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Kawamoto N, Nakanishi S, Shimakawa G. Light Wavelength as a Contributory Factor of Environmental Fitness in the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 65:798-808. [PMID: 38441328 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcae022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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A circadian clock is an essential system that drives the 24-h expression rhythms for adaptation to day-night cycles. The molecular mechanism of the circadian clock has been extensively studied in cyanobacteria harboring the KaiC-based timing system. Nevertheless, our understanding of the physiological significance of the cyanobacterial circadian clock is still limited. In this study, we cultured wild-type Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 and circadian clock mutants in day-night cycles at different light qualities and found that the growth of the circadian clock mutants was specifically impaired during 12-h blue light/12-h dark (BD) cycles for the first time. The arrhythmic mutant kaiCAA was further analyzed by photosynthetic measurements. Compared with the wild type, the mutant exhibited decreases in the chlorophyll content, the ratio of photosystem I to II, net O2 evolution rate and efficiency of photosystem II photochemistry during BD cycles. These results indicate that the circadian clock is necessary for the growth and the maintenance of the optimum function of the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria under blue photoperiodic conditions.
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- Naohiro Kawamoto
- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- RNA Systems Biochemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Department of Bioscience, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 1 Gakuen-Uegahara, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1330, Japan
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Tomar RS, Niedzwiedzki DM, Liu H. Altered excitation energy transfer between phycobilisome and photosystems in the absence of ApcG, a small linker peptide, in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, a cyanobacterium. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2024; 1865:149049. [PMID: 38801856 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2024.149049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Phycobilisome (PBS) is a large pigment-protein complex in cyanobacteria and red algae responsible for capturing sunlight and transferring its energy to photosystems (PS). Spectroscopic and structural properties of various PBSs have been widely studied, however, the nature of so-called complex-complex interactions between PBS and PSs remains much less explored. In this work, we have investigated the function of a newly identified PBS linker protein, ApcG, some domain of which, together with a loop region (PB-loop in ApcE), is possibly located near the PBS-PS interface. Using Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, we generated an ApcG deletion mutant and probed its deletion effect on the energetic coupling between PBS and photosystems. Steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic characterization of the purified ΔApcG-PBS demonstrated that ApcG removal weakly affects the photophysical properties of PBS for which the spectroscopic properties of terminal energy emitters are comparable to those of PBS from wild-type strain. However, analysis of fluorescence decay imaging datasets reveals that ApcG deletion induces disruptions within the allophycocyanin (APC) core, resulting in the emergence (splitting) of two spectrally diverse subgroups with some short-lived APC. Profound spectroscopic changes of the whole ΔApcG mutant cell, however, emerge during state transition, a dynamic process of light scheme adaptation. The mutant cells in State I show a substantial increase in PBS-related fluorescence. On the other hand, global analysis of time-resolved fluorescence demonstrates that in general ApcG deletion does not alter or inhibit state transitions interpreted in terms of the changes of the PSII and PSI fluorescence emission intensity. The results revealed yet-to-be discovered mechanism of ApcG-docking induced excitation energy transfer regulation within PBS or to Photosystems.
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- Rupal Singh Tomar
- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
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- Center for Solar Energy and Energy Storage, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Energy Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA.
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Elanskaya IV, Bulychev AA, Lukashev EP, Muronets EM, Maksimov EG. Roles of ApcD and orange carotenoid protein in photoinduction of electron transport upon dark-light transition in the Synechocystis PCC 6803 mutant deficient in flavodiiron protein Flv1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2024; 159:97-114. [PMID: 37093504 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-023-01019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Flavodiiron proteins Flv1/Flv3 accept electrons from photosystem (PS) I. In this work we investigated light adaptation mechanisms of Flv1-deficient mutant of Synechocystis PCC 6803, incapable to form the Flv1/Flv3 heterodimer. First seconds of dark-light transition were studied by parallel measurements of light-induced changes in chlorophyll fluorescence, P700 redox transformations, fluorescence emission at 77 K, and OCP-dependent fluorescence quenching. During the period of Calvin cycle activation upon dark-light transition, the linear electron transport (LET) in wild type is supported by the Flv1/Flv3 heterodimer, whereas in Δflv1 mutant activation of LET upon illumination is preceded by cyclic electron flow that maintains State 2. The State 2-State 1 transition and Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP)-dependent non-photochemical quenching occur independently of each other, begin in about 10 s after the illumination of the cells and are accompanied by a short-term re-reduction of the PSI reaction center (P700+). ApcD is important for the State 2-State 1 transition in the Δflv1 mutant, but S-M rise in chlorophyll fluorescence was not completely inhibited in Δflv1/ΔapcD mutant. LET in Δflv1 mutant starts earlier than the S-M rise in chlorophyll fluorescence, and the oxidation of plastoquinol (PQH2) pool promotes the activation of PSII, transient re-reduction of P700+ and transition to State 1. An attempt to induce state transition in the wild type under high intensity light using methyl viologen, highly oxidizing P700 and PQH2, was unsuccessful, showing that oxidation of intersystem electron-transport carriers might be insufficient for the induction of State 2-State 1 transition in wild type of Synechocystis under high light.
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- Irina V Elanskaya
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Zhang J, Li S, Sun T, Zong Y, Luo Y, Wei Y, Zhang W, Zhao K. Oscillation of type IV pili regulated by the circadian clock in cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadd9485. [PMID: 38266097 PMCID: PMC10807798 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add9485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Type IV pili (TFP) are known to be functionally related to cell motilities and natural transformation in many bacteria. However, the molecular and ecological functions of the TFP have rarely been reported for photosynthetic cyanobacteria. Here, by labeling pili in model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 (Syn7942), we have quantitatively characterized the TFP and its driven twitching motility in situ at the single-cell level. We found an oscillating pattern of TFP in accordance with the light and dark periods during light-dark cycles, which is correlated positively to the oscillating pattern of the natural transformation efficiency. We further showed that the internal circadian clock plays an important role in regulating the oscillating pattern of TFP, which is also supported by evidences at the molecular level by tracking the expression of 16 TFP-related genes. This study adds a detailed picture toward the gap between TFP and its relations to circadian regulations in Syn7942.
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- Jingchao Zhang
- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Center for Medical Genetics, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
- Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
- The Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study and The Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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Brentjens ET, Beall EAK, Zucker RM. Analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa physiology by spectral flow cytometry: Impact of chemical and light exposure. PLOS WATER 2023; 2:1-30. [PMID: 38516272 PMCID: PMC10953801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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M. aeruginosa fluorescent changes were observed using a Cytek Aurora spectral flow cytometer that contains 5 lasers and 64 narrow band detectors located between 365 and 829 nm. Cyanobacteria were treated with different concentrations of H2O2 and then monitored after exposure between 1 and 8 days. The red fluorescence emission derived from the excitation of cyanobacteria with a yellow green laser (550 nm) was measured in the 652-669 nm detector while green fluorescence from excitation with a violet laser (405 nm) was measured in the 532-550 nm detector. The changes in these parameters were measured after the addition of H2O2. There was an initial increase in red fluorescence intensity at 24 hours. This was followed by a daily decrease in red fluorescence intensity. In contrast, green fluorescence increased at 24 hours and remained higher than the control for the duration of the 8-day study. A similar fluorescence intensity effect as H2O2 on M. aeruginosa fluorescence emissions was observed after exposure to acetylacetone, diuron (DCMU), peracetic acid, and tryptoline. Minimal growth was also observed in H2O2 treated cyanobacteria during exposure of H2O2 for 24 days. In another experiment, H2O2-treated cyanobacteria were exposed to high-intensity blue (14 mW) and UV (1 mW) lights to assess the effects of light stress on fluorescence emissions. The combination of blue and UV light with H2O2 had a synergistic effect on M. aeruginosa that induced greater fluorescent differences between control and treated samples than exposure to either stimulus individually. These experiments suggest that the early increase in red and green fluorescence may be due to an inhibition in the ability of photosynthesis to process photons. Further research into the mechanisms driving these increases in fluorescence is necessary.
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- Emma T. Brentjens
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Research Participation Program hosted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Research Participation Program hosted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, RTP, NC, United States of America
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Bongirwar R, Shukla P. Metabolic sink engineering in cyanobacteria: Perspectives and applications. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 379:128974. [PMID: 36990331 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Recent advances in metabolic engineering have made cyanobacteria emerge as promising and attractive microorganisms for sustainable production, by exploiting their natural capability for producing metabolites. The potential of metabolically engineered cyanobacterium would depend on its source-sink balance in the same way as other phototrophs. In cyanobacteria, the amount of light energy harvested (Source) is incompletely utilized by the cell to fix carbon (sink) resulting in wastage of the absorbed energy causing photoinhibition and cellular damage leading to lowered photosynthetic efficiency. Although regulatory pathways like photo-acclimation and photoprotective processes can be helpful unfortunately they limit the cell's metabolic capacity. This review describes approaches for source-sink balance and engineering heterologous metabolic sinks in cyanobacteria for enhanced photosynthetic efficiency. The advances for engineering additional metabolic pathways in cyanobacteria are also described which will provide a better understanding of the cyanobacterial source-sink balance and approaches for efficient cyanobacterial strains for valuable metabolites.
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- Riya Bongirwar
- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Hou F, Ke Z, Xu Y, Wang Y, Zhu G, Gao H, Ji S, Xu X. Systematic Large Fragment Deletions in the Genome of Synechococcus elongatus and the Consequent Changes in Transcriptomic Profiles. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14051091. [PMID: 37239451 DOI: 10.3390/genes14051091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Genome streamlining, as a natural process in the evolution of microbes, has become a common approach for generating ideal chassis cells for synthetic biology studies and industrial applications. However, systematic genome reduction remains a bottleneck in the generation of such chassis cells with cyanobacteria, due to very time-consuming genetic manipulations. Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a unicellular cyanobacterium, is a candidate for systematic genome reduction, as its essential and nonessential genes have been experimentally identified. Here, we report that at least 20 of the 23 over 10 kb nonessential gene regions could be deleted and that stepwise deletions of these regions could be achieved. A septuple-deletion mutant (genome reduced by 3.8%) was generated, and the effects of genome reduction on the growth and genome-wide transcription were investigated. In the ancestral triple to sextuple mutants (b, c, d, e1), an increasingly large number of genes (up to 998) were upregulated relative to the wild type, while slightly fewer genes (831) were upregulated in the septuple mutant (f). In a different sextuple mutant (e2) derived from the quintuple mutant d, much fewer genes (232) were upregulated. Under the standard conditions in this study, the mutant e2 showed a higher growth rate than the wild type, e1 and f. Our results indicate that it is feasible to extensively reduce the genomes of cyanobacteria for generation of chassis cells and for experimental evolutionary studies.
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- Feifei Hou
- College of Fisheries and Life Science, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116000, China
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Chiang YH, Huang YJ, Fu HY. Identification of multiple nonphotochemical quenching processes in the extremophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2022; 154:125-141. [PMID: 36155877 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-022-00963-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nonphotochemical quenching acts as a frontline response to prevent excitation energy from reaching the photochemical reaction center of photosystem II before photodamage occurs. Strong fluorescence quenching after merely one multi-turnover saturating light pulse characterizes a unique feature of nonphotochemical quenching in red algae. Several mechanisms underlying red algal nonphotochemical quenching have been proposed, yet which process(es) dominantly account for the strong fluorescence quenching is still under discussion. Here we assessed multiple nonphotochemical quenching processes in the extremophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae under light pulse and continuous illumination conditions. To assess the nonphotochemical quenching processes that might display different kinetics, fluorescence emission spectra at 77 K were measured after different periods of light treatments, and external fluorophores were added for normalization of the fluorescence level. The phycobilisome- and photosystem II-related nonphotochemical quenching processes were distinguished by light preferentially absorbed by phycobilisomes and photosystems, respectively. Multiple nonphotochemical quenching processes, including the energetic decoupling of phycobilisomes from photosystem II, the energy spillover from phycobilisomes to photosystem I and from photosystem II to photosystem I, were identified along with the previously identified intrinsic quenching within photosystem II. The ability to use multiple nonphotochemical quenching processes appears to maximize the light harvesting efficiency for photochemistry and to provide the flexibility of the energy redistribution between photosystem II and photosystem I. The effect of the various ionophores on the nonphotochemical quenching level suggests that nonphotochemical quenching is modulated by transmembrane gradients of protons and other cations.
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- Yu-Hao Chiang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan.
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The antenna of far-red absorbing cyanobacteria increases both absorption and quantum efficiency of Photosystem II. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3562. [PMID: 35729108 PMCID: PMC9213480 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31099-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cyanobacteria carry out photosynthetic light-energy conversion using phycobiliproteins for light harvesting and the chlorophyll-rich photosystems for photochemistry. While most cyanobacteria only absorb visible photons, some of them can acclimate to harvest far-red light (FRL, 700-800 nm) by integrating chlorophyll f and d in their photosystems and producing red-shifted allophycocyanin. Chlorophyll f insertion enables the photosystems to use FRL but slows down charge separation, reducing photosynthetic efficiency. Here we demonstrate with time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy that on average charge separation in chlorophyll-f-containing Photosystem II becomes faster in the presence of red-shifted allophycocyanin antennas. This is different from all known photosynthetic systems, where additional light-harvesting complexes increase the overall absorption cross section but slow down charge separation. This remarkable property can be explained with the available structural and spectroscopic information. The unique design is probably important for these cyanobacteria to efficiently switch between visible and far-red light.
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Cyclic Electron Flow-Coupled Proton Pumping in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Is Dependent upon NADPH Oxidation by the Soluble Isoform of Ferredoxin:NADP-Oxidoreductase. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10050855. [PMID: 35630303 PMCID: PMC9144156 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10050855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ferredoxin:NADP-oxidoreductase (FNR) catalyzes the reversible exchange of electrons between ferredoxin (Fd) and NADP(H). Reduction of NADP+ by Fd via FNR is essential in the terminal steps of photosynthetic electron transfer, as light-activated electron flow produces NADPH for CO2 assimilation. FNR also catalyzes the reverse reaction in photosynthetic organisms, transferring electrons from NADPH to Fd, which is important in cyanobacteria for respiration and cyclic electron flow (CEF). The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 possesses two isoforms of FNR, a large form attached to the phycobilisome (FNRL) and a small form that is soluble (FNRS). While both isoforms are capable of NADPH oxidation or NADP+ reduction, FNRL is most abundant during typical growth conditions, whereas FNRS accumulates under stressful conditions that require enhanced CEF. Because CEF-driven proton pumping in the light–dark transition is due to NDH-1 complex activity and they are powered by reduced Fd, CEF-driven proton pumping and the redox state of the PQ and NADP(H) pools were investigated in mutants possessing either FNRL or FNRS. We found that the FNRS isoform facilitates proton pumping in the dark–light transition, contributing more to CEF than FNRL. FNRL is capable of providing reducing power for CEF-driven proton pumping, but only after an adaptation period to illumination. The results support that FNRS is indeed associated with increased cyclic electron flow and proton pumping, which is consistent with the idea that stress conditions create a higher demand for ATP relative to NADPH.
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Solymosi D, Shevela D, Allahverdiyeva Y. Nitric oxide represses photosystem II and NDH-1 in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2022; 1863:148507. [PMID: 34728155 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2021.148507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Photosynthetic electron transfer comprises a series of light-induced redox reactions catalysed by multiprotein machinery in the thylakoid. These protein complexes possess cofactors susceptible to redox modifications by reactive small molecules. The gaseous radical nitric oxide (NO), a key signalling molecule in green algae and plants, has earlier been shown to bind to Photosystem (PS) II and obstruct electron transfer in plants. The effects of NO on cyanobacterial bioenergetics however, have long remained obscure. In this study, we exposed the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to NO under anoxic conditions and followed changes in whole-cell fluorescence and oxidoreduction of P700 in vivo. Our results demonstrate that NO blocks photosynthetic electron transfer in cells by repressing PSII, PSI, and likely the NDH dehydrogenase-like complex 1 (NDH-1). We propose that iron‑sulfur clusters of NDH-1 complex may be affected by NO to such an extent that ferredoxin-derived electron injection to the plastoquinone pool, and thus cyclic electron transfer, may be inhibited. These findings reveal the profound effects of NO on Synechocystis cells and demonstrate the importance of controlled NO homeostasis in cyanobacteria.
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- Daniel Solymosi
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku, FI 20014, Finland
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- Chemical Biological Centre, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku, FI 20014, Finland.
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Puzorjov A, Dunn KE, McCormick AJ. Production of thermostable phycocyanin in a mesophilic cyanobacterium. Metab Eng Commun 2021; 13:e00175. [PMID: 34168957 PMCID: PMC8209669 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2021.e00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Phycocyanin (PC) is a soluble phycobiliprotein found within the light-harvesting phycobilisome complex of cyanobacteria and red algae, and is considered a high-value product due to its brilliant blue colour and fluorescent properties. However, commercially available PC has a relatively low temperature stability. Thermophilic species produce more thermostable variants of PC, but are challenging and energetically expensive to cultivate. Here, we show that the PC operon from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 (cpcBACD) is functional in the mesophile Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Expression of cpcBACD in an 'Olive' mutant strain of Synechocystis lacking endogenous PC resulted in high yields of thermostable PC (112 ± 1 mg g-1 DW) comparable to that of endogenous PC in wild-type cells. Heterologous PC also improved the growth of the Olive mutant, which was further supported by evidence of a functional interaction with the endogenous allophycocyanin core of the phycobilisome complex. The thermostability properties of the heterologous PC were comparable to those of PC from T. elongatus, and could be purified from the Olive mutant using a low-cost heat treatment method. Finally, we developed a scalable model to calculate the energetic benefits of producing PC from T. elongatus in Synechocystis cultures. Our model showed that the higher yields and lower cultivation temperatures of Synechocystis resulted in a 3.5-fold increase in energy efficiency compared to T. elongatus, indicating that producing thermostable PC in non-native hosts is a cost-effective strategy for scaling to commercial production.
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- Anton Puzorjov
- SynthSys & Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3DW, UK
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- SynthSys & Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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Bhatti AF, Kirilovsky D, van Amerongen H, Wientjes E. State transitions and photosystems spatially resolved in individual cells of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 186:569-580. [PMID: 33576804 PMCID: PMC8154081 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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State transitions are a low-light acclimation response through which the excitation of Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII) is balanced; however, our understanding of this process in cyanobacteria remains poor. Here, picosecond fluorescence kinetics was recorded for the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), both upon chlorophyll a and phycobilisome (PBS) excitation. Fluorescence kinetics of single cells obtained using FLIM were compared with those of ensembles of cells obtained with time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The global distribution of PSI and PSII and PBSs was mapped making use of their fluorescence kinetics. Both radial and lateral heterogeneity were found in the distribution of the photosystems. State transitions were studied at the level of single cells. FLIM results show that PSII quenching occurs in all cells, irrespective of their state (I or II). In S. elongatus cells, this quenching is enhanced in State II. Furthermore, the decrease of PSII fluorescence in State II was homogeneous throughout the cells, despite the inhomogeneous PSI/PSII ratio. Finally, some disconnected PBSs were resolved in most State II cells. Taken together our data show that PSI is enriched in the inner thylakoid, while state transitions occur homogeneously throughout the cell.
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- Ahmad Farhan Bhatti
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (12BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- MicroSpectroscopy Research Facility, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Malina T, Koehorst R, Bína D, Pšenčík J, van Amerongen H. Superradiance of bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates in chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8354. [PMID: 33863954 PMCID: PMC8052352 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87664-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Chlorosomes are the main light-harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria that are adapted to a phototrophic life at low-light conditions. They contain a large number of bacteriochlorophyll c, d, or e molecules organized in self-assembling aggregates. Tight packing of the pigments results in strong excitonic interactions between the monomers, which leads to a redshift of the absorption spectra and excitation delocalization. Due to the large amount of disorder present in chlorosomes, the extent of delocalization is limited and further decreases in time after excitation. In this work we address the question whether the excitonic interactions between the bacteriochlorophyll c molecules are strong enough to maintain some extent of delocalization even after exciton relaxation. That would manifest itself by collective spontaneous emission, so-called superradiance. We show that despite a very low fluorescence quantum yield and short excited state lifetime, both caused by the aggregation, chlorosomes indeed exhibit superradiance. The emission occurs from states delocalized over at least two molecules. In other words, the dipole strength of the emissive states is larger than for a bacteriochlorophyll c monomer. This represents an important functional mechanism increasing the probability of excitation energy transfer that is vital at low-light conditions. Similar behaviour was observed also in one type of artificial aggregates, and this may be beneficial for their potential use in artificial photosynthesis.
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- Tomáš Malina
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,MicroSpectroscopy Research Facility, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.,Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,MicroSpectroscopy Research Facility, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Deficiency in flavodiiron protein Flv3 promotes cyclic electron flow and state transition under high light in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1862:148318. [PMID: 32979345 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photosynthetic organisms adjust their activity to changes in irradiance by different ways, including the operation of cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (PSI) and state transitions that redistribute amounts of light energy absorbed by PSI and PSII. In dark-acclimated wild type cells of Synechocystis PCC 6803, linear electron transport was activated after the first 500 ms of illumination, while cyclic electron flow around PSI was long predominant in the mutant deficient in flavodiiron protein Flv3. Chlorophyll P700 oxidation associated with activation of linear electron flow extended in the Flv3- mutant to several tens of seconds and included a P700+ re-reduction phase. Parallel monitoring of chlorophyll fluorescence and the redox state of P700 indicated that, at low light intensity both in wild type and in the Flv3- mutant, the transient re-reduction step coincided in time with S-M fluorescence rise, which reflected state 2-state 1 transition (Kaňa et al., 2012). Despite variations in the initial redox state of plastoquinone pool, the oxidases-deficient mutant, succinate dehydrogenase-deficient mutant, and wild type cells did not show the S-M rise under high-intensity light until additional Flv3- mutation was introduced in these strains. Thus, the lack of available electron acceptor for PSI was the main cause for the appearance of S-M fluorescence rise under high light. It is concluded that the lack of Flv3 protein promotes cyclic electron flow around PSI and facilitates the subsequent state 2-state 1 transition in the absence of strict relation to the dark-operated pathways of plastoquinone reduction or oxidation.
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Apdila ET, Inoue S, Shimojima M, Awai K. Complete Replacement of the Galactolipid Biosynthesis Pathway with a Plant-Type Pathway in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:1661-1668. [PMID: 32645152 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) are the major components of thylakoid membranes and well-conserved from cyanobacteria to chloroplasts. However, cyanobacteria and chloroplasts synthesize these galactolipids using different pathways and enzymes, but they are believed to share a common ancestor. This fact implies that there was a replacement of the cyanobacterial galactolipid biosynthesis pathway during the evolution of a chloroplast. In this study, we first replaced the cyanobacterial MGDG biosynthesis pathway in a model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, with the corresponding plant-type pathway. No obvious phenotype was observed under the optimum growth condition, and the content of membrane lipids was not largely altered in the transformants. We next replaced the cyanobacterial DGDG biosynthesis pathway with the corresponding plant-type pathway using the strain described above and isolated the strain harboring the replaced plant-type pathway instead of the whole galactolipid biosynthesis pathway. This transformant, SeGPT, can grow photoautotrophically, indicating that cyanobacterial galactolipid biosynthesis pathways can be functionally complemented by the corresponding plant-type pathways and that the lipid products MGDG and DGDG, and not biosynthesis pathways, are important. While SeGPT does not show strong growth retardation, the strain has low cellular chlorophyll content but it retained a similar oxygen evolution rate per chlorophyll content compared with the wild type. An increase in total membrane lipid content was observed in SeGPT, which was caused by a significant increase in DGDG content. SeGPT accumulated carotenoids from the xanthophyll groups. These results suggest that cyanobacteria have the capacity to accept other pathways to synthesize essential components of thylakoid membranes.
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- Egi Tritya Apdila
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529 Japan
- Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Johoku-ku, Hamamatsu, 432-8561 Japan
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Bhatti AF, Choubeh RR, Kirilovsky D, Wientjes E, van Amerongen H. State transitions in cyanobacteria studied with picosecond fluorescence at room temperature. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148255. [PMID: 32619427 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cyanobacteria can rapidly regulate the relative activity of their photosynthetic complexes photosystem I and II (PSI and PSII) in response to changes in the illumination conditions. This process is known as state transitions. If PSI is preferentially excited, they go to state I whereas state II is induced either after preferential excitation of PSII or after dark adaptation. Different underlying mechanisms have been proposed in literature, in particular i) reversible shuttling of the external antenna complexes, the phycobilisomes, between PSI and PSII, ii) reversible spillover of excitation energy from PSII to PSI, iii) a combination of both and, iv) increased excited-state quenching of the PSII core in state II. Here we investigated wild-type and mutant strains of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy at room temperature. Our observations support model iv, meaning that increased excited-state quenching of the PSII core occurs in state II thereby balancing the photochemistry of photosystems I and II.
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- Ahmad Farhan Bhatti
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (12BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands; MicroSpectroscopy Research Facility, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Luimstra VM, Verspagen JMH, Xu T, Schuurmans JM, Huisman J. Changes in water color shift competition between phytoplankton species with contrasting light-harvesting strategies. Ecology 2020; 101:e02951. [PMID: 31840230 PMCID: PMC7079016 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The color of many lakes and seas is changing, which is likely to affect the species composition of freshwater and marine phytoplankton communities. For example, cyanobacteria with phycobilisomes as light-harvesting antennae can effectively utilize green or orange-red light. However, recent studies show that they use blue light much less efficiently than phytoplankton species with chlorophyll-based light-harvesting complexes, even though both phytoplankton groups may absorb blue light to a similar extent. Can we advance ecological theory to predict how these differences in light-harvesting strategy affect competition between phytoplankton species? Here, we develop a new resource competition model in which the absorption and utilization efficiency of different colors of light are varied independently. The model was parameterized using monoculture experiments with a freshwater cyanobacterium and green alga, as representatives of phytoplankton with phycobilisome-based vs. chlorophyll-based light-harvesting antennae. The parameterized model was subsequently tested in a series of competition experiments. In agreement with the model predictions, the green alga won the competition in blue light whereas the cyanobacterium won in red light, irrespective of the initial relative abundances of the species. These results are in line with observed changes in phytoplankton community structure in response to lake brownification. Similarly, in marine waters, the model predicts dominance of Prochlorococcus with chlorophyll-based light-harvesting complexes in blue light but dominance of Synechococcus with phycobilisomes in green light, with a broad range of coexistence in between. These predictions agree well with the known biogeographical distributions of these two highly abundant marine taxa. Our results offer a novel trait-based approach to understand and predict competition between phytoplankton species with different photosynthetic pigments and light-harvesting strategies.
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- Veerle M. Luimstra
- Department of Freshwater and Marine EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 94240Amsterdam1090 GEThe Netherlands
- WetsusEuropean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water TechnologyOostergoweg 9Leeuwarden8911 MAThe Netherlands
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- Department of Freshwater and Marine EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 94240Amsterdam1090 GEThe Netherlands
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- Department of Freshwater and Marine EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 94240Amsterdam1090 GEThe Netherlands
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- Department of Freshwater and Marine EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 94240Amsterdam1090 GEThe Netherlands
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- Department of Freshwater and Marine EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamPO Box 94240Amsterdam1090 GEThe Netherlands
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Canonico M, Konert G, Kaňa R. Plasticity of Cyanobacterial Thylakoid Microdomains Under Variable Light Conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:586543. [PMID: 33304364 PMCID: PMC7693714 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.586543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Photosynthetic light reactions proceed in thylakoid membranes (TMs) due to the activity of pigment-protein complexes. These complexes are heterogeneously organized into granal/stromal thylakoids (in plants) or into recently identified cyanobacterial microdomains (MDs). MDs are characterized by specific ratios of photosystem I (PSI), photosystem II (PSII), and phycobilisomes (PBS) and they are visible as sub-micrometer sized areas with different fluorescence ratios. In this report, the process of long-term plasticity in cyanobacterial thylakoid MDs has been explored under variable growth light conditions using Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 expressing YFP tagged PSI. TM organization into MDs has been observed for all categorized shapes of cells independently of their stage in cell cycle. The heterogeneous PSI, PSII, and PBS thylakoid areas were also identified under two types of growth conditions: at continuous light (CL) and at light-dark (L-D) cycle. The acclimation from CL to L-D cycle changed spatial distribution of photosystems, in particular PSI became more evenly distributed in thylakoids under L-D cycle. The process of the spatial PSI (and partially also PSII) redistribution required 1 week and was accompanied by temporal appearance of PBS decoupling probably caused by the re-organization of photosystems. The overall acclimation we observed was defined as TM plasticity as it resembles higher plants grana/stroma reorganization at variable growth light conditions. In addition, we observed large cell to cell variability in the actual MDs organization. It leads us to suggest that the plasticity, and cell to cell variability in MDs could be a manifestation of phenotypic heterogeneity, a recently broadly discussed phenomenon for prokaryotes.
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- Myriam Canonico
- Institute of Microbiology, CAS, Centrum Algatech, Třeboň, Czechia
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology, CAS, Centrum Algatech, Třeboň, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology, CAS, Centrum Algatech, Třeboň, Czechia
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Radek Kaňa, ; orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-6902
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Calzadilla PI, Kirilovsky D. Revisiting cyanobacterial state transitions. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2020; 19:585-603. [DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00451c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Critical evaluation of “new” and “old” models of cyanobacterial state transitions. Phycobilisome and membrane contributions to this mechanism are addressed. The signaling transduction pathway is discussed.
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- Pablo I. Calzadilla
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- CEA
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- 91198 Gif sur Yvette
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- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- CEA
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- 91198 Gif sur Yvette
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Kirilovsky D. Modulating Energy Transfer from Phycobilisomes to Photosystems: State Transitions and OCP-Related Non-Photochemical Quenching. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN ALGAE: BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33397-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ranjbar Choubeh R, Bar-Eyal L, Paltiel Y, Keren N, Struik PC, van Amerongen H. Photosystem II core quenching in desiccated Leptolyngbya ohadii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2020; 143:13-18. [PMID: 31535258 PMCID: PMC6930311 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00675-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Cyanobacteria living in the harsh environment of the desert have to protect themselves against high light intensity and prevent photodamage. These cyanobacteria are in a desiccated state during the largest part of the day when both temperature and light intensity are high. In the desiccated state, their photosynthetic activity is stopped, whereas upon rehydration the ability to perform photosynthesis is regained. Earlier reports indicate that light-induced excitations in Leptolyngbya ohadii are heavily quenched in the desiccated state, because of a loss of structural order of the light-harvesting phycobilisome structures (Bar Eyal et al. in Proc Natl Acad Sci 114:9481, 2017) and via the stably oxidized primary electron donor in photosystem I, namely P700+ (Bar Eyal et al. in Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenergy 1847:1267-1273, 2015). In this study, we use picosecond fluorescence experiments to demonstrate that a third protection mechanism exists, in which the core of photosystem II is quenched independently.
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- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Applied Physics Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- MicroSpectroscopy Research Facility, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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On the interface of light-harvesting antenna complexes and reaction centers in oxygenic photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1860:148079. [PMID: 31518567 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes (PPCs) accomplish light-energy capture and photochemistry in natural photosynthesis. In this review, we examine three pigment protein complexes in oxygenic photosynthesis: light-harvesting antenna complexes and two reaction centers: Photosystem II (PSII), and Photosystem I (PSI). Recent technological developments promise unprecedented insights into how these multi-component protein complexes are assembled into higher order structures and thereby execute their function. Furthermore, the interfacial domain between light-harvesting antenna complexes and PSII, especially the potential roles of the structural loops from CP29 and the PB-loop of ApcE in higher plant and cyanobacteria, respectively, are discussed. It is emphasized that the structural nuances are required for the structural dynamics and consequently for functional regulation in response to an ever-changing and challenging environment.
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Strašková A, Steinbach G, Konert G, Kotabová E, Komenda J, Tichý M, Kaňa R. Pigment-protein complexes are organized into stable microdomains in cyanobacterial thylakoids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1860:148053. [PMID: 31344362 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Thylakoids are the place of the light-photosynthetic reactions. To gain maximal efficiency, these reactions are conditional to proper pigment-pigment and protein-protein interactions. In higher plants thylakoids, the interactions lead to a lateral asymmetry in localization of protein complexes (i.e. granal/stromal thylakoids) that have been defined as a domain-like structures characteristic by different biochemical composition and function (Albertsson P-Å. 2001,Trends Plant Science 6: 349-354). We explored this complex organization of thylakoid pigment-proteins at single cell level in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Our 3D confocal images captured heterogeneous distribution of all main photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes (PPCs), Photosystem I (fluorescently tagged by YFP), Photosystem II and Phycobilisomes. The acquired images depicted cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane as a stable, mosaic-like structure formed by microdomains (MDs). These microcompartments are of sub-micrometer in sizes (~0.5-1.5 μm), typical by particular PPCs ratios and importantly without full segregation of observed complexes. The most prevailing MD is represented by MD with high Photosystem I content which allows also partial separation of Photosystems like in higher plants thylakoids. We assume that MDs stability (in minutes) provides optimal conditions for efficient excitation/electron transfer. The cyanobacterial MDs thus define thylakoid membrane organization as a system controlled by co-localization of three main PPCs leading to formation of thylakoid membrane mosaic. This organization might represent evolutional and functional precursor for the granal/stromal spatial heterogeneity in photosystems that is typical for higher plant thylakoids.
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- A Strašková
- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Novohradská 237, 379 81 Třeboň, Czech Republic.
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Calzadilla PI, Muzzopappa F, Sétif P, Kirilovsky D. Different roles for ApcD and ApcF in Synechococcus elongatus and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 phycobilisomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1860:488-498. [PMID: 31029593 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The phycobilisome, the cyanobacterial light harvesting complex, is a huge phycobiliprotein containing extramembrane complex, formed by a core from which rods radiate. The phycobilisome has evolved to efficiently absorb sun energy and transfer it to the photosystems via the last energy acceptors of the phycobilisome, ApcD and ApcE. ApcF also affects energy transfer by interacting with ApcE. In this work we studied the role of ApcD and ApcF in energy transfer and state transitions in Synechococcus elongatus and Synechocystis PCC6803. Our results demonstrate that these proteins have different roles in both processes in the two strains. The lack of ApcD and ApcF inhibits state transitions in Synechocystis but not in S. elongatus. In addition, lack of ApcF decreases energy transfer to both photosystems only in Synechocystis, while the lack of ApcD alters energy transfer to photosystem I only in S. elongatus. Thus, conclusions based on results obtained in one cyanobacterial strain cannot be systematically transferred to other strains and the putative role(s) of phycobilisomes in state transitions need to be reconsidered.
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- Pablo I Calzadilla
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Capretti A, Ringsmuth AK, van Velzen JF, Rosnik A, Croce R, Gregorkiewicz T. Nanophotonics of higher-plant photosynthetic membranes. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2019; 8:5. [PMID: 30651980 PMCID: PMC6325066 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-018-0116-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Revised: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
The thylakoid membrane inside chloroplasts hosts the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Its embedded protein complexes are responsible for light harvesting, excitation energy transfer, charge separation, and transport. In higher plants, when the illumination conditions vary, the membrane adapts its composition and nanoscale morphology, which is characterized by appressed and non-appressed regions known as grana and stroma lamellae, respectively. Here we investigate the nanophotonic regime of light propagation in chloroplasts of higher plants and identify novel mechanisms in the optical response of the thylakoid membrane. Our results indicate that the relative contributions of light scattering and absorption to the overall optical response of grana strongly depend on the concentration of the light-harvesting complexes. For the pigment concentrations typically found in chloroplasts, the two mechanisms have comparable strengths, and their relative value can be tuned by variations in the protein composition or in the granal diameter. Furthermore, we find that collective modes in ensembles of grana significantly increase light absorption at selected wavelengths, even in the presence of moderate biological disorder. Small variations in the granal separation or a large disorder can dismantle this collective response. We propose that chloroplasts use this mechanism as a strategy against dangerously high illumination conditions, triggering a transition to low-absorbing states. We conclude that the morphological separation of the thylakoid membrane in higher plants supports strong nanophotonic effects, which may be used by chloroplasts to regulate light absorption. This adaptive self-organization capability is of interest as a model for novel bioinspired optical materials for artificial photosynthesis, imaging, and sensing.
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Affiliation(s)
- A. Capretti
- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A. K. Ringsmuth
- Dep. Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Present Address: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - J. F. van Velzen
- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Dep. Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A. Rosnik
- College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA USA
| | - R. Croce
- Dep. Physics and Astronomy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T. Gregorkiewicz
- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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