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Photosynthetic reaction center PDB id
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Protein chains
281 a.a. *
299 a.a. *
248 a.a. *
Ligands
BCL ×8
BPH ×4
U10 ×4
Metals
FE2 ×2
Waters ×86
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1aig
Name: Photosynthetic reaction center
Title: Photosynthetic reaction center from rhodobacter sphaeroides in the d+qb-charge separated state
Structure: Photosynthetic reaction center (l subunit). Chain: l, n. Photosynthetic reaction center (m subunit). Chain: m, o. Photosynthetic reaction center (h subunit). Chain: h, p
Source: Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Organism_taxid: 1063. Strain: r26. Strain: r26
Biol. unit: Trimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
2.60Å     R-factor:   0.215     R-free:   0.299
Authors: M.H.B.Stowell,T.M.Mcphillips,S.M.Soltis,D.C.Rees,E.Abresch,G.Feher
Key ref:
M.H.Stowell et al. (1997). Light-induced structural changes in photosynthetic reaction center: implications for mechanism of electron-proton transfer. Science, 276, 812-816. PubMed id: 9115209 DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5313.812
Date:
17-Apr-97     Release date:   22-Oct-97    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P0C0Y8  (RCEL_CERSP) -  Reaction center protein L chain from Cereibacter sphaeroides
Seq:
Struc:
282 a.a.
281 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P0C0Y9  (RCEM_CERSP) -  Reaction center protein M chain from Cereibacter sphaeroides
Seq:
Struc:
308 a.a.
299 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P0C0Y7  (RCEH_CERSP) -  Reaction center protein H chain from Cereibacter sphaeroides
Seq:
Struc:
260 a.a.
248 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains L, M, H, N, O, P: E.C.?
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]

 

 
DOI no: 10.1126/science.276.5313.812 Science 276:812-816 (1997)
PubMed id: 9115209  
 
 
Light-induced structural changes in photosynthetic reaction center: implications for mechanism of electron-proton transfer.
M.H.Stowell, T.M.McPhillips, D.C.Rees, S.M.Soltis, E.Abresch, G.Feher.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
High resolution x-ray diffraction data from crystals of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction center (RC) have been collected at cryogenic temperature in the dark and under illumination, and the structures were refined at 2.2 and 2.6 angstrom resolution, respectively. In the charge-separated D+QAQB- state (where D is the primary electron donor (a bacteriochlorophyll dimer), and QA and QB are the primary and secondary quinone acceptors, respectively), QB- is located approximately 5 angstroms from the QB position in the charge-neutral (DQAQB) state, and has undergone a 180 degrees propeller twist around the isoprene chain. A model based on the difference between the two structures is proposed to explain the observed kinetics of electron transfer from QA-QB to QAQB- and the relative binding affinities of the different ubiquinone species in the QB pocket. In addition, several water channels (putative proton pathways) leading from the QB pocket to the surface of the RC were delineated, one of which leads directly to the membrane surface.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Superposition of previously reported positions of ubiquinone in the Q[B] binding pocket [see also (4)]. PDB (Protein Data^ Bank, Brookhaven) entries and color code: 1PCR, Ermler et al. (8), yellow; 2RCR, Chang et al. (6), dark blue; 1YST, Arnoux et al. (7), green; 4RCR, Allen et al. (5), red; present model of the dark structure, light blue. Superposition was performed^ by the method of Kabsch (52). Side chain residues from the current dark structure are indicated. Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon atoms are colored red, blue, and gray, respectively.
Figure 5.
Fig. 5. Water channels P1 and P2 observed in the dark RC structure leading from the Q[B] pocket to the surface of the protein on the^ cytoplasmic side of the RC. The coloring scheme is: H subunit (green), L subunit (yellow), M subunit (blue), water molecules (red), bacteriochlorophylls (green), and bacteriopheophytin (purple). Q[A] and Q[B] are colored orange-red, while the nonheme iron is rust-colored. The positions of the quinone tails past carbon C16 are less well defined because of poor electron density. The approximate location of the membrane is indicated by the shaded region. The details of the P1 and P2 pathways are shown in Fig. 6, A and B.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (1997, 276, 812-816) copyright 1997.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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11222309 A.Gall, A.Ellervee, M.C.Bellissent-Funel, B.Robert, and A.Freiberg (2001).
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11284681 A.Kuglstatter, U.Ermler, H.Michel, L.Baciou, and G.Fritzsch (2001).
X-ray structure analyses of photosynthetic reaction center variants from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: structural changes induced by point mutations at position L209 modulate electron and proton transfer.
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PDB codes: 1f6n 1fnp 1fnq
11179962 B.J.van Rotterdam, H.V.Westerhoff, R.W.Visschers, D.A.Bloch, K.J.Hellingwerf, M.R.Jones, and W.Crielaard (2001).
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11266608 C.M.Deber, C.Wang, L.P.Liu, A.S.Prior, S.Agrawal, B.L.Muskat, and A.J.Cuticchia (2001).
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11222272 D.A.Cherepanov, L.I.Krishtalik, and A.Y.Mulkidjanian (2001).
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11170424 E.Takahashi, T.A.Wells, and C.A.Wraight (2001).
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11115635 G.Renger (2001).
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11500892 M.Goez, and V.Zubarev (2001).
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11327844 N.Ginet, and J.Lavergne (2001).
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11166568 P.K.Fyfe, K.E.McAuley, A.W.Roszak, N.W.Isaacs, R.J.Cogdell, and M.R.Jones (2001).
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11468350 S.Dastmalchi, M.B.Morris, and W.B.Church (2001).
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11245790 S.K.Hong, S.A.Pawlikowski, K.A.Vander Meulen, and C.F.Yocum (2001).
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11087422 E.Nabedryk, J.Breton, H.M.Joshi, and D.K.Hanson (2000).
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10968981 G.Palazzo, A.Mallardi, M.Giustini, D.Berti, and G.Venturoli (2000).
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PDB codes: 1ds8 1dv3 1dv6
10827992 I.R.Vassiliev, M.T.Ronan, G.Hauska, and J.H.Golbeck (2000).
The bound electron acceptors in green sulfur bacteria: resolution of the g-tensor for the F(X) iron-sulfur cluster in Chlorobium tepidum.
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Structural details of an interaction between cardiolipin and an integral membrane protein.
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PDB code: 1qov
10339562 M.L.Paddock, M.S.Graige, G.Feher, and M.Y.Okamura (1999).
Identification of the proton pathway in bacterial reaction centers: inhibition of proton transfer by binding of Zn2+ or Cd2+.
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Comparative FTIR analysis of the microenvironment of in cyanide-treated, high pH-treated and iron-depleted photosystem II membrane fragments.
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In bacterial reaction centers, a key residue suppresses mutational blockage of two different proton transfer steps.
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Structural studies of wild-type and mutant reaction centers from an antenna-deficient strain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: monitoring the optical properties of the complex from bacterial cell to crystal.
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PDB code: 1mps
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Flash-induced changes in buffering capacity of reaction centers from photosynthetic bacteria reveal complex interaction between quinone pockets.
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PDB codes: 2prc 3prc 4prc
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Kinetics of H+ ion binding by the P+QA-state of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers: rate limitation within the protein.
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