Tools for analyzing protonation states and for tracing proton transfer pathways with examples from the Rb. sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers

被引:2
作者
Wei, Rongmei Judy [1 ,2 ]
Khaniya, Umesh [2 ,3 ]
Mao, Junjun [2 ]
Liu, Jinchan [4 ]
Batista, Victor S. [5 ]
Gunner, M. R. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] CUNY, Grad Ctr, PhD Program Chem, New York, NY 10016 USA
[2] CUNY City Coll, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10031 USA
[3] CUNY, PhD Program Phys, Grad Ctr, New York, NY 10016 USA
[4] Yale Univ, Dept Mol Biophys & Biochem, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[5] Yale Univ, Dept Chem, 225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
关键词
Semiquinone; Protonation states; Microstates; Proton transfer; Reaction center; Hydrogen bond network; MONTE-CARLO METHOD; ELECTRON-TRANSFER; PK(A) VALUES; PHOTOSYSTEM-II; PROTEIN; DYNAMICS; REDOX; MECHANISM; RESIDUES; COMPLEX;
D O I
10.1007/s11120-022-00973-0
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Protons participate in many reactions. In proteins, protons need paths to move in and out of buried active sites. The vectorial movement of protons coupled to electron transfer reactions establishes the transmembrane electrochemical gradient used for many reactions, including ATP synthesis. Protons move through hydrogen bonded chains of waters and hydroxy side chains via the Grotthuss mechanism and by proton binding and release from acidic and basic residues. MCCE analysis shows that proteins exist in a large number of protonation states. Knowledge of the equilibrium ensemble can provide a rational basis for setting protonation states in simulations that fix them, such as molecular dynamics (MD). The proton path into the Q(B) site in the bacterial reaction centers (RCs) of Rb. sphaeroides is analyzed by MD to provide an example of the benefits of using protonation states found by the MCCE program. A tangled web of side chains and waters link the cytoplasm to Q(B). MCCE analysis of snapshots from multiple trajectories shows that changing the input protonation state of a residue in MD biases the trajectory shifting the proton affinity of that residue. However, the proton affinity of some residues is more sensitive to the input structure. The proton transfer networks derived from different trajectories are quite robust. There are some changes in connectivity that are largely restricted to the specific residues whose protonation state is changed. Trajectories with Q(B)(center dot-) are compared with earlier results obtained with Q(B) [Wei et. al Photosynthesis Research volume 152, pages153-165 (2022)] showing only modest changes. While introducing new methods the study highlights the difficulty of establishing the connections between protein conformation.
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