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Tom Wydrzynski

Photobioenergetics Group
Research School of Biological Sciences
GPO Box 475
Canberra ACT 2601
ph: +61 (02) 6125 5892
fax: +61 (02) 6125 8056

email: Tom@rsbs.anu.edu.au

 

List of Publications

Hendry G and Wydrzynski T (2003) 18O isotope exchange measurements reveal that calcium is involved in the binding of one substrate-water molecule to the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II. Biochemistry 42, 6209-6217


Quigg A, Beardall J and Wydrzynski T (2003) Photoacclimation involves modulation of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving reactions in Dunaniella Tertiolecta and Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Func Plant Biol 30, 301-308


Razeghifard MR and Wydrzynski T (2003) Binding of Zn-Chlorin to a synthetic four-helix bundle peptide through histidine ligation. Biochemistry 42: 1024-1030


Clarke S, Funk C, Hendry G, Shand J, Wydrzynski T and Eaton-Rye J (2002) Amino acid deletions in the cystolic domains of the chlorophyll a-binding protein CP47 slow QA- oxidation and/or prevent the assembly of photosystem II. Plant Mol Biol 50, 563-572


Hendry G and Wydrzynski T (2002) The two substrate-water molecules are already bound to the oxygen-evolving complex in the S2 state of photosystem II. Biochemistry 41, 13328-13334


Smith PJ, Peterson S, Masters VM, Wydrzynski T, Styring S, Krausz E and Pace RJ (2002) Magneto-optical measurements of the pigments in fully active photosystem II core complexes from plants. Biochemistry 41, 1981-1989


Fischer G and Wydrzynski T (2001) Isotope effects in FTIR difference spectra of thephotosynthetic oxygen-evolving catalytic site determined by ab initio calculations on model compounds. J Phys Chem B 105, 12894-12901


Hillier W, Hendry G, Burnap RL and Wydrzynski T (2001) Substrate water exchange in photosystem II depends on the peripheral proteins. J Biol Chem 276, 46917-46924


Hillier W and Wydrzynski T (2001) Oxygen ligand exchange at metal sites - implications for the O2 evolving mechanism of photosystem II. Biochim Biophys Acta 1503, 197-209


Hendry GS and Wydrzynski T (2001) Evidence for the binding of two substrate water molecules in the S2 state of photosystem II. In: Critchley C and Osmond CB (eds) Proceedings 12th International Congress on Photosyntheis, S10-017. CSIRO Publishing (web only)


Razeghifard MR, Hay S and Wydrzynski T (2001) De novo design and synthesis of polypeptides based on photosystem II. In: Critchley C and Osmond CB (eds) Proceedings 12th International Congress on Photosyntheis, S38-011. CSIRO Publishing (web only)


Smith PJ, Krausz E, Masters VM, Wydrzynski T, Peterson S, Styring S and Pace RJ (2001) Low temperature optical – MCD and EPR studies on a fully active plant photosystem II complex containing 32 chlorophylls per reaction centre. In: Critchley C and Osmond CB (eds) Proceedings 12th International Congress on Photosyntheis, S22-026. CSIRO Publishing (web only)


Hillier W and Wydrzynski T (2000) The affinities for the two substrate water binding sites in the O2 evolving complex ofphotosystem II vary independantly during S-state turnover. Biochemistry 39, 4399-4405


Baxter R, Krausz E, Wydrzynski T and Pace RJ (1999) Identification of the near- infrared absorption band from the Mn cluster of photosystem II. J Am Chem Soc 121, 9451-9452


Hillier W, Messinger J and Wydrzynski T (1998) Kinetic resolution and temperature dependence of the H218O/H216O exchange rates for the two substrate water molecules in the S3 state of the photosynthetic water oxdidation complex. Biochemistry 37, 16908-16914


Zhang H, Fischer G and Wydrzynski T (1998) Room-temperature vibrational difference spectrum for S2QB-/S1QB of photosystem II determined by time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biochemistry 37, 5511-5517


Yamamoto Y, Ishikawa Y, Nakatani E, Yamada M, Zhang H and Wydrzynski T (1998) The role of an extrinsic 33 kDa protein of photosystem II in the turnover of the reaction-center binding protein D1 during photoinhibition. Biochemistry 37, 1565-1574


Hillier W, Messinger J and Wydrzynski T (1998) Substrate water 18O exchange kinetics in the S2 state of photosystem II. In: Garab G (ed) Photosynthesis – Mechanisms and Effects Vol II, pp 1307-1310. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht


Hillier W, Lukins P, Seibert M and Wydrzynski T (1997) Photochemical reactions of photosystem II in ethylene glycol. Biochemistry 36, 76-85


Messinger J, Seaton G, Wydrzynski T, Wacker U and Renger G (1997) S-3 state of the water oxidase in photosystem II. Biochemistry 36, 6862-6873


Zhang H, Yamamoto Y, Ishikowa Y, Zhang W, Fischer G and Wydrzynski T (1997) An FTIR spectroscopic study of the effects of hydrogen peroxide and high light on the protein conformations of photosystem II. Photosynth Res 52, 215-223


Zhang H, Razeghifard M, Fischer G and Wydrzynski T (1997) A time-resolved FTIR difference study of the plastoquinone QA and redox-active tyrosine YZ interactions in photosystem II. Biochemistry 36, 11762-11768


Razeghifard M, Wydrzynski T, Pace RJ and Burnap RL (1997) YZ• reduction kinetics in the absence of the Mn-stabilizing protein of photosystem II. Biochemistry 36, 14474-14478


Wydrzynski T, Hillier W and Messinger J (1996) On the functional significance of substrate accessibility in the photosynthetic water oxidation mechanism. Physiol Plant 96, 342-350


Wydrzynski T, Chow WS and Badger M (eds) (1995) Chlorophyll Fluorescence - Origins, Measurements, Interpretations and Applications. Aust J Plant Physiol 22 (No. 2)


Messinger J, Badger M and Wydrzynski T (1995) Detection of one slowly exchangeing substrate water molecule in the S3 state of photosystem II. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92, 3209-3213


Grace S, Pace R andWydrzynski T (1995) Formation and decay of monodehydro-ascorbate radicals in illuminated thylakoids as determined by EPR spectroscopy. Biochim Biophys Acta 1229, 155-165


Zhang H, Fischer G and Wydrzynski T (1995) An FTIR study of calcium interactions in photosystem II. In: Mathis P (ed) Photosynthesis-From Light to the Biosphere Vol II, pp 447-450. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht


Messinger J, Hillier W, Badger M and Wydrzynski T (1995) Heterogeneity in substrate water binding to photosystem II. In: Mathis P (ed) Photosynthesis-From Light to the Biosphere Vol II, pp 283-286. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht pp


Hillier W and Wydrzynski T (1993) Increases in peroxide formation by the photosystem II oxygen evolving reactions upon the removal of the extrinsic 16, 22 and 33 kDa proteins are reversed by CaCl2 addition. Photosynth Res 38, 417-423


Klimov V, Ananyev G, Zastryzhnaya O, Wydrzynski T and Renger G (1993) Photoproduction of hydrogen peroxide in photosystem II membrane fragments: A comparison of four signals. Photosynth Res 38, 409-416


Ananyev G, Wydrzynski T, Renger G and Klimov V (1992) Transient peroxide formation by the manganese-containing, redox-active donor side of photosystem II upon inhibition of O2 evolution with lauroylcholine chloride. Biochim Biophys Acta 1100, 303-311


Hillier W, Wydrzynski T and Seibert M (1992) Biochemical characterization of photosystem II in the non-aqueous solvent ethylene glycol. In: Murata N (ed) Research in Photosynthesis Vol II, pp 167-170. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht


Renger G and Wydrzynski T (1991) The role of manganese in photosynthetic water oxidation. Biol Metals 4, 73-80


Hansson Ö and Wydrzynski T (1990) Current perceptions of photosystem II. Photosynth Res 23, 131-162


Wydrzynski T, Baumgart F, MacMillan F and Renger G (1990) Is there a direct chloride cofactor requirement in the oxygen-evolving reactions in photosystem II? Photosynth Res 25, 59-72


Wydrzynski T, Ångström J and Vänngård T (1990) 35Cl NMR linewidth measurements of aqueous suspensions of photosystem II membrane fragments reveal only a simple hyperbolic dependence with chloride concentration. Biochim Biophys Acta 1018, 55-60


Lindberg K, Wydrzynski T, Vänngård T and Andréasson L-E (1990) Slow release of chloride ions from 36Cl-labeled photosystem II membranes. FEBS Lett 264, 153-155


Stockhaus J, Höfer M, Renger G, Westhoff P, Wydrzynski T and Willmitzer L (1990) Antisense RNA efficiently inhibits formation of the 10 kDa polypeptide of photosystem II in transgenic potato plants - analysis of the role of the 10 kDa protein. EMBO J 9, 3013-3021


Wydrzynski T, Baumgart F, MacMillan F, Renger G and Vänngård T (1990) The chloride demand in oxygen evolution is determined by the protein structural integrity within photosystem II. In: Baltscheffsky M (ed.) Current Research in Photosynthesis Vol I, pp 749-752. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht


Wydrzynski T, Ångström J and Vänngård T (1989) Hydrogen peroxide formation by photosystem II. Biochim Biophys Acta 973, 23-28


Eckert H-J, Wydrzynski T and Renger G (1988) The effects of DIDS, trifluro-perazine and lauroyl choline chloride on P680+ reduction and oxygen evolution. Biochim Biophys Acta 932, 240-249


Wydrzynski T and Inoue Y (1987) Modified photosystem II acceptor side properties upon the replacement of the quinone at the QB site with 2,6-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone and phenyl-p-benzoquinone. Biochim Biophys Acta 893, 33-44


Wydrzynski T and Inoue Y (1987) Depletion and reconstitution of the quinone at the QB site in photosystem II - a thermoluminescence study. In: Biggins J (ed.) Progress in Photosynthesis Research Vol I, pp 285-288. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Netherlands


Wydrzynski T and Renger G (1986) On the interpretation of the NMR water proton relaxivity of photosynthetic membrane samples - ramifications in the use of EDTA. Biochim Biophys Acta 851, 65-74


Wydrzynski T, Huggins BJ and Jursinic PA (1985) Uncoupling of detectable oxygen evolution from the apparent S-state transitions in photosystem II by lauroyl choline chloride - possible implications in the photosynthetic water-splittting mechanism. Biochim Biophys Acta 801, 125-136


Wydrzynski T, Huggins BJ and Jursinic PA (1984) Selective inhibition of photosystem II reactions in spinach thylakoids by lauroyl choline chloride - evidence from fluorescence transient measurements. In: Sybesma C (ed) Advances in Photosynthesis Research Vol I, pp 437-440. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Netherlands


Wydrzynski T and Nakatani H (1984) Uncoupling of oxygen evolution from elelctron transport in photosystem II preparations by lauroyl choline chloride. In: Randall D (ed.) Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, p 164. Univesity of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri,


Wydrzynski T and Huggins BJ (1983) The use of lauroyl choline chloride to probe photosystem II function - water splitting, photosystem II photochemistry and polypeptide composition. In: Inoue Y, Crofts AR, Govindjee, Murata N, Renger G and Satoh K (eds) The Oxygen Evolving System of Photosynthesis pp 265-272. Academic Press, Tokyo


Wydrzynski T (1982) Oxygen evolution in photosynthesis, Chapter 10. In: Govindjee (ed) Photosynthesis - Energy Conversion by Plants and Bacteria Vol I, pp 469-506. Academic Press, New York (translated into russian, 1987, Mir Press, Moscow, pp 633-679)


Kirby JA, Goodin DB, Wydrzynski T, Robertson AS and Klein MP (1981) State of manganese in the photosynthetic apparatus 2 - X-ray absorption edge studies on manganese in photosynthetic membranes. J Am Chem Soc 103, 5537-5542


Govindjee and Wydrzynski T (1981) Manganese, ESR and NMR in photosynthesis. In: Akoyunoglou A (ed) Photosynthesis Vol II, pp 293-305. Balaban International Science Service, Philadelphia
Wydrzynski T and Sauer K (1980) Periodic changes in the oxidation of manganese in photosynthetic oxygen evolution upon illumination with flashes. Biochim Biophys Acta 589, 56-70


Govindjee, Mathis P, Venotte C, Wong D, Saphon S, Wydrzynski T and Briantais J-M (1979) Cation effects on system II reactions in thylakoids - measuements on oxygen evolution, the electrochromic change at 515 nm, the primary acceptor and the primary donor. Z Naturforsch 34C, 826-830


Goodin DB, Falk K-E, Wydrzynski T and Klein MP (1979) Internal energy referencing X-ray spectra of dilute solutions. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Report 79/05, 10-11


Wydrzynski T, Marks SB, Schmidt PG, Govindjee and Gutowsky HS (1978) Nuclear magnetic relaxation by the manganese in aqueous suspensions of chloroplasts. Biochemistry 17, 2155-2162


Govindjee, Wydrzynski T and Marks SB (1978) Manganese and chloride - their roles in photosynthesis. In: Metzner H (ed) Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution, pp 321-343. Academic Press, New York


Marks SB, Wydrzynski T, Govindjee, Schmidt PG and Gutowsky HS (1978) An NMR study of manganese in chloroplast membranes. In: Aris PF, Loeppky RN and Sykes BD (eds) Biomolecular Structure and Function, pp 95-100. Academic Press, New York


Khanna R, Govindjee and Wydrzynski T (1977) Site of bicarbonate effect in the Hill reaction - evidence from the use of artificial electron acceptors and donors. Biochim Biophys Acta 462, 208-214


Wydrzynski T, Zumbulyadis N, Schmidt PG, Govindjee and Gutowsky HS (1976) Proton relaxation and charge accumulation during oxygen evolution in photosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 73, 1196-1198


Wydrzynski T, Govindjee, Zumbulyadis N, Schmidt PG and Gutowsky HS (1976) NMR studies on chloroplast membranes. In: Resing HA and Wade CG (eds) ACS Symposium Series No 34, pp 471-482. American Chemical Society, Washington DC


Wydrzynski T, Zumbulyadis N, Schmidt PG and Govindjee (1975) Water proton relaxation as a monitor of membrane-bound manganese in spinach chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 498, 349-354


Wydrzynski T and Govindjee (1975) A new site of bicarbonate effect in photosystem II of photosynthesis - evidence from chlorophyll fluorescence transients in spinach chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 387, 403-408


Wydrzynski T, Gross EL and Govindjee (1975) Effects of sodium and magnesium cations on the dark- and light-induced chlorophyll a fluorescence yields in sucrose-washed spinach chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 376, 151-161


Mohanty P, Govindjee and Wydrzynski T (1974) Salt-induced alterations of the fluorescence yield and emission spectra in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Plant Cell Physiol 15, 213-224


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