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. 1984 Nov;76(3):829–832. doi: 10.1104/pp.76.3.829

Presence in Photosystem II Core Complexes of a 34-Kilodalton Polypeptide Required for Water Photolysis 1

James G Metz 1, Michael Seibert 1
PMCID: PMC1064382  PMID: 16663933

Abstract

Photosystem II (PSII) reaction center core complexes have been isolated and characterized from wild type (WT) Scenedesmus obliquus and from its LF-1 mutant. LF-1 thylakoids are blocked on the oxidizing side of PSII and have a reduced Mn content. Visible absorption and low temperature fluorescence spectra of both core complexes are identical and resemble those reported for spinach (Satoh, Butler 1978 Plant Physiol 61: 373-379). Lithium dodecyl sulfate-polycrylamide gel electrophoresis reveals that a protein alteration, originally observed in thylakoid membranes (Metz, Wong, Bishop 1980 FEBS Lett 114: 61-66), is retained in the PSII core particles. That is, a 34-kilodalton (kD) polypeptide, present in the WT core complex, is missing in the mutant, and the core complex of the mutant contains a 36-kD protein not present in the WT. The 34-kD intrinsic protein is also observed in O2-evolving PSII preparations and PSII core complexes from spinach. It is distinct from the 33-kD extrinsic protein first reported by T. Kuwabara and N. Murata (1979 Biochim Biophys Acta 581: 228-236). We suggest that the 34-kD protein is a site of Mn binding in the PSII membrane.

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