The isolated Photosystem II reaction center: First attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary charge separation

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Seibert, Michael ^a   Wasielewski, Michael R ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Femtosecond spectroscopy; Govindjee; Michael Seibert; Michael Wasielewski; Photosystem II; Reaction center; Scott Greenfield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042178261     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024986307839     Document Type: Short Survey

References (31)

1. Brody SS (2002) Fluorescence lifetime, yield, energy transfer and spectrum in photosynthesis. Photosynth Res 73: 127-132
2. Deisenhofer J, Epp O, Miki K, Huber R and Michel H (1985) Structure of the protein subunits in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis at 3 Å resolution. Nature 318: 618-624
3. Dekker JP and van Grondelle R (2000) Primary charge separation in Photosystem II. Photosynth Res 63: 195-208
4. Diner BA and Rappaport F (2002) Structure, dynamics, and energetics of the primary photochemistry of Photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis. Ann Rev Pl Biol 53: 551-580
5. Durrant JR, Hastings G, Joseph DM, Barber J, Porter G and Klug DR (1992) Subpicosecond equilibration of excitation energy in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 11632-11636
6. Govindjee and Krogmann D (2002) A list of personal perspectives with selected quotations, along with lists of tributes, historical notes, Nobel and Kettering awards related to photosynthesis. Photosynth Res 73: 11-20
7. Greenfield SR and Wasielewski MR (1995) Near-transform-limited visible and near-IR femtosecond pulses from optical parametric amplification using type-II beta-barium borate. Opt Lett 20: 1394-1396
8. Greenfield SR and Wasielewski MR (1996) Excitation energy transfer and charge separation in the isolated Photosystem II reaction center. Photosynth Res 48: 83-97
9. Greenfield SR, Seibert M, Govindjee and Wasielewski MR (1996) Wavelength and intensity dependent primary photochemistry of isolated Photosystem II reaction centers at 5°C Chem Physics 210: 279-295
10. Greenfield SR, Seibert M, Govindjee and Wasielewski MR (1997) Direct measurement of the effective rate constant for primary charge separation in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers. J Phys Chem B 101: 2251-2255
11. X band in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers at 7 K: energy transfer and charge separation. J Phys Chem B 103: 8364-8374
12. Hastings G, Durrant JR, Barber J, Porter G and Klug DR (1992) Observation of pheophytin reduction in Photosystem two reaction centres using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 31: 7638-7647
13. Jankowiak R, Tang D, Small GJ and Seibert M (1989) Transient and persistent hole burning of the reaction center of Photosystem II. J Phys Chem 93: 1649-1654
14. Jankowiak R, Rätsep M, Hayes J, Zabubovich V, Picorel R, Seibert M and Small GJ (2003) The primary charge separation rate at 5 K in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers containing 5 and 6 chlorophyll molecules. J Phys Chem (in press)
15. McTavish H, Picorel R and Seibert (1989) Stabilization of isolated Photosystem II reaction center complex in the dark and in the light using polyethylene glycol and an oxygen-scrubbing system. Plant Physiol 89: 452-456
16. 14C]atrazine photoaffinity technique labels a 34-kDa protein in Scenedesmus which function of the oxidizing sides of Photosystem II. FEBS Lett 185: 191-195
17. Metz JG, Pakrasi HR, Seibert M and Arntzen CJ (1986) Evidence for a dual function of the herbicide-binding D1 protein in Photosystem II. FEBS Lett 1205: 269-274
18. Michel H (1982) The three-dimensional crystals of a membrane protein complex. The photosynthetic reaction center from Rhodopseudomonas viridis. J Mol Biol 158: 567-572
19. Müller MG, Hucke M, Reus M and Holzwarth AR (1996) Primary processes and structure of the Photosystem II reaction center. 4. Low-intensity femtosecond transient absorption spectra of D1-D2-cyt-b559 reaction centers. J Phys Chem 100: 9527-9536
20. Nanba O and Satoh K (1987) Isolation of a Photosystem II reaction center consisting of D1 and D2 polypeptides and cytochrome b-559. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84: 109-112
21. Roelof TA, Gilbert A, Shuvalov VA and Holzwarth AR (1991) Picosecond fluorescence kinetics of the D1-D2-cyt-b-559 Photosystem II reaction center complex. Energy transfer and primary charge separation processes. Biochim Biophys Acta 1060: 237-244
22. B-binding chloroplast thylakoid membrane protein. Cell 47: 601-608
23. Schelvis JPM, van Noort PI, Aartsma, TJ and van Gorkom HJ (1994) Energy transfer, charge separation and pigment arrangement in the reaction center of Photosystem II. Biochim Biophys Acta 1184: 242-250
24. Seibert M, Picorel R, Rubin AB and Connolly JS (1988) Spectral, photophysical and stability properties of isolated Photosystem II reaction center. Plant Physiol 87: 303-306
25. Trebst A (1986) The topology of the plastoquinone and herbicide binding peptides of Photosystem II in the thylakoid membrane. Z Naturforsch 41c: 240-245
26. Wang J, Gosztola D, Ruffle SV, Hemann C, Seibert M, Wasielewski, MR, Hille R, Gustafson TL and Sayre RT (2002) Functional asymmetry of Photosystem II D1 and D2 peripheral chlorophyll mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 4091-4096
27. Wasielewski MR, Fenton JM and Govindjee (1987) The rate of formation of P700 [+]-Ao[-] in Photosystem I particles from spinach as measured by picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Photosynth Res 12: 181-190
28. Wasielewski MR, Johnson DG, Seibert M and Govindjee (1989a) Determination of the primary charge separation rate in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers with 500fs- time resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 86: 524-528
29. Wasielewski MR, Johnson DG, Preston C, Govindjee and Seibert M (1989b) Determination of the primary charge separation rate in Photosystem II reaction centers at 15 K. Photosynth Res 22: 89-99
30. Wiederrecht GP, Seibert M, Govindjee and Wasielewski MR (1994) Femtosecond photodichrosim studies of isolated Photosystem II reaction centers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91: 8999-9003
31. Zouni A, Witt HT, Kern J, Fromme P, Krauss N and Orth P (2001) Crystal structure of Photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 Å resolution. Nature 409: 739-743