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Ebling CD, Thys RCS, Klein MP. Influence of amyloglucosidase, glucose oxidase, and transglutaminase on the technological quality of gluten‐free bread. Cereal Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cche.10537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- César D. Ebling
- Department of Nutrition Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), ZC Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), ZC Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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Groß C, Sun Y, Jost T, Grimm T, Klein MP, Niedner-Schatteburg G, Becker S, Thiel WR. Generation of a zinc and rhodium containing metallomacrocycle by rearrangement of a six-coordinate precursor complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:368-371. [PMID: 31808780 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07723e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Two pentadentate N3,P2 ligands coordinate zinc(ii) by their N3 pocket. Four free phosphine donors allow the coordination of four AuCl moieties leading to a pentanuclear ZnAu4 complex. In contrast, the attempt to use the phosphines for chelating coordination of two Rh(CO)Cl units results in a well-organized rearrangement that ends up with the formation of a metallomacrocycle in high yields.
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- C Groß
- Fachbereich Chemie, TU Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 54, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Dal Magro L, Kornecki JF, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC, Fernandez-Lafuente R. Pectin lyase immobilization using the glutaraldehyde chemistry increases the enzyme operation range. Enzyme Microb Technol 2020; 132:109397. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Dal Magro L, Kornecki JF, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC, Fernandez-Lafuente R. Optimized immobilization of polygalacturonase from Aspergillus niger following different protocols: Improved stability and activity under drastic conditions. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 138:234-243. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.07.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Dal Magro L, de Moura KS, Backes BE, de Menezes EW, Benvenutti EV, Nicolodi S, Klein MP, Fernandez-Lafuente R, Rodrigues RC. Immobilization of pectinase on chitosan-magnetic particles: Influence of particle preparation protocol on enzyme properties for fruit juice clarification. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 24:e00373. [PMID: 31516853 PMCID: PMC6728273 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2019.e00373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Magnetic-chitosan particles were prepared following three different protocols enabling the preparation of particles with different sizes - nano (Nano-CMag, Micro (Micro-CMag) and Macro (Macro-CMag) - and used for pectinase immobilization and clarification of grape, apple and orange juices. The particle size had a great effect in the kinetic parameters, Nano-CMag biocatalyst presented the highest Vmax value (78.95 mg. min-1), followed by Micro-CMag and Macro-CMag, with Vmax of 57.20 mg.min-1 and 46.03 mg.min-1, respectively. However, the highest thermal stability was achieved using Macro-CMag, that was 8 and 3-times more stable than Nano-CMag and Micro-CMag biocatalysts, respectively. Pectinase immobilized on Macro-CMag kept 85% of its initial activity after 25 batch cycles in orange juice clarification. These results suggested that the chitosan magnetic biocatalysts presented great potential application as clarifying catalysts for the fruit juice industry and the great importance of the chitosan particles preparation on the final biocatalyst properties.
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- Lucas Dal Magro
- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15090, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Department of Biocatalysis, ICP-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, ZC 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15090, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15090, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Solids and Surfaces, Institute of Chemistry, UFRGS, P.O. Box 15003, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Solids and Surfaces, Institute of Chemistry, UFRGS, P.O. Box 15003, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Magnetism Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, P.O. Box 15051, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), ZC 90050-170, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Biocatalysis, ICP-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, ZC 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Corresponding authors.
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15090, ZC 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Corresponding authors.
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Dal Magro L, Kornecki JF, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC, Fernandez‐Lafuente R. Stability/activity features of the main enzyme components of rohapect 10L. Biotechnol Prog 2019; 35:e2877. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Lucas Dal Magro
- Department of Biocatalysis, ICP‐CSICCampus UAM‐CSIC, Cantoblanco Madrid ZC Spain
- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis GroupInstitute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- Department of Biocatalysis, ICP‐CSICCampus UAM‐CSIC, Cantoblanco Madrid ZC Spain
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- Department of NutritionFederal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis GroupInstitute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre RS Brazil
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Dal Magro L, Silveira VC, de Menezes EW, Benvenutti EV, Nicolodi S, Hertz PF, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC. Magnetic biocatalysts of pectinase and cellulase: Synthesis and characterization of two preparations for application in grape juice clarification. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 115:35-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Bellé AS, Hackenhaar CR, Spolidoro LS, Rodrigues E, Klein MP, Hertz PF. Efficient enzyme-assisted extraction of genipin from genipap (Genipa americana L.) and its application as a crosslinker for chitosan gels. Food Chem 2018; 246:266-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Klein MP, Hackenhaar CR, Lorenzoni AS, Rodrigues RC, Costa TM, Ninow JL, Hertz PF. Chitosan crosslinked with genipin as support matrix for application in food process: Support characterization and β-d-galactosidase immobilization. Carbohydr Polym 2016; 137:184-190. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.10.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dal Magro L, Hertz PF, Fernandez-Lafuente R, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC. Preparation and characterization of a Combi-CLEAs from pectinases and cellulases: a potential biocatalyst for grape juice clarification. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03940e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Combi-CLEAs of pectinases and cellulases were prepared for grape juice clarification.
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- Lucas Dal Magro
- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Porto Alegre
- Brazil
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Porto Alegre
- Brazil
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Porto Alegre
- Brazil
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- Biotechnology, Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Group
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Porto Alegre
- Brazil
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Kaplan AL, Klein MP, Tan HJ, Setlur NP, Agarwal N, Steinberg K, Saigal CS. Use of patient ethnography to support quality improvement in benign prostatic hyperplasia. Healthc (Amst) 2015; 2:263-7. [PMID: 26250634 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 09/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patient-centeredness is a primary aim of quality improvement (QI) but optimal strategies to achieve that goal remain elusive. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the commonest urologic diagnoses and significantly affects quality of life. Patient ethnography is an emerging qualitative method of observation and dynamic interviews to understand the context through which the patient experiences care. We implemented patient ethnography to support our QI infrastructure and improve patient-centeredness in BPH. PROBLEM Little is known about how to measure whether processes of care are patient-centered. We did not know whether the care processes our patients experienced provided value from their perspective. GOALS We sought to discover previously unrecognized components of care that patients perceived to be of low value. Our primary goal was to develop QI initiatives that targeted low-value themes identified in the ethnography. Our secondary goal was a rapid rollout of three targeted initiatives. STRATEGY We used a 4-step patient ethnography: (1) created detailed process maps to define phases of care, (2) interviewed patients, (3) synthesized transcript data in focus groups using the Crawford Slip method, and (4) targeted undesirable components of care for QI. Semi-structured interviews with seven representative patients identified low-value themes. Focus groups, comprised of primary care physicians, case coordinators, nurses, and urologists, evaluated the interview transcripts and generated improvement opportunities prioritized based on feasibility, patient value, scalability, and innovation. We used affinity mapping and priority matrix techniques to prioritize QI opportunities. RESULTS We identified five low-value themes from the patient interviews and developed corresponding QI opportunities. These included issues surrounding the referral and consultation process as well as postoperative care, especially home urinary catheter maintenance. Six months after completing the ethnography three of five targeted improvement opportunities had been implemented.
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- A L Kaplan
- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, UCLA 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Box 951738, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1738, USA.
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- Institute for Innovations in Health, UCLA Health System, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, UCLA 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Box 951738, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1738, USA
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- Performance Excellence, UCLA Health System, USA
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- Performance Excellence, UCLA Health System, USA
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- Institute for Innovations in Health, UCLA Health System, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, UCLA 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Box 951738, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1738, USA
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Schneid AC, Pereira MB, Horowitz F, Mauler RS, Matte CR, Klein MP, Hertz PF, Costa TMH, Menezes EWD, Benvenutti EV. Silver Nanoparticle Thin Films Deposited on Glass Surface Using an Ionic Silsesquioxane as Stabilizer and as Crosslinking Agent. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.5935/0103-5053.20150066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lorenzoni AS, Aydos LF, Klein MP, Ayub MA, Rodrigues RC, Hertz PF. Continuous production of fructooligosaccharides and invert sugar by chitosan immobilized enzymes: Comparison between in fluidized and packed bed reactors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2014.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lorenzoni AS, Aydos LF, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC, Hertz PF. Fructooligosaccharides synthesis by highly stable immobilized β-fructofuranosidase from Aspergillus aculeatus. Carbohydr Polym 2014; 103:193-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Klein MP, Fallavena LP, Schöffer JDN, Ayub MA, Rodrigues RC, Ninow JL, Hertz PF. High stability of immobilized β-d-galactosidase for lactose hydrolysis and galactooligosaccharides synthesis. Carbohydr Polym 2013; 95:465-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Valerio SG, Alves JS, Klein MP, Rodrigues RC, Hertz PF. High operational stability of invertase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized on chitosan nanoparticles. Carbohydr Polym 2013; 92:462-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Klein MP, Nunes MR, Rodrigues RC, Benvenutti EV, Costa TMH, Hertz PF, Ninow JL. Effect of the Support Size on the Properties of β-Galactosidase Immobilized on Chitosan: Advantages and Disadvantages of Macro and Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules 2012; 13:2456-64. [DOI: 10.1021/bm3006984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Manuela P. Klein
- Departamento de Engenharia Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil
- Laboratório de Enzimologia, Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sólidos e Superfícies, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Enzimologia, Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sólidos e Superfícies, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sólidos e Superfícies, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Enzimologia, Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil
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Tomkiewicz M, Klein MP. Photooxidation of chlorophyll B by quinones studied by chemically-induced dynamic nuclear polarization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 70:143-6. [PMID: 16592048 PMCID: PMC433202 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.70.1.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The photooxidation of chlorophyll b by 1,4-benzoquinone and 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone was investigated by the technique of chemically-induced dynamic nuclear polarization. Polarization of the proton magnetic resonance lines of the quinone was detected. A mechanism for the photooxidation was postulated that invokes the reaction of the quinone with the excited singlet state of the chlorophyll to form a radical pair. This mechanism, together with a theoretical model and parameters taken from the literature, yields a theoretical proton magnetic resonance spectrum for the polarized quinone that agrees well with that observed experimentally.
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- M Tomkiewicz
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720
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- G A Corker
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
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Messinger J, Robblee JH, Bergmann U, Fernandez C, Glatzel P, Visser H, Cinco RM, McFarlane KL, Bellacchio E, Pizarro SA, Cramer SP, Sauer K, Klein MP, Yachandra VK. Absence of Mn-centered oxidation in the S(2) --> S(3) transition: implications for the mechanism of photosynthetic water oxidation. J Am Chem Soc 2001. [PMID: 11493054 DOI: 10.1021/ja004307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A key question for the understanding of photosynthetic water oxidation is whether the four oxidizing equivalents necessary to oxidize water to dioxygen are accumulated on the four Mn ions of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC), or whether some ligand-centered oxidations take place before the formation and release of dioxygen during the S(3) --> [S(4)] --> S(0) transition. Progress in instrumentation and flash sample preparation allowed us to apply Mn Kbeta X-ray emission spectroscopy (Kbeta XES) to this problem for the first time. The Kbeta XES results, in combination with Mn X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) data obtained from the same set of samples, show that the S(2) --> S(3) transition, in contrast to the S(0) --> S(1) and S(1) --> S(2) transitions, does not involve a Mn-centered oxidation. On the basis of new structural data from the S(3)-state, manganese mu-oxo bridge radical formation is proposed for the S(2) --> S(3) transition, and three possible mechanisms for the O-O bond formation are presented.
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- J Messinger
- Melvin Calvin Laboratory, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Bergmann U, Glatzel P, Robblee JH, Messinger J, Fernandez C, Cinco R, Visser H, McFarlane K, Bellacchio E, Pizarro S, Sauer K, Yachandra VK, Klein MP, Cox BL, Nealson KH, Cramer SP. High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of rare events: a different look at local structure and chemistry. J Synchrotron Radiat 2001; 8:199-203. [PMID: 11512725 PMCID: PMC4028048 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049500016484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2000] [Accepted: 11/07/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The combination of large-acceptance high-resolution X-ray optics with bright synchrotron sources permits quantitative analysis of rare events such as X-ray fluorescence from very dilute systems, weak fluorescence transitions or X-ray Raman scattering. Transition-metal Kbeta fluorescence contains information about spin and oxidation state; examples of the characterization of the Mn oxidation states in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II and Mn-consuming spores from the marine bacillus SG- are presented. Weaker features of the Kbeta spectrum resulting from valence-level and 'interatomic' ligand to metal transitions contain detailed information on the ligand- atom type, distance and orientation. Applications of this spectral region to characterize the local structure of model compounds are presented. X-ray Raman scattering (XRS) is an extremely rare event, but also represents a unique technique to obtain bulk-sensitive low-energy (<600 eV) X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectra using hard (approximately 10 keV) X-rays. A photon is inelastically scattered, losing part of its energy to promote an electron into an unoccupied level. In many cases, the cross section is proportional to that of the corresponding absorption process yielding the same X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) features. XRS finds application for systems that defy XAFS analysis at low energies, e.g. liquids or highly concentrated complex systems, reactive compounds and samples under extreme conditions (pressure, temperature). Recent results are discussed.
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- U Bergmann
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA.
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Rompel A, Cinco RM, Latimer MJ, McDermott AE, Guiles RD, Quintanilha A, Krauss RM, Sauer K, Yachandra VK, Klein MP. Sulfur K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy: a spectroscopic tool to examine the redox state of S-containing metabolites in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:6122-7. [PMID: 9600928 PMCID: PMC27596 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.11.6122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/1997] [Accepted: 03/23/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The sulfur K-edge x-ray absorption spectra for the amino acids cysteine and methionine and their corresponding oxidized forms cystine and methionine sulfoxide are presented. Distinct differences in the shape of the edge and the inflection point energy for cysteine and cystine are observed. For methionine sulfoxide the inflection point energy is 2.8 eV higher compared with methionine. Glutathione, the most abundant thiol in animal cells, also has been investigated. The x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectrum of reduced glutathione resembles that of cysteine, whereas the spectrum of oxidized glutathione resembles that of cystine. The characteristic differences between the thiol and disulfide spectra enable one to determine the redox status (thiol to disulfide ratio) in intact biological systems, such as unbroken cells, where glutathione and cyst(e)ine are the two major sulfur-containing components. The sulfur K-edge spectra for whole human blood, plasma, and erythrocytes are shown. The erythrocyte sulfur K-edge spectrum is similar to that of fully reduced glutathione. Simulation of the plasma spectrum indicated 32% thiol and 68% disulfide sulfur. The whole blood spectrum can be simulated by a combination of 46% disulfide and 54% thiol sulfur.
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- A Rompel
- Physical Biosciences Division, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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STUDY DESIGN In this study, the authors investigated the superficial multifidus muscle in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. During spinal fusion, biopsies were taken bilaterally at the apex of the curve, and at the upper and lower end vertebrae. OBJECTIVES To analyze the muscular reactions in response to bracing in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The extent to which intervertebral mobility is restricted by an orthosis is still controversial. In addition, the effect of bracing on the erector spinae has not been investigated. METHODS Of a total 30 patients, 11 had been treated with a corset for a year or more before surgery. Biopsies were investigated histochemically and the muscle fibers classified as Type I, IIA, IIB, or IIC (transitional fibers). The relative distribution of the fibers was calculated and their diameter was measured. RESULTS In unbraced patients, a shift in the fiber distribution (from "slow" to "fast") was observed exclusively at the concave side of the apex. This shift was paralleled by an increased percentage of the intermediate Type IIC fiber (indicative of fiber transformation). In patients who always wore a corset, the relative amount of Type IIC fibers was increased, without preference for a specific location. CONCLUSIONS Corset treatment elicits muscle fiber transformation processes at different levels along the scoliosis. This general reaction of the paraspinal muscles provides strong evidence against the existence of muscular disorders that are restricted to the area of the apex and are thus causing the scoliosis. As such, it must be assumed that the muscular changes in the apical region are secondary.
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- M P Meier
- Institute of Anatomy, University Zürich-Irchel, Switzerland
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Roelofs TA, Liang W, Latimer MJ, Cinco RM, Rompel A, Andrews JC, Sauer K, Yachandra VK, Klein MP. Oxidation states of the manganese cluster during the flash-induced S-state cycle of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:3335-40. [PMID: 11607649 PMCID: PMC39608 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.8.3335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Mn K-edge x-ray absorption spectra for the pure S states of the tetranuclear Mn cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II during flash-induced S-state cycling have been determined. The relative S-state populations in samples given 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 flashes were determined from fitting the flash-induced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) multiline signal oscillation pattern to the Kok model. The edge spectra of samples given 0, 1, 2, or 3 flashes were combined with EPR information to calculate the pure S-state edge spectra. The edge positions (defined as the zero-crossing of the second derivatives) are 6550.1, 6551.7, 6553.5, and 6553.8 eV for S0, S1, S2, and S3, respectively. In addition to the shift in edge position, the S0--> S1 and S1--> S2 transitions are accompanied by characteristic changes in the shape of the edge, both indicative of Mn oxidation. The edge position shifts very little (0.3 eV) for the S2--> S3 transition, and the edge shape shows only subtle changes. We conclude that probably no direct Mn oxidation is involved in this transition. The proposed Mn oxidation state assignments are as follows: S0 (II, III, IV, IV) or (III, III, III, IV), S1 (III, III, IV, IV), S2 (III, IV, IV, IV), S3 (III, IV, IV, IV).
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- T A Roelofs
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Six nitroxide spin-labeled psoralen derivative have been synthesized and evaluated as probes for structural and dynamic studies. Sequence specific photoaddition of these derivatives to DNA oligonucleotides resulted in site-specifically cross-linked and spin-labeled oligomers. Comparison of the general line shape features of the observed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of several duplexes ranging in size from 8 to 46 base pairs with simulated EPR spectra indicate that the nitroxide spin-label probe reports the global tumbling motion of the oligomers. While there is no apparent large amplitude motion of the psoralen other than the overall tumbling of the DNA on the time scales investigated, there are some indications of bending and other residual motions. The (A)BC excinuclease DNA repair system detects structural or dynamic features of the DNA that distinguish between damaged and undamaged DNA and are independent of the intrinsic structure of the lesion. NMR studies have shown that psoralen-cross-linked DNA has altered backbone dynamics and conformational populations in the immediate vicinity of the adduct [Emsley et al. (1993) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 7765-7771; Spielmann et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 2345-2349]. We suggested that the signal for recognition of a lesion to be repaired is in the sugar--phosphate backbone and not in the damaged base(s).
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- H P Spielmann
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Latimer MJ, DeRose VJ, Mukerji I, Yachandra VK, Sauer K, Klein MP. Evidence for the proximity of calcium to the manganese cluster of photosystem II: determination by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1995; 34:10898-909. [PMID: 7662671 DOI: 10.1021/bi00034a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex contains a cluster of four manganese atoms and requires both Ca and Cl for activity. The question of Ca proximity to the Mn cluster has been investigated by performing Mn X-ray absorption experiments on native samples of photosystem II (PS II) and on samples depleted of Ca and reconstituted by either Ca or Sr. Analysis of X-ray K-edge spectra demonstrates no significant differences in oxidation state or symmetry between Ca- and Sr-reactivated preparations. Differences are observed in the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). The amplitude of a Fourier transform peak due to scatters at distances greater than 3 A is larger for samples reactivated with strontium than for calcium-reactivated samples. Taking into account the stoichiometry of Mn and Ca atoms in PS II, and considering physically reasonable structures, curve-fitting analyses of the EXAFS data using FEFF5-calculated parameters favor a model where both manganese and calcium (or strontium) scatterers contribute to the Fourier peak at approximately 3 A. Other models for the approximately 3 A peak with multiple Mn-Mn interactions or multiple Mn-Ca(Sr) interactions can also be fit to the data, but are considered less likely. This result provides confirmation for the structural proximity of Ca to the Mn cluster suggested previously [Yachandra, V. K., et al. (1993) Science 260, 675-679]. Possible structural arrangements for a calcium-binding site are discussed.
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- M J Latimer
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Dau H, Andrews JC, Roelofs TA, Latimer MJ, Liang W, Yachandra VK, Sauer K, Klein MP. Structural consequences of ammonia binding to the manganese center of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex: an X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of isotropic and oriented photosystem II particles. Biochemistry 1995; 34:5274-87. [PMID: 7711049 DOI: 10.1021/bi00015a043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The structure and orientation of the manganese complex in NH3-treated photosystem II (PS II) membrane particles of spinach are being studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. On the basis of earlier work by our group, a structure for the tetranuclear manganese complex of PS II, which consists of two di-mu-oxo-bridged binuclear Mn units linked by a mono-mu-oxo group, has been proposed [Yachandra, V. K., et al. (1993) Science 260, 675-679]. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) of the complex modified by NH3 binding in the S2-state is suggestive of an increase in the Mn-Mn distance of one of these units from 2.72 +/- 0.02 to 2.87 +/- 0.02 A, whereas the Mn-Mn distance of the second unit seems to be unaffected by NH3 treatment. The elongation of one binuclear center could result from the replacement of one bridging mu-oxo by an amido group. The lengthening of one Mn-Mn distance means that, by NH3 treatment, the distance degeneracy of the 2.7 A Mn-Mn EXAFS interaction is removed. Consequently, the orientation of individual binuclear units with respect to the membrane normal becomes resolvable by EXAFS spectroscopy of partially oriented PS II membrane particles. The angle between the normal of the PS II-containing membrane and the Mn-Mn vector is determined to be 67 degrees +/- 3 degrees for the 2.87 A distance and 55 degrees +/- 4 degrees for the 2.72 A distance. Only small effects on position, shape, and orientation dependence of Mn K-edge spectra result from NH3 treatment, indicating that the Mn oxidation state, the symmetry of the Mn ligand environment, and the orientation of the complex remain essentially unaffected in the annealed NH3 S2-state. Therefore, it seems likely that the angles determined for the ammonia-modified manganese complex are similar to the respective angles of the untreated complex. The structure of the manganese complex and its orientation in the membrane are discussed.
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- H Dau
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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- M P Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Mukerji I, Andrews JC, DeRose VJ, Latimer MJ, Yachandra VK, Sauer K, Klein MP. Orientation of the oxygen-evolving manganese complex in a photosystem II membrane preparation: an X-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Biochemistry 1994; 33:9712-21. [PMID: 8068650 DOI: 10.1021/bi00198a042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been performed on oriented photosystem II membrane particles isolated from spinach. Structural features of the tetranuclear Mn cluster and the orientation of the cluster with respect to the lipid bilayer were determined in both the S1 and S2 states of the Kok cycle. Variation of the sample orientation with respect to the X-ray e-vector yields highly dichroic K-edge and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra (EXAFS), indicative of an asymmetric tetranuclear cluster. Mn-Mn vectors at 2.72 and 3.38 A can be resolved from these measurements using quantitative analysis. The 2.72-A vector, consisting of at least two component vectors, is oriented at an average angle of 60 degrees +/- 7 degrees to the membrane normal, with an average of 1.1 +/- 0.1 interactions per Mn atom. The 3.38-A vector, most probably an average of two vectors, makes an angle of 43 degrees +/- 10 degrees with respect to the membrane normal, with an average of 0.45 +/- 0.07 backscatterer per Mn atom. Upon advance to the S2 state, the orientation of these vectors and the average numbers of backscatterers are approximately invariant. Analysis of more subtle features of the EXAFS reveals changes accompanying this S-state advance that are consistent with the oxidation of Mn during this transition. However, the dominant structural features of the oxygen-evolving complex remain constant in the S1 and S2 states. The structure of the Mn complex and the orientation of the complex in the membrane within the context of dichroism of the X-ray absorption data are discussed.
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- I Mukerji
- Department of Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Liang W, Latimer MJ, Dau H, Roelofs TA, Yachandra VK, Sauer K, Klein MP. Correlation between structure and magnetic spin state of the manganese cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II in the S2 state: determination by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1994; 33:4923-32. [PMID: 8161553 DOI: 10.1021/bi00182a022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The structure of the manganese cluster in the S2 state with the g approximately 4 EPR signal (S2-g4 state) generated by 130 K illumination of photosystem II (PSII) membranes prepared from spinach has been investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The Mn X-ray absorption K-edge spectra of the S2-g4 state not only show a shift of the inflection point to higher energy from the S1 state but also reveal a different edge shape from that of the S2 state with the multiline signal (S2-MLS state). Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) studies of the Mn K-edge show that the structure of the Mn cluster in the S2-g4 state is distinctly different from those in the S2-MLS or S1 states. In the S2-g4 state, the second shell of back-scatters from the Mn absorber is found to contain two Mn-Mn distances of 2.73 and 2.85 A. We interpret this to indicate the presence of two nonequivalent di-mu-oxo-bridged Mn binuclear structures in the Mn cluster of the S2-g4 state. The third shell of the S2-g4 state at about 3.3 A also contains increased heterogeneity. By contrast, very little distance disorder was found to exist in the second shell of the S1 or S2-MLS states. A mechanism is proposed to explain these results in the context of our model for the Mn cluster and the EPR properties of the Mn complex in the S2 state.
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- W Liang
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Hansen AP, Britt RD, Klein MP, Bender CJ, Babcock GT. ENDOR and ESEEM studies of cytochrome c oxidase: evidence for exchangeable protons at the CuA site. Biochemistry 1993; 32:13718-24. [PMID: 8257706 DOI: 10.1021/bi00212a042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) and electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopies were used to study whether protons in the immediate protein environment around CuA in cytochrome c oxidase are susceptible to solvent exchange. The enzyme was incubated in buffered D2O under resting or turnover conditions for 90 min and then frozen to quench the hydrogen/deuterium-exchange process. ENDOR spectra of the deuterated sample were essentially identical to those of control samples. The ESEEM spectra, however, provided a clear indication of the introduction of deuterium into the CuA environment following incubation in buffered D2O. The extent of deuterium incorporation was not affected by enzyme turnover. An analysis of the ESEEM data indicated that water is in reasonably close proximity to the CuA site, but not in the immediate coordination sphere of the metal(s). We estimate a minimum distance of 5.4 A between the CuA center and the protein/water interface. This relatively short surface separation distance is consistent with the role of CuA as the immediate oxidant of cytochrome c in the cytochrome oxidase (Hill, B. C. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 2219-2226).
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- A P Hansen
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Yachandra VK, DeRose VJ, Latimer MJ, Mukerji I, Sauer K, Klein MP. Where plants make oxygen: a structural model for the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving manganese cluster. Science 1993; 260:675-9. [PMID: 8480177 DOI: 10.1126/science.8480177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In the photosynthetic evolution of oxygen, water oxidation occurs at a catalytic site that includes four manganese atoms together with the essential cofactors, the calcium and chlorine ions. A structural model and a determination of the manganese oxidation states based on x-ray absorption spectroscopy are presented. The salient features, in both higher plants and cyanobacteria, are a pair of di-mu-oxo bridged manganese binuclear clusters linked by a mono-mu-oxo bridge, one proximal calcium atom, and one halide. In dark-adapted samples, manganese occurs in oxidation states (III) and (IV). Data from oriented membranes display distinct dichroism, precluding highly symmetrical structures for the manganese complex.
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- V K Yachandra
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Klein MP, Sauer K, Yachandra VK. Perspectives on the structure of the photosynthetic oxygen evolving manganese complex and its relation to the Kok cycle. Photosynth Res 1993; 38:265-277. [PMID: 24317980 DOI: 10.1007/bf00046751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/1993] [Accepted: 09/29/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This review describes the progress in our understanding of the structure of the Mn complex in Photosystem II over the last two decades. Emphasis is on the research from our laboratory, especially the results from X-ray absorption spectroscopy, low temperature electron paramagnetic resonance and electron spin echo envelope modulation studies. The importance of the interplay between electron paramagnetic resonance studies and X-ray absorption studies, which has led to a description of the oxidation states of manganese as the enzyme cycles through the Kok cycle, is described. Finally, the path, by which our group has utilized these two important methods to arrive at a working structural model for the manganese complex that catalyzes the oxidation of water to dioxygen in higher plants and cyanobacteria, is explained.
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- M P Klein
- Structural Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Britt RD, Lorigan GA, Sauer K, Klein MP, Zimmermann JL. The g = 2 multiline EPR signal of the S2 state of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex originates from a ground spin state. Biochim Biophys Acta 1992; 1140:95-101. [PMID: 1329981 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(92)90024-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The amplitude of the g = 2 Mn 'multiline' EPR signal of the S2 state of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex varies inversely with temperature, indicating that this signal arises from a ground spin state. Electron spin echo experiments at temperatures of 4.2 K and 1.4 K show such Curie-law behavior of the g = 2 multiline EPR signal, as do continuous-wave EPR experiments performed at a non-saturating microwave power in the range from 15.0 K to 4.2 K.
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- R D Britt
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616
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Kim DH, Britt RD, Klein MP, Sauer K. The manganese site of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex probed by EPR spectroscopy of oriented photosystem II membranes: the g = 4 and g = 2 multiline signals. Biochemistry 1992; 31:541-7. [PMID: 1310041 DOI: 10.1021/bi00117a034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The g = 4 and g = 2 multiline EPR signals arising from the Mn cluster of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in the S2 state were studied in preparations of oriented photosystem II (PSII) membranes. The ammonia-modified forms of these two signals were also examined. The g = 4 signal obtained in oriented PSII membranes treated with NH4Cl at pH 7.5 displays at least 16 partially resolved Mn hyperfine transitions with a regular spacing of 36 G [Kim, D.H., Britt, R.D., Klein, M.P., & Sauer, K. (1990) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112, 9389-9391]. The observation of this g = 4 "multiline signal" provides strong spectral evidence for a tetranuclear Mn origin for the g = 4 signal and is strongly suggestive of a model in which different spin state configurations of a single exchange-coupled Mn cluster give rise to the g = 4 and g = 2 multiline signals. A simulation shows the observed spectrum to be consistent with an S = 3/2 or S = 5/2 state of a tetranuclear Mn complex. The resolution of hyperfine structure on the NH3-modified g = 4 signal is strongly dependent on sample orientation, with no resolved hyperfine structure when the membrane normal is oriented perpendicular to the applied magnetic field. The dramatic NH3-induced changes in the g = 4 signal resolved in the spectra of oriented samples are suggestive that NH3 binding at the Cl- site of the OEC may represent direct coordination of NH3 to the Mn cluster.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D H Kim
- Chemical Biodynamics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Time-correlated single-photon counting of intercalated ethidium bromide was used to measure the torsion constants of positively supercoiled, relaxed, and negatively supercoiled pBR322 DNA, which range in superhelix density from +0.042 to -0.123. DNA behaves as coupled, nonlinear torsional pendulums under superhelical stress, and the anharmonic term in the Hamiltonian is approximately 15 percent for root-mean-square fluctuations in twist at room temperature. At the level of secondary structure, positively supercoiled DNA is significantly more flexible than negatively supercoiled DNA. These results exclude certain models that account for differential binding affinity of proteins to positively and negatively supercoiled DNA.
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- P R Selvin
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
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Britt RD, Sauer K, Klein MP, Knaff DB, Kriauciunas A, Yu CA, Yu L, Malkin R. Electron spin echo envelope modulation spectroscopy supports the suggested coordination of two histidine ligands to the Rieske Fe-S centers of the cytochrome b6f complex of spinach and the cytochrome bc1 complexes of Rhodospirillum rubrum, Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26, and bovine heart mitochondria. Biochemistry 1991; 30:1892-901. [PMID: 1847076 DOI: 10.1021/bi00221a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) experiments performed on the Rieske Fe-S clusters of the cytochrome b6f complex of spinach chloroplasts and of the cytochrome bc1 complexes of Rhodospirillum rubrum, Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26, and bovine heart mitochondria show modulation components resulting from two distinct classes of 14N ligands. At the g = 1.92 region of the Rieske EPR spectrum of the cytochrome b6f complex, the measured hyperfine couplings for the two classes of coupled nitrogens are A1 = 4.6 MHz and A2 = 3.8 MHz. Similar couplings are observed for the Rieske centers in the three cytochrome bc1 complexes. These ESEEM results indicate a nitrogen coordination environment for these Rieske Fe-S centers that is similar to that of the Fe-S cluster of a bacterial dioxygenase enzyme with two coordinated histidine ligands [Gurbiel, R. J., Batie, C. J., Sivaraja, M., True, A. E., Fee, J. A., Hoffman, B. M., & Ballou, D. P. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 4861-4871]. The Rieske Fe-S cluster lacks modulation components from a weakly coupled peptide nitrogen observed in water-soluble spinach ferredoxin. Treatment with the quinone analogue inhibitor DBMIB causes a shift in the Rieske EPR spectrum to g = 1.95 with no alteration in the magnetic coupling to the two nitrogen atoms. However, the ESEEM pattern of the DBMIB-altered Rieske EPR signal shows evidence of an additional weakly coupled nitrogen similar to that observed in the spinach ferredoxin ESEEM patterns.
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- R D Britt
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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DeRose VJ, Yachandra VK, McDermott AE, Britt RD, Sauer K, Klein MP. Nitrogen ligation to manganese in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex: continuous-wave and pulsed EPR studies of photosystem II particles containing 14N or 15N. Biochemistry 1991; 30:1335-41. [PMID: 1846751 DOI: 10.1021/bi00219a025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The possibility of nitrogen ligation to the Mn in the oxygen-evolving complex from photosystem II was investigated with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopies using 14N- and 15N-labeled preparations. Oxygen-evolving preparations were isolated from a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., grown on a medium containing either 14NO3- or 15NO3- as the sole source of nitrogen. the substructure on the "multiline" EPR signal, which arises from Mn in the S2 state of the enzyme, was measured with continuous-wave EPR. No changes were detected in the substructure peak positions upon substitution of 15N for 14N, indicating that this substructure is not due to superhyperfine coupling from nitrogen ligands. To detect potential nitrogen ligands with superhyperfine couplings of lesser magnitude than could be observed with conventional EPR methods, electron spin-echo envelope modulation experiments were also performed on the multiline EPR signal. The Fourier transform of the light-minus-dark time domain ESEEM data shows a peak at 4.8 MHz in 14N samples which is absent upon substitution with 15N. This gives unambiguous evidence for weak hyperfine coupling of nitrogen to the Mn of the oxygen-evolving complex. Possible origins of this nitrogen interaction are discussed.
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- V J DeRose
- Department of Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Polarized fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (pFRAP) was used to monitor the effects that condensation, i.e. compaction and aggregation, have on the (microseconds and ms) internal dynamics of chromatin in intact nuclei. When divalent cations were present with physiological (approximately 90 mM) monovalent salt the chromatin was found to exist in a compact and aggregated state which was characterized by rotational immobilization over timescales that range from 10 microseconds to 40 milliseconds. This immobilization is attributed to suppression of internal dynamics by intermolecular interactions. When the divalent cations were removed, the compact fibers no longer aggregated and were free to reorient with a characteristic decay time of about 1.2 milliseconds. It is shown that this millisecond relaxation could represent rigid rotation of topologically independent structural domains. Dilution of the monovalent salt induced a gradual change in the structural state of the chromatin that was manifest as a dramatic increase in internal flexibility. At the lowest salt concentration studied (11 mM-monovalent salt) the chromatin reorients in fewer than ten microseconds. These changes in flexibility are continuous with salt concentration, indicating that there are no well-defined endpoints to structural transitions and that the microsecond-millisecond internal dynamics of chromatin are a sensitive measure of structure. Measurements made on nuclei from cells that are either transcriptionally quiescent or active indicate that the dynamics mirrors biological activity.
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- P R Selvin
- Chemical Biodynamics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkley, CA 94720
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Polarized fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (pFRAP) has been used to study the internal dynamics of relatively long DNA molecules embedded in gels that range in concentration from 1% to 5% agarose. The data indicate that, even in very congested gels, rapid internal relaxation of DNA is largely unhindered; however, interactions with gel matrices apparently do perturb the larger amplitude, more slowly (microseconds to milliseconds) relaxing internal motions of large DNAs. The relationship between this work and recent studies which indicate that internal motions of DNA play an important role in the separation achieved with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis techniques is discussed. The polarized photobleaching technique is also analyzed in some detail. In particular, it is shown that "reversible" photobleaching phenomena are probably related to depletion of the ground state by intersystem crossing to the triplet state.
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- B A Scalettar
- Chemical Biodynamics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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Guiles RD, Yachandra VK, McDermott AE, Cole JL, Dexheimer SL, Britt RD, Sauer K, Klein MP. The S0 state of photosystem II induced by hydroxylamine: differences between the structure of the manganese complex in the S0 and S1 states determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1990; 29:486-96. [PMID: 2154248 DOI: 10.1021/bi00454a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hydroxylamine at low concentrations causes a two-flash delay in the first maximum flash yield of oxygen evolved from spinach photosystem II (PSII) subchloroplast membranes that have been excited by a series of saturating flashes of light. Untreated PSII membrane preparations exhibit a multiline EPR signal assigned to a manganese cluster and associated with the S2 state when illuminated at 195 K, or at 273 K in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU). We used the extent of suppression of the multiline EPR signal observed in samples illuminated at 195 K to determine the fraction of PSII reaction centers set back to a hydroxylamine-induced S0-like state, which we designate S0*. The manganese K-edge X-ray absorption edges for dark-adapted PSII preparations with or without hydroxylamine are virtually identical. This indicates that, despite its high binding affinity to the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in the dark, hydroxylamine does not reduce chemically the manganese cluster within the OEC in the dark. After a single turnover of PSII, a shift to lower energy is observed in the inflection of the Mn K-edge of the manganese cluster. We conclude that, in the presence of hydroxylamine, illumination causes a reduction of the OEC, resulting in a state resembling S0. This lower Mn K-edge energy of S0*, relative to the edge of S1, implies the storage and stabilization of an oxidative equivalent within the manganese cluster during the S0----S1 state transition. An analysis of the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) of the S0* state indicates that a significant structural rearrangement occurs between the S0* and S1 states. The X-ray absorption edge position and the structure of the manganese cluster in the S0* state are indicative of a heterogeneous mixture of formal valences of manganese including one Mn(II) which is not present in the S1 state.
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- R D Guiles
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Newmark RD, Un S, Williams PG, Carson PJ, Morimoto H, Klein MP. 3H nuclear magnetic resonance study of anaerobic glycolysis in packed erythrocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:583-7. [PMID: 2300548 PMCID: PMC53309 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.2.583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The utility and power of 3H NMR spectroscopy as a technique for monitoring biological systems in vivo is illustrated with glucose metabolism in erythrocytes. Use of C-1-tritiated glucose allowed us to monitor the disappearance of the alpha and beta tritons, with the production of lactate and 1H3HO (HTO), as well as some intermediates. Spin lattice relaxation times (T1) were measured to avoid T1 distortion of the spectral intensities. Detection of the formation of 1 mM tritiated water in the presence of 110 M H2O protons and deuterons allows the eventual fate of the label in the pentose shunt to be observed in vivo.
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- R D Newmark
- Research Medicine and Radiation Biophysics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Klein MP, Rahn BA, Frigg R, Kessler S, Perren SM. Reaming versus non-reaming in medullary nailing: interference with cortical circulation of the canine tibia. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 1990; 109:314-6. [PMID: 2073449 DOI: 10.1007/bf00636168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Medullary nails have only been used with reluctance in the treatment of open fractures since reaming interferes with the cortical circulation. The technique of interlocking offers the interesting possibility of inserting a relatively stiff nail which does not necessarily require reaming. The effects of reaming prior to nail insertion upon the cortical circulation was investigated in the canine tibia. Intravital staining with procion red was used to trace areas of disturbed circulation. Nail insertion without reaming provided clear advantages for the bone's blood supply, while reaming disturbed perfusion in two-thirds of the cortical area and regionally extended through the entire thickness of the cortex. The disturbance without reaming was limited to the inner layer of the cortex and involved only one-third of the cortical cross-section.
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- M P Klein
- Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Swiss Research Institute, Davos-Platz
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McDermott AE, Yachandra VK, Guiles RD, Sauer K, Klein MP, Parrett KG, Golbeck JH. EXAFS structural study of FX, the low-potential Fe-S center in photosystem I. Biochemistry 1989; 28:8056-9. [PMID: 2690931 DOI: 10.1021/bi00446a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We present iron extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra of a photosystem I core preparation containing FX, the very low potential iron-sulfur cluster in photosystem I. The preparation lacks FA and FB. The amplitude of Fe-Fe backscattering in the EXAFS spectrum indicates that FX may be a [4Fe-4S] cluster and is not a [2Fe-2S] cluster or clusters.
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- A E McDermott
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Jeffries CD, Lam QH, Kim Y, Kim CM, Zettl A, Klein MP. Nonlinear electrodynamics in the granular superconductor YBa2Cu3O7: Experiments and interpretation. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1989; 39:11526-11537. [PMID: 9947984 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.39.11526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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- P J Podrid
- Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts
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McDermott AE, Yachandra VK, Guiles RD, Britt RD, Dexheimer SL, Sauer K, Klein MP. Low-potential iron-sulfur centers in photosystem I: an X-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Biochemistry 1988; 27:4013-20. [PMID: 3137969 DOI: 10.1021/bi00411a018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have measured the X-ray absorption spectra of Fe in photosystem I (PS I) preparations from spinach and a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., to characterize structures of the Fe complexes that function as electron acceptors in PS I. These acceptors include centers A and B, which are probably typical [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins, and X. The structure of X is not known, but its electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum has generated the suggestions that it is either a [2Fe-2S] or [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin or an Fe-quinone species. The iron X-ray absorption K-edge and iron extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra reveal that essentially all of the 11-14 Fe atoms present in the reaction center are present in the form of Fe-S centers and that not more than 1 atom out of 12 could be octahedral or oxygen-coordinated Fe. This suggests that, besides A and B, additional Fe-S clusters are present which are likely to be X. Our EXAFS spectra cannot be simulated adequately by a mixture of [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins with typical bond lengths and disorder parameters because the amplitude of Fe backscattering is small; however, excellent simulations of the data are consistent with a mixture of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins and [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins, or with unusually distorted [4Fe-4S] clusters. We presume that the [2Fe-2S] or distorted [4Fe-4S] centers are X. The X-ray absorption spectra of PS I preparations from Synechococcus and spinach are essentially indistinguishable.
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- A E McDermott
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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McDermott AE, Yachandra VK, Guiles RD, Cole JL, Dexheimer SL, Britt RD, Sauer K, Klein MP. Characterization of the manganese O2-evolving complex and the iron-quinone acceptor complex in photosystem II from a thermophilic cyanobacterium by electron paramagnetic resonance and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 1988; 27:4021-31. [PMID: 2843222 DOI: 10.1021/bi00411a019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The Mn donor complex in the S1 and S2 states and the iron-quinone acceptor complex (Fe2+-Q) in O2-evolving photosystem II (PS II) preparations from a thermophilic cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp., have been studied with X-ray absorption spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Illumination of these preparations at 220-240 K results in formation of a multiline EPR signal very similar to that assigned to a Mn S2 species observed in spinach PS II, together with g = 1.8 and 1.9 EPR signals similar to the Fe2+-QA- acceptor signals seen in spinach PS II. Illumination at 110-160 K does not produce the g = 1.8 or 1.9 EPR signals, nor the multiline or g = 4.1 EPR signals associated with the S2 state of PS II in spinach; however, a signal which peaks at g = 1.6 appears. The most probable assignment of this signal is an altered configuration of the Fe2+-QA- complex. In addition, no donor signal was seen upon warming the 140 K illuminated sample to 215 K. Following continuous illumination at temperatures between 140 and 215 K, the average X-ray absorption Mn K-edge inflection energy changes from 6550 eV for a dark-adapted (S1) sample to 6551 eV for the illuminated (S2) sample. The shift in edge inflection energy indicates an oxidation of Mn, and the absolute edge inflection energies indicate an average Mn oxidation state higher than Mn(II). Upon illumination a significant change was observed in the shape of the features associated with 1s to 3d transitions. The S1 spectrum resembles those of Mn(III) complexes, and the S2 spectrum resembles those of Mn(IV) complexes. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectrum of the Mn complex is similar in the S1 and S2 states. Simulations indicate O or N ligands at 1.75 +/- 0.05 A, transition metal neighbor(s) at 2.73 +/- 0.05 A, which are assumed to be Mn, and terminal ligands which are probably N and O at a range of distances around 2.2 A. The Mn-O bond length of 1.75 A and the transition metal at 2.7 A indicate the presence of a di-mu-oxo-bridged Mn structure. Simulations indicate that a symmetric tetranuclear cluster is unlikely to be present, while binuclear, trinuclear, or highly distorted tetranuclear structures are possible. The striking similarity of these results to those from spinach PS II suggests that the structure of the Mn complex is largely conserved across evolutionarily diverse O2-evolving photosynthetic species.
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- A E McDermott
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Scalettar BA, Selvin PR, Axelrod D, Hearst JE, Klein MP. A fluorescence photobleaching study of the microsecond reorientational motions of DNA. Biophys J 1988; 53:215-26. [PMID: 2964258 PMCID: PMC1330142 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(88)83083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We have conducted a polarized fluorescence photobleaching recovery (FPR) study of the rotational dynamics of ethidium azide labeled DNA. Polarized photobleaching experiments provide data on microsecond and millisecond molecular reorientation that complement the information available from nanosecond fluorescence depolarization studies. In polarized FPR experiments an anisotropic angular concentration of fluorophore is created by bleaching dye molecules in a preferred orientation with a short, intense pulse of polarized light. The sample is then weakly illuminated, and the temporal variation in the emitted fluorescence is monitored. The fluorescence signal will systematically change as molecules undergo post-bleach reorientation and the angular distribution of dye tends toward isotropy. We have observed that the time dependence of our microsecond FPR curves is also determined in part by nonrotational phenomena. To isolate the reorientational recovery we conduct our FPR experiments in two modes (called parallel and perpendicular) that differ only in the polarization of the bleaching light. A quotient function, R(t), is constructed from the data obtained in these two modes; the variation with time of this new quantity is governed solely by processes that are sensitive to the polarization of the incident light (e.g., molecular rotation). It is found experimentally that R(t) remains constant, as expected, for rotationally restricted DNA systems despite a temporal recovery in the parallel and perpendicular FPR curves. We also follow the dynamics of solutions of phage lambda DNA as revealed in the temporal dependence of R(t). This DNA system rotationally relaxes after approximately 100 microseconds and the dye/DNA complex reorients substantially during the 10-microseconds bleach period. Our FPR data are interpreted in terms of dynamic models of DNA motion.
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Yachandra VK, Guiles RD, McDermott AE, Cole JL, Britt RD, Dexheimer SL, Sauer K, Klein MP. Comparison of the structure of the manganese complex in the S1 and S2 states of the photosynthetic O2-evolving complex: an x-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Biochemistry 1987; 26:5974-81. [PMID: 3318924 DOI: 10.1021/bi00393a005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A Mn-containing enzyme complex is involved in the oxidation of H2O to O2 in algae and higher plants. X-ray absorption spectroscopy is well suited for studying the structure and function of Mn in this enzyme complex. Results of X-ray K-edge and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) studies of Mn in the S1 and S2 states of the photosynthetic O2-evolving complex in photosystem II preparations from spinach are presented in this paper. The S2 state was prepared by illumination at 190 K or by illumination at 277 K in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU); these are protocols that limit the photosystem II reaction center to one turnover. Both methods produce an S2 state characterized by a multiline electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal. An additional protocol, illumination at 140 K, produces as a state characterized by the g = 4.1 EPR signal. We have previously observed a shift to higher energy in the X-ray absorption K-edge energy of Mn upon advancement from the dark-adapted S1 state to the S2 state produced by illumination at 190 K [Goodin, D. B., Yachandra, V. K., Britt, R. D., Sauer, K., & Klein, M. P. (1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 767, 209-216]. The Mn K-edge spectrum of the 277 K illuminated sample is similar to that produced at 190 K, indicating that the S2 state is similar when produced at 190 or 277 K.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- V K Yachandra
- Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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