title: Pigment binding site properties of two photosystem II antenna proteins. A resonance raman investigation.
abstract: Two light-harvesting proteins associated with photosystem II of higher plants, namely the major antenna complex LHCIIb and the minor Lhcb4 protein (CP29), have been investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy. One of the two chlorophylls b and up to five of the six chlorophylls a present in Lhcb4 are shown to adopt similar binding conformations to the (presumably) corresponding molecules in LHCIIb, whereas at least two chlorophylls in the former protein assume unique conformations relative to the bulk complex. The overall conformation of bound xanthophyll molecules is identical in the two antenna proteins, although some small differences are apparent. The pigment binding properties of these two LHCs are discussed, with particular reference to possible structural motifs within this extended family of proteins.
authors.affiliation: Section de Biophysique des Protéines et des Membranes, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique and URA 2096, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. andypascal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascal
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wacker
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Irrgang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robert
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D014975:Lutein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014975:Lutein