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Kılıç M, Gollan PJ, Lepistö A, Isojärvi J, Sakurai I, Aro E, Mulo P. Gene expression and organization of thylakoid protein complexes in the PSII-less mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. PLANT DIRECT 2022; 6:e409. [PMID: 35774619 PMCID: PMC9219013 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII) are the integral components of the photosynthetic electron transport chain that utilize light to provide chemical energy for CO2 fixation. In this study, we investigated how the deficiency of PSII affects the gene expression, accumulation, and organization of thylakoid protein complexes as well as physiological characteristics of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by combining biochemical, biophysical, and transcriptomic approaches. RNA-seq analysis showed upregulated expression of genes encoding the PSII core proteins, and downregulation of genes associated with interaction between light-harvesting phycobilisomes and PSI. Two-dimensional separation of thylakoid protein complexes confirmed the lack of PSII complexes, yet unassembled PSII subunits were detected. The content of PsaB representing PSI was lower, while the content of cytochrome b6f complexes was higher in the PSII-less strain as compared with control (CS). Application of oxygraph measurements revealed higher rates of dark respiration and lower PSI activity in the mutant. The latter likely resulted from the detected decrease in the accumulation of PSI, PSI monomerization, increased proportion of energetically decoupled phycobilisomes in PSII-less cultures, and low abundance of phycocyanin. Merging the functional consequences of PSII depletion with differential protein and transcript accumulation in the mutant, in comparison to CS, identified signal transduction from the photosynthetic apparatus to the genome level.
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- Mehmet Kılıç
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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Turku PET CentreUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life TechnologiesUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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Li H, Pan Y, Zhang Y, Wu C, Ma C, Yu B, Zhu N, Koh J, Chen S. Salt stress response of membrane proteome of sugar beet monosomic addition line M14. J Proteomics 2015; 127:18-33. [PMID: 25845583 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED Understanding how plants respond to and tolerate salt stress is important for engineering and breeding effort to boost plant productivity and bioenergy in an ever challenging environment. Sugar beet M14 line is a unique germplasm that contains genetic materials from Beta vulgaris L. and Beta corolliflora Zoss, and it exhibits tolerance to salt stress. Here we report the changes in membrane proteome of the M14 plants in response to salt stress (0, 200, 400mM NaCl) using an iTRAQ two-dimensional LC-MS/MS technology for quantitative proteomic analysis. In total, 274 proteins, mostly membrane proteins, were identified, and 50 proteins exhibited differential protein level changes, with 40 proteins increased and 10 decreased. The proteins were mainly involved in transport, metabolism, protein synthesis, photosynthesis, protein folding and degradation, signal transduction, stress and defense, energy, and cell structure. These results have revealed interesting mechanisms underlying the M14 response and tolerance to salt stress. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Sugar beet monosomic addition line M14 is a special variety with salt stress tolerance. Analysis of the M14 membrane proteome under salt stress may provide useful information regarding specific adaptive mechanisms underlying salt stress tolerance. Membrane proteins are known to play critical roles in salt stress signaling and adaptation. The purpose of this study was to identify significantly changed membrane proteins and determine their possible relevance to salt tolerance. The proteomic analysis of the M14 line revealed important molecular mechanisms that can be potentially applied to improving crop salt tolerance. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics in India.
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- Haiying Li
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Liu J, Zhang X, Wang M, Liu J, Cao M, Lu J, Cui Z. Characterization of photosystem I from spinach: effect of solution pH. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2012; 112:63-70. [PMID: 22477469 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-012-9737-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Our previous work has demonstrated the isolation of photosystem I (PSI) from spinach using ultrafiltration with a final purity of 84%. In order to get a higher purity of PSI and more importantly to develop a practical bioseparation process, key physiochemical properties of PSI and their dependence on operational parameters must be assessed. In this study, the effect of solution pH, one of the most important operating parameters for membrane process, on the property of PSI was examined. Following the isolation of crude PSI from spinach using n-dodecyl-beta-D: -maltoside as detergent, the isoelectric point, aggregation size, zeta potential, low-temperature fluorescence, atomic force microscopy imaging, secondary structure, and thermal stability were determined. Solution pH was found to have a significant effect on the activity, aggregation size and thermal stability of PSI. The results also suggested that the activity of PSI was related to its aggregation size.
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- Jianguo Liu
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, People's Republic of China.
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Liu J, Yin M, Wang M, Zhang X, Ge B, Liu S, Lu J, Cui Z. A novel membrane based process to isolate photosystem-I membrane complex from spinach. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2011; 107:187-193. [PMID: 21274629 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-011-9625-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The isolation of photosystem-I (PS-I) from spinach has been conducted using ultrafiltration with 300 kDa molecular weight cut-off polyethersulfone membranes. The effects of ultrafiltration operating conditions on PS-I activity were optimized using parameter scanning ultrafiltration. These conditions included solution pH, ionic strength, stirring speed, and permeate flux. The effects of detergent (Triton X-100 and n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside) concentration on time dependent activity of PS-I were also studied using an O(2) electrode. Under optimized conditions, the PS-I purity obtained in the retentate was about 84% and the activity recovery was greater than 94% after ultrafiltration. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the isolation of a membrane protein using ultrafiltration alone.
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- Jianguo Liu
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, People's Republic of China.
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Zolla L, Rinalducci S, Timperio AM. Proteomic analysis of photosystem I components from different plant species. Proteomics 2007; 7:1866-76. [PMID: 17464937 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In this study, the photosystem I (PSI) highly hydrophobic proteins present within stroma lamellae of the thylakoid membrane were separated by RP-HPLC and identified either by in-solution trypsin digestion peptide fragment fingerprinting or by the close correspondence between the intact mass measurements (IMMs) and those expected from the DNA sequence. Protein identification performed by MS/MS was as reliable as IMMs. Thus, IMM is an easy and valid method for identifying proteins that have no PTMs. This paper reports the M(r) for all PSI proteins in ten different species, including those whose genes have not yet been cloned. Lhca5 was revealed unequivocally in four species, corroborating that it is indeed a protein belonging to the light-harvesting antenna of PSI. In all species examined, the product of the Lhca6 gene has never been revealed. Concerning core proteins, Psa-O has been revealed in three species; isoforms of Psa-D and Psa-E have been found in both monocots and dicots. Small proteins like Psa-I and Psa-J are well separated and identified. RP-HPLC produces reliable fingerprints and reveals that the relative amounts of PSI proteins appear to be markedly different.
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- Lello Zolla
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
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Barth P, Savarin P, Gilquin B, Lagoutte B, Ochsenbein F. Solution NMR structure and backbone dynamics of the PsaE subunit of photosystem I from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biochemistry 2002; 41:13902-14. [PMID: 12437347 DOI: 10.1021/bi0259599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PsaE is a small peripheral subunit of photosystem I (PSI) that is very accessible to the surrounding medium. It plays an essential role in optimizing the interactions with the soluble electron acceptors of PSI, ferredoxin and flavodoxin. The solution structure of PsaE from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has been investigated by NMR with a special emphasis on its protein dynamic properties. PsaE is characterized by a well-defined central core that consists of a five-stranded beta-sheet (+1, +1, +1, -4x). Four loops (designated the A-B, B-C, C-D, and D-E loops) connect these beta-strands, the overall resulting structure being that of an SH3-like domain. As compared to previously determined PsaE structures, conformational differences are observed in the first three loops. The flexibility of the loops was investigated using (15)N relaxation experiments. This flexibility is small in amplitude for the A-B and B-C loops, but is large for the C-D loop, particularly in the region corresponding to the missing sequence of Nostoc sp. PCC 8009. The plasticity of the connecting loops in the free subunit is compared to that when bound to the PSI and discussed in relation to the insertion process and the function(s) of PsaE.
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- Patrick Barth
- Département de Biologie Joliot Curie, Service de Bioénergétique, CEA de Saclay and URA CNRS 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Sétif P, Fischer N, Lagoutte B, Bottin H, Rochaix JD. The ferredoxin docking site of photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1555:204-9. [PMID: 12206916 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00279-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reaction center of photosystem I (PSI) reduces soluble ferredoxin on the stromal side of the photosynthetic membranes of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. The X-ray structure of PSI from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus has been recently established at a 2.5 A resolution [Nature 411 (2001) 909]. The kinetics of ferredoxin photoreduction has been studied in recent years in many mutants of the stromal subunits PsaC, PsaD and PsaE of PSI. We discuss the ferredoxin docking site of PSI using the X-ray structure and the effects brought by the PSI mutations to the ferredoxin affinity.
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- Pierre Sétif
- CEA Saclay, Département de Biologie Joliot-Curie, Service de Bioénergétique and URA CNRS 2096, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, Cedex, France.
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Lagoutte B, Hanley J, Bottin H. Multiple functions for the C terminus of the PsaD subunit in the cyanobacterial photosystem I complex. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:307-316. [PMID: 11351094 PMCID: PMC102305 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.1.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2001] [Revised: 01/16/2001] [Accepted: 02/13/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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PsaD subunit of Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 photosystem I (PSI) plays a critical role in the stability of the complex and is part of the docking site for ferredoxin (Fd). In the present study we describe major physiological and biochemical effects resulting from mutations in the accessible C-terminal end of the protein. Four basic residues were mutated: R111, K117, K131, and K135, and a large 36-amino acid deletion was generated at the C terminus. PSI from R111C mutant has a 5-fold decreased affinity for Fd, comparable with the effect of the C terminus deletion, and NADP+ is photoreduced with a 2-fold decreased rate, without consequence on cell growth. The K117A mutation has no effect on the affinity for Fd, but decreases the stability of PsaE subunit, a loss of stability also observed in R111C and the deletion mutants. The double mutation K131A/K135A does not change Fd binding and reduction, but decreases the overall stability of PSI and impairs the cell growth at temperatures above 30 degrees C. Three mutants, R111C, K117A, and the C-terminal deleted exhibit a higher content of the trimeric form of PSI, in apparent relation to the removal of solvent accessible positive charges. Various regions in the C terminus of cyanobacterial PsaD thus are involved in Fd strong binding, PSI stability, and accumulation of trimeric PSI.
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- B Lagoutte
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Service de Bioénergétique, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 2096, CE de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France.
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Zolla L, Timperio AM. High performance liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry for the simultaneous resolution and identification of intrinsic thylakoid membrane proteins. Proteins 2000; 41:398-406. [PMID: 11025550 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20001115)41:3<398::aid-prot110>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In higher plants, both photosystem I (PSI) and II (PSII) consist of membrane-embedded proteins that contain more than one transmembrane alpha helix. PSI is a multiprotein complex consisting of a core complex of thirteen proteins surrounded by four different types of light harvesting antenna proteins. Up to now, the protein components of both photosystems have been characterized by SDS-PAGE and/or immunoblotting and, therefore, identification made only on the basis of electrophoretic mobility, which is sometimes not sufficient to discriminate between individual membrane proteins. This is also complicated by the fact that some proteins, such as the antenna proteins, have almost identical molecular mass and amino acid sequence, making it difficult to identify and ascertain the relative stoichiometry of the proteins. In this paper, we report the complete resolution of the antenna proteins and most of the core components of PSI from spinach, together with the identification of proteins by molecular mass, successfully deduced by the combined use of HPLC coupled on-line with a mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ion source (ESI-MS). The proposed RP-HPLC-ESI-MS method holds several advantages over SDS-PAGE, including better protein separation, especially for antenna proteins, mass accuracy, speed, efficiency, and the potential to reveal isomeric forms. Moreover, the molecular masses determined by HPLC-ESI-MS are in good agreement with the molecular masses of the individual components calculated on the basis of their nucleotide-derived amino acid sequences, indicating an absence of post-translational modifications in these proteins. It follows that if the method proposed is useful for these highly hydrophobic proteins, it may be of general use for any membrane proteins, where the presence of detergent for solubilization may compromise their characterization.
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- L Zolla
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.
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Barth P, Guillouard I, Sétif P, Lagoutte B. Essential role of a single arginine of photosystem I in stabilizing the electron transfer complex with ferredoxin. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:7030-6. [PMID: 10702267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.10.7030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PsaE is one of the photosystem I subunits involved in ferredoxin binding. The central role of arginine 39 of this 8-kDa peripheral polypeptide has been established by a series of mutations. The neutral substitution R39Q leads to a 250-fold increase of the dissociation constant K(d) of the photosystem I-ferredoxin complex, as large as the increase induced by PsaE deletion. At pH 8.0, this K(d) value strongly depends on the charge of the residue substituting Arg-39: 0.22 microM for wild type, 1.5 microM for R39K, 56 microM for R39Q, and more than 100 microM for R39D. The consequences of arginine 39 substitution for the titratable histidine were analyzed as a function of pH. The K(d) value of R39H is increased 140 times at pH 8.0 but only 5 times at pH 5.8, which is assigned to the protonation of histidine at low pH. In the mutant R39Q, the association rate of ferredoxin was decreased 3-fold compared with wild type, whereas an 80-fold increase is calculated for the dissociation rate. We propose that a major contribution of PsaE is to provide a prominent positive charge at position 39 for controlling the electrostatic interaction and lifetime of the complex with ferredoxin.
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- P Barth
- CEA, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Section de Bioénergétique and CNRS URA 2096, C.E. Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Pandini V, Aliverti A, Zanetti G. Interaction of the soluble recombinant PsaD subunit of spinach photosystem I with ferredoxin I. Biochemistry 1999; 38:10707-13. [PMID: 10451365 DOI: 10.1021/bi990423h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photosystem I of higher plants functions in photosynthesis as a light-driven oxidoreductase producing reduced ferredoxin. Its peripheral subunit PsaD has been identified as the docking site for ferredoxin I. With the aim of elucidating the structure-function relationship and the role of this subunit, a recombinant form of the spinach protein was produced by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The PsaD protein was synthesized in soluble form and purified to homogeneity. The interaction of the PsaD subunit with ferredoxin I was investigated using three different approaches: chemical cross-linking between the two purified proteins in solution, affinity chromatography of the PsaD subunit on a ferredoxin-coupled resin, and titration with ferredoxin of the protein fluorescence of the subunit. All these studies indicated that the isolated PsaD in solution has a definite conformation and maintains the ability to bind ferredoxin I with high affinity and specificity. The Kd value of the complex of PsaD and ferredoxin is in the nanomolar range, which is consistent with reported Km values for ferredoxin I photoreduction by thylakoid membranes. The ionic strength dependence of the K(d) suggests that the protein-protein interaction is at least partially electrostatic in nature. Nevertheless, none of the glutamate residues of the acidic cluster of residues 92-94 of ferredoxin I, which have been reported to be involved in the interaction with the subunit, seems to be essential for PsaD binding, as borne out by experiments using ferredoxin I mutants in positions 92-94.
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- V Pandini
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Jin P, Sun J, Chitnis PR. Structural features and assembly of the soluble overexpressed PsaD subunit of photosystem I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1410:7-18. [PMID: 10076011 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(98)00169-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PsaD is a peripheral protein on the reducing side of photosystem I (PS I). We expressed the psaD gene from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus in Escherichia coli and obtained a soluble protein with a polyhistidine tag at the carboxyl terminus. The soluble PsaD protein was purified by Ni-affinity chromatography and had a mass of 16716 Da by MALDI-TOF. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the overexpressed PsaD matched the N-terminal sequence of the native PsaD from M. laminosus. The soluble PsaD could assemble into the PsaD-less PS I. As determined by isothermal titration calorimetry, PsaD bound to PS I with 1.0 binding site per PS I, the binding constant of 7.7x10(6) M-1, and the enthalpy change of -93.6 kJ mol-1. This is the first time that the binding constant and binding heat have been determined in the assembly of any photosynthetic membrane protein. To identify the surface-exposed domains, purified PS I complexes and overexpressed PsaD were treated with N-hydroxysuccinimidobiotin (NHS-biotin) and biotin-maleimide, and the biotinylated residues were mapped. The Cys66, Lys21, Arg118 and Arg119 residues were exposed on the surface of soluble PsaD whereas the Lys129 and Lys131 residues were not exposed on the surface. Consistent with the X-ray crystallographic studies on PS I, circular dichroism spectroscopy revealed that PsaD contains a small proportion of alpha-helical conformation.
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- P Jin
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Iowa State University, 4156 Molecular Biology Building, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Barth P, Lagoutte B, Sétif P. Ferredoxin reduction by photosystem I from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: toward an understanding of the respective roles of subunits PsaD and PsaE in ferredoxin binding. Biochemistry 1998; 37:16233-41. [PMID: 9819215 DOI: 10.1021/bi981379t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The process of ferredoxin reduction by photosystem I has been extensively investigated by flash-absorption spectroscopy in psaD and psaE deleted mutants from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In both mutants, the dissociation constant for the photosystem I/ferredoxin complex at pH 8 is considerably increased as compared to the wild type: approximately 25- and 100-fold increases are found for PsaD-less and PsaE-less photosystem I, respectively. However, at high ferredoxin concentrations, submicrosecond and microsecond kinetics of electron transfer similar to that observed in the wild type are present in both mutants. The presence of these fast kinetic components indicates that the relative positions of ferredoxin and of the terminal photosystem I acceptor are not significantly disturbed by the absence of either PsaD or PsaE. The second-order rate constant of ferredoxin reduction is lowered 10- and 2-fold for PsaD-less and PsaE-less photosystem I, respectively. Assuming a simple binding equilibrium between photosystem I and ferredoxin, PsaD appears to be important for the guiding of ferredoxin to its binding site (main effect on the association rate) whereas PsaE seems to control the photosystem I/ferredoxin complex lifetime (main effect on the dissociation rate). The properties of electron transfer from photosystem I to ferredoxin were also studied at pH 5. 8. In the psaE deleted mutant as in the wild type, the change of pH from 8 to 5.8 induces a 10-fold increase in affinity of ferredoxin for photosystem I. In the absence of PsaD, this pH effect is not observed, in favor of this subunit being mostly responsible for the low pH increased affinity.
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- P Barth
- CEA, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Section de Bioénergétique, C.E. Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Kitmitto A, Mustafa AO, Holzenburg A, Ford RC. Three-dimensional structure of higher plant photosystem I determined by electron crystallography. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:29592-9. [PMID: 9792668 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.45.29592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We describe the three-dimensional structure of higher plant photosystem I (PSI) as obtained by electron microscopy of two-dimensional crystals formed at the grana margins of thylakoid membranes. The negatively stained crystalline areas displayed unit cell dimensions a = 26.6 nm, b = 27.7 nm, and gamma = 90(o), and p22121 plane group symmetry consisting of two monomers facing upward and two monomers facing downward with respect to the membrane plane. Higher plant PSI shows several structural similarities to the cyanobacterial PSI complex, with a prominent ridge on the stromal side of the complex. The stromal ridge is resolved into at least three separate domains that are interpreted as representing the three well characterized stromal subunits, the psa C, D, and E gene products. The lumenal surface is relatively flat but exhibits a distinct central depression that may be the binding site for plastocyanin. Higher plant PSI is of dimensions 15-16 x 11-12.5 nm, and thus leaves a larger footprint in the membrane than its cyanobacterial equivalent (13 x 10.5 nm). It is expected that additional membrane-bound polypeptides will be present in the higher plant PSI. Both higher plant and cyanobacterial complexes span about 8-9 nm in the direction orthogonal to the membrane. This report represents the first three-dimensional structure for the higher plant PSI complex.
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- A Kitmitto
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom
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Schubert WD, Klukas O, Krauss N, Saenger W, Fromme P, Witt HT. Photosystem I of Synechococcus elongatus at 4 A resolution: comprehensive structure analysis. J Mol Biol 1997; 272:741-69. [PMID: 9368655 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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An improved structural model of the photosystem I complex from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is described at 4 A resolution. This represents the most complete model of a photosystem presently available, uniting both a photosynthetic reaction centre domain and a core antenna system. Most constituent elements of the electron transfer system have been located and their relative centre-to-centre distances determined at an accuracy of approximately 1 A. These include three pseudosymmetric pairs of Chla and three iron-sulphur centres, FX, FA and FB. The first pair, a Chla dimer, has been assigned to the primary electron donor P700. One or both Chla of the second pair, eC2 and eC'2, presumably functionally link P700 to the corresponding Chla of the third pair, eC3 and eC'3, which is assumed to constitute the spectroscopically-identified primary electron acceptor(s), A0, of PSI. A likely location of the subsequent phylloquinone electron acceptor, QK, in relation to the properties of the spectroscopically identified electron acceptor A1 is discussed. The positions of a total of 89 Chla, 83 of which constitute the core antenna system, are presented. The maximal centre-to-centre distance between antenna Chla is < or = 16 A; 81 Chla are grouped into four clusters comprising 21, 23, 17 and 20 Chla, respectively. Two "connecting" Chla are positioned to structurally (and possibly functionally) link the Chla of the core antenna to those of the electron transfer system. Thus the second and third Chla pairs of the electron transfer system may have a dual function both in energy transfer and electron transport. A total of 34 transmembrane and nine surface alpha-helices have been identified and assigned to the 11 subunits of the PSI complex. The connectivity of the nine C-terminal (seven transmembrane, two "surface") alpha-helices of each of the large core subunits PsaA and PsaB is described. The assignment of the amino acid sequence to the transmembrane alpha-helices is proposed and likely residues involved in co-ordinating the Chla of the electron transfer system discussed.
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- W D Schubert
- Institut für Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Kruip J, Chitnis PR, Lagoutte B, Rögner M, Boekema EJ. Structural organization of the major subunits in cyanobacterial photosystem 1. Localization of subunits PsaC, -D, -E, -F, and -J. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:17061-9. [PMID: 9202022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.27.17061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Based on an improved isolation procedure using perfusion chromatography, trimeric Photosystem 1 (PS1) complexes have been isolated from various deletion mutants of the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. These mutants are only deficient in the deleted subunits, which was carefully checked by high resolution gel electrophoresis in combination with immunoblotting. These highly purified and well characterized PS1 particles were then examined by electron microscopy, followed by computer-aided image processing with single particle averaging techniques as described earlier (Kruip, J., Boekema, E. J., Bald, D., Boonstra, A. F., and Rögner, M. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 23353-23360). This precise methodological approach allowed a confident localization of the PS1 subunits PsaC, -D, -E, -F, and -J; it also shows shape and size of these subunits once integrated in the PS1 complex. Subunits PsaC, -D, and -E form a ridge on the stromal site, with PsaE toward the edge of each monomer within the trimer and PsaD extending toward the trimeric center, leaving PsaC in between. PsaF (near PsaE) and PsaJ are close together on the outer edge of each monomer; their proximity is also supported by chemical cross-linking, using the zero-length cross-linker EDC. This localization of PsaF contradicts the position suggested by the published low resolution x-ray analysis and shows for the first time the existence of at least one transmembrane alpha-helix for PsaF. A topographic three-dimensional map has been drawn from this set of results showing the location of the major PS1 subunits (besides PsaA and PsaB). These data also led to the assignment of electron density in the recent medium resolution x-ray structure for PS1 (Krauss, N., Schubert, W.-D., Klukas, O., Fromme, P., Witt, H. T., Saenger, W. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 965-973).
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- J Kruip
- Institute of Botany, University of Münster, Schlossgarten 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Hanley J, Sétif P, Bottin H, Lagoutte B. Mutagenesis of photosystem I in the region of the ferredoxin cross-linking site: modifications of positively charged amino acids. Biochemistry 1996; 35:8563-71. [PMID: 8679617 DOI: 10.1021/bi960399x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The psaD gene isolated from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 has been mutated in the region encoding a cross-linking site for ferredoxin. A glucose tolerant strain of Synechocystis 6803 was first deleted for psaD, and the resulting PS-I was characterised by EPR and flash absorption spectroscopy. The major modification related to the absence of the PsaD subunit is the disappearance of the first order reduction of ferredoxin which is replaced by a second order reaction. Reconstitution of the deleted PS-I with the purified PsaD polypeptide restored 80% of the fast photoreduction of ferredoxin. The deletion of PsaD has no apparent effect on the main biochemical features of the resulting depleted PS-I complex, with the exception of minor modifications to the FA/FB centers. The deleted strain was transformed by a series of psaD genes mutated at three conserved residues, all located close to the ferredoxin cross-linking site. The resulting photosystem I complexes were extensively studied by flash absorption spectroscopy. Unexpectedly, the change of Lys 106 involved in the cross-linking of ferredoxin for an uncharged amino acid has almost no effect (mutation K106A). However, the functional consequences of more drastic substitutions of either Lys 106 or Arg 111 indicate a role for these two basic amino acids in the binding and submicrosecond reduction of ferredoxin. Various mutations of the unique His at position 97 show that this amino acid is involved in the increased affinity of PS-I for ferredoxin when the pH is lowered. This histidine could be central in regulating in vivo the rate of ferredoxin reduction as a precise sensor of the local proton concentration.
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- J Hanley
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CEA-Service de Bioénergétique/CNRS-URA 1290, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Minai L, Cohen Y, Chitnis PR, Nechushtai R. The precursor of PsaD assembles into the photosystem I complex in two steps. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:6338-42. [PMID: 8692816 PMCID: PMC39023 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The present study addresses the assembly in the chloroplast thylakoid membranes of PsaD, a peripheral membrane protein of the photosystem I complex. Located on the stromal side of the thylakoids, PsaD was found to assemble in vitro into the membranes in its precursor (pre-PsaD) and also in its mature (PsaD) form. Newly assembled unprocessed pre-PsaD was resistant to NaBr and alkaline wash. Yet it was sensitive to proteolytic digestion. In contradistinction, when the assembled precursor was processed, the resulting mature PsaD was resistant to proteases to the same extent as endogenous [correction of endogeneous] PsaD. The accumulation of protease-resistant PsaD in the thylakoids correlated with the increase of mature-PsaD in the membranes. This protection of mature PsaD from proteolysis could not be observed when PsaD was in a soluble form-i.e. not assembled within the thylakoids. The data suggest that pre-PsaD assembles to the membranes and only in a second step processing takes place. The observation that the assembly of pre-PsaD is affected by salts to a much lesser extent than that of mature-PsaD supports a two-step assembly of pre-PsaD.
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- L Minai
- Department of Botany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Cohen Y, Nelson N, Chitnis PR, Nechushtai R. The carboxyl-terminal region of the spinach PsaD subunit contains information for its specific assembly into plant thylakoids. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1995; 44:157-164. [PMID: 24307035 DOI: 10.1007/bf00018306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/1994] [Accepted: 01/06/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The assembly of the multi-subunit membrane-protein Photosystem I (PS I) complex involves incorporation of peripheral proteins into the complex. Here we studied assembly of the PsaD subunit of the cyanobacterial and plant PS I into the thylakoid membranes. We generated partial and chimeric psaD genes from which labeled proteins were synthesized in vitro. Assembly of these proteins into the cyanobacterial or plant thylakoids was assayed. The deletion of leader sequence and N-terminal extension of spinach prePsaD did not inhibit its assembly into spinach or cyanobacterial thylakoids. Addition of these sequences to the cyanobacterial PsaD did not enable it to assemble into plant thylakoids. Moreover, these additions significantly decreased the ability of the chimeric proteins to assemble into cyanobacterial thylakoids. In contrast, when the carboxyl-terminal half of cyanobacterial PsaD was replaced by the corresponding region of the spinach PsaD, the chimeric protein could assemble into both spinach and cyanobacterial thylakoids. Therefore, information in the carboxyl-terminal region of spinach PsaD is crucial for its assembly into plant thylakoids.
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- Y Cohen
- Botany Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel
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Chitnis PR, Xu Q, Chitnis VP, Nechushtai R. Function and organization of Photosystem I polypeptides. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1995; 44:23-40. [PMID: 24307023 DOI: 10.1007/bf00018294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/1994] [Accepted: 12/27/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Photosystem I functions as a plastocyanin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. The PS I complex contains the photosynthetic pigments, the reaction center P700, and five electron transfer centers (A0, A1, FX, FA, and FB) that are bound to the PsaA, PsaB, and PsaC proteins. In addition, PS I complex contains at least eight other polypeptides that are accessory in their functions. Recent use of cyanobacterial molecular genetics has revealed functions of the accessory subunits of PS I. Site-directed mutagenesis is now being used to explore structure-function relations in PS I. The overall architecture of PSI complex has been revealed by X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, and biochemical methods. The information obtained by different techniques can be used to propose a model for the organization of PS I. Spectroscopic and molecular genetic techniques have deciphered interaction of PS I proteins with the soluble electron transfer partners. This review focuses on the recent structural, biochemical and molecular genetic studies that decipher topology and functions of PS I proteins, and their interactions with soluble electron carriers.
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- P R Chitnis
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Falzone CJ, Kao YH, Zhao J, Bryant DA, Lecomte JT. Three-dimensional solution structure of PsaE from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002, a photosystem I protein that shows structural homology with SH3 domains. Biochemistry 1994; 33:6052-62. [PMID: 8193119 DOI: 10.1021/bi00186a004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PsaE is a 69 amino acid polypeptide from photosystem I present on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane. The three-dimensional solution structure of this protein from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 was determined at pH 5.8 and room temperature using over 900 experimental restraints derived from two- and three-dimensional NMR experiments. The structure is comprised of a well-defined five-stranded beta-sheet with (+1, +1, +1, -4 alpha) topology. There is no helical region except for a single turn of 3(10) helix between the beta D and beta E strands. PsaE also exhibits a large unrestrained loop spanning residues 42-56. A comparison to known protein structures revealed similarity with the Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, a membrane-associated protein involved in signal transduction in eukaryotes. The match is remarkable as 47 of the alpha-carbons of PsaE can be superimposed onto those of the SH3 domain from chicken brain alpha-spectrin with a root-mean-square deviation of 2.3 A. Although the amino acid sequences have low identity and the loops are different in both proteins, the topology of the beta-sheet and the 3(10) turn is conserved. SH3 domains from other sources show a similar structural homology. The structure of PsaE was used to suggest approaches for elucidating its roles within photosystem I.
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- C J Falzone
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
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Lelong C, Sétif P, Lagoutte B, Bottin H. Identification of the amino acids involved in the functional interaction between photosystem I and ferredoxin from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by chemical cross-linking. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36986-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Function and organization of photosystem I in a cyanobacterial mutant strain that lacks PsaF and PsaJ subunits. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41849-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Lüneberg J, Fromme P, Jekow P, Schlodder E. Spectroscopic characterization of PS I core complexes from thermophilic Synechococcus sp. Identical reoxidation kinetics of A1- before and after removal of the iron-sulfur-clusters FA and FB. FEBS Lett 1994; 338:197-202. [PMID: 8307180 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80364-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Monomeric and trimeric PS I complexes missing the three stromal subunits E,C and D (termed PS I core complexes) were prepared from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. by incubation with urea. The subunits E,C and D are sequentially removed. In the monomeric PS I the subunit C is removed with a half life of approx. 5 min. This is about eight times faster than in the trimeric PS I complex. In parallel with the removal of the FA/B containing subunit C the reduction kinetics of P700+ changed from a half life of about 25 ms to about 750 microseconds. The partner of P700+ in the 750 microseconds charge recombination was identified to be FX by the difference spectrum of this phase. There are some minor differences in the spectra of trimeric and monomeric PS I core complexes. At 77K the forward electron transfer from A1- to FX is blocked in the major fraction of the PS I core complexes and P700+ A1- recombines with a half life of about 220 microseconds. In the remaining fraction P700+FX- is formed and decays with a half life of approx. 10 ms at 77 K. The kinetics of the forward electron transfer from A1- to the iron-sulfur-clusters was measured in the native PS I and the corresponding core complexes. The reoxidation kinetics of A1- are identical in both cases (t1/2 = 180 ns). We conclude that FX is an obligatory intermediate in the normal forward electron transfer.
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- J Lüneberg
- Max-Volmer-Institut für Biophysikalische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
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Chitnis VP, Chitnis PR. PsaL subunit is required for the formation of photosystem I trimers in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. FEBS Lett 1993; 336:330-4. [PMID: 8262256 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80831-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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When membranes of the wild type strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were solubilized with detergents and fractionated by sucrose-gradient ultracentrifugation, photosystem I could be obtained as trimers and monomers. We could not obtain trimers from the membranes of any mutant strain that lacked PsaL subunit. In contrast, absence of PsaE, PsaD, PsaF, or PsaJ did not completely abolish the ability of photosystem I to form trimers. Furthermore, PsaL is accessible to digestion by thermolysin in the monomers but not in the trimers of photosystem I purified from wild type membranes. Therefore, PsaL is necessary for trimerization of photosystem I and may constitute the trimer-forming domain in the structure of photosystem I.
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- V P Chitnis
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-4901
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Kruip J, Boekema E, Bald D, Boonstra A, Rögner M. Isolation and structural characterization of monomeric and trimeric photosystem I complexes (P700.FA/FB and P700.FX) from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49470-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cohen Y, Chitnis VP, Nechushtai R, Chitnis PR. Stable assembly of PsaE into cyanobacterial photosynthetic membranes is dependent on the presence of other accessory subunits of photosystem I. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 23:895-900. [PMID: 8251642 DOI: 10.1007/bf00021544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We studied assembly of the PsaE subunit of photosystem I into photosynthetic membranes of cyanobacterial mutant strains that lack specific photosystem I subunits. Radiolabeled PsaE was incubated with photosynthetic membranes, and their binding and assembly were assayed by resistance to removal by chaotropic agents and proteolytic digestion. PsaE incorporated into the wild-type membranes was resistant to these treatments. In the absence of PsaD, it was resistant to proteolytic digestion, but was removed by NaBr. When the membranes were isolated from a mutant strain in which the psaF and psaJ genes have been inactivated, PsaE assembled in vitro could not be removed. PsaE could associate with the membranes of the strain DF in which the psaD, psaJ and psaF genes have been mutated. However, the radiolabeled PsaE associated with these membranes was removed both by the proteolytic as well as by the chaotropic agents. Characterization of PsaE present in vivo revealed similar results. These observations suggest that PsaD and PsaF/J may interact with PsaE and stabilize it in the photosystem I complex.
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- Y Cohen
- Department of Botany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Yamamoto Y, Tsuji H, Obokata J. Structure and expression of a nuclear gene for the PSI-D subunit of photosystem I in Nicotiana sylvestris. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:985-94. [PMID: 8400141 DOI: 10.1007/bf00028971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The PSI-D subunit is the ferredoxin-binding site of photosystem I, and is encoded by the nuclear gene psaD. We isolated a psaD genomic clone from Nicotiana sylvestris, by screening a genomic library with a psaD cDNA which we previously cloned from N. sylvestris (Yamamoto et al., Plant Mol Biol 17: 1251, 1991). Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that this genomic clone contains a psaD gene, which does not correspond to the psaD cDNA, so we designated these genes psaDb and psaDa, respectively. The psaDb clone encodes a protein of 214 amino acids uninterrupted by introns. The N-terminal sequence determined for the N. sylvestris PSI-D protein encoded by psaDb begins at the 49th residue. The products of psaDa and psaDb share 82.7% and 79.5% identity at the amino acid and nucleotide levels, respectively. Genomic Southern analysis showed that two copies of psaD are present in the N. sylvestris genome. Ribonuclease protection assays and immunoblot analysis in N. sylvestris indicate that both genes are expressed in leaves, stems and flower buds, but neither is expressed in roots. During leaf development, the ratio of psaDb to psaDa mRNA increases from 0.12 in leaf buds to 0.36 in mature leaves. The relative abundance of the corresponding proteins decreased over the same developmental period. These results indicate that differential regulation mechanisms control psaDa and psaDb expression at both the mRNA and protein levels during leaf development.
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- Y Yamamoto
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Vallon O, Bogorad L. Topological study of PSI-A and PSI-B, the large subunits of the photosystem-I reaction center. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 214:907-15. [PMID: 8319697 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17994.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The core of the photosystem-I reaction center is formed by polypeptides PSI-A and PSI-B, the products of the homologous psaA and psaB genes. Based on hydropathy analyses, models have been proposed for the folding of these polypeptide chains in the membrane [Fish, L. E., Kück, U. & Bogorad, L. (1985), in Molecular biology of the photosynthetic apparatus, pp. 111-120, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY]. To test these models, we have tried to identify regions of PSI-A that are exposed to the surrounding medium, on the stromal or lumenal surface of the membrane. Immunogold labeling of thylakoid vesicles, with antibodies to synthetic peptides, shows that residues 413-421 of PSI-A are exposed on the stromal surface of the membrane, and that the accessibility of this region is enhanced by NaSCN treatment, which removes extrinsic polypeptides. This treatment also enhances a trypsin-cleavage site which may lie just after residues 413-421. Immunogold labeling also indicates that residues 371-379 and 497-505 are exposed on the lumenal surface. These results establish the conformation of the central portion of the polypeptide. Assuming that the transmembrane regions are correctly predicted by the 11-helix model, the N-terminal domain, as well as the conserved region proposed to bind the iron-sulfur center FX, would be expected to be on the stromal surface.
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- O Vallon
- Institut Jacques Monod/CNRS, Paris, France
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