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Gurrieri L, Sparla F, Zaffagnini M, Trost P. Dark complexes of the Calvin-Benson cycle in a physiological perspective. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 155:48-58. [PMID: 36889996 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
Abstract
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) are two enzymes of the Calvin Benson cycle that stand out for some peculiar properties they have in common: (i) they both use the products of light reactions for catalysis (NADPH for GAPDH, ATP for PRK), (ii) they are both light-regulated through thioredoxins and (iii) they are both involved in the formation of regulatory supramolecular complexes in the dark or low photosynthetic conditions, with or without the regulatory protein CP12. In the complexes, enzymes are transiently inactivated but ready to recover full activity after complex dissociation. Fully active GAPDH and PRK are in large excess for the functioning of the Calvin-Benson cycle, but they can limit the cycle upon complex formation. Complex dissociation contributes to photosynthetic induction. CP12 also controls PRK concentration in model photosynthetic organisms like Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The review combines in vivo and in vitro data into an integrated physiological view of the role of GAPDH and PRK dark complexes in the regulation of photosynthesis.
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- Libero Gurrieri
- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Clapero V, Arrivault S, Stitt M. Natural variation in metabolism of the Calvin-Benson cycle. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 155:23-36. [PMID: 36959059 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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The Calvin-Benson cycle (CBC) evolved over 2 billion years ago but has been subject to massive selection due to falling atmospheric carbon dioxide, rising atmospheric oxygen and changing nutrient and water availability. In addition, large groups of organisms have evolved carbon-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) that operate upstream of the CBC. Most previous studies of CBC diversity focused on Rubisco kinetics and regulation. Quantitative metabolite profiling provides a top-down strategy to uncover inter-species diversity in CBC operation. CBC profiles were recently published for twenty species including terrestrial C3 species, terrestrial C4 species that operate a biochemical CCM, and cyanobacteria and green algae that operate different types of biophysical CCM. Distinctive profiles were found for species with different modes of photosynthesis, revealing that evolution of the various CCMs was accompanied by co-evolution of the CBC. Diversity was also found between species that share the same mode of photosynthesis, reflecting lineage-dependent diversity of the CBC. Connectivity analysis uncovers constraints due to pathway and thermodynamic topology, and reveals that cross-species diversity in the CBC is driven by changes in the balance between regulated enzymes and in the balance between the CBC and the light reactions or end-product synthesis.
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- Vittoria Clapero
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Golm, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Golm, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Golm, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Geng S, Li S, Zhao J, Gao W, Chen Q, Zheng K, Wang Y, Jiao Y, Long Y, Liu P, Qu Y, Chen Q. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Gh_GAPDH9 is associated with drought resistance in Gossypium hirsutum. PeerJ 2023; 11:e16445. [PMID: 38025668 PMCID: PMC10676720 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is the central enzyme of glycolysis and plays important regulatory roles in plant growth and development and responses to adverse stress conditions. However, studies on the characteristics and functions of cotton GAPDH family genes are still lacking. Methods In this study, genome-wide identification of the cotton GAPDH gene family was performed, and the phylogeny, gene structures, promoter progenitors and expression profiles of upland cotton GAPDH gene family members were explored by bioinformatics analysis to highlight potential functions. The functions of GhGAPDH9 in response to drought stress were initially validated based on RNA-seq, qRT‒PCR, VIGS techniques and overexpression laying a foundation for further studies on the functions of GAPDH genes. Results This study is the first systematic analysis of the cotton GAPDH gene family, which contains a total of 84 GAPDH genes, among which upland cotton contains 27 members. Quantitative, phylogenetic and covariance analyses of the genes revealed that the GAPDH gene family has been conserved during the evolution of cotton. Promoter analysis revealed that most cis-acting elements were related to MeJA and ABA. Based on the identified promoter cis-acting elements and RNA-seq data, it was hypothesized that Gh_GAPDH9, Gh_GAPDH11, Gh_GAPDH19 and Gh_GAPDH21 are involved in the response of cotton to abiotic stress. The expression levels of the Gh_GAPDH9 gene in two drought-resistant and two drought-sensitive materials were analyzed by qRT‒PCR and found to be high early in the treatment period in the drought-resistant material. The silencing of Gh_GAPDH9 based on virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) technology resulted in significant leaf wilting or whole-plant dieback in silenced plants after drought stress compared to the control. The content of-malondialdehyde (MDA) in cotton leaves was significantly increased, and the content of proline (Pro) and chlorophyll (Chl) was reduced. In addition, the leaf wilting and dryness of transgenic lines under drought stress were lower than those of wild-type Arabidopsis, indicating that Gh_GAPDH9 is a positive regulator of drought resistance. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that GAPDH genes play an important role in the response of cotton to abiotic stresses and provide preliminary validation of the function of the Gh_GAPDH9 gene under drought stress. These findings provide an important theoretical basis for further studies on the function of the Gh_GAPDH9 gene and the molecular mechanism of the drought response in cotton.
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- Shiwei Geng
- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Shi J, Gong Y, Shi H, Ma X, Zhu Y, Yang F, Wang D, Fu Y, Lin Y, Yang N, Yang Z, Zeng C, Li W, Zhou C, Wang X, Qiao Y. ' Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' secretory protein SDE3 inhibits host autophagy to promote Huanglongbing disease in citrus. Autophagy 2023; 19:2558-2574. [PMID: 37249424 PMCID: PMC10392736 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2213040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial acroautophagy/autophagy plays a vital role in degrading intracellular pathogens or microbial molecules in host-microbe interactions. However, microbes evolved various mechanisms to hijack or modulate autophagy to escape elimination. Vector-transmitted phloem-limited bacteria, Candidatus Liberibacter (Ca. Liberibacter) species, cause Huanglongbing (HLB), one of the most catastrophic citrus diseases worldwide, yet contributions of autophagy to HLB disease proliferation remain poorly defined. Here, we report the identification of a virulence effector in "Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus" (Las), SDE3, which is highly conserved among the "Ca. Liberibacter". SDE3 expression not only promotes the disease development of HLB and canker in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) plants but also facilitates Phytophthora and viral infections in Arabidopsis, and Nicotiana benthamiana (N. benthamiana). SDE3 directly associates with citrus cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases (CsGAPCs), which negatively regulates plant immunity. Overexpression of CsGAPCs and SDE3 significantly inhibits autophagy in citrus, Arabidopsis, and N. benthamiana. Intriguingly, SDE3 undermines autophagy-mediated immunity by the specific degradation of CsATG8 family proteins in a CsGAPC1-dependent manner. CsATG8 degradation is largely rescued by treatment with an inhibitor of the late autophagic pathway, E64d. Furthermore, ectopic expression of CsATG8s enhances Phytophthora resistance. Collectively, these results suggest that SDE3-CsGAPC interactions modulate CsATG8-mediated autophagy to enhance Las progression in citrus.Abbreviations: ACP: asian citrus psyllid; ACD2: ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 2; ATG: autophagy related; Ca. Liberibacter: Candidatus Liberibacter; CaMV: cauliflower mosaic virus; CMV: cucumber mosaic virus; Cs: Citrus sinensis; EV: empty vector; GAPC: cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; HLB: huanglongbing; H2O2: hydrogen peroxide; Las: liberibacter asiaticus; Laf: liberibacter africanus; Lam: liberibacter americanus; Pst: Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato; PVX: potato virus X; ROS: reactive oxygen species; SDE3: sec-delivered effector 3; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; VIVE : virus-induced virulence effector; WT: wild-type; Xcc: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri.
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- Jinxia Shi
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Northern Urban Agriculture of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Teh JT, Leitz V, Holzer VJC, Neusius D, Marino G, Meitzel T, García-Cerdán JG, Dent RM, Niyogi KK, Geigenberger P, Nickelsen J. NTRC regulates CP12 to activate Calvin-Benson cycle during cold acclimation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2306338120. [PMID: 37549282 PMCID: PMC10433458 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306338120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC) is a chloroplast redox regulator in algae and plants. Here, we used site-specific mutation analyses of the thioredoxin domain active site of NTRC in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to show that NTRC mediates cold tolerance in a redox-dependent manner. By means of coimmunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry, a redox- and cold-dependent binding of the Calvin-Benson Cycle Protein 12 (CP12) to NTRC was identified. NTRC was subsequently demonstrated to directly reduce CP12 of C. reinhardtii as well as that of the vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana in vitro. As a scaffold protein, CP12 joins the Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) to form an autoinhibitory supracomplex. Using size-exclusion chromatography, NTRC from both organisms was shown to control the integrity of this complex in vitro and thereby PRK and GAPDH activities in the cold. Thus, NTRC apparently reduces CP12, hence triggering the dissociation of the PRK/CP12/GAPDH complex in the cold. Like the ntrc::aphVIII mutant, CRISPR-based cp12::emx1 mutants also exhibited a redox-dependent cold phenotype. In addition, CP12 deletion resulted in robust decreases in both PRK and GAPDH protein levels implying a protein protection effect of CP12. Both CP12 functions are critical for preparing a repertoire of enzymes for rapid activation in response to environmental changes. This provides a crucial mechanism for cold acclimation.
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- Jing Tsong Teh
- Department of Molecular Plant Science, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Department of Plant Metabolism, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Science, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Science, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben06466, Germany
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- HHMI, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
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- HHMI, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
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- HHMI, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3102
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Department of Plant Metabolism, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Plant Science, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Planegg82152, Germany
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Simkin AJ, Alqurashi M, Lopez-Calcagno PE, Headland LR, Raines CA. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunits A and B are essential to maintain photosynthetic efficiency. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 192:2989-3000. [PMID: 37099455 PMCID: PMC11025378 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
In plants, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; EC 1.2.1.12) reversibly converts 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate coupled with the reduction of NADPH to NADP+. The GAPDH enzyme that functions in the Calvin-Benson cycle is assembled either from 4 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase A (GAPA) subunit proteins forming a homotetramer (A4) or from 2 GAPA and 2 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase B (GAPB) subunit proteins forming a heterotetramer (A2B2). The relative importance of these 2 forms of GAPDH in determining the rate of photosynthesis is unknown. To address this question, we measured the photosynthetic rates of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants containing reduced amounts of the GAPDH A and B subunits individually and jointly, using T-DNA insertion lines of GAPA and GAPB and transgenic GAPA and GAPB plants with reduced levels of these proteins. Here, we show that decreasing the levels of either the A or B subunits decreased the maximum efficiency of CO2 fixation, plant growth, and final biomass. Finally, these data showed that the reduction in GAPA protein to 9% wild-type levels resulted in a 73% decrease in carbon assimilation rates. In contrast, eliminating GAPB protein resulted in a 40% reduction in assimilation rates. This work demonstrates that the GAPA homotetramer can compensate for the loss of GAPB, whereas GAPB alone cannot compensate fully for the loss of the GAPA subunit.
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- Andrew J Simkin
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Del Giudice A, Gurrieri L, Galantini L, Fanti S, Trost P, Sparla F, Fermani S. Conformational Disorder Analysis of the Conditionally Disordered Protein CP12 from Arabidopsis thaliana in Its Different Redox States. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119308. [PMID: 37298260 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
CP12 is a redox-dependent conditionally disordered protein universally distributed in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. It is primarily known as a light-dependent redox switch regulating the reductive step of the metabolic phase of photosynthesis. In the present study, a small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of recombinant Arabidopsis CP12 (AtCP12) in a reduced and oxidized form confirmed the highly disordered nature of this regulatory protein. However, it clearly pointed out a decrease in the average size and a lower level of conformational disorder upon oxidation. We compared the experimental data with the theoretical profiles of pools of conformers generated with different assumptions and show that the reduced form is fully disordered, whereas the oxidized form is better described by conformers comprising both the circular motif around the C-terminal disulfide bond detected in previous structural analysis and the N-terminal disulfide bond. Despite the fact that disulfide bridges are usually thought to confer rigidity to protein structures, in the oxidized AtCP12, their presence coexists with a disordered nature. Our results rule out the existence of significant amounts of structured and compact conformations of free AtCP12 in a solution, even in its oxidized form, thereby highlighting the importance of recruiting partner proteins to complete its structured final folding.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research Health Sciences & Technologies, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy
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Su Q, Sun Z, Liu Y, Lei J, Zhu W, Nanyan L. Physiological and comparative transcriptome analysis of the response and adaptation mechanism of the photosynthetic function of mulberry ( Morus alba L.) leaves to flooding stress. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2022; 17:2094619. [PMID: 35786355 PMCID: PMC9255227 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2022.2094619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Flooding has become one of the major abiotic stresses that seriously affects plant growth and development owing to changes in the global precipitation pattern. Mulberry (Morus alba L.) is a desirable tree spePhysocarpus amurensis Maxim andcies with high ecological and economic benefits. To reveal the response and adaptive mechanisms of the photosynthetic functions of mulberry leaves to flooding stress, chlorophyll synthesis, photosynthetic electron transfer and the Calvin cycle were investigated by physiological studies combined with an analysis of the transcriptome. Flooding stress inhibited the synthesis of chlorophyll (Chl) and decreased its content in mulberry leaves. The sensitivity of Chl a to flooding stress was higher than that of Chl b owing to the changes of CHLG (LOC21385082) and CAO (LOC21408165) that encode genes during chlorophyll synthesis. The levels of expression of Chl b reductase NYC (LOC112094996) and NYC (LOC21385774), which are involved in Chl b degradation, were upregulated on the fifteenth day of flooding, which accelerated the transformation of Chl b to Chl a, and upregulated the expression of PPH (LOC21385040) and PAO (LOC21395013). This accelerated the degradation of chlorophyll. Flooding stress significantly inhibited the photosynthetic function of mulberry leaves. A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes under different days of flooding stress indicated significant enrichment in Photosynthesis-antenna proteins (map00196), Photosynthesis (map00195) and Carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms (map00710). On the fifth day of flooding, 7 and 5 genes that encode antenna proteins were identified on LHCII and LHCI, respectively. They were significantly downregulated, and the degree of downregulation increased as the trees were flooded longer. Therefore, the power of the leaves to capture solar energy and transfer this energy to the reaction center was reduced. The chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and related changes in the expression of genes in the transcriptome indicated that the PSII and PSI of mulberry leaves were damaged, and their activities decreased under flooding stress. On the fifth day of flooding, electron transfer on the PSII acceptor side of mulberry leaves was blocked, and the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) on the donor side was damaged. On the tenth day of flooding, the thylakoid membranes of mulberry leaves were damaged. Five of the six coding genes that mapped to the OEC were significantly downregulated. Simultaneously, other coding genes located at the PSII reaction center and those located at the PSI reaction center, including Cytb6/f, PC, Fd, FNR and ATP, were also significantly downregulated. In addition, the gas exchange parameters (Pn, Gs, Tr, and Ci) of the leaves decreased after 10 days of flooding stress primarily owing to the stomatal factor. However, on the fifteenth day of flooding, the value for the intracellular concentration of CO2 was significantly higher than that on the tenth day of flooding. In addition, the differentially expressed genes identified in the Calvin cycle were significantly downregulated, suggesting that in addition to stomatal factors, non-stomatal factors were also important factors that mediated the decrease in the photosynthetic capacity of mulberry leaves. In conclusion, the inhibition of growth of mulberry plants caused by flooding stress was primarily related to the inhibition of chlorophyll synthesis, antenna proteins, photosynthetic electron transfer and the Calvin cycle. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for the response and mechanism of adaptation of the photosynthetic function of mulberry to flooding stress.
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- Quan Su
- College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Guangxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Guangxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Guangxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi Fangcheng Golden Camellias National Nature Reserve, Guilin541006, Guangxi, China
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Marotta R, Del Giudice A, Gurrieri L, Fanti S, Swuec P, Galantini L, Falini G, Trost P, Fermani S, Sparla F. Unravelling the regulation pathway of photosynthetic AB-GAPDH. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2022; 78:1399-1411. [DOI: 10.1107/s2059798322010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Oxygenic phototrophs perform carbon fixation through the Calvin–Benson cycle. Different mechanisms adjust the cycle and the light-harvesting reactions to rapid environmental changes. Photosynthetic glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a key enzyme in the cycle. In land plants, different photosynthetic GAPDHs exist: the most abundant isoform is formed by A2B2 heterotetramers and the least abundant by A4 homotetramers. Regardless of the subunit composition, GAPDH is the major consumer of photosynthetic NADPH and its activity is strictly regulated. While A4-GAPDH is regulated by CP12, AB-GAPDH is autonomously regulated through the C-terminal extension (CTE) of its B subunits. Reversible inhibition of AB-GAPDH occurs via the oxidation of a cysteine pair located in the CTE and the substitution of NADP(H) with NAD(H) in the cofactor-binding site. These combined conditions lead to a change in the oligomerization state and enzyme inhibition. SEC–SAXS and single-particle cryo-EM analysis were applied to reveal the structural basis of this regulatory mechanism. Both approaches revealed that spinach (A2B2)
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-GAPDH oligomers with n = 1, 2, 4 and 5 co-exist in a dynamic system. B subunits mediate the contacts between adjacent tetramers in A4B4 and A8B8 oligomers. The CTE of each B subunit penetrates into the active site of a B subunit of the adjacent tetramer, which in turn moves its CTE in the opposite direction, effectively preventing the binding of the substrate 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate in the B subunits. The whole mechanism is made possible, and eventually controlled, by pyridine nucleotides. In fact, NAD(H), by removing NADP(H) from A subunits, allows the entrance of the CTE into the active site of the B subunit, hence stabilizing inhibited oligomers.
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Gérard C, Carrière F, Receveur-Bréchot V, Launay H, Gontero B. A Trajectory of Discovery: Metabolic Regulation by the Conditionally Disordered Chloroplast Protein, CP12. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12081047. [PMID: 36008940 PMCID: PMC9406205 DOI: 10.3390/biom12081047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The chloroplast protein CP12, which is widespread in photosynthetic organisms, belongs to the intrinsically disordered proteins family. This small protein (80 amino acid residues long) presents a bias in its composition; it is enriched in charged amino acids, has a small number of hydrophobic residues, and has a high proportion of disorder-promoting residues. More precisely, CP12 is a conditionally disordered proteins (CDP) dependent upon the redox state of its four cysteine residues. During the day, reducing conditions prevail in the chloroplast, and CP12 is fully disordered. Under oxidizing conditions (night), its cysteine residues form two disulfide bridges that confer some stability to some structural elements. Like many CDPs, CP12 plays key roles, and its redox-dependent conditional disorder is important for the main function of CP12: the dark/light regulation of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle responsible for CO2 assimilation. Oxidized CP12 binds to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase and thereby inhibits their activity. However, recent studies reveal that CP12 may have other functions beyond the CBB cycle regulation. In this review, we report the discovery of this protein, its features as a disordered protein, and the many functions this small protein can have.
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Reduction in Phosphoribulokinase Amount and Re-Routing Metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CP12 Mutants. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23052710. [PMID: 35269851 PMCID: PMC8910624 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The chloroplast protein CP12 is involved in the dark/light regulation of the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle, in particular, in the dark inhibition of two enzymes: glyceraldehyde−3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), but other functions related to stress have been proposed. We knocked out the unique CP12 gene to prevent its expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ΔCP12). The growth rates of both wild-type and ΔCP12 cells were nearly identical, as was the GAPDH protein abundance and activity in both cell lines. On the contrary, the abundance of PRK and its specific activity were significantly reduced in ΔCP12, as revealed by relative quantitative proteomics. Isolated PRK lost irreversibly its activity over-time in vitro, which was prevented in the presence of recombinant CP12 in a redox-independent manner. We have identified amino acid residues in the CP12 protein that are required for this new function preserving PRK activity. Numerous proteins involved in redox homeostasis and stress responses were more abundant and the expressions of various metabolic pathways were also increased or decreased in the absence of CP12. These results highlight CP12 as a moonlighting protein with additional functions beyond its well-known regulatory role in carbon metabolism.
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Zimmer D, Swart C, Graf A, Arrivault S, Tillich M, Proost S, Nikoloski Z, Stitt M, Bock R, Mühlhaus T, Boulouis A. Topology of the redox network during induction of photosynthesis as revealed by time-resolved proteomics in tobacco. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabi8307. [PMID: 34919428 PMCID: PMC8682995 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi8307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosynthetically produced electrons provide energy for various metabolic pathways, including carbon reduction. Four Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes and several other plastid proteins are activated in the light by reduction of specific cysteines via thioredoxins, a family of electron transporters operating in redox regulation networks. How does this network link the photosynthetic chain with cellular metabolism? Using a time-resolved redox proteomic method, we have investigated the redox network in vivo during the dark–to–low light transition. We show that redox states of some thioredoxins follow the photosynthetic linear electron transport rate. While some redox targets have kinetics compatible with an equilibrium with one thioredoxin (TRXf), reduction of other proteins shows specific kinetic limitations, allowing fine-tuning of each redox-regulated step of chloroplast metabolism. We identified five new redox-regulated proteins, including proteins involved in Mg2+ transport and 1O2 signaling. Our results provide a system-level functional view of the photosynthetic redox regulation network.
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- David Zimmer
- Computational Systems Biology, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Computational Systems Biology, TU Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Corresponding author. (A.B.); (T.M.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Laboratory of Chloroplast Biology and Light-sensing in Microalgae, UMR7141, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
- Corresponding author. (A.B.); (T.M.)
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Stitt M, Luca Borghi G, Arrivault S. Targeted metabolite profiling as a top-down approach to uncover interspecies diversity and identify key conserved operational features in the Calvin-Benson cycle. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:5961-5986. [PMID: 34473300 PMCID: PMC8411860 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Improving photosynthesis is a promising avenue to increase crop yield. This will be aided by better understanding of natural variance in photosynthesis. Profiling of Calvin-Benson cycle (CBC) metabolites provides a top-down strategy to uncover interspecies diversity in CBC operation. In a study of four C4 and five C3 species, principal components analysis separated C4 species from C3 species and also separated different C4 species. These separations were driven by metabolites that reflect known species differences in their biochemistry and pathways. Unexpectedly, there was also considerable diversity between the C3 species. Falling atmospheric CO2 and changing temperature, nitrogen, and water availability have driven evolution of C4 photosynthesis in multiple lineages. We propose that analogous selective pressures drove lineage-dependent evolution of the CBC in C3 species. Examples of species-dependent variation include differences in the balance between the CBC and the light reactions, and in the balance between regulated steps in the CBC. Metabolite profiles also reveal conserved features including inactivation of enzymes in low irradiance, and maintenance of CBC metabolites at relatively high levels in the absence of net CO2 fixation. These features may be important for photosynthetic efficiency in low light, fluctuating irradiance, and when stomata close due to low water availability.
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- Mark Stitt
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Gurrieri L, Fermani S, Zaffagnini M, Sparla F, Trost P. Calvin-Benson cycle regulation is getting complex. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 26:898-912. [PMID: 33893047 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Oxygenic phototrophs use the Calvin-Benson cycle to fix CO2 during photosynthesis. In the dark, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), two enzymes of the Calvin-Benson cycle, form an inactive complex with the regulatory protein CP12, mainly under the control of thioredoxins and pyridine nucleotides. In the light, complex dissociation allows GAPDH and PRK reactivation. The GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex is conserved from cyanobacteria to angiosperms and coexists in land plants with an autoassembling GAPDH that is analogously regulated. With the recently described 3D structures of PRK and GAPDH/CP12/PRK, the structural proteome of this ubiquitous regulatory system has been completed. This outcome opens a new avenue for understanding the regulatory potential of photosynthetic carbon fixation by laying the foundation for its knowledge-based manipulation.
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- Libero Gurrieri
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; CIRI Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Liu Z, Song J, Miao W, Yang B, Zhang Z, Chen W, Tan F, Suo H, Dai X, Zou X, Ou L. Comprehensive Proteome and Lysine Acetylome Analysis Reveals the Widespread Involvement of Acetylation in Cold Resistance of Pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:730489. [PMID: 34512705 PMCID: PMC8429487 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.730489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Pepper is a typical warmth-loving vegetable that lacks a cold acclimation mechanism and is sensitive to cold stress. Lysine acetylation plays an important role in diverse cellular processes, but limited knowledge is available regarding acetylation modifications in the resistance of pepper plants to cold stress. In this study, the proteome and acetylome of two pepper varieties with different levels of cold resistance were investigated by subjecting them to cold treatments of varying durations followed by recovery periods. In total, 6,213 proteins and 4,574 lysine acetylation sites were identified, and this resulted in the discovery of 3,008 differentially expressed proteins and 768 differentially expressed acetylated proteins. A total of 1,988 proteins were identified in both the proteome and acetylome, and the functional differences in these co-identified proteins were elucidated through GO enrichment. KEGG analysis showed that 397 identified acetylated proteins were involved in 93 different metabolic pathways. The dynamic changes in the acetylated proteins in photosynthesis and the "carbon fixation in the photosynthetic organisms" pathway in pepper under low-temperature stress were further analyzed. It was found that acetylation of the PsbO and PsbR proteins in photosystem II and the PsaN protein in photosystem I could regulate the response of pepper leaves to cold stress. The acetylation levels of key carbon assimilation enzymes, such as ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphoribulokinase, and triosephosphate isomerase decreased, leading to decreases in carbon assimilation capacity and photosynthetic efficiency, reducing the cold tolerance of pepper leaves. This study is the first to identify the acetylome in pepper, and it greatly expands the catalog of lysine acetylation substrates and sites in Solanaceae crops, providing new insights for posttranslational modification studies.
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- Zhoubin Liu
- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, China
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- Hunan Xiangyan Seed Industry Co., Ltd, Changsha, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, China
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- Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
- ERC for Germplasm Innovation and New Variety Breeding of Horticultural Crops, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China
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Suzuki Y, Ishiyama K, Sugawara M, Suzuki Y, Kondo E, Takegahara-Tamakawa Y, Yoon DK, Suganami M, Wada S, Miyake C, Makino A. Overproduction of Chloroplast Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Improves Photosynthesis Slightly under Elevated [CO2] Conditions in Rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 62:156-165. [PMID: 33289530 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) limits the regeneration of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) in the Calvin-Benson cycle. However, it does not always limit the rate of CO2 assimilation. In the present study, the effects of overproduction of GAPDH on the rate of CO2 assimilation under elevated [CO2] conditions, where the capacity for RuBP regeneration limits photosynthesis, were examined in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa). GAPDH activity was increased to 3.2- and 4.5-fold of the wild-type levels by co-overexpression of the GAPDH genes, GAPA and GAPB, respectively. In the transgenic rice plants, the rate of CO2 assimilation under elevated [CO2] conditions increased by approximately 10%, whereas that under normal and low [CO2] conditions was not affected. These results indicate that overproduction of GAPDH is effective in improving photosynthesis under elevated [CO2] conditions, although its magnitude is relatively small. By contrast, biomass production of the transgenic rice plants was not greater than that of wild-type plants under elevated [CO2] conditions, although starch content tended to increase marginally.
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- Yuji Suzuki
- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8572 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8572 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8572 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8572 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, 020-8550 Japan
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8572 Japan
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Yu A, Xie Y, Pan X, Zhang H, Cao P, Su X, Chang W, Li M. Photosynthetic Phosphoribulokinase Structures: Enzymatic Mechanisms and the Redox Regulation of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:1556-1573. [PMID: 32102842 PMCID: PMC7203937 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle is responsible for CO2 assimilation and carbohydrate production in oxyphototrophs. Phosphoribulokinase (PRK) is an essential enzyme of the CBB cycle in photosynthesis, catalyzing ATP-dependent conversion of ribulose-5-phosphate (Ru5P) to ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate. The oxyphototrophic PRK is redox-regulated and can be further regulated by reversible association with both glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and oxidized chloroplast protein CP12. The resulting GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex is central in the regulation of the CBB cycle; however, the PRK-CP12 interface in the recently reported cyanobacterial GAPDH/CP12/PRK structure was not well resolved, and the detailed binding mode of PRK with ATP and Ru5P remains undetermined, as only apo-form structures of PRK are currently available. Here, we report the crystal structures of cyanobacterial (Synechococcus elongatus) PRK in complex with ADP and glucose-6-phosphate and of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex, providing detailed information regarding the active site of PRK and the key elements essential for PRK-CP12 interaction. Our structural and biochemical results together reveal that the ATP binding site is disrupted in the oxidized PRK, whereas the Ru5P binding site is occupied by oxidized CP12 in the GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex. This structure-function study greatly advances the understanding of the reaction mechanism of PRK and the subtle regulations of redox signaling for the CBB cycle.
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- Ailing Yu
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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The functional diversity of structural disorder in plant proteins. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 680:108229. [PMID: 31870661 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.108229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Structural disorder in proteins is a widespread feature distributed in all domains of life, particularly abundant in eukaryotes, including plants. In these organisms, intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) perform a diversity of functions, participating as integrators of signaling networks, in transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation, in metabolic control, in stress responses and in the formation of biomolecular condensates by liquid-liquid phase separation. Their roles impact the perception, propagation and control of various developmental and environmental cues, as well as the plant defense against abiotic and biotic adverse conditions. In this review, we focus on primary processes to exhibit a broad perspective of the relevance of IDPs in plant cell functions. The information here might help to incorporate this knowledge into a more dynamic view of plant cells, as well as open more questions and promote new ideas for a better understanding of plant life.
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Miao L, Chen C, Yao L, Tran J, Zhang H. Genome-wide identification, characterization, interaction network and expression profile of GAPDH gene family in sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis). PeerJ 2019; 7:e7934. [PMID: 31741784 PMCID: PMC6858985 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a key glycolytic enzyme that plays important roles in multiple cellular processes including phytohormone signaling, plant development, and transcriptional regulation. Although GAPDH genes have been well characterized in various plant species such as Arabidopsis, tobacco, wheat, rice, and watermelon, comprehensive analysis has yet to be completed at the whole genome level in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). In this study, six GAPDH genes distributed across four chromosomes were identified within the sweet orange genome. Their gene structures, conserved subunits, and subcellular localization were also characterized. Cis-element analysis of CsGAPDHs’ promoter regions and the results of dark treatments indicate that CsGAPDH may be involved in photosynthesis. CsGAPDH genes expressed either in a tissue-specific manner or constitutively were ultimately identified along with their expression response to phosphorus deficiency treatments. In addition, a dual-luciferase transient assay was performed to reveal the transcriptional activation of CsGAPDH proteins. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis for proteins interacting with CsGAPDHs helped to uncover the roles these CsGAPDHs play in other plant processes such as citrus seed germination. This study provides a systematic analysis of the CsGAPDH gene family in the sweet orange genome, which can serve as a strong foundation for further research into the biochemical properties and physiological functions of CsGAPDHs.
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- Luke Miao
- Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Huazhong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Wuhan, China
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- Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Austin, TX, USA.,The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Austin, TX, USA
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- Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Resources and Environment, Wuhan, China
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Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas phosphoribulokinase crystal structures complete the redox structural proteome of the Calvin-Benson cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8048-8053. [PMID: 30923119 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820639116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In land plants and algae, the Calvin-Benson (CB) cycle takes place in the chloroplast, a specialized organelle in which photosynthesis occurs. Thioredoxins (TRXs) are small ubiquitous proteins, known to harmonize the two stages of photosynthesis through a thiol-based mechanism. Among the 11 enzymes of the CB cycle, the TRX target phosphoribulokinase (PRK) has yet to be characterized at the atomic scale. To accomplish this goal, we determined the crystal structures of PRK from two model species: the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CrPRK) and the land plant Arabidopsis thaliana (AtPRK). PRK is an elongated homodimer characterized by a large central β-sheet of 18 strands, extending between two catalytic sites positioned at its edges. The electrostatic surface potential of the catalytic cavity has both a positive region suitable for binding the phosphate groups of substrates and an exposed negative region to attract positively charged TRX-f. In the catalytic cavity, the regulatory cysteines are 13 Å apart and connected by a flexible region exclusive to photosynthetic eukaryotes-the clamp loop-which is believed to be essential for oxidation-induced structural rearrangements. Structural comparisons with prokaryotic and evolutionarily older PRKs revealed that both AtPRK and CrPRK have a strongly reduced dimer interface and an increased number of random-coiled regions, suggesting that a general loss in structural rigidity correlates with gains in TRX sensitivity during the molecular evolution of PRKs in eukaryotes.
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Arrivault S, Alexandre Moraes T, Obata T, Medeiros DB, Fernie AR, Boulouis A, Ludwig M, Lunn JE, Borghi GL, Schlereth A, Guenther M, Stitt M. Metabolite profiles reveal interspecific variation in operation of the Calvin-Benson cycle in both C4 and C3 plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1843-1858. [PMID: 30773587 PMCID: PMC6436152 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Low atmospheric CO2 in recent geological time led to the evolution of carbon-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) such as C4 photosynthesis in >65 terrestrial plant lineages. We know little about the impact of low CO2 on the Calvin-Benson cycle (CBC) in C3 species that did not evolve CCMs, representing >90% of terrestrial plant species. Metabolite profiling provides a top-down strategy to investigate the operational balance in a pathway. We profiled CBC intermediates in a panel of C4 (Zea mays, Setaria viridis, Flaveria bidentis, and F. trinervia) and C3 species (Oryza sativa, Triticium aestivum, Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum, and Manihot esculenta). Principal component analysis revealed differences between C4 and C3 species that were driven by many metabolites, including lower ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate in C4 species. Strikingly, there was also considerable variation between C3 species. This was partly due to different chlorophyll and protein contents, but mainly to differences in relative levels of metabolites. Correlation analysis indicated that one contributory factor was the balance between fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase, phosphoribulokinase, and Rubisco. Our results point to the CBC having experienced different evolutionary trajectories in C3 species since the ancestors of modern plant lineages diverged. They underline the need to understand CBC operation in a wide range of species.
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- Stéphanie Arrivault
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 Vine Str, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Present address: Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS - Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Correspondence:
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Simkin AJ, López-Calcagno PE, Raines CA. Feeding the world: improving photosynthetic efficiency for sustainable crop production. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1119-1140. [PMID: 30772919 PMCID: PMC6395887 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A number of recent studies have provided strong support demonstrating that improving the photosynthetic processes through genetic engineering can provide an avenue to improve yield potential. The major focus of this review is on improvement of the Calvin-Benson cycle and electron transport. Consideration is also given to how altering regulatory process may provide an additional route to increase photosynthetic efficiency. Here we summarize some of the recent successes that have been observed through genetic manipulation of photosynthesis, showing that, in both the glasshouse and the field, yield can be increased by >40%. These results provide a clear demonstration of the potential for increasing yield through improvements in photosynthesis. In the final section, we consider the need to stack improvement in photosynthetic traits with traits that target the yield gap in order to provide robust germplasm for different crops across the globe.
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- Andrew J Simkin
- NIAB EMR, New Road, East Malling, Kent, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, Wivenhoe Park, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Wivenhoe Park, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Kaiser E, Morales A, Harbinson J. Fluctuating Light Takes Crop Photosynthesis on a Rollercoaster Ride. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:977-989. [PMID: 29046421 PMCID: PMC5813579 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Crops are regularly exposed to frequent irradiance fluctuations, which decrease their integrated CO2 assimilation and affect their phenotype.
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- Elias Kaiser
- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Slattery RA, Walker BJ, Weber APM, Ort DR. The Impacts of Fluctuating Light on Crop Performance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:990-1003. [PMID: 29192028 PMCID: PMC5813574 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rapidly changing light conditions can reduce carbon gain and productivity in field crops because photosynthetic responses to light fluctuations are not instantaneous. Plant responses to fluctuating light occur across levels of organizational complexity from entire canopies to the biochemistry of a single reaction and across orders of magnitude of time. Although light availability and variation at the top of the canopy are largely dependent on the solar angle and degree of cloudiness, lower crop canopies rely more heavily on light in the form of sunflecks, the quantity of which depends mostly on canopy structure but also may be affected by wind. The ability of leaf photosynthesis to respond rapidly to these variations in light intensity is restricted by the relatively slow opening/closing of stomata, activation/deactivation of C3 cycle enzymes, and up-regulation/down-regulation of photoprotective processes. The metabolic complexity of C4 photosynthesis creates the apparently contradictory possibilities that C4 photosynthesis may be both more and less resilient than C3 to dynamic light regimes, depending on the frequency at which these light fluctuations occur. We review the current understanding of the underlying mechanisms of these limitations to photosynthesis in fluctuating light that have shown promise in improving the response times of photosynthesis-related processes to changes in light intensity.
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- Rebecca A Slattery
- Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany 40225
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany 40225
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- Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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New insights into the impacts of elevated CO 2, nitrogen, and temperature levels on the regulation of C and N metabolism in durum wheat using network analysis. N Biotechnol 2017; 40:192-199. [PMID: 28827159 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The use of correlation networks and hierarchical cluster analysis provides a framework to organize and study the coordination of parameters such as genes, metabolites, proteins and physiological parameters. We have analyzed 142 traits from primary C and N metabolism, including biochemical and gene expression analyses, in a range of 32 different growth conditions (various [CO2] levels, temperatures, N supplies, growth stages and experimental methods). To test the integration of primary metabolism, particularly under climate change, we investigated which C and N metabolic traits and transcript levels are correlated in durum wheat flag leaves using a correlation network and a hierarchical cluster analysis. There was a high amount of positive correlation between traits involved in a wide range of biological processes, suggesting a close and intricate coordination between C-N metabolisms at the biochemical and transcriptional levels. Transcript levels for genes related to N uptake and assimilation were especially coexpressed with genes belonging to the respiratory pathway, highlighting the coordination between the synthesis of organic N compounds and provision of energy and C skeletons. Also involved in this coordination were Rubisco and nitrate reductase activities, which play a key role in the regulation of plant metabolism. Carbohydrate accumulation was linked with a down-regulation of photosynthetic and N metabolism genes and nitrate reductase activity. Based on the degree of connectivity between nodes, network exploration facilitated the identification of some traits that may be biologically relevant during plant abiotic stress tolerance, as most of them are involved in limiting steps of plant metabolism.
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Elena López-Calcagno P, Omar Abuzaid A, Lawson T, Anne Raines C. Arabidopsis CP12 mutants have reduced levels of phosphoribulokinase and impaired function of the Calvin-Benson cycle. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:2285-2298. [PMID: 28430985 PMCID: PMC5447874 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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CP12 is a small, redox-sensitive protein, the most detailed understanding of which is the thioredoxin-mediated regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle, where it facilitates the formation of a complex between glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) in response to changes in light intensity. In most organisms, CP12 proteins are encoded by small multigene families, where the importance of each individual CP12 gene in vivo has not yet been reported. We used Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA mutants and RNAi transgenic lines with reduced levels of CP12 transcript to determine the relative importance of each of the CP12 genes. We found that single cp12-1, cp12-2, and cp12-3 mutants do not develop a severe photosynthetic or growth phenotype. In contrast, reductions of both CP12-1 and CP12-2 transcripts lead to reductions in photosynthetic capacity and to slower growth and reduced seed yield. No clear phenotype for CP12-3 was evident. Additionally, the levels of PRK protein are reduced in the cp12-1, cp12-1/2, and multiple mutants. Our results suggest that there is functional redundancy between CP12-1 and CP12-2 in Arabidopsis where these proteins have a role in determining the level of PRK in mature leaves and hence photosynthetic capacity.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Nunes-Nesi A, Nascimento VDL, de Oliveira Silva FM, Zsögön A, Araújo WL, Sulpice R. Natural genetic variation for morphological and molecular determinants of plant growth and yield. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:2989-3001. [PMID: 27012286 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The rates of increase in yield of the main commercial crops have been steadily falling in many areas worldwide. This generates concerns because there is a growing demand for plant biomass due to the increasing population. Plant yield should thus be improved in the context of climate change and decreasing natural resources. It is a major challenge which could be tackled by improving and/or altering light-use efficiency, CO2 uptake and fixation, primary metabolism, plant architecture and leaf morphology, and developmental plant processes. In this review, we discuss some of the traits which could lead to yield increase, with a focus on how natural genetic variation could be harnessed. Moreover, we provide insights for advancing our understanding of the molecular aspects governing plant growth and yield, and propose future avenues for improvement of crop yield. We also suggest that knowledge accumulated over the last decade in the field of molecular physiology should be integrated into new ideotypes.
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- Adriano Nunes-Nesi
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- National University of Ireland, Galway, Plant Systems Biology Lab, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre, School of Natural Sciences, Galway, Ireland
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Del Giudice A, Pavel NV, Galantini L, Falini G, Trost P, Fermani S, Sparla F. Unravelling the shape and structural assembly of the photosynthetic GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex from Arabidopsis thaliana by small-angle X-ray scattering analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:2372-85. [PMID: 26627646 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715018520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms produce sugars through the Calvin-Benson cycle, a metabolism that is tightly linked to the light reactions of photosynthesis and is regulated by different mechanisms, including the formation of protein complexes. Two enzymes of the cycle, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), form a supramolecular complex with the regulatory protein CP12 with the formula (GAPDH-CP122-PRK)2, in which both enzyme activities are transiently inhibited during the night. Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis performed on both the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex and its components, GAPDH-CP12 and PRK, from Arabidopsis thaliana showed that (i) PRK has an elongated, bent and screwed shape, (ii) the oxidized N-terminal region of CP12 that is not embedded in the GAPDH-CP12 complex prefers a compact conformation and (iii) the interaction of PRK with the N-terminal region of CP12 favours the approach of two GAPDH tetramers. The interaction between the GAPDH tetramers may contribute to the overall stabilization of the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex, the structure of which is presented here for the first time.
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- Department of Chemistry `G. Ciamician', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology - FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry `G. Ciamician', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology - FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Thieulin-Pardo G, Avilan L, Kojadinovic M, Gontero B. Fairy "tails": flexibility and function of intrinsically disordered extensions in the photosynthetic world. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:23. [PMID: 26042223 PMCID: PMC4436894 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs), or protein fragments also called Intrinsically Disordered Regions (IDRs), display high flexibility as the result of their amino acid composition. They can adopt multiple roles. In globular proteins, IDRs are usually found as loops and linkers between secondary structure elements. However, not all disordered fragments are loops: some proteins bear an intrinsically disordered extension at their C- or N-terminus, and this flexibility can affect the protein as a whole. In this review, we focus on the disordered N- and C-terminal extensions of globular proteins from photosynthetic organisms. Using the examples of the A2B2-GAPDH and the α Rubisco activase isoform, we show that intrinsically disordered extensions can help regulate their “host” protein in response to changes in light, thereby participating in photosynthesis regulation. As IDPs are famous for their large number of protein partners, we used the examples of the NAC, bZIP, TCP, and GRAS transcription factor families to illustrate the fact that intrinsically disordered extremities can allow a protein to have an increased number of partners, which directly affects its regulation. Finally, for proteins from the cryptochrome light receptor family, we describe how a new role for the photolyase proteins may emerge by the addition of an intrinsically disordered extension, while still allowing the protein to absorb blue light. This review has highlighted the diverse repercussions of the disordered extension on the regulation and function of their host protein and outlined possible future research avenues.
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- Gabriel Thieulin-Pardo
- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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Kaiser E, Morales A, Harbinson J, Kromdijk J, Heuvelink E, Marcelis LFM. Dynamic photosynthesis in different environmental conditions. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:2415-26. [PMID: 25324402 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Incident irradiance on plant leaves often fluctuates, causing dynamic photosynthesis. Whereas steady-state photosynthetic responses to environmental factors have been extensively studied, knowledge of dynamic modulation of photosynthesis remains scarce and scattered. This review addresses this discrepancy by summarizing available data and identifying the research questions necessary to advance our understanding of interactions between environmental factors and dynamic behaviour of photosynthesis using a mechanistic framework. Firstly, dynamic photosynthesis is separated into sub-processes related to proton and electron transport, non-photochemical quenching, control of metabolite flux through the Calvin cycle (activation states of Rubisco and RuBP regeneration, and post-illumination metabolite turnover), and control of CO₂ supply to Rubisco (stomatal and mesophyll conductance changes). Secondly, the modulation of dynamic photosynthesis and its sub-processes by environmental factors is described. Increases in ambient CO₂ concentration and temperature (up to ~35°C) enhance rates of photosynthetic induction and decrease its loss, facilitating more efficient dynamic photosynthesis. Depending on the sensitivity of stomatal conductance, dynamic photosynthesis may additionally be modulated by air humidity. Major knowledge gaps exist regarding environmental modulation of loss of photosynthetic induction, dynamic changes in mesophyll conductance, and the extent of limitations imposed by stomatal conductance for different species and environmental conditions. The study of mutants or genetic transformants for specific processes under various environmental conditions could provide significant progress in understanding the control of dynamic photosynthesis.
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- Elias Kaiser
- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, 1206 West Gregory Drive Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Moparthi SB, Thieulin-Pardo G, de Torres J, Ghenuche P, Gontero B, Wenger J. FRET analysis of CP12 structural interplay by GAPDH and PRK. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 458:488-493. [PMID: 25666947 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.01.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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CP12 is an intrinsically disordered protein playing a key role in the regulation of the Benson-Calvin cycle. Due to the high intrinsic flexibility of CP12, it is essential to consider its structural modulation induced upon binding to the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) enzymes. Here, we report for the first time detailed structural modulation about the wild-type CP12 and its site-specific N-terminal and C-terminal disulfide bridge mutants upon interaction with GAPDH and PRK by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). Our results indicate an increase in CP12 compactness when the complex is formed with GAPDH or PRK. In addition, the distributions in FRET histograms show the elasticity and conformational flexibility of CP12 in all supra molecular complexes. Contrarily to previous beliefs, our FRET results importantly reveal that both N-terminal and C-terminal site-specific CP12 mutants are able to form the monomeric (GAPDH-CP12-PRK) complex.
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- Satish Babu Moparthi
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France.
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7281 Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7281 Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249, 13013 Marseille, France
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Simons M, Saha R, Amiour N, Kumar A, Guillard L, Clément G, Miquel M, Li Z, Mouille G, Lea PJ, Hirel B, Maranas CD. Assessing the metabolic impact of nitrogen availability using a compartmentalized maize leaf genome-scale model. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:1659-74. [PMID: 25248718 PMCID: PMC4226342 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.245787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays) is an important C4 plant due to its widespread use as a cereal and energy crop. A second-generation genome-scale metabolic model for the maize leaf was created to capture C4 carbon fixation and investigate nitrogen (N) assimilation by modeling the interactions between the bundle sheath and mesophyll cells. The model contains gene-protein-reaction relationships, elemental and charge-balanced reactions, and incorporates experimental evidence pertaining to the biomass composition, compartmentalization, and flux constraints. Condition-specific biomass descriptions were introduced that account for amino acids, fatty acids, soluble sugars, proteins, chlorophyll, lignocellulose, and nucleic acids as experimentally measured biomass constituents. Compartmentalization of the model is based on proteomic/transcriptomic data and literature evidence. With the incorporation of information from the MetaCrop and MaizeCyc databases, this updated model spans 5,824 genes, 8,525 reactions, and 9,153 metabolites, an increase of approximately 4 times the size of the earlier iRS1563 model. Transcriptomic and proteomic data have also been used to introduce regulatory constraints in the model to simulate an N-limited condition and mutants deficient in glutamine synthetase, gln1-3 and gln1-4. Model-predicted results achieved 90% accuracy when comparing the wild type grown under an N-complete condition with the wild type grown under an N-deficient condition.
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- Margaret Simons
- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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- Departments of Chemical Engineering (M.S., R.S., C.D.M.) and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (A.K.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802;Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Agro-ParisTech, Equipe de Recherce Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3559, F-78026 Versailles cedex, France (N.A., L.G., G.C., M.M., Z.L., G.M., B.H.); andLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom (P.J.L.)
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Balsera M, Uberegui E, Schürmann P, Buchanan BB. Evolutionary development of redox regulation in chloroplasts. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 21:1327-55. [PMID: 24483204 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE The post-translational modification of thiol groups stands out as a key strategy that cells employ for metabolic regulation and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Nowhere is this more evident than in chloroplasts-the O2-evolving photosynthetic organelles of plant cells that are fitted with multiple redox systems, including the thioredoxin (Trx) family of oxidoreductases functional in the reversible modification of regulatory thiols of proteins in all types of cells. The best understood member of this family in chloroplasts is the ferredoxin-linked thioredoxin system (FTS) by which proteins are modified via light-dependent disulfide/dithiol (S-S/2SH) transitions. RECENT ADVANCES Discovered in the reductive activation of enzymes of the Calvin-Benson cycle in illuminated chloroplast preparations, recent studies have extended the role of the FTS far beyond its original boundaries to include a spectrum of cellular processes. Together with the NADP-linked thioredoxin reductase C-type (NTRC) and glutathione/glutaredoxin systems, the FTS also plays a central role in the response of chloroplasts to different types of stress. CRITICAL ISSUES The comparisons of redox regulatory networks functional in chloroplasts of land plants with those of cyanobacteria-prokaryotes considered to be the ancestors of chloroplasts-and different types of algae summarized in this review have provided new insight into the evolutionary development of redox regulation, starting with the simplest O2-evolving organisms. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The evolutionary appearance, mode of action, and specificity of the redox regulatory systems functional in chloroplasts, as well as the types of redox modification operating under diverse environmental conditions stand out as areas for future study.
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- Monica Balsera
- 1 Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca , Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Salamanca, Spain
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Mekhalfi M, Puppo C, Avilan L, Lebrun R, Mansuelle P, Maberly SC, Gontero B. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is regulated by ferredoxin-NADP reductase in the diatom Asterionella formosa. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 203:414-423. [PMID: 24799178 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Diatoms are a widespread and ecologically important group of heterokont algae that contribute c. 20% to global productivity. Previous work has shown that regulation of their key Calvin cycle enzymes differs from that of the Plantae, and that in crude extracts, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) can be inhibited by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced (NADPH) under oxidizing conditions. The freshwater diatom, Asterionella formosa, was studied using enzyme kinetics, chromatography, surface plasmon resonance, mass spectrometry and sequence analysis to determine the mechanism behind this GAPDH inhibition. GAPDH interacted with ferredoxin-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) reductase (FNR) from the primary phase of photosynthesis, and the small chloroplast protein, CP12. Sequences of copurified GAPDH and FNR were highly homologous with published sequences. However, the widespread ternary complex among GAPDH, phosphoribulokinase and CP12 was absent. Activity measurements under oxidizing conditions showed that NADPH can inhibit GAPDH-CP12 in the presence of FNR, explaining the earlier observed inhibition within crude extracts. Diatom plastids have a distinctive metabolism, including the lack of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, and so cannot produce NADPH in the dark. The observed down-regulation of GAPDH in the dark may allow NADPH to be rerouted towards other reductive processes contributing to their ecological success.
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- Malika Mekhalfi
- Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Plate-forme Protéomique, FR3479, IBiSA Marseille-Protéomique IMM-CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Plate-forme Protéomique, FR3479, IBiSA Marseille-Protéomique IMM-CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lake Ecosystems Group, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK
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- Aix-Marseille Université CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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John CR, Smith-Unna RD, Woodfield H, Covshoff S, Hibberd JM. Evolutionary convergence of cell-specific gene expression in independent lineages of C4 grasses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 165:62-75. [PMID: 24676859 PMCID: PMC4012605 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.238667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Leaves of almost all C4 lineages separate the reactions of photosynthesis into the mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS). The extent to which messenger RNA profiles of M and BS cells from independent C4 lineages resemble each other is not known. To address this, we conducted deep sequencing of RNA isolated from the M and BS of Setaria viridis and compared these data with publicly available information from maize (Zea mays). This revealed a high correlation (r=0.89) between the relative abundance of transcripts encoding proteins of the core C4 pathway in M and BS cells in these species, indicating significant convergence in transcript accumulation in these evolutionarily independent C4 lineages. We also found that the vast majority of genes encoding proteins of the C4 cycle in S. viridis are syntenic to homologs used by maize. In both lineages, 122 and 212 homologous transcription factors were preferentially expressed in the M and BS, respectively. Sixteen shared regulators of chloroplast biogenesis were identified, 14 of which were syntenic homologs in maize and S. viridis. In sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), a third C4 grass, we found that 82% of these trans-factors were also differentially expressed in either M or BS cells. Taken together, these data provide, to our knowledge, the first quantification of convergence in transcript abundance in the M and BS cells from independent lineages of C4 grasses. Furthermore, the repeated recruitment of syntenic homologs from large gene families strongly implies that parallel evolution of both structural genes and trans-factors underpins the polyphyletic evolution of this highly complex trait in the monocotyledons.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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Marri L, Thieulin-Pardo G, Lebrun R, Puppo R, Zaffagnini M, Trost P, Gontero B, Sparla F. CP12-mediated protection of Calvin–Benson cycle enzymes from oxidative stress. Biochimie 2014; 97:228-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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López-Calcagno PE, Howard TP, Raines CA. The CP12 protein family: a thioredoxin-mediated metabolic switch? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:9. [PMID: 24523724 PMCID: PMC3906501 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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CP12 is a small, redox-sensitive protein, representatives of which are found in most photosynthetic organisms, including cyanobacteria, diatoms, red and green algae, and higher plants. The only clearly defined function for CP12 in any organism is in the thioredoxin-mediated regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle. CP12 mediates the formation of a complex between glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) in response to changes in light intensity. Under low light, the formation of the GAPDH/PRK/CP12 complex results in a reduction in the activity of both PRK and GAPDH and, under high light conditions, thioredoxin mediates the disassociation of the complex resulting in an increase in both GAPDH and PRK activity. Although the role of CP12 in the redox-mediated formation of the GAPDH/PRK/CP12 multiprotein complex has been clearly demonstrated, a number of studies now provide evidence that the CP12 proteins may play a wider role. In Arabidopsis thaliana CP12 is expressed in a range of tissue including roots, flowers, and seeds and antisense suppression of tobacco CP12 disrupts metabolism and impacts on growth and development. Furthermore, in addition to the higher plant genomes which encode up to three forms of CP12, analysis of cyanobacterial genomes has revealed that, not only are there multiple forms of the CP12 protein, but that in these organisms CP12 is also found fused to cystathionine-β-synthase domain containing proteins. In this review we present the latest information on the CP12 protein family and explore the possibility that CP12 proteins form part of a redox-mediated metabolic switch, allowing organisms to respond to rapid changes in the external environment.
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of ExeterExeter, UK
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Michelet L, Zaffagnini M, Morisse S, Sparla F, Pérez-Pérez ME, Francia F, Danon A, Marchand CH, Fermani S, Trost P, Lemaire SD. Redox regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle: something old, something new. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:470. [PMID: 24324475 PMCID: PMC3838966 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Reversible redox post-translational modifications such as oxido-reduction of disulfide bonds, S-nitrosylation, and S-glutathionylation, play a prominent role in the regulation of cell metabolism and signaling in all organisms. These modifications are mainly controlled by members of the thioredoxin and glutaredoxin families. Early studies in photosynthetic organisms have identified the Calvin-Benson cycle, the photosynthetic pathway responsible for carbon assimilation, as a redox regulated process. Indeed, 4 out of 11 enzymes of the cycle were shown to have a low activity in the dark and to be activated in the light through thioredoxin-dependent reduction of regulatory disulfide bonds. The underlying molecular mechanisms were extensively studied at the biochemical and structural level. Unexpectedly, recent biochemical and proteomic studies have suggested that all enzymes of the cycle and several associated regulatory proteins may undergo redox regulation through multiple redox post-translational modifications including glutathionylation and nitrosylation. The aim of this review is to detail the well-established mechanisms of redox regulation of Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes as well as the most recent reports indicating that this pathway is tightly controlled by multiple interconnected redox post-translational modifications. This redox control is likely allowing fine tuning of the Calvin-Benson cycle required for adaptation to varying environmental conditions, especially during responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Laure Michelet
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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An intrinsically disordered protein, CP12: jack of all trades and master of the Calvin cycle. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 40:995-9. [PMID: 22988853 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Many proteins contain disordered regions under physiological conditions and lack specific three-dimensional structure. These are referred to as IDPs (intrinsically disordered proteins). CP12 is a chloroplast protein of approximately 80 amino acids and has a molecular mass of approximately 8.2-8.5 kDa. It is enriched in charged amino acids and has a small number of hydrophobic residues. It has a high proportion of disorder-promoting residues, but has at least two (often four) cysteine residues forming one (or two) disulfide bridge(s) under oxidizing conditions that confers some order. However, CP12 behaves like an IDP. It appears to be universally distributed in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms and has recently been detected in a cyanophage. The best studied role of CP12 is its regulation of the Calvin cycle responsible for CO2 assimilation. Oxidized CP12 forms a supramolecular complex with two key Calvin cycle enzymes, GAPDH (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) and PRK (phosphoribulokinase), down-regulating their activity. Association-dissociation of this complex, induced by the redox state of CP12, allows the Calvin cycle to be inactive in the dark and active in the light. CP12 is promiscuous and interacts with other enzymes such as aldolase and malate dehydrogenase. It also plays other roles in plant metabolism such as protecting GAPDH from inactivation and scavenging metal ions such as copper and nickel, and it is also linked to stress responses. Thus CP12 seems to be involved in many functions in photosynthetic cells and behaves like a jack of all trades as well as being a master of the Calvin cycle.
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Avilan L, Puppo C, Erales J, Woudstra M, Lebrun R, Gontero B. CP12 residues involved in the formation and regulation of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-CP12-phosphoribulokinase complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 8:2994-3002. [PMID: 22955105 DOI: 10.1039/c2mb25244a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CP12, a member of the intrinsically disordered protein family, forms a stable complex with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK). To understand the function of conserved residues of CP12 in the formation of the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex and in the regulation of the enzymes within this complex, we have produced mutants of CP12 by site-directed mutagenesis. The GAPDH, CP12 and PRK recombinant proteins are able to reconstitute spontaneously the ternary complex that has been described in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Our analysis reveals that the central part ((35)WXXVEE(47)) of CP12 is required to form the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex. Using the same series of single amino acid replacements, we have identified individual residues, which seem to represent also contact points for GAPDH. Most notably, substitution of glutamate 74 prevents the binding of GAPDH to CP12. This is similar to the mutant C66S, with which the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex is not formed. In contrast, replacement of the three last residues ((78)YED(80)) of CP12 has no effect on the formation of the ternary supra-molecular complex. However, our findings strongly suggest that Y78 and D80 are involved in the regulation of the GAPDH activity within the supra-molecular complex, since the mutants, D80K and Y78S, do not down-regulate the activity of GAPDH. The replacement of the amino acid E79 weakens the interaction between GAPDH and CP12 as no GAPDH-CP12 sub-complex is formed. In this case, nevertheless, the supra-molecular complex is formed when PRK is present indicating that PRK strengthens the interaction between GAPDH and CP12 within the supra-molecular complex.
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- Luisana Avilan
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines CNRS-UMR 7281-Aix-Marseille Université. Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, BP71, 13 402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Stanley DN, Raines CA, Kerfeld CA. Comparative analysis of 126 cyanobacterial genomes reveals evidence of functional diversity among homologs of the redox-regulated CP12 protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161. [PMID: 23184231 PMCID: PMC3561022 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.210542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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CP12 is found almost universally among photosynthetic organisms, where it plays a key role in regulation of the Calvin cycle by forming a ternary complex with glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase. Newly available genomic sequence data for the phylum Cyanobacteria reveals a heretofore unobserved diversity in cyanobacterial CP12 proteins. Cyanobacterial CP12 proteins can be classified into eight different types based on primary structure features. Among these are CP12-CBS (for cystathionine-β-synthase) domain fusions. CBS domains are regulatory modules for a wide range of cellular activities; many of these bind adenine nucleotides through a conserved motif that is also present in the CBS domains fused to CP12. In addition, a survey of expression data sets shows that the CP12 paralogs are differentially regulated. Furthermore, modeling of the cyanobacterial CP12 protein variants based on the recently available three-dimensional structure of the canonical cyanobacterial CP12 in complex with GAPDH suggests that some of the newly identified cyanobacterial CP12 types are unlikely to bind to GAPDH. Collectively these data show that, as is becoming increasingly apparent for plant CP12 proteins, the role of CP12 in cyanobacteria is likely more complex than previously appreciated, possibly involving other signals in addition to light. Moreover, our findings substantiate the proposal that this small protein may have multiple roles in photosynthetic organisms.
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Fermani S, Trivelli X, Sparla F, Thumiger A, Calvaresi M, Marri L, Falini G, Zerbetto F, Trost P. Conformational selection and folding-upon-binding of intrinsically disordered protein CP12 regulate photosynthetic enzymes assembly. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:21372-83. [PMID: 22514274 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.350355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Carbon assimilation in plants is regulated by the reduction of specific protein disulfides by light and their re-oxidation in the dark. The redox switch CP12 is an intrinsically disordered protein that can form two disulfide bridges. In the dark oxidized CP12 forms an inactive supramolecular complex with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase, two enzymes of the carbon assimilation cycle. Here we show that binding of CP12 to GAPDH, the first step of ternary complex formation, follows an integrated mechanism that combines conformational selection with induced folding steps. Initially, a CP12 conformation characterized by a circular structural motif including the C-terminal disulfide is selected by GAPDH. Subsequently, the induced folding of the flexible C-terminal tail of CP12 in the active site of GAPDH stabilizes the binary complex. Formation of several hydrogen bonds compensates the entropic cost of CP12 fixation and terminates the interaction mechanism that contributes to carbon assimilation control.
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- Simona Fermani
- Department of Chemistry G Ciamician, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Lawson T, Kramer DM, Raines CA. Improving yield by exploiting mechanisms underlying natural variation of photosynthesis. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012; 23:215-20. [PMID: 22296828 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Increasing photosynthesis in C3 species has been identified as an approach to increase the yield of crop plants. Most of our knowledge of photosynthetic performance has come from studies in which plants were grown in controlled growth conditions but plants in natural environments have to cope with unpredictable and rapidly changing conditions. Plants adapt to the light environment in which they grow and this is demonstrated by the differences in anatomy and morphology of leaves in sun and shade leaves. Superimposed on this are the dynamic responses of plants to rapid changes in the light environment that occur throughout the day. Application of next generation sequencing (NGS), QTL analysis and innovative phenomic screening can provide information to underpin approaches for breeding of higher yielding crop plants.
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- Tracy Lawson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO3 4JE, UK
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Howard TP, Upton GJG, Lloyd JC, Raines CA. Antisense suppression of the small chloroplast protein CP12 in tobacco: a transcriptional viewpoint. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:2026-30. [PMID: 22112458 PMCID: PMC3337198 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.12.18055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The chloroplast protein CP12 forms a multi-enzyme complex with the Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and NADP-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). PRK and GAPDH are inactivated when present in this complex, a process shown in vitro to be dependent upon oxidized CP12. Recently we reported on the importance of CP12 in vivo to higher plant metabolism using antisense suppression of CP12 in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Our results indicated that while only minor changes in photosynthetic carbon fixation and in PRK and GAPDH activities were observed, striking changes in growth rates and morphology were seen. In this article we present data on the transcriptional changes observed in one of the antisense lines and we discuss the major findings in light of the metabolic phenotype described.
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- Thomas P Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
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Howard TP, Fryer MJ, Singh P, Metodiev M, Lytovchenko A, Obata T, Fernie AR, Kruger NJ, Quick WP, Lloyd JC, Raines CA. Antisense suppression of the small chloroplast protein CP12 in tobacco alters carbon partitioning and severely restricts growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 157:620-31. [PMID: 21865489 PMCID: PMC3192581 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.183806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The thioredoxin-regulated chloroplast protein CP12 forms a multienzyme complex with the Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). PRK and GAPDH are inactivated when present in this complex, a process shown in vitro to be dependent upon oxidized CP12. The importance of CP12 in vivo in higher plants, however, has not been investigated. Here, antisense suppression of CP12 in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) was observed to impact on NAD-induced PRK and GAPDH complex formation but had little effect on enzyme activity. Additionally, only minor changes in photosynthetic carbon fixation were observed. Despite this, antisense plants displayed changes in growth rates and morphology, including dwarfism and reduced apical dominance. The hypothesis that CP12 is essential to separate oxidative pentose phosphate pathway activity from Calvin-Benson cycle activity, as proposed in cyanobacteria, was tested. No evidence was found to support this role in tobacco. Evidence was seen, however, for a restriction to malate valve capacity, with decreases in NADP-malate dehydrogenase activity (but not protein levels) and pyridine nucleotide content. Antisense repression of CP12 also led to significant changes in carbon partitioning, with increased carbon allocation to the cell wall and the organic acids malate and fumarate and decreased allocation to starch and soluble carbohydrates. Severe decreases were also seen in 2-oxoglutarate content, a key indicator of cellular carbon sufficiency. The data presented here indicate that in tobacco, CP12 has a role in redox-mediated regulation of carbon partitioning from the chloroplast and provides strong in vivo evidence that CP12 is required for normal growth and development in plants.
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- Thomas P Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO43SQ, United Kingdom.
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