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We investigated type II bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers, which contain a quinone - iron complex (QA-Fe-QB) on their acceptor side. Under physiological conditions it was observed mainly in a reduced high spin state but its low spin ferrous states were also observed. Therefore, it was suggested that it might regulate the dynamical properties of the iron–quinone complex and the protonation and deprotonation events in its neighbourhood. In order to get insight into the molecular mechanism of the NHFe low spin state formation, we preformed Mössbauer studies of a wild type of Rb. sphaeroides and its two mutated forms. Our Mössbauer measurements show that the hydrophobicity of the QA binding site can be crucial for stabilization of the high spin ferrous state of NHFe.
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Hałas, A., Derrien, V., Sebban, P. et al. Chemical proprieties of the iron-quinone complex in mutated reaction centers of Rb. sphaeroides. Hyperfine Interact 206, 109–114 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0451-0
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