title: Bicarbonate may Be required for ligation of manganese in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II.
abstract: It was previously shown in the photosystem II membrane preparation DT-20 that photoxidation of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster was blocked by 0.1 mM formate, unless 0.2 mM bicarbonate was present as well [Wincencjusz, H., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Klimov, V. V., and Van Gorkom, H. J. (1996) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1273, 1-3]. Here it is shown by measurements of EPR signal II that oxidation of the secondary electron donor, YZ, is not inhibited. However, the reduction of is greatly slowed and occurs largely by back reaction with reduced acceptors. Bicarbonate is shown to prevent the loss of fast electron donation to . The release of about one or two free Mn2+ per photosystem II during formate treatment, and the fact that these effects are mimicked by Mn-depletion, suggests that formate may act by replacing a bicarbonate which is essential for Mn binding. Irreversible light-induced rebinding in an EPR-silent form of Mn2+ that was added to Mn-depleted DT-20 was indeed found to depend on the presence of bicarbonate, as did the reconstitution in such material of both the fast electron donation to and the UV absorbance changes characteristic of a functional oxygen-evolving complex. It is concluded that bicarbonate may be an essential ligand of the functional Mn cluster.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142292, Russian Federation. Klimov@issp.serpukhov.su
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Klimov
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hulsebosch
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wincencjusz
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: van Gorkom
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hoff
mesh_terms: D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004579:Electron Transport; D005561:Formates / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D011485:Protein Binding; D018724:Spinacia oleracea / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D005561:Formates; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; C030544:formic acid; D002734:Chlorophyll; D008345:Manganese; D010100:Oxygen