Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center

The phosphorescence of singlet oxygen (1X*) photosensitized by the carotenoidless reaction center (RC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26.1 has been investigated, using H2O and D2O as the suspending media. To enhance (under neutral conditions) the triplet quantum yield of the special pair P870 (P) by th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arellano, Juan B., Yousef, Yaser A., Melo, Thor Bernt, Mohamad, Samsun Baharin, Cogdell, Richard J., Naqvi, K. Razi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/1/Arellano-Samsun.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134407000401
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.iium.irep.12191
record_format dspace
spelling my.iium.irep.121912012-05-31T02:56:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/ Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center Arellano, Juan B. Yousef, Yaser A. Melo, Thor Bernt Mohamad, Samsun Baharin Cogdell, Richard J. Naqvi, K. Razi QC Physics The phosphorescence of singlet oxygen (1X*) photosensitized by the carotenoidless reaction center (RC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26.1 has been investigated, using H2O and D2O as the suspending media. To enhance (under neutral conditions) the triplet quantum yield of the special pair P870 (P) by the radical pair mechanism, the quinone acceptor QA was removed by means of a chemical treatment. The phosphorescence signal fits the functional form P0[exp (�t/s) � exp(�t/f)], regardless of whether 1X* is sensitized by P� or M� (where the dagger denotes triplet excitation and M is a water-soluble molecule). The time constant f was identified with the decay time of 1X*; when P� is the sensitizer, one finds fð1Þ P ¼ 3:3 � 0:3 ls, and fð2Þ P ¼ 34 � 3 ls, where the superscripts 1 and 2 refer to H2O and D2O, respectively; the corresponding values for sensitization by M� (in the absence of RC) are fð1Þ M ¼ 3:7 � 0:4 ls, and fð2Þ M ¼ 75 � 5 ls. The addition of RC’s to the solution of M in D2O reveals that the RC is a quencher of 1X*; however, for equal concentrations of the RC, fð2Þ P < fð2Þ M , showing that 1X* is deactivated, after its entry into the suspending medium, mainly by the solvent or the same RC which acts as the sensitizer. The values of sP are similar in both solvents, ca. 2 ls, but this time constant does not figure in the disappearance of P�, which follows a bi-exponential course, a1exp(�t/s1) + a2exp(�t/s2). The time constants s1 and s2 (72 ± 5 ls and 12 ± 1 ls, respectively) as well as the factor a2 are insensitive to the oxygen content, and quenching of P� is manifested only through a threefold reduction in the magnitude of a1; these data imply the absence of dynamic quenching and heterogeneity of the RC. The mean lifetime of 1X* inside the protein matrix is identified with sP, and the absence of a prompt component in the phosphorescence signal rationalized by proposing that the radiative decay of 1X* within the RC is much slower than that in an aqueous environment. Elsevier 2007-05-25 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/1/Arellano-Samsun.pdf Arellano, Juan B. and Yousef, Yaser A. and Melo, Thor Bernt and Mohamad, Samsun Baharin and Cogdell, Richard J. and Naqvi, K. Razi (2007) Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 87 (2). pp. 105-112. ISSN 1011-1344 (P), 1873-2682 (O) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134407000401 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2007.03.004
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic QC Physics
spellingShingle QC Physics
Arellano, Juan B.
Yousef, Yaser A.
Melo, Thor Bernt
Mohamad, Samsun Baharin
Cogdell, Richard J.
Naqvi, K. Razi
Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
description The phosphorescence of singlet oxygen (1X*) photosensitized by the carotenoidless reaction center (RC) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26.1 has been investigated, using H2O and D2O as the suspending media. To enhance (under neutral conditions) the triplet quantum yield of the special pair P870 (P) by the radical pair mechanism, the quinone acceptor QA was removed by means of a chemical treatment. The phosphorescence signal fits the functional form P0[exp (�t/s) � exp(�t/f)], regardless of whether 1X* is sensitized by P� or M� (where the dagger denotes triplet excitation and M is a water-soluble molecule). The time constant f was identified with the decay time of 1X*; when P� is the sensitizer, one finds fð1Þ P ¼ 3:3 � 0:3 ls, and fð2Þ P ¼ 34 � 3 ls, where the superscripts 1 and 2 refer to H2O and D2O, respectively; the corresponding values for sensitization by M� (in the absence of RC) are fð1Þ M ¼ 3:7 � 0:4 ls, and fð2Þ M ¼ 75 � 5 ls. The addition of RC’s to the solution of M in D2O reveals that the RC is a quencher of 1X*; however, for equal concentrations of the RC, fð2Þ P < fð2Þ M , showing that 1X* is deactivated, after its entry into the suspending medium, mainly by the solvent or the same RC which acts as the sensitizer. The values of sP are similar in both solvents, ca. 2 ls, but this time constant does not figure in the disappearance of P�, which follows a bi-exponential course, a1exp(�t/s1) + a2exp(�t/s2). The time constants s1 and s2 (72 ± 5 ls and 12 ± 1 ls, respectively) as well as the factor a2 are insensitive to the oxygen content, and quenching of P� is manifested only through a threefold reduction in the magnitude of a1; these data imply the absence of dynamic quenching and heterogeneity of the RC. The mean lifetime of 1X* inside the protein matrix is identified with sP, and the absence of a prompt component in the phosphorescence signal rationalized by proposing that the radiative decay of 1X* within the RC is much slower than that in an aqueous environment.
format Article
author Arellano, Juan B.
Yousef, Yaser A.
Melo, Thor Bernt
Mohamad, Samsun Baharin
Cogdell, Richard J.
Naqvi, K. Razi
author_facet Arellano, Juan B.
Yousef, Yaser A.
Melo, Thor Bernt
Mohamad, Samsun Baharin
Cogdell, Richard J.
Naqvi, K. Razi
author_sort Arellano, Juan B.
title Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
title_short Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
title_full Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
title_fullStr Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
title_full_unstemmed Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
title_sort formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/1/Arellano-Samsun.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12191/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134407000401
_version_ 1643606590481235968
score 13.211869