Abstract：
:Chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium tepidum contain aggregates of bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c) with carotenoids and isoprenoid quinones. BChl aggregates with very similar optical properties can be prepared also in vitro either in non-polar solvents or in aqueous buffers with addition of lipids and/or carotenoids. In this work, we show that the aggregation of BChl c in aqueous buffer can be induced also by quinones (vitamin K(1 )and K(2)), provided they are non-polar due to a hydrophobic side-chain. Polar vitamin K(3, )which possess the same functional group as K(1 )and K(2), does not induce the aggregation. The results confirm a principal role of the hydrophobic interactions as a driving force for the aggregation of chlorosomal BChls. The chlorosomal quinones play an important role in a redox-dependent excitation quenching, which may protect the cells against damage under oxygenic conditions. We found that aggregates of BChl c with vitamin K(1 )and K(2) exhibit an excitation quenching as well. The amplitude of the quenching depends on quinone concentration, as determined from fluorescence measurements. No lipid is necessary to induce the quenching, which therefore originates mainly from interactions of BChl c with quinones incorporated in the aggregate structure. In contrast, only a weak quenching was observed for dimers of BChl c in buffer (either with or without vitamin K(3)) and also for BChl c aggregates prepared with a lipid (lecithin). Thus, the weak quenching seems to be a property of BChl c itself.
journal_name
Photosynth Resjournal_title
Photosynthesis researchauthors
Alster J,Zupcanova A,Vacha F,Psencik Jdoi
10.1007/s11120-007-9259-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-01 00:00:00pages
183-9issue
2-3eissn
0166-8595issn
1573-5079journal_volume
95pub_type
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