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  • Title: Simulation of S2-state multiline EPR signal in oriented photosystem II membranes: structural implications for the manganese cluster in an oxygen-evolving complex.
    Author: Hasegawa K, Kusunoki M, Inoue Y, Ono TA.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1998 Jun 30; 37(26):9457-65. PubMed ID: 9649329.
    Abstract:
    High-quality angular-dependent spectra of multiline electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals from the S2-state Mn cluster in a photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) were obtained for partially oriented photosystem (PS) II membranes, and the magnetic structure of the Mn cluster has been studied by simulation analysis. The angular-dependent multiline spectra were simulated by taking into account the anisotropic properties of both hyperfine tensors of intrinsic Mn ions and g-tensor of the cluster in a tetranuclear model. The best-fit parameters for the simulation indicate that (a) the oxidation state of the S2-state Mn cluster is Mn(III, IV, IV, IV), (b) the electronic orbital configuration of the Mn(III) ion is (dpi)3[dz2(sigma))]1, (c) the effective g-tensor of the Mn cluster and the hyperfine tensor of the Mn(III) ion are axially symmetric, and their principal z-axes are nearly collinear each other, and (d) the z-axis of the dz2 orbital of the Mn(III) ion and the normal of the thylakoid membrane are at an angle of 50.1 +/- 1.8 degrees. The results are compatible with those of the oriented XAFS study [Mukerji, I., et al. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 9712-9721], and indicate that the O-O vector of the putative di-mu-oxo bridged Mn(III)-Mn(IV) dimer unit in the Mn cluster tilts by 43-56 degrees with respect to the normal of thylakoid membrane. A model of the arrangement of the di-mu-oxo bridged Mn(III)-Mn(IV) unit with respect to the thylakoid membrane is proposed.
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