Structure of a large photosystem II supercomplex from Acaryochloris marina

Chen, M., Bibby, T.S., Nield, J., Larkum, A.W. and Barber, J. (2005) Structure of a large photosystem II supercomplex from Acaryochloris marina. FEBS Letters, 579 (5), 1306-1310. (doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.023).

Abstract

Acaryochloris marina is a prochlorophyte-like cyanobacterium containing both phycobilins and chlorophyll d as light harvesting pigments. We show that the chlorophyll d light harvesting system, composed of Pcb proteins, functionally associates with the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center (RC) core to form a giant supercomplex. This supercomplex has a molecular mass of about 2300 kDa and dimensions of 385 A x 240 A. It is composed of two PSII-RC core dimers arranged end-to-end, flanked by eight symmetrically related Pcb proteins on each side. Thus each PSII-RC monomer has four Pcb subunits acting as a light harvesting system which increases the absorption cross section of the PSII-RC core by almost 200%.

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