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Title: Removal of Ca2+ from the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II Has Minimal Effect on the Mn4O5 Core Structure: A Polarized Mn X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study

Abstract

Ca 2+ -depleted and Ca 2+ -reconstituted spinach photosystem II was studied using polarized X-ray absorption spectroscopy of oriented PS II preparations to investigate the structural and functional role of the Ca 2+ ion in the Mn 4 O 5 Ca cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Samples were prepared by low pH/citrate treatment as one-dimensionally ordered membrane layers and poised in the Ca 2+ -depleted S 1 (S 1') and S 2 (S 2') states, the S 2'Y Z • state, at which point the catalytic cycle of water oxidation is inhibited, and the Ca 2+ -reconstituted S 1 state. Polarized Mn K-edge XANES and EXAFS spectra exhibit pronounced dichroism. Polarized EXAFS data of all states of Ca 2+ -depleted PS II investigated show only minor changes in distances and orientations of the Mn-Mn vectors compared to the Ca 2+ -containing OEC, which may be attributed to some loss of rigidity of the core structure. Thus, removal of the Ca 2+ ion does not lead to fundamental distortion or rearrangement of the tetranuclear Mn cluster, which indicates that the Ca 2+ ion in the OEC is not critical for structural maintenance of the cluster, at least in the Smore » 1 and S 2 states, but fulfills a crucial catalytic function in the mechanism of the water oxidation reaction. On the basis of this structural information, reasons for the inhibitory effect of Ca 2+ removal are discussed, attributing to the Ca 2+ ion a fundamental role in organizing the surrounding (substrate) water framework and in proton-coupled electron transfer to Y Z • (D1-Tyr161).« less

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Physical Biosciences Division
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1257848
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1378612
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; GM55302
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 43; Journal ID: ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Lohmiller, Thomas, Shelby, Megan L., Long, Xi, Yachandra, Vittal K., and Yano, Junko. Removal of Ca2+ from the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II Has Minimal Effect on the Mn4O5 Core Structure: A Polarized Mn X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03559.
Lohmiller, Thomas, Shelby, Megan L., Long, Xi, Yachandra, Vittal K., & Yano, Junko. Removal of Ca2+ from the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II Has Minimal Effect on the Mn4O5 Core Structure: A Polarized Mn X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03559
Lohmiller, Thomas, Shelby, Megan L., Long, Xi, Yachandra, Vittal K., and Yano, Junko. 2015. "Removal of Ca2+ from the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II Has Minimal Effect on the Mn4O5 Core Structure: A Polarized Mn X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03559. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257848.
@article{osti_1257848,
title = {Removal of Ca2+ from the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II Has Minimal Effect on the Mn4O5 Core Structure: A Polarized Mn X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study},
author = {Lohmiller, Thomas and Shelby, Megan L. and Long, Xi and Yachandra, Vittal K. and Yano, Junko},
abstractNote = {Ca 2+ -depleted and Ca 2+ -reconstituted spinach photosystem II was studied using polarized X-ray absorption spectroscopy of oriented PS II preparations to investigate the structural and functional role of the Ca 2+ ion in the Mn 4 O 5 Ca cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Samples were prepared by low pH/citrate treatment as one-dimensionally ordered membrane layers and poised in the Ca 2+ -depleted S 1 (S 1') and S 2 (S 2') states, the S 2'Y Z • state, at which point the catalytic cycle of water oxidation is inhibited, and the Ca 2+ -reconstituted S 1 state. Polarized Mn K-edge XANES and EXAFS spectra exhibit pronounced dichroism. Polarized EXAFS data of all states of Ca 2+ -depleted PS II investigated show only minor changes in distances and orientations of the Mn-Mn vectors compared to the Ca 2+ -containing OEC, which may be attributed to some loss of rigidity of the core structure. Thus, removal of the Ca 2+ ion does not lead to fundamental distortion or rearrangement of the tetranuclear Mn cluster, which indicates that the Ca 2+ ion in the OEC is not critical for structural maintenance of the cluster, at least in the S 1 and S 2 states, but fulfills a crucial catalytic function in the mechanism of the water oxidation reaction. On the basis of this structural information, reasons for the inhibitory effect of Ca 2+ removal are discussed, attributing to the Ca 2+ ion a fundamental role in organizing the surrounding (substrate) water framework and in proton-coupled electron transfer to Y Z • (D1-Tyr161).},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03559},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1257848}, journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry},
issn = {1520-6106},
number = 43,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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