutionary development of the water-splitting complex in PSII and with regard to the potential of artificial water-splitting catalysts is discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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Isolation and purification of an axenic diazotrophic drought-tolerant cyanobacterium, Nostoc commune, from natural cyanobacterial crusts and its utilization for field research on soils polluted with radioisotopes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1499-505. [PMID: 22417797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nitrogen fixation and drought tolerance confer the ability to grow on dry land, and some terrestrial cyanobacteria exhibit these properties. These cyanobacteria were isolated in an axenic form from Nostoc commune clusters and other sources by modifying the method used to isolate the nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. HK-01. Of these cyanobacteria, N. commune, which is difficult to isolate and purify, uses polysaccharides to maintain water, nitrogen fertilizers for nitrogen fixation, and can live in extreme environments because of desiccation tolerance. In this study, we examined the use of N. commune as biosoil for space agriculture and possible absorption of radioisotopes ((134)Cs, (137)Cs). This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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Sugiura M, Ogami S, Kusumi M, Un S, Rappaport F, Boussac A. Environment of TyrZ in photosystem II from Thermosynechococcus elongatus in which PsbA2 is the D1 protein. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:13336-47. [PMID: 22362776 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.340323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The main cofactors that determine the photosystem II (PSII) oxygen evolution activity are borne by the D1 and D2 subunits. In the cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus, there are three psbA genes coding for D1. Among the 344 residues constituting D1, there are 21 substitutions between PsbA1 and PsbA3, 31 between PsbA1 and PsbA2, and 27 between PsbA2 and PsbA3. Here, we present the first study of PsbA2-PSII. Using EPR and UV-visible time-resolved absorption spectroscopy, we show that: (i) the time-resolved EPR spectrum of Tyr(Z)(•) in the (S(3)Tyr(Z)(•))' is slightly modified; (ii) the split EPR signal arising from Tyr(Z)(•) in the (S(2)Tyr(Z)(•))' state induced by near-infrared illumination at 4.2 K of the S(3)Tyr(Z) state is significantly modified; and (iii) the slow phases of P(680)(+) reduction by Tyr(Z) are slowed down from the hundreds of μs time range to the ms time range, whereas both the S(1)Tyr(Z)(•) → S(2)Tyr(Z) and the S(3)Tyr(Z)(•) → S(0)Tyr(Z) + O(2) transition kinetics remained similar to those in PsbA(1/3)-PSII. These results show that the geometry of the Tyr(Z) phenol and its environment, likely the Tyr-O···H···Nε-His bonding, are modified in PsbA2-PSII when compared with PsbA(1/3)-PSII. They also point to the dynamics of the proton-coupled electron transfer processes associated with the oxidation of Tyr(Z) being affected. From sequence comparison, we propose that the C144P and P173M substitutions in PsbA2-PSII versus PsbA(1/3)-PSII, respectively located upstream of the α-helix bearing Tyr(Z) and between the two α-helices bearing Tyr(Z) and its hydrogen-bonded partner, His-190, are responsible for these changes.
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- Miwa Sugiura
- Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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Renger G. Mechanism of light induced water splitting in Photosystem II of oxygen evolving photosynthetic organisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1164-76. [PMID: 22353626 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The reactions of light induced oxidative water splitting were analyzed within the framework of the empirical rate constant-distance relationship of non-adiabatic electron transfer in biological systems (C. C. Page, C. C. Moser, X. Chen , P. L. Dutton, Nature 402 (1999) 47-52) on the basis of structure information on Photosystem II (PS II) (A. Guskov, A. Gabdulkhakov, M. Broser, C. Glöckner, J. Hellmich, J. Kern, J. Frank, W. Saenger, A. Zouni, Chem. Phys. Chem. 11 (2010) 1160-1171, Y. Umena, K. Kawakami, J-R Shen, N. Kamiya, Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9Å. Nature 47 (2011) 55-60). Comparison of these results with experimental data leads to the following conclusions: 1) The oxidation of tyrosine Y(z) by the cation radical P680(+·) in systems with an intact water oxidizing complex (WOC) is kinetically limited by the non-adiabatic electron transfer step and the extent of this reaction is thermodynamically determined by relaxation processes in the environment including rearrangements of hydrogen bond network(s). In marked contrast, all Y(z)(ox) induced oxidation steps in the WOC up to redox state S(3) are kinetically limited by trigger reactions which are slower by orders of magnitude than the rates calculated for non-adiabatic electron transfer. 3) The overall rate of the triggered reaction sequence of Y(z)(ox) reduction by the WOC in redox state S(3) eventually leading to formation and release of O(2) is kinetically limited by an uphill electron transfer step. Alternative models are discussed for this reaction. The protein matrix of the WOC and bound water molecules provide an optimized dynamic landscape of hydrogen bonded protons for catalyzing oxidative water splitting energetically driven by light induced formation of the cation radical P680(+·). In this way the PS II core acts as a molecular machine formed during a long evolutionary process. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability: from Natural to Artificial.
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Grundmeier A, Dau H. Structural models of the manganese complex of photosystem II and mechanistic implications. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1817:88-105. [PMID: 21787743 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photosynthetic water oxidation and O₂ formation are catalyzed by a Mn₄Ca complex bound to the proteins of photosystem II (PSII). The catalytic site, including the inorganic Mn₄CaO(n)H(x) core and its protein environment, is denoted as oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Earlier and recent progress in the endeavor to elucidate the structure of the OEC is reviewed, with focus on recent results obtained by (i) X−ray spectroscopy (specifically by EXAFS analyses), and (ii) X-ray diffraction (XRD, protein crystallography). Very recently, an impressive resolution of 1.9Å has been achieved by XRD. Most likely however, all XRD data on the Mn₄CaO(n)H(x) core of the OEC are affected by X-ray induced modifications (radiation damage). Therefore and to address (important) details of the geometric and electronic structure of the OEC, a combined analysis of XRD and XAS data has been approached by several research groups. These efforts are reviewed and extended using an especially comprehensive approach. Taking into account XRD results on the protein environment of the inorganic core of the Mn complex, 12 alternative OEC models are considered and evaluated by quantitative comparison to (i) extended-range EXAFS data, (ii) polarized EXAFS of partially oriented PSII membrane particles, and (iii) polarized EXAFS of PSII crystals. We conclude that there is a class of OEC models that is in good agreement with both the recent crystallographic models and the XAS data. On these grounds, mechanistic implications for the O−O bond formation chemistry are discussed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosystem II.
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Sedoud A, Cox N, Sugiura M, Lubitz W, Boussac A, Rutherford AW. Semiquinone–Iron Complex of Photosystem II: EPR Signals Assigned to the Low-Field Edge of the Ground State Doublet of QA•–Fe2+ and QB•–Fe2+. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6012-21. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200313p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Arezki Sedoud
- iBiTec-S, CNRS URA 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan
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- MPI für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- iBiTec-S, CNRS URA 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- iBiTec-S, CNRS URA 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College, London SW4 2AZ, U.K
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Su JH, Cox N, Ames W, Pantazis DA, Rapatskiy L, Lohmiller T, Kulik LV, Dorlet P, Rutherford AW, Neese F, Boussac A, Lubitz W, Messinger J. The electronic structures of the S(2) states of the oxygen-evolving complexes of photosystem II in plants and cyanobacteria in the presence and absence of methanol. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1807:829-40. [PMID: 21406177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The electronic properties of the Mn(4)O(x)Ca cluster in the S(2) state of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) were studied using X- and Q-band EPR and Q-band (55)Mn-ENDOR using photosystem II preparations isolated from the thermophilic cyanobacterium T. elongatus and higher plants (spinach). The data presented here show that there is very little difference between the two species. Specifically it is shown that: (i) only small changes are seen in the fitted isotropic hyperfine values, suggesting that there is no significant difference in the overall spin distribution (electronic coupling scheme) between the two species; (ii) the inferred fine-structure tensor of the only Mn(III) ion in the cluster is of the same magnitude and geometry for both species types, suggesting that the Mn(III) ion has the same coordination sphere in both sample preparations; and (iii) the data from both species are consistent with only one structural model available in the literature, namely the Siegbahn structure [Siegbahn, P. E. M. Accounts Chem. Res.2009, 42, 1871-1880, Pantazis, D. A. et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2009, 11, 6788-6798]. These measurements were made in the presence of methanol because it confers favorable magnetic relaxation properties to the cluster that facilitate pulse-EPR techniques. In the absence of methanol the separation of the ground state and the first excited state of the spin system is smaller. For cyanobacteria this effect is minor but in plant PS II it leads to a break-down of the S(T)=½ spin model of the S(2) state. This suggests that the methanol-OEC interaction is species dependent. It is proposed that the effect of small organic solvents on the electronic structure of the cluster is to change the coupling between the outer Mn (Mn(A)) and the other three Mn ions that form the trimeric part of the cluster (Mn(B), Mn(C), Mn(D)), by perturbing the linking bis-μ-oxo bridge. The flexibility of this bridging unit is discussed with regard to the mechanism of O-O bond formation.
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- Ji-Hu Su
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Pokhrel R, McConnell IL, Brudvig GW. Chloride regulation of enzyme turnover: application to the role of chloride in photosystem II. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2725-34. [PMID: 21366335 DOI: 10.1021/bi2000388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chloride-dependent α-amylases, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and photosystem II (PSII) are activated by bound chloride. Chloride-binding sites in these enzymes contain a positively charged Arg or Lys residue crucial for chloride binding. In α-amylases and ACE, removal of chloride from the binding site triggers formation of a salt bridge between the positively charged Arg or Lys residue involved in chloride binding and a nearby carboxylate residue. The mechanism for chloride activation in ACE and chloride-dependent α-amylases is 2-fold: (i) correctly positioning catalytic residues or other residues involved in stabilizing the enzyme-substrate complex and (ii) fine-tuning of the pKa of a catalytic residue. By using examples of how chloride activates α-amylases and ACE, we can gain insight into the potential mechanisms by which chloride functions in PSII. Recent structural evidence from cyanobacterial PSII indicates that there is at least one chloride-binding site in the vicinity of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Here we propose that, in the absence of chloride, a salt bridge between D2:K317 and D1:D61 (and/or D1:E333) is formed. This can cause a conformational shift of D1:D61 and lower the pKa of this residue, making it an inefficient proton acceptor during the S-state cycle. Movement of the D1:E333 ligand and the adjacent D1:H332 ligand due to chloride removal could also explain the observed change in the magnetic properties of the manganese cluster in the OEC upon chloride depletion.
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- Ravi Pokhrel
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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Cox N, Rapatskiy L, Su JH, Pantazis DA, Sugiura M, Kulik L, Dorlet P, Rutherford AW, Neese F, Boussac A, Lubitz W, Messinger J. Effect of Ca2+/Sr2+ substitution on the electronic structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II: a combined multifrequency EPR, 55Mn-ENDOR, and DFT study of the S2 state. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:3635-48. [PMID: 21341708 DOI: 10.1021/ja110145v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The electronic structures of the native Mn(4)O(x)Ca cluster and the biosynthetically substituted Mn(4)O(x)Sr cluster of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) core complexes isolated from Thermosynechococcus elongatus, poised in the S(2) state, were studied by X- and Q-band CW-EPR and by pulsed Q-band (55)Mn-ENDOR spectroscopy. Both wild type and tyrosine D less mutants grown photoautotrophically in either CaCl(2) or SrCl(2) containing media were measured. The obtained CW-EPR spectra of the S(2) state displayed the characteristic, clearly noticeable differences in the hyperfine pattern of the multiline EPR signal [Boussac et al. J. Biol. Chem.2004, 279, 22809-22819]. In sharp contrast, the manganese ((55)Mn) ENDOR spectra of the Ca and Sr forms of the OEC were remarkably similar. Multifrequency simulations of the X- and Q-band CW-EPR and (55)Mn-pulsed ENDOR spectra using the Spin Hamiltonian formalism were performed to investigate this surprising result. It is shown that (i) all four manganese ions contribute to the (55)Mn-ENDOR spectra; (ii) only small changes are seen in the fitted isotropic hyperfine values for the Ca(2+) and Sr(2+) containing OEC, suggesting that there is no change in the overall spin distribution (electronic coupling scheme) upon Ca(2+)/Sr(2+) substitution; (iii) the changes in the CW-EPR hyperfine pattern can be explained by a small decrease in the anisotropy of at least two hyperfine tensors. It is proposed that modifications at the Ca(2+) site may modulate the fine structure tensor of the Mn(III) ion. DFT calculations support the above conclusions. Our data analysis also provides strong support for the notion that in the S(2) state the coordination of the Mn(III) ion is square-pyramidal (5-coordinate) or octahedral (6-coordinate) with tetragonal elongation. In addition, it is shown that only one of the currently published OEC models, the Siegbahn structure [Siegbahn, P. E. M. Acc. Chem. Res.2009, 42, 1871-1880, Pantazis, D. A. et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2009, 11, 6788-6798], is consistent with all data presented here. These results provide important information for the structure of the OEC and the water-splitting mechanism. In particular, the 5-coordinate Mn(III) is a potential site for substrate 'water' (H(2)O, OH(-)) binding. Its location within the cuboidal structural unit, as opposed to the external 'dangler' position, may have important consequences for the mechanism of O-O bond formation.
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- Nicholas Cox
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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Sugiura M, Harada S, Manabe T, Hayashi H, Kashino Y, Boussac A. Psb30 contributes to structurally stabilise the Photosystem II complex in the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1546-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ren Y, Zhang C, Zhao J. Substitution of chloride by bromide modifies the low-temperature tyrosine Z oxidation in active photosystem II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1421-7. [PMID: 20206122 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Revised: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Chloride is an essential cofactor for photosynthetic water oxidation. However, its location and functional roles in active photosystem II are still a matter of debate. We have investigated this issue by studying the effects of Cl- replacement by Br- in active PSII. In Br- substituted samples, Cl- is effectively replaced by Br- in the presence of 1.2 M NaBr under room light with protection of anaerobic atmosphere followed by dialysis. The following results have been obtained. i) The oxygen-evolving activities of the Br--PSII samples are significantly lower than that of the Cl--PSII samples; ii) The same S2 multiline EPR signals are observed in both Br- and Cl--PSII samples; iii) The amplitudes of the visible light induced S1TyrZ* and S2TyrZ* EPR signals are significantly decreased after Br- substitution; the S1TyrZ* EPR signal is up-shifted about 8G, whereas the S2TyrZ* signal is down-shifted about 12 G after Br- substitution. These results imply that the redox properties of TyrZ and spin interactions between TyrZ* and Mn-cluster could be significantly modified due to Br- substitution. It is suggested that Cl-/Br- probably coordinates to the Ca2+ ion of the Mn-cluster in active photosystem II.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yanan Ren
- Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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