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Shuyskaya E, Rakhmankulova Z, Prokofieva M, Lunkova N, Voronin P. Salinity Mitigates the Negative Effect of Elevated Temperatures on Photosynthesis in the C 3-C 4 Intermediate Species Sedobassia sedoides. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:800. [PMID: 38592796 PMCID: PMC10976079 DOI: 10.3390/plants13060800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The adaptation of plants to combined stresses requires unique responses capable of overcoming both the negative effects of each individual stress and their combination. Here, we studied the C3-C4 (C2) halophyte Sedobassia sedoides in response to elevated temperature (35 °C) and salinity (300 mM NaCl) as well as their combined effect. The responses we studied included changes in water-salt balance, light and dark photosynthetic reactions, the expression of photosynthetic genes, the activity of malate dehydrogenase complex enzymes, and the antioxidant system. Salt treatment led to altered water-salt balance, improved water use efficiency, and an increase in the abundance of key enzymes involved in intermediate C3-C4 photosynthesis (i.e., Rubisco and glycine decarboxylase). We also observed a possible increase in the activity of the C2 carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM), which allowed plants to maintain high photosynthesis intensity and biomass accumulation. Elevated temperatures caused an imbalance in the dark and light reactions of photosynthesis, leading to stromal overreduction and the excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In response, S. sedoides significantly activated a metabolic pathway for removing excess NADPH, the malate valve, which is catalyzed by NADP-MDH, without observable activation of the antioxidant system. The combined action of these two factors caused the activation of antioxidant defenses (i.e., increased activity of SOD and POX and upregulation of FDI), which led to a decrease in oxidative stress and helped restore the photosynthetic energy balance. Overall, improved PSII functioning and increased activity of PSI cyclic electron transport (CET) and C2 CCM led to an increase in the photosynthesis intensity of S. sedoides under the combined effect of salinity and elevated temperature relative to high temperature alone.
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- Elena Shuyskaya
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology of Russian Academy of Science, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (Z.R.); (M.P.); (N.L.); (P.V.)
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Burnap RL. Cyanobacterial Bioenergetics in Relation to Cellular Growth and Productivity. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 183:25-64. [PMID: 36764956 DOI: 10.1007/10_2022_215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Cyanobacteria, the evolutionary originators of oxygenic photosynthesis, have the capability to convert CO2, water, and minerals into biomass using solar energy. This process is driven by intricate bioenergetic mechanisms that consist of interconnected photosynthetic and respiratory electron transport chains coupled. Over the last few decades, advances in physiochemical analysis, molecular genetics, and structural analysis have enabled us to gain a more comprehensive understanding of cyanobacterial bioenergetics. This includes the molecular understanding of the primary energy conversion mechanisms as well as photoprotective and other dissipative mechanisms that prevent photodamage when the rates of photosynthetic output, primarily in the form of ATP and NADPH, exceed the rates that cellular assimilatory processes consume these photosynthetic outputs. Despite this progress, there is still much to learn about the systems integration and the regulatory circuits that control expression levels for optimal cellular abundance and activity of the photosynthetic complexes and the cellular components that convert their products into biomass. With an improved understanding of these regulatory principles and mechanisms, it should be possible to optimally modify cyanobacteria for enhanced biotechnological purposes.
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- Robert L Burnap
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
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Ermakova M, Heyno E, Woodford R, Massey B, Birke H, von Caemmerer S. Enhanced abundance and activity of the chloroplast ATP synthase in rice through the overexpression of the AtpD subunit. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:6891-6901. [PMID: 35904136 PMCID: PMC9629782 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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ATP, produced by the light reactions of photosynthesis, acts as the universal cellular energy cofactor fuelling all life processes. Chloroplast ATP synthase produces ATP using the proton motive force created by solar energy-driven thylakoid electron transport reactions. Here we investigate how increasing abundance of ATP synthase affects leaf photosynthesis and growth of rice, Oryza sativa variety Kitaake. We show that overexpression of AtpD, the nuclear-encoded subunit of the chloroplast ATP synthase, stimulates both abundance of the complex, confirmed by immunodetection of thylakoid complexes separated by Blue Native-PAGE, and ATP synthase activity, detected as higher proton conductivity of the thylakoid membrane. Plants with increased AtpD content had higher CO2 assimilation rates when a stepwise increase in CO2 partial pressure was imposed on leaves at high irradiance. Fitting of the CO2 response curves of assimilation revealed that plants overexpressing AtpD had a higher electron transport rate (J) at high CO2, despite having wild-type-like abundance of the cytochrome b6f complex. A higher maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax) and lower cyclic electron flow detected in transgenic plants both pointed to an increased ATP production compared with wild-type plants. Our results present evidence that the activity of ATP synthase modulates the rate of electron transport at high CO2 and high irradiance.
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- Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Cheng JB, Zhang SB, Wu JS, Huang W. The Dynamic Changes of Alternative Electron Flows upon Transition from Low to High Light in the Fern Cyrtomium fortune and the Gymnosperm Nageia nagi. Cells 2022; 11:cells11172768. [PMID: 36078176 PMCID: PMC9455243 DOI: 10.3390/cells11172768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In photosynthetic organisms except angiosperms, an alternative electron sink that is mediated by flavodiiron proteins (FLVs) plays the major role in preventing PSI photoinhibition while cyclic electron flow (CEF) is also essential for normal growth under fluctuating light. However, the dynamic changes of FLVs and CEF has not yet been well clarified. In this study, we measured the P700 signal, chlorophyll fluorescence, and electrochromic shift spectra in the fern Cyrtomium fortune and the gymnosperm Nageia nagi. We found that both species could not build up a sufficient proton gradient (∆pH) within the first 30 s after light abruptly increased. During this period, FLVs-dependent alternative electron flow was functional to avoid PSI over-reduction. This functional time of FLVs was much longer than previously thought. By comparison, CEF was highly activated within the first 10 s after transition from low to high light, which favored energy balancing rather than the regulation of a PSI redox state. When FLVs were inactivated during steady-state photosynthesis, CEF was re-activated to favor photoprotection and to sustain photosynthesis. These results provide new insight into how FLVs and CEF interact to regulate photosynthesis in non-angiosperms.
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- Jun-Bin Cheng
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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Baudry K, Barbut F, Domenichini S, Guillaumot D, Thy MP, Vanacker H, Majeran W, Krieger-Liszkay A, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Lurin C. Adenylates regulate Arabidopsis plastidial thioredoxin activities through the binding of a CBS domain protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:2298-2314. [PMID: 35736508 PMCID: PMC9342986 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) domains are found in proteins of all living organisms and have been proposed to play a role as energy sensors regulating protein activities through their adenosyl ligand binding capacity. In plants, members of the CBSX protein family carry a stand-alone pair of CBS domains. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), CBSX1 and CBSX2 are targeted to plastids where they have been proposed to regulate thioredoxins (TRXs). TRXs are ubiquitous cysteine thiol oxido-reductases involved in the redox-based regulation of numerous enzymatic activities as well as in the regeneration of thiol-dependent peroxidases. In Arabidopsis, 10 TRX isoforms have been identified in plastids and divided into five sub-types. Here, we show that CBSX2 specifically inhibits the activities of m-type TRXs toward two chloroplast TRX-related targets. By testing activation of NADP-malate dehydrogenase and reduction of 2-Cys peroxiredoxin, we found that TRXm1/2 inhibition by CBSX2 was alleviated in the presence of AMP or ATP. We also determined, by pull-down assays, a direct interaction of CBSX2 with reduced TRXm1 and m2 that was abolished in the presence of adenosyl ligands. In addition, we report that, compared with wild-type plants, the Arabidopsis T-DNA double mutant cbsx1 cbsx2 exhibits growth and chlorophyll accumulation defects in cold conditions, suggesting a function of plastidial CBSX proteins in plant stress adaptation. Together, our results show an energy-sensing regulation of plastid TRX m activities by CBSX, possibly allowing a feedback regulation of ATP homeostasis via activation of cyclic electron flow in the chloroplast, to maintain a high energy level for optimal growth.
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- Kevin Baudry
- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France
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- CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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Saint-Sorny M, Brzezowski P, Arrivault S, Alric J, Johnson X. Interactions Between Carbon Metabolism and Photosynthetic Electron Transport in a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mutant Without CO 2 Fixation by RuBisCO. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:876439. [PMID: 35574084 PMCID: PMC9096841 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.876439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A Chlamydomonas reinhardtii RuBisCO-less mutant, ΔrbcL, was used to study carbohydrate metabolism without fixation of atmospheric carbon. The regulatory mechanism(s) that control linear electron flow, known as "photosynthetic control," are amplified in ΔrbcL at the onset of illumination. With the aim to understand the metabolites that control this regulatory response, we have correlated the kinetics of primary carbon metabolites to chlorophyll fluorescence induction curves. We identify that ΔrbcL in the absence of acetate generates adenosine triphosphate (ATP) via photosynthetic electron transfer reactions. Also, metabolites of the Calvin Benson Bassham (CBB) cycle are responsive to the light. Indeed, ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP), the last intermediate before carboxylation by Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase, accumulates significantly with time, and CBB cycle intermediates for RuBP regeneration, dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), pentose phosphates and ribose-5-phosphate (R5P) are rapidly accumulated in the first seconds of illumination, then consumed, showing that although the CBB is blocked, these enzymes are still transiently active. In opposition, in the presence of acetate, consumption of CBB cycle intermediates is strongly diminished, suggesting that the link between light and primary carbon metabolism is almost lost. Phosphorylated hexoses and starch accumulate significantly. We show that acetate uptake results in heterotrophic metabolism dominating phototrophic metabolism, with glyoxylate and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates being the most highly represented metabolites, specifically succinate and malate. These findings allow us to hypothesize which metabolites and metabolic pathways are relevant to the upregulation of processes like cyclic electron flow that are implicated in photosynthetic control mechanisms.
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- Maureen Saint-Sorny
- CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, CEA Cadarache, Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, CEA Cadarache, Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, CEA Cadarache, Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, CEA Cadarache, Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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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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Shi Q, Sun H, Timm S, Zhang S, Huang W. Photorespiration Alleviates Photoinhibition of Photosystem I under Fluctuating Light in Tomato. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11020195. [PMID: 35050082 PMCID: PMC8780929 DOI: 10.3390/plants11020195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fluctuating light (FL) is a typical natural light stress that can cause photodamage to photosystem I (PSI). However, the effect of growth light on FL-induced PSI photoinhibition remains controversial. Plants grown under high light enhance photorespiration to sustain photosynthesis, but the contribution of photorespiration to PSI photoprotection under FL is largely unknown. In this study, we examined the photosynthetic performance under FL in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants grown under high light (HL-plants) and moderate light (ML-plants). After an abrupt increase in illumination, the over-reduction of PSI was lowered in HL-plants, resulting in a lower FL-induced PSI photoinhibition. HL-plants displayed higher capacities for CO2 fixation and photorespiration than ML-plants. Within the first 60 s after transition from low to high light, PSII electron transport was much higher in HL-plants, but the gross CO2 assimilation rate showed no significant difference between them. Therefore, upon a sudden increase in illumination, the difference in PSII electron transport between HL- and ML-plants was not attributed to the Calvin–Benson cycle but was caused by the change in photorespiration. These results indicated that the higher photorespiration in HL-plants enhanced the PSI electron sink downstream under FL, which mitigated the over-reduction of PSI and thus alleviated PSI photoinhibition under FL. Taking together, we here for the first time propose that photorespiration acts as a safety valve for PSI photoprotection under FL.
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- Qi Shi
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (Q.S.); (H.S.); (S.Z.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (Q.S.); (H.S.); (S.Z.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Plant Physiology Department, University of Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany;
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (Q.S.); (H.S.); (S.Z.)
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; (Q.S.); (H.S.); (S.Z.)
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Shi Q, Zhang SB, Wang JH, Huang W. Pre-illumination at high light significantly alleviates the over-reduction of photosystem I under fluctuating light. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 312:111053. [PMID: 34620448 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111053] [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: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Photosystem I (PSI) is the primary target of photoinhibition under fluctuating light (FL). In angiosperms, cyclic electron flow (CEF) around PSI is thought to be the main player protecting PSI under FL. The activation of CEF is linked to the thylakoid stacking, which is in turn affected by light intensity. However, it is unknown how pre-illumination affects the CEF activation and PSI redox state under FL. To address this question, we conducted a spectroscopic analysis under FL in Bletilla striata and Morus alba after pre-illumination at moderate light (ML, 611 μmol photons m-2 s-1) or high light (HL, 1455 μmol photons m-2 s-1). Our results indicated that both species displayed a transient over-reduction of PSI after a transition from low to high light, but the extent of PSI over-reduction under FL was largely alleviated by pre-illumination at HL when compared with pre-illumination under ML. Furthermore, pre-illumination at HL accelerated the activation rate of CEF but did not affect the activation of non-photochemical quenching and linear electron flow from photosystem II under FL. Therefore, such increased CEF activity by pre-illumination under HL alleviated PSI over-reduction under FL by facilitating the electron sink downstream of PSI. Taking together, pre-illumination at HL protects PSI under FL through acceptor-side regulation.
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- Qi- Shi
- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Flower Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205, Yunnan, China
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China.
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Chadee A, Alber NA, Dahal K, Vanlerberghe GC. The Complementary Roles of Chloroplast Cyclic Electron Transport and Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase to Ensure Photosynthetic Performance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:748204. [PMID: 34650584 PMCID: PMC8505746 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Chloroplasts use light energy and a linear electron transport (LET) pathway for the coupled generation of NADPH and ATP. It is widely accepted that the production ratio of ATP to NADPH is usually less than required to fulfill the energetic needs of the chloroplast. Left uncorrected, this would quickly result in an over-reduction of the stromal pyridine nucleotide pool (i.e., high NADPH/NADP+ ratio) and under-energization of the stromal adenine nucleotide pool (i.e., low ATP/ADP ratio). These imbalances could cause metabolic bottlenecks, as well as increased generation of damaging reactive oxygen species. Chloroplast cyclic electron transport (CET) and the chloroplast malate valve could each act to prevent stromal over-reduction, albeit in distinct ways. CET avoids the NADPH production associated with LET, while the malate valve consumes the NADPH associated with LET. CET could operate by one of two different pathways, depending upon the chloroplast ATP demand. The NADH dehydrogenase-like pathway yields a higher ATP return per electron flux than the pathway involving PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5 (PGR5) and PGR5-LIKE PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHENOTYPE1 (PGRL1). Similarly, the malate valve could couple with one of two different mitochondrial electron transport pathways, depending upon the cytosolic ATP demand. The cytochrome pathway yields a higher ATP return per electron flux than the alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway. In both Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, PGR5/PGRL1 pathway mutants have increased amounts of AOX, suggesting complementary roles for these two lesser-ATP yielding mechanisms of preventing stromal over-reduction. These two pathways may become most relevant under environmental stress conditions that lower the ATP demands for carbon fixation and carbohydrate export.
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- Avesh Chadee
- Department of Biological Sciences, and Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, and Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, and Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Richardson KH, Wright JJ, Šimėnas M, Thiemann J, Esteves AM, McGuire G, Myers WK, Morton JJL, Hippler M, Nowaczyk MM, Hanke GT, Roessler MM. Functional basis of electron transport within photosynthetic complex I. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5387. [PMID: 34508071 PMCID: PMC8433477 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25527-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Photosynthesis and respiration rely upon a proton gradient to produce ATP. In photosynthesis, the Respiratory Complex I homologue, Photosynthetic Complex I (PS-CI) is proposed to couple ferredoxin oxidation and plastoquinone reduction to proton pumping across thylakoid membranes. However, little is known about the PS-CI molecular mechanism and attempts to understand its function have previously been frustrated by its large size and high lability. Here, we overcome these challenges by pushing the limits in sample size and spectroscopic sensitivity, to determine arguably the most important property of any electron transport enzyme - the reduction potentials of its cofactors, in this case the iron-sulphur clusters of PS-CI (N0, N1 and N2), and unambiguously assign them to the structure using double electron-electron resonance. We have thus determined the bioenergetics of the electron transfer relay and provide insight into the mechanism of PS-CI, laying the foundations for understanding of how this important bioenergetic complex functions.
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- Katherine H. Richardson
- grid.4868.20000 0001 2171 1133School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK ,grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK
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- grid.4868.20000 0001 2171 1133School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK ,grid.14105.310000000122478951Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Cambridge, UK
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London, UK
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- grid.5570.70000 0004 0490 981XPlant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- grid.4868.20000 0001 2171 1133School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- grid.4868.20000 0001 2171 1133School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK ,grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.83440.3b0000000121901201London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London, UK ,grid.83440.3b0000000121901201Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, UCL, London, UK
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany ,grid.261356.50000 0001 1302 4472Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
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- grid.5570.70000 0004 0490 981XPlant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- grid.4868.20000 0001 2171 1133School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK
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Alber NA, Vanlerberghe GC. The flexibility of metabolic interactions between chloroplasts and mitochondria in Nicotiana tabacum leaf. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:1625-1646. [PMID: 33811402 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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To examine the effect of mitochondrial function on photosynthesis, wild-type and transgenic Nicotiana tabacum with varying amounts of alternative oxidase (AOX) were treated with different respiratory inhibitors. Initially, each inhibitor increased the reduction state of the chloroplast electron transport chain, most severely in AOX knockdowns and least severely in AOX overexpressors. This indicated that the mitochondrion was a necessary sink for photo-generated reductant, contributing to the 'P700 oxidation capacity' of photosystem I. Initially, the Complex III inhibitor myxothiazol and the mitochondrial ATP synthase inhibitor oligomycin caused an increase in photosystem II regulated non-photochemical quenching not evident with the Complex III inhibitor antimycin A (AA). This indicated that the increased quenching depended upon AA-sensitive cyclic electron transport (CET). Following 12 h with oligomycin, the reduction state of the chloroplast electron transport chain recovered in all plant lines. Recovery was associated with large increases in the protein amount of chloroplast ATP synthase and mitochondrial uncoupling protein. This increased the capacity for photophosphorylation in the absence of oxidative phosphorylation and enabled the mitochondrion to act again as a sink for photo-generated reductant. Comparing the AA and myxothiazol treatments at 12 h showed that CET optimized photosystem I quantum yield, depending upon the P700 oxidation capacity. When this capacity was too high, CET drew electrons away from other sinks, moderating the P700+ amount. When P700 oxidation capacity was too low, CET acted as an electron overflow, moderating the amount of reduced P700. This study reveals flexible chloroplast-mitochondrion interactions able to overcome lesions in energy metabolism.
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- Nicole A Alber
- Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada
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Kramer M, Rodriguez-Heredia M, Saccon F, Mosebach L, Twachtmann M, Krieger-Liszkay A, Duffy C, Knell RJ, Finazzi G, Hanke GT. Regulation of photosynthetic electron flow on dark to light transition by ferredoxin:NADP(H) oxidoreductase interactions. eLife 2021; 10:56088. [PMID: 33685582 PMCID: PMC7984839 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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During photosynthesis, electron transport is necessary for carbon assimilation and must be regulated to minimize free radical damage. There is a longstanding controversy over the role of a critical enzyme in this process (ferredoxin:NADP(H) oxidoreductase, or FNR), and in particular its location within chloroplasts. Here we use immunogold labelling to prove that FNR previously assigned as soluble is in fact membrane associated. We combined this technique with a genetic approach in the model plant Arabidopsis to show that the distribution of this enzyme between different membrane regions depends on its interaction with specific tether proteins. We further demonstrate a correlation between the interaction of FNR with different proteins and the activity of alternative photosynthetic electron transport pathways. This supports a role for FNR location in regulating photosynthetic electron flow during the transition from dark to light.
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- Manuela Kramer
- School of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- School of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- School of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a` l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour le Vivant (iRTSV), CEA Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- School of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Moreau S, van Aubel G, Janky R, Van Cutsem P. Chloroplast Electron Chain, ROS Production, and Redox Homeostasis Are Modulated by COS-OGA Elicitation in Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum) Leaves. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:597589. [PMID: 33381134 PMCID: PMC7768011 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.597589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The stimulation of plant innate immunity by elicitors is an emerging technique in agriculture that contributes more and more to residue-free crop protection. Here, we used RNA-sequencing to study gene transcription in tomato leaves treated three times with the chitooligosaccharides-oligogalacturonides (COS-OGA) elicitor FytoSave® that induces plants to fend off against biotrophic pathogens. Results showed a clear upregulation of sequences that code for chloroplast proteins of the electron transport chain, especially Photosystem I (PSI) and ferredoxin. Concomitantly, stomatal conductance decreased by half, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate [NAD(P)H] content and reactive oxygen species production doubled, but fresh and dry weights were unaffected. Chlorophyll, β-carotene, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin contents decreased consistently upon repeated elicitations. Fluorescence measurements indicated a transient decrease of the effective PSII quantum yield and a non-photochemical quenching increase but only after the first spraying. Taken together, this suggests that plant defense induction by COS-OGA induces a long-term acclimation mechanism and increases the role of the electron transport chain of the chloroplast to supply electrons needed to mount defenses targeted to the apoplast without compromising biomass accumulation.
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- Sophie Moreau
- Research Unit in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biology Department, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Research Unit in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biology Department, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
- FytoFend S.A., Isnes, Belgium
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- Research Unit in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biology Department, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
- FytoFend S.A., Isnes, Belgium
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Emerging research in plant photosynthesis. Emerg Top Life Sci 2020; 4:137-150. [PMID: 32573736 DOI: 10.1042/etls20200035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Photosynthesis involves capturing light energy and, most often, converting it to chemical energy stored as reduced carbon. It is the source of food, fuel, and fiber and there is a resurgent interest in basic research on photosynthesis. Plants make excellent use of visible light energy; leaves are ideally suited to optimize light use by having a large area per amount of material invested and also having leaf angles to optimize light utilization. It is thought that plants do not use green light but in fact they use green light better than blue light under some conditions. Leaves also have mechanisms to protect against excess light and how these work in a stochastic light environment is currently a very active area of current research. The speed at which photosynthesis can begin when leaves are first exposed to light and the speed of induction of protective mechanisms, as well as the speed at which protective mechanisms dissipate when light levels decline, have recently been explored. Research is also focused on reducing wasteful processes such as photorespiration, when oxygen instead of carbon dioxide is used. Some success has been reported in altering the path of carbon in photorespiration but on closer inspection there appears to be unforeseen effects contributing to the good news. The stoichiometry of interaction of light reactions with carbon metabolism is rigid and the time constants vary tremendously presenting large challenges to regulatory mechanisms. Regulatory mechanisms will be the topic of photosynthesis research for some time to come.
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Laughlin TG, Savage DF, Davies KM. Recent advances on the structure and function of NDH-1: The complex I of oxygenic photosynthesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148254. [PMID: 32645407 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Photosynthetic NADH dehydrogenase-like complex type-1 (a.k.a, NDH, NDH-1, or NDH-1L) is a multi-subunit, membrane-bound oxidoreductase related to the respiratory complex I. Although originally discovered 30 years ago, a number of recent advances have revealed significant insight into the structure, function, and physiology of NDH-1. Here, we highlight progress in understanding the function of NDH-1 in the photosynthetic light reactions of both cyanobacteria and chloroplasts from biochemical and structural perspectives. We further examine the cyanobacterial-specific forms of NDH-1 that possess vectorial carbonic anhydrase (vCA) activity and function in the CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM). We compare the proposed mechanism for the cyanobacterial NDH-1 vCA-activity to that of the DAB (DABs accumulates bicarbonate) complex, another putative vCA. Finally, we discuss both new and remaining questions pertaining to the mechanisms of NDH-1 complexes in light of these recent advances.
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- Thomas G Laughlin
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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McKenzie SD, Ibrahim IM, Aryal UK, Puthiyaveetil S. Stoichiometry of protein complexes in plant photosynthetic membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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