TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectroscopic studies of phycobilisome subcore preparations lacking key core chromophores
T2 - Assignment of excited state energies to the Lcm, β18 and αAP-B chromophores
AU - Gindt, Yvonne M.
AU - Zhou, Jianhui
AU - Bryant, Donald A.
AU - Sauer, Kenneth
PY - 1994/7/29
Y1 - 1994/7/29
N2 - Chromophore absorption and emission characteristics of the αAP-B, β18 and Lcm (large core-membrane linker) chromopeptides within the phycobilisome core are investigated using genetically engineered strains of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Steady-state and time-resolved emission were used to examine energy transfer in subcore preparations from the wild-type organism and two mutants. Low-temperature (77 K) emission spectra were also measured for intact phycobilisomes from the wild-type and five mutant strains. Mutants retaining either the αAP-B subunit or the unaltered Lcm chromophore resulted in only small changes in the low-temperature emission spectra, while retention of only the β18 subunit resulted in blue-shifted emission spectra. The Lcm chromophore has a room-temperature absorption maximum at 675 nm. In phycobilisomes at 77 K the αAP-B and Lcm chromophores emit at 682-683 nm, and they are the best candidates for long-wavelength emitters also at room temperature. Overlap of these emission spectra with the absorption of chlorophyll a in the associated thylakoid membrane plays a significant role in excitation transfer from the antenna complexes in cyanobacteria.
AB - Chromophore absorption and emission characteristics of the αAP-B, β18 and Lcm (large core-membrane linker) chromopeptides within the phycobilisome core are investigated using genetically engineered strains of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Steady-state and time-resolved emission were used to examine energy transfer in subcore preparations from the wild-type organism and two mutants. Low-temperature (77 K) emission spectra were also measured for intact phycobilisomes from the wild-type and five mutant strains. Mutants retaining either the αAP-B subunit or the unaltered Lcm chromophore resulted in only small changes in the low-temperature emission spectra, while retention of only the β18 subunit resulted in blue-shifted emission spectra. The Lcm chromophore has a room-temperature absorption maximum at 675 nm. In phycobilisomes at 77 K the αAP-B and Lcm chromophores emit at 682-683 nm, and they are the best candidates for long-wavelength emitters also at room temperature. Overlap of these emission spectra with the absorption of chlorophyll a in the associated thylakoid membrane plays a significant role in excitation transfer from the antenna complexes in cyanobacteria.
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U2 - 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90174-0
DO - 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90174-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 8043589
AN - SCOPUS:0028018301
VL - 1186
SP - 153
EP - 162
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
SN - 0005-2728
IS - 3
ER -