The main light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b -protein complex (LHC Ⅱ) has been isolated directly from thylakoid membranes of shiphonous 8Teen alga, Bryopsis corticulans Setch. by using two consecutive runs of anion exch...The main light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b -protein complex (LHC Ⅱ) has been isolated directly from thylakoid membranes of shiphonous 8Teen alga, Bryopsis corticulans Setch. by using two consecutive runs of anion exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. Monomeric and trimeric subcomplexes of LHC Ⅱ were obtained by using sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. Pigment analysis by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography showed that chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), neoxanthin, violaxanthin and siphonaxanthin were involved in LHC Ⅱ from B. corticulans. The properties of electronictransition of monomeric LHC Ⅱ showed similarities to those of trimeric LHC Ⅱ. Circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that strong intramolecular interaction of excitonic dipoles between Chl a and between Chl b exist in one LHC Ⅱ apoprotein, while the intermolecular interaction of these dipoles can be intensified in the trimeric structure. The monomer has high efficient energy transfer from Chl b and siphonaxanthin to Chl a similarly to that of the trimer. Our results suggest that in B. corticulans, LHC Ⅱ monomer has high ordered pigment organization that play effective physiological function as the trimer, and thus it might be also a functional organization existing in thylakoid membrane of B.corticulans.展开更多
文摘The main light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b -protein complex (LHC Ⅱ) has been isolated directly from thylakoid membranes of shiphonous 8Teen alga, Bryopsis corticulans Setch. by using two consecutive runs of anion exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. Monomeric and trimeric subcomplexes of LHC Ⅱ were obtained by using sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. Pigment analysis by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography showed that chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), neoxanthin, violaxanthin and siphonaxanthin were involved in LHC Ⅱ from B. corticulans. The properties of electronictransition of monomeric LHC Ⅱ showed similarities to those of trimeric LHC Ⅱ. Circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that strong intramolecular interaction of excitonic dipoles between Chl a and between Chl b exist in one LHC Ⅱ apoprotein, while the intermolecular interaction of these dipoles can be intensified in the trimeric structure. The monomer has high efficient energy transfer from Chl b and siphonaxanthin to Chl a similarly to that of the trimer. Our results suggest that in B. corticulans, LHC Ⅱ monomer has high ordered pigment organization that play effective physiological function as the trimer, and thus it might be also a functional organization existing in thylakoid membrane of B.corticulans.
基金supported by grants from the "973" Programs(2009CB118501 and 2011CBA00901)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30900095)+1 种基金Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong,China(LYM11025)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(11612325 and 11612352)~~
