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Developing a structure-function model for the cryptophyte phycoerythrin 545 using ultrahigh resolution

Alexander B Doust1, Christopher N J Marai, Stephen J Harrop

  • 1Lash-Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.

Journal of Molecular Biology
|October 27, 2004
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Cryptophyte algae

Area of Science:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Algal biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Cryptophyte algae possess unique light-harvesting systems.
  • Phycoerythrin 545 (PE545) is central to cryptophyte light harvesting.
  • Understanding PE545 structure-function is key to cryptophyte photosynthesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the ultrahigh-resolution crystal structure of PE545.
  • To characterize the chromophore environments and spectral properties.
  • To develop a model for energy transfer within PE545.

Main Methods:

  • X-ray crystallography (1.1Å and 0.97Å resolution).
  • Spectroscopy (absorption, emission, polarized steady-state, ultrafast).
  • Quantum chemical calculations.

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Main Results:

  • Detailed atomic resolution structure of PE545.
  • Assignment of spectral characteristics to individual chromophores.
  • A model for rapid, directional excitation energy transfer within PE545.

Conclusions:

  • PE545 facilitates efficient excitation energy funneling.
  • Protein-chromophore interactions fine-tune spectral properties.
  • PE545 binding to thylakoid membranes is not essential for energy transfer.