Circular dichroism of green bacterial chlorosomes
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Photosynthesis Research
- Vol. 24 (3), 253-263
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00032313
Abstract
Positive and negative bands in previously measured circular dichroism (CD) spectra of Chlorobium limicola chlorosomes appeared to be sign-reversed relative to those of Chloroflexus aurantiacus chlorosomes in the 740–750 nm spectral region where bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c absorbs maximally. It was not clear, however, whether this difference was intrinsic to the chlorosomes or was due to differences in the procedures used to prepare them. We therefore repeated the CD measurements using chlorosomes isolated from both Cb. limicola f. thiosulfatophilum and Cf. aurantiacus using the method of Gerola and Olson (1986, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 848: 69–76). Contrary to the earlier results, both types of chlorosomes had very similar CD spectra, suggesting that both have similar arrangements of BChl c molecules. The previously reported difference between the CD spectra of Chlorobium and Chloroflexus chlorosomes is due to the instability of Chlorobium chlorosomes, which can undergo a hypsochromic shift in their near infrared absorption maximum accompanied by an apparent inversion in their near infrared CD spectrum during isolation. Treating isolated chlorosomes with the strong ionic detergent sodium dodecylsulfate, which removes BChl a, does not alter the arrangement of BChl c molecules in either Chloroflexus or Chlorobium chlorosomes, as indicated by the lack of an effect on their CD spectra.Keywords
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