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Structural Analysis of Photosystem II : comparative study of cyanobacterial and higher plant photosystem II complexes

Hasler, L. and Ghanotakis, D. and Fedtke, B. and Spyridaki, A. and Miller, M. and ller, S. A. and Engel, A. and Tsiotis, G.. (1997) Structural Analysis of Photosystem II : comparative study of cyanobacterial and higher plant photosystem II complexes. Journal of structural biology, Vol. 119, H. 3. pp. 273-283.

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Abstract

Oxygen evolving photosystem II (PSII-OEC) complexes and PSII core complexes were isolated from spinach and the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. OD24 and characterized by gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and absorbance spectroscopy. The mass of the core complexes was determined by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and found to be 281 ± 65 kDa for spinach and 313 ± 52 kDa for Synechococcus sp. OD24. The mass of the spinach PSII-OEC complex was 327 ± 64 kDa. Digital images of negatively stained PSII-OEC and PSII core complexes were recorded by STEM and analyzed by single particle averaging. All monomeric complexes showed similar morphologies and were of comparable length (14 nm) and width (10 nm). The averages revealed a pseudo-twofold symmetry axis, which is a prominent structural element of the monomeric form. Difference maps between the averaged projections of the oxygen evolving complexes and the core complexes from both species indicated where the 33-kDa extrinsic manganese stabilizing protein is bound. A symmetric organization of the PSII complex, with the PsbA and the PsbD proteins in the center and symmetrically arranged PsbB and PsbC proteins at the periphery of the monomeric complex, is proposed.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Structural Biology (Engel)
UniBasel Contributors:Engel, Andreas H
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Academic Press
ISSN:1047-8477
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Last Modified:22 Mar 2012 14:23
Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:32

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