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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
Volume 1861, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148280
Keywords
Photosynthesis; Cryptophyte; Light harvesting; Carotenoids; Energy transfer; Ultrafast spectroscopy
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- Czech Science Foundation [19-28323X]
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Photosynthetic organisms had to evolve diverse mechanisms of light-harvesting to supply photosynthetic apparatus with enough energy. Cryptophytes represent one of the groups of photosynthetic organisms combining external and internal antenna systems. They contain one type of immobile phycobiliprotein located at the lumenal side of the thylakoid membrane, together with membrane-bound chlorophyll a/c antenna (CAC). Here we employ femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to study energy transfer pathways in the CAC proteins of cryptophyte Rhodomonas salina. The major CAC carotenoid, alloxanthin, is a cryptophyte-specific carotenoid, and it is the only naturally-occurring carotenoid with two triple bonds in its structure. In order to explore the energy transfer pathways within the CAC complex, three excitation wavelengths (505, 590, and 640 nm) were chosen to excite pigments in the CAC antenna. The excitation of Chl c at either 590 or 640 nm proves efficient energy transfer between Chl c and Chl a. The excitation of alloxanthin at 505 nm shows an active pathway from the S-2 state with efficiency around 50%, feeding both Chl a and Chl c with approximately 1:1 branching ratio, yet, the S-1-route is rather inefficient. The 57 ps energy transfer time to Chl a gives similar to 25% efficiency of the S-1 channel. The low efficiency of the S-1 route renders the overall carotenoid-Chl energy transfer efficiency low, pointing to the regulatory role of alloxanthin in the CAC antenna.
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