Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2049418 | FEBS Letters | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The peridinin–chlorophyll a-protein (PCP) from dinoflagellates is a soluble light harvesting antenna which gathers incoming photons mainly by the carotenoid peridinin. In PCPs reconstituted with different chlorophylls, the peridinin to chlorophyll energy transfer rates are well predicted by a Förster-like theory, but only if the pigment arrangements are identical in all PCPs. We have determined the X-ray structures of PCPs reconstituted with Chlorophyll-b (Chl-b), Chlorophyll-d (Chl-d) and Bacteriochlorophyll-a (BChl-a) to resolutions ⩽2 Å. In all three cases the pigment arrangements are essentially the same as in native PCP. Hydrogen bonding is not responsible for preferential incorporation of “non-native” chlorophylls over Chl-a.
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Authors
Tim Schulte, Roger G. Hiller, Eckhard Hofmann,