Huang Zihui, Shen Liangliang, Wang Wenda, Mao Zhiyuan, Yi Xiaohan, Kuang Tingyun, Shen Jian-Ren, Zhang Xing, Han Guangye
Department of Biophysics, and Department of Pathology of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 17;12(1):1100. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21362-6.
Photosystem I (PSI) and II (PSII) balance their light energy distribution absorbed by their light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) through state transition to maintain the maximum photosynthetic performance and to avoid photodamage. In state 2, a part of LHCII moves to PSI, forming a PSI-LHCI-LHCII supercomplex. The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibits state transition to a far larger extent than higher plants. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of a PSI-LHCI-LHCII supercomplex in state 2 from C. reinhardtii at 3.42 Å resolution. The result reveals that the PSI-LHCI-LHCII of C. reinhardtii binds two LHCII trimers in addition to ten LHCI subunits. The PSI core subunits PsaO and PsaH, which were missed or not well-resolved in previous Cr-PSI-LHCI structures, are observed. The present results reveal the organization and assembly of PSI core subunits, LHCI and LHCII, pigment arrangement, and possible pathways of energy transfer from peripheral antennae to the PSI core.
光系统I(PSI)和II(PSII)通过状态转换平衡其捕光复合物(LHC)吸收的光能分布,以维持最大光合性能并避免光损伤。在状态2中,一部分LHCII迁移到PSI,形成PSI-LHCI-LHCII超级复合物。绿藻莱茵衣藻的状态转换程度比高等植物大得多。在此,我们报告了莱茵衣藻处于状态2的PSI-LHCI-LHCII超级复合物的冷冻电子显微镜结构,分辨率为3.42 Å。结果显示,莱茵衣藻的PSI-LHCI-LHCII除了十个LHCI亚基外还结合两个LHCII三聚体。观察到了PSI核心亚基PsaO和PsaH,它们在之前的莱茵衣藻PSI-LHCI结构中缺失或分辨率不佳。目前的结果揭示了PSI核心亚基、LHCI和LHCII的组织和组装、色素排列以及从外周天线到PSI核心的可能能量转移途径。