Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-14-2016
Abstract
© 2016 American Chemical Society. We have used protein cross-linking with the zero-length cross-linker 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide, and radiolytic footprinting coupled with high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry, to examine the structure of higher-plant PsbO when it is bound to Photosystem II. Twenty intramolecular cross-linked residue pairs were identified. On the basis of this cross-linking data, spinach PsbO was modeled using the Thermosynechococcus vulcanus PsbO structure as a template, with the cross-linking distance constraints incorporated using the MODELLER program. Our model of higher-plant PsbO identifies several differences between the spinach and cyanobacterial proteins. The N-terminal region is particularly interesting, as this region has been suggested to be important for oxygen evolution and for the specific binding of PsbO to Photosystem II. Additionally, using radiolytic mapping, we have identified regions on spinach PsbO that are shielded from the bulk solvent. These domains may represent regions on PsbO that interact with other components, as yet unidentified, of the photosystem.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Biochemistry
First Page
3204
Last Page
3213
Recommended Citation
Mummadisetti, M., Frankel, L., Bellamy, H., Sallans, L., Goettert, J., Brylinski, M., & Bricker, T. (2016). Use of Protein Cross-Linking and Radiolytic Labeling to Elucidate the Structure of PsbO within Higher-Plant Photosystem II. Biochemistry, 55 (23), 3204-3213. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00365