Ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy of native etiolated oat phytochrome.
Ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy of native etiolated oat phytochrome.
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天然黄化燕麦光敏色素的超快泵探针光谱。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00080a024
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发表时间:
1993
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Struve,WS
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作者:
Savikhin,S;Wells,T;Song,PS;Struve,WS
Pfr transformation innative oat phytochrome. These experiments were performed using low-intensity laser pulses at high repetition rate; fast sample recycling ensured that essentially all phytochrome species were excited from the Pr ground state. The Pr*-stimulated emission decay at wavelengths> 670 nm exhibits major components with lifetimes of~ 16 and 50-60 ps. Formation of the asymptotic 695-nm lumi-R absorption spectrum rapidly follows stimulated emission decay. Photoexcitation of one or both of the lumi-R intermediates instantaneously recreates fluorescing Pr* phytochrome, which is spectroscopically and kinetically indistinguishable from that generated by direct illumination of ground-state Pr. This is consistent with assignment of lumi-R as a species in which the chromophore has isomerized from the,, to the,, conformation. Anisotropy studies indicate that the orientations of the Pr and lumi-R absorption transition moments are nearly parallel, since little anisotropy decay occurs during the500-ps time window of these experiments.The excited-state kinetics and dark reactions associated with phototransformations of the plant chromoprotein phytochrome have attracted considerable interest (Linschitz et al., 1966; Cross etal., 1968; Braslavsky etal., 1980; Shimizaki et al., 1980; Cordonnier et al., 1981; Song et al., 1981, 1986; Holzwarth et al., 1984; Ruzsicska et al., 1985; Brock et al., 1987). This photoreceptor in green plants mediates the regulation of some 200 biological responses, including bio-synthesis of chlorophylls, carotenoids, rubisco, and thylakoid membranes. Undegraded phytochrome from etiolated oat