Temperature and Carbon Assimilation Regulate the Chlorosome Biogenesis in Green Sulfur Bacteria |
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Authors: | Joseph Kuo-Hsiang Tang,Semion  K. Saikin,Sai  Venkatesh Pingali,Miriam  M. Enriquez,Joonsuk Huh,Harry  A. Frank,Volker  S. Urban,Alá n Aspuru-Guzik |
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Affiliation: | † School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts;‡ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts;§ Center for Structural Molecular Biology, Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;¶ Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut |
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Abstract: | Green photosynthetic bacteria adjust the structure and functionality of the chlorosome—the light-absorbing antenna complex—in response to environmental stress factors. The chlorosome is a natural self-assembled aggregate of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) molecules. In this study, we report the regulation of the biogenesis of the Chlorobaculum tepidum chlorosome by carbon assimilation in conjunction with temperature changes. Our studies indicate that the carbon source and thermal stress culture of C. tepidum grows slower and incorporates fewer BChl c in the chlorosome. Compared with the chlorosome from other cultural conditions we investigated, the chlorosome from the carbon source and thermal stress culture displays (a) smaller cross-sectional radius and overall size, (b) simplified BChl c homologs with smaller side chains, (c) blue-shifted Qy absorption maxima, and (d) a sigmoid-shaped circular dichroism spectra. Using a theoretical model, we analyze how the observed spectral modifications can be associated with structural changes of BChl aggregates inside the chlorosome. Our report suggests a mechanism of metabolic regulation for chlorosome biogenesis. |
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