A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum

The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been grown in defined medium with known amounts of 54Mn and Cu. The diatoms were then fractionated by mild procedures to isolate a metallo-pigment-protein complex. This complex had a molecular weight of 850,000and probably was made up of 40 subunits of protei...

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Main Authors: Holdsworth, Eric S., Arshad, Juzu Hayati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1977
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Arshad, Juzu Hayati
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description The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been grown in defined medium with known amounts of 54Mn and Cu. The diatoms were then fractionated by mild procedures to isolate a metallo-pigment-protein complex. This complex had a molecular weight of 850,000and probably was made up of 40 subunits of protein, 40 mol of chlorophyll a, 20 mol of chlorophyll c, 20mol offucoxanthin, 8 g-atoms of Cu, and between 0.6 and 2.0 g- atoms of Mn per molecule. Detergents break the complex down to small units with molecular weights of approx 25,000.The metallo-pigment-protein is probably part ofthe PSII system of chloroplasts since (i) it photoreduces dichlorophenolindophenol in the presence of diphenylcarbazide, (ii) its behavior on electrophoresis after treatment with sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate is similar to photosystem II, (iii) its fluorescence in the presence of reducing and oxidizing agents resembles chlorophyll-protein complexes from photosystem II, and (iv) its electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum is similar to that of photosystem II in whole chloroplasts. A theory is put forward to show how this Cu- Mn-pigment-protein complex may react in the early steps of the 02-evolving system of photosystem II.
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spelling upm-338882015-04-21T06:33:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33888/ A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum Holdsworth, Eric S. Arshad, Juzu Hayati The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been grown in defined medium with known amounts of 54Mn and Cu. The diatoms were then fractionated by mild procedures to isolate a metallo-pigment-protein complex. This complex had a molecular weight of 850,000and probably was made up of 40 subunits of protein, 40 mol of chlorophyll a, 20 mol of chlorophyll c, 20mol offucoxanthin, 8 g-atoms of Cu, and between 0.6 and 2.0 g- atoms of Mn per molecule. Detergents break the complex down to small units with molecular weights of approx 25,000.The metallo-pigment-protein is probably part ofthe PSII system of chloroplasts since (i) it photoreduces dichlorophenolindophenol in the presence of diphenylcarbazide, (ii) its behavior on electrophoresis after treatment with sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate is similar to photosystem II, (iii) its fluorescence in the presence of reducing and oxidizing agents resembles chlorophyll-protein complexes from photosystem II, and (iv) its electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum is similar to that of photosystem II in whole chloroplasts. A theory is put forward to show how this Cu- Mn-pigment-protein complex may react in the early steps of the 02-evolving system of photosystem II. Elsevier 1977 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33888/1/18.%2033888%20a%20manganese-copper-pigment.pdf Holdsworth, Eric S. and Arshad, Juzu Hayati (1977) A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 183 (2). pp. 361-373. ISSN 0003-9861; ESSN: 1096-0384 10.1016/0003-9861(77)90370-8
spellingShingle Holdsworth, Eric S.
Arshad, Juzu Hayati
A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title_full A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title_fullStr A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title_full_unstemmed A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title_short A manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem II of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
title_sort manganese-copper-pigment-protein complex isolated from the photosystem ii of phaeodactylum tricornutum
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