Femtosecond Photodynamics of the Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 from <i>Nostoc punctiforme</i>. 1. Forward Dynamics

Kim, Peter W.; Freer, Lucy H.; Rockwell, Nathan C.; Martin, Shelley S.; Lagarias, J. Clark; Larsen, Delmar S.

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“…The dark states of both AnPixJ and NpR6012g4 are known to be heterogeneous. 46,52,62 In NpR6012g4, one subpopulation was predicted to have little or no capacity for photoconversion. 52,62 It thus becomes unclear whether the AnPixJ crystal structure 19 is that of an active or inactive configuration.…”

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Conserved Phenylalanine Residues Are Required for Blue-Shifting of Cyanobacteriochrome Photoproducts

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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial photosensory proteins distantly related to phytochromes. Both phytochromes and CBCRs reversibly convert between dark-stable and photoproduct states upon photoisomerization of their linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophores. While most phytochromes convert between a red-absorbing dark state and a far-red-absorbing photoproduct, CBCRs exhibit spectral responses spanning the entire near-ultraviolet and visible spectrum. For example, red/green CBCRs such as AnPixJ and NpR6012g4 exhibit a red-absorbing dark state similar to that of phytochrome, but photoconversion yields a green-absorbing photoproduct. "Teal-DXCF" CBCRs convert from blue- or green-absorbing dark states to yield photoproducts with very narrow absorption in the teal region of the spectrum (approximately 500 nm). The recent determination of a crystal structure of AnPixJ in its red-absorbing dark state led to the proposal that movement of a Trp residue (the "lid Trp") upon photoconversion would allow solvation of the photoproduct, thereby producing a large blue-shift. We find that substitution of the lid Trp has little effect on the NpR6012g4 photoproduct. Instead, two Phe residues conserved in red/green and teal-DXCF CBCRs are essential for determining photoproduct absorption in both CBCR groups with no significant influence on the dark-adapted state. We propose that these Phe residues constrain chromophore movement after primary photoisomerization. This work supports a trapped-twist mechanism for generating both red/green and teal-DXCF photoproducts.

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“…Kinase assays were performed as described previously (16). NpR6012g4 was expressed in E. coli and purified as described (53).…”

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Green/red cyanobacteriochromes regulate complementary chromatic acclimation via a protochromic photocycle

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial members of the phytochrome superfamily of photosensors. Like phytochromes, CBCRs convert between two photostates by photoisomerization of a covalently bound linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophore. Although phytochromes are red/far-red sensors, CBCRs exhibit diverse photocycles spanning the visible spectrum and the near-UV (330-680 nm). Two CBCR subfamilies detect near-UV to blue light (330-450 nm) via a "two-Cys photocycle" that couples bilin 15Z/15E photoisomerization with formation or elimination of a second bilincysteine adduct. On the other hand, mechanisms for tuning the absorption between the green and red regions of the spectrum have not been elucidated as of yet. CcaS and RcaE are members of a CBCR subfamily that regulates complementary chromatic acclimation, in which cyanobacteria optimize light-harvesting antennae in response to green or red ambient light. CcaS has been shown to undergo a green/red photocycle: reversible photoconversion between a green-absorbing 15Z state ( 15Z P g ) and a red-absorbing 15E state ( 15E P r ). We demonstrate that RcaE from Fremyella diplosiphon undergoes the same photocycle and exhibits light-regulated kinase activity. In both RcaE and CcaS, the bilin chromophore is deprotonated as 15Z P g but protonated as 15E P r . This change of bilin protonation state is modulated by three key residues that are conserved in green/red CBCRs. We therefore designate the photocycle of green/red CBCRs a "protochromic photocycle," in which the dramatic change from green to red absorption is not induced by initial bilin photoisomerization but by a subsequent change in bilin protonation state.light sensing | phycobiliprotein | signal transduction | spectral tuning | two-component signaling P hytochrome photosensors initially were discovered in plants and later found in cyanobacteria, nonoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, nonphotosynthetic bacteria, fungi, and algae (1, 2). These photoreceptors bind linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophores within a conserved GAF (cGMP phosphodiesterase/adenylyl cyclase/FhlA) domain via a covalent thioether linkage to a conserved Cys residue (Fig. S1A)(3-6). Upon illumination, phytochromes reversibly convert between a red-absorbing dark state and a far-red-absorbing photoproduct. This red/far-red photocycle is triggered by photoisomerization of the bilin 15,16-double bond between the 15Z and 15E configurations (7,8), with 15Z giving red absorption and 15E far-red absorption (4, 6, 9). In phytochromes, the conjugated π system of the bilin is protonated in both photostates, and this protonation is necessary to maintain the red and far-red absorption (10-12). Conserved GAF residues supply a hydrogen bond network to tune the chemical and spectral properties of the bilin (Fig. S1B).* Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are widespread cyanobacterial photosensors with phytochrome-related GAF domains (1,2,13,14). Although CBCRs also convert between two photostates via bilin photoisomerization at C15, they exhibit much more spe...

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“…51 However, AnPixJg2 and other red/green CBCRs are known to be heterogeneous. 43,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58] It is thus possible that this heterogeneity could confound interpretation of the vibrational spectra. A detailed analysis of the Resonance Raman studies in combination with molecular dynamics simulations led to the proposal that the photoproduct of AnPixJg2 is extensively solvated due to movement of a conserved 'lid'…”

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Characterization of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 by Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A Protonated Bilin Ring System in Both Photostates

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Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are cyanobacterial photoreceptors distantly related to phytochromes. Both CBCRs and phytochromes use photoisomerization of a linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophore to photoconvert between two states with distinct spectral and biochemical properties, the dark state and the photoproduct. The isolated CBCR domain NpR6012g4 from Nostoc punctiforme is a well-characterized member of the canonical red/green CBCR subfamily, photosensory domains that can function as sensors for light color or intensity to regulate phototactic responses of filamentous cyanobacteria. Such red/green CBCRs utilize conserved Phe residues to tune the photoproduct for green light absorption, but conflicting interpretations of the photoproduct chromophore structure have been proposed. In the hydration model, the proposed photoproduct state is extensively solvated, with a loosely bound, conformationally flexible chromophore. In the trapped-twist model, the photoproduct chromophore is sterically constrained by hydrophobic amino acids, including the known Phe residues. Here, we have characterized chromophore structure in NpR6012g4 using solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a series of labeled chromophores. Four NH resonances are assigned for both the red-absorbing dark state and the green-absorbing photoproduct. Moreover, observed (13)C chemical shifts are in good agreement with those obtained for protonated rather than deprotonated bilins in ab initio calculations. Our results demonstrate that NpR6012g4 has a protonated, cationic bilin π system in both photostates, consistent with a photoproduct structure in which the chromophore is not extensively hydrated.

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Femtosecond Photodynamics of the Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 from Nostoc punctiforme. 1. Forward Dynamics

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Conserved Phenylalanine Residues Are Required for Blue-Shifting of Cyanobacteriochrome Photoproducts

Conserved Phenylalanine Residues Are Required for Blue-Shifting of Cyanobacteriochrome Photoproducts

Green/red cyanobacteriochromes regulate complementary chromatic acclimation via a protochromic photocycle

Characterization of Red/Green Cyanobacteriochrome NpR6012g4 by Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: A Protonated Bilin Ring System in Both Photostates

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