ELECTRON-TRANSFER EVENTS NEAR THE REACTION CENTER IN O-2-EVOLVING PHOTOSYSTEM-II PREPARATIONS
ELECTRON-TRANSFER EVENTS NEAR THE REACTION CENTER IN O-2-EVOLVING PHOTOSYSTEM-II PREPARATIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00416a005
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发表时间:
1988-08-09
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
BABCOCK, GT
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作者:
HOGANSON, CW;BABCOCK, GT
Time-resolved ESR has been used to study electron-transfer reactions in oxygen-evolving photosystem II membrane fragments. The exogenous acceptor dichlorobenzoquinone (DCBQ) is reduced by photosystem II; the ESR spectrum of the resulting DCBQ radical overlaps the center but not the wings of the ESR spectra of the endogenous tyrosine radicals YD+ and YZ+. Here YZ+ denotes the species that is involved in electron transfer between the reaction center chlorophyll, P680, and the manganese-containing, oxygen-evolving complex, and YD+ denotes the stable photosystem II radical. By using appropriate magnetic fields, we recorded kinetic transients of YZ+ under repetitive flash conditions with DCBQ present. We also used 1 mM K3Fe(CN)6 as an exogenous acceptor when recording kinetic traces of YZ+, although at concentrations above 5 mm we observe an additional signal that could be due to P680+. The kinetic traces of YZ+ obtained with DCBQ or 1 mM K3Fe(CN)6 are similar and show two phases. The slower phase has a half-time of 1.2 ms and corresponds to the reduction of YZ+ by the S3 state; the faster phase reflects reduction of YZ+ by both S1 and S2. By using flowing, dark-adapted PSII membranes, we resolved the YZ+S1 reaction (t1/2 = 100 .mu.s) on the first flash and found it to be significantly faster than the YZ+S2 reaction (t1/2 = 300 .mu.s) which occurs on the second flash. A high-resolution ESR spectrum of YZ+ in O2-evolving PSII membranes was obtained with gated integration techniques and found to be similar to the spectra of YD+ and of YZ+ in inhibited membranes. Thus, the magnetic interaction between spins on YZ+ and the manganese in the oxygen-evolving complex broadens the YZ+ spectrum negligibly. These results support the idea that a single electron carrier, YZ, operates between P680+ and the manganese ensemble in the oxygen-evolving complex and functions on all four S-state transitions.