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Ermakova M, Woodford R, Fitzpatrick D, Nix SJ, Zwahlen SM, Farquhar GD, von Caemmerer S, Furbank RT. Chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex-mediated cyclic electron flow is the main electron transport route in C 4 bundle sheath cells. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 39036838 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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The superior productivity of C4 plants is achieved via a metabolic C4 cycle which acts as a CO2 pump across mesophyll and bundle sheath (BS) cells and requires an additional input of energy in the form of ATP. The importance of chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) operating cyclic electron flow (CEF) around Photosystem I (PSI) for C4 photosynthesis has been shown in reverse genetics studies but the contribution of CEF and NDH to cell-level electron fluxes remained unknown. We have created gene-edited Setaria viridis with null ndhO alleles lacking functional NDH and developed methods for quantification of electron flow through NDH in BS and mesophyll cells. We show that CEF accounts for 84% of electrons reducing PSI in BS cells and most of those electrons are delivered through NDH while the contribution of the complex to electron transport in mesophyll cells is minimal. A decreased leaf CO2 assimilation rate and growth of plants lacking NDH cannot be rescued by supplying additional CO2. Our results indicate that NDH-mediated CEF is the primary electron transport route in BS chloroplasts highlighting the essential role of NDH in generating ATP required for CO2 fixation by the C3 cycle in BS cells.
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- Maria Ermakova
- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
- Division of Developmental Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2600, Australia
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Grebe S, Porcar-Castell A, Riikonen A, Paakkarinen V, Aro EM. Accounting for photosystem I photoinhibition sheds new light on seasonal acclimation strategies of boreal conifers. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:3973-3992. [PMID: 38572950 PMCID: PMC11233416 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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The photosynthetic acclimation of boreal evergreen conifers is controlled by regulatory and photoprotective mechanisms that allow conifers to cope with extreme environmental changes. However, the underlying dynamics of photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI) remain unresolved. Here, we investigated the dynamics of PSII and PSI during the spring recovery of photosynthesis in Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies using a combination of chlorophyll a fluorescence, P700 difference absorbance measurements, and quantification of key thylakoid protein abundances. In particular, we derived a new set of PSI quantum yield equations, correcting for the effects of PSI photoinhibition. Using the corrected equations, we found that the seasonal dynamics of PSII and PSI photochemical yields remained largely in balance, despite substantial seasonal changes in the stoichiometry of PSII and PSI core complexes driven by PSI photoinhibition. Similarly, the previously reported seasonal up-regulation of cyclic electron flow was no longer evident, after accounting for PSI photoinhibition. Overall, our results emphasize the importance of considering the dynamics of PSII and PSI to elucidate the seasonal acclimation of photosynthesis in overwintering evergreens. Beyond the scope of conifers, our corrected PSI quantum yields expand the toolkit for future studies aimed at elucidating the dynamic regulation of PSI.
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- Steffen Grebe
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Optics of Photosynthesis Laboratory, Viikki Plant Science Center, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Optics of Photosynthesis Laboratory, Viikki Plant Science Center, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Optics of Photosynthesis Laboratory, Viikki Plant Science Center, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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Lysenko V, D. Rajput V, Kumar Singh R, Guo Y, Kosolapov A, Usova E, Varduny T, Chalenko E, Yadronova O, Dmitriev P, Zaruba T. Chlorophyll fluorometry in evaluating photosynthetic performance: key limitations, possibilities, perspectives and alternatives. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:2041-2056. [PMID: 36573148 PMCID: PMC9789293 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01263-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Non-destructive methods for the assessment of photosynthetic parameters of plants are widely applied to evaluate rapidly the photosynthetic performance, plant health, and shifts in plant productivity induced by environmental and cultivation conditions. Most of these methods are based on measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics, particularly on pulse modulation (PAM) fluorometry. In this paper, fluorescence methods are critically discussed in regard to some their possibilities and limitations inherent to vascular plants and microalgae. Attention is paid to the potential errors related to the underestimation of thylakoidal cyclic electron transport and anoxygenic photosynthesis. PAM-methods are also observed considering the color-addressed measurements. Photoacoustic methods are discussed as an alternative and supplement to fluorometry. Novel Fourier modifications of PAM-fluorometry and photoacoustics are noted as tools allowing simultaneous application of a dual or multi frequency measuring light for one sample.
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- Vladimir Lysenko
- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, Campus of Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Russian Research Institute for the Integrated Use and Protection of Water Resources, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Russian Research Institute for the Integrated Use and Protection of Water Resources, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Sagun JV, Chow WS, Ghannoum O. Leaf pigments and photosystems stoichiometry underpin photosynthetic efficiency of related C 3 , C-C 4 and C 4 grasses under shade. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13819. [PMID: 36344438 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The quantum yield of photosynthesis (QY, CO2 fixed per light absorbed) depends on the efficiency of light absorption, the coupling between light absorption and electron transport, and the coupling between electron transport and carbon metabolism. QY is generally lower in C3 relative to C4 plants at warm temperatures and differs among the C4 subtypes. We investigated the acclimation to shade of light absorption and electron transport in six representative grasses with C3 , C3 -C4 and C4 photosynthesis. Plants were grown under full (control) or 25% (shade) sunlight. We measured the in vivo activity and stoichiometry of PSI and PSII, leaf spectral properties and pigment contents, and photosynthetic enzyme activities. Under control growth-light conditions, C4 species had higher CO2 assimilation rates, which declined to a greater extent relative to the C3 species. Whole leaf PSII/PSI ratios were highest in the C3 species, while QY and cyclic electron flow (CEF) were highest in the C4 , NADP-ME species. Shade significantly reduced leaf PSII/PSI, linear electron flow (LEF) and CEF of most species. Overall, shade reduced leaf absorptance, especially in the green region, as well as carotenoid and chlorophyll contents in C4 more than non-C4 species. The NAD-ME species underwent the greatest reduction in leaf absorptance and pigments under shade. In conclusion, shade compromised QY the least in the C3 and the most in the C4 -NAD-ME species. Different sensitivity to shade was associated with the ability to maintain leaf absorptance and pigments. This is important for maximising light absorption and minimising photoprotection under low light.
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- Julius Ver Sagun
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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Takahashi H. Cyclic electron flow A to Z. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2022; 135:539-541. [PMID: 35727481 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-022-01402-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Hiroko Takahashi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan.
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Zavafer A, Fan D, Murakami K. Advanced technologies in studying plant photosynthesis: principles and applications. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2022; 49:i-iii. [PMID: 35533097 DOI: 10.1071/fp22050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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sion="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> FP Functional Plant Biology Funct. Plant Biol. 1445-4408 1445-4416 CSIRO Publishing 36 Gardiner Road Clayton VIC 3168 Australia FP22050 10.1071/FP22050 Foreword Advanced technologies in studying plant photosynthesis: principles and applications A. Zavafer et al . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-1618 Zavafer Alonso A Fan Dayong B * https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-9535 Murakami Keach C Handling Editor Shabala Sergey Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2001, Australia. Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo 062-8555, Japan. College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry, University, Beijing 100083, China. * Correspondence to: Dayong Fan Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo 062-8555, Japan Email: dayong73fan@163.com 9 May 2022 49 6 Special Issue i iii 9 May 2022 Published: 9 May 2022 © 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing 2022 The Authors The foreword to this special issue on the advanced technologies in studying photosynthesis focuses on the main contributions of Fred Chow, one of the key Australian scientists studying light reactions in plants.
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- Alonso Zavafer
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2001, Australia
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira, Sapporo 062-8555, Japan
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- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry, University, Beijing 100083, China
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Lysenko V, Varduny T. High levels of anoxygenic photosynthesis revealed by dual-frequency Fourier photoacoustics in Ailanthus altissima leaves. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2022; 49:573-586. [PMID: 35413232 DOI: 10.1071/fp21093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In contrast to oxygenic photosynthesis, true anoxygenic photosynthesis is not associated with O2 evolution originated from water photolysis but still converts light energy to that of the phosphoanhydride bonds of ATP. In a narrow sense, anoxygenic photosynthesis is mainly known as to be related to the purple and green sulfur bacteria, but in a broad sense, it also occurs in the vascular plants. The portion of photosynthetic water photolysis that is compensated by the processes of O2 uptake (respiration, photorespiration, Mehler cycle, etc.) may be referred to as 'quasi' anoxygenic photosynthesis. Photoacoustic method allows for the separate detection of photolytic O2 at frequencies of measuring light about 20-40Hz, whereas at 250-400Hz, it detects the photochemical energy storage. We have developed a fast-Fourier transform photoacoustic method enabling measurements of both these signals simultaneously in one sample. This method allows to calculate oxygenic coefficients, which reflect the part of photochemically stored light energy that is used for the water photolysis. We show that the true anoxygenic photosynthesis in Ailanthus altissima Mill. leaves reached very high levels under low light, under moderate light at the beginning of the 1-h period, and at the end of the 40-min period under saturating light.
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- Vladimir Lysenko
- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Botanichesky spusk 7, 344041 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Botanichesky spusk 7, 344041 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Chow WS. My precarious career in photosynthesis: a roller-coaster journey into the fascinating world of chloroplast ultrastructure, composition, function and dysfunction. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2021; 149:5-24. [PMID: 33543372 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-021-00818-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite my humble beginnings in rural China, I had the good fortune of advancing my career and joining an international community of photosynthesis researchers to work on the 'light reactions' that are a fundamental process in Nature. Along with supervisors, mentors, colleagues, students and lab assistants, I worked on ionic redistributions across the photosynthetic membrane in response to illumination, photophosphorylation, forces that regulate the stacking of photosynthetic membranes, the composition of components of the photosynthetic apparatus during acclimation to the light environment, and the failure of the photosynthetic machinery to acclimate to too much light or even to cope with moderate light due to inevitable photodamage. These fascinating underlying mechanisms were investigated in vitro and in vivo. My career path, with its ups and downs, was never secure, but the reward of knowing a little more of the secret of Nature offset the job uncertainty.
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- Wah Soon Chow
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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A biological agent modulates the physiology of barley infected with Drechslera teres. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8330. [PMID: 33859319 PMCID: PMC8050242 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87853-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recognized as the causal agent of net blotch, Drechslera teres is responsible for major losses of barley crop yield. The consequences of this leaf disease are due to the impact of the infection on the photosynthetic performance of barley leaves. To limit the symptoms of this ascomycete, the use of beneficial bacteria known as "Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria" constitutes an innovative and environmentally friendly strategy. A bacterium named as strain B25 belonging to the genus Burkholderia showed a strong antifungal activity against D. teres. The bacterium was able to limit the development of the fungus by 95% in detached leaves of bacterized plants compared to the non-bacterized control. In this study, in-depth analyses of the photosynthetic performance of young barley leaves infected with D. teres and/or in the presence of the strain B25 were carried out both in and close to the necrotic area. In addition, gas exchange measurements were performed only near the necrotic area. Our results showed that the presence of the beneficial bacterium reduced the negative impact of the fungus on the photosynthetic performance and modified only the net carbon assimilation rate close to the necrotic area. Indeed, the presence of the strain B25 decreased the quantum yield of regulated non-photochemical energy loss in PSII noted as Y(NPQ) and allowed to maintain the values stable of maximum quantum yield of PSII photochemistry known as Fv/Fm and close to those of the control in the presence of D. teres. To the best of our knowledge, these data constitute the first study focusing on the impact of net blotch fungus and a beneficial bacterium on photosynthesis and respiratory parameters in barley leaves.
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Flannery SE, Hepworth C, Wood WHJ, Pastorelli F, Hunter CN, Dickman MJ, Jackson PJ, Johnson MP. Developmental acclimation of the thylakoid proteome to light intensity in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:223-244. [PMID: 33118270 PMCID: PMC7898487 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosynthetic acclimation, the ability to adjust the composition of the thylakoid membrane to optimise the efficiency of electron transfer to the prevailing light conditions, is crucial to plant fitness in the field. While much is known about photosynthetic acclimation in Arabidopsis, to date there has been no study that combines both quantitative label-free proteomics and photosynthetic analysis by gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and P700 absorption spectroscopy. Using these methods we investigated how the levels of 402 thylakoid proteins, including many regulatory proteins not previously quantified, varied upon long-term (weeks) acclimation of Arabidopsis to low (LL), moderate (ML) and high (HL) growth light intensity and correlated these with key photosynthetic parameters. We show that changes in the relative abundance of cytb6 f, ATP synthase, FNR2, TIC62 and PGR6 positively correlate with changes in estimated PSII electron transfer rate and CO2 assimilation. Improved photosynthetic capacity in HL grown plants is paralleled by increased cyclic electron transport, which positively correlated with NDH, PGRL1, FNR1, FNR2 and TIC62, although not PGR5 abundance. The photoprotective acclimation strategy was also contrasting, with LL plants favouring slowly reversible non-photochemical quenching (qI), which positively correlated with LCNP, while HL plants favoured rapidly reversible quenching (qE), which positively correlated with PSBS. The long-term adjustment of thylakoid membrane grana diameter positively correlated with LHCII levels, while grana stacking negatively correlated with CURT1 and RIQ protein abundance. The data provide insights into how Arabidopsis tunes photosynthetic electron transfer and its regulation during developmental acclimation to light intensity.
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- Sarah E. Flannery
- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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- Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringChELSI InstituteUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
- Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringChELSI InstituteUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldFirth CourtWestern BankSheffieldUK
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Tan Y, Zhang QS, Zhao W, Liu Z, Ma MY, Zhong MY, Wang MX. The highly efficient NDH-dependent photosystem I cyclic electron flow pathway in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 144:49-62. [PMID: 32152819 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00732-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Zostera marina, a fully submerged marine angiosperm with a unique evolutionary history associated with its terrestrial origin, has distinct photochemical characteristics caused by its oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) being prone to deactivation in visible light. Based on the present phylogenetic analysis, the chloroplast NADPH dehydrogenase-like (NDH) complex was found to be completed in of Z. marina, unlike other marine plants, suggesting its crucial role. Thus, the responses of electron transport to irradiation were investigated through multiple chlorophyll fluorescence techniques and Western blot analysis. Moreover, the respective contribution of the two photosystem I cyclic electron flow (PSI-CEF) pathways to the generation of trans-thylakoid proton gradient (∆pH) was also examined using inhibitors. The contributions of the two PSI-CEF pathways to ∆pH were similar; furthermore, there was a trade-off between the two pathways under excess irradiation: the PGR5/L1-dependent PSI-CEF decreased gradually following its activation during the initial illumination, while NDH-dependent PSI-CEF was activated gradually with exposure duration. OEC inactivation was continuously under excess irradiation, which exhibits a positive linear correlation with the activation of NDH-dependent PSI-CEF. We suggest that PGR5/L1-dependent PSI-CEF was preferentially activated to handle the excess electron caused by the operation of OEC during the initial illumination. Subsequently, the increasing OEC inactivation with exposure duration resulted in a deficit of electrons. Limited electrons from PSI might preferentially synthesize NADPH, which could support the function of NDH-dependent PSI-CEF to generate ∆pH and ATP via reducing ferredoxin, thereby maintaining OEC stability.
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- Ying Tan
- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China.
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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Sagun JV, Badger MR, Chow WS, Ghannoum O. Cyclic electron flow and light partitioning between the two photosystems in leaves of plants with different functional types. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 142:321-334. [PMID: 31520186 PMCID: PMC6874625 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00666-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cyclic electron flow (CEF) around photosystem I (PSI) is essential for generating additional ATP and enhancing efficient photosynthesis. Accurate estimation of CEF requires knowledge of the fractions of absorbed light by PSI (fI) and PSII (fII), which are only known for a few model species such as spinach. No measures of fI are available for C4 grasses under different irradiances. We developed a new method to estimate (1) fII in vivo by concurrently measuring linear electron flux through both photosystems [Formula: see text] in leaf using membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) and total electron flux through PSII (ETR2) using chlorophyll fluorescence by a Dual-PAM at low light and (2) CEF as ETR1-[Formula: see text]. For a C3 grass, fI was 0.5 and 0.4 under control (high light) and shade conditions, respectively. C4 species belonging to NADP-ME and NAD-ME subtypes had fI of 0.6 and PCK subtype had 0.5 under control. All shade-grown C4 species had fI of 0.6 except for NADP-ME grass which had 0.7. It was also observed that fI ranged between 0.3 and 0.5 for gymnosperm, liverwort and fern species. CEF increased with irradiance and was induced at lower irradiances in C4 grasses and fern relative to other species. CEF was greater in shade-grown plants relative to control plants except for C4 NADP-ME species. Our study reveals a range of CEF and fI values in different plant functional groups. This variation must be taken into account for improved photosynthetic calculations and modelling.
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- Julius Ver Sagun
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751 Australia
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Zhang MM, Fan DY, Murakami K, Badger MR, Sun GY, Chow WS. Partially Dissecting Electron Fluxes in Both Photosystems in Spinach Leaf Disks during Photosynthetic Induction. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:2206-2219. [PMID: 31271439 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Photosynthetic induction, a gradual increase in photosynthetic rate on a transition from darkness or low light to high light, has ecological significance, impact on biomass accumulation in fluctuating light and relevance to photoprotection in strong light. However, the experimental quantification of the component electron fluxes in and around both photosystems during induction has been rare. Combining optimized chlorophyll fluorescence, the redox kinetics of P700 [primary electron donor in Photosystem I (PSI)] and membrane inlet mass spectrometry in the absence/presence of inhibitors/mediator, we partially estimated the components of electron fluxes in spinach leaf disks on transition from darkness to 1,000 �mol photons�m-2�s-1 for up to 10 min, obtaining the following findings: (i) the partitioning of energy between both photosystems did not change noticeably; (ii) in Photosystem II (PSII), the combined cyclic electron flow (CEF2) and charge recombination (CR2) to the ground state decreased gradually toward 0 in steady state; (iii) oxygen reduction by electrons from PSII, partly bypassing PSI, was small but measurable; (iv) cyclic electron flow around PSI (CEF1) peaked before becoming somewhat steady; (v) peak magnitudes of some of the electron fluxes, all probably photoprotective, were in the descending order: CEF1 > CEF2 + CR2 > chloroplast O2 uptake; and (vi) the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex appeared to aid the antimycin A-sensitive CEF1. The results are important for fine-tuning in silico simulation of in vivo photosynthetic electron transport processes; such simulation is, in turn, necessary to probe partial processes in a complex network of interactions in response to environmental changes.
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- Meng-Meng Zhang
- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (HARC), Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira, Sapporo, Japan
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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Johnson MP, Wientjes E. The relevance of dynamic thylakoid organisation to photosynthetic regulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1861:148039. [PMID: 31228404 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The higher plant chloroplast thylakoid membrane system performs the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. These provide the ATP and NADPH required for the fixation of CO2 into biomass by the Calvin-Benson cycle and a range of other metabolic reactions in the stroma. Land plants are frequently challenged by fluctuations in their environment, such as light, nutrient and water availability, which can create a mismatch between the amounts of ATP and NADPH produced and the amounts required by the downstream metabolism. Left unchecked, such imbalances can lead to the production of reactive oxygen species that damage the plant and harm productivity. Fortunately, plants have evolved a complex range of regulatory processes to avoid or minimize such deleterious effects by controlling the efficiency of light harvesting and electron transfer in the thylakoid membrane. Generally the regulation of the light reactions has been studied and conceptualised at the microscopic level of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions, however in recent years dynamic changes in the thylakoid macrostructure itself have been recognised to play a significant role in regulating light harvesting and electron transfer. Here we review the evidence for the involvement of macrostructural changes in photosynthetic regulation and review the techniques that brought this evidence to light.
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- Matthew P Johnson
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Huang W, Suorsa M, Zhang SB. In vivo regulation of thylakoid proton motive force in immature leaves. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 138:207-218. [PMID: 30056561 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0565-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In chloroplast, proton motive force (pmf) is critical for ATP synthesis and photoprotection. To prevent photoinhibition of photosynthetic apparatus, proton gradient (ΔpH) across the thylakoid membranes needs to be built up to minimize the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in thylakoid membranes. However, the regulation of thylakoid pmf in immature leaves is little known. In this study, we compared photosynthetic electron sinks, P700 redox state, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), and electrochromic shift (ECS) signal in immature and mature leaves of a cultivar of Camellia. The immature leaves displayed lower linear electron flow and cyclic electron flow, but higher levels of NPQ and P700 oxidation ratio under high light. Meanwhile, we found that pmf and ΔpH were higher in the immature leaves. Furthermore, the immature leaves showed significantly lower thylakoid proton conductivity than mature leaves. These results strongly indicated that immature leaves can build up enough ΔpH by modulating proton efflux from the lumenal side to the stromal side of thylakoid membranes, which is essential to prevent photoinhibition via thermal energy dissipation and photosynthetic control of electron transfer. This study highlights that the activity of chloroplast ATP synthase is a key safety valve for photoprotection in immature leaves.
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- Wei Huang
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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Zhang MM, Fan DY, Sun GY, Chow WS. Optimising the linear electron transport rate measured by chlorophyll a fluorescence to empirically match the gross rate of oxygen evolution in white light: towards improved estimation of the cyclic electron flux around photosystem I in leaves. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2018; 45:1138-1148. [PMID: 32290975 DOI: 10.1071/fp18039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The cyclic electron flux (CEF) around photosystem I (PSI) was discovered in isolated chloroplasts more than six decades ago, but its quantification has been hampered by the absence of net formation of a product or net consumption of a substrate. We estimated in vivo CEF in leaves as the difference (ΔFlux) between the total electron flux through PSI (ETR1) measured by a near infrared signal, and the linear electron flux through both photosystems by optimised measurement of chlorophyll a fluorescence (LEFfl). Chlorophyll fluorescence was excited by modulated green light from a light-emitting diode at an optimal average irradiance, and the fluorescence was detected at wavelengths >710nm. In this way, LEFfl matched the gross rate of oxygen evolution multiplied by 4 (LEFO2) in broad-spectrum white actinic irradiance up to half (spinach, poplar and rice) or one third (cotton) of full sunlight irradiance. This technique of estimating CEF can be applied to leaves attached to a plant.
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- Meng-Meng Zhang
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150040, China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
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Murakami K, Matsuda R, Fujiwara K. Quantification of excitation energy distribution between photosystems based on a mechanistic model of photosynthetic electron transport. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2018; 41:148-159. [PMID: 28548208 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Absorbed light energy is converted into excitation energy. The excitation energy is distributed to photosystems depending on the wavelength and drives photochemical reactions. A non-destructive, mechanistic and quantitative method for estimating the fraction of the excitation energy distributed to photosystem II (f) was developed. For the f values for two simultaneously provided actinic lights (ALs) with different spectral distributions to be estimated, photochemical yields of the photosystems were measured under the ALs and were then fitted to an electron transport model assuming the balance between the electron transport rates through the photosystems. For the method to be tested using leaves with different properties in terms of the long-term and short-term acclimation (adjustment of photosystem stoichiometry and state transition, respectively), the f values for red and far-red light (R and FR) were estimated in leaves grown (~1 week) under white light without and with supplemental FR and adapted (~10 min) to R without and with supplemental FR. The f values for R were clearly greater than those for FR and those of leaves grown with and adapted to supplemental FR tended to be higher than the controls. These results are consistent with previous studies and therefore support the validity of the proposed method.
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- Keach Murakami
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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Yi XP, Zhang YL, Yao HS, Han JM, Chow WS, Fan DY, Zhang WF. Changes in activities of both photosystems and the regulatory effect of cyclic electron flow in field-grown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) under water deficit. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 220:74-82. [PMID: 29156245 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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To clarify the influence of water deficit on the functionality of the photosynthetic apparatus of cotton plants, leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, and P700 redox state were examined in field-grown cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Xinluzao 45. In addition, we measured changes in the P515 signal and analyzed the activity of ATP synthase and the trans-thylakoid proton gradient (ΔpH). With increasing water deficit, the net CO2 assimilation rate (AN) and stomatal conductance (gs) significantly decreased, but the maximum quantum efficiency of PSII photochemistry (Fv/Fm) did not change. The photochemical activity of photosystem II (PSII) was reflected by the photochemical quenching coefficient (qP), quantum efficiency of photosystem II [Y(II)], and electron transport rate through PSII [ETR(II)], while the activity of photosystem I (PSI) was reflected by the quantum efficiency of photosystem I [Y(I)] and the electron transport rate through PSI [ETR(I)]. Both activities were maintained under mild water deficit, but were slightly decreased under moderate water deficit. Under moderate water deficit, cyclic electron flow (CEF), the fraction of absorbed light dissipated thermally via the ΔpH- and xanthophyll-regulated process [Y(NPQ)], and the fraction of P700 oxidized under a given set of conditions [Y(ND)] increased. Our results suggest that the activities of both photosystems are stable under mild water deficit and decrease only slightly under moderate water deficit. Moderate water deficit stimulates CEF, and the stimulation of CEF is essential for protecting PSI and PSII against photoinhibition.
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- Xiao-Ping Yi
- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, College of Science, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, College of Science, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China.
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Murakami K, Matsuda R, Fujiwara K. Interaction between the spectral photon flux density distributions of light during growth and for measurements in net photosynthetic rates of cucumber leaves. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2016; 158:213-24. [PMID: 26822286 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The net photosynthetic rate of a leaf becomes acclimated to the plant's environment during growth. These rates are often measured, evaluated and compared among leaves of plants grown under different light conditions. In this study, we compared net photosynthetic rates of cucumber leaves grown under white light-emitting diode (LED) light without and with supplemental far-red (FR) LED light (W- and WFR-leaves, respectively) under three different measuring light (ML) conditions: their respective growth light (GL), artificial sunlight (AS) and blue and red (BR) light. The difference in the measured photosynthetic rates between W- and WFR-leaves was greater under BR than under GL and AS. In other words, an interaction between supplemental FR light during growth and the spectral photon flux density distribution (SPD) of ML affected the measured net photosynthetic rates. We showed that the comparison and evaluation of leaf photosynthetic rates and characteristics can be biased depending on the SPD of ML, especially for plants grown under different photon flux densities in the FR waveband. We also investigated the mechanism of the interaction. We confirmed that the distribution of excitation energy between the two photosystems (PSs) changed in response to the SPD of GL, and that this change resulted in the interaction, as suggested in previous reports. However, changes in PS stoichiometry could not completely explain the adjustment in excitation energy distribution observed in this study, suggesting that other mechanisms may be involved in the interaction.
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- Keach Murakami
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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Takagi D, Hashiguchi M, Sejima T, Makino A, Miyake C. Photorespiration provides the chance of cyclic electron flow to operate for the redox-regulation of P700 in photosynthetic electron transport system of sunflower leaves. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 129:279-90. [PMID: 27116126 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0267-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To elucidate the molecular mechanism to oxidize the reaction center chlorophyll, P700, in PSI, we researched the effects of partial pressure of O2 (pO2) on photosynthetic characteristic parameters in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) leaves. Under low CO2 conditions, the oxidation of P700 was stimulated; however the decrease in pO2 suppressed its oxidation. Electron fluxes in PSII [Y(II)] and PSI [Y(I)] showed pO2-dependence at low CO2 conditions. H(+)-consumption rate, estimated from Y(II) and CO2-fixation/photorespiration rates (JgH(+)), showed the positive curvature relationship with the dissipation rate of electrochromic shift signal (V H (+) ), which indicates H(+)-efflux rate from lumen to stroma in chloroplasts. Therefore, these electron fluxes contained, besides CO2-fixation/photorespiration-dependent electron fluxes, non-H(+)-consumption electron fluxes including Mehler-ascorbate peroxidase (MAP)-pathway. Y(I) that was larger than Y(II) surely implies the functioning of cyclic electron flow (CEF). Both MAP-pathway and CEF were suppressed at lower pO2, with plastoquinone-pool reduced. That is, photorespiration prepares the redox-poise of photosynthetic electron transport system for CEF activity as an electron sink. Excess Y(II), [ΔY(II)] giving the curvature relationship with V H (+) , and excess Y(I) [ΔCEF] giving the difference between Y(I) and Y(II) were used as an indicator of MAP-pathway and CEF activity, respectively. Although ΔY(II) was negligible and did not show positive relationship to the oxidation-state of P700, ΔCEF showed positive linear relationship to the oxidation-state of P700. These facts indicate that CEF cooperatively with photorespiration regulates the redox-state of P700 to suppress the over-reduction in PSI under environmental stress conditions.
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- Daisuke Takagi
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Plant Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Fan DY, Fitzpatrick D, Oguchi R, Ma W, Kou J, Chow WS. Obstacles in the quantification of the cyclic electron flux around Photosystem I in leaves of C3 plants. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 129:239-51. [PMID: 26846653 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0223-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sixty years ago Arnon and co-workers discovered photophosphorylation driven by a cyclic electron flux (CEF) around Photosystem I. Since then understanding the physiological roles and the regulation of CEF has progressed, mainly via genetic approaches. One basic problem remains, however: quantifying CEF in the absence of a net product. Quantification of CEF under physiological conditions is a crucial prerequisite for investigating the physiological roles of CEF. Here we summarize current progress in methods of CEF quantification in leaves and, in some cases, in isolated thylakoids, of C3 plants. Evidently, all present methods have their own shortcomings. We conclude that to quantify CEF in vivo, the best way currently is to measure the electron flux through PS I (ETR1) and that through PS II and PS I in series (ETR2) for the whole leaf tissue under identical conditions. The difference between ETR1 and ETR2 is an upper estimate of CEF, mainly consisting, in C3 plants, of a major PGR5-PGRL1-dependent CEF component and a minor chloroplast NDH-dependent component, where PGR5 stands for Proton Gradient Regulation 5 protein, PGRL1 for PGR5-like photosynthesis phenotype 1, and NDH for Chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex. These two CEF components can be separated by the use of antimycin A to inhibit the former (major) component. Membrane inlet mass spectrometry utilizing stable oxygen isotopes provides a reliable estimation of ETR2, whilst ETR1 can be estimated from a method based on the photochemical yield of PS I, Y(I). However, some issues for the recommended method remain unresolved.
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- Da-Yong Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- College of Life & Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Guilin Road 100, Shanghai, 200234, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Huang W, Yang YJ, Hu H, Cao KF, Zhang SB. Sustained Diurnal Stimulation of Cyclic Electron Flow in Two Tropical Tree Species Erythrophleum guineense and Khaya ivorensis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1068. [PMID: 27486473 PMCID: PMC4950474 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The photosystem II (PSII) activity of C3 plants is usually inhibited at noon associated with high light but can be repaired fast in the afternoon. However, the diurnal variation of photosystem I (PSI) activity is unknown. Although, cyclic electron flow (CEF) has been documented as an important mechanism for photosynthesis, the diurnal variation of CEF in sun leaves is little known. We determined the diurnal changes in PSI and PSII activities, light energy dissipation in PSII and the P700 redox state in two tropical tree species Erythrophleum guineense and Khaya ivorensis grown in an open field. The PSI activity (as indicated by the maximum quantity of photo-oxidizable P700) was maintained stable during the daytime. CEF was strongly activated under high light at noon, accompanying with high levels of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and PSI oxidation ratio. In the afternoon, CEF was maintained at a relatively high level under low light, which was accompanied with low levels of NPQ and P700 oxidation ratio. These results indicated that CEF was flexibly modulated during daytime under fluctuating light conditions. Under high light at noon, CEF-dependent generation of proton gradient across the thylakoid membranes (ΔpH) mainly contributed to photoprotection for PSI and PSII. By comparison, at low light in the afternoon, the CEF-dependent formation of ΔpH may be important for PSII repair via an additional ATP synthesis.
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- Wei Huang
- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany – Chinese Academy of Sciences, KunmingChina
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant ResourcesKunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany – Chinese Academy of Sciences, KunmingChina
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant ResourcesKunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany – Chinese Academy of Sciences, KunmingChina
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant ResourcesKunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden – Chinese Academy of SciencesMengla, China
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- Key Laboratory of Economic Plants and Biotechnology, Kunming Institute of Botany – Chinese Academy of Sciences, KunmingChina
- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Wild Plant ResourcesKunming, China
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Yamori W, Shikanai T. Physiological Functions of Cyclic Electron Transport Around Photosystem I in Sustaining Photosynthesis and Plant Growth. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 67:81-106. [PMID: 26927905 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-112002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The light reactions in photosynthesis drive both linear and cyclic electron transport around photosystem I (PSI). Linear electron transport generates both ATP and NADPH, whereas PSI cyclic electron transport produces ATP without producing NADPH. PSI cyclic electron transport is thought to be essential for balancing the ATP/NADPH production ratio and for protecting both photosystems from damage caused by stromal overreduction. Two distinct pathways of cyclic electron transport have been proposed in angiosperms: a major pathway that depends on the PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 (PGR5) and PGR5-LIKE PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHENOTYPE 1 (PGRL1) proteins, which are the target site of antimycin A, and a minor pathway mediated by the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like (NDH) complex. Recently, the regulation of PSI cyclic electron transport has been recognized as essential for photosynthesis and plant growth. In this review, we summarize the possible functions and importance of the two pathways of PSI cyclic electron transport.
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- Wataru Yamori
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan;
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) and
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- Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Fan DY, Ye ZP, Wang SC, Chow WS. Multiple roles of oxygen in the photoinactivation and dynamic repair of Photosystem II in spinach leaves. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 127:307-319. [PMID: 26297354 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0185-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Oxygen effects have long been ambiguous: exacerbating, being indifferent to, or ameliorating the net photoinactivation of Photosystem II (PS II). We scrutinized the time course of PS II photoinactivation (characterized by rate coefficient k i) in the absence of repair, or when recovery (characterized by k r) occurred simultaneously in CO2 ± O2. Oxygen exacerbated photoinactivation per se, but alleviated it by mediating the utilization of electrons. With repair permitted, the gradual net loss of functional PS II during illumination of leaves was better described phenomenologically by introducing τ, the time for an initial k r to decrease by half. At 1500 μmol photons m(-2) s(-1), oxygen decreased the initial k r but increased τ. Similarly, at even higher irradiance in air, there was a further decrease in the initial k r and increase in τ. These observations are consistent with an empirical model that (1) oxygen increased k i via oxidative stress but decreased it by mediating the utilization of electrons; and (2) reactive oxygen species stimulated the degradation of photodamaged D1 protein in PS II (characterized by k d), but inhibited the de novo synthesis of D1 (characterized by k s), and that the balance between these effects determines the net effect of O2 on PS II functionality.
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- Da-Yong Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, 343009, China
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, 343009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Suorsa M. Cyclic electron flow provides acclimatory plasticity for the photosynthetic machinery under various environmental conditions and developmental stages. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:800. [PMID: 26442093 PMCID: PMC4585005 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosynthetic electron flow operates in two modes, linear and cyclic. In cyclic electron flow (CEF), electrons are recycled around photosystem I. As a result, a transthylakoid proton gradient (ΔpH) is generated, leading to the production of ATP without concomitant production of NADPH, thus increasing the ATP/NADPH ratio within the chloroplast. At least two routes for CEF exist: a PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5-PGRL1-and a chloroplast NDH-like complex mediated pathway. This review focuses on recent findings concerning the characteristics of both CEF routes in higher plants, with special emphasis paid on the crucial role of CEF in under challenging environmental conditions and developmental stages.
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- Marjaana Suorsa
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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Kou J, Takahashi S, Fan DY, Badger MR, Chow WS. Partially dissecting the steady-state electron fluxes in Photosystem I in wild-type and pgr5 and ndh mutants of Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:758. [PMID: 26442071 PMCID: PMC4584955 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Cyclic electron flux (CEF) around Photosystem I (PS I) is difficult to quantify. We obtained the linear electron flux (LEFO2) through both photosystems and the total electron flux through PS I (ETR1) in Arabidopsis in CO2-enriched air. ΔFlux = ETR1 - LEFO2 is an upper estimate of CEF, which consists of two components, an antimycin A-sensitive, PGR5 (proton gradient regulation 5 protein)-dependent component and an insensitive component facilitated by a chloroplastic nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH). Using wild type as well as pgr5 and ndh mutants, we observed that (1) 40% of the absorbed light was partitioned to PS I; (2) at high irradiance a substantial antimycin A-sensitive CEF occurred in the wild type and the ndh mutant; (3) at low irradiance a sizable antimycin A-sensitive CEF occurred in the wild type but not in the ndh mutant, suggesting an enhancing effect of NDH in low light; and (4) in the pgr5 mutant, and the wild type and ndh mutant treated with antimycin A, a residual ΔFlux existed at high irradiance, attributable to charge recombination and/or pseudo-cyclic electron flow. Therefore, in low-light-acclimated plants exposed to high light, ΔFlux has contributions from various paths of electron flow through PS I.
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- Jiancun Kou
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National UniversityCanberra, ACT, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National UniversityCanberra, ACT, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National UniversityCanberra, ACT, Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National UniversityCanberra, ACT, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National UniversityCanberra, ACT, Australia
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Alric J. The plastoquinone pool, poised for cyclic electron flow? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:540. [PMID: 26284081 PMCID: PMC4516869 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Jean Alric
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7265 Biologie Végétale et Microbiologie Environnementales, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et de Biotechnologie des Bactéries et des Microalgues, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l' Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie Environmentale et BiotechnologieSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Cendrero-Mateo MP, Carmo-Silva AE, Porcar-Castell A, Hamerlynck EP, Papuga SA, Moran MS. Dynamic response of plant chlorophyll fluorescence to light, water and nutrient availability. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2015; 42:746-757. [PMID: 32480718 DOI: 10.1071/fp15002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chlorophyll molecules absorb photosynthetic active radiation (PAR). The resulting excitation energy is dissipated by three competing pathways at the level of photosystem: (i) photochemistry (and, by extension, photosynthesis); (ii) regulated and constitutive thermal energy dissipation; and (iii) chlorophyll-a fluorescence (ChlF). Because the dynamics of photosynthesis modulate the regulated component of thermal energy dissipation (widely addressed as non-photochemical quenching (NPQ)), the relationship between photosynthesis, NPQ and ChlF changes with water, nutrient and light availability. In this study we characterised the relationship between photosynthesis, NPQ and ChlF when conducting light-response curves of photosynthesis in plants growing under different water, nutrient and ambient light conditions. Our goals were to test whether ChlF and photosynthesis correlate in response to water and nutrient deficiency, and determine the optimum PAR level at which the correlation is maximal. Concurrent gas exchange and ChlF light-response curves were measured for Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz and Triticum durum (L.) Desf plants grown under (i) intermediate light growth chamber conditions, and (ii) high light environment field conditions respectively. Plant stress was induced by withdrawing water in the chamber experiment, and applying different nitrogen levels in the field experiment. Our study demonstrated that ChlF was able to track the variations in photosynthetic capacity in both experiments, and that the light level at which plants were grown was optimum for detecting both water and nutrient deficiency with ChlF. The decrease in photosynthesis was found to modulate ChlF via different mechanisms depending on the treatment: through the action of NPQ in response to water stress, or through the action of changes in leaf chlorophyll concentration in response to nitrogen deficiency. This study provides support for the use of remotely sensed ChlF as a proxy to monitor plant stress dynamics from space.
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- M Pilar Cendrero-Mateo
- Soil Water and Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, 1177 East Fourth Street, Tucson 85721, USA
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- USDA Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- USDA Southwest Watershed Research Centre, 2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Soil Water and Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, 1177 East Fourth Street, Tucson 85721, USA
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- USDA Southwest Watershed Research Centre, 2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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Sawicki M, Jacquens L, Baillieul F, Clément C, Vaillant-Gaveau N, Jacquard C. Distinct regulation in inflorescence carbohydrate metabolism according to grapevine cultivars during floral development. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2015; 154:447-467. [PMID: 25585972 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Carbohydrate metabolism is important in plant sexual reproduction because sugar contents are determining factors for both flower initiation and floral organ development. In woody plants, flowering represents the most energy-consuming step crucial to reproductive success. Nevertheless, in these species, the photosynthesis performed by flowers supplies the carbon required for reproduction. In grapevine (Vitis vinifera), the inflorescence has a specific status because this organ imports carbohydrates at the same time as it exports photoassimilates. In this study, fluctuations in carbohydrate metabolism were monitored by analyzing gas exchanges, photosynthetic electron transport capacity, carbohydrate contents and some activities of carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, in the inflorescences of Pinot noir and Gewurztraminer, two cultivars with a different sensitivity to coulure phenomenon. Our results showed that photosynthetic activity and carbohydrate metabolism are clearly different and differently regulated during the floral development in the two cultivars. Indeed, the regulation of the linear electron flow and the cyclic electron flow is not similar. Moreover, the regulation of PSII activity, with a higher Y(NPQ)/Y(NO) ratio in Gewurztraminer, can be correlated with the higher protection of the photosynthetic chain and consequently with the higher yield under optimal conditions of this cultivar. At least, our results showed a higher photosynthetic activity and a better protection of PSI in Pinot noir during the floral development.
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- Mélodie Sawicki
- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, UPRES EA4707, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences, Reims, France
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Huang W, Zhang SB, Hu H. Insusceptibility of oxygen-evolving complex to high light in Betula platyphylla. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2015; 128:307-15. [PMID: 25596841 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-014-0684-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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High mountain plants growing at high altitude have to regularly cope with high light and high UV radiation that can lead to photodamage of oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). However, the underlying mechanism of photoprotection for OEC in high mountain plants is unclear. Sun leaves of Betula platyphylla were used to examine whether cyclic electron flow (CEF) around photosystem I (PSI) plays an important role in photoprotection for OEC. Our results indicated that the value of ETRI/ETRII ratio significantly increased under high light. With increasing light intensity, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) gradually increased, and the fraction of P700 that is oxidized in a given state gradually increased. These results indicated that CEF was significantly activated under high light. After treatment with a high light of 1600 μmol photons m(-2) s(-1) for 8 h, the OEC activity did not decline, but the maximum quantum yield of PSII (F v /F m ) ratio significantly decreased. These results suggested that CEF-dependent generation of proton gradient across thylakoid membrane protected OEC activity against high light. Furthermore, the stability of PSI activity during exposure to high light suggested that the high CEF activity in B. platyphylla played an important role in photoprotection for PSI activity.
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- Wei Huang
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China,
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Yi XP, Zhang YL, Yao HS, Zhang XJ, Luo HH, Gou L, Zhang WF. Alternative electron sinks are crucial for conferring photoprotection in field-grown cotton under water deficit during flowering and boll setting stages. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2014; 41:737-747. [PMID: 32481028 DOI: 10.1071/fp13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To clarify the photoprotective mechanisms of cotton leaves under water deficit in the field, leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence as well as the corresponding physiological responses were examined in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to evaluate electron flux distribution. With increasing water deficit, net photosynthetic rate (Pn) significantly decreased, the total electron flux through PSII [Je(PSII)] gradually decreased and the fraction of electron flux required to sustain CO2 assimilation [Je(PCR)] markedly declined. Simultaneously, the ratio of quantum efficiency of PSII [Φ(PSII)] to the quantum efficiency of CO2 fixation [Φ(CO2)] increased, accompanied by an increase in the alternative electron flux (Ja). The enhanced alternative electron flux of O2-dependent Ja(O2-dependent) indicated that electrons had been transported to O2 in the Mehler-peroxide reaction (MPR) and that the remaining alternative electron flux Ja(O2-independent) had been used for nitrate reduction, as indicated by an increase in nitrate reductase (NR) and glutathinone reductase (GR) activities. In addition, mild water deficit increased the proportion of electron flux for the photorespiratory carbon oxidation [Je(PCO)]. Water deficit significantly increased surperoxide radical production rate (O2-•) and hydrogen peroxide content (H2O2), and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) in cotton leaves also increased under water deficit. Therefore, the Mehler-peroxidation reaction, photorespiration and nitrate reduction helped to dissipated excess light energy, being important photoprotective mechanisms for adapting the photosynthetic apparatus to mild and moderate water deficit in cotton.
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- Xiao-Ping Yi
- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, PR China
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Kono M, Noguchi K, Terashima I. Roles of the Cyclic Electron Flow Around PSI (CEF-PSI) and O2-Dependent Alternative Pathways in Regulation of the Photosynthetic Electron Flow in Short-Term Fluctuating Light in Arabidopsis thaliana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 55:990-1004. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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