Noncanonical Photocycle Initiation Dynamics of the Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP) Domain of the PYP-Phytochrome-Related (Ppr) Photoreceptor

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• 作者：L. Tyler Mix ; Miwa Hara ; Rachana Rathod ; Masato Kumauchi ; Wouter D. Hoff ; Delmar S. Larsen
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 15, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：24
• 页码：5212-5218
• 全文大小：524K
• ISSN：1948-7185

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The photoactive yellow protein (PYP) from Halorhodospira halophila (Hhal) is a bacterial photoreceptor and model system for exploring functional protein dynamics. We report ultrafast spectroscopy experiments that probe photocycle initiation dynamics in the PYP domain from the multidomain PYP-phytochrome-related photoreceptor from Rhodospirillum centenum (Rcen). As with Hhal PYP, Rcen PYP exhibits similar excited-state dynamics; in contrast, Rcen PYP exhibits altered photoproduct ground-state dynamics in which the primary Ib>0b> intermediate as observed in Hhal PYP is absent. This property is attributed to a tighter, more sterically constrained binding pocket around the p-coumaric acid chromophore due to a change in the Rcen PYP protein structure that places Phe98 instead of Met100 in contact with the chromophore. Hence, the Ib>0b> state is not a necessary step for the initiation of productive PYP photocycles and the ubiquitously studied Hhal PYP may not be representative of the broader PYP family of photodynamics.