Kell, A., Jassas, M., Acharya, K., Hacking, K., Cogdell, R. J. and Jankowiak, R. (2017) Conformational complexity in the LH2 antenna of the purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum revealed by hole-burning spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121(23), pp. 4435-4446. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b03188) (PMID:28531352)
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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-site model with strongly and weakly hydrogen-bonded B850 and B800 BChls, which under illumination undergo conformational changes, most likely caused by proton dynamics.
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Award No. DE-SC-0006678 (to R.J.). R.J.C. and K.H. acknowledge support from the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Award Number DE-SC-0001035. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hacking, Dr Kirsty and Cogdell, Professor Richard |
| Authors: | Kell, A., Jassas, M., Acharya, K., Hacking, K., Cogdell, R. J., and Jankowiak, R. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Life Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
| ISSN: | 1089-5639 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1520-5215 |
| Published Online: | 22 May 2017 |
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