Photosystem II reconstitution into proteoliposomes: structure-function characterization

Methods Mol Biol. 2004:274:183-204. doi: 10.1385/1-59259-799-8:183.

Abstract

This chapter discusses the photosystem II (PSII) reconstitution into proteoliposomes. In the first part of the chapter, protocols are outlined for the preparation of lipid bilayer vesicles (liposomes) constituted of individual thylakoid lipids or their mixtures for the preparation of PSII particles, and for the incorporation of the PSII particles into the liposomes. In the second part of the chapter, methodologies are described for the structure-function characterization of the PSII-lipid complexes (proteoliposomes). This includes the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) determination of the PSII proteins, measurement of oxygen-evolving activity of PSII in the proteoliposomes, and the study of structural changes of the PSII proteins upon their incorporation into the lipid bilayers by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chloroplasts / chemistry
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / methods
  • Hordeum / chemistry
  • Intracellular Membranes / chemistry
  • Membrane Lipids / chemistry
  • Oxygen / metabolism
  • Photosystem II Protein Complex / chemistry*
  • Photosystem II Protein Complex / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Proteolipids / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • Membrane Lipids
  • Photosystem II Protein Complex
  • Plant Proteins
  • Proteolipids
  • proteoliposomes
  • Oxygen