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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
卷 40, 期 5, 页码 1995-2009出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1835715
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Plastocyanin; ferredoxin; Z scheme; murburn concept; oxygenic photosynthesis; light reaction; Q cycle; electron transport chain; chloroplast
Plastocyanin (PC) and ferredoxins (Fd) play key roles in the light reaction of oxygenic photosynthesis. They are considered as specific affinity binding-based electron-relay agents. The murburn perspective suggests that PC/Fd serve as generic redox-capacitors. Structural evidence, interactive dynamics with redox partners, and physiological distribution/role support this perspective.
In the light reaction of oxygenic photosynthesis, plastocyanin (PC) and ferredoxins (Fd) are small/diffusible redox-active proteins playing key roles in electron transfer/transport phenomena. In the Z-scheme mechanistic purview, they are considered as specific affinity binding-based electron-relay agents, linking the functions of Cytochrome b (6) f (Cyt. b(6)f), Photosystem I (PS I) and Fd:NADPH oxidoreductase (FNR). The murburn explanation for photolytic photophosphorylation deems PC/Fd as generic 'redox capacitors', temporally accepting and releasing one-electron equivalents in reaction milieu. Herein, we explore the two theories with respect to structural, distributional and functional aspects of PC/Fd. Amino acid residues located on the surface loci of key patches of PC/Fd vary in electrostatic/contour (topography) signatures. Crystal structures of four different complexes each of Cyt.f-PC and Fd-FNR show little conservation in the contact-surfaces, thereby discrediting 'affinity binding-based electron transfers (ET)' as an evolutionary logic. Further, thermodynamic and kinetic data of wildtype and mutant proteins interactions do not align with Z-scheme. Furthermore, micromolar physiological concentrations of PC and the non-conducive architecture of chloroplasts render the classical model untenable. In the murburn model, as PC is optional, the observation that plants lacking PC survive and grow is justified. Further, the low physiological concentration/distribution of PC in chloroplast lumen/stroma is supported by murburn equilibriums, as higher concentrations would limit electron transfers. Thus, structural evidence, interactive dynamics with redox partners and physiological distribution/role of PC/Fd support the murburn perspective that these proteins serve as generic redox-capacitors in chloroplasts. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
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