D1-D2-cytochrome b559 complex from the aquatic plant Spirodela oligorrhiza: correlation between complex integrity, spectroscopic properties, photochemical activity, and pigment composition
- 13 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 29 (45) , 10376-10387
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00497a012
Abstract
A D1-D2-cyt b559 complex with about four attached chlorophylls and two pheophytins has been isolated from photosystem II of the aquatic plant Spirodela oligorrhiza and used for studying the detergent-induced changes in spectroscopic properties and photochemical activity. Spectra analyses (absorption, CD, and fluorescence) of D1-D2-cyt b559 preparations that were incubated with different concentrations of the detergent Triton X-100 indicate two forms of the D1-D2-cyt b559 complexes. One of them is photochemically active and has an absorption maximum at 676 nm, weak fluorescence at 685 nm, and a strong CD signal. The other is photochemically inactive, with an absorption maximum at 670 nm, strong fluorescence at 679 nm, and much weaker CD. The relative concentrations of the two forms determine the overall spectra of the D1-D2-cyt b559 preparation and can be deduced from the wavelength of the lowest energy absorption band: preparations having maximum absorption at 674, 672, or 670.5 nm have approximately 20, 60, or 85% inactive complexes. The active form contains two chlorophylls with maximum absorption at 679 nm and CD signals at 679 (+) and 669 nm (-). These chlorophylls make a special pair that is identified as the primary electron donor P-680. The calculated separation between the centers of these two pigments (using an extended version of the exciton theory) is about 10 .ANG., the pigments'' molecular planes are tilted by about 20.degree., and their N1-N3 axes are rotated by 150.degree. relative to each other. The other two chlorophylls and one of the two pheophytins in the D1-D2-cyt b559 complex have their maximum absorption at 672 nm, while the maximum absorption of the photochemically active pheophytin is probably at 672-676 nm. During incubation with Triton X-100, the photochemically active complex is transformed into an inactive form with first-order kinetics. In the inactive form the maximum absorption of the 679 nm absorbing Chls is blue-shifted to 669 nm. The first-order decay of the photochemical activity suggests that the isolated D1-D2-cyt b559 complex is stable as an aggregate but becomes unstable on dissociation into individual D1-D2-cyt b559 units.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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