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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
卷 1767, 期 6, 页码 520-527出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.02.013
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chlorophyll fluorescence; crystallization; photosystem II; quinone; water oxidation
The recent crystallographic structure at 3.0 angstrom resolution of PSII from Thermosynechococcus elongatus has revealed a cavity in the protein which connects the membrane phase to the binding pocket of the secondary plastoquinone Q(B). The cavity may serve as a quinone diffusion pathway. By fluorescence methods, electron transfer at the donor and acceptor sides was investigated in the same membrane-free PSII core particle preparation from T elongatus prior to and after crystallization; PSII membrane fragments from spinach were studied as a reference. The data suggest selective enrichment of those PSII centers in the crystal that are intact with respect to O-2 evolution at the manganese-calcium complex of water oxidation and with respect to the integrity of the quinone binding site. One and more functional quinone molecules (per PSII monomer) besides Of Q(A) and Q(B) were found in the crystallized PSII We propose that the extra quinones are located in the Q(B) cavity and serve as a PSII intrinsic pool of electron acceptors. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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