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Biswal AK, Pattanayak GK, Ruhil K, Kandoi D, Mohanty SS, Leelavati S, Reddy VS, Govindjee G, Tripathy BC. Reduced expression of chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) decreases the metabolic flux for chlorophyll synthesis and downregulates photosynthesis in tobacco plants. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 30:1-16. [PMID: 38435853 PMCID: PMC10901765 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01395-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Chlorophyll b is synthesized from chlorophyllide a, catalyzed by chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO). To examine whether reduced chlorophyll b content regulates chlorophyll (Chl) synthesis and photosynthesis, we raised CAO transgenic tobacco plants with antisense CAO expression, which had lower chlorophyll b content and, thus, higher Chl a/b ratio. Further, these plants had (i) lower chlorophyll b and total Chl content, whether they were grown under low or high light; (ii) decreased steady-state levels of chlorophyll biosynthetic intermediates, due, perhaps, to a feedback-controlled reduction in enzyme expressions/activities; (iii) reduced electron transport rates in their intact leaves, and reduced Photosystem (PS) I, PS II and whole chain electron transport activities in their isolated thylakoids; (iv) decreased carbon assimilation in plants grown under low or high light. We suggest that reduced synthesis of chlorophyll b by antisense expression of CAO, acting at the end of Chl biosynthesis pathway, downregulates the chlorophyll b biosynthesis, resulting in decreased Chl b, total chlorophylls and increased Chl a/b. We have previously shown that the controlled up-regulation of chlorophyll b biosynthesis and decreased Chl a/b ratio by over expression of CAO enhance the rates of electron transport and CO2 assimilation in tobacco. Conversely, our data, presented here, demonstrate that-antisense expression of CAO in tobacco, which decreases Chl b biosynthesis and increases Chl a/b ratio, leads to reduced photosynthetic electron transport and carbon assimilation rates, both under low and high light. We conclude that Chl b modulates photosynthesis; its controlled down regulation/ up regulation decreases/ increases light-harvesting, rates of electron transport, and carbon assimilation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-023-01395-5.
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- Ajaya K. Biswal
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
- Department of Life Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
- Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067 India
- Department of Biotechnology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP 201310 India
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Paweł R, Aleksandra U, Elżbieta R. Enzymatic kinetics of photosystem II with DCBQ as a substrate in extended Michaelis-Menten model. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2023; 247:112780. [PMID: 37678075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2023.112780] [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: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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This study aimed to examine enzymatic kinetics of photosystem II (PSII) of maize mesophyll chloroplasts using the artificial electron acceptor 2,6-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone (DCBQ) as a substrate. We extended Michealis-Menten kinetics model assuming that DCBQ can accept electrons from PSII in two ways: from a QB directly or from QA by docking in the QB site. We used a Clark oxygen electrode for measuring the PSII activity, depending on the concentration of DCBQ. We found that: [1] DCBQ acts as an electron acceptor or [2] as an inhibitor for PSII. At a concentration < 0.2 mM, DCBQ accepted electrons from the QB at a rate of 889 electrons/s, while at >> 0.2 mM it replaced QB following which the activity decreased to zero. DCBQ located in the QB also increased the affinity of the substrate to PSII. We determined the kinetic parameters for the chloroplasts of plants growing under high and low light intensity, to change thylakoid stacking and thus the rate of electron transport. The parameter KmB, which is a measure of the affinity of DCBQ to PSII, showed quantitative changes based on light intensity, while K was proportional to the size of the plastoquinone pool. We believe that our model can be applied as a tool to study "State transitions" and induced changes in grana stacking in plants exposed to various stresses, which will facilitate the regulation of electron transfer pathways through an appropriate balance between linear and cyclic electron transport.
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- Rogowski Paweł
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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Hernández-Prieto MA, Hiller R, Chen M. Chlorophyll f can replace chlorophyll a in the soluble antenna of dinoflagellates. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2022; 152:13-22. [PMID: 34988868 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-021-00890-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chlorophyll f is a new type of chlorophyll isolated from cyanobacteria. The absorption and fluorescence characteristics of chlorophyll f permit these oxygenic-photosynthetic organisms to thrive in environments where white light is scarce but far-red light is abundant. To explore the ligand properties of chlorophyll f and its energy transfer profiles we established two different in vitro reconstitution systems. The reconstituted peridinin-chlorophyll f protein complex (chlorophyll f-PCP) showed a stoichiometry ratio of 4:1 between peridinin and chlorophyll f, consistent with the peridinin:chlorophyll a ratio from native PCP complexes. Using emission wavelength at 712 nm, the excitation fluorescence featured a broad peak at 453 nm and a shoulder at 511 nm confirming energy transfer from peridinin to chlorophyll f. In addition, by using a synthetic peptide mimicking the first transmembrane helix of light-harvesting chlorophyll proteins of plants, we report that chlorophyll f, similarly to chlorophyll b, did not interact with the peptide contrarily to chlorophyll a, confirming the accessory role of chlorophyll f in photosystems. The binding of chlorophyll f, even in the presence of chlorophylls a and b, by PCP complexes shows the flexibility of chlorophyll-protein complexes and provides an opportunity for the introduction of new chlorophyll species to extend the photosynthetic spectral range.
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Jung YJ, Lee HJ, Yu J, Bae S, Cho YG, Kang KK. Transcriptomic and physiological analysis of OsCAO1 knockout lines using the CRISPR/Cas9 system in rice. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:1013-1024. [PMID: 32980909 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02607-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The altered rice leaf color based on the knockout of CAO1 gene generated using CRISPR/Cas9 technology plays important roles in chlorophyll degradation and ROS scavenging to regulate both natural and induced senescence in rice. Rice chlorophyllide a oxygenase (OsCAO1), identified as the chlorophyll b synthesis under light condition, plays a critical role in regulating rice plant photosynthesis. In this study, the development of edited lines with pale green leaves by knockout of OsCAO1 gene known as a chlorophyll synthesis process is reported. Eighty-one genetically edited lines out of 181 T0 plants were generated through CRISPR/Cas9 system. The edited lines have short narrow flag leaves and pale green leaves compared with wild-type 'Dongjin' plants (WT). Additionally, edited lines have lower chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents both at seedling and mature stages. A transcriptome analysis identified 580 up-regulated and 206 downregulated genes in the edited lines. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis, magnesium chelatase subunit (CHLH), and glutamate-1-semialdehyde2, 1-aminomutase (GSA) metabolism decreased significantly. Meanwhile, the gel consistency (GC) levels of rice grains, chalkiness ratios and chalkiness degrees (CD) decreased in the edited lines. Thus, knockout of OsCAO1 influenced growth period, leaf development and grain quality characters of rice. Overall, the result suggests that OsCAO1 also plays important roles in chlorophyll degradation and ROS scavenging to regulate both natural and induced rice senescence.
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- Yu Jin Jung
- Division of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong, 17579, South Korea
- Institute of Genetic Engineering, Hankyong National University, Anseong, 17579, South Korea
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- Division of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong, 17579, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, South Korea
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- Division of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong, 17579, South Korea.
- Institute of Genetic Engineering, Hankyong National University, Anseong, 17579, South Korea.
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Gonçalves de Oliveira-Júnior R, Grougnet R, Bodet PE, Bonnet A, Nicolau E, Jebali A, Rumin J, Picot L. Updated pigment composition of Tisochrysis lutea and purification of fucoxanthin using centrifugal partition chromatography coupled to flash chromatography for the chemosensitization of melanoma cells. ALGAL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.102035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rice carbohydrate dynamics regulate endophytic colonization of Diaporthe liquidambaris in response to external nitrogen. FUNGAL ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mechela A, Schwenkert S, Soll J. A brief history of thylakoid biogenesis. Open Biol 2019; 9:180237. [PMID: 30958119 PMCID: PMC6367138 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.180237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The thylakoid membrane network inside chloroplasts harbours the protein complexes that are necessary for the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Cellular processes for building and altering this membrane network are therefore essential for life on Earth. Nevertheless, detailed molecular processes concerning the origin and synthesis of the thylakoids remain elusive. Thylakoid biogenesis is strongly coupled to the processes of chloroplast differentiation. Chloroplasts develop from special progenitors called proplastids. As many of the needed building blocks such as lipids and pigments derive from the inner envelope, the question arises how these components are recruited to their target membrane. This review travels back in time to the beginnings of thylakoid membrane research to summarize findings, facts and fictions on thylakoid biogenesis and structure up to the present state, including new insights and future developments in this field.
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- Annabel Mechela
- Department Biologie I, Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Großhaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department Biologie I, Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Großhaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science CiPSM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department Biologie I, Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Großhaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science CiPSM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Xue X, Wang Q, Qu Y, Wu H, Dong F, Cao H, Wang HL, Xiao J, Shen Y, Wan Y. Development of the photosynthetic apparatus of Cunninghamia lanceolata in light and darkness. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:300-313. [PMID: 27401059 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Here, we compared the development of dark- and light-grown Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) cotyledons, which synthesize chlorophyll in the dark, representing a different phenomenon from angiosperm model plants. We determined that the grana lamellar membranes were well developed in both chloroplasts and etiochloroplasts. The accumulation of thylakoid membrane protein complexes was similar between chloroplasts and etiochloroplasts. Measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters indicated that photosystem II (PSII) had low photosynthetic activities, whereas the photosystem I (PSI)-driven cyclic electron flow (CEF) rate exceeded the rate of PSII-mediated photon harvesting in etiochloroplasts. Analysis of the protein contents in etiochloroplasts indicated that the light-harvesting complex II remained mostly in its monomeric conformation. The ferredoxin NADP+ oxidoreductase and NADH dehydrogenase-like complexes were relatively abundantly expressed in etiochloroplasts for Chinese fir. Our transcriptome analysis contributes a global expression database for Chinese fir cotyledons, providing background information on the regulatory mechanisms of different genes involved in the development of dark- and light-grown cotyledons. In conclusion, we provide a novel description of the early developmental status of the light-dependent and light-independent photosynthetic apparatuses in gymnosperms.
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- Xian Xue
- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
- College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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Yang Y, Xu J, Huang L, Leng Y, Dai L, Rao Y, Chen L, Wang Y, Tu Z, Hu J, Ren D, Zhang G, Zhu L, Guo L, Qian Q, Zeng D. PGL, encoding chlorophyllide a oxygenase 1, impacts leaf senescence and indirectly affects grain yield and quality in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:1297-310. [PMID: 26709310 PMCID: PMC4762379 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chlorophyll (Chl) b is a ubiquitous accessory pigment in land plants, green algae, and prochlorophytes. This pigment is synthesized from Chl a by chlorophyllide a oxygenase and plays a key role in adaptation to various environments. This study characterizes a rice mutant, pale green leaf (pgl), and isolates the gene PGL by using a map-based cloning approach. PGL, encoding chlorophyllide a oxygenase 1, is mainly expressed in the chlorenchyma and activated in the light-dependent Chl synthesis process. Compared with wild-type plants, pgl exhibits a lower Chl content with a reduced and disorderly thylakoid ultrastructure, which decreases the photosynthesis rate and results in reduced grain yield and quality. In addition, pgl exhibits premature senescence in both natural and dark-induced conditions and more severe Chl degradation and reactive oxygen species accumulation than does the wild-type. Moreover, pgl is sensitive to heat stress.
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- Yaolong Yang
- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, Jiangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, Jiangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
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Rozpądek P, Wężowicz K, Nosek M, Ważny R, Tokarz K, Lembicz M, Miszalski Z, Turnau K. The fungal endophyte Epichloë typhina improves photosynthesis efficiency of its host orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata). PLANTA 2015; 242:1025-35. [PMID: 26059605 PMCID: PMC4560772 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION According to the results presented in this paper the fungal endophyte Epichloë typhina significantly improves the growth, PSII photochemistry and C assimilation efficiency of its host Dactylis glomerata. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of the impact of the endophytic fungi Epichloë typhina on its plant hosts' photosynthesis apparatus. Chlorophyll a fluorescence, gas exchange, immuno-blotting and spectrophotometric measurements were employed to assess photosynthetic performance, changes in pigment content and mechanisms associated with light harvesting, carbon assimilation and energy distribution in Dactylis glomerata colonized with Epichloë typhina. According to the results presented in this study, colonization of D. glomerata results in improved photosynthesis efficiency. Additionally, we propose a new mechanism allowing plants to cope with the withdrawal of a significant fraction of its energy resources by the endophytic fungi. The abundance of LHCI, LHCII proteins as well as chlorophyll b was significantly higher in E+ plants. Malate export out of the chloroplast was shown to be increased in colonized plants. To our knowledge, we are the first to report this phenomenon. Epichloë colonization improved PSII photochemistry and C assimilation efficiency. Elevated energy demands of E+ D. glomerata plants are met by increasing the rate of carbon assimilation and PSII photochemistry.
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- Piotr Rozpądek
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland,
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Chlorophylls are magnesium-tetrapyrrole molecules that play essential roles in photosynthesis. All chlorophylls have similar five-membered ring structures, with variations in the side chains and/or reduction states. Formyl group substitutions on the side chains of chlorophyll a result in the different absorption properties of chlorophyll b, chlorophyll d, and chlorophyll f. These formyl substitution derivatives exhibit different spectral shifts according to the formyl substitution position. Not only does the presence of various types of chlorophylls allow the photosynthetic organism to harvest sunlight at different wavelengths to enhance light energy input, but the pigment composition of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms also reflects the spectral properties on the surface of the Earth. Two major environmental influencing factors are light and oxygen levels, which may play central roles in the regulatory pathways leading to the different chlorophylls. I review the biochemical processes of chlorophyll biosynthesis and their regulatory mechanisms.
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- Min Chen
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia;
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Nick S, Meurer J, Soll J, Ankele E. Nucleus-encoded light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b proteins are imported normally into chlorophyll b-free chloroplasts of Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2013; 6:860-871. [PMID: 23041941 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Chloroplast-located proteins which are encoded by the nuclear genome have to be imported from the cytosol into the organelle in a posttranslational manner. Among these nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins are the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins (LHCPs). After translation in the cytosol, precursor proteins of LHCPs are imported via the TOC/TIC translocase, processed to their mature size to insert into thylakoid membranes where they recruit chlorophylls a and b to form pigment-protein complexes. The translocation of proteins is a highly regulated process which employs several regulators. To analyze whether CAO (chlorophyll a oxigenase) which converts chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b at the inner chloroplast membrane, is one of these regulators, we performed import reactions utilizing a homozygous loss-of-function mutant (cao-1). We imported in vitro translated and (35)S-labeled precursor proteins of light-harvesting proteins of photosystem II LHCB1, LHCB4, and LHCB5 into chloroplasts isolated from cao-1 and show that import of precursor proteins and their processing to mature forms are not impaired in the mutant. Therefore, regulation of the import machinery cannot be responsible for the decreased steady-state levels of light-harvesting complex (LHC) proteins. Regulation does not take place at the transcriptional level either, because Lhcb mRNAs are not down-regulated. Additionally, reduced steady-state levels of LHCPs also do not occur due to posttranslational turnover of non-functional LHCPs in chloroplasts. Taken together, our data show that plants in the absence of CAO and therefore devoid of chlorophyll b are not influenced in their import behavior of LHC proteins.
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- Sabine Nick
- Dept Biologie I-Botanik, Biozentrum LMU München, Grosshadernerstrasse 2-4, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Biswal AK, Pattanayak GK, Pandey SS, Leelavathi S, Reddy VS, Govindjee, Tripathy BC. Light intensity-dependent modulation of chlorophyll b biosynthesis and photosynthesis by overexpression of chlorophyllide a oxygenase in tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:433-49. [PMID: 22419827 PMCID: PMC3375976 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.195859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Chlorophyll b is synthesized by the oxidation of a methyl group on the B ring of a tetrapyrrole molecule to a formyl group by chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO). The full-length CAO from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) was overexpressed in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) that grows well at light intensities much higher than those tolerated by Arabidopsis. This resulted in an increased synthesis of glutamate semialdehyde, 5-aminolevulinic acid, magnesium-porphyrins, and chlorophylls. Overexpression of CAO resulted in increased chlorophyll b synthesis and a decreased chlorophyll a/b ratio in low light-grown as well as high light-grown tobacco plants; this effect, however, was more pronounced in high light. The increased potential of the protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase activity and chlorophyll biosynthesis compensated for the usual loss of chlorophylls in high light. Increased chlorophyll b synthesis in CAO-overexpressed plants was accompanied not only by an increased abundance of light-harvesting chlorophyll proteins but also of other proteins of the electron transport chain, which led to an increase in the capture of light as well as enhanced (40%-80%) electron transport rates of photosystems I and II at both limiting and saturating light intensities. Although the quantum yield of carbon dioxide fixation remained unchanged, the light-saturated photosynthetic carbon assimilation, starch content, and dry matter accumulation increased in CAO-overexpressed plants grown in both low- and high-light regimes. These results demonstrate that controlled up-regulation of chlorophyll b biosynthesis comodulates the expression of several thylakoid membrane proteins that increase both the antenna size and the electron transport rates and enhance carbon dioxide assimilation, starch content, and dry matter accumulation.
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India (A.K.B., G.K.P., S.S.P., G., B.C.T.); International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India (S.L., V.S.R.); and Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (G.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India (A.K.B., G.K.P., S.S.P., G., B.C.T.); International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India (S.L., V.S.R.); and Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (G.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India (A.K.B., G.K.P., S.S.P., G., B.C.T.); International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India (S.L., V.S.R.); and Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (G.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India (A.K.B., G.K.P., S.S.P., G., B.C.T.); International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India (S.L., V.S.R.); and Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (G.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India (A.K.B., G.K.P., S.S.P., G., B.C.T.); International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India (S.L., V.S.R.); and Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (G.)
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Assembly of Light Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complexes in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1579-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Orzeł Ł, Kania A, Rutkowska-Zbik D, Susz A, Stochel G, Fiedor L. Structural and electronic effects in the metalation of porphyrinoids. Theory and experiment. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:7362-71. [PMID: 20690746 DOI: 10.1021/ic100466s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The structure-reactivity relationships in metalation reactions of porphyrinoids have been studied using experimental and theoretical methods. A series of eight porphyrinoic ligands, derivatives of chlorophylls, was prepared in which both the peripheral groups and the degrees of saturation of the macrocycle were systematically varied. To reveal the solvent and structural factors which control the interactions of these macroligands with metal centers, their interactions with reactive Zn(2+) and inert Pt(2+) ions were investigated using absorption spectroscopy. In parallel, quantum chemical calculations (density functional theory, DFT) were performed for the same set of molecules to examine the influence of structural and electronic factors on the energy of the frontier orbitals, the nucleophilicity/electronegativity of the macrocycle, its hardness, and conformation. These static descriptors of chemical reactivity, relevant to metalation reactions, were verified against the results obtained in the experimental model. The experimentally obtained kinetic data clearly show that the solvent has a crucial role in the activation of the incoming metal center. In terms of chelator structure, the largest effects concern the size of the delocalized pi-electron system and the presence of side groups. Both the DFT calculations and experimental results show the strong influence of the macrocycle rigidity and of the peripheral groups on the chelating ability of porphyrinoids. In particular, the peripheral functionalization of the macrocyclic system seems to drastically reduce its reactivity toward metal ions. The effect of peripheral groups is two-fold: (i) a lower electron density on the core nitrogens, and (ii) increased rigidity of the macrocycle. The outcomes of the theoretical and experimental analyses are discussed also in terms of their relevance to the mechanism of biological metal insertion in the biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll.
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- Łukasz Orzeł
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
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Li Y, Wang Z, Xu T, Tu W, Liu C, Zhang Y, Yang C. Reorganization of photosystem II is involved in the rapid photosynthetic recovery of desert moss Syntrichia caninervis upon rehydration. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:1390-7. [PMID: 20719403 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The moss Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis) is one of the dominant species in biological soil crusts of deserts. It has long been the focus of scientific research because of its ecological value. Moreover, S. caninervis has a special significance in biogenesis research because it is characterized by its fast restoration of photosynthesis upon onset of rehydration of the desiccated organism. In order to study the mechanisms of rapid photosynthetic recovery in mosses upon rewatering, we investigated the kinetics of the recovery process of photosynthetic activity in photosystem (PS) II, with an indirect assessment of the photochemical processes based on chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence measurements. Our results showed that recovery can be divided into two phases. The fast initial phase, completed within 3 min, was characterized by a quick increase in maximal quantum efficiency of PSII (F(v)/F(m)). Over 50% of the PSII activities, including excitation energy transfer, oxygen evolution, charge separation, and electron transport, recovered within 0.5 min after rehydration. The second, slow phase was dominated by the increase of plastoquinone (PQ) reduction and the equilibrium of the energy transport from the inner antenna to the reaction center (RC) of PSII. Analysis of the recovery process in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethyl urea (DCMU) revealed that blocking the electron transport from Q(A) to Q(B) did not hamper Chl synthesis or Chl organization in thylakoid membranes under light conditions. A de novo chloroplast protein synthesis was not necessary for the initial recovery of photochemical activity in PSII. In conclusion, the moss's ability for rapid recovery upon rehydration is related to Chl synthesis, quick structural reorganization of PSII, and fast restoration of PSII activity without de novo chloroplast protein synthesis.
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- Yang Li
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Horn R, Grundmann G, Paulsen H. Consecutive Binding of Chlorophylls a and b During the Assembly in Vitro of Light-harvesting Chlorophyll-a/b Protein (LHCIIb). J Mol Biol 2007; 366:1045-54. [PMID: 17189641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The apoprotein of the major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex (LHCIIb) is post-translationally imported into the chloroplast, where membrane insertion, protein folding, and pigment binding take place. The sequence and molecular mechanism of the latter steps is largely unknown. The complex spontaneously self-organises in vitro to form structurally authentic LHCIIb upon reconstituting the unfolded recombinant protein with the pigments chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids in detergent micelles. Former measurements of LHCIIb assembly had revealed two apparent kinetic phases, a faster one (tau1) in the range of 10 s to 1 min, and a slower one (tau2) in the range of several min. To unravel the sequence of events we analysed the binding of chlorophylls into the complex by using time-resolved fluorescence measurements of resonance energy transfer from chlorophylls to an acceptor dye attached to the apoprotein. Chlorophyll a, offered in the absence of chlorophyll b, bound with the faster kinetics (tau1) exclusively whereas chlorophyll b, in the absence of chlorophyll a, bound predominantly with the slower kinetics (tau2). In double-jump experiments, LHCIIb assembly could be dissected into a faster chlorophyll a and a subsequent, predominantly slower chlorophyll b-binding step. The assignment of the faster and the slower kinetic phase to predominantly chlorophyll a and exclusively chlorophyll b binding, respectively, was verified by analysing the assembly kinetics with a circular dichroism signal in the visible domain presumably reflecting the establishment of pigment-pigment interactions. We propose that slow chlorophyll binding is confined to the exclusively chlorophyll b binding sites whereas faster binding occurs to the chlorophyll a binding sites. The latter sites can bind both chlorophylls a and b but in a reversible fashion as long as the complex is not stabilised by proper occupation of the chlorophyll b sites. The resulting two-step model of LHCIIb assembly is able to reconcile the highly specific binding sites containing either chlorophyll a or b, as seen in the recent crystal structures of LHCIIb, with the observation of promiscuous binding sites able to bind both chlorophyll a and b in numerous reconstitution analyses of LHCIIb assembly.
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- Ruth Horn
- Institut f Allgemeine Botanik der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Müllerweg 6, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Tetrapyrroles play vital roles in various biological processes, including photosynthesis and respiration. Higher plants contain four classes of tetrapyrroles, namely, chlorophyll, heme, siroheme, and phytochromobilin. All of the tetrapyrroles are derived from a common biosynthetic pathway. Here we review recent progress in the research of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis from a cellular biological view. The progress consists of biochemical, structural, and genetic analyses, which contribute to our understanding of how the flow and the synthesis of tetrapyrrole molecules are regulated and how the potentially toxic intermediates of tetrapyrrole synthesis are maintained at low levels. We also describe interactions of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and other cellular processes including the stay-green events, the cell-death program, and the plastid-to-nucleus signal transduction. Finally, we present several reports on attempts for agricultural and horticultural applications in which the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway was genetically modified.
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- Ryouichi Tanaka
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19 W8 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan.
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Wilson KE, Ivanov AG, Öquist G, Grodzinski B, Sarhan F, Huner NP. Energy balance, organellar redox status, and acclimation to environmental stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1139/b06-098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In plants and algal cells, changes in light intensity can induce intrachloroplastic and retrograde regulation of gene expression in response to changes in the plastoquinone redox status. We review the evidence in support of the thesis that the chloroplast acts as a general sensor of cellular energy imbalance sensed through the plastoquinone pool. Alteration in cellular energy balance caused by chloroplast or mitochondrial metabolism can induce intracellular signalling to affect chloroplastic and nuclear gene expression in response, not only to light intensity, but to a myriad of abiotic stresses. In addition, this chloroplastic redox sensing also appears to have a broader impact, affecting long-distance systemic signalling related to plant growth and development. The organization of the respiratory electron transport chains of mitochondria and heterotrophic prokaryotes is comparable to that of chloroplast thylakoid membranes, and the redox state of the respiratory ubiquinone pool is a well-documented cellular energy sensor. Thus, modulation of electron transport component redox status by abiotic stress regulates organellar as well as nuclear gene expression. From the evidence presented, we suggest that the photosynthetic and respiratory machinery in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms have a dual function: primary cellular energy transformation, and global environmental sensing.
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- Kenneth E. Wilson
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
- Department of Biology and The Biotron, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden
- Departments of Plant Agriculture and Environmental Biology, Bovey Complex, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
- Département des Sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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Hirashima M, Satoh S, Tanaka R, Tanaka A. Pigment Shuffling in Antenna Systems Achieved by Expressing Prokaryotic Chlorophyllide a Oxygenase in Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:15385-93. [PMID: 16574646 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602903200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The organization of pigment molecules in photosystems is strictly determined. The peripheral antennae have both chlorophyll a and b, but the core antennae consist of only chlorophyll a in green plants. Furthermore, according to the recent model obtained from the crystal structure of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes II (LHCII), individual chlorophyll-binding sites are occupied by either chlorophyll a or chlorophyll b. In this study, we succeeded in altering these pigment organizations by introducing a prokaryotic chlorophyll b synthesis gene (chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO)) into Arabidopsis. In these transgenic plants (Prochlirothrix hollandica CAO plants), approximately 40% of chlorophyll a of the core antenna complexes was replaced by chlorophyll b in both photosystems. Chlorophyll a/b ratios of LHCII also decreased from 1.3 to 0.8 in PhCAO plants. Surprisingly, these transgenic plants were capable of photosynthetic growth similar to wild type under low light conditions. These results indicate that chlorophyll organizations are not solely determined by the binding affinities, but they are also controlled by CAO. These data also suggest that strict organizations of chlorophyll molecules are not essential for photosynthesis under low light conditions.
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- Masumi Hirashima
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, N19 W8, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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Ghassemian M, Lutes J, Tepperman JM, Chang HS, Zhu T, Wang X, Quail PH, Lange BM. Integrative analysis of transcript and metabolite profiling data sets to evaluate the regulation of biochemical pathways during photomorphogenesis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 448:45-59. [PMID: 16460663 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2005.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/01/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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One of the key developmental processes during photomorphogenesis is the differentiation of prolamellar bodies of proplastids into thylakoid membranes containing the photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes of chloroplasts. To study the regulatory events controlling pigment-protein complex assembly, including the biosynthesis of metabolic precursors and pigment end products, etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings were irradiated with continuous red light (Rc), which led to rapid greening, or continuous far-red light (FRc), which did not result in visible greening, and subjected to analysis by oligonucleotide microarrays and targeted metabolite profiling. An analysis using BioPathAt, a bioinformatic tool that allows the visualization of post-genomic data sets directly on biochemical pathway maps, indicated that in Rc-treated seedlings mRNA expression and metabolite patterns were tightly correlated (e.g., Calvin cycle, biosynthesis of chlorophylls, carotenoids, isoprenoid quinones, thylakoid lipids, sterols, and amino acids). K-means clustering revealed that gene expression patterns across various biochemical pathways were very similar in Rc- and FRc-treated seedlings (despite the visible phenotypic differences), whereas a principal component analysis of metabolite pools allowed a clear distinction between both treatments (in accordance with the visible phenotype). Our results illustrate the general importance of integrative approaches to correlate post-genomic data sets with phenotypic outcomes.
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- Majid Ghassemian
- Torrey Mesa Research Institute, 3115 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Tanaka R, Tanaka A. Effects of chlorophyllide a oxygenase overexpression on light acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 85:327-40. [PMID: 16170635 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-6807-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Land plants change the compositions of light-harvesting complexes (LHC) and chlorophyll (Chl) a/b ratios in response to the variable light environments which they encounter. In this study, we attempted to determine the mechanism which regulates Chl a/b ratios and whether the changes in Chl a/b ratios are essential in regulation of LHC accumulation during light acclimation. We hypothesized that changes in the mRNA levels for chlorophyll a oxygenase (CAO) involved in Chl b biosynthesis are an essential part of light response of Chl a/b ratios and LHC accumulation. We also examined the light-intensity dependent response of CAO-overexpression and wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana plants. When wild-type plants were acclimated from low-light (LL) to high-light (HL) conditions, CAO mRNA levels decreased and the Chl a/b ratio increased. In transgenic plants overexpressing CAO, the Chl a/b ratio remained low under HL conditions; thereby suggesting that changes in the CAO mRNA levels are necessary for those in Chl a/b ratios upon light acclimation. Under HL conditions, the accumulation of Lhcb1, Lhcb3 and Lhcb6 was enhanced in plants overexpressing CAO. On the contrary, in a CAO-deficient mutant, chlorina 1-1, theaccumulation of Lhcb1, Lhcb2, Lhcb3, Lhcb6 and Lhca4 was reduced. In comparison to wild-type, beta-carotene levels were reduced in CAO-overexpressing plants, while they were elevated in chlorina 1-1 mutants. These results imply that the transcriptional control of CAO is a part of the regulatory mechanism for the accumulation of a distinct set of LHC proteins upon light acclimation.
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- Ryouichi Tanaka
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, CREST, Hokkaido University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, N19 W8, 060-0819 Sapporo, Kita-ku, Japan.
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Steiner JM, Berghöfer J, Yusa F, Pompe JA, Klösgen RB, Löffelhardt W. Conservative sorting in a primitive plastid. The cyanelle of Cyanophora paradoxa. FEBS J 2005; 272:987-98. [PMID: 15691332 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04533.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Higher plant chloroplasts possess at least four different pathways for protein translocation across and protein integration into the thylakoid membranes. It is of interest with respect to plastid evolution, which pathways have been retained as a relic from the cyanobacterial ancestor ('conservative sorting'), which ones have been kept but modified, and which ones were developed at the organelle stage, i.e. are eukaryotic achievements as (largely) the Toc and Tic translocons for envelope import of cytosolic precursor proteins. In the absence of data on cyanobacterial protein translocation, the cyanelles of the glaucocystophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa for which in vitro systems for protein import and intraorganellar sorting were elaborated can serve as a model: the cyanelles are surrounded by a peptidoglycan wall, their thylakoids are covered with phycobilisomes and the composition of their oxygen-evolving complex is another feature shared with cyanobacteria. We demonstrate the operation of the Sec and Tat pathways in cyanelles and show for the first time in vitro protein import across cyanobacteria-like thylakoid membranes and protease protection of the mature protein.
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- Juergen M Steiner
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Departments at the Vienna Biocenter, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology and Ludwig Boltzmann Research Unit for Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria
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This review focuses on the biosynthesis of pigments in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and their physiological and regulatory functions in the context of information gathered from studies of other photosynthetic organisms. C. reinhardtii is serving as an important model organism for studies of photosynthesis and the pigments associated with the photosynthetic apparatus. Despite extensive information pertaining to the biosynthetic pathways critical for making chlorophylls and carotenoids, we are just beginning to understand the control of these pathways, the coordination between pigment and apoprotein synthesis, and the interactions between the activities of these pathways and those for other important cellular metabolites branching from these pathways. Other exciting areas relating to pigment function are also emerging: the role of intermediates of pigment biosynthesis as messengers that coordinate metabolism in the chloroplast with nuclear gene activity, and the identification of photoreceptors and their participation in critical cellular processes including phototaxis, gametogenesis, and the biogenesis of the photosynthetic machinery. These areas of research have become especially attractive for intensive development with the application of potent molecular and genomic tools currently being applied to studies of C. reinhardtii.
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- Arthur R Grossman
- The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Pattanayak GK, Biswal AK, Reddy VS, Tripathy BC. Light-dependent regulation of chlorophyll b biosynthesis in chlorophyllide a oxygenase overexpressing tobacco plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 326:466-71. [PMID: 15582600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) that converts chlorophyllide a to chlorophyllide b was overexpressed in tobacco to increase chlorophyll (Chl) b biosynthesis and alter the Chl a/b ratio. Transgenic plants along with their wild-type cultivars were grown in low and high light intensities. In low light there was 20% increase in chlorophyll b contents in transgenic plants, which resulted in 16% reduction in the Chl a/b ratio. In high light, total Chl contents were 31% higher in transgenic plants than those of wild type. The increase in Chl a was 19% and that of Chl b was 72% leading to 31% decline of Chl a/b ratio. The increase in Chl b contents was accompanied by enhanced CAO expression that was highly pronounced in low light. As compared to low light, in high light Lhcb1 and Chl a/b transcripts abundance was significantly increased in transgenic plants suggesting a close relationship between Chl b synthesis and cab gene expression. However, there was a small increase in expression of LHCII proteins, which did not correspond to 72% increase in Chl b content in transgenic line, implying that LHCPII has the ability to bind more Chl b molecules.
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- Gopal K Pattanayak
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 11067, India
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Hobe S, Fey H, Rogl H, Paulsen H. Determination of relative chlorophyll binding affinities in the major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5912-9. [PMID: 12488441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211145200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The major light-harvesting complex (LHCIIb) of photosystem II can be reconstituted in vitro from its recombinant apoprotein in the presence of a mixture of carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b. By varying the chlorophyll a/b ratio in the reconstitution mixture, the relative amounts of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b bound to LHCIIb can be changed. We have analyzed the chlorophyll stoichiometry in recombinant wild type and mutant LHCIIb reconstituted at different chlorophyll a/b ratios in order to assess relative affinities of the chlorophyll-binding sites. This approach reveals five sites that exclusively bind chlorophyll b. Another site exhibits a slight preference of chlorophyll b over chlorophyll a. The remaining six sites are filled preferentially with chlorophyll a but also tolerate chlorophyll b when this is offered at a large excess. Three of these chlorophyll a-affine sites could be assigned to distinct positions defined by the three-dimensional LHCIIb structure. Exclusive chlorophyll b sites complemented by chlorophyll a sites that are selective only to a certain extent are consistent with the observation that chlorophyll b but not chlorophyll a is essential for reconstituting stable LHCIIb. These data offer an explanation why a rather constant chlorophyll a/b ratio is observed in native LHCIIb despite the apparent promiscuity of some binding sites.
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- Stephan Hobe
- Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Müllerweg 6, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Cline K. Biogenesis of Green Plant Thylakoid Membranes. LIGHT-HARVESTING ANTENNAS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2087-8_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Vothknecht UC, Westhoff P. Biogenesis and origin of thylakoid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1541:91-101. [PMID: 11750665 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(01)00153-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Thylakoids are photosynthetically active membranes found in Cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. It is likely that they originated in photosynthetic bacteria, probably in close connection to the occurrence of photosystem II and oxygenic photosynthesis. In higher plants, chloroplasts develop from undifferentiated proplastids. These contain very few internal membranes and the whole thylakoid membrane system is built when chloroplast differentiation takes place. During cell and organelle division a constant synthesis of new thylakoid membrane material is required. Also, rapid adaptation to changes in light conditions and long term adaptation to a number of environmental factors are accomplished by changes in the lipid and protein content of the thylakoids. Thus regulation of synthesis and assembly of all these elements is required to ensure optimal function of these membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- U C Vothknecht
- Botanisches Istitut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
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