ANTENNA ORGANIZATION AND EVIDENCE FOR THE FUNCTION OF A NEW ANTENNA PIGMENT SPECIES IN THE GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM CHLOROFLEXUS-AURANTIACUS
ANTENNA ORGANIZATION AND EVIDENCE FOR THE FUNCTION OF A NEW ANTENNA PIGMENT SPECIES IN THE GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM CHLOROFLEXUS-AURANTIACUS
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2728(82)90011-1
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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FULLER, RC
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BETTI, JA;BLANKENSHIP, RE;FULLER, RC
Whole cells and isolated chlorosomes (antenna complex) of the green photosynthetic bacterium C. aurantiacus were studied by absorption spectroscopy (77.degree. K and room temperature), fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD), linear dichroism and ESR spectroscopy. The chlorosome absorption spectrum has maxima at 450 (contributed by carotenoids and bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a Soret), 742 (BChl c) and 792 nm (BChl a) with intensity ratios of 20:25. The fluorescence emission spectrum has peaks at 748 and 802 nm when excitation is into either the 742 or 450 nm absorption bands, respectively. Whole cells have fluorescence peaks identical to those in chlorosomes with the addition of a major peak observed at 867 nm. The CD spectrum of isolated chlorosomes has an asymmetric-derivative-shaped CD centered at 739 nm suggestive of exciton interaction at least on the level of dimers. Linear dichroism of oriented chlorosomes shows preferential absorption at 742 nm of light polarized parallel to the long axis of the chlorosome. This implies that the transition dipoles are also oriented more or less parallel to the long axis of the chlorosome. Treatment with ferricyanide results in the appearance of a 2.3 G wide ESR spectrum at g 2.002. Whole cells grown under different light conditions exhibit different fluorescence behavior when absorption is normalized at 742 nm. Cells grown under low light conditions have higher fluorescence intensity at 748 nm and lower intensity at 802 nm than cells grown under high light conditions. The BChl c in chlorosomes is highly organized and transfers energy from BChl c (742 nm) to a connector of baseplate BChl B792 (BChl a) presumably located in the chlorosome baseplate adjacent to the cytoplasmic membrane.