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Photosynth Res. 2002;72(2):175-89. doi: 10.1023/A:1016140902662.

Correlation of the cytochrome c (550) content of cyanobacterial Photosystem II with the EPR properties of the oxygen-evolving complex.

Photosynthesis research

K V Lakshmi, Michael J Reifler, Dexter A Chisholm, Jamie Y Wang, Bruce A Diner, Gary W Brudvig

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520-8107, USA, [email protected].

PMID: 16228516 DOI: 10.1023/A:1016140902662

Abstract

The Mn(4) cluster of PS II advances through a series of oxidation states (S states) that catalyze the breakdown of water to dioxygen in the oxygen-evolving complex. The present study describes the engineering and purification of highly active PS II complexes from mesophilic His-tagged Synechocystis PCC 6803 and purification of PS II core complexes from thermophilic wild-type Synechococcus lividus with high levels of the extrinsic polypeptide, cytochrome c (550). The g = 4.1 S(2) state EPR signal, previously not characterized in untreated cyanobacterial PS II, is detected in high yields in these PS II preparations. We present a complete characterization of the g = 4.1 state in cyanobacterial His-tagged Synechocystis PCC 6803 PS II and S. lividus PS II. Also presented are a determination of the stoichiometry of cytochrome c (550) bound to His-tagged Synechocystis PCC 6803 PS II and analytical ultracentrifugation results which indicate that cytochrome c (550) is a monomer in solution. The temperature-dependent multiline to g = 4.1 EPR signal conversion observed for the S(2) state in cyanobacterial PS II with high cytochrome c (550) content is very similar to that previously found for spinach PS II. In spinach PS II, the formation of the S(2) state g = 4.1 EPR signal has been found to correlate with the binding of the extrinsic 17 and 23 kDa polypeptides. The finding of a similar correlation in cyanobacterial PS II with the binding of cytochrome c (550) suggests a functional homology between cytochrome c (550) and the 17 and 23 kDa extrinsic proteins of spinach PS II.

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