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Álvarez S, Rodríguez F, Riobó P, Garrido JL, Vaz B. Chlorophyll cCS-170 Isolated from Ostreococcus sp. Is [7-Methoxycarbonyl-8-vinyl]protochlorophyllide a. Org Lett 2013; 15:4430-3. [DOI: 10.1021/ol4019826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Susana Álvarez
- IBIV Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Subida a Radio Faro, 50. 36390 Vigo, Spain, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (CSIC), Av. Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- IBIV Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Subida a Radio Faro, 50. 36390 Vigo, Spain, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (CSIC), Av. Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- IBIV Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Subida a Radio Faro, 50. 36390 Vigo, Spain, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (CSIC), Av. Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- IBIV Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Subida a Radio Faro, 50. 36390 Vigo, Spain, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (CSIC), Av. Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- IBIV Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Subida a Radio Faro, 50. 36390 Vigo, Spain, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas (CSIC), Av. Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208, Vigo, Spain, and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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In silico and biochemical analysis of Physcomitrella patens photosynthetic antenna: identification of subunits which evolved upon land adaptation. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2033. [PMID: 18446222 PMCID: PMC2323573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background In eukaryotes the photosynthetic antenna system is composed of subunits encoded by the light harvesting complex (Lhc) multigene family. These proteins play a key role in photosynthesis and are involved in both light harvesting and photoprotection. The moss Physcomitrella patens is a member of a lineage that diverged from seed plants early after land colonization and therefore by studying this organism, we may gain insight into adaptations to the aerial environment. Principal Findings In this study, we characterized the antenna protein multigene family in Physcomitrella patens, by sequence analysis as well as biochemical and functional investigations. Sequence identification and analysis showed that some antenna polypeptides, such as Lhcb3 and Lhcb6, are present only in land organisms, suggesting they play a role in adaptation to the sub-aerial environment. Our functional analysis which showed that photo-protective mechanisms in Physcomitrella patens are very similar to those in seed plants fits with this hypothesis. In particular, Physcomitrella patens also activates Non Photochemical Quenching upon illumination, consistent with the detection of an ortholog of the PsbS protein. As a further adaptation to terrestrial conditions, the content of Photosystem I low energy absorbing chlorophylls also increased, as demonstrated by differences in Lhca3 and Lhca4 polypeptide sequences, in vitro reconstitution experiments and low temperature fluorescence spectra. Conclusions This study highlights the role of Lhc family members in environmental adaptation and allowed proteins associated with mechanisms of stress resistance to be identified within this large family.
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Six C, Worden AZ, Rodríguez F, Moreau H, Partensky F. New Insights into the Nature and Phylogeny of Prasinophyte Antenna Proteins: Ostreococcus tauri, a Case Study. Mol Biol Evol 2005; 22:2217-30. [PMID: 16049197 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The basal position of the Mamiellales (Prasinophyceae) within the green lineage makes these unicellular organisms key to elucidating early stages in the evolution of chlorophyll a/b-binding light-harvesting complexes (LHCs). Here, we unveil the complete and unexpected diversity of Lhc proteins in Ostreococcus tauri, a member of the Mamiellales order, based on results from complete genome sequencing. Like Mantoniella squamata, O. tauri possesses a number of genes encoding an unusual prasinophyte-specific Lhc protein type herein designated "Lhcp". Biochemical characterization of the complexes revealed that these polypeptides, which bind chlorophylls a, b, and a chlorophyll c-like pigment (Mg-2,4-divinyl-phaeoporphyrin a5 monomethyl ester) as well as a number of unusual carotenoids, are likely predominant. They are retrieved to some extent in both reaction center I (RCI)- and RCII-enriched fractions, suggesting a possible association to both photosystems. However, in sharp contrast to previous reports on LHCs of M. squamata, O. tauri also possesses other LHC subpopulations, including LHCI proteins (encoded by five distinct Lhca genes) and the minor LHCII polypeptides, CP26 and CP29. Using an antibody against plant Lhca2, we unambiguously show that LHCI proteins are present not only in O. tauri, in which they are likely associated to RCI, but also in other Mamiellales, including M. squamata. With the exception of Lhcp genes, all the identified Lhc genes are present in single copy only. Overall, the discovery of LHCI proteins in these prasinophytes, combined with the lack of the major LHCII polypeptides found in higher plants or other green algae, supports the hypothesis that the latter proteins appeared subsequent to LHCI proteins. The major LHC of prasinophytes might have arisen prior to the LHCII of other chlorophyll a/b-containing organisms, possibly by divergence of a LHCI gene precursor. However, the discovery in O. tauri of CP26-like proteins, phylogenetically placed at the base of the major LHCII protein clades, yields new insight to the origin of these antenna proteins, which have evolved separately in higher plants and green algae. Its diverse but numerically limited suite of Lhc genes renders O. tauri an exceptional model system for future research on the evolution and function of LHC components.
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Goss R, Wilhelm C, Garab G. Organization of the pigment molecules in the chlorophyll a/b/c containing alga Mantoniella squamata (Prasinophyceae) studied by means of absorption, circular and linear dichroism spectroscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1457:190-9. [PMID: 10773164 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In order to obtain information on the organization of the pigment molecules in chlorophyll (Chl) a/b/c-containing organisms, we have carried out circular dichroism (CD), linear dichroism (LD) and absorption spectroscopic measurements on intact cells, isolated thylakoids and purified light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) of the prasinophycean alga Mantoniella squamata. The CD spectra of the intact cells and isolated thylakoids were predominated by the excitonic bands of the Chl a/b/c LHC. However, some anomalous bands indicated the existence of chiral macrodomains, which could be correlated with the multilayered membrane system in the intact cells. In the red, the thylakoid membranes and the LHC exhibited a well-discernible CD band originating from Chl c, but otherwise the CD spectra were similar to that of non-aggregated LHC II, the main Chl a/b LHC in higher plants. In the Soret region, however, an unusually intense (+) 441 nm band was observed, which was accompanied by negative bands between 465 and 510 nm. It is proposed that these bands originate from intense excitonic interactions between Chl a and carotenoid molecules. LD measurements revealed that the Q(Y) dipoles of Chl a in Mantoniella thylakoids are preferentially oriented in the plane of the membrane, with orientation angles tilting out more at shorter than at longer wavelengths (9 degrees at 677 nm, 20 degrees at 670 nm and 26 degrees at 662 nm); the Q(Y) dipole of Chl c was found to be oriented at 29 degrees with respect to the membrane plane. These data and the LD spectrum of the LHC, apart from the presence of Chl c, suggest an orientation pattern of dipoles similar to those of higher plant thylakoids and LHC II. However, the tendency of the Q(Y) dipoles of Chl b to lie preferentially in the plane of the membrane (23 degrees at 653 nm and 30 degrees at 646 nm) is markedly different from the orientation pattern in higher plant membranes and LHC II. Hence, our CD and LD data show that the molecular organization of the Chl a/b/c LHC, despite evident similarities, differs significantly from that of LHC II.
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- R Goss
- Institut für Botanik, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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The chlorophyll-carotenoid binding proteins responsible for absorption and conversion of light energy in oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms belong to two extended families: the Chl a binding core complexes common to cyanobacteria and all chloroplasts, and the nuclear-encoded light-harvesting antenna complexes of eukaryotic photosynthesizers (Chl a/b, Chl a/c, and Chl a proteins). There is a general consensus on polypeptide and pigment composition for higher plant pigment proteins. These are reviewed and compared with pigment proteins of chlorophyte, rhodophyte, and chromophyte algae. Major advances have been the determination of the structures of LHCII (major Chl a/b complex of higher plants), cyanobacterial Photosystem I, and the peridinen-Chl a protein of dinoflagellates to atomic resolution. Better isolation methods, improved transformation procedures, and the availability of molecular structure models are starting to provide insights into the pathways of energy transfer and the macromolecular organization of thylakoid membranes.
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- B. R. Green
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Canada, Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island, 11973 New York
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Hiller RG, Wrench PM, Sharples FP. The light-harvesting chlorophyll a-c-binding protein of dinoflagellates: a putative polyprotein. FEBS Lett 1995; 363:175-8. [PMID: 7729542 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00297-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The principle light-harvesting chlorophyll a-c-binding protein of Amphidinium carterae of 19 kDa is encoded as a polyprotein translated from a 6.1 kb mRNA. The cDNA sequences indicate that each derived polypeptide is contiguous with the next and that the mature peptides are formed by cleavage at a C-terminal arginine residue. Comparison of the amino-acid sequences shows the Amphidinium protein to be most closely related to the fucoxanthin-chlorophyll-protein (Fcp) of Phaeodactylum and less related to the chlorophyll a-b-binding (Cab) proteins including those from Euglena.
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- R G Hiller
- School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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Schmitt A, Frank G, James P, Staudenmann W, Zuber H, Wilhelm C. Polypeptide sequence of the chlorophyll a/b/c-binding protein of the prasinophycean alga Mantoniella squamata. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1994; 40:269-277. [PMID: 24309945 DOI: 10.1007/bf00034776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/1993] [Accepted: 02/28/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The primary structure of the Chla/b/c-binding protein from Mantoniella squamata is determined. This is the first report that protein sequencing reveals one modified amino acid resulting in a LHCP-specific TFA-cleavage site. The comparison of the sequence of Mantoniella with other Chla/b-and Chla/c-binding proteins shows that the modified amino acid is located in a region which is highly conserved in all these proteins. The alignment also reveals that the LHCP of Mantoniella is related to the Chla/b-binding proteins. Finally, possible Chl-binding regions are discussed.
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- A Schmitt
- Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany
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