PMID- 6472270 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19841003 LR - 20131121 IS - 0026-8984 (Print) IS - 0026-8984 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 3 DP - 1984 May-Jun TI - [Protein fluorescence of photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides]. PG - 719-24 AB - Luminescence emitted by tryptophan residues of reaction center (RC) preparations was studied. The RG preparations were isolated from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides by treatment with lauryl dimethyl amine oxide (LDAO). After excitation at lambda 280 nm the quantum yield of luminescence is 0,02. It is shown that 60% of tryptophanyls are located inside the protein globule in the surrounding of relaxating polar groups and the rest approximately 40% on the outer surface of the globule--predominantly in the positively charged region of the LDAO-RC protein--in the surrounding of protein-bound water molecules. There is a correlation between the pH dependencies of the position of the peak of luminescence from tryptophanyls and effectivity of electron transfer from the primary (quinone) to secondary acceptor. The two parameters are invariant at pH from 7 to 9 and vary at pH less than 7 and pH greater than 9. The phenomena responsible for the observed correlation are discussed on the basis of pH-dependent changes in the RC protein which govern electron transport activity at the reaction center. FAU - Zakharova, N I AU - Zakharova NI FAU - Permiakov, E A AU - Permiakov EA FAU - Fabian, M AU - Fabian M FAU - Kononenko, A A AU - Kononenko AA FAU - Chamorovskii, S K AU - Chamorovskii SK LA - rus PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article TT - O belkovoi fluorestsentsii fotosinteticheskikh reaktsionnykh tsentrov iz Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. PL - Russia (Federation) TA - Mol Biol (Mosk) JT - Molekuliarnaia biologiia JID - 0105454 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Detergents) RN - 0 (Dimethylamines) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 4F6FC4MI8W (dodecyldimethylamine oxide) RN - 8DUH1N11BX (Tryptophan) SB - IM MH - Bacterial Chromatophores/*metabolism MH - Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification/*metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - Detergents MH - Dimethylamines MH - Electron Transport MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Luminescent Measurements MH - Luminescent Proteins/isolation & purification/*metabolism MH - Rhodopseudomonas/*metabolism MH - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet MH - Tryptophan/metabolism EDAT- 1984/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1984/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1984/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1984/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1984/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1984/05/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol (Mosk). 1984 May-Jun;18(3):719-24.