タンパク質マトリックス 反応センター興奮の制御 光学系II
Abhishek Sirohiwal1,2, Frank Neese1, Dimitrios A Pantazis1
1Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 9, 2020
まとめ
フォトシステムII
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 光合成の研究
- コンピュータ生物学
背景:
- 光システムII (PSII) は,光による電荷分離によって酸素光合成を推進する.
- PSIIの反応センターには,D1とD2のタンパク質に対称に配置されたクロロフィールとフェオフィチン染色体が含まれています.
- PSIIにおける一次刺激と非対称な負荷移転を理解することは依然として課題です.
研究 の 目的:
- PSII反応センターにおける刺激と電荷移転の詳細な原子学的な記述を提供すること.
- 光合成における非対称な電荷移転を制御する要因を解明する.
- PSIIにおける刺激と電荷分離の主要な場所を特定する.
主な方法:
- 膜に埋め込まれたPSIIの大規模シミュレーション
- 高レベルの量子力学/分子力学 (QM/MM) 計算
- 距離隔離型時間依存密度関数理論と結合クラスター (STEOM-CCSD) 方法
主要な成果:
- タンパク質マトリクスは興奮不対称性を決定し,D1ブランチを好み,ChlD1を最も低いエネルギーサイトにします.
- ChlD1 → PheoD1の電荷移転は,反応センター内の最も低いエネルギー刺激である.
- P D1-P D2の"特別なペア"は,最初の電荷分離の場所として除外されます.
結論:
- 染色体そのものではなく タンパク質の環境が PSII の非対称性を確立します
- PSIIにおける最初の電荷分離は,特殊ペアではなく,ChlD1 → PheoD1経由で行われます.
- タンパク質の柔軟性は,電荷移転状態の極赤色光刺激を可能にします.
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