RRC ID 58204
著者 Abram M, Białek R, Szewczyk S, Karolczak J, Gibasiewicz K, Kargul J.
タイトル Remodeling of excitation energy transfer in extremophilic red algal PSI-LHCI complex during light adaptation.
ジャーナル Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg
Abstract Photosynthetic PSI-LHCI complexes from an extremophilic red alga C. merolae grown under varying light regimes are characterized by decreasing size of LHCI antenna with increasing illumination intensity [1]. In this study we applied time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize the kinetics of energy transfer processes in three types of PSI-LHCI supercomplexes isolated from the low (LL), medium (ML) and extreme high light (EHL) conditions. We show that the average rate of fluorescence decay is not correlated with the size of LHCI antenna and is twice faster in complexes isolated from ML-grown cells (~25-30 ps) than from both LL- and EHL-exposed cells (~50-55 ps). The difference is mainly due to a contribution of a long ~100-ps decay component detected only for the latter two PSI samples. We propose that the lack of this phase in ML complexes is caused by perfect coupling of this antenna to PSI core and lack of low-energy chlorophylls in LHCI. On the other hand, the presence of the slow, ~100-ps, fluorescence decay component in LL and EHL complexes may be due to the weak coupling between PSI core and LHCI antenna complex, and due to the presence of particularly low-energy or red chlorophylls in LHCI. Our study has revealed the remarkable functional flexibility of light harvesting strategies that have evolved in the extremophilic red algae in response to harsh or limiting light conditions involving accumulation of low energy chlorophylls that exert two distinct functions: as energy traps or as far-red absorbing light harvesting antenna, respectively.
巻・号 1861(1)
ページ 148093
公開日 2020-1-1
DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148093
PII S0005-2728(19)30140-9
PMID 31669460
MeSH Light* Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes* / chemistry Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes* / metabolism Photosystem I Protein Complex / chemistry Photosystem I Protein Complex / metabolism Rhodophyta / enzymology* Spectrometry, Fluorescence
IF 4.441
引用数 3
リソース情報
藻類 NIES-1332