Biophysical Journal 56: 95-106 (1989)
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Antenna structure and excitation dynamics in photosystem I. II. Studies with mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii lacking photosystem II.

Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois.

ABSTRACT

Using time-resolved single photon counting, fluorescence decay in photosystem I (PS I) was analyzed in mutant strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that lack photosystem II. Two strains are compared: one with a wild-type PS I core antenna (120 chlorophyll a/P700) and a second showing an apparent reduction in core antenna size (60 chlorophyll a/P700). These data were calculated from the lifetimes of core antenna excited states (75 and 45 ps, respectively) and from pigment stoichiometries. Fluorescence decay in wild type PS I is composed of two components: a fast 75-ps decay that represents the photochemically limited lifetime of excited states in the core antenna, and a minor (less than 10%) 300-800 ps component that has spectral characteristics of both peripheral and core antenna pigments. Temporal and spectral properties of the fast PS I decay indicate that (a) excitations are nearly equilibrated among the range of spectral forms present in the PS I core antenna, (b) an average excitation visits a representative distribution of core antenna spectral forms on all pigment-binding subunits regardless of the origin of the excitation, (c) reduction in core antenna size does not alter the range of antenna spectral forms present, and (d) transfer from peripheral antennae to the PS I core complex is rapid (less than 5 ps).

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