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Surface analysis of the photosystem I complex by electron and atomic force microscopy

Fotiadis, D. and Muller, D. J. and Tsiotis, G. and Hasler, L. and Tittmann, P. and Mini, T. and Jeno, P. and Gross, H. and Engel, A.. (1998) Surface analysis of the photosystem I complex by electron and atomic force microscopy. Journal of molecular biology, Vol. 283, H. 1. pp. 83-94.

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Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) crystals of the photosystem I (PSI) reaction center from Synechococcus sp. OD24 were analyzed by electron and atomic force microscopy. Surface relief reconstructions from electron micrographs of freeze-dried unidirectionally shadowed samples and topographs recorded with the atomic force microscope (AFM) provided a precise definition of the lumenal and stromal PSI surfaces. The lumenal surface was composed of four protrusions that surrounded an indentation. One of the protrusions, the PsaF subunit, was often missing. Removal of the extrinsic proteins with the AFM stylus exposed the stromal side of the PSI core, whose surface structure could then be imaged at a resolution better than 1.4 nm. This interfacial surface between core and extrinsic subunits, had a pseudo-2-fold symmetry and protrusions that correlated with the surface helices e and e' or were at the sites of putative alpha-helix-connecting loops estimated from the 4 A map of the complex. The molecular dissection achieved with the AFM, opens new possibilities to unveil the interfaces between subunits of supramolecular assemblies.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Structural Biology (Engel)
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Mass Spectrometry (Jenö)
UniBasel Contributors:Engel, Andreas H and Jenö, Paul
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0022-2836
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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