2ND-SITE MUTATION AT M43 (ASN-]ASP) COMPENSATES FOR THE LOSS OF 2 ACIDIC RESIDUES IN THE Q(B) SITE OF THE REACTION CENTER

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HANSON, DK
NANCE, SL
SCHIFFER, M
机构
[1] Biological and Medical Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, 60439, IL
关键词
ELECTRON TRANSFER; PROTON TRANSFER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUINONE; REACTION CENTER; SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS; SUPPRESSOR MUTATIONS;
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10.1007/BF00035949
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
Two acidic residues, L212Glu and L213Asp, in the Q(B) binding sites of the photosynthetic reaction centers of Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides are thought to play central roles in the transfer of protons to the quinone anion(s) generated by photoinduced electron transfer. We constructed the site-specific double mutant L212Ala-L213Ala in R. capsulatus, that is incapable of growth under photosynthetic conditions. A photocompetent derivative of that strain has been isolated that carries the original L212Ala-L213Ala double mutation and a second-site suppressor mutation at residue M43 (Asn --> Asp), outside of the Q(B) binding site, that is solely responsible for restoring the photosynthetic phenotype. The Asp,Asn combination of residues at the L213 and M43 positions is conserved in the five species of photosynthetic bacteria whose reaction center sequences are known. In R. capsulatus and R. sphaeroides, the pair is L213Asp-M43Asn. But, the reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis, Rhodospirillum rubrum and Chloroflexus aurantiacus reverse the combination to L213Asn-M43Asp. In this respect, the Q(B) site of the suppressor strain resembles that of the latter three species in that it couples an uncharged residue at L213 with an acidic residue at M43. These reaction centers, in which L213 is an amide, must employ an alternative proton transfer pathway. The observation that the M43Asn --> Asp mutation in R. capsulatus compensates for the loss of both acidic residues at L212 and L213 suggests that M43Asp is involved in a new proton transfer route in this species that resembles the one normally used in reaction centers of Rps. viridis, Rsp. rubrum and C. aurantiacus.
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