Cyanobacterial Photosystem I lacks specificity in its interaction with cytochrome c₆ electron donors

Author： Hervás Manuel Díaz-Quintana Antonio Kerfeld Cheryl Krogmann David De la Rosa Miguel Navarro José

ISSN： 0166-8595

Source： Photosynthesis Research, Vol.83, Iss.3, 2005-03, pp. : 329-333

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Abstract

In cyanobacteria, plastocyanin and cytochrome c₆, the alternate donor proteins to Photosystem I, can be acidic, neutral or basic; the role of electrostatics in their interaction with photosystem I varies accordingly. In order to elucidate whether these changes in the electron donors’ properties correlate with complementary changes in the docking site of the corresponding photosystem, we have investigated the kinetics of reactions between three cytochrome c₆ with isoelectric points of 5.6, 7.0 and 9.0, with Photosystem I particles from the same three genera of cyanobacteria which provided the cytochromes. The model systems compared here thus sample the full range of charge properties observed in cytochromes c₆: acidic, basic and neutral. The rate constants and dependence on ionic strength for photosystem I reduction were distinctive for each cytochrome c₆, but independent of Photosystem I. We conclude that the specific structural features of each cytochrome c₆ dictate their different kinetic behaviours, whereas the three photosystems are relatively indiscriminate in docking with the electron donors.