6w1u
From Proteopedia
RT XFEL structure of Photosystem II 400 microseconds after the second illumination at 2.09 Angstrom resolution
Structural highlights
FunctionPSBE_THEVB This b-type cytochrome is tightly associated with the reaction center of photosystem II (PSII). PSII is a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase that uses light energy to abstract electrons from H(2)O, generating O(2) and a proton gradient subsequently used for ATP formation. It consists of a core antenna complex that captures photons, and an electron transfer chain that converts photonic excitation into a charge separation.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00642][1] [2] [3] Publication Abstract from PubMedIn oxygenic photosynthesis, light-driven oxidation of water to molecular oxygen is carried out by the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in photosystem II (PS II). Recently, we reported the room-temperature structures of PS II in the four (semi)stable S-states, S1, S2, S3, and S0, showing that a water molecule is inserted during the S2 --> S3 transition, as a new bridging O(H)-ligand between Mn1 and Ca. To understand the sequence of events leading to the formation of this last stable intermediate state before O2 formation, we recorded diffraction and Mn X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) data at several time points during the S2 --> S3 transition. At the electron acceptor site, changes due to the two-electron redox chemistry at the quinones, QA and QB, are observed. At the donor site, tyrosine YZ and His190 H-bonded to it move by 50 micros after the second flash, and Glu189 moves away from Ca. This is followed by Mn1 and Mn4 moving apart, and the insertion of OX(H) at the open coordination site of Mn1. This water, possibly a ligand of Ca, could be supplied via a "water wheel"-like arrangement of five waters next to the OEC that is connected by a large channel to the bulk solvent. XES spectra show that Mn oxidation (tau of approximately 350 micros) during the S2 --> S3 transition mirrors the appearance of OX electron density. This indicates that the oxidation state change and the insertion of water as a bridging atom between Mn1 and Ca are highly correlated. Untangling the sequence of events during the S2 --> S3 transition in photosystem II and implications for the water oxidation mechanism.,Ibrahim M, Fransson T, Chatterjee R, Cheah MH, Hussein R, Lassalle L, Sutherlin KD, Young ID, Fuller FD, Gul S, Kim IS, Simon PS, de Lichtenberg C, Chernev P, Bogacz I, Pham CC, Orville AM, Saichek N, Northen T, Batyuk A, Carbajo S, Alonso-Mori R, Tono K, Owada S, Bhowmick A, Bolotovsky R, Mendez D, Moriarty NW, Holton JM, Dobbek H, Brewster AS, Adams PD, Sauter NK, Bergmann U, Zouni A, Messinger J, Kern J, Yachandra VK, Yano J Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 May 20. pii: 2000529117. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.2000529117. PMID:32434915[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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Categories: Large Structures | Thermosynechococcus vestitus BP-1 | Adams PD | Alonso-Mori R | Batyuk A | Bergmann U | Bhowmick A | Bogacz I | Bolotovski R | Brewster AS | Carbajo S | Chatterjee R | Cheah MH | Chernev P | Dobbek H | Fransson T | Fuller FD | Gul S | Holton JM | Hussein R | Ibrahim M | Kern J | Kim I-S | Lassalle L | Mendez D | Messinger J | Moriarty NW | Northen TR | Orville AM | Owada S | Pham C | Saichek N | Sauter NK | Simon PS | Sutherlin KD | Tono K | Yachandra VK | Yano J | Young ID | Zouni A | De Lichtenberg C
