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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Global Changes of Chlorophyll Excitonic Interactions in Photosystem II During Thermal Denaturation

Author(s): Qiang Xu, Xiaolan Ding, Yandao Gong, Tingyun Kuang and Nanming Zhao

Volume 12, Issue 6, 2005

Page: [573 - 578] Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/0929866054395815

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Abstract

Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit chlorophyll-binding enzyme that absorbs light to catalyze water oxidation and plastoquinone reduction. Chlorophyll excitonic interaction changes in PSII were studied by absorption and circular dichroism spectra from 25°C to 80°C, and protein subunit denaturation was monitored by differential scanning calorimetry. A four-stage process of chlorophyll excitonic interaction change was observed being correlated with the denaturation of protein subunits.

Keywords: photosystem II, thermal denaturation, chlorophyll excitonic interaction, circular dichroism, absorption spectrum, differential scanning calorimetry


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