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Carotenoid-Chlorophyll Interactions in a Photosynthetic Antenna Protein: A Supramolecular QM/MM Approach.


ABSTRACT: Multichromophoric interactions control the initial events of energy capture and transfer in the light harvesting peridinin-chlorophyll a protein (PCP) from marine algae dinoflagellates. Due to the van der Waals association of the carotenoid peridinin (Per) with chlorophyll a in a unique 4:1 stoichiometric ratio, supramolecular quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations are essential to accurately describe structure, spectroscopy, and electronic coupling. We show that, by enabling inter-chromophore electronic coupling, substantial effects arise in the nature of the transition dipole moment and the absorption spectrum. We further hypothesize that inter-protein domain Per-Per interactions are not negligible, and are needed to explain the experimental reconstruction features of the spectrum in wild-type PCP.

SUBMITTER: Guberman-Pfeffer MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6222738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carotenoid-Chlorophyll Interactions in a Photosynthetic Antenna Protein: A Supramolecular QM/MM Approach.

Guberman-Pfeffer Matthew J MJ   Gascón José A JA  

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20181010 10


Multichromophoric interactions control the initial events of energy capture and transfer in the light harvesting peridinin-chlorophyll <i>a</i> protein (PCP) from marine algae dinoflagellates. Due to the van der Waals association of the carotenoid peridinin (Per) with chlorophyll <i>a</i> in a unique 4:1 stoichiometric ratio, supramolecular quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations are essential to accurately describe structure, spectroscopy, and electronic coupling. We show t  ...[more]

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