TY - JOUR
T1 - Anomalous pressure effects on the photoreaction of a light-sensor protein from
T2 - Synechocystis, PixD (Slr1694), and the compressibility change of its intermediates
AU - Nakajima, Tsubasa
AU - Kuroi, Kunisato
AU - Nakasone, Yusuke
AU - Okajima, Koji
AU - Ikeuchi, Masahiko
AU - Tokutomi, Satoru
AU - Terazima, Masahide
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - SyPixD (Slr1694) is a blue-light receptor that contains a BLUF (blue-light sensor using a flavin chromophore) domain for the function of phototaxis. The key reaction of this protein is a light-induced conformational change and subsequent dissociation reaction from the decamer to the dimer. In this study, anomalous effects of pressure on this reaction were discovered, and changes in the compressibility of its short-lived intermediates were investigated. While the absorption spectra of the dark and light states are not sensitive to pressure, the formation yield of the first intermediate decreases with pressure to about 40% at 150 MPa. Upon blue-light illumination with a sufficiently strong intensity, the transient grating signal, which represents the dissociation of the SyPixD decamer, was observed at 0.1 MPa, and the signal intensity significantly decreased with increasing pressure. This behavior shows that the dissociation of the decamer from the second intermediate state is suppressed by pressure. However, while the decamer undergoes no dissociation upon excitation of one monomer unit at 0.1 MPa, dissociation is gradually induced with increasing pressure. For solving this strange behavior, the compressibility changes of the intermediates were measured as a function of pressure at weak light intensity. Interestingly, the compressibility change was negative at low pressure, but became positive with increasing pressure. Because the compressibility is related to the volume fluctuation, this observation suggests that the driving force for this reaction is fluctuation of the protein. The relationship between the cavities at the interfaces of the monomer units and the reactivity was also discussed.
AB - SyPixD (Slr1694) is a blue-light receptor that contains a BLUF (blue-light sensor using a flavin chromophore) domain for the function of phototaxis. The key reaction of this protein is a light-induced conformational change and subsequent dissociation reaction from the decamer to the dimer. In this study, anomalous effects of pressure on this reaction were discovered, and changes in the compressibility of its short-lived intermediates were investigated. While the absorption spectra of the dark and light states are not sensitive to pressure, the formation yield of the first intermediate decreases with pressure to about 40% at 150 MPa. Upon blue-light illumination with a sufficiently strong intensity, the transient grating signal, which represents the dissociation of the SyPixD decamer, was observed at 0.1 MPa, and the signal intensity significantly decreased with increasing pressure. This behavior shows that the dissociation of the decamer from the second intermediate state is suppressed by pressure. However, while the decamer undergoes no dissociation upon excitation of one monomer unit at 0.1 MPa, dissociation is gradually induced with increasing pressure. For solving this strange behavior, the compressibility changes of the intermediates were measured as a function of pressure at weak light intensity. Interestingly, the compressibility change was negative at low pressure, but became positive with increasing pressure. Because the compressibility is related to the volume fluctuation, this observation suggests that the driving force for this reaction is fluctuation of the protein. The relationship between the cavities at the interfaces of the monomer units and the reactivity was also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1039/c6cp05091c
DO - 10.1039/c6cp05091c
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988614801
VL - 18
SP - 25915
EP - 25925
JO - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
JF - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
SN - 1463-9076
IS - 37
ER -