Free energy dependence of the direct charge recombination from the primary and secondary quinones in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides |
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Authors: | Allen J P Williams J C Graige M S Paddock M L Labahn A Feher G Okamura M Y |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA;(2) Department of Physics, University of California, 0319, San Diego, CA 92093-0319, USA;(3) Institut für Physikalische Chemie II, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 23a, Freiburg, D-79114, Germany |
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Abstract: | The direct charge recombination rates from the primary quinone, k
AD (D+Q
A
–
DQA) and the secondary quinone, k
BD (D+Q
B
–
DQB), in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides were measured as a function of the free energy differences for the processes, G
AD
0
and G
BD
0
, respectively. Measurements were performed at 21 °C on a series of mutant reaction centers that have a wide range of dimer midpoint potentials and consequently a large variation in G
AD
0
and G
BD
0
. As – G
AD
0
varied from 0.43 to 0.78 eV, k
AD varied from 4.6 to 28.6 s–1. The corresponding values for the wild type are 0.52 eV and 8.9 s–1. Observation of the direct charge recombination rate k
BD was achieved by substitution of the primary quinone with naphthoquinones in samples in which ubiquinone was present at the secondary quinone site, resulting specifically in an increase in the free energy of the D+Q
A
–
state relative to the D+QAQ
B
–
state. As – G
BD
0
varied from 0.37 to 0.67 eV, k
BD varied from 0.03 to 1.4 s–1. The corresponding values for the wild type are 0.46 eV and 0.2 s–1. A fit of the two sets of data to the Marcus theory for electron transfer yielded significantly different reorganization energies of 0.82 and 1.3 eV for k
AD and k
BD, respectively. In contrast, the fitted values for the coupling matrix element, or equivalently the maximum possible rate, were comparable ( 25 s–1) for the two charge recombination processes. These results are in accord with QB having more interactions with dipoles, from both the surrounding protein and bound water molecules, than QA and with the primary determinant of the maximal rate being the quinone-donor distance. |
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Keywords: | electron transfer hydrogen bond photosynthesis purple bacteria recombination rates site-directed mutagenesis |
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