Identification of protein W, the elusive sixth subunit of the Rhodopseudomonas palustris reaction center-light harvesting 1 core complex

Jackson, Philip J.; Hitchcock, Andrew; Swainsbury, David J. K.; Qian, Pu; Martin, Elizabeth C.; Farmer, David A.; Dickman, Mark J.; Canniffe, Daniel P.; Hunter, C. Neil

doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.11.001

Title: Identification of protein W, the elusive sixth subunit of the Rhodopseudomonas palustris reaction center-light harvesting 1 core complex

Journal Article · 07 November 2017 · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.11.001 · OSTI ID:1437760

Jackson, Philip J. ^[1]; Hitchcock, Andrew ^[1]; Swainsbury, David J. K. ^[1]; Qian, Pu ^[1]; Martin, Elizabeth C. ^[1]; Farmer, David A. ^[1]; Dickman, Mark J. ^[1]; Canniffe, Daniel P. ^[1]; Hunter, C. Neil ^[1]

Univ. of Sheffield (United Kingdom)

The X-ray crystal structure of the Rhodopseudomonas (Rps.) palustris reaction center-light harvesting 1 (RC-LH1) core complex revealed the presence of a sixth protein component, variably referred to in the literature as helix W, subunit W or protein W. The position of this protein prevents closure of the LH1 ring, possibly to allow diffusion of ubiquinone/ubiquinol between the RC and the cytochrome bc₁ complex in analogous fashion to the well-studied PufX protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. The identity and function of helix W have remained unknown for over 13 years; here we use a combination of biochemistry, mass spectrometry, molecular genetics and electron microscopy to identify this protein as RPA4402 in Rps. palustris CGA009. Protein W shares key conserved sequence features with PufX homologs, and although a deletion mutant was able to grow under photosynthetic conditions with no discernible phenotype, we demonstrate that a tagged version of protein W pulls down the RC-LH1 complex. Protein W is not encoded in the photosynthesis gene cluster and our data indicate that only approximately 10% of wild-type Rps. palustris core complexes contain this non-essential subunit; functional and evolutionary consequences of this observation are discussed. The ability to purify uniform RC-LH1 and RC-LH1- protein W preparations will also be beneficial for future structural studies of these bacterial core complexes.

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Research Organization:: Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001035

OSTI ID:: 1437760

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1511836

Journal Information:: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, Vol. 1859, Issue 2; ISSN 0005-2728

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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