A redox-dependent interaction between two electron-transfer partners involved in photosynthesis

EMBO Rep. 2000 Sep;1(3):271-6. doi: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvd057.

Abstract

Ferredoxin:NADP+:reductase (FNR) catalyzes one terminal step of the conversion of light energy into chemical energy during photosynthesis. FNR uses two high energy electrons photoproduced by photosystem I (PSI) and conveyed, one by one, by a ferredoxin (Fd), to reduce NADP+ to NADPH. The reducing power of NADPH is finally involved in carbon assimilation. The interaction between oxidized FNR and Fd was studied by crystallography at 2.4 A resolution leading to a three-dimensional picture of an Fd-FNR biologically relevant complex. This complex suggests that FNR and Fd specifically interact prior to each electron transfer and disassemble upon a redox-linked conformational change of the Fd.

MeSH terms

  • Anabaena* / chemistry
  • Anabaena* / enzymology
  • Catalysis
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electron Transport
  • Electrons
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase / chemistry*
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase / metabolism*
  • Ferredoxins / chemistry*
  • Ferredoxins / metabolism*
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / metabolism
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Isoenzymes / chemistry
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • NADP / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Photosynthesis*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protons

Substances

  • Ferredoxins
  • Isoenzymes
  • Protons
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide
  • NADP
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase