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Milrad Y, Mosebach L, Buchert F. Regulation of Microalgal Photosynthetic Electron Transfer. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:2103. [PMID: 39124221 PMCID: PMC11314055 DOI: 10.3390/plants13152103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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The global ecosystem relies on the metabolism of photosynthetic organisms, featuring the ability to harness light as an energy source. The most successful type of photosynthesis utilizes a virtually inexhaustible electron pool from water, but the driver of this oxidation, sunlight, varies on time and intensity scales of several orders of magnitude. Such rapid and steep changes in energy availability are potentially devastating for biological systems. To enable a safe and efficient light-harnessing process, photosynthetic organisms tune their light capturing, the redox connections between core complexes and auxiliary electron mediators, ion passages across the membrane, and functional coupling of energy transducing organelles. Here, microalgal species are the most diverse group, featuring both unique environmental adjustment strategies and ubiquitous protective mechanisms. In this review, we explore a selection of regulatory processes of the microalgal photosynthetic apparatus supporting smooth electron flow in variable environments.
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- Yuval Milrad
- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143 Münster, Germany
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Krupnik T. Factors affecting light harvesting in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 336:111854. [PMID: 37659734 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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The phycobilisome antennas, which contain phycobilin pigments instead of chlorophyll, are crucial for the photosynthetic activity of Cyanidioschyzon merolae cells, which thrive in an acidic and hot water environment. The accessible light intensity and quality, temperature, acidity, and other factors in this environment are quite different from those in the air available for terrestrial plants. Under these conditions, adaptation to the intensity and quality of light, as well as temperature, which are key factors in photosynthesis of higher plants, also affects this process in Cyanidioschyzon merolae cells. Adaptation to varying light conditions requires fast remodeling and re-tuning of their light-harvesting antennas (phycobilisomes) at multiple levels, from regulation of gene expression to structural reorganization of protein-pigment complexes. This review presents selected data on the structure of phycobilisomes, the genetic engineering of the constituent proteins, and the latest results and opinions on the adaptation of phycobilisomes to light intensity and quality, and temperature to photosynthetic activities. We pay special attention to the latest results of the C. merolae research.
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- Tomasz Krupnik
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, Warsaw 02096, Poland.
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Ozawa SI, Buchert F, Reuys R, Hippler M, Takahashi Y. Algal PETC-Pro171-Leu suppresses electron transfer in cytochrome b6f under acidic lumenal conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 191:1803-1817. [PMID: 36516417 PMCID: PMC10022631 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Linear photosynthetic electron flow (LEF) produces NADPH and generates a proton electrochemical potential gradient across the thylakoid membrane to synthesize ATP, both of which are required for CO2 fixation. As cellular demand for ATP and NADPH varies, cyclic electron flow (CEF) between Photosystem I and the cytochrome b6f complex (b6f) produces extra ATP. b6f regulates LEF and CEF via photosynthetic control, which is a pH-dependent b6f slowdown of plastoquinol oxidation at the lumenal site. This protection mechanism is triggered at more alkaline lumen pH in the pgr1 (proton gradient regulation 1) mutant of the vascular plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), which contains a Pro194Leu substitution in the b6f Rieske Iron-sulfur protein Photosynthetic Electron Transfer C (PETC) subunit. In this work, we introduced the equivalent pgr1 mutation in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to generate PETC-P171L. Consistent with the pgr1 phenotype, PETC-P171L displayed impaired NPQ induction along with slower photoautotrophic growth under high light conditions. Our data provide evidence that the ΔpH component in PETC-P171L depends on oxygen availability. Only under low oxygen conditions was the ΔpH component sufficient to trigger a phenotype in algal PETC-P171L where the mutant b6f was more restricted to oxidize the plastoquinol pool and showed diminished electron flow through the b6f complex. These results demonstrate that photosynthetic control of different stringency are established in C. reinhardtii depending on the cellular metabolism, and the lumen pH-sensitive PETC-P171L was generated to read out various associated effects.
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Yanykin D, Sundyreva M, Khorobrykh A, Semenova G, Savchenko T. Functional characterization of the corticular photosynthetic apparatus in grapevine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148260. [PMID: 32679044 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A comparative analysis of functional characteristics of the grapevine leaf photosynthetic apparatus (LPA) and corticular photosynthetic apparatus (CPA) in chlorenchyma tissues of first-year lignified vine was performed. Obtained results demonstrate significant differences between the functional properties of the CPA and the LPA. CPA contains an increased proportion (about 2/3) of QB-non-reducing centers of photosystem II (PSII) that is confirmed by elevated O-J phase in fluorescence kinetics, high PSIIβ content, and slower QA-• reoxidation. CPA and LPA use different strategies to utilize absorbed light energy and to protect itself against excessive light. CPA dissipates a significant proportion of absorbed light energy as heat (regulated and non-regulated dissipation), and only a smaller part of the excitation energy is used in the dark stages of photosynthesis. The rate constant of photoinhibition and fluorescence quenching due to photoinhibition in CPA is almost three times higher than in LPA, while high-energy state fluorescence quenching value is twice lower. The saturation of vine chlorenchyma tissue with water increases the CPA tolerance to photoinhibition and promotes the ability to restore the photosynthetic activity after photoinhibition. The electron microscopy analysis confirmed the presence of intact plastids in vine chlorenchyma tissue, the interior space of plastids is filled with large starch grains while bands of stacked thylakoid membranes are mainly localized on the periphery. Analyzes showed that corticular plastids are specialized organelles combining features of chloroplasts, amyloplasts and gerontoplasts. Distinct structural organization of photosynthetic membranes and microenvironment predetermine distinctive functional properties of CPA.
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- D Yanykin
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution North Caucasian Regional Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture, Krasnodar 350072, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
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The BF4 and p71 antenna mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148085. [PMID: 31672413 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Two pale green mutants of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which have been used over the years in many photosynthesis studies, the BF4 and p71 mutants, were characterized and their mutated gene identified in the nuclear genome. The BF4 mutant is defective in the insertase Alb3.1 whereas p71 is defective in cpSRP43. The two mutants showed strikingly similar deficiencies in most of the peripheral antenna proteins associated with either photosystem I or photosystem 2. As a result the two photosystems have a reduced antenna size with photosystem 2 being the most affected. Still up to 20% of the antenna proteins remain in these strains, with the heterodimer Lhca5/Lhca6 showing a lower sensitivity to these mutations. We discuss these phenotypes in light of those of other allelic mutants that have been described in the literature and suggest that eventhough the cpSRP route serves as the main biogenesis pathway for antenna proteins, there should be an escape pathway which remains to be genetically identified.
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Wlodarczyk LM, Snellenburg JJ, Dekker JP, Stokkum IHM. Development of fluorescence quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii upon prolonged illumination at 77 K. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 137:503-513. [PMID: 29948747 PMCID: PMC6182390 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0534-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Low-temperature fluorescence measurements are frequently used in photosynthesis research to assess photosynthetic processes. Upon illumination of photosystem II (PSII) frozen to 77 K, fluorescence quenching is observed. In this work, we studied the light-induced quenching in intact cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii at 77 K using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy with a streak camera setup. In agreement with previous studies, global analysis of the data shows that prolonged illumination of the sample affects the nanosecond decay component of the PSII emission. Using target analysis, we resolved the quenching on the PSII-684 compartment which describes bulk chlorophyll molecules of the PSII core antenna. Further, we quantified the quenching rate constant and observed that as the illumination proceeds the accumulation of the quencher leads to a speed up of the fluorescence decay of the PSII-684 compartment as the decay rate constant increases from about 3 to 4 ns- 1. The quenching on PSII-684 leads to indirect quenching of the compartments PSII-690 and PSII-695 which represent the red chlorophyll of the PSII core. These results explain past and current observations of light-induced quenching in 77 K steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectra.
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- Lucyna M Wlodarczyk
- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Nagy V, Podmaniczki A, Vidal-Meireles A, Tengölics R, Kovács L, Rákhely G, Scoma A, Tóth SZ. Water-splitting-based, sustainable and efficient H 2 production in green algae as achieved by substrate limitation of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2018; 11:69. [PMID: 29560024 PMCID: PMC5858145 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1069-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photobiological H2 production has the potential of becoming a carbon-free renewable energy source, because upon the combustion of H2, only water is produced. The [Fe-Fe]-type hydrogenases of green algae are highly active, although extremely O2-sensitive. Sulphur deprivation is a common way to induce H2 production, which, however, relies substantially on organic substrates and imposes a severe stress effect resulting in the degradation of the photosynthetic apparatus. RESULTS We report on the establishment of an alternative H2 production method by green algae that is based on a short anaerobic induction, keeping the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle inactive by substrate limitation and preserving hydrogenase activity by applying a simple catalyst to remove the evolved O2. Cultures remain photosynthetically active for several days, with the electrons feeding the hydrogenases mostly derived from water. The amount of H2 produced is higher as compared to the sulphur-deprivation procedure and the process is photoautotrophic. CONCLUSION Our protocol demonstrates that it is possible to sustainably use algal cells as whole-cell catalysts for H2 production, which enables industrial application of algal biohydrogen production.
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- Valéria Nagy
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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Snellenburg JJ, Wlodarczyk LM, Dekker JP, van Grondelle R, van Stokkum IH. A model for the 77 K excited state dynamics in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in state 1 and state 2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2017; 1858:64-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Nawrocki WJ, Santabarbara S, Mosebach L, Wollman FA, Rappaport F. State transitions redistribute rather than dissipate energy between the two photosystems in Chlamydomonas. NATURE PLANTS 2016; 2:16031. [PMID: 27249564 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Photosynthesis converts sunlight into biologically useful compounds, thus fuelling practically the entire biosphere. This process involves two photosystems acting in series powered by light harvesting complexes (LHCs) that dramatically increase the energy flux to the reaction centres. These complexes are the main targets of the regulatory processes that allow photosynthetic organisms to thrive across a broad range of light intensities. In microalgae, one mechanism for adjusting the flow of energy to the photosystems, state transitions, has a much larger amplitude than in terrestrial plants, whereas thermal dissipation of energy, the dominant regulatory mechanism in plants, only takes place after acclimation to high light. Here we show that, at variance with recent reports, microalgal state transitions do not dissipate light energy but redistribute it between the two photosystems, thereby allowing a well-balanced influx of excitation energy.
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- Wojciech J Nawrocki
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P. et M. Curie 75005, Paris, France
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P. et M. Curie 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P. et M. Curie 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P. et M. Curie 75005, Paris, France
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Excitation energy transfer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii deficient in the PSI core or the PSII core under conditions mimicking state transitions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:625-33. [PMID: 26946087 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The efficient use of excitation energy in photosynthetic membranes is achieved by a dense network of pigment-protein complexes. These complexes fulfill specific functions and interact dynamically with each other in response to rapidly changing environmental conditions. Here, we studied how in the intact cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (C.r.) the lack of the photosystem I (PSI) core or the photosystem II (PSII) core affects these interactions. To that end the mutants F15 and M18 (both PSI-deficient) and FUD7 (PSII-deficient) were incubated under conditions known to promote state transitions in wild-type. The intact cells were then instantly frozen to 77K and the full-spectrum time-resolved fluorescence emission of the cells was measured by means of streak camera. In the PSI-deficient mutants excitation energy transfer (EET) towards light-harvesting complexes of PSI (Lhca) occurs in less than 0.5 ns, and fluorescence from Lhca decays in 3.1 ns. Decreased trapping by PSII and increased fluorescence of Lhca upon state 1 (S1)→state 2 (S2) transition appears in the F15 and less in the M18 mutant. In the PSII-deficient mutant FUD7, quenched (0.5 ns) and unquenched (2 ns) light-harvesting complexes of PSII (LHCII) are present in both states, with the quenched form more abundant in S2 than in S1. Moreover, EET of 0.4 ns from the remaining LHCII to PSI increases upon S1→S2 transition. We relate the excitation energy kinetics observed in F15, M18 and FUD7 to the remodeling of the photosynthetic apparatus in these mutants under S1 and S2 conditions.
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Kodru S, Malavath T, Devadasu E, Nellaepalli S, Stirbet A, Subramanyam R. The slow S to M rise of chlorophyll a fluorescence reflects transition from state 2 to state 1 in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 125:219-31. [PMID: 25663564 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0084-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The green alga Chlamydomonas (C.) reinhardtii is a model organism for photosynthesis research. State transitions regulate redistribution of excitation energy between photosystem I (PS I) and photosystem II (PS II) to provide balanced photosynthesis. Chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence induction (the so-called OJIPSMT transient) is a signature of several photosynthetic reactions. Here, we show that the slow (seconds to minutes) S to M fluorescence rise is reduced or absent in the stt7 mutant (which is locked in state 1) in C. reinhardtii. This suggests that the SM rise in wild type C. reinhardtii may be due to state 2 (low fluorescence state; larger antenna in PS I) to state 1 (high fluorescence state; larger antenna in PS II) transition, and thus, it can be used as an efficient and quick method to monitor state transitions in algae, as has already been shown in cyanobacteria (Papageorgiou et al. 1999, 2007; Kaňa et al. 2012). We also discuss our results on the effects of (1) 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dimethyl urea, an inhibitor of electron transport; (2) n-propyl gallate, an inhibitor of alternative oxidase (AOX) in mitochondria and of plastid terminal oxidase in chloroplasts; (3) salicylhydroxamic acid, an inhibitor of AOX in mitochondria; and (4) carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, an uncoupler of phosphorylation, which dissipates proton gradient across membranes. Based on the data presented in this paper, we conclude that the slow PSMT fluorescence transient in C. reinhardtii is due to the superimposition of, at least, two phenomena: qE dependent non-photochemical quenching of the excited state of Chl, and state transitions.
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- Sireesha Kodru
- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India
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Goldschmidt-Clermont M, Bassi R. Sharing light between two photosystems: mechanism of state transitions. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 25:71-8. [PMID: 26002067 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In the thylakoid membrane, the two photosystems act in series to promote linear electron flow, with the concomitant production of ATP and reducing equivalents such as NADPH. Photosystem I, which is preferentially activated in far-red light, also energizes cyclic electron flow which generates only ATP. Thus, changes in light quality and cellular metabolic demand require a rapid regulation of the activity of the two photosystems. At low light intensities, this is mediated by state transitions. They allow the dynamic allocation of light harvesting antennae to the two photosystems, regulated through protein phosphorylation by a kinase and phosphatase pair that respond to the redox state of the electron transfer chain. Phosphorylation of the antennae leads to remodeling of the photosynthetic complexes.
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- Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont
- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Verona, 15, strada Le Grazie, 37134 Verona, Italy
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Dang KV, Plet J, Tolleter D, Jokel M, Cuiné S, Carrier P, Auroy P, Richaud P, Johnson X, Alric J, Allahverdiyeva Y, Peltier G. Combined increases in mitochondrial cooperation and oxygen photoreduction compensate for deficiency in cyclic electron flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:3036-50. [PMID: 24989042 PMCID: PMC4145130 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.126375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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During oxygenic photosynthesis, metabolic reactions of CO2 fixation require more ATP than is supplied by the linear electron flow operating from photosystem II to photosystem I (PSI). Different mechanisms, such as cyclic electron flow (CEF) around PSI, have been proposed to participate in reequilibrating the ATP/NADPH balance. To determine the contribution of CEF to microalgal biomass productivity, here, we studied photosynthesis and growth performances of a knockout Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant (pgrl1) deficient in PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION LIKE1 (PGRL1)-mediated CEF. Steady state biomass productivity of the pgrl1 mutant, measured in photobioreactors operated as turbidostats, was similar to its wild-type progenitor under a wide range of illumination and CO2 concentrations. Several changes were observed in pgrl1, including higher sensitivity of photosynthesis to mitochondrial inhibitors, increased light-dependent O2 uptake, and increased amounts of flavodiiron (FLV) proteins. We conclude that a combination of mitochondrial cooperation and oxygen photoreduction downstream of PSI (Mehler reactions) supplies extra ATP for photosynthesis in the pgrl1 mutant, resulting in normal biomass productivity under steady state conditions. The lower biomass productivity observed in the pgrl1 mutant in fluctuating light is attributed to an inability of compensation mechanisms to respond to a rapid increase in ATP demand.
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- Kieu-Van Dang
- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie des Bactéries et Microalgues, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France CNRS, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France Aix Marseille Université, UMR 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementale, F-13284 Marseille, France
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Chloroplast remodeling during state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as revealed by noninvasive techniques in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:5042-7. [PMID: 24639515 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322494111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Plants respond to changes in light quality by regulating the absorption capacity of their photosystems. These short-term adaptations use redox-controlled, reversible phosphorylation of the light-harvesting complexes (LHCIIs) to regulate the relative absorption cross-section of the two photosystems (PSs), commonly referred to as state transitions. It is acknowledged that state transitions induce substantial reorganizations of the PSs. However, their consequences on the chloroplast structure are more controversial. Here, we investigate how state transitions affect the chloroplast structure and function using complementary approaches for the living cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Using small-angle neutron scattering, we found a strong periodicity of the thylakoids in state 1, with characteristic repeat distances of ∼ 200 Å, which was almost completely lost in state 2. As revealed by circular dichroism, changes in the thylakoid periodicity were paralleled by modifications in the long-range order arrangement of the photosynthetic complexes, which was reduced by ∼ 20% in state 2 compared with state 1, but was not abolished. Furthermore, absorption spectroscopy reveals that the enhancement of PSI antenna size during state 1 to state 2 transition (∼ 20%) is not commensurate to the decrease in PSII antenna size (∼ 70%), leading to the possibility that a large part of the phosphorylated LHCIIs do not bind to PSI, but instead form energetically quenched complexes, which were shown to be either associated with PSII supercomplexes or in a free form. Altogether these noninvasive in vivo approaches allow us to present a more likely scenario for state transitions that explains their molecular mechanism and physiological consequences.
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Alric J. Redox and ATP control of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: (II) involvement of the PGR5-PGRL1 pathway under anaerobic conditions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:825-34. [PMID: 24508216 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In oxygenic photosynthesis, cyclic electron flow around photosystem I denotes the recycling of electrons from stromal electron carriers (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, NADPH, ferredoxin) towards the plastoquinone pool. Whether or not cyclic electron flow operates similarly in Chlamydomonas and plants has been a matter of debate. Here we would like to emphasize that despite the regulatory or metabolic differences that may exist between green algae and plants, the general mechanism of cyclic electron flow seems conserved across species. The most accurate way to describe cyclic electron flow remains to be a redox equilibration model, while the supramolecular reorganization of the thylakoid membrane (state transitions) has little impact on the maximal rate of cyclic electron flow. The maximum capacity of the cyclic pathways is shown to be around 60 electrons transferred per photosystem per second, which is in Chlamydomonas cells treated with 3(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) and placed under anoxic conditions. Part I of this work (aerobic conditions) was published in a previous issue of BBA-Bioenergetics (vol. 1797, pp. 44-51) (Alric et al., 2010).
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- Jean Alric
- UMR 7141, CNRS et Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
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Delosme R. Wavelength Dependence of the Quantum Yield of Charge Separation in Photosynthesis: Photoacoustic Study of Light Energy Distribution among Various Pigment Complexes. Isr J Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.199800026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Central carbon metabolism and electron transport in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: metabolic constraints for carbon partitioning between oil and starch. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2013; 12:776-93. [PMID: 23543671 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00318-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The metabolism of microalgae is so flexible that it is not an easy task to give a comprehensive description of the interplay between the various metabolic pathways. There are, however, constraints that govern central carbon metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that are revealed by the compartmentalization and regulation of the pathways and their relation to key cellular processes such as cell motility, division, carbon uptake and partitioning, external and internal rhythms, and nutrient stress. Both photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron transfer provide energy for metabolic processes and how energy transfer impacts metabolism and vice versa is a means of exploring the regulation and function of these pathways. A key example is the specific chloroplast localization of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and how it impacts the redox poise and ATP budget of the plastid in the dark. To compare starch and lipids as carbon reserves, their value can be calculated in terms of NAD(P)H and ATP. As microalgae are now considered a potential renewable feedstock, we examine current work on the subject and also explore the possibility of rerouting metabolism toward lipid production.
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Allorent G, Tokutsu R, Roach T, Peers G, Cardol P, Girard-Bascou J, Seigneurin-Berny D, Petroutsos D, Kuntz M, Breyton C, Franck F, Wollman FA, Niyogi KK, Krieger-Liszkay A, Minagawa J, Finazzi G. A dual strategy to cope with high light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:545-57. [PMID: 23424243 PMCID: PMC3608777 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.108274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Absorption of light in excess of the capacity for photosynthetic electron transport is damaging to photosynthetic organisms. Several mechanisms exist to avoid photodamage, which are collectively referred to as nonphotochemical quenching. This term comprises at least two major processes. State transitions (qT) represent changes in the relative antenna sizes of photosystems II and I. High energy quenching (qE) is the increased thermal dissipation of light energy triggered by lumen acidification. To investigate the respective roles of qE and qT in photoprotection, a mutant (npq4 stt7-9) was generated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by crossing the state transition-deficient mutant (stt7-9) with a strain having a largely reduced qE capacity (npq4). The comparative phenotypic analysis of the wild type, single mutants, and double mutants reveals that both state transitions and qE are induced by high light. Moreover, the double mutant exhibits an increased photosensitivity with respect to the single mutants and the wild type. Therefore, we suggest that besides qE, state transitions also play a photoprotective role during high light acclimation of the cells, most likely by decreasing hydrogen peroxide production. These results are discussed in terms of the relative photoprotective benefit related to thermal dissipation of excess light and/or to the physical displacement of antennas from photosystem II.
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- Guillaume Allorent
- Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte Recherche 5168, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives, l'Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble 1, F-38041 Grenoble, France
- Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1200, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Division of Environmental Photobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, 444-8585 Okazaki, Japan
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives Saclay, Institute of Biology and Technology-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8221, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanisme, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1062
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- Laboratoire de Génétique des Microorganismes Département des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie Institut de Biologie Physico Chimique, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte Recherche 5168, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives, l'Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble 1, F-38041 Grenoble, France
- Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1200, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte Recherche 5168, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives, l'Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble 1, F-38041 Grenoble, France
- Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1200, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte Recherche 5168, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives, l'Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble 1, F-38041 Grenoble, France
- Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1200, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 5075, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique/Université Grenoble 1, Institut de Biologie Structurale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie Institut de Biologie Physico Chimique, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-3102
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives Saclay, Institute of Biology and Technology-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8221, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanisme, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Division of Environmental Photobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, 444-8585 Okazaki, Japan
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- Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte Recherche 5168, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et Energies Alternatives, l'Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, F-38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble 1, F-38041 Grenoble, France
- Institut National Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1200, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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Takahashi H, Clowez S, Wollman FA, Vallon O, Rappaport F. Cyclic electron flow is redox-controlled but independent of state transition. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1954. [PMID: 23760547 PMCID: PMC3709502 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Photosynthesis is the biological process that feeds the biosphere with reduced carbon. The assimilation of CO2 requires the fine tuning of two co-existing functional modes: linear electron flow, which provides NADPH and ATP, and cyclic electron flow, which only sustains ATP synthesis. Although the importance of this fine tuning is appreciated, its mechanism remains equivocal. Here we show that cyclic electron flow as well as formation of supercomplexes, thought to contribute to the enhancement of cyclic electron flow, are promoted in reducing conditions with no correlation with the reorganization of the thylakoid membranes associated with the migration of antenna proteins towards Photosystems I or II, a process known as state transition. We show that cyclic electron flow is tuned by the redox power and this provides a mechanistic model applying to the entire green lineage including the vast majority of the cases in which state transition only involves a moderate fraction of the antenna.
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- Hiroko Takahashi
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P et M Curie, 75005 Paris, France
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P et M Curie, 75005 Paris, France
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P et M Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P et M Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR 7141 CNRS-UPMC, 13 rue P et M Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Alric J. Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I in unicellular green algae. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2010; 106:47-56. [PMID: 20532629 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9566-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Cyclic electron flow around PSI, or cyclic photophosphorylation, is the photosynthetic process which recycles the reducing equivalents produced by photosystem I in the stroma towards the plastoquinone pool. Through the activity of cytochrome b(6)f, which also transfers protons across the membrane, it promotes the synthesis of ATP. The literature dealing with cyclic electron flow in unicellular algae is far less abundant than it is for plants. However, in the chloroplast of algae such as Chlorella or Chlamydomonas, an efficient carbohydrate catabolism renders the redox poise much more reducing than in plant chloroplasts. It is therefore worthwhile highlighting the specific properties of unicellular algae because cyclic electron flow is highly dependent upon the accumulation of these stromal reducing equivalents. Such an increase of reducing power in the stroma stimulates the reduction of plastoquinones, which is the limiting step of cyclic electron flow. In anaerobic conditions in the dark, this reaction can lead to a fully reduced plastoquinone pool and induce state transitions, the migration of 80% of light harvesting complexes II and 20% of cytochrome b(6)f complex from the PSII-enriched grana to the PSI-enriched lamella. These ultrastructural changes have been proposed to further enhance cyclic electron flow by increasing PSI antenna size, and forming PSI-cyt b(6)f supercomplexes. These hypotheses are discussed in light of recently published data.
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- Jean Alric
- UMR 7141, CNRS et Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
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Edelman M, Mattoo AK. D1-protein dynamics in photosystem II: the lingering enigma. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:609-20. [PMID: 18709440 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9342-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The D1/D2 heterodimer core is the heart of the photosystem II reaction center. A characteristic feature of this heterodimer is the differentially rapid, light-dependent degradation of the D1 protein. The D1 protein is possibly the most researched photosynthetic polypeptide, with aspects of structure-function, gene, messenger and protein regulation, electron transport, reactive oxygen species, photoinhibition, herbicide binding, stromal-granal translocations, reversible phosphorylation, and specific proteases, all under intensive investigation more than three decades after the protein's debut in the literature. This review will touch on some treaded areas of D1 research that have, so far, defied clear resolution, as well as cutting edge research on mechanisms and consequences of D1 protein degradation.
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- Marvin Edelman
- Department of Plant Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Antal TK, Volgusheva AA, Kukarskikh GP, Krendeleva TE, Tusov VB, Rubin AB. Examination of chlorophyll fluorescence in sulfur-deprived cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350906020151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Takahashi H, Iwai M, Takahashi Y, Minagawa J. Identification of the mobile light-harvesting complex II polypeptides for state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:477-82. [PMID: 16407170 PMCID: PMC1326185 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509952103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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State transition in photosynthesis is a short-term balancing mechanism of energy distribution between photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). When PSII is preferentially excited (state 2), a pool of mobile light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) antenna proteins is thought to migrate from PSII to PSI, but biochemical evidence for a physical association between LHCII proteins and PSI in state 2 is weak. Here, using the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which has a high capacity for state transitions, we report the isolation of PSI-light-harvesting complex I (LHCI) super-complexes from cells locked into state 1 and state 2. We solubilized the thylakoid membranes with a mild detergent, separated the proteins by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and subjected gradient fractions to gel-filtration chromatography. Three LHCII polypeptides were associated with a PSI-LHCI supercomplex only in state 2; we identified them as two minor monomeric LHCII proteins (CP26 and CP29) and one previously unreported major LHCII protein type II, or LhcbM5. These three LHCII proteins, in addition to the major trimeric LHCII proteins, were phosphorylated upon transition to state 2. The corresponding phylogenetic tree indicates that among the LHCII proteins associated with PSII, these three LHCII proteins are the most similar to the LHC proteins for PSI (LHCI). Our results are important because CP26, CP29, and LhcbM5, which have been viewed as belonging solely to the PSII complex, are now postulated to shuttle between PSI and PSII during state transitions, thereby acting as docking sites for the trimeric LHCII proteins in both PSI and PSII.
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- Hiroko Takahashi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Forti G, Caldiroli G. State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The role of the Mehler reaction in state 2-to-state 1 transition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 137:492-9. [PMID: 15591440 PMCID: PMC1065350 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.048256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2004] [Revised: 09/03/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The light intensity-dependent transition to state 1 of dark-adapted anaerobic state 2 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells is stimulated by oxygen and by other electron acceptors for photosystem I, such as oxaloacetate and methylviologen. This suggests that the transition to state 1 requires the oxidation of the intersystem chain by photosystem I photochemistry. On the other hand, the mere oxidation in the dark of the chain-by addition of O2-leads only to a slow and incomplete transition. The light-driven stimulation by O2 of the state 1 transition is saturated at an O2 concentration of 15 to 20 microm, definitely higher than that of respiration. We suggest that this may represent the affinity for oxygen of the Mehler reaction, a conclusion that is confirmed by the observations that mitochondrial respiration is apparently not involved in modulating state 2-to-state 1 transition. The catalysis of the state 2-to-state 1 transition upon illumination of anaerobically adapted algae might represent, therefore, a relevant physiological role of this process in C. reinhardtii.
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- Giorgio Forti
- Istituto di Biofisica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sezione di Milano Dipartimento di Biologia, Milan 20133, Italy.
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de Vitry C, Ouyang Y, Finazzi G, Wollman FA, Kallas T. The Chloroplast Rieske Iron-Sulfur Protein. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:44621-7. [PMID: 15316016 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406955200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have addressed the functional and structural roles of three domains of the chloroplast Rieske iron-sulfur protein; that is, the flexible hinge that connects the transmembrane helix to the soluble cluster-bearing domain, the N-terminal stromal protruding domain, and the transmembrane helix. To this aim mutants were generated in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Their capacities to assemble the cytochrome b6f complex, perform plastoquinol oxidation, and signal redox-induced activation of the light-harvesting complex II kinase during state transition were tested in vivo. Deletion of one residue and extensions of up to five residues in the flexible hinge had no significant effect on complex accumulation or electron transfer efficiency. Deletion of three residues (Delta3G) dramatically decreased reaction rates by a factor of approximately 10. These data indicate that the chloroplast iron-sulfur protein-linking domain is much more flexible than that of its counterpart in mitochondria. Despite greatly slowed catalysis in the Delta3G mutant, there was no apparent delay in light-harvesting complex II kinase activation or state transitions. This indicates that conformational changes occurring in the Rieske protein did not represent a limiting step for kinase activation within the time scale tested. No phenotype could be associated with mutations in the N-terminal stromal-exposed domain. In contrast, the N17V mutation in the Rieske protein transmembrane helix resulted in a large decrease in the cytochrome f synthesis rate. This reveals that the Rieske protein transmembrane helix plays an active role in assembly-mediated control of cytochrome f synthesis. We propose a structural model to interpret this phenomenon based on the C. reinhardtii cytochrome b6f structure.
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- Catherine de Vitry
- Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste CNRS UPR 1261, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
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Liu XD, Shen YG. NaCl-induced phosphorylation of light harvesting chlorophyll a/b proteins in thylakoid membranes from the halotolerant green alga, Dunaliella salina. FEBS Lett 2004; 569:337-40. [PMID: 15225658 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2004] [Revised: 05/21/2004] [Accepted: 05/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Light could induce phosphorylation of light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins (LHCII) in Dunaliella salina and spinach thylakoid membranes. We found that neither phosphorylation was affected by glycerol, whereas treatment with NaCl significantly enhanced light-induced LHCII phosphorylation in D. salina thylakoid membranes and inhibited that in spinach. Furthermore, even in the absence of light, NaCl and several other salts induced LHCII phosphorylation in D. salina thylakoid membranes, but not in spinach thylakoid membranes. In addition, hypertonic shock induced LHCII phosphorylation in intact D. salina under dark conditions and cells adapted to different NaCl concentrations exhibited similar LHCII phosphorylation levels. Taken together, these results show for the first time that while LHCII phosphorylation of D. salina thylakoid membranes resembles that of spinach thylakoid membranes in terms of light-mediated control, the two differ with respect to NaCl sensitivity under light and dark conditions.
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- Xian-De Liu
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Cardol P, Gloire G, Havaux M, Remacle C, Matagne R, Franck F. Photosynthesis and state transitions in mitochondrial mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii affected in respiration. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:2010-20. [PMID: 14630958 PMCID: PMC300752 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.028076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2003] [Revised: 06/30/2003] [Accepted: 07/21/2003] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Photosynthetic activities were analyzed in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial mutants affected in different complexes (I, III, IV, I + III, and I + IV) of the respiratory chain. Oxygen evolution curves showed a positive relationship between the apparent yield of photosynthetic linear electron transport and the number of active proton-pumping sites in mitochondria. Although no significant alterations of the quantitative relationships between major photosynthetic complexes were found in the mutants, 77 K fluorescence spectra showed a preferential excitation of photosystem I (PSI) compared with wild type, which was indicative of a shift toward state 2. This effect was correlated with high levels of phosphorylation of light-harvesting complex II polypeptides, indicating the preferential association of light-harvesting complex II with PSI. The transition to state 1 occurred in untreated wild-type cells exposed to PSI light or in 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylureatreated cells exposed to white light. In mutants of the cytochrome pathway and in double mutants, this transition was only observed in white light in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea. This suggests higher rates of nonphotochemical plastoquinone reduction through the chlororespiratory pathway, which was confirmed by measurements of the complementary area above the fluorescence induction curve in dark-adapted cells. Photo-acoustic measurements of energy storage by PSI showed a stimulation of PSI-driven cyclic electron flow in the most affected mutants. The present results demonstrate that in C. reinhardtii mutants, permanent defects in the mitochondrial electron transport chain stabilize state 2, which favors cyclic over linear electron transport in the chloroplast.
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- Pierre Cardol
- Genetics of Microorganisms, Institute of Plant Biology B22, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Fleischmann MM, Ravanel S, Delosme R, Olive J, Zito F, Wollman FA, Rochaix JD. Isolation and characterization of photoautotrophic mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii deficient in state transition. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:30987-94. [PMID: 10521495 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.43.30987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In photosynthetic cells of higher plants and algae, the distribution of light energy between photosystem I and photosystem II is controlled by light quality through a process called state transition. It involves a reorganization of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) within the thylakoid membrane whereby light energy captured preferentially by photosystem II is redirected toward photosystem I or vice versa. State transition is correlated with the reversible phosphorylation of several LHCII proteins and requires the presence of functional cytochrome b(6)f complex. Most factors controlling state transition are still not identified. Here we describe the isolation of photoautotrophic mutants of the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which are deficient in state transition. Mutant stt7 is unable to undergo state transition and remains blocked in state I as assayed by fluorescence and photoacoustic measurements. Immunocytochemical studies indicate that the distribution of LHCII and of the cytochrome b(6)f complex between appressed and nonappressed thylakoid membranes does not change significantly during state transition in stt7, in contrast to the wild type. This mutant displays the same deficiency in LHCII phosphorylation as observed for mutants deficient in cytochrome b(6)f complex that are known to be unable to undergo state transition. The stt7 mutant grows photoautotrophically, although at a slower rate than wild type, and does not appear to be more sensitive to photoinactivation than the wild-type strain. Mutant stt3-4b is partially deficient in state transition but is still able to phosphorylate LHCII. Potential factors affected in these mutant strains and the function of state transition in C. reinhardtii are discussed.
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- M M Fleischmann
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Fleischmann MM, Rochaix JD. Characterization of mutants with alterations of the phosphorylation site in the D2 photosystem II polypeptide of chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 119:1557-1566. [PMID: 10198115 PMCID: PMC32041 DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.4.1557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/1998] [Accepted: 01/12/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have changed the potential phosphorylation site, a threonine residue at position 2 of the D2 polypeptide of the photosystem II complex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, to alanine, valine, aspartate, proline, glycine, or glutamate. Mutants with neutral amino acid changes did not display any phenotype with regard to photoautotrophic growth, light sensitivity, fluorescence transients, or photoinhibition. Pulse labeling of these mutants with 32P indicated that a phosphorylated protein of the same size as D2 is absent in these mutants, suggesting that threonine-2 is indeed the unique phosphorylation site of D2. In contrast, mutants in which threonine-2 has been replaced with acidic residues are deficient in photosystem II. Use of chimeric genes containing the psbD 5'-untranslated region revealed that the initiation of translation was not affected in these mutants, but the mutations interfered with a later step of D2 synthesis and accumulation.
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- MM Fleischmann
- Departments of Molecular Biology and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Hippler M, Redding K, Rochaix JD. Chlamydomonas genetics, a tool for the study of bioenergetic pathways. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1367:1-62. [PMID: 9784589 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(98)00136-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- M Hippler
- Departments of Molecular Biology and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva-4, Switzerland
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Andronis C, Kruse O, Deák Z, Vass I, Diner BA, Nixon PJ. Mutation of residue threonine-2 of the D2 polypeptide and its effect on photosystem II function in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 117:515-24. [PMID: 9625704 PMCID: PMC34971 DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/1997] [Accepted: 02/19/1998] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The D2 polypeptide of the photosystem II (PSII) complex in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is thought to be reversibly phosphorylated. By analogy to higher plants, the phosphorylation site is likely to be at residue threonine-2 (Thr-2). We have investigated the role of D2 phosphorylation by constructing two mutants in which residue Thr-2 has been replaced by either alanine or serine. Both mutants grew photoautotrophically at wild-type rates, and noninvasive biophysical measurements, including the decay of chlorophyll fluorescence, the peak temperature of thermoluminescence bands, and rates of oxygen evolution, indicate little perturbation to electron transfer through the PSII complex. The susceptibility of mutant PSII to photoinactivation as measured by the light-induced loss of PSII activity in whole cells in the presence of the protein-synthesis inhibitors chloramphenicol or lincomycin was similar to that of wild type. These results indicate that phosphorylation at Thr-2 is not required for PSII function or for protection from photoinactivation. In control experiments the phosphorylation of D2 in wild-type C. reinhardtii was examined by 32P labeling in vivo and in vitro. No evidence for the phosphorylation of D2 in the wild type could be obtained. [14C]Acetate-labeling experiments in the presence of an inhibitor of cytoplasmic protein synthesis also failed to identify phosphorylated (D2.1) and nonphosphorylated (D2.2) forms of D2 upon sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Our results suggest that the existence of D2 phosphorylation in C. reinhardtii is still in question.
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- C Andronis
- Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AY, United Kingdom.
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Delosme R, Olive J, Wollman FA. Changes in light energy distribution upon state transitions: an in vivo photoacoustic study of the wild type and photosynthesis mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(95)00143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kuras R, Büschlen S, Wollman FA. Maturation of pre-apocytochrome f in vivo. A site-directed mutagenesis study in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:27797-803. [PMID: 7499249 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.46.27797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The biosynthesis of cytochrome f is a multistep process which requires processing of the precursor protein and covalent ligation of a c-heme upon membrane insertion of the protein. The crystal structure of a soluble form of cytochrome f has revealed that one axial ligand of the c-heme is provided by the alpha-amino group of Tyr1 generated upon cleavage of the signal sequence from the precursor protein (Martinez S. E., Huang D., Szczepaniak A., Cramer W.A., and Smith J. L. (1994) Structure 2, 95-105). We therefore investigated, by site-directed mutagenesis, the possible interplay between protein processing and heme attachment to cytochrome f in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These modifications were performed by chloroplast transformation using a petA gene encoding the full-length precursor protein and also a truncated version lacking the C-terminal membrane anchor. We first substituted the two cysteinyl residues responsible for covalent ligation of the c-heme, by a valine and a leucine, and showed that heme binding is not a prerequisite for cytochrome f processing. In another series of experiments, we replaced the consensus cleavage site for the thylakoid processing peptidase, AQA, by an LQL sequence. The resulting transformants were nonphototrophic and displayed delayed processing of the precursor form of cytochrome f, but nonetheless both the precursor and processed forms showed heme binding and assembled in cytochrome b6f complexes. Thus, pre-apocytochrome f adopts a suitable conformation for the cysteinyl residues to be substrates of the heme lyase and pre-holocytochrome f folds in an assembly-competent conformation. In the last series of experiments, we compared the rates of synthesis and degradation of the various forms of cytochrome f in the four types of transformants under study: (i) the C terminus membrane anchor apparently down-regulates the rate of synthesis of cytochrome f and (ii) degradation of misfolded forms of cytochrome f occurs by a proteolytic system intimately associated with the thylakoid membranes.
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- R Kuras
- Service de Photosynthèse, URA/CNRS 1187, Institut de Biologie Physico-chimique, Paris, France
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Gans P, Wollman FA. The effect of cyanide on state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)00159-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Georgakopoulos JH, Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou JH. Release of a “light” thylakoid membrane fragment with high F730/F685 fluorescence emission ratio (77 K) by digitonin disruption from “low-salt”-destacked or phosphorylated thylakoids of pea. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(94)85036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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State transitions, light-harvesting antenna phosphorylation and light-harvesting antenna migration in vivo in the higher plant Spirodela oligorrhiza. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kochubey SM, Shevchenko VV, Volovik OI. Fluorescence studies on interaction between phospho-LHC II and subchloroplast Photosystem 1 preparations. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1993; 38:153-157. [PMID: 24317911 DOI: 10.1007/bf00146414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/1992] [Accepted: 09/06/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Chloroplast proteins were phosphorylated under two test conditions: 'white light' irradiance alone and 'white light' irradiance with the addition of glucose and glucose oxidase, used to produce an anaerobic medium. The interaction of phospho-LHC II with Photosystem 1 (PS 1) was studied for two types of PS I preparation. Changes in the chlorophyll a/b ratio and the ratio of 650 and 680 nm band intensities (E650/E680) in fluorescence excitation spectra were used in calculating the phospho-LHC II portion which became associated with PS 1. It is shown that the associated portion of phospho-LHC II varies for each of the PS 1 preparations and phosphorylation procedures. Possible conclusions as regards the transfer of various sets of LHC II subpopulations under different phosphorylation procedures and the differences of interaction with PS 1 are discussed.
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- S M Kochubey
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 252022, Kiev, Ukraine
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Harrison MA, Allen JF. Differential phosphorylation of individual LHC-II polypeptides during short-term and long-term acclimation to light regime in the green alga Dunaliella salina. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90186-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Girard-Bascou J, Pierre Y, Drapier D. A nuclear mutation affects the synthesis of the chloroplast psbA gene production Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 1992; 22:47-52. [PMID: 1377098 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effect of the nuclear mutation F34 on the synthesis of chloroplast-encoded photosystem II (PSII) polypeptides has been controversial. While we had concluded that the synthesis of the psbC gene product (P6) was specifically deficient in this mutant, another laboratory has found that the synthesis of the psbA gene product, the herbicide-binding protein D1, was primarily affected. These conflicting results were re-analyzed through genetic and biochemical characterization of the different strains used by the two laboratories in question. While the strain used in our laboratory carries the single F34 mutation responsible for the deficiency of P6, the other strain contains three nuclear mutations: the original F34 mutation, a suppressor mutation of F34 and a second PSII mutation, F35. Mutation F35 does not affect P6 synthesis but is responsible for the deficiency in the synthesis of the herbicide-binding protein D1. Furthermore, since both F34 and F35 mutant strains accumulate wild-type levels of psbC and psbA transcripts, we show that these nuclear mutations affect nuclear genes whose products are involved in the expression of psbC or psbA at a post-transcriptional level.
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Allen JF. Protein phosphorylation in regulation of photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1098:275-335. [PMID: 1310622 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(09)91014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 498] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J F Allen
- Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Norway
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Braun G, Malkin S. Quantitative study of state 1-state 2 transitions in broken chloroplasts-comparison to in-vivo properties. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1992; 31:49-56. [PMID: 24407929 DOI: 10.1007/bf00049536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/1991] [Accepted: 10/25/1991] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A detailed quantitative study was conducted on state 1-state 2 transition and its reversal in broken chloroplasts by modulated fluorimetry. The characteristics of the transition obtained supported other previous in-vitro findings. More importantly, a very close quantitative similarity was obtained under suitable conditions to previous in-vivo studies, particularly in approaching a constancy of Fm/F0 during the transition and the equality of the fractional change of these fluorescence parameters with the calculated light distribution fraction to PS II. This confirms that in broken chloroplasts too, the state transitions involve reciprocal changes in the absorption cross-sections of PS II and PS I.
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- G Braun
- Biochemistry Department, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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de Vitry C, Diner B, Popo J. Photosystem II particles from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Purification, molecular weight, small subunit composition, and protein phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55345-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Bassi R, Rigoni F, Giacometti GM. CHLOROPHYLL BINDING PROTEINS WITH ANTENNA FUNCTION IN HIGHER PLANTS and GREEN ALGAE. Photochem Photobiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb08457.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ATP control on state transitions in vivo in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90095-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bulté L, Wollman FA. Stabilization of states I and II by p-benzoquinone treatment of intact cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90066-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Control of excitation energy distribution in cyanobacteria: sensitivity to uncouplers and ATP synthase inhibitors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90223-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Allen JF, Mullineaux CW, Sanders CE, Melis A. State transitions, photosystem stoichiometry adjustment and non-photochemical quenching in cyanobacterial cells acclimated to light absorbed by photosystem I or photosystem II. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1989; 22:157-166. [PMID: 24424748 DOI: 10.1007/bf00035446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/1988] [Accepted: 11/14/1988] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6301 were grown in yellow light absorbed primarily by the phycobilisome (PBS) light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II (PS II), and in red light absorbed primarily by chlorophyll and, therefore, by photosystem I (PS I). Chromatic acclimation of the cells produced a higher phycocyanin/chlorophyll ratio and higher PBS-PS II/PS I ratio in cells grown under PS I-light. State 1-state 2 transitions were demonstrated as changes in the yield of chlorophyll fluorescence in both cell types. The amplitude of state transitions was substantially lower in the PS II-light grown cells, suggesting a specific attenuation of fluorescence yield by a superimposed non-photochemical quenching of excitation. 77 K fluorescence emission spectra of each cell type in state 1 and in state 2 suggested that state transitions regulate excitation energy transfer from the phycobilisome antenna to the reaction centre of PS II and are distinct from photosystem stoichiometry adjustments. The kinetics of photosystem stoichiometry adjustment and the kinetics of the appearance of the non-photochemical quenching process were measured upon switching PS I-light grown cells to PS II-light, and vice versa. Photosystem stoichiometry adjustment was complete within about 48 h, while the non-photochemical quenching occurred within about 25 h. It is proposed that there are at least three distinct phenomena exerting specific effects on the rate of light absorption and light utilization by the two photoreactions: state transitions; photosystem stoichiometry adjustment; and non-photochemical excitation quenching. The relationship between these three distinct processes is discussed.
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- J F Allen
- Department of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, U.K
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Bassi R, Giacometti GM, Simpson DJ. Changes in the organization of stroma membranes induced by in vivo state 1-state 2 transition. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(88)90212-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wollman FA, Lemaire C. Studies on kinase-controlled state transitions in Photosystem II and b6f mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii which lack quinone-binding proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(88)90058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Allen JF, Melis A. The rate of P-700 photooxidation under continuous illumination is independent of State 1-State 2 transitions in the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(88)90059-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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