2023
A quantitative assessment of (bacterio)chlorophyll assignments in the cryo-EM structure of the Chloracidobacterium thermophilum reaction center
Gisriel C, Flesher D, Long Z, Liu J, Wang J, Bryant D, Batista V, Brudvig G. A quantitative assessment of (bacterio)chlorophyll assignments in the cryo-EM structure of the Chloracidobacterium thermophilum reaction center. Photosynthesis Research 2023, 1-10. PMID: 37749456, DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01047-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryo-EM mapsCryogenic electron microscopy structureReaction centersHydrogen bond donorCryo-EM structureElectron microscopy structureReaction center complexBond donorPhotosynthetic organismsMicroscopy structureProtein complexesElectron transferMolecular structureFunctional insightsStructural biologyLight harvestingProtein environmentChemical environmentExperimental cryo-EM mapsDownstream investigationsCenter complexPrimary pigmentEnergy transferStructural dataAcetyl moiety
1989
Characterization of the multiple forms of cytochrome b559 in photosystem II.
Thompson L, Miller A, Buser C, de Paula J, Brudvig G. Characterization of the multiple forms of cytochrome b559 in photosystem II. Biochemistry 1989, 28: 8048-56. PMID: 2557895, DOI: 10.1021/bi00446a012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytochrome b559PSII membranesPhotosystem II protein complexUntreated PSII membranesExtrinsic polypeptidesLow-temperature photooxidationMn complexesPSII samplesEPR spectroscopyLigand fieldRedox titrationRedox formsEPR signalPhotosystem IIB559ComplexesThylakoid membranesPhotooxidationSpectroscopyProtein complexesUnique abilityMembraneTitrationConformationRemovalMolecular basis of the heat denaturation of photosystem II.
Thompson L, Blaylock R, Sturtevant J, Brudvig G. Molecular basis of the heat denaturation of photosystem II. Biochemistry 1989, 28: 6686-95. PMID: 2675973, DOI: 10.1021/bi00442a023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential scanning calorimetryPSII complexesMembrane proteinsMn complexesAntenna proteinsThermal gel analysisElectron paramagnetic resonance measurementsGel analysisMembrane protein complexesMajor membrane proteinParamagnetic resonance measurementsElectron transport chainRelease of MnWater oxidationA2 peakHydroxide ionPSII membranesProtein complexesAqueous phaseComponent essentialSolubility propertiesDSC studiesMolecular basisEPR experimentsPSII core