PSII各功能单元间能量传递理论与实验研究

在四能带模型的基础上,建立了光系统II各功能单元间的能量传递动力学模型,分析了不同光照情况下的能量传递差异情况.在适当光照下,能量以单向优化方式传递到反应中心,能耗很小;在强光照射下,发生逆向能量传递;在超强光照射下,会引起光合器官损伤.     

Photoinduced hydrogen evolution in an artificial system containing photosystem I, hydrogenase, methyl viologen and mercaptoacetic acid

Hydrogen evolution was detected in an artificial system composed of light-harvesting unit of purified photosystem I, catalyst of hydrogenase, methyl viologen and electron donor under radiation. Absorption spectral features confirmed that electron transfer from electron donors to proton was via a photoinduced reductive process of methyl viologen.     

Selective detection of the structural changes upon photoreactions of several redox cofactors in photosystem II by means of light-induced ATR-FTIR difference spectroscopy

Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy was applied for the first time to detect the structural changes upon photoreactions of redox cofactors in photosystem II (PSII). The PSII-enriched membranes from spinach were adsorbed on the surface of a silicon prism, and FTIR measurements of various redox cofactors were performed for the same sample but under different conditions by exchanging buffers in a flow cell. Light-induced FTIR difference spectra upon redox reactions of the oxygen-evolving Mn cluster, the primary quinone electron acceptor QA, the redox-active tyrosine YD, the primary electron acceptor pheophytin, and the primary electron donor chlorophyll P680 were successively recorded in buffers including different redox reagents and inhibitors. All of these cofactors remained active in the PSII membranes on the silicon surface, and the resultant spectra were basically identical to those previously recorded by the conventional transmission method. These ATR-FTIR measurements enable accurate comparison between reactions of different active sites in a single PSII sample. The present results demonstrated that the ATR-FTIR spectroscopy is a useful technique for investigation of the reaction mechanism of PSII.     

A stable ‘sandwich’ system of Surface‐Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering for the analysis of β‐carotenes in a photosynthetic pigment‐protein complex

In plants, Photosystem I (PSI) is composed of a core complex and a membrane‐associated antenna complex light‐harvesting complex I that captures light and funnels its energy to the core complex. To obtain Raman structural information on β‐carotenes embedded in the PSI core complex, a ‘sandwich’ system of roughened silver slice: target protein complexes: single silver nanoparticles was fabricated for Surface‐Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS) measurements. This study provided a method to overcome spectral irreproducibility, which is the main drawback of Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering/SERRS‐based studies. The Raman spectra of β‐carotenes embedded in the PSI core complex can be obtained at very low sample concentrations (1–5 µg Chl/ml) and high signal/noise ratios. The β‐carotenes in the spinach PSI core complex were predominantly all‐trans configuration. The membrane protein‐mediated adsorption of silver nanoparticles induced the uniform distribution of a large number of single nanoparticles, which contributed to achieving highly reproducible SERRS spectra. This study is the first to apply single silver nanoparticle‐based SERRS analysis in membrane proteins. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

磷酸化对D1蛋白7900和9300 降解片段的影响

利用Western blotting技术对未磷酸化和磷酸化光合系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)膜中D1蛋白的7900和9300降解片段进行了检测. 结果表明, 超氧阴离子、 过氧化氢和羟基自由基参与了未磷酸化和磷酸化D1蛋白的7900和9300片段的产生. 磷酸化能够部分抑制D1蛋白7900和9300片段的产生, 从而对D1蛋白起到保护作用.     

Discovering oxygen channel topology in photosystem II using implicit ligand sampling and wavefront propagation

Photosystem II (PSII) of photosynthesis uses water as substrate for its photochemical reaction. Molecular oxygen is one of the products of this complex reaction which uses the energy of light to oxidize water and reduce plastoquinone. The active site of PSII is buried deep within the protein, which raises the question of whether there are specific access channels guiding substrate water to the site of catalysis and product oxygen away from it. Substrate/product channels have been proposed to exist and serve various functions in PSII, however the preferred paths have not been unambiguously identified. We investigated oxygen transport between the active site of PSII and the solvent. For this purpose, we have applied molecular dynamics simulations followed by implicit ligand sampling. We then found minimal cost pathways for the oxygen through the protein and obtained topology maps of the oxygen-accessible part of a chemical labyrinth. Application of this new strategy led to identification of two oxygen channels in the protein. Both channels connect the protein surface with region of high oxygen affinity near the active site.     

X-ray absorption spectroscopy to analyze nuclear geometry and electronic structure of biological metal centers—potential and questions examined with special focus on the tetra-nuclear manganese complex of oxygenic photosynthesis

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become a prominent tool for the element-specific analysis of transition metals at the catalytic center of metalloenzymes. In the present study the information content of X-ray spectra with respect to the nuclear geometry and, in particular, to the electronic structure of the protein-bound metal ions is explored using the manganese complex of photosystem II (PSIII) as a model system. The EXAFS range carries direct information on the number and distances of ligands as well as on the chemical type of the ligand donor function. For first-sphere ligands and second-sphere metals (in multinuclear complexes), the determination of precise distances is mostly straightforward, whereas the determination of coordination numbers clearly requires more effort. The EXAFS section starts with an exemplifying discussion of a PSII spectrum data set with focus on the coordination number problem. Subsequently, the method of linear dichroism EXAFS spectroscopy is introduced and it is shown how the EXAFS data leads to an atomic resolution model for the tetra-manganese complex of PSII. In the XANES section the following aspects are considered: (1) Alternative approaches are evaluated for determination of the metal-oxidation state by comparison with a series of model compounds. (2) The interpretation of XANES spectra in terms of molecular orbitals (MOs) is approached by comparative multiple-scattering calculations and MO calculations. (3) The underlying reasons for the oxidation-state dependence of the XANES spectra are explored. Furthermore, the potential of modern XANES theory is demonstrated by presenting first simulations of the dichroism in the XANES spectra of the PSII manganese complex.     

Alteration in photosystem II photochemistry of thylakoids isolated from senescing leaves of wheat seedlings

Wheat seedlings, grown for 7 days in the light, were allowed to senesce in the light or dark, and the change in the photosystem II (PS II) photochemistry of chloroplasts isolated from the primary leaves of these seedlings was investigated. The decrease in oxygen evolution and the fast fluorescence results indicated that the impairment of PS II in the leaves of seedlings senescing in the light was different from that in the leaves of seedlings senescing in the dark. Thermoluminescence studies showed a structural modification in the Q_B protein of chloroplasts isolated from leaves senescing in the light and an alteration in the S state transition of chloroplasts isolated from leaves senescing in the dark.     

Algorithm for analysis of OJDIP fluorescence induction curves in terms of photo- and electrochemical events in photosystems of plant cells: derivation and application

The algorithm for simulation of the OJDIP fluorescence induction curve in chloroplasts under variable conditions is presented. It is derived from analyzes of chlorophyll a fluorescence kinetics upon excitation with single- (STF), twin- (TTF) and repetitive STF excitations, and from the rate equations that describe the sequence of transfer steps associated with the reduction of the primary quinone acceptor Q_A and the release of photochemical fluorescence quenching of photosystem II (PSII) in multi-turnover excitation (MTF). The fluorescence induction algorithm (FIA) considers a photochemical O–J–D, a photo-electrochemical J–I and an I–P component (phase) which probably is associated with a photo-electric interaction between PSI and PSII. The photochemical phase incorporates the kinetics associated with the double reduction of the acceptor pair [PheQ_A] in Q_B–nonreducing reaction centers (RCs) and the associated doubling of the variable fluorescence, in agreement with the three-state trapping model (TSTM) of PSII. Application of and results with the algorithm are illustrated for MTF-induced OJDIP curves, measured in dark-adapted, in STF pre-excited and in DCMU inhibited thylakoids.     

Fingerprinting of Antenna Proteins of Photosystem I by Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography

The paper reports the results of a study that has been performed to investigate the suitability of reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) at producing confident fingerprints for rapid and simple identification of the light-harvesting proteins (Lhca) comprising the photosystem I (PSI) complex. The paper shows that Lhca proteins are completely resolved and separated from the other proteins comprising the core-complex by subjecting to RP-HPLC the entire PSI preparation. In each of all examined species the four antenna proteins elute in the same order, namely Lhca1 < Lhca3 < Lhca4 < Lhca2, with significant differences in retention times among the four proteins, indicating that each PSI light harvesting protein exhibits a unique chromatographic pattern reflecting hydrophobicity and stoichiometry of the PSI proteins. A good correlation between experimental retention times in RP-HPLC of proteins and their predicted values based on the overall hydrophobicity and polypeptide chain length of the examined antenna proteins is reported. These findings and the observation that the amino acid sequence of Lhca proteins are highly conserved among species, as well as the chromatographic behaviour in RP-HPLC of the PSI proteins are equivalent in all investigated species, endorse the possibility of using RP-HPLC as a highly confident fingerprint supportive of unequivocal assignment of the proteins in preparations from different species without the necessity of protein identification by additional methods and useful for comparison within a single and among different species for future studies of the PSI proteins.Acknowledgements We are grateful to Dr. Maria Bianchetti and Dr. Corrado Ciambella for technical assistance.