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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 127, 期 2, 页码 505-513出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07232
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Diatoms use blue-green light due to the presence of chlorophyll c (Chlc), fucoxanthin, and chlorophyll a/c-binding protein (FCP). The absorption wavelength of Chlc changes upon protonation of the acrylate group, making it a candidate component for photoprotection in diatoms. The absorption wavelength of protonated Chlc is longer than that of deprotonated Chlc, indicating a red shift in the absorption wavelength under high-light conditions.
Diatoms can use light in the blue-green region because they have chlorophyll c (Chlc) in light-harvesting antenna proteins, fucoxanthin and chlorophyll a/c-binding protein (FCP). Chlc has a protonatable acrylate group (-CH=CH-COOH/ COO-) conjugated to the porphyrin ring. As the absorption wavelength of Chlc changes upon the protonation of the acrylate group, Chlc is a candidate component that is responsible for photoprotection in diatoms, which switches the FCP function between light-harvesting and energy-dissipation modes depending on the light intensity. Here, we investigate the mechanism by which the absorption wavelength of Chlc changes owing to the change in the protonation state of the acrylate group, using a quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical approach. The calcu-lated absorption wavelength of the Soret band of protonated Chlc is similar to 25 nm longer than that of deprotonated Chlc, which is due to the delocalization of the lowest (LUMO) and second lowest (LUMO+1) unoccupied molecular orbitals toward the acrylate group. These results suggest that in FCP, the decrease in pH on the lumenal side under high-light conditions leads to protonation of Chlc and thereby a red shift in the absorption wavelength.
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