Photosystem II (PSII) is an intrinsic membrane protein complex that functions as a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase in oxygenic photosynthesis. Electron transport in PSII is associated with formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsible for oxidative modifications of PSII proteins. In this study, oxidative modifications of the D1 and D2 proteins by the superoxide anion (O2•-) and the hydroxyl (HO•) radicals were studied in WT and a tocopherol cyclase (vte1) mutant, which is deficient in the lipid-soluble antioxidant α-tocopherol. In the absence of this antioxidant, high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry was used to identify oxidation of D1:130E to hydroxyglutamic acid by O2•- at the PheoD1 site. Additionally, D1:246Y was modified to either tyrosine hydroperoxide or dihydroxyphenylalanine by O2•- and HO•, respectively, in the vicinity of the nonheme iron. We propose that α-tocopherol is localized near PheoD1 and the nonheme iron, with its chromanol head exposed to the lipid-water interface. This helps to prevent oxidative modification of the amino acid's hydrogen that is bonded to PheoD1 and the nonheme iron (via bicarbonate), and thus protects electron transport in PSII from ROS damage.

Department of Biological Sciences Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 70803

Department of Biological Sciences Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 70803;

Department of Biophysics Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research Faculty of Science Palacký University 771 47 Olomouc Czech Republic

Department of Biophysics Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research Faculty of Science Palacký University 771 47 Olomouc Czech Republic;

Department of Botany Faculty of Science Palacký University 771 47 Olomouc Czech Republic

The Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH 45221

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