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Peer-reviewed International journal
Feb, 2020

Excitation-Energy Transfer and Quenching in Diatom PSI-FCPI upon P700 Cation Formation

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
  • Ryo Nagao
  • ,
  • Makio Yokono
  • ,
  • Yoshifumi Ueno
  • ,
  • Jian-Ren Shen
  • ,
  • Seiji Akimoto

Volume
124
Number
8
First page
1481
Last page
1486
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00715
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Excitation-energy transfer in photosystem I (PSI) is changed by a cation formation of a special pair chlorophyll P700 in the PSI core; however, it remains unclear how light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes are involved in the P700-related energy-transfer mechanisms. Here, we report effects of the redox changes of P700 on excitation-energy dynamics in diatom PSI-fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding protein (PSI-FCPI) and PSI core complexes by means of time-resolved fluorescence (TRF) spectroscopy. For the TRF measurements, the PSI-FCPI and PSI were adapted under P700 neutral and cation conditions using chemical reagents. Upon the P700(+) formation, fluorescence decay-associated (FDA) spectra constructed from the TRF spectra exhibit a larger fluorescence decay amplitude relative to a fluorescence rise magnitude within 100 ps in each of the PSI-FCPI and PSI. The decay components are shifted to lower wavelengths in each of the P700-cation PSI-FCPI and PSI than in the P700-neutral PSIs. The rapid fluorescence decays upon the P700(+) formation are clearly verified by mean lifetimes reconstructed from the FDA spectra. Because the P700-cation PSI does not cause charge-separation reactions, the relatively strong decay components and rapid fluorescence decays observed are likely attributed to excitation-energy quenching. These observations suggest that chlorophylls in PSI and around/within FCPI are involved in the energy-quenching events by the redox changes of P700.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00715
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32011139
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000517672500013&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00715
  • ISSN : 1520-6106
  • eISSN : 1520-5207
  • Pubmed ID : 32011139
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000517672500013

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