Structure of the maize photosystem I supercomplex with light-harvesting complexes I and II

Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 360 (6393) ◽  
pp. 1109-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Pan ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
Xiaodong Su ◽  
Peng Cao ◽  
Wenrui Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Complex I ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Conditions ◽  
Light Harvesting Complexes ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex ◽  
Cryo Electron Microscopy ◽  
Photosystems I And Ii ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex Ii

Plants regulate photosynthetic light harvesting to maintain balanced energy flux into photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII). Under light conditions favoring PSII excitation, the PSII antenna, light-harvesting complex II (LHCII), is phosphorylated and forms a supercomplex with PSI core and the PSI antenna, light-harvesting complex I (LHCI). Both LHCI and LHCII then transfer excitation energy to the PSI core. We report the structure of maize PSI-LHCI-LHCII solved by cryo–electron microscopy, revealing the recognition site between LHCII and PSI. The PSI subunits PsaN and PsaO are observed at the PSI-LHCI interface and the PSI-LHCII interface, respectively. Each subunit relays excitation to PSI core through a pair of chlorophyll molecules, thus revealing previously unseen paths for energy transfer between the antennas and the PSI core.

Plant and Algal PSII–LHCII Supercomplexes: Structure, Evolution and Energy Transfer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Sheng ◽  
Zhenfeng Liu ◽  
Eunchul Kim ◽  
Jun Minagawa
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Chemical Form ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Cryo Electron Microscopy ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex Ii ◽  
Overall Efficiency ◽  
Psii Subunits

Abstract Photosynthesis is the process conducted by plants and algae to capture photons and store their energy into a chemical form. The light-harvesting, excitation transfer, charge separation, and electron transfer in photosystem II (PSII) are the critical initial reactions of photosynthesis and thereby largely determine its overall efficiency. In this review, we outline the rapidly accumulating knowledges about the architectures and assemblies of plant and green algal PSII–light harvesting complex II (LHCII) supercomplexes with a particular focus on new insights provided by the recent high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) map of the supercomplexes from a green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We make pair-wise comparative analyses between the supercomplexes from plants and green algae to gain insights about the evolution of the PSII–LHCII supercomplexes involving the peripheral small PSII subunits that might have been acquired during the evolution, and about the energy transfer pathways that define their light-harvesting and photoprotective properties.

scholarly journals Excitation energy transfer and equilibration process in LHCII studied by multidimensional electronic spectroscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 09038
Author(s):  
Thanh Nhut Do ◽  
Adriana Huerta-Viga ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Parveen Akhtar ◽  
Pawei J. Nowakowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Electronic Spectroscopy ◽  
Excitation Energy Transfer ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex Ii ◽  
Equilibration Process ◽  
Light Harvesting Antenna

Light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) – the light-harvesting antenna of Photosystem II – is a naturally abundant system that plays an important role in photosynthesis. In this study, we present a phenomenological analysis of the excitonic energy transfer in LHCII using ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy, that we find compares well with previous theoretical and experimental results.

Isolation and characterization of three membranebound chlorophyll-protein complexes from four dinoflagellate species

1993 ◽  
Vol 340 (1294) ◽  
pp. 381-392 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Photosystem I ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Light Harvesting Complexes ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex ◽  
Isolation And Characterization

Employing discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation of n -dodecyl β-d-maltoside-solubilized thylakoid membranes, three chlorophyll (Chl)-protein complexes containing Chl a , Chl c 2 and peridinin in different proportions, were isolated from the dinoflagellates Symbiodinium microadriaticum, S. kawagutii, S. pilosum and Heterocapsa pygmaea . In S. microadriaticum , the first complex, containing 13% of the total cellular Chl a , and minor quantities of Chl c 2 and peridinin, is associated with polypeptides with apparent molecular mass ( M r ) of 8-9 kDa, and demonstrated inefficient energy transfer from the accessory pigments to Chl a . The second complex contains Chl a , Chl c 2 and peridinin in a molar ratio of 1:1:2, associated with two apoproteins of M r 19-20 kDa, and comprises 45%, 75% and 70%, respectively, of the cellular Chl a , Chl c 2 and peridinin. The efficient energy transfer from Chl c 2 and peridinin to Chl a in this complex is supportive of a light-harvesting function. This Chl a - c 2 - peridin-protein complex represents the major light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates. The third complex obtained contains 12% of the cellular Chl a , and appears to be the core of photosystem I, associated with a light-harvesting complex. This complex is spectroscopically similar to analogous preparations from different taxonomic groups, but demonstrates a unique apoprotein composition. Antibodies against the water-soluble peridinin-Chl a -protein (sPCP) light-harvesting complexes failed to cross-react with any of the thylakoid-associated complexes, as did antibodies against Chl a - c -fucoxanthin apoprotein (from diatoms). Antibodies against the P 700 apoprotein of plants did not cross-react with the photosystem I complex. Similar results were observed in the other dinoflagellates.

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