Electron transfer from the water oxidizing complex at cryogenic temperatures: the S1 to S2 step

Biochemistry
J H A NugentMichael C W Evans

Abstract

We report the detection of a "split" electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal during illumination of dark-adapted (S(1) state) oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) membranes at <20 K. The characteristics of this signal indicate that it arises from an interaction between an organic radical and the Mn cluster of PSII. The broad radical signal decays in the dark following illumination either by back-reaction with Qa*- or by forward electron transfer from the Mn cluster. The forward electron transfer (either from illumination at 11 K followed by incubation in the dark at 77 K or by illumination at 77 K) results in the formation of a multiline signal similar to, but distinct from, other well-characterized multiline forms found in the S0 and S2 states. The relative yield of the "S1 split signal", which we provisionally assign to S1X*, where X could be YZ* or Car*+, and that of the 77 K multiline signal indicate a relationship between the two states. An approximate quantitation of the yield of these signals indicates that up to 40-50% of PSII centers can form the S1 split signal. Ethanol addition removes the ability to observe the S1 split signal, but the multiline signal is still formed at 77 K. The multiline forms with <700 nm ...Continue Reading

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