The size of the photosynthetic unit in purple bacteria

被引:55
作者
Francke, C
Amesz, J
机构
[1] Department of Biophysics, Huygens Laboratory, University of Leiden, Leiden, 2300 RA
关键词
antenna size; bacteriochlorophyll composition; in vivo extinction coefficients; photosynthetic unit; purple bacteria;
D O I
10.1007/BF00020450
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Pigment analysis was performed by means of normal phase HPLC on a number of bacteriochlorophyll a and b containing species of purple bacteria that contain a core antenna only. At least 99% of the bacteriochlorophyll in Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26, Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Thiocapsa pfennigii was esterified with phytol (BChl ap and BChl bp, respectively). Rhodospirillum rubrum contained only BChl a esterified with geranyl-geraniol (BChl a(GG)). Rhodospirillum sodomense and Rhodopseudomonas marina contained, in addition to BChl ap, small amounts of BChl a(GG), and presumably also of BChl a esterified with dihydro and tetrahydro geranyl-geraniol (Delta 2,10,14-phytatrienol and probably Delta 2,14-phytadienol). In all species bacteriopheophytin (BPhe) esterified with phytol was present. The BChl/BPhe ratio indicated that in these species a constant number of 25 +/- 3 antenna BChls is present per reaction centre. This number supports a model in which the core antenna consists of 12 alpha-beta heterodimers surrounding the reaction centre. Determination of the in vivo extinction coefficient of BChl in the core-reaction centre complex yielded a value of ca. 140 mM(-1) cm(-1) for BChl a containing species and of 130 mM(-1) cm(-1) for Rhodopseudomonas viridis.
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