Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria
ABSTRACT Cyanobacterial phycobilisomes (PBSs) are photosynthetic antenna complexes that harvest light energy and supply it to two reaction centers (RCs) where photochemistry starts. PBSs can be classified into two types, depending on the presence of allophycocyanin (APC): CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS. Beca...
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| author | Haijun Liu Daniel A. Weisz Mengru M. Zhang Ming Cheng Bojie Zhang Hao Zhang Gary S. Gerstenecker Himadri B. Pakrasi Michael L. Gross Robert E. Blankenship |
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| description | ABSTRACT Cyanobacterial phycobilisomes (PBSs) are photosynthetic antenna complexes that harvest light energy and supply it to two reaction centers (RCs) where photochemistry starts. PBSs can be classified into two types, depending on the presence of allophycocyanin (APC): CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS. Because the accurate protein composition of CpcL-PBS remains unclear, we describe here its isolation and characterization from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain 6803. We found that ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase (or FNRL), an enzyme involved in both cyclic electron transport and the terminal step of the electron transport chain in oxygenic photosynthesis, is tightly associated with CpcL-PBS as well as with CpcG-PBS. Room temperature and low-temperature fluorescence analyses show a red-shifted emission at 669 nm in CpcL-PBS as a terminal energy emitter without APC. SDS-PAGE and quantitative mass spectrometry reveal an increased content of FNRL and CpcC2, a rod linker protein, in CpcL-PBS compared to that of CpcG-PBS rods, indicative of an elongated CpcL-PBS rod length and its potential functional differences from CpcG-PBS. Furthermore, we combined isotope-encoded cross-linking mass spectrometry with computational protein structure predictions and structural modeling to produce an FNRL-PBS binding model that is supported by two cross-links between K69 of FNRL and the N terminus of CpcB, one component in PBS, in both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS (cross-link 1), and between the N termini of FNRL and CpcB (cross-link 2). Our data provide a novel functional assembly form of phycobiliproteins and a molecular-level description of the close association of FNRL with phycocyanin in both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS. IMPORTANCE Cyanobacterial light-harvesting complex PBSs are essential for photochemistry in light reactions and for balancing energy flow to carbon fixation in the form of ATP and NADPH. We isolated a new type of PBS without an allophycocyanin core (i.e., CpcL-PBS). CpcL-PBS contains both a spectral red-shifted chromophore, enabling efficient energy transfer to chlorophyll molecules in the reaction centers, and an increased FNRL content with various rod lengths. Identification of a close association of FNRL with both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS brings new insight to its regulatory role for fine-tuning light energy transfer and carbon fixation through both noncyclic and cyclic electron transport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8504fc5146e4a51869590a6feaf68992022-12-21T20:36:19ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymBio2150-75112019-04-0110210.1128/mBio.00669-19Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in CyanobacteriaHaijun Liu0Daniel A. Weisz1Mengru M. Zhang2Ming Cheng3Bojie Zhang4Hao Zhang5Gary S. Gerstenecker6Himadri B. Pakrasi7Michael L. Gross8Robert E. Blankenship9Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USADepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USADepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAPhotosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USADepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAPhotosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAPhotosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USADepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAPhotosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USADepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAABSTRACT Cyanobacterial phycobilisomes (PBSs) are photosynthetic antenna complexes that harvest light energy and supply it to two reaction centers (RCs) where photochemistry starts. PBSs can be classified into two types, depending on the presence of allophycocyanin (APC): CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS. Because the accurate protein composition of CpcL-PBS remains unclear, we describe here its isolation and characterization from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain 6803. We found that ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase (or FNRL), an enzyme involved in both cyclic electron transport and the terminal step of the electron transport chain in oxygenic photosynthesis, is tightly associated with CpcL-PBS as well as with CpcG-PBS. Room temperature and low-temperature fluorescence analyses show a red-shifted emission at 669 nm in CpcL-PBS as a terminal energy emitter without APC. SDS-PAGE and quantitative mass spectrometry reveal an increased content of FNRL and CpcC2, a rod linker protein, in CpcL-PBS compared to that of CpcG-PBS rods, indicative of an elongated CpcL-PBS rod length and its potential functional differences from CpcG-PBS. Furthermore, we combined isotope-encoded cross-linking mass spectrometry with computational protein structure predictions and structural modeling to produce an FNRL-PBS binding model that is supported by two cross-links between K69 of FNRL and the N terminus of CpcB, one component in PBS, in both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS (cross-link 1), and between the N termini of FNRL and CpcB (cross-link 2). Our data provide a novel functional assembly form of phycobiliproteins and a molecular-level description of the close association of FNRL with phycocyanin in both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS. IMPORTANCE Cyanobacterial light-harvesting complex PBSs are essential for photochemistry in light reactions and for balancing energy flow to carbon fixation in the form of ATP and NADPH. We isolated a new type of PBS without an allophycocyanin core (i.e., CpcL-PBS). CpcL-PBS contains both a spectral red-shifted chromophore, enabling efficient energy transfer to chlorophyll molecules in the reaction centers, and an increased FNRL content with various rod lengths. Identification of a close association of FNRL with both CpcG-PBS and CpcL-PBS brings new insight to its regulatory role for fine-tuning light energy transfer and carbon fixation through both noncyclic and cyclic electron transport.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00669-19CpcL-PBSisotopic cross-linkingphotosynthesismass spectrometry |
| spellingShingle | Haijun Liu Daniel A. Weisz Mengru M. Zhang Ming Cheng Bojie Zhang Hao Zhang Gary S. Gerstenecker Himadri B. Pakrasi Michael L. Gross Robert E. Blankenship Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria mBio CpcL-PBS isotopic cross-linking photosynthesis mass spectrometry |
| title | Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria |
| title_full | Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria |
| title_fullStr | Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria |
| title_short | Phycobilisomes Harbor FNR<sub>L</sub> in Cyanobacteria |
| title_sort | phycobilisomes harbor fnr sub l sub in cyanobacteria |
| topic | CpcL-PBS isotopic cross-linking photosynthesis mass spectrometry |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00669-19 |
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