EPR signals from modified charge accumulation states of the oxygen-evolving enzyme in calcium-deficient photosystem II

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Photosystem II enriched membranes were depleted of Ca2+ and the 17- and 23-kDa polypeptides by treatment with NaCl and EGTA. The 17-and 23-kDa polypeptides were then reconstituted. This preparation was incapable of O2 evolution until Ca2+ was added. An EPR study revealed the presence of two new EPR signals. One of these is a modified S2 multiline signal with an isotropic g value of 1.96 with at least 26 hyperfine peaks (average spacing 55 G) distributed over approximately 1600 G. The other is a near-Gaussian signal with an isotropic g value of 2.004, which is attributed to a formal S3 state. Experiments involving the interconversion of these signals and the effect of Ca2+ and Sr2+ rebinding provide evidence for these assignments. From these results the following conclusions are drawn: (1) These results are consistent with our earlier demonstration that charge accumulation is blocked after formation of S3 when Ca2+ is deficient. (2) Binding of the 17- and 23-kDa polypeptides to photosystem II in the absence of Ca2+ results inthge perturbation of the Mn cluster. This is taken as a further indication that the Ca2+-binding site is close to or even an integral part of the Mn cluster. (3) The S3 may arise from an organic free radical interacting magnetically with the Mn cluster. However, other possible origins for this signal, including the Mn cluster itself, must also be considered.

This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit: