Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
17K19431
Japan
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
19H03187
Japan
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
JP20am0101071
Japan
Citation
Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2023 Title: Uphill energy transfer mechanism for photosynthesis in an Antarctic alga. Authors: Makiko Kosugi / Masato Kawasaki / Yutaka Shibata / Kojiro Hara / Shinichi Takaichi / Toshio Moriya / Naruhiko Adachi / Yasuhiro Kamei / Yasuhiro Kashino / Sakae Kudoh / Hiroyuki Koike / Toshiya Senda / Abstract: Prasiola crispa, an aerial green alga, forms layered colonies under the severe terrestrial conditions of Antarctica. Since only far-red light is available at a deep layer of the colony, P. crispa has ...Prasiola crispa, an aerial green alga, forms layered colonies under the severe terrestrial conditions of Antarctica. Since only far-red light is available at a deep layer of the colony, P. crispa has evolved a molecular system for photosystem II (PSII) excitation using far-red light with uphill energy transfer. However, the molecular basis underlying this system remains elusive. Here, we purified a light-harvesting chlorophyll (Chl)-binding protein complex from P. crispa (Pc-frLHC) that excites PSII with far-red light and revealed its ring-shaped structure with undecameric 11-fold symmetry at 3.13 Å resolution. The primary structure suggests that Pc-frLHC evolved from LHCI rather than LHCII. The circular arrangement of the Pc-frLHC subunits is unique among eukaryote LHCs and forms unprecedented Chl pentamers at every subunit‒subunit interface near the excitation energy exit sites. The Chl pentamers probably contribute to far-red light absorption. Pc-frLHC's unique Chl arrangement likely promotes PSII excitation with entropy-driven uphill excitation energy transfer.
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 291 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Details: blot time 5 sec blot force 25.
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
TFS TALOS
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Film or detector model: FEI FALCON III (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: COUNTING / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 1555 / Average exposure time: 64.92 sec. / Average electron dose: 50.0 e/Å2
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Image processing
Particle selection
Number selected: 696095
Startup model
Type of model: OTHER Details: An ab initio model was generated using RELION3's own implementation of Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) algorithm and low-pass filtered to 60 A for use as an initial model for 3D classification.
Initial angle assignment
Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 3.1)
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