Chemical complementation identifies a proton acceptor for redox-active tyrosine D in photosystem II
AUTOR(ES)
Kim, Sunyoung
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
Through the use of site-directed mutagenesis and chemical rescue, we have identified the proton acceptor for redox-active tyrosine D in photosystem II (PSII). Effects of chemical rescue on the tyrosyl radical were monitored by EPR spectroscopy. We also have acquired the Fourier–transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum associated with the oxidation of tyrosine D and concomitant protonation of the acceptor. Mutant and isotopically labeled PSII samples are used to assign vibrational lines in the 3,600–3,100 cm−1 region to N-H modes of His-189 in the D2 polypeptide. When His-189 in D2 is changed to a leucine (HL189D2) in PSII, dramatic alterations of both EPR and FT-IR spectra are observed. When imidazole is introduced into HL189D2 samples, results from both EPR and FT-IR spectroscopy argue that imidazole is functionally reconstituted into an accessible pocket and that imidazole acts as a chemical mimic for His-189. Small perturbations of EPR and FT-IR spectra are consistent with access to this pocket in wild-type PSII, as well. Structures of the analogous site in bacterial reaction centers suggest that an accessible pocket, large enough to contain imidazole, is bordered by tyrosine D and His-189 in the D2 polypeptide. These data provide evidence that His-189 in the D2 polypeptide of PSII acts as a proton acceptor for redox-active tyrosine D and that proton transfer to the imidazole ring facilitates the efficient oxidation/reduction of tyrosine D.
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