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  • Title: Photosystem trap energies and spectrally-dependent energy-storage efficiencies in the Chl d-utilizing cyanobacterium, Acaryochloris marina.
    Author: Mielke SP, Kiang NY, Blankenship RE, Mauzerall D.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 2013 Mar; 1827(3):255-65. PubMed ID: 23159726.
    Abstract:
    Acaryochloris marina is the only species known to utilize chlorophyll (Chl) d as a principal photopigment. The peak absorption wavelength of Chl d is redshifted ≈40nm in vivo relative to Chl a, enabling this cyanobacterium to perform oxygenic phototrophy in niche environments enhanced in far-red light. We present measurements of the in vivo energy-storage (E-S) efficiency of photosynthesis in A. marina, obtained using pulsed photoacoustics (PA) over a 90-nm range of excitation wavelengths in the red and far-red. Together with modeling results, these measurements provide the first direct observation of the trap energies of PSI and PSII, and also the photosystem-specific contributions to the total E-S efficiency. We find the maximum observed efficiency in A. marina (40±1% at 735nm) is higher than in the Chl a cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis (35±1% at 690nm). The efficiency at peak absorption wavelength is also higher in A. marina (36±1% at 710nm vs. 31±1% at 670nm). In both species, the trap efficiencies are ≈40% (PSI) and ≈30% (PSII). The PSI trap in A. marina is found to lie at 740±5nm, in agreement with the value inferred from spectroscopic methods. The best fit of the model to the PA data identifies the PSII trap at 723±3nm, supporting the view that the primary electron-donor is Chl d, probably at the accessory (Chl(D1)) site. A decrease in efficiency beyond the trap wavelength, consistent with uphill energy transfer, is clearly observed and fit by the model. These results demonstrate that the E-S efficiency in A. marina is not thermodynamically limited, suggesting that oxygenic photosynthesis is viable in even redder light environments.
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