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Drosou M, Comas-Vilà G, Neese F, Salvador P, Pantazis DA. Does Serial Femtosecond Crystallography Depict State-Specific Catalytic Intermediates of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex? J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10604-10621. [PMID: 37137865 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Recent advances in serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) of photosystem II (PSII), enabled by X-ray free electron lasers (XFEL), provided the first geometric models of distinct intermediates in the catalytic S-state cycle of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). These models are obtained by flash-advancing the OEC from the dark-stable state (S1) to more oxidized intermediates (S2 and S3), eventually cycling back to the most reduced S0. However, the interpretation of these models is controversial because geometric parameters within the Mn4CaO5 cluster of the OEC do not exactly match those expected from coordination chemistry for the spectroscopically verified manganese oxidation states of the distinct S-state intermediates. Here we focus on the first catalytic transition, S1 → S2, which represents a one-electron oxidation of the OEC. Combining geometric and electronic structure criteria, including a novel effective oxidation state approach, we analyze existing 1-flash (1F) SFX-XFEL crystallographic models that should depict the S2 state of the OEC. We show that the 1F/S2 equivalence is not obvious, because the Mn oxidation states and total unpaired electron counts encoded in these models are not fully consistent with those of a pure S2 state and with the nature of the S1 → S2 transition. Furthermore, the oxidation state definition in two-flashed (2F) structural models is practically impossible to elucidate. Our results advise caution in the extraction of electronic structure information solely from the literal interpretation of crystallographic models and call for re-evaluation of structural and mechanistic interpretations that presume exact correspondence of such models to specific catalytic intermediates of the OEC.
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- Maria Drosou
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis, Chemistry Department, University of Girona, Montilivi Campus, Girona, Catalonia 17003, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis, Chemistry Department, University of Girona, Montilivi Campus, Girona, Catalonia 17003, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Chatterjee R, Lassalle L, Gul S, Fuller FD, Young ID, Ibrahim M, de Lichtenberg C, Cheah MH, Zouni A, Messinger J, Yachandra VK, Kern J, Yano J. Structural isomers of the S 2 state in photosystem II: do they exist at room temperature and are they important for function? Physiol Plant 2019; 166:60-72. [PMID: 30793319 PMCID: PMC6478542 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In nature, an oxo-bridged Mn4 CaO5 cluster embedded in photosystem II (PSII), a membrane-bound multi-subunit pigment protein complex, catalyzes the water oxidation reaction that is driven by light-induced charge separations in the reaction center of PSII. The Mn4 CaO5 cluster accumulates four oxidizing equivalents to enable the four-electron four-proton catalysis of two water molecules to one dioxygen molecule and cycles through five intermediate S-states, S0 - S4 in the Kok cycle. One important question related to the catalytic mechanism of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) that remains is, whether structural isomers are present in some of the intermediate S-states and if such equilibria are essential for the mechanism of the O-O bond formation. Here we compare results from electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) obtained at cryogenic temperatures for the S2 state of PSII with structural data collected of the S1 , S2 and S3 states by serial crystallography at neutral pH (∼6.5) using an X-ray free electron laser at room temperature. While the cryogenic data show the presence of at least two structural forms of the S2 state, the room temperature crystallography data can be well-described by just one S2 structure. We discuss the deviating results and outline experimental strategies for clarifying this mechanistically important question.
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- Ruchira Chatterjee
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Correspondence Corresponding authors, , , ,
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Correspondence Corresponding authors, , , ,
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Correspondence Corresponding authors, , , ,
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Kitakawa CK, Maruyama T, Oonari J, Mitsuta Y, Kawakami T, Okumura M, Yamaguchi K, Yamanaka S. Linear Response Functions of Densities and Spin Densities for Systematic Modeling of the QM/MM Approach for Mono- and Poly-Nuclear Transition Metal Systems. Molecules 2019; 24:E821. [PMID: 30823580 PMCID: PMC6412466 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24040821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We applied our analysis, based on a linear response function of density and spin density, to two typical transition metal complex systems-the reaction centers of P450, and oxygen evolving center in Photosystem II, both of which contain open-shell transition metal ions. We discuss the relationship between LRF of electron density and spin density and the types of units and interactions of the systems. The computational results are discussed in relation to quantum mechanics (QM) cluster and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) modeling that are employed to compute the reaction centers of enzymes.
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- Colin K Kitakawa
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
- Quantum information, Quantum Biology division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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Shoji M, Isobe H, Miyagawa K, Yamaguchi K. Possibility of the right-opened Mn-oxo intermediate (R-oxo(4444)) among all nine intermediates in the S3 state of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II revealed by large-scale QM/MM calculations. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Affiliation(s)
- Dimitrios A. Pantazis
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Vitukhnovskaya LA, Zharmukhamedov SK, Najafpour MM, Allakhverdiev SI, Semenov AY, Mamedov MD. Electrogenic reactions in Mn-depleted photosystem II core particles in the presence of synthetic binuclear Mn complexes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:222-227. [PMID: 29879428 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An electrometrical technique was used to investigate electron transfer between synthetic binuclear manganese (Mn) complexes, designated M - 2 and M - 3, and the redox-active neutral tyrosine radical (YZ•) in proteoliposomes containing Mn-depleted photosystem II (PS II) core particles in response to single laser flashes. In the absence of Mn-containing compounds, the observed flash-induced membrane potential (ΔΨ) decay was mainly due to charge recombination between the reduced primary quinone acceptor QA- and the oxidized YZ•. More significant slowing down of the ΔΨ decay in the presence of lower concentrations of M - 2 and M - 3 associated with electron donation from Mn in the Mn-binding site to YZ• indicates that these synthetic compounds are more effective electron donors than MnCl2. The exponential fitting of the kinetics of additional electrogenic components of ΔΨ rise in the presence of Mn-containing compounds revealed the following relative amplitudes (A) and lifetimes (τ): for MnCl2 - A∼ 3.5, τ∼150 μs, for M - 2 - A∼5%, τ∼1.4 ms, and for M - 3 - A∼5.5%, τ∼150 μs. This suggests that the efficiency of the manganese complexes in electron donation depends on the chemical nature of ligands. The experiments with EDTA-treated samples indicated that the ligands for M - 2 and M - 3 are required for their tight binding with the PS II reaction center. The obtained results demonstrate the importance of understanding the molecular mechanism(s) of flash-induced electrogenic reduction of the tyrosine radical YZ• by synthetic Mn complexes capable of splitting water into oxygen and reducing equivalents.
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- Liya A Vitukhnovskaya
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-40, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (LASBS), Zanjan, Iran
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-40, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-40, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
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Yamaguchi K, Shoji M, Isobe H, Yamanaka S, Kawakami T, Yamada S, Katouda M, Nakajima T. Theory of chemical bonds in metalloenzymes XXI. Possible mechanisms of water oxidation in oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1428375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Kizashi Yamaguchi
- Institute for Nanoscience Design, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Handairigaku Techno-Research, Osaka Univeristy, Osaka, Japan
- Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Hyogo, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Hyogo, Japan
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- Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Hyogo, Japan
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- Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Hyogo, Japan
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- Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Hyogo, Japan
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