光系统Ⅱ反应中心D_1/D_2/cyt b_(559)复合物光破坏的多步反应

光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)反应中心D_1D_2’cyt b_(559)复合物在强光照射下色素分子受到破坏,导致在红区(Q_y带)的吸光度值及CD信号的下降,而且在光照后的暗放置过程中这种变化继续进行,吸收差光谱的峰位在680nm处,说明受破坏的很可能是原初电子供体P680.在光照后的暗放置过程中,该反应中心复合物的荧先强度继续升高,而且峰位蓝移.所有这些结果表明,在光照的过程中,PSⅡ反应中心D_1/D_2/cytb_(559)复合物很可能有一个相对稳定的反应中间体形成,从而造成在暗放置过程中该反应中心继续受到破坏,也就是说,PSⅡ反应中心D_1/D_2/cytb_(559)复合物的光破坏不是一步反应,而是一个多步反应.     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心D_1-D_2-Cyt b_(559)复合物低温(77K)荧光发射差异的研究

对菠菜光系统Ⅱ反应中心D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物进行了系统的低温(77K)荧光发射性质研究。结果表明,D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物具有681nm和684nm两种波长的低温荧光发射,但两者通常并不是同时存在,而是取决于Ca-680与Ca-670Chla分子的相对含量的。Ca-670Chla含量的增加,会使其低温荧光发射出现在681nm;而Ca-680Chla含量的增加,则会使其低温荧光发射出现在684nm。Ca-670与Ca-680Chla分子的相对含量与不同状态的菠菜叶材料有关。PSⅡ反应中心内周天线CP-47,CP-43多肽的存在是D_1-D_2-Cytb_(591)复合物低温荧光发射红移的原因,而D_1-D_2-Cytb_(559)复合物的不稳定变化则与其蓝移的低温荧光发射有关。     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心D1／D2／cyt b559复合物的组氨酸残基的光照破坏

高等植物在强光照射下光合作用受到抑制。现已普遍认为,光抑制的原初部位是光系统Ⅱ(PS Ⅱ)的反应中心。无论在整个叶片,还是在类囊体膜以及 PS Ⅱ颗粒、放氧颗粒中均能发现光破坏现象。但是,由于在这些颗粒中有许多与光破坏不直接相关的色素和蛋白分子,因此很难确定具体哪个分子受到破坏。而以只含有少数色素和多肽分子的 PSⅡ反应中心 D_1/D_2/cyt b599复合物为材料可以克服这个困难。该反应中心复合物的获得大大推动了光破坏机理的研究。现已证明,D_1/D_2/cyt b559复合物对光照十分敏感,光照可引起原初电子供体 P680的破坏。我们发现该反应中心的破坏是多步     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心复合物中Cytb559的光还原

以分离纯化的光系统Ⅱ反应中心D1/D2/Cyt b559复合物为实验体系,在厌氧条件下,观察到Cytb559的光还原,表明Cyt b559能直接从Pheo~-接受电子,而且Cyt b559的光还原是不可逆的。当外加次级电子受体2,6-二甲基苯醌(DMBQ)与D1/D2/Cyt b559复合物重组之后,Cyt b559的光还原被延迟了,此时电子主要通过DMBQ传递,而且还原的Cyt b559在光照后的暗放置中有部分氧化。作者认为不依赖于醌受体的由Pheo~-到Cyt b559的电子传递是一条新的、次要的电子传递路线,它对光系统Ⅱ反应中心起保护作用。     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心CP47/D1/D2/Cyt b-559复合物中色素分子空间取向的线二色光谱研究

线二色光谱(LD)是研究色素分子在光合膜上空间取向和排布的重要手段.采用低温(100K)吸收光谱和线二色光谱技术研究光系统Ⅱ核心复合物CP47/D1/D2/Cyt b-559中色素分子的空间取向.结果表明,在光系统Ⅱ核心复合物CP47/D1/D2/Cyt b-559中680 nm处有吸收的叶绿素分子Qy跃迁与光合膜平面平行.β-胡萝卜素分子有两种不同的空间取向,其中在470和505nm处有吸收的β-胡萝卜素分子(Ⅰ)与光合膜平面近似平行,而在460和490nm处有吸收的β-胡萝卜素分子(Ⅱ)与光合膜垂直.光破坏实验显示垂直取向的β-胡萝卜素分子对强光敏感.680nm处吸收的叶绿素分子成分复杂,可能包含有P680和核心天线CP47蛋白上的色素分子.     

杨梅光合作用的低温光抑制

利用便携式调制叶绿素荧光仪和光合作用测定系统研究了短期低温光照对杨梅幼树光合作用的影响。结果表明,低温光照处理后,杨梅叶片的Pn（净光合速率）、Gs（气孔导度）、Fv／Fm（最大的光系统Ⅱ光化学效率）、qP（光化学猝灭系数）和①PSⅡ（光系统Ⅱ的量子产量）下降,Ci／Ca（细胞间隙CO2浓度／环境CO2浓度）、Fo（初始荧光）、qN（非光化学猝灭系数）和（Fi—Fo）／（Fp—Fo）（失活的PSⅡ反应中心数量）上升。此外在同一水平低温下,中等强光（350μmol m^-2s^-1）加剧了PSⅡ反应中心的失活或破坏并且需要更长时间来恢复。这些结果说明低温和有光照条件下引起的杨梅光合作用下降是由于光合机构活性下降所致,即主要是PSⅡ反应中心的失活或破坏：我们推测QA^-（还原态质体醌A）和非还原QB（质体醌B）数量的积累可能是导致PSⅡ反应中心失活或破坏的原因,在低温光抑制过程中非辐射能量耗散对保护光合机构起着重要作用。     

高等植物光系统Ⅱ中强光照射产生

利用自旋捕捉电子顺磁共振(ESR)的方法对从菠菜叶绿体中分离提纯的光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)颗粒产生Q2的机理进行了直接检测.通过对样品充氧、加入超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)抑制剂四氰乙烯(TCNE)以及原位光照检测ESR信号等手段,在PSⅡ中检测到O2与DMPO加合物的特征ESR信号.而在没有SOD抑制剂的情况下,光照时PSⅡ中O2与DMPO加合物浓度显著下降.进一步实验发现PSⅡ中O2产率与氧分子浓度直接正相关.O2产率还具有pH值依赖性,在pH值为6.0～6.5范围内,O2产率最高,大于此范围时则呈显著下降趋势.而PSⅡ颗粒的Tris处理也将导致O2产率的急剧减少.以上结果证实水裂解放氧十分活跃的PSⅡ也是高等植物叶绿体在光照下产生活性O2的主要部位,通常大部分的O2能被内源SOD清除,且O2的生成与PSⅡ的电子传递活性密切相关.     

细胞色素 b559与PSⅡ光抑制的光保护机制

Cyt b559是由两条多肽,即α、β-两个亚基组成的一种血红蛋白,是光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)蛋白复合体必不可少的组分。简要介绍了Cyt b559的分子组成及其氧化还原特性。重点阐述了在光抑制条件下cyt b559对PSⅡ反应中心的可能保护机制和由Cyt b559参与的围绕PSⅡ的循环电子传递。     

光破坏的光系统Ⅱ反应中心D1／D2／Cytb559复合物的CD光谱

ＰＳⅡ反应中心Ｄ１／Ｄ２／Ｃｙｔｂ５５９ 复合物的圆二色（ＣＤ）光谱在红区有一个反向带，其正峰在６８０ ｎｍ ，负峰在６６０ ｎｍ 处。光破坏后，该反应中心复合物的ＣＤ信号明显下降，而且当正峰完全消失后，负峰仍然存在，说明该反应中心的ＣＤ信号不仅来源于原初电子供体Ｐ６８０，而且可能来源于其它色素分子     

杂交酸模叶片线粒体交替氧化酶呼吸途径在光破坏防御中的作用

以杂交酸模(Rumex K-1)为试材,研究了不同光强下线粒体交替氧化酶呼吸途径(AOX途径)对酸模叶片光破坏的防御作用.结果表明:在200 μmol·m-2·s-1弱光下,用水杨基羟肟酸抑制AOX途径后,Rumex K-1叶片的PSⅡ实际光化学效率、光合线性电子传递速率以及光合放氧速率均显著下降,非还原性QB反应中心显著升高,加重了叶片的光抑制,而活性氧清除机制上调,避免了活性氧的过量积累,部分缓解了Rumex K-1叶片的光抑制;在800 μmol·m-2·s-1强光下,AOX途径受抑,导致Rumex K-1叶片发生严重的光抑制,而此时活性氧清除机制的上调不足以缓解活性氧过量的积累.无论在强光还是弱光下,AOX途径在Rumex K-1叶片的光破坏防御过程中都起着重要作用,而且在强光下,AOX途径对叶片的光破坏防御作用是叶绿体内其他光破坏防御途径所不能代替的.     

Isolation of a photosynthetic strain of Rhodospirillum rubrum with an altered reaction center.

A Rhodospirillum rubum strain, F24.1, was isolated as a spontaneous phototrophic revertant from a nonphototrophic mutant with a defective reaction center. The revertant grew anaerobically in the light at a rate close to that of the wild-type strain and exhibited a normal light-induced increase of the internal ATP levels. However, continuous illumination of light-grown F24.1 cells failed to elicit any infrared absorbance changes which could be ascribed to changes in the redox state of reaction-center bacteriochlorophyll. The spectral properties of whole cells and of isolated chromatophores indicate that the reaction center of F24.1 is profoundly altered: It lacks the characteristic absorption band near 800 nm and shows an infrared shift of the absorption band which is reversibly bleached by potassium ferricyanide in the dark.     

Characteristics of the relative maximum in the decay of delayed light emission from Pothos leaf following far-red excitation

Following illumination with wavelengths longer than 700 nm, the intensity of light emission from Pothos aurea leaf falls for 1 min and then increases to a maximum after 2 min in the dark. The spectrum of this minute-range liminescence matches that of prompt fluorescence excited at the same wavelength, but differs from that of prompt or minute-range delayed emission excited by wavelengths shorter than 700 nm. This emission is less sensitive to heat damage than millisecond delayed emission, and may originate from photosystem I.     

EPR and optical changes of the photosystem II reaction center produced by low temperature illumination

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and absorption spectroscopy have been used to study the low temperature photochemical behavior of the Photosystem II D-1/D-2/ cytochrome b559 reaction center complex. The reaction center displays large triplet state EPR signals which are attenuated after actinic illumination at low temperatures in the presence of sodium dithionite. Concomitant with the triplet attenuation is the buildup of a structured radical signal with an effective g value of 2.0046 and a peak-to-peak width of 11.9 G. The structure in the signal is suggestive of it being comprised in part of the anion radical of pheophytin a. This assignment is corroborated by low temperature optical absorbance measurements carried out after actinic illumination at the low temperatures which show absorption bleachings at 681 nm, 544 nm and 422 nm and an absorbance buildup at 446 nm indicating the formation of reduced pheophytin.Abbreviations EPR electron paramagnetic resonance     

Excitonic interactions in wild-type and mutant PSI reaction centers

Femtosecond excitation of the red edge of the chlorophyll a Q(Y) transition band in photosystem I (PSI), with light of wavelength > or = 700 nm, leads to wide transient (subpicosecond) absorbance changes: positive DeltaA between 635 and 665 nm, and four negative DeltaA bands at 667, 675, 683, and 695 nm. Here we compare the transient absorbance changes after excitation at 700, 705, and 710 nm at 20 K in several PSI preparations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii where amino acid ligands of the primary donor, primary acceptor, or connecting chlorophylls have been mutated. Most of these mutations influence the spectrum of the absorbance changes. This supports the view that the chlorophylls of the electron transfer chain as well as the connecting chlorophylls are engaged in the observed absorbance changes. The wide absorption spectrum of the electron transfer chain revealed by the transient measurements may contribute to the high efficiency of energy trapping in photosystem 1. Exciton calculations, based on the recent PSI structure, allow an assignment of the DeltaA bands to particular chlorophylls: the bands at 675 and 695 nm to the dimers of primary acceptor and accessory chlorophyll and the band at 683 nm to the connecting chlorophylls. The subpicosecond transient absorption bands decay may reflect rapid charge separation in the PSI reaction center.     

Photodamage to Pigment in the Photosystem Ⅱ Reaction Center D1/D2/Cytochrome b559 Complex

Strong light (800 μmol photons/m2 per s)-induced bleaching of the pigment in the isolated photosystem Ⅱ reaction center (PSII RC) under aerobic conditions (in the absence of electron donors or acceptors) was studied using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), absorption spectra, 77K fluorescence spectra and resonance Raman spectra. Changes in pigment composition of the PSll RC as determined by HPLC after light treatment were as follows: with increasing illumination time chlorophyll (Chi) a and β-carotene (β-car)content decreased. However, decreases in pheophytin (Pheo) could not be observed because of the mixture of the Pheo formed by degraded chlorophyll possibly. On the basis of absorption spectra, it was determined that, with a short time of illumination, the initial bleaching occurred maximally at 680 nm but that with increasing illumination time there was a blue shift to 678 nm. It was suggested that P680 was destroyed initially, followed by the accessory chlorophyll. The activity of P680 was almost lost after 10 min light treatment. Moreover, the bleaching of Pheo and β-car was observed at the beginning of illumination.After illumination, the fluorescence emission intensity changed and the fluorescence maximum blue shifted,showing that energy transfer was disturbed. Resonance Raman spectra of the PSII RC excited at 488.0 and 514.5 nm showed four main bands, peaking at 1 527 cm-1 (υ1), 1 159 cm-1 (υ2), 1 006 cm-1 (υ3), 966 cm-1 (υ4) for 488.0 nm excitation and 1 525 cm-1 (υ1), 1 159 cm-1 (υ2), 1 007 cm-1 (υ3), 968 cm-1 (υ4) for 514.5 nm excitation.It was confirmed that two spectroscopically different β-car molecules exist in the PSII RC. After light treatment for 20 min, band positions and bandwidths were unchanged. This indicates that carotenoid configuration is not the parameter that regulates photoprotection in the PSII RC.     

Analysis of the Molecular Organization of Photosystem I During Light-Dependent Chloroplast Differentiation in Mutant C-6D of Scenedesmus obliquus*

Cells of pigment mutant C-6D of the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus synthesize only Chl a and precursors of carotenoids during heterotrophic growth in the dark. These cells exhibit high PSI-activity per Chl and a low Chl/P700-ratio. After transfer to light, Chl a, Chl b and carotenoids are formed with different kinetics. Analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence emission and excitation spectra revealed a sevenfold increase in the amount of the long wavelength antenna of PSI (720 nm) resulting in an increase in the absorption cross section of PSI during illumination. The underlying changes in molecular organization of PSI were investigated by sucrose density centrifugation of solubilized thylakoids after digitonin treatment and subsequent identification of the components by gel electrophoresis, HPLC and fluorescence. In dark grown cells one blue-green band (0-II) could be resolved. This band contained only Chl a and the reaction center complex of PSI, CPI. After 24 hours of illumination three pigmented zones and a small amount of free pigment were observed. One of the zones (24-I) was identified as a light-harvesting fraction containing the pigment-protein complexes LHCP₁ and LHCP₃. In the second fraction (24-II) the reaction center complexes of PSI and PSII were found. The highest molecular weight fraction (24-III) was enriched in PSI-complexes of higher molecular weight and contained a high amount of long wavelength fluorescence antenna (720 nm) attributed to PSI. In contrast to band 24-II which contained a high percentage of β-carotene and a high Chl a/b-ratio, the Chl a/b-ratio of fraction 24-III was lower and the xanthophyll content increased. Our data demonstrate an increase in the PSI-unit size during chloroplast development in mutant C-6D of Scenedesmus obliquus. Dark-grown cultures have small functional PSI-units composed of the chlorophylls involved in charge separation and the core antenna. This unit contains only Chl a and no carotenoids. After transfer to light Chl b and carotenoids are formed. Simultaneously with the appearance of carotenoids and Chl b, PSI-complexes of higher molecular weight are synthesized indicating the addition of a LHC to the reaction center complex of PSI.     

Kinetics of pigment-acceptor interaction induced by steady-state illumination in Synechocystis spaeroides photosystem I preparations cooled to 160 K in the dark and on light

The kinetics of dark reduction of chlorophyll P700 oxidized by steady-state illumination in photosystem I reaction center preparations of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. coolled in the dark to 160 K is greatly nonexponential. The characteristic times for the components of the reaction are from fractions of a second to minutes and more. During cooling reaction center preparations on actinic light, a great part of chlorophyll P700 is fixed at 160 K in oxidized state. The kinetics of dark reduction of P700+ in the fraction of reaction centers that retain the photochemical activity in these conditions is faster than the kinetics in samples cooled in the dark. A theoretical analysis of the substantial deceleration of the P700+ dark recovery kinetics was done for photosystem I reaction center preparations oxidized by steady-state illumination to 160 K in contrast with situation that arises after the oxidation of reaction centers by single short light pulses. The deceleration of the kinetics in samples activated by steady-state illumination can be explained by processes of microconformational relaxation, connected with proton shifts in the reaction center structure.     

The room temperature emission band shape of the lowest energy chlorophyll spectral form of LHCI

Selective excitation, at room temperature, in the long wavelength absorption tail of the photosystem I antenna complexes, known as light harvesting complex I, induces pronounced pre-equilibration fluorescence from the directly excited pigment state. This has allowed determination of the fluorescence band shape of this low energy photosystem I chlorophyll antenna state, at room temperature, for the first time. The emission maximum is near 735 nm. The remarkable band width (55 nm) and asymmetry have never been previously reported for chlorophyll a states.     

Light-dependent nitration of bacteriorhodopsin

Purple membranes were treated with tetranitromethane to modify tyrosine residues of bacteriorhodopsin. At pH 8.0, nitration is shown to be affected by illumination during the modification. Amino acid analysis revealed about 0.7 residues nitrated if reaction was in the dark while about 2.0 tyrosines were modified if illumination greater than 540 nm was provided. Tryptophan was unaffected under both conditions. Light-dependent nitration caused a blue shift of the absorbance maximum of bacteriorhodopsin from 568 to 530 nm while no chromophore shift was observed for the dark-modified preparation. Both preparations show an absorption band at 360 nm indicative of the presence of nitrotyrosines. Reduction by dithionite eliminated the pH-dependent changes associated with the 360-nm nitrotyrosine band. Circular dichroism spectra indicate that interactions between neighboring chromophores are altered concomitant with the blue shift of the absorbance maximum by nitration. These studies show that light is required for the nitration of the tyrosine residue, and that Tyr 26 (H. D. Lemke and D. Oesterhelt (1981) Eur. J. Biochem. 115, 595-604) is probably responsible for the blue shift of the absorbance maximum. The intrinsic fluorescence and photocycle kinetics of the tyrosine-modified preparation and reduction of nitrotyrosine by dithionite were studied. In dark modification, only pH-dependent dithionite-reducible nitrotyrosines were produced. It is concluded that surface tyrosines probably do not directly participate in the proton-translocation events coupled to the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin.