Vibrational mode frequency calculations of chlorophyll-d for assessing (P740(+)-P740) FTIR difference spectra obtained using photosystem I particles from Acaryochloris marina.
Acaryochloris marina is an oxygen-evolving organism that utilizes chlorophyll-d for light induced photochemistry. In photosystem I particles from Acaryochloris marina, the primary electron donor is called P740, and it is thought that P740 consist of two chlorophyll-d molecules. (P740(+)-P740) FTIR difference spectra have been produced, and vibrational features that are specific to chlorophyll-d (and not chlorophyll-a) were observed, supporting the idea that P740 consists chlorophyll-d molecules. Although bands in the (P740(+)-P740) FTIR difference spectra were assigned specifically to chlorophyll-d, how these bands shifted, and how their intensities changed, upon cation formation was never considered. Without this information it is difficult to draw unambiguous conclusions from the FTIR difference spectra. To gain a more detailed understanding of cation induced shifting of bands associated with vibrational modes of P740 we have used density functional theory to calculate the vibrational properties of a chlorophyll-d model in the neutral, cation and anion states. These calculations are shown to be of considerable use in interpreting bands in (P740(+)-P740) FTIR difference spectra. Our calculations predict that the 3(1) formyl C-H mode of chlorophyll-d upshifts/downshifts upon cation/anion formation, respectively. The mode intensity also decreases/increases upon cation/anion formation, respectively. The cation induced bandshift of the 3(1) formyl C-H mode of chlorophyll-d is also strongly dependant on the dielectric environment of the chlorophyll-d molecules. With this new knowledge we reassess the interpretation of bands that were assigned to 3(1) formyl C-H modes of chlorophyll-d in (P740(+)-P740) FTIR difference spectra. Considering our calculations in combination with (P740(+)-P740) FTIR DS we find that the most likely conclusions are that P740 is a dimeric Chl-d species, in an environment of low effective dielectric constant ( approximately 2-8). In the P740(+) state, charge is asymmetrically distributed over the two Chl-d pigments in a roughly 60:40 ratio.
Hastings
Gary
G
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. ghastings@gsu.edu
Wang
Ruili
R
D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014732:Vibration
D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D002734:Chlorophyll; C107509:chlorophyll d; D002244:Carbon; D006859:Hydrogen
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