title: Effect of near-infrared light on the S2-state of the manganese complex of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus.
abstract: The Mn cluster of Photosystem II (PSII) from Synechococcus elongatus was studied using EPR. A signal with features between g = 5 and g = 9 is reported from the S2-state. The signal is attributed to the manganese cluster in a state with a spin 5/2 state. Spectral simulations of the signal indicate zero field splitting parameters where the |E/D| was 0.13. The new signal is formed by irradiating PSII samples which contain the spin = 1/2 S2-state using 813 nm light below 200 K. This effect is attributed to a spin-state change in the manganese cluster due to absorption of the IR light by the Mn-cluster itself. The signal is similar to that reported recently in PSII of plants [Boussac, A., Un, S., Horner, O., and Rutherford, A. W. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 4001-4007]. In plant PSII the comparable signal is formed at a lower temperature (optimally below 77 K), and gradual warming of the sample in the dark leads to the formation of the state responsible for the well-known g = 4.1 signal prior to formation of the spin 1/2 multiline signal. In the present work using cyanobacterial PSII, warming of the sample in the dark leads to the formation of the spin 1/2 multiline signal without formation of the g = 4 type signal as an intermediate. These observations provide a partial explanation for the long-standing "mystery of the missing g = 4 state" in cyanobacterial PSII. The observations are rationalized in terms of three possible states which can exist for S2: (i) the spin 1/2 multiline signal, (ii) the state responsible for the g = 4.1 signal, and (iii) the new spin 5/2 state. The relative stability of these states differs between plants and cyanobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Section de Bioénergétique, URA CNRS 2096, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. boussac@dsvidf.cea.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boussac
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Un
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rögner
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rutherford
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008027:Light; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D008345:Manganese