Conformation of Light-Harvesting Complex II Trimer Depends upon Its Binding Site

The light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) trimer in plants functions as a major antenna complex and a quencher to protect it from photooxidative damage. Theoretical studies on the structure of an LHCII trimer have demonstrated that excitation energy transfer between chlorophylls (Chls) in LHCII can be...

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Published in:The journal of physical chemistry. B 2022-08, Vol.126 (31), p.5855-5865
Main Authors: Kim, Eunchul, Kubota-Kawai, Hisako, Kawai, Fumihiro, Yokono, Makio, Minagawa, Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
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B: Biomaterials and Membranes
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Summary:The light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) trimer in plants functions as a major antenna complex and a quencher to protect it from photooxidative damage. Theoretical studies on the structure of an LHCII trimer have demonstrated that excitation energy transfer between chlorophylls (Chls) in LHCII can be modulated by its exquisite conformational fluctuation. However, conformational changes depending on its binding location have not yet been investigated, even though reorganization of protein complexes occurs by physiological regulations. In this study, we investigated conformational differences in LHCII by comparing published structures of an identical LHCII trimer in the three different photosystem supercomplexes from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Our results revealed distinct differences in Chl configurations as well as polypeptide conformations of the LHCII trimers depending on its binding location. We propose that these configurational differences readily modulate the function of LHCII and possibly lead to a change in excitation-energy flow over the photosynthetic supercomplex.
ISSN:1520-6106
1520-5207
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04061