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The Structural and Spectral Features of Light-Harvesting Complex II Proteoliposomes Mimic Those of Native Thylakoid Membranes

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 13, 期 24, 页码 5683-5691

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01019

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  1. Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2020-144]
  2. China Scholarship Council Ph.D. studentship [202006360048]

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The study reveals pseudothylakoid characteristics in artificial LHCII membranes, mimicking natural plant membranes. High densities of LHCII cause liposome stacking and the appearance of an unexpected emission peak similar to photosystem I emission. These findings have significant implications for interpreting the spectroscopic and physiological properties of photosynthetic membranes.
The major photosystem II light-harvesting antenna (LHCII) is the most abundant membrane protein in nature and plays an indispensable role in light harvesting and photoprotection in the plant thylakoid. Here, we show that pseudothylakoid characteristics can be observed in artificial LHCII membranes. In our proteoliposomal system, at high LHCII densities, the liposomes become stacked, mimicking the in vivo thylakoid grana membranes. Furthermore, an unexpected, unstructured emission peak at similar to 730 nm appears, similar in appearance to photosystem I emission, but with a clear excimeric character that has never been previously reported. These states correlate with the increasing density of LHCII in the membrane and a decrease in its average fluorescence lifetime. The appearance of these low-energy states can also occur in natural plant membrane structures, which has unique consequences for the interpretation of the spectroscopic and physiological properties of the photosynthetic membrane.

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