Energy transfer from phycobilisomes to photosystem I at room temperature

Avratanu Biswas, Parveen Akhtar, Petar H. Lambrev, Ivo H.M. van Stokkum*

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Abstract

The phycobilisomes function as the primary light-harvesting antennae in cyanobacteria and red algae, effectively harvesting and transferring excitation energy to both photosystems. Here we investigate the direct energy transfer route from the phycobilisomes to photosystem I at room temperature in a mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 that lacks photosystem II. The excitation dynamics are studied by picosecond time-resolved fluorescence measurements in combination with global and target analysis. Global analysis revealed several fast equilibration time scales and a decay of the equilibrated system with a time constant of ≈220 ps. From simultaneous target analysis of measurements with two different excitations of 400 nm (chlorophyll a) and 580 nm (phycobilisomes) a transfer rate of 42 ns-1 from the terminal emitter of the phycobilisome to photosystem I was estimated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1300532
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalFrontiers in Plant Science
Volume14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2024

Bibliographical note

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Copyright © 2024 Biswas, Akhtar, Lambrev and van Stokkum.

Funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by grants from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFI FK-139067 to PA and ANN-144012 and 2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00009 to PL) and the Hungarian Research Network (SA-76/2021 to PA). The research leading to these results has received funding from LASERLAB-EUROPE (grant agreement no. 871124, European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program). Acknowledgments

FundersFunder number
HUN-REN Hungarian Research NetworkSA-76/2021, 871124
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00009, ANN-144012, FK-139067
Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap

    Keywords

    • energy transfer (ET)
    • global analysis (GA)
    • photosystem I (PSI)
    • phycobilisomes (PBs)
    • target analysis

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