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Mäusle SM, Agarwala N, Eichmann VG, Dau H, Nürnberg DJ, Hastings G. Nanosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy for the study of electron transfer in photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2024; 159:229-239. [PMID: 37420121 PMCID: PMC10991071 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01035-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
Abstract
Microsecond time-resolved step-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy was used to study photosystem I (PSI) from Thermosynechococcus vestitus BP-1 (T. vestitus, formerly known as T. elongatus) at 77 K. In addition, photoaccumulated (P700+-P700) FTIR difference spectra were obtained at both 77 and 293 K. The FTIR difference spectra are presented here for the first time. To extend upon these FTIR studies nanosecond time-resolved infrared difference spectroscopy was also used to study PSI from T. vestitus at 296 K. Nanosecond infrared spectroscopy has never been used to study PSI samples at physiological temperatures, and here it is shown that such an approach has great value as it allows a direct probe of electron transfer down both branches in PSI. In PSI at 296 K, the infrared flash-induced absorption changes indicate electron transfer down the B- and A-branches is characterized by time constants of 33 and 364 ns, respectively, in good agreement with visible spectroscopy studies. These time constants are associated with forward electron transfer from A1- to FX on the B- and A-branches, respectively. At several infrared wavelengths flash-induced absorption changes at 296 K recover in tens to hundreds of milliseconds. The dominant decay phase is characterized by a lifetime of 128 ms. These millisecond changes are assigned to radical pair recombination reactions, with the changes being associated primarily with P700+ rereduction. This conclusion follows from the observation that the millisecond infrared spectrum is very similar to the photoaccumulated (P700+-P700) FTIR difference spectrum.
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- Sarah M Mäusle
- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
- Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
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Baryshnikova SV, Poddel’sky AI. Heteroligand Metal Complexes with Extended Redox Properties Based on Redox-Active Chelating Ligands of o-Quinone Type and Ferrocene. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27123928. [PMID: 35745052 PMCID: PMC9230781 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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A combination of different types of redox-active systems in one molecule makes it possible to create coordination compounds with extended redox abilities, combining molecular and electronic structures determined by the features of intra- and intermolecular interactions between such redox-active centres. This review summarizes and analyses information from the literature, published mainly from 2000 to the present, on the methods of preparation, the molecular and electronic structure of mixed-ligand coordination compounds based on redox-active ligands of the o-benzoquinone type and ferrocenes, ferrocene-containing ligands, the features of their redox properties, and some chemical behaviour.
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Agarwala N, Rohani L, Hastings G. Experimental and calculated infrared spectra of disubstituted naphthoquinones. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 268:120674. [PMID: 34894562 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120674] [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: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In recent years there has been interest in incorporating substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones (NQs) into the A1 binding site in photosystem I (PSI) photosynthetic protein complexes. This interest in part stems from the considerably altered bioenergetics of electron transfer that occur in PSI with such substitutions. Time resolved FTIR studies of PSI complexes with disubstituted NQs incorporated have and currently are being undertaken, and with this in mind it is worth considering FTIR absorption spectra of these disubstituted NQs in solution. Here we present FTIR absorbance spectra for 2-bromo-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (BrMeNQ), 2-chloromethyl-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (CMMeNQ) and 2-ethylthio-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (ETMeNQ) in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The FTIR spectra of these di-substituted naphthoquinones (NQs) were compared to FTIR spectra of 2-methyl-3-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone [phylloquinone (PhQ)], 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (DMNQ), and 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (2MNQ). To aid in the assignment of bands in the experimental spectra, density functional theory (DFT) based vibrational frequency calculations for all the substituted NQs in solution were undertaken. The calculated and experimental spectra agree well. By calculating normal mode potential energy distributions, unambiguous quantitative band assignments were made. The calculated and experimental spectra together make predictions about what may be observable in time resolved FTIR difference spectra obtained using PSI with the different NQs incorporated. Time resolved FTIR difference spectra are presented that support these predictions.
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- Neva Agarwala
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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Kang F, Yu L, Xia Y, Yu M, Xia L, Wang Y, Yang L, Wang T, Gong W, Tian C, Liu X, Wang J. Rational Design of a Miniature Photocatalytic CO 2-Reducing Enzyme. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Fuying Kang
- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Megarity CF, Siritanaratkul B, Herold RA, Morello G, Armstrong FA. Electron flow between the worlds of Marcus and Warburg. J Chem Phys 2021; 153:225101. [PMID: 33317312 DOI: 10.1063/5.0024701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Living organisms are characterized by the ability to process energy (all release heat). Redox reactions play a central role in biology, from energy transduction (photosynthesis, respiratory chains) to highly selective catalyzed transformations of complex molecules. Distance and scale are important: electrons transfer on a 1 nm scale, hydrogen nuclei transfer between molecules on a 0.1 nm scale, and extended catalytic processes (cascades) operate most efficiently when the different enzymes are under nanoconfinement (10 nm-100 nm scale). Dynamic electrochemistry experiments (defined broadly within the term "protein film electrochemistry," PFE) reveal details that are usually hidden in conventional kinetic experiments. In PFE, the enzyme is attached to an electrode, often in an innovative way, and electron-transfer reactions, individual or within steady-state catalytic flow, can be analyzed in terms of precise potentials, proton coupling, cooperativity, driving-force dependence of rates, and reversibility (a mark of efficiency). The electrochemical experiments reveal subtle factors that would have played an essential role in molecular evolution. This article describes how PFE is used to visualize and analyze different aspects of biological redox chemistry, from long-range directional electron transfer to electron/hydride (NADPH) interconversion by a flavoenzyme and finally to NADPH recycling in a nanoconfined enzyme cascade.
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- Clare F Megarity
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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Agarwala N, Makita H, Luo L, Xu W, Hastings G. Reversible inhibition and reactivation of electron transfer in photosystem I. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 145:97-109. [PMID: 32447611 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00760-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In photosystem I (PSI) complexes at room temperature electron transfer from A1- to FX is an order of magnitude faster on the B-branch compared to the A-branch. One factor that might contribute to this branch asymmetry in time constants is TrpB673 (Thermosynechococcus elongatus numbering), which is located between A1B and FX. The corresponding residue on the A-branch, between A1A and FX, is GlyA693. Here, microsecond time-resolved step-scan FTIR difference spectroscopy at 77 K has been used to study isolated PSI complexes from wild type and TrpB673Phe mutant (WB673F mutant) cells from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. WB673F mutant cells require glucose for growth and are light sensitive. Photoaccumulated FTIR difference spectra indicate changes in amide I and II protein vibrations upon mutation of TrpB673 to Phe, indicating the protein environment near FX is altered upon mutation. In the WB673F mutant PSI samples, but not in WT PSI samples, the phylloquinone molecule that occupies the A1 binding site is likely doubly protonated following long periods of repetitive flash illumination at room temperature. PSI with (doubly) protonated quinone in the A1 binding site are not functional in electron transfer. However, electron transfer functionality can be restored by incubating the light-treated mutant PSI samples in the presence of added phylloquinone.
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- Neva Agarwala
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana At Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70503, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana At Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70503, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
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Santabarbara S, Casazza AP. Kinetics and Energetics of Phylloquinone Reduction in Photosystem I: Insight From Modeling of the Site Directed Mutants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:852. [PMID: 31312208 PMCID: PMC6614487 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Two phylloquinone molecules (A 1), one being predominantly coordinated by PsaA subunit residues (A 1A) the other by those of PsaB (A 1B), act as intermediates in the two parallel electron transfer chains of Photosystem I. The oxidation kinetics of the two phyllosemiquinones by the iron-sulfur cluster FX differ by approximately one order of magnitude, with A 1 A - being oxidized in about 200 ns and A 1 B - in about 20 ns. These differences are generally explained in terms of asymmetries in the driving force for FX reduction on the two electron transfer chains. Site directed mutations of conserved amino acids composing the A 1 binding site have been engineered on both reaction center subunits, and proved to affect selectively the oxidation lifetime of either A 1 A - , for PsaA mutants, or A 1 B - , for PsaB mutants. The mutation effects are here critically reviewed, also by novel modeling simulations employing the tunneling formalism to estimate the electron transfer rates. Three main classes of mutation effects are in particular addressed: (i) those leading to an acceleration, (ii) those leading to a moderated slowing (~5-folds), and (iii) those leading to a severe slowing (>20-folds) of the kinetics. The effect of specific amino acid perturbations contributing to the poising of the phylloquinones redox potential and, in turn, to PSI functionality, is discussed.
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- Stefano Santabarbara
- Centre for Fundamental Research in Photosynthesis, Vergiate, Italy
- Photosynthesis Research Unit, Centro Studi sulla Biologia Cellulare e Molecolare delle Piante, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy
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