Study of wild type and genetically modified reaction centers from Rhodobacter capsulatus: structural comparison with Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Ala and IleL229-->Ser, modified in the binding protein pocket of the secondary quinone acceptor (QB), have been studied by flash-induced absorbance spectroscopy. In ThrL226-->Ala, the binding affinities for endogenous QB (ubiquinone 10) and UQ6 are found to be two to three times as high as the wild type. In contrast, in IleL229-->Ser, the binding affinity for UQ6 is decreased about three times compared to the wild type. In ThrL226-->Ala, a markedly increased sensitivity (approximately 30 times) to o-phenanthroline is observed. In Rhodopseudomonas viridis, where Ala is naturally in position L226, the sensitivity to o-phenanthroline is close to that observed in ThrL226-->Ala. We propose that the presence of Ala in position L226 is responsible for the high sensitivity to that inhibitor. The pH dependencies of the rate constants of P+QB- (kBP) charge recombination kinetics (P is a dimer of bacteriochlorophyll, and QB is the secondary quinone electron acceptor) show destabilization of QB- in ThrL226-->Ala and IleL229-->Ser, compared to the wild type. At low pH, similar apparent pK values of protonation of amino acids around QB- are measured in the wild type and the mutants. In contrast to Rb. sphaeroides, in the wild type Rb. capsulatus, kBP substantially increases in the pH range 7-10. This may reflect some differences in the respective structures of both strains or, alternatively, may be due to deprotonation of TyrL 215 in Rb. capsulatus. At pH 7, measurements of the rate constant of QA to QB electron transfer reveal a threefold greater rate in the reaction centers from wild type Rb. capsulatus (65 +/- 1 0 ps)-1 compared to Rb. sphaeroides.We suggest that this may arise from a 0.7-A smaller distance between the quinones in the former strain. Our spectroscopic data on the wild type Rb. capsulatus reaction center suggest the existence of notable differences with the Rb. sphaeroides reaction center structure. -->
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Substance Nomenclature: 0 (Benzoquinones)
0 (Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes)
0 (Phenanthrolines)
0 (Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins)
04Y7590D77 (Isoleucine)
2ZD004190S (Threonine)
3T006GV98U (quinone)
452VLY9402 (Serine)
OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine)
W4X6ZO7939 (1,10-phenanthroline)
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 19930801 Date Completed: 19931203 Latest Revision: 20181113
Update Code: 20240829
PubMed Central ID: PMC1225767
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81114-7
PMID: 8218894
Autor: Baciou L; UPR 407, Bat. 24, Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique Gif/Yvette, France., Bylina EJ, Sebban P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biophysical journal [Biophys J] 1993 Aug; Vol. 65 (2), pp. 652-60.
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81114-7
Abstrakt: Reaction centers from the purple bacterium Rhodobacter (Rb.) capsulatus and from two mutants ThrL226-->Ala and IleL229-->Ser, modified in the binding protein pocket of the secondary quinone acceptor (QB), have been studied by flash-induced absorbance spectroscopy. In ThrL226-->Ala, the binding affinities for endogenous QB (ubiquinone 10) and UQ6 are found to be two to three times as high as the wild type. In contrast, in IleL229-->Ser, the binding affinity for UQ6 is decreased about three times compared to the wild type. In ThrL226-->Ala, a markedly increased sensitivity (approximately 30 times) to o-phenanthroline is observed. In Rhodopseudomonas viridis, where Ala is naturally in position L226, the sensitivity to o-phenanthroline is close to that observed in ThrL226-->Ala. We propose that the presence of Ala in position L226 is responsible for the high sensitivity to that inhibitor. The pH dependencies of the rate constants of P+QB- (kBP) charge recombination kinetics (P is a dimer of bacteriochlorophyll, and QB is the secondary quinone electron acceptor) show destabilization of QB- in ThrL226-->Ala and IleL229-->Ser, compared to the wild type. At low pH, similar apparent pK values of protonation of amino acids around QB- are measured in the wild type and the mutants. In contrast to Rb. sphaeroides, in the wild type Rb. capsulatus, kBP substantially increases in the pH range 7-10. This may reflect some differences in the respective structures of both strains or, alternatively, may be due to deprotonation of TyrL 215 in Rb. capsulatus. At pH 7, measurements of the rate constant of QA to QB electron transfer reveal a threefold greater rate in the reaction centers from wild type Rb. capsulatus (65 +/- 1 0 ps)-1 compared to Rb. sphaeroides.We suggest that this may arise from a 0.7-A smaller distance between the quinones in the former strain. Our spectroscopic data on the wild type Rb. capsulatus reaction center suggest the existence of notable differences with the Rb. sphaeroides reaction center structure.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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