Electrostatic influence of QA reduction on the IR vibrational mode of the 10a-ester C==O of HA demonstrated by mutations at residues Glu L104 and Trp L100 in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Electrostatic influence of QA reduction on the IR vibrational mode of the 10a-ester C==O of HA demonstrated by mutations at residues Glu L104 and Trp L100 in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
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QA 还原对 HA 10a-酯 C==O IR 振动模式的静电影响通过球形红杆菌反应中心残基 Glu L104 和 Trp L100 的突变证明。
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10.1021/bi962871k
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1997
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Williams,JC
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Breton,J;Nabedryk,E;Allen,JP;Williams,JC
The light-induced QA-/QAFTIR difference spectrum of the photoreduction of the primary quinone (QA) in reaction centers (RCs) fromRhodobactersphaeroidesexhibits a set of complex differential bands between 1750 and 1715 cm-1. Several of these features correspond in frequency to bands that bleach in the HA-/HAFTIR difference spectra of the photoreduction of the bacteriopheophytin electron acceptor (HA). Since the 10a-ester CO from HAand the side chains of protonated carboxylic acids would be expected to contribute in this spectral region, mutations were designed at Trp L100 and Glu L104, which have been proposed to form hydrogen bonds to the 10a-ester and the 9-keto carbonyls on ring V of HA, respectively. The QA-/QAspectra measured in1H2O and2H2O of RCs from wild type (WT) were compared to those of RCs with the mutation Trp to Phe at L100 [WF(L100)], Glu to Leu at L104 [EL(L104)], or both mutations [EL(L104)/WF(L100)]. The spectra of the mutants in the 1800−1400 cm-1frequency range exhibit only limited perturbations compared to those of WT, indicating the absence of significant structural changes due to the mutations. Part of a differential signal centered around 1732 cm-1in the spectrum of WT RCs is downshifted by ≈7 cm-1in EL(L104), while it is upshifted by ≈11 cm-1in WF(L100). This upshift of the differential signal is assigned to the frequency change of the 10a-ester CO of HAinduced by the rupture of the hydrogen bond with Trp L100. The1H2O-minus-2H2O double-difference spectrum of WT RCs exhibits a characteristic differential signal positive at 1730 cm-1and negative at 1724 cm-1that is absent in the corresponding spectra of EL(L104) and of the double mutant, implicating Glu L104 in the QA-/QAspectral changes. This differential signal is strongly modified in frequency and amplitude in the1H2O-minus-2H2O spectrum of WF(L100), indicating that it does not correspond to a direct response of the CO mode of the Glu L104 side chain upon QAreduction. Instead, perturbation of the hydrogen bond of the 9-keto CO with Glu L104 is proposed to induce a change of electron density on ring V of HA, thereby altering the frequency of the 10a-ester CO that is in partial conjugation with ring V. The loss of the hydrogen bond to the 9-keto CO of HAdue to the Glu L104 to Leu mutation or the alteration of the strength of the hydrogen bond by1H/2H exchange on Glu L104 appears to produce such effects. Thus, the QA-/QAspectra above 1700 cm-1are dominated by contributions from the 10a-ester CO of HA, with most of the differential signals assigned to a small frequency downshift of the 10a-ester CO of HAin response to QAreduction. The complexity of the signals implies a structural heterogeneity of the conformation and hydrogen bonding of the 10a-ester CO of HA, which may be related to the functional heterogeneity observed in electron transfer kinetics. The present FTIR results show that the reduction of QAcan induce a pronounced electrostatic effect on molecular vibrations of chemical groups located about 10 Å away from QA. They also demonstrate that, within experimental limits, the proton uptake observed at pH 7 upon QAphotoreduction [McPherson, P. H., Okamura, M. Y., & Feher, G. (1988)Biochim. Biophys.Acta934, 348−368] involves none of the exchangeable carboxylic groups of the RC.