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Plant and Cell Physiology 2004 45(9):1168-1175; doi:10.1093/pcp/pch131
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Isolation and Characterization of Oxygen-Evolving Photosystem II Complexes Retaining the PsbO, P and Q Proteins from Euglena gracilis

Takehiro Suzuki1, Osamu Tada1, Miki Makimura1, Akihiko Tohri1, Hisataka Ohta1,2, Yasusi Yamamoto3 and Isao Enami1,4

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601 Japan
2 Tissue Engineering Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510 Japan
3 Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan

Oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) complexes of Euglena gracilis were isolated and characterized. (1) The PSII complexes contained three extrinsic proteins of 33 kDa (PsbO), 23 kDa (PsbP) and 17 kDa (PsbQ), and showed oxygen-evolving activity of around 700 µmol O2 (mg Chl)–1 h–1 even in the absence of Cl– and Ca2+ ions. (2) NaCl-treatment removed not only PsbP and PsbQ but also a part of PsbO from Euglena PSII, indicating that PsbO binds to Euglena PSII more loosely than those of other organisms. Treatments by urea/NaCl, alkaline Tris or CaCl2 completely removed the three extrinsic proteins from Euglena PSII. (3) Each of the Euglena extrinsic proteins bound directly to PSII independent of the other extrinsic proteins, which is similar to the binding properties of the extrinsic proteins in a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (4) One of the significant features of Euglena PSII is that the oxygen evolution was not enhanced by Ca2+. When CaCl2-treated Euglena PSII was reconstituted with PsbO, the oxygen-evolving activity was stimulated by the addition of NaCl, but no further stimulation was observed by CaCl2. (5) Oxygen evolution of Euglena PSII reconstituted with PsbO from C. reinhardtii or spinach instead of that from Euglena also showed no enhancement by Ca2+, whereas a significant enhancement of oxygen evolution was observed by Ca2+ when the green algal or higher plant PSII was reconstituted with Euglena PsbO instead of their own PsbO. These results indicate that the PSII intrinsic proteins instead of the extrinsic PsbO protein, are responsible for the stimulation of oxygen evolution by Ca2+. Sequence comparison of major PSII intrinsic proteins revealed that PsbI of Euglena PSII is remarkably different from other organisms in that Euglena PsbI possesses extra 16–17 residues exposed to the luminal side. This may be related to the loss of enhancement of oxygen evolution by Ca2+ ion.

4 Corresponding author: E-mail, enami{at}rs.noda.tus.ac.jp; Fax, +81-4-7124-2150.


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