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Title: D-Band EPR and ENDOR Spectroscopy of 15N-Labeled Photosystem I

Journal Article · · Applied Magnetic Resonance

For billions of years, nature has optimized the photosynthetic machinery that converts light energy into chemical energy. Key primary reactions of photosynthesis occur in large membrane protein-cofactor complexes. The light-induced sequential electron transfer reactions occur through a chain of donor/acceptor cofactors embedded in the protein matrix resulting in a long-lived transmembrane charge-separated state. EPR is the method of choice to study electron transfer and the interaction of protein environment with redox-active cofactors. However, the spectra of organic cofactor radicals typically are not fully resolved and severely overlap at conventional X-band EPR. Even at Q-band EPR, this overlap is present and often a serious problem. As a result, there is a large variation of the reported EPR data and limited understanding of electronic structures of several redox-active cofactors. These serious problems can often be overcome by the excellent spectral resolution provided by high-frequency EPR (HF EPR). In this work, we study the electronic structure of the primary electron donor P700 and the secondary electron acceptor A1 of Photosystem I (PSI) using 130 GHz (D-band) EPR and Electron-Nuclear-Double-Resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy. PSI was isotopically labeled with 15N (I = $$\frac{1/2}$$) to avoid quadrupolar interactions in the most abundant nitrogen isotope 14N (I = 1) and simplify the ENDOR spectra. ENDOR spectroscopy is central for determining the hyperfine coupling of nitrogen atoms of the two chlorophyll molecules comprising oxidized P700 and the involvement of protein nitrogen atoms with reduced A1. While HF ENDOR of A1- allows identification of two nitrogen atoms, HF ENDOR of P700+ still does not permit unique assignment of the recorded hyperfine couplings.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1902996
Journal Information:
Applied Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 53, Issue 7-9; ISSN 0937-9347
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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