Thermoluminescence evidence for light-induced oxidation of tyrosine and histidine residues in manganese-depleted photosystem II particles

Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Vyacheslav V. Klimov, Sandor Demeter

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    Abstract

    In the thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve of photosystem II, particles depleted of manganese, a tyrosine modifier, 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD) a bolishes the TL band appearing around -55°C (TL-55). Addition of a histidine modifier, diethylpyrocarbonate results in the disappearance of the band peaking around -30°C (TL-30). NBD treatment also abolishes the EPR signal IIfast of oxidized tyrosine donor, Y21 and inhibits the electron transport from diphenylcarbazide to 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol. It is concluded that the TL-55 and TL-30 bands can be assigned to oxidized tyrosine (Y2+) and histidine (His+) residues, respectively, which participate in electron transfer from manganese to the reaction center of chlorophyll, P680+.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)51-54
    Number of pages4
    JournalFEBS Letters
    Volume297
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 3 1992

    Keywords

    • Electron transport
    • Histidine
    • Manganese-depletion
    • Photosystem II
    • Thermoluminescence
    • Tyrosine

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Structural Biology
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Genetics
    • Cell Biology

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