An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II

Bryopsis corticulans is a marine green macroalga adapted to the intertidal environment. It possesses siphonaxanthin-binding light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II (LHCII) with spectroscopic properties markedly different from the LHCII in plants. By applying a phenomenological fitting procedure...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Hoang Long, Do, Thanh Nhut, Akhtar, Parveen, Jansen, Thomas L. C., Knoester, Jasper, Wang, Wenda, Shen, Jian-Ren, Lambrev, Petar H., Tan, Howe-Siang
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1555972023-02-28T19:58:49Z An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II Nguyen, Hoang Long Do, Thanh Nhut Akhtar, Parveen Jansen, Thomas L. C. Knoester, Jasper Wang, Wenda Shen, Jian-Ren Lambrev, Petar H. Tan, Howe-Siang School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Science::Chemistry Flow Energy Transfer Bryopsis corticulans is a marine green macroalga adapted to the intertidal environment. It possesses siphonaxanthin-binding light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II (LHCII) with spectroscopic properties markedly different from the LHCII in plants. By applying a phenomenological fitting procedure to the two-dimensional electronic spectra of the LHCII from B. corticulans measured at 77 K, we can extract information about the excitonic states and energy-transfer processes. The fitting method results in well-converged parameters, including excitonic energy levels with their respective transition dipole moments, spectral widths, energy-transfer rates, and coupling properties. The 2D spectra simulated from the fitted parameters concur very well with the experimental data, showing the robustness of the fitting method. An excitonic energy-transfer scheme can be constructed from the fitting parameters. It shows the rapid energy transfer from chlorophylls (Chls) b to a at subpicosecond time scales and a long-lived state in the Chl b region at around 659 nm. Three weakly connected terminal states are resolved at 671, 675, and 677 nm. The lowest state is higher in energy than that in plant LHCII, which is probably because of the fewer number of Chls a in a B. corticulans LHCII monomer. Modeling based on existing Hamiltonians for the plant LHCII structure with two Chls a switched to Chls b suggests several possible Chl a-b replacements in comparison with those of plant LHCII. The adaptive changes result in a slower energy equilibration in the complex, revealed by the longer relaxation times of several exciton states compared to those of plant LHCII. The strength of our phenomenological fitting method for obtaining excitonic energy levels and energy-transfer network is put to the test in systems such as B. corticulans LHCII, where prior knowledge on exact assignment and spatial locations of pigments are lacking. Ministry of Education (MOE) Submitted/Accepted version H.-S.T acknowledges support from the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (Tier 1 RG2/19 and Tier 1 RG15/18). P.H.L. acknowledges grants from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (Grants NN124904 and 2018-1.2.1-NKP-2018-00009). This work was also supported by a Strategic Priority Research Program (XDB17030100) of China, a Key Research Project for Frontier Science (QYZDY-SSW-SMC003) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China, and a bilateral project between CAS and the Hungary Academy of Sciences. 2022-03-14T08:18:30Z 2022-03-14T08:18:30Z 2021 Journal Article Nguyen, H. L., Do, T. N., Akhtar, P., Jansen, T. L. C., Knoester, J., Wang, W., Shen, J., Lambrev, P. H. & Tan, H. (2021). An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125(4), 1134-1143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10634 1520-6106 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155597 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10634 33478222 2-s2.0-85100272403 4 125 1134 1143 en RG2/19 RG15/18 Journal of Physical Chemistry B This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10634. application/pdf
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topic Science::Chemistry
Flow
Energy Transfer
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Flow
Energy Transfer
Nguyen, Hoang Long
Do, Thanh Nhut
Akhtar, Parveen
Jansen, Thomas L. C.
Knoester, Jasper
Wang, Wenda
Shen, Jian-Ren
Lambrev, Petar H.
Tan, Howe-Siang
An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
description Bryopsis corticulans is a marine green macroalga adapted to the intertidal environment. It possesses siphonaxanthin-binding light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II (LHCII) with spectroscopic properties markedly different from the LHCII in plants. By applying a phenomenological fitting procedure to the two-dimensional electronic spectra of the LHCII from B. corticulans measured at 77 K, we can extract information about the excitonic states and energy-transfer processes. The fitting method results in well-converged parameters, including excitonic energy levels with their respective transition dipole moments, spectral widths, energy-transfer rates, and coupling properties. The 2D spectra simulated from the fitted parameters concur very well with the experimental data, showing the robustness of the fitting method. An excitonic energy-transfer scheme can be constructed from the fitting parameters. It shows the rapid energy transfer from chlorophylls (Chls) b to a at subpicosecond time scales and a long-lived state in the Chl b region at around 659 nm. Three weakly connected terminal states are resolved at 671, 675, and 677 nm. The lowest state is higher in energy than that in plant LHCII, which is probably because of the fewer number of Chls a in a B. corticulans LHCII monomer. Modeling based on existing Hamiltonians for the plant LHCII structure with two Chls a switched to Chls b suggests several possible Chl a-b replacements in comparison with those of plant LHCII. The adaptive changes result in a slower energy equilibration in the complex, revealed by the longer relaxation times of several exciton states compared to those of plant LHCII. The strength of our phenomenological fitting method for obtaining excitonic energy levels and energy-transfer network is put to the test in systems such as B. corticulans LHCII, where prior knowledge on exact assignment and spatial locations of pigments are lacking.
author2 School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
author_facet School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Nguyen, Hoang Long
Do, Thanh Nhut
Akhtar, Parveen
Jansen, Thomas L. C.
Knoester, Jasper
Wang, Wenda
Shen, Jian-Ren
Lambrev, Petar H.
Tan, Howe-Siang
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author Nguyen, Hoang Long
Do, Thanh Nhut
Akhtar, Parveen
Jansen, Thomas L. C.
Knoester, Jasper
Wang, Wenda
Shen, Jian-Ren
Lambrev, Petar H.
Tan, Howe-Siang
author_sort Nguyen, Hoang Long
title An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
title_short An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
title_full An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
title_fullStr An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
title_full_unstemmed An exciton dynamics model of Bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex II
title_sort exciton dynamics model of bryopsis corticulans light-harvesting complex ii
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