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Title: Conformational Complexity in the LH2 Antenna of the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum Revealed by Hole-Burning Spectroscopy

Abstract

This work discusses the protein conformational complexity of the B800–850 LH2 complexes from the purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, focusing on the spectral characteristics of the B850 chromophores. Low-temperature B850 absorption and the split B800 band shift blue and red, respectively, at elevated temperatures, revealing isosbestic points. The latter indicates the presence of two (unresolved) conformations of B850 bacteriochlorophylls (BChls), referred to as conformations 1 and 2, and two conformations of B800 BChls, denoted as B800R and B800B. The energy differences between average site energies of conformations 1 and 2, and B800R and B800B are similar (~200 cm–1), suggesting weak and strong hydrogen bonds linking two major subpopulations of BChls and the protein scaffolding. Although conformations 1 and 2 of the B850 chromophores, and B800R and B800B, exist in the ground state, selective excitation leads to 1 → 2 and B800R → B800B phototransformations. Different static inhomogeneous broadening is revealed for the lowest energy exciton states of B850 (fwhm ~195 cm–1) and B800R (fwhm ~140 cm–1). To describe the 5 K absorption spectrum and the above-mentioned conformations, we employ an exciton model with dichotomous protein conformation disorder. We show that both experimental data and the modeling study support a two-sitemore » model with strongly and weakly hydrogen-bonded B850 and B800 BChls, which under illumination undergo conformational changes, most likely caused by proton dynamics.« less

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  1. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
  2. Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1388891
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001035
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 23; Related Information: PARC partners with Washington University in St. Louis (lead); University of California, Riverside; University of Glasgow, UK; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of New Mexico; New Mexico Corsortium; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania; Sandia National Laboratories; University of Sheffield, UK; Journal ID: ISSN 1089-5639
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; solar (fuels); photosynthesis (natural and artificial); biofuels (including algae and biomass); bio-inspired; charge transport; membrane; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)

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Kell, Adam, Jassas, Mahboobe, Acharya, Khem, Hacking, Kirsty, Cogdell, Richard J., and Jankowiak, Ryszard. Conformational Complexity in the LH2 Antenna of the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum Revealed by Hole-Burning Spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.7b03188.
Kell, Adam, Jassas, Mahboobe, Acharya, Khem, Hacking, Kirsty, Cogdell, Richard J., & Jankowiak, Ryszard. Conformational Complexity in the LH2 Antenna of the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum Revealed by Hole-Burning Spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b03188
Kell, Adam, Jassas, Mahboobe, Acharya, Khem, Hacking, Kirsty, Cogdell, Richard J., and Jankowiak, Ryszard. Fri . "Conformational Complexity in the LH2 Antenna of the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum Revealed by Hole-Burning Spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b03188. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1388891.
@article{osti_1388891,
title = {Conformational Complexity in the LH2 Antenna of the Purple Sulfur Bacterium Allochromatium vinosum Revealed by Hole-Burning Spectroscopy},
author = {Kell, Adam and Jassas, Mahboobe and Acharya, Khem and Hacking, Kirsty and Cogdell, Richard J. and Jankowiak, Ryszard},
abstractNote = {This work discusses the protein conformational complexity of the B800–850 LH2 complexes from the purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, focusing on the spectral characteristics of the B850 chromophores. Low-temperature B850 absorption and the split B800 band shift blue and red, respectively, at elevated temperatures, revealing isosbestic points. The latter indicates the presence of two (unresolved) conformations of B850 bacteriochlorophylls (BChls), referred to as conformations 1 and 2, and two conformations of B800 BChls, denoted as B800R and B800B. The energy differences between average site energies of conformations 1 and 2, and B800R and B800B are similar (~200 cm–1), suggesting weak and strong hydrogen bonds linking two major subpopulations of BChls and the protein scaffolding. Although conformations 1 and 2 of the B850 chromophores, and B800R and B800B, exist in the ground state, selective excitation leads to 1 → 2 and B800R → B800B phototransformations. Different static inhomogeneous broadening is revealed for the lowest energy exciton states of B850 (fwhm ~195 cm–1) and B800R (fwhm ~140 cm–1). To describe the 5 K absorption spectrum and the above-mentioned conformations, we employ an exciton model with dichotomous protein conformation disorder. We show that both experimental data and the modeling study support a two-site model with strongly and weakly hydrogen-bonded B850 and B800 BChls, which under illumination undergo conformational changes, most likely caused by proton dynamics.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpca.7b03188},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. A, Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, and General Theory},
number = 23,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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