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Napaumpaiporn P, Ogawa T, Sonoike K, Nishiyama Y. Improved capacity for the repair of photosystem II via reinforcement of the translational and antioxidation systems in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant J 2024; 117:1165-1178. [PMID: 37983611 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
In the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, translation factor EF-Tu is inactivated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) via oxidation of Cys82 and the oxidation of EF-Tu enhances the inhibition of the repair of photosystem II (PSII) by suppressing protein synthesis. In our present study, we generated transformants of Synechocystis that overexpressed a mutated form of EF-Tu, designated EF-Tu (C82S), in which Cys82 had been replaced by a Ser residue, and ROS-scavenging enzymes individually or together. Expression of EF-Tu (C82S) alone in Synechocystis enhanced the repair of PSII under strong light, with the resultant mitigation of PSII photoinhibition, but it stimulated the production of ROS. However, overexpression of superoxide dismutase and catalase, together with the expression of EF-Tu (C82S), lowered intracellular levels of ROS and enhanced the repair of PSII more significantly under strong light, via facilitation of the synthesis de novo of the D1 protein. By contrast, the activity of photosystem I was hardly affected in wild-type cells and in all the lines of transformed cells under the same strong-light conditions. Furthermore, transformed cells that overexpressed EF-Tu (C82S), superoxide dismutase, and catalase were able to survive longer under stronger light than wild-type cells. Thus, the reinforced capacity for both protein synthesis and ROS scavenging allowed both photosynthesis and cell proliferation to tolerate strong light.
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- Pornpan Napaumpaiporn
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
- Green Bioscience Research Area, Strategic Research Center, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
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Kato N, Iwata K, Kadowaki T, Sonoike K, Hihara Y. Dual Redox Regulation of the DNA-Binding Activity of the Response Regulator RpaB in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Cell Physiol 2022; 63:1078-1090. [PMID: 35660918 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The response regulator RpaB plays a central role in transcriptional regulation of photosynthesis-related genes in cyanobacteria. RpaB is phosphorylated by its cognate histidine kinase Hik33 and functions as both an activator and a repressor under low-light conditions, whereas its phosphorylation level and DNA-binding activity promptly decrease upon the upshift of photon flux density, causing changes in the gene expression profile. In this study, we assessed the possibility of redox regulation of the DNA-binding activity of RpaB in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by the addition of inhibitors of photosynthetic electron transport, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea and 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone, or the reducing agent dithiothreitol under different photon flux densities. Analysis of the phosphorylation level of RpaB revealed that reduction of QA and increase in the availability of reducing equivalents at the acceptor side of photosystem I (PSI) can independently trigger dephosphorylation. The redox-state-dependent regulation by an unidentified thiol other than Cys59 of RpaB is prerequisite for the phosphorylation-dependent regulation of the DNA-binding activity. Environmental signals, recognized by Hik33, and metabolic signals recognized as the availability of reducing equivalents, must be integrated at the master regulator RpaB, in order to attain the flexible regulation of acclimatory responses.
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- Naoki Kato
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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Tomita-Yokotani K, Kimura S, Ong M, Tokita M, Katoh H, Abe T, Hashimoto H, Sonoike K, Ohmori M. Investigation of Nostoc sp. HK-01, Cell Survival over Three Years during the Tanpopo Mission. Astrobiology 2021; 21:1505-1514. [PMID: 34889664 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The survival of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. HK-01 was tested as part of the Tanpopo mission experiment, which was conducted both outside and inside the International Space Station (ISS). The selection of Nostoc sp. HK-01 was based on the results of on-ground experiments that demonstrated that the cyanobacterium can survive simulated space environments. This study verified cell survival after exposure to the outside environment in low Earth orbit (LEO). We examined the cellular tolerance of Nostoc sp. HK-01 simultaneously outside and inside of the ISS over a 3-year period. After the experiments were conducted, we confirmed cell viability by fluorescein diacetate (FDA). Cell growth abilities for 3 years without sunlight in space-vacuum-exposed cells were not significantly different from those of cells kept in the dark of control cells in the ISS and on the ground. Though a few light-exposed cells in space vacuum survived outside the ISS after 3 years as judged by FDA staining assay, the survival could not be verified by testing the growth ability due to an insufficient number of cells. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first pure strain of Nostoc sp. HK-01 that survived in a space environment on the inside and outside of the ISS with and without sunlight for more than 3 years (1126 days).
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- Kaori Tomita-Yokotani
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of Plant Functional Genomics, Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Organization for the Promotion of Regional Innovation, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan
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- School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Ishizaka, Hatoyama, Hiki-gun, Saitama, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Sakamoto T, Takatani N, Sonoike K, Jimbo H, Nishiyama Y, Omata T. Dissection of the Mechanisms of Growth Inhibition Resulting from Loss of the PII Protein in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Plant Cell Physiol 2021; 62:721-731. [PMID: 33650637 PMCID: PMC8474142 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcab030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In cyanobacteria, the PII protein (the glnB gene product) regulates a number of proteins involved in nitrogen assimilation including PipX, the coactivator of the global nitrogen regulator protein NtcA. In Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, construction of a PII-less mutant retaining the wild-type pipX gene is difficult because of the toxicity of uncontrolled action of PipX and the other defect(s) resulting from the loss of PIIper se, but the nature of the PipX toxicity and the PipX-independent defect(s) remains unclear. Characterization of a PipX-less glnB mutant (PD4) in this study showed that the loss of PII increases the sensitivity of PSII to ammonium. Ammonium was shown to stimulate the formation of reactive oxygen species in the mutant cells. The ammonium-sensitive growth phenotype of PD4 was rescued by the addition of an antioxidant α-tocopherol, confirming that photo-oxidative damage was the major cause of the growth defect. A targeted PII mutant retaining wild-type pipX was successfully constructed from the wild-type S. elongatus strain (SPc) in the presence of α-tocopherol. The resulting mutant (PD1X) showed an unusual chlorophyll fluorescence profile, indicating extremely slow reduction and re-oxidation of QA, which was not observed in mutants defective in both glnB and pipX. These results showed that the aberrant action of uncontrolled PipX resulted in an impairment of the electron transport reactions in both the reducing and oxidizing sides of QA.
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- Takayuki Sakamoto
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo,Tokyo 153-8902Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- * Corresponding author: E-mail, ; Fax, +81-52-789-4107
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Ishikawa Y, Cassan C, Kadeer A, Yuasa K, Sato N, Sonoike K, Kaneko Y, Miyagi A, Takahashi H, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi M, Nishiyama Y, Hihara Y, Gibon Y, Kawai-Yamada M. The NAD Kinase Slr0400 Functions as a Growth Repressor in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Cell Physiol 2021; 62:668-677. [PMID: 33560438 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcab023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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NADP+, the phosphorylated form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), plays an essential role in many cellular processes. NAD kinase (NADK), which is conserved in all living organisms, catalyzes the phosphorylation of NAD+ to NADP+. However, the physiological role of phosphorylation of NAD+ to NADP+ in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis remains unclear. In this study, we report that slr0400, an NADK-encoding gene in Synechocystis, functions as a growth repressor under light-activated heterotrophic growth conditions and light and dark cycle conditions in the presence of glucose. We show, via characterization of NAD(P)(H) content and enzyme activity, that NAD+ accumulation in slr0400-deficient mutant results in the unsuppressed activity of glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes. In determining whether Slr0400 functions as a typical NADK, we found that constitutive expression of slr0400 in an Arabidopsis nadk2-mutant background complements the pale-green phenotype. Moreover, to determine the physiological background behind the growth advantage of mutants lacking slr04000, we investigated the photobleaching phenotype of slr0400-deficient mutant under high-light conditions. Photosynthetic analysis found in the slr0400-deficient mutant resulted from malfunctions in the Photosystem II (PSII) photosynthetic machinery. Overall, our results suggest that NADP(H)/NAD(H) maintenance by slr0400 plays a significant role in modulating glycolysis and the TCA cycle to repress the growth rate and maintain the photosynthetic capacity.
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- Yuuma Ishikawa
- Institute for Molecular Physiology and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie and Plateforme Métabolome, Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle Bordeaux, INRA-Bordeaux and Bordeaux University, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie and Plateforme Métabolome, Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle Bordeaux, INRA-Bordeaux and Bordeaux University, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 225 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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Kohzuma K, Sonoike K, Hikosaka K. Imaging, screening and remote sensing of photosynthetic activity and stress responses. J Plant Res 2021; 134:649-651. [PMID: 34152519 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-021-01324-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Kaori Kohzuma
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan.
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan
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Abstract
Chlorophyll fluorescence has been widely used for the estimation of photosynthesis or its regulatory mechanisms. Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements are the methods with non-destructive nature and do not require contact between plant materials and fluorometers. Furthermore, the measuring process is very rapid. These characteristics of chlorophyll fluorescence measurements make them a suitable tool to screen mutants of photosynthesis-related genes. Furthermore, it has been shown that genes with a wide range of functions can be also analyzed by chlorophyll fluorescence through metabolic interactions. In this short review, we would like to first introduce the basic principle of the chlorophyll fluorescence measurements, and then explore the advantages and limitation of various screening methods. The emphasis is on the possibility of chlorophyll fluorescence measurements to screen mutants defective in metabolisms other than photosynthesis.
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- Takako Ogawa
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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Hasegawa H, Tsurumaki T, Imamura S, Sonoike K, Tanaka K. The circadian rhythm regulator RpaA modulates photosynthetic electron transport and alters the preferable temperature range for growth in a cyanobacterium. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:1480-1492. [PMID: 33728661 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cyanobacterial strains can grow within a specific temperature range that approximately corresponds to their natural habitat. However, how the preferable temperature range for growth (PTRG) is determined at the molecular level remains unclear. In this study, we detected a PTRG upshift in a mutant strain of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 lacking the circadian rhythm regulator RpaA. Subsequent analyses revealed that RpaA decreases the electron transport from photosystem I to NADPH. The change in electron transport likely inhibits H2 O2 generation under high-temperature conditions and contributes to the observed PTRG upshift in rpaA-deficient cells. The importance of the effects of the circadian rhythm regulator on the PTRG is discussed.
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- Hazuki Hasegawa
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Ogawa T, Suzuki K, Sonoike K. Respiration Interacts With Photosynthesis Through the Acceptor Side of Photosystem I, Reflected in the Dark-to-Light Induction Kinetics of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:717968. [PMID: 34394172 PMCID: PMC8355559 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.717968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In cyanobacteria, the photosynthetic prokaryotes, direct interaction between photosynthesis and respiration exists at plastoquinone (PQ) pool, which is shared by the two electron transport chains. Another possible point of intersection of the two electron transport chains is NADPH, which is the major electron donor to the respiratory chain as well as the final product of the photosynthetic chain. Here, we showed that the redox state of NADPH in the dark affected chlorophyll fluorescence induction in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in a quantitative manner. Accumulation of the reduced NADPH in the dark due to the defect in type 1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex in the respiratory chain resulted in the faster rise to the peak in the dark-to-light induction of chlorophyll fluorescence, while depletion of NADPH due to the defect in pentose phosphate pathway resulted in the delayed appearance of the initial peak in the induction kinetics. There was a strong correlation between the dark level of NADPH determined by its fluorescence and the peak position of the induction kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence. These results indicate that photosynthesis interacts with respiration through NADPH, which enable us to monitor the redox condition of the acceptor side of photosystem I by simple measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence induction in cyanobacteria.
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Takahashi S, Ozawa S, Sonoike K, Sasaki K, Nishihara M. Morphological and cytological observations of corolla green spots reveal the presence of functional chloroplasts in Japanese gentian. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0237173. [PMID: 32845897 PMCID: PMC7449470 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gentian is an important ornamental flower in Japan. The corolla of the majority of cultivated Japanese gentians have green spots, which are rarely encountered in flowers of other angiosperms. Little information is available on the functional traits of the green spots. In this study, we characterized the green spots in the Japanese gentian corolla using a number of microscopic techniques. Opto-digital microscopy revealed that a single visible green spot is composed of approximately 100 epidermal cells. The epidermal cells of a green spot formed a dome-like structure and the cell lumen contained many green structures that were granular and approximately 5 μm in diameter. The green structures emitted red autofluorescence when irradiated with 488 nm excitation light. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the green structures contained typical thylakoids and grana, thus indicating they are chloroplasts. No grana were observed and the thylakoids had collapsed in the plastids of epidermal cells surrounding green spots. To estimate the rate of photosynthetic electron transfer of the green spots, we measured chlorophyll fluorescence using the MICROSCOPY version of an Imaging-PAM (pulse-amplitude-modulated) fluorometer. Under actinic light of 449 μmol m-2 s-1, substantial electron flow through photosystem II was observed. Observation of green spot formation during corolla development revealed that immature green spots formed at an early bud stage and developed to maturity associated with chloroplast degradation in the surrounding epidermal cells. These results confirmed that the Japanese gentian corolla contains functional chloroplasts in restricted areas of epidermal cells and indicated that a sophisticated program for differential regulation of chloroplast formation and degradation is operative in the epidermis.
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- Iwate Agricultural Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Tanno Y, Kato S, Takahashi S, Tamaki S, Takaichi S, Kodama Y, Sonoike K, Shinomura T. Light dependent accumulation of β-carotene enhances photo-acclimation of Euglena gracilis. J Photochem Photobiol B 2020; 209:111950. [PMID: 32682285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Carotenoids are essential components of photosynthetic organisms including land plants, algae, cyanobacteria, and photosynthetic bacteria. Although the light-mediated regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis, including the light/dark cycle as well as the dependence of carotenoid biosynthesis-related gene translation on light wavelength, has been investigated in land plants, these aspects have not been studied in microalgae. Here, we investigated carotenoid biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis and found that zeaxanthin accumulates in the dark. The major carotenoid species in E. gracilis, namely β-carotene, neoxanthin, diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin, accumulated corresponding to the duration of light irradiation under the light/dark cycle, although the translation of carotenoid biosynthesis genes hardly changed. Irradiation with either blue or red-light (3 μmol photons m-2 s-1) caused a 1.3-fold increase in β-carotene content compared with the dark control. Blue-light irradiation (300 μmol photons m-2 s-1) caused an increase in the cellular content of both zeaxanthin and all trans-diatoxanthin, and this increase was proportional to blue-light intensity. In addition, pre-irradiation with blue-light of 3 or 30 μmol photons m-2 s-1 enhanced the photosynthetic activity and tolerance to high-light stress. These findings suggest that the accumulation of β-carotene is regulated by the intensity of light, which may contribute to the acclimation of E. gracilis to the light environment in day night conditions.
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- Yuri Tanno
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University Graduate Schools, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan; Laboratory of Complex Biology, Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea; Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University Graduate Schools, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 mine-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University Graduate Schools, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 320-8551, Japan.
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Takaichi S, Okoshi A, Otomo S, Misumi M, Sonoike K, Harada J. Direct injection of pigment-protein complexes and membrane fragments suspended in water from phototrophs to C 18 HPLC. Photosynth Res 2020; 144:101-107. [PMID: 32198677 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00735-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We discovered that pigments including carotenoids and (bacterio)chlorophylls in pigment-protein complexes, membrane fragments, and chlorosomes suspended in water could be injected directly into C18 HPLC and analyzed without any other treatments. We applied this method to LH1-RC and chromatophores of purple bacteria, chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria, thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria, and PSII and thylakoid membranes of spinach. HPLC elution profiles and pigment composition were the same as those of the conventional extraction method. The principle of this method might be that samples are first trapped on top of column, followed by the immediate extraction of the pigments with the HPLC eluent and their separation using the C18 column, as usual. In the conventional extraction method, pigments are first extracted with organic solvents, followed by evaporation of the solvents. The dried pigments are then dissolved in organic solvents and injected into C18 HPLC after filtration. The advantages of this method include the preventions of pigment isomerization and oxidation and the possibility of injecting all samples. Its drawbacks include the accumulation of denatured proteins at the top of column, causing increased HPLC pressure. The use of a guard column might solve this problem. Many factors, such as samples, column, and HPLC systems, may affect this method. Nevertheless, we think that some samples can be analyzed using this method.
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- Shinichi Takaichi
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
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- Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, 310-8512, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, 310-8512, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Wakamatsu, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Wakamatsu, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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Iwai S, Ogata S, Yamada N, Onjo M, Sonoike K, Shimazaki K. Guard cell photosynthesis is crucial in abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure. Plant Direct 2019; 3:e00137. [PMID: 31245777 PMCID: PMC6589527 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are ubiquitous signaling molecules involved in diverse physiological processes, including stomatal closure. Photosynthetic electron transport (PET) is the main source of ROS generation in plants, but whether it functions in guard cell signaling remains unclear. Here, we assessed whether PET functions in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling in guard cells. ABA-elicited ROS were localized to guard cell chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana, Commelina benghalensis, and Vicia faba in the light and abolished by the PET inhibitors 3-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea and 2, 5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone. These inhibitors reduced ABA-induced stomatal closure in all three species, as well as in the NADPH oxidase-lacking mutant atrboh D/F. However, an NADPH oxidase inhibitor did not fully eliminate ABA-induced ROS in the chloroplasts, and ABA-induced ROS were still observed in the guard cell chloroplasts of atrboh D/F. This study demonstrates that ROS generated through PET act as signaling molecules in ABA-induced stomatal closure and that this occurs in concert with ROS derived through NADPH oxidase.
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- Sumio Iwai
- Department of Horticultural ScienceFaculty of AgricultureKagoshima UniversityKagoshimaJapan
- Kagoshima University Experimental FarmKagoshimaJapan
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- Department of Horticultural ScienceFaculty of AgricultureKagoshima UniversityKagoshimaJapan
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- Department of Bioscience and BiotechnologyFaculty of AgricultureKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan
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- Kagoshima University Experimental FarmKagoshimaJapan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and SciencesWaseda UniversityTokyoJapan
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Matsuoka T, Onozawa A, Sonoike K, Kore-eda S. Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Induction in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Can Be Estimated by Non-Photochemical Quenching upon Actinic Illumination During the Dark Period. Plant Cell Physiol 2018; 59:1966-1975. [PMID: 29917144 PMCID: PMC6178971 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, which switches the mode of photosynthesis from C3 to crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) upon high salt stress, was shown here to exhibit diurnal changes in not only the CO2 fixation pathway but also Chl fluorescence parameters under CAM-induced conditions. We conducted comprehensive time course measurements of M. crystallinum leaf Chl fluorescence using the same leaf throughout the CAM induction period. By doing so, we were able to distinguish the effect of CAM induction from that of photoinhibition and avoid the possible effects of differences in foliar age. We found that the diurnal change in the status of electron transfer could be ascribed to the formation of a proton gradient across thylakoid membranes presumably resulting from diurnal changes in the ATP/ADP ratio reported earlier. The electron transport by actinic illumination thus became limited at the step of plastoquinol oxidation by the Cyt b6/f complex in the 'night' period upon CAM induction, resulting in high levels of non-photochemical quenching. The actinically induced non-photochemical quenching in the 'night' period correlated well with the degree of CAM induction. Chl fluorescence parameters, such as NPQ or qN, could be used as a simple indexing system for the CAM induction.
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- Tatsuya Matsuoka
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Comprehensive Analysis Center for Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan
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Ogawa T, Sonoike K. Evaluation of the Condition of Respiration and Photosynthesis by Measuring Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Cyanobacteria. Bio Protoc 2018; 8:e2834. [DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Ogawa T, Misumi M, Sonoike K. Estimation of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria by pulse-amplitude modulation chlorophyll fluorescence: problems and solutions. Photosynth Res 2017; 133:63-73. [PMID: 28283890 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0367-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes and widely used for photosynthetic research as model organisms. Partly due to their prokaryotic nature, however, estimation of photosynthesis by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements is sometimes problematic in cyanobacteria. For example, plastoquinone pool is reduced in the dark-acclimated samples in many cyanobacterial species so that conventional protocol developed for land plants cannot be directly applied for cyanobacteria. Even for the estimation of the simplest chlorophyll fluorescence parameter, F v/F m, some additional protocol such as addition of DCMU or illumination of weak blue light is necessary. In this review, those problems in the measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence in cyanobacteria are introduced, and solutions to those problems are given.
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- Takako Ogawa
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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Nozue H, Oono K, Ichikawa Y, Tanimura S, Shirai K, Sonoike K, Nozue M, Hayashida N. Significance of structural variation in thylakoid membranes in maintaining functional photosystems during reproductive growth. Physiol Plant 2017; 160:111-123. [PMID: 27859364 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Structural variation in the stroma-grana (SG) arrangement of the thylakoid membranes, such as changes in the thickness of the grana stacks and in the ratio between grana and inter-grana thylakoid, is often observed. Broadly, such alterations are considered acclimation to changes in growth and the environment. However, the relation of thylakoid morphology to plant growth and photosynthesis remains obscure. Here, we report changes in the thylakoid during leaf development under a fixed light condition. Histological studies on the chloroplasts of fresh green Arabidopsis leaves have shown that characteristically shaped thylakoid membranes lacking the inter-grana region, referred to hereafter as isolated-grana (IG), occurred adjacent to highly ordered, large grana layers. This morphology was restored to conventional SG thylakoid membranes with the removal of bolting stems from reproductive plants. Statistical analysis showed a negative correlation between the incidences of IG-type chloroplasts in mesophyll cells and the rates of leaf growth. Fluorescence parameters calculated from pulse-amplitude modulated fluorometry measurements and CO2 assimilation data showed that the IG thylakoids had a photosynthetic ability that was equivalent to that of the SG thylakoids under moderate light. However, clear differences were observed in the chlorophyll a/b ratio. The IG thylakoids were apparently an acclimated phenotype to the internal condition of source leaves. The idea is supported by the fact that the life span of the IG thylakoids increased significantly in the later developing leaves. In conclusion, the heterogeneous state of thylakoid membranes is likely important in maintaining photosynthesis during the reproductive phase of growth.
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- Hatsumi Nozue
- Research Center for Advanced Plant Factory (SU-PLAF), Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Plant Factory (SU-PLAF), Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Plant Factory (SU-PLAF), Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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Misumi M, Katoh H, Tomo T, Sonoike K. Relationship Between Photochemical Quenching and Non-Photochemical Quenching in Six Species of Cyanobacteria Reveals Species Difference in Redox State and Species Commonality in Energy Dissipation. Plant Cell Physiol 2016; 57:1510-1517. [PMID: 26712847 PMCID: PMC4937784 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Although the photosynthetic reaction center is well conserved among different cyanobacterial species, the modes of metabolism, e.g. respiratory, nitrogen and carbon metabolism and their mutual interaction, are quite diverse. To explore such uniformity and diversity among cyanobacteria, here we compare the influence of the light environment on the condition of photosynthetic electron transport through Chl fluorescence measurement of six cyanobacterial species grown under the same photon flux densities and at the same temperature. In the dark or under weak light, up to growth light, a large difference in the plastoquinone (PQ) redox condition was observed among different cyanobacterial species. The observed difference indicates that the degree of interaction between respiratory electron transfer and photosynthetic electron transfer differs among different cyanobacterial species. The variation could not be ascribed to the phylogenetic differences but possibly to the light environment of the original habitat. On the other hand, changes in the redox condition of PQ were essentially identical among different species at photon flux densities higher than the growth light. We further analyzed the response to high light by using a typical energy allocation model and found that 'non-regulated' thermal dissipation was increased under high-light conditions in all cyanobacterial species tested. We assume that such 'non-regulated' thermal dissipation may be an important 'regulatory' mechanism in the acclimation of cyanobacterial cells to high-light conditions.
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- Masahiro Misumi
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Division of Plant Functional Genomics, Life Science Research Center, Mie University, Kurimamachiya 1577, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8601 Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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Ogawa T, Sonoike K. Effects of Bleaching by Nitrogen Deficiency on the Quantum Yield of Photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Revealed by Chl Fluorescence Measurements. Plant Cell Physiol 2016; 57:558-567. [PMID: 26858287 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Estimation of photosynthesis by Chl fluorescence measurement of cyanobacteria is always problematic due to the interference from respiratory electron transfer and from phycocyanin fluorescence. The interference from respiratory electron transfer could be avoided by the use of DCMU or background illumination by blue light, which oxidizes the plastoquinone pool that tends to be reduced by respiration. On the other hand, the precise estimation of photosynthesis in cells with a different phycobilisome content by Chl fluorescence measurement is difficult. By subtracting the basal fluorescence due to the phycobilisome and PSI, it becomes possible to estimate the precise maximum quantum yield of PSII in cyanobacteria. Estimated basal fluorescence accounted for 60% of the minimum fluorescence, resulting in a large difference between the 'apparent' yield and 'true' yield under high phycocyanin conditions. The calculated value of the 'true' maximum quantum yield of PSII was around 0.8, which was similar to the value observed in land plants. The results suggest that the cause of the apparent low yield reported in cyanobacteria is mainly ascribed to the interference from phycocyanin fluorescence. We also found that the 'true' maximum quantum yield of PSII decreased under nitrogen-deficient conditions, suggesting the impairment of the PSII reaction center, while the 'apparent' maximum quantum yield showed a marginal change under the same conditions. Due to the high contribution of phycocyanin fluorescence in cyanobacteria, it is essential to eliminate the influence of the change in phycocyanin content on Chl fluorescence measurement and to evaluate the 'true' photosynthetic condition.
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- Takako Ogawa
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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Nishijima Y, Kanesaki Y, Yoshikawa H, Ogawa T, Sonoike K, Nishiyama Y, Hihara Y. Analysis of spontaneous suppressor mutants from the photomixotrophically grown pmgA-disrupted mutant in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynth Res 2015; 126:465-475. [PMID: 25869635 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0143-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The pmgA-disrupted (ΔpmgA) mutant in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 suffers severe growth inhibition under photomixotrophic conditions. In order to elucidate the key factors enabling the cells to grow under photomixotrophic conditions, we isolated spontaneous suppressor mutants from the ΔpmgA mutant derived from a single colony. When the ΔpmgA mutant was spread on a BG11 agar plate supplemented with glucose, colonies of suppressor mutants appeared after the bleaching of the background cells. We identified the mutation site of these suppressor mutants and found that 11 mutants out of 13 had a mutation in genes related to the type 1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH-1) complex. Among them, eight mutants had mutations within the ndhF3 (sll1732) gene: R32stop, W62stop, V147I, G266V, G354W, G586C, and deletion of 7 bp within the coding region. One mutant had one base insertion in the putative -10 box of the ndhC (slr1279) gene, leading to the decrease in the transcripts of the ndhCKJ operon. Two mutants had one base insertion and deletion in the coding region of cupA (sll1734), which is co-transcribed with ndhF3 and ndhD3 and comprises together a form of NDH-1 complex (NDH-1MS complex) involved in inducible high-affinity CO2 uptake. The results indicate that the loss of the activity of this complex effectively rescues the ΔpmgA mutant under photomixotrophic condition with 1 % CO2. However, little difference among WT and mutants was observed in the activities ascribed to the NDH-1MS complex, i.e., CO2 uptake and cyclic electron transport. This may suggest that the NDH-1MS complex has the third, currently unknown function under photomixotrophic conditions.
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- Yoshiki Nishijima
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
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- Nodai Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan
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- Nodai Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan
- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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Takano S, Tomita J, Sonoike K, Iwasaki H. The initiation of nocturnal dormancy in Synechococcus as an active process. BMC Biol 2015; 13:36. [PMID: 26058805 PMCID: PMC4494158 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0144-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Most organisms, especially photoautotrophs, alter their behaviours in response to day-night alternations adaptively because of their great reliance on light. Upon light-to-dark transition, dramatic and universal decreases in transcription level of the majority of the genes in the genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 are observed. Because Synechococcus is an obligate photoautotroph, it has been generally assumed that repression of the transcription in the dark (dark repression) would be caused by a nocturnal decrease in photosynthetic activities through the reduced availability of energy (e.g. adenosine triphosphate (ATP)) needed for mRNA synthesis. RESULTS However, against this general assumption, we obtained evidence that the rapid and dynamic dark repression is an active process. Although the addition of photosynthesis inhibitors to cells exposed to light mimicked transcription profiles in the dark, it did not significantly affect the cellular level of ATP. By contrast, when ATP levels were decreased by the inhibition of both photosynthesis and respiration, the transcriptional repression was attenuated through inhibition of RNA degradation. This observation indicates that Synechococcus actively downregulates genome-wide transcription in the dark. Even though the level of total mRNA dramatically decreased in the dark, Synechococcus cells were still viable, and they do not need de novo transcription for their survival in the dark for at least 48 hours. CONCLUSIONS Dark repression appears to enable cells to enter into nocturnal dormancy as a feed-forward process, which would be advantageous for their survival under periodic nocturnal conditions.
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- Sotaro Takano
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Biological Science, Waseda University, TWIns, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, TWIns, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Biological Science, Waseda University, TWIns, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8480, Japan.
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Kusama Y, Inoue S, Jimbo H, Takaichi S, Sonoike K, Hihara Y, Nishiyama Y. Zeaxanthin and Echinenone Protect the Repair of Photosystem II from Inhibition by Singlet Oxygen in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:906-16. [PMID: 25663484 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Carotenoids are important components of antioxidative systems in photosynthetic organisms. We investigated the roles of zeaxanthin and echinenone in the protection of PSII from photoinhibition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, using mutants of the cyanobacterium that lack these carotenoids. The activity of PSII in mutant cells deficient in either zeaxanthin or echinenone was more sensitive to strong light than the activity in wild-type cells, and the activity in mutant cells deficient in both carotenoids was hypersensitive to strong light, indicating that the absence of these carotenoids increased the extent of photoinhibition. Nonetheless, the rate of photodamage to PSII, as measured in the presence of chloramphenicol, which blocks the repair of PSII, was unaffected by the absence of either carotenoid, suggesting that these carotenoids might act by protecting the repair of PSII. Knockout of the gene for the so-called orange carotenoid protein (OCP), in which the 3'-hydroxyechinenone cofactor, a derivative of echinenone, is responsible for the thermal dissipation of excitation energy, increased the extent of photoinhibition but did not affect photodamage, suggesting that thermal dissipation also protects the repair of PSII. In mutant cells lacking OCP, as well as those lacking zeaxanthin and echinenone, the production of singlet oxygen was stimulated and the synthesis de novo of various proteins, including the D1 protein, was markedly suppressed under strong light. These observations suggest that the carotenoids and thermal dissipation might protect the repair of photodamaged PSII by depressing the levels of singlet oxygen that inhibits protein synthesis.
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- Yuri Kusama
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-0023 Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8480 Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570 Japan
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Ogawa T, Sonoike K. Dissection of respiration and photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 by the analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2015; 144:61-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Saito A, Shimizu M, Nakamura H, Maeno S, Katase R, Miwa E, Higuchi K, Sonoike K. Fe deficiency induces phosphorylation and translocation of Lhcb1 in barley thylakoid membranes. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2042-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ogawa T, Harada T, Ozaki H, Sonoike K. Disruption of the ndhF1 Gene Affects Chl Fluorescence through State Transition in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Resulting in Apparent High Efficiency of Photosynthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 54:1164-71. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kobayashi K, Narise T, Sonoike K, Hashimoto H, Sato N, Kondo M, Nishimura M, Sato M, Toyooka K, Sugimoto K, Wada H, Masuda T, Ohta H. Role of galactolipid biosynthesis in coordinated development of photosynthetic complexes and thylakoid membranes during chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J 2013; 73:250-61. [PMID: 22978702 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2011] [Revised: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The galactolipids monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) are the predominant lipids in thylakoid membranes and indispensable for photosynthesis. Among the three isoforms that catalyze MGDG synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, MGD1 is responsible for most galactolipid synthesis in chloroplasts, whereas MGD2 and MGD3 are required for DGDG accumulation during phosphate (Pi) starvation. A null mutant of Arabidopsis MGD1 (mgd1-2), which lacks both galactolipids and shows a severe defect in chloroplast biogenesis under nutrient-sufficient conditions, accumulated large amounts of DGDG, with a strong induction of MGD2/3 expression, during Pi starvation. In plastids of Pi-starved mgd1-2 leaves, biogenesis of thylakoid-like internal membranes, occasionally associated with invagination of the inner envelope, was observed, together with chlorophyll accumulation. Moreover, the mutant accumulated photosynthetic membrane proteins upon Pi starvation, indicating a compensation for MGD1 deficiency by Pi stress-induced galactolipid biosynthesis. However, photosynthetic activity in the mutant was still abolished, and light-harvesting/photosystem core complexes were improperly formed, suggesting a requirement for MGDG for proper assembly of these complexes. During Pi starvation, distribution of plastid nucleoids changed concomitantly with internal membrane biogenesis in the mgd1-2 mutant. Moreover, the reduced expression of nuclear- and plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes observed in the mgd1-2 mutant under Pi-sufficient conditions was restored after Pi starvation. In contrast, Pi starvation had no such positive effects in mutants lacking chlorophyll biosynthesis. These observations demonstrate that galactolipid biosynthesis and subsequent membrane biogenesis inside the plastid strongly influence nucleoid distribution and the expression of both plastid- and nuclear-encoded photosynthetic genes, independently of photosynthesis.
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- Koichi Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-65 Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama, 226-8501, Midori-ku, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Tokyo, 162-8480, Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-65 Nagatsuta-cho, Yokohama, 226-8501, Midori-ku, Japan
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Higuchi-Takeuchi M, Ichikawa T, Kondou Y, Matsui K, Hasegawa Y, Kawashima M, Sonoike K, Mori M, Hirochika H, Matsui M. Functional analysis of two isoforms of leaf-type ferredoxin-NADP(+)-oxidoreductase in rice using the heterologous expression system of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2011; 157:96-108. [PMID: 21734114 PMCID: PMC3165901 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.181248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Ferredoxin-NADP(+)-oxidoreductase (FNR) mediates electron transfer between ferredoxin (Fd) and NADP(+); therefore, it is a key enzyme that provides the reducing power used in the Calvin cycle. Other than FNR, nitrite reductase, sulfite reductase, glutamate synthase, and Fd-thioredoxin reductase also accept electrons from Fd, an electron carrier protein in the stroma. Therefore, the regulation of electron partitioning in the chloroplast is important for photosynthesis and other metabolic pathways. The regulatory mechanism of electron partitioning, however, remains to be elucidated. We found, by taking advantage of a gain-of-function approach, that expression of two rice (Oryza sativa) full-length cDNAs of leaf-type FNRs (OsLFNR1 and OsLFNR2) led to altered chlorophyll fluorescence and growth in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and rice. We revealed that overexpression of the OsLFNR1 and OsLFNR2 full-length cDNAs resulted in distinct phenotypes despite the high sequence similarity between them. Expression of OsLFNR1 affected the nitrogen assimilation pathway without inhibition of photosynthesis under normal conditions. On the other hand, OsLFNR2 expression led to the impairment of photosynthetic linear electron transport as well as Fd-dependent cyclic electron flow around photosystem I. The endogenous protein level of OsLFNR was found to be suppressed in both OsLFNR1- and OsLFNR2-overexpressing rice plants, leading to changes in the stoichiometry of the two LFNR isoforms within the thylakoid and soluble fractions. Thus, we propose that the stoichiometry of two LFNR isoforms plays an important role in electron partitioning between carbon fixation and nitrogen assimilation.
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The photoinhibition of Photosystem I (PSI) drew less attention compared with that of Photosystem II (PSII). This could be ascribed to several reasons, e.g. limited combinations of plant species and environmental conditions that cause PSI photoinhibition, the non-regulatory aspect of PSI photoinhibition, and methodological difficulty to determine the accurate activity of PSI under stress conditions. However, the photoinhibition of PSI could be more dangerous than that of PSII because of the very slow recovery rate of PSI. This article is intended to introduce such characteristics of PSI photoinhibition with special emphasis on the relationship between two photosystems as well as the protective mechanism of PSI in vivo. Although the photoinhibition of PSI could be induced only in specific conditions and specific plant species in intact leaves, PSI itself is quite susceptible to photoinhibition in isolated thylakoid membranes. PSI seems to be well protected from photoinhibition in vivo in many plant species and many environmental conditions. This is quite understandable because photoinhibition of PSI is not only irreversible but also the potential cause of many secondary damages. This point would be different from the case of PSII photoinhibition, which could be regarded as one of the regulatory mechanisms under stressed as well as non-stressed conditions.
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- Kintake Sonoike
- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
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Saito A, Iino T, Sonoike K, Miwa E, Higuchi K. Remodeling of the Major Light-Harvesting Antenna Protein of PSII Protects the Young Leaves of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) from Photoinhibition under Prolonged Iron Deficiency. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 51:2013-30. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ozaki H, Sonoike K. Quantitative analysis of the relationship between induction kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence and function of genes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynth Res 2009; 101:47-58. [PMID: 19568952 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9462-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We developed here the quantitative and objective method to analyze chlorophyll fluorescence from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in the aim of systematic examination of gene function. The overall similarity of the chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics was evaluated for 499 mutants. Mutants of 333 genes showed the difference in the fluorescence kinetics from that of wild type, indicating the wide interaction of photosynthesis with other metabolisms. Hierarchical clustering of the similarity of the mutants enables us to group together the mutants having defect in the regulation of photosystem stoichiometry as well as those having defects in respiration or other functions. Furthermore, wild-type cells treated with inhibitors of respiration and mutants of genes involved in respiration shared similar induction kinetics. Apparently, quantitative comparison of the induction kinetics could be useful to analyze the function of genes as well as to predict the target sites of various chemicals.
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- Hiroshi Ozaki
- Kazusa Research Base for Global Environment, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 2-6-7 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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Ishikawa M, Fujiwara M, Sonoike K, Sato N. Orthogenomics of photosynthetic organisms: bioinformatic and experimental analysis of chloroplast proteins of endosymbiont origin in Arabidopsis and their counterparts in Synechocystis. Plant Cell Physiol 2009; 50:773-788. [PMID: 19224954 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Chloroplasts are descendents of a cyanobacterial endosymbiont, but many chloroplast protein genes of endosymbiont origin are encoded by the nucleus. The chloroplast-cyanobacteria relationship is a typical target of orthogenomics, an analytical method that focuses on the relationship of orthologous genes. Here, we present results of a pilot study of functional orthogenomics, combining bioinformatic and experimental analyses, to identify nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins of endosymbiont origin (CPRENDOs). Phylogenetic profiling based on complete clustering of all proteins in 17 organisms, including eight cyanobacteria and two photosynthetic eukaryotes, was used to deduce 65 protein groups that are conserved in all oxygenic autotrophs analyzed but not in non-oxygenic organisms. With the exception of 28 well-characterized protein groups, 56 Arabidopsis proteins and 43 Synechocystis proteins in the 37 conserved homolog groups were analyzed. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) targeting experiments indicated that 54 Arabidopsis proteins were targeted to plastids. Expression of 39 Arabidopsis genes was promoted by light. Among the 40 disruptants of Synechocystis, 22 showed phenotypes related to photosynthesis. Arabidopsis mutants in 21 groups, including those reported previously, showed phenotypes. Characteristics of pulse amplitude modulation fluorescence were markedly different in corresponding mutants of Arabidopsis and Synechocystis in most cases. We conclude that phylogenetic profiling is useful in finding CPRENDOs, but the physiological functions of orthologous genes may be different in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.
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- Masayuki Ishikawa
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Muramatsu M, Sonoike K, Hihara Y. Mechanism of downregulation of photosystem I content under high-light conditions in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Microbiology (Reading) 2009; 155:989-996. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.024018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Downregulation of photosystem I (PSI) content is an essential process for cyanobacteria to grow under high-light (HL) conditions. In a pmgA (sll1968) mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the levels of PSI content, chlorophyll and transcripts of the psaAB genes encoding reaction-centre subunits of PSI could not be maintained low during HL incubation, although the causal relationship among these phenotypes remains unknown. In this study, we modulated the activity of psaAB transcription or that of chlorophyll synthesis to estimate their contribution to the regulation of PSI content under HL conditions. Analysis of the psaAB-OX strain, in which the psaAB genes were overexpressed under HL conditions, revealed that the amount of psaAB transcript could not affect PSI content by itself. Suppression of chlorophyll synthesis by an inhibitor, laevulinic acid, in the pmgA mutant revealed that chlorophyll availability could be a determinant of PSI content under HL. It was also suggested that chlorophyll content under HL conditions is mainly regulated at the level of 5-aminolaevulinic acid synthesis. We conclude that, upon the shift to HL conditions, activities of psaAB transcription and of 5-aminolaevulinic acid synthesis are strictly downregulated by regulatory mechanism(s) independent of PmgA during the first 6 h, and then a PmgA-mediated regulatory mechanism becomes active after 6 h onward of HL incubation to maintain these activities at a low level.
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- Masayuki Muramatsu
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Box 101, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Box 101, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Sonoike K. [Photosynthesis and light environment]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2008; 53:1180-1186. [PMID: 18616147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Sato H, Fujimori T, Sonoike K. sll1961 is a novel regulator of phycobilisome degradation during nitrogen starvation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:1093-6. [PMID: 18325343 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Revised: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The sll1961 gene was reported to encode a regulatory factor of photosystem stoichiometry in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. We here show that the sll1961 gene is also essential for the phycobilisome degradation during nitrogen starvation. The defect in phycobilisome degradation was observed in the sll1961 mutant despite the increased expression of nblA, a gene involved in phycobilisome degradation during nitrogen starvation. Photosystem stoichiometry is not affected by nitrogen starvation in the sll1961 mutant nor in the wild-type. The results indicate the presence of a novel pathway for phycobilisome degradation control independent of nblA expression.
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- Hanayo Sato
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Box 101, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwashi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Tozawa Y, Teraishi M, Sasaki T, Sonoike K, Nishiyama Y, Itaya M, Miyao A, Hirochika H. The plastid sigma factor SIG1 maintains photosystem I activity via regulated expression of the psaA operon in rice chloroplasts. Plant J 2007; 52:124-32. [PMID: 17651366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Sigma factors encoded by the nucleus of plants confer promoter specificity on the bacterial-type RNA polymerase in chloroplasts. We previously showed that transcripts of OsSIG1, which encodes one such sigma factor in rice, accumulate relatively late during leaf development. We have now isolated and characterized two allelic mutants of OsSIG1, in which OsSIG1 is disrupted by insertion of the retrotransposon Tos17, in order to characterize the functions of OsSIG1. The OsSIG1-/- plants were found to be fertile but they manifested an approximately one-third reduction in the chlorophyll content of mature leaves. Quantitative RT-PCR and northern blot analyses of chloroplast gene expression revealed that the abundance of transcripts derived from the psaA operon was markedly reduced in OsSIG1-/- plants compared with that in wild-type homozygotes. This effect was accompanied by a reduction in the abundance of the core protein complex (PsaA-PsaB) of photosystem I. Analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence also revealed a substantial reduction in the rate of electron transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I in the OsSIG1 mutants. Our results thus indicate that OsSIG1 plays an important role in the maintenance of photosynthetic activity in mature chloroplasts of rice by regulating expression of chloroplast genes for components of photosystem I.
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- Yuzuru Tozawa
- Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
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Chida H, Nakazawa A, Akazaki H, Hirano T, Suruga K, Ogawa M, Satoh T, Kadokura K, Yamada S, Hakamata W, Isobe K, Ito TI, Ishii R, Nishio T, Sonoike K, Oku T. Expression of the algal cytochrome c6 gene in Arabidopsis enhances photosynthesis and growth. Plant Cell Physiol 2007; 48:948-57. [PMID: 17548374 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosynthetic plants convert light energy into ATP and NADPH in photosynthetic electron transfer and photophosphorylation, and synthesize mainly carbohydrates in the Calvin-Benson cycle. Here we report the enhancement of photosynthesis and growth of plants by introducing the gene of an algal cytochrome c6, which has been evolutionarily eliminated from higher plant chloroplasts, into the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. At 60 d after planting, the plant height, leaf length and root length of the transformants were 1.3-, 1.1- and 1.3-fold those in the wild-type plants, respectively. At the same time, in the transgenic plants, the amounts of chlorophyll, protein, ATP, NADPH and starch were 1.2-, 1.1-, 1.9-, 1.4- and 1.2-fold those in the wild-type plants, respectively. The CO2 assimilation capacity of the transgenic plants was 1.3-fold that of the wild type. Moreover, in transgenic Arabidopsis expressing algal cytochrome c6, the 1-qP, which reflects the reduced state of the plastoquinone pool, is 30% decreased compared with the wild type. These results show that the electron transfer of photosynthesis of Arabidopsis would be accelerated by the expression of algal cytochrome c6. Our results demonstrate that the growth and photosynthesis of Arabidopsis plants could be enhanced by the expression of the algal cytochrome c6 gene.
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- Hirotaka Chida
- Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino 1866, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, 252-8510 Japan
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Yamazaki JY, Yoda E, Takahashi A, Sonoike K, Maruta E. Pacific Ocean and Japan Sea ecotypes of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) differ in photosystem responses to continuous high light. Tree Physiol 2007; 27:961-8. [PMID: 17403648 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.7.961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Two ecotypes of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata Blume), the Pacific Ocean type (PAO) and the Japan Sea type (JAS), show different responses to high solar irradiance. When PAO and JAS saplings were grown in continuous high-light (H), leaves of JAS became pale green. To elucidate this phenomenon, we investigated in vivo photochemistry based on pigment concentrations of Photosystem (PS) I and PS II and Western blot analysis. In JAS-H leaves, the amount of D1-protein decreased, resulting in decreases in the maximal quantum yield of PS II (F(v)/F(m)) and electron transport rate, whereas PAO-H leaves maintained high activities. The PS I photochemistry determined by measurement of P-700 photo-oxidation showed that the intersystem electron pool size was 1.4 times greater in JAS-H leaves than in PAO-H leaves. Furthermore, the re-reduction kinetics of P-700(+) showed that cyclic electron transport around PS I was 1.2 times faster in PAO-H leaves than in JAS-H leaves. Analysis of the area over the fluorescence induction kinetics indicated that the relative abundance of the PS IIalpha center increased in PAO-H leaves, whereas JAS leaves were observed to have low acclimation capacity to high light. These results demonstrate that PAO leaves possess acclimation mechanisms to continuous high light, whereas JAS leaves are more vulnerable to continuous high light, resulting in reduced leaf longevity owing to photoinhibition caused by increases in the intersystem electron pool size and suppression of photochemistry at the level of PS I and PS II.
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- Jun-Ya Yamazaki
- Department of Biology, Toho University, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
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Ozaki H, Ikeuchi M, Ogawa T, Fukuzawa H, Sonoike K. Large-Scale Analysis of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Kinetics in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Identification of the Factors Involved in the Modulation of Photosystem Stoichiometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 48:451-8. [PMID: 17284470 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Since chlorophyll fluorescence reflects the redox state of photosynthetic electron transport chain, monitoring of chlorophyll fluorescence has been successfully applied for the screening of photosynthesis-related genes. Here we report that the mutants having a defect in the regulation of photosystem stoichiometry could be identified through the simple comparison of the induction kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence. We made a library containing 500 mutants in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with transposon-mediated gene disruption, and the mutants were used for the measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics for 45 s. We picked up two genes, pmgA and sll1961, which are involved in the modulation of photosystem stoichiometry. The disruptants of the two genes share common characteristics in their fluorescence kinetics, and we searched for mutants that showed such characteristics. Out of six mutants identified so far, five showed a different photosystem stoichiometry under high-light conditions. Thus, categorization based on the similarity of fluorescence kinetics is an excellent way to identify the function of genes.
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- Hiroshi Ozaki
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan
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Takahashi H, Watanabe A, Tanaka A, Hashida SN, Kawai-Yamada M, Sonoike K, Uchimiya H. Chloroplast NAD kinase is essential for energy transduction through the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthesis. Plant Cell Physiol 2006; 47:1678-82. [PMID: 17082216 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Photosynthetic parameters of the nadk2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is defective in chloroplast NAD kinase, were investigated. In this plant, the effective efficiency of photosynthetic electron transport (PhiII) and the quantum yield of open reaction centers of photosystem II (Fv'/Fm') were decreased. Furthermore, an increase in non-photochemical quenching attributed to energy dissipation from the xanthophyll cycle was observed. The mutant showed an aberrant de-epoxidation state of xanthophyll cycle carotenoids and had a high level of zeaxanthin even under low light conditions. These results indicate that chloroplast NAD kinase, catalyzing phosphorylation of NAD, is essential for the proper photosynthetic machinery of PSII and the xanthophyll cycle.
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- Hideyuki Takahashi
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032 Japan.
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Ohya Y, Sese J, Yukawa M, Sano F, Nakatani Y, Saito TL, Saka A, Fukuda T, Ishihara S, Oka S, Suzuki G, Watanabe M, Hirata A, Ohtani M, Sawai H, Fraysse N, Latgé JP, François JM, Aebi M, Tanaka S, Muramatsu S, Araki H, Sonoike K, Nogami S, Morishita S. High-dimensional and large-scale phenotyping of yeast mutants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:19015-20. [PMID: 16365294 PMCID: PMC1316885 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509436102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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One of the most powerful techniques for attributing functions to genes in uni- and multicellular organisms is comprehensive analysis of mutant traits. In this study, systematic and quantitative analyses of mutant traits are achieved in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by investigating morphological phenotypes. Analysis of fluorescent microscopic images of triple-stained cells makes it possible to treat morphological variations as quantitative traits. Deletion of nearly half of the yeast genes not essential for growth affects these morphological traits. Similar morphological phenotypes are caused by deletions of functionally related genes, enabling a functional assignment of a locus to a specific cellular pathway. The high-dimensional phenotypic analysis of defined yeast mutant strains provides another step toward attributing gene function to all of the genes in the yeast genome.
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- Yoshikazu Ohya
- Departments of Integrated Biosciences and Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Fujimori T, Higuchi M, Sato H, Aiba H, Muramatsu M, Hihara Y, Sonoike K. The mutant of sll1961, which encodes a putative transcriptional regulator, has a defect in regulation of photosystem stoichiometry in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Physiol 2005; 139:408-16. [PMID: 16113218 PMCID: PMC1203389 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.064782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In acclimation to changing light environments, photosynthetic organisms modulate the ratio of two photosynthetic reaction centers (photosystem I [PSI] and photosystem II). One mutant, which could not modulate photosystem stoichiometry upon the shift to high light, was isolated from mutants created by random transposon mutagenesis. Measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence and analysis of the reaction center subunits of PSI through western blotting in this mutant revealed that the content of PSI could not be suppressed under high-light condition. In the mutant, transposon was inserted to the sll1961 gene encoding a putative transcriptional regulator. DNA microarray analysis revealed that the expression of sll1773 was drastically induced in the sll1961 mutant upon exposure to high light for 3 h. Our results demonstrate that a transcriptional regulator, Sll1961, and its possible target proteins, including Sll1773, may be responsible for the regulation of photosystem stoichiometry in response to high light.
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- Tamaki Fujimori
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
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Fujimori T, Hihara Y, Sonoike K. PsaK2 subunit in photosystem I is involved in state transition under high light condition in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:22191-7. [PMID: 15824118 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500369200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To avoid the photodamage, cyanobacteria regulate the distribution of light energy absorbed by phycobilisome antenna either to photosystem II or to photosystem I (PSI) upon high light acclimation by the process so-called state transition. We found that an alternative PSI subunit, PsaK2 (sll0629 gene product), is involved in this process in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. An examination of the subunit composition of the purified PSI reaction center complexes revealed that PsaK2 subunit was absent in the PSI complexes under low light condition, but was incorporated into the complexes during acclimation to high light. The growth of the psaK2 mutant on solid medium was inhibited under high light condition. We determined the photosynthetic characteristics of the wild type strain and the two mutants, the psaK1 (ssr0390) mutant and the psaK2 mutant, using pulse amplitude modulation fluorometer. Non-photochemical quenching, which reflects the energy transfer from phycobilisome to PSI in cyanobacteria, was higher in high light grown cells than in low light grown cells, both in the wild type and the psaK1 mutant. However, this change of non-photochemical quenching during acclimation to high light was not observed in the psaK2 mutant. Thus, PsaK2 subunit is involved in the energy transfer from phycobilisome to PSI under high light condition. The role of PsaK2 in state transition under high light condition was also confirmed by chlorophyll fluorescence emission spectra determined at 77 K. The results suggest that PsaK2-dependent state transition is essential for the growth of this cyanobacterium under high light condition.
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- Tamaki Fujimori
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Box 101, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Sato N, Ishikawa M, Fujiwara M, Sonoike K. Mass identification of chloroplast proteins of endosymbiont origin by phylogenetic profiling based on organism-optimized homologous protein groups. Genome Inform 2005; 16:56-68. [PMID: 16901089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chloroplasts originate from ancient cyanobacteria-like endosymbiont. Several tens of chloroplast proteins are encoded by the chloroplast genome, while more than hundreds are encoded by the nuclear genome in plants and algae, but the exact number and identity of nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins are still unknown. We describe here attempts to identify a large number of unidentified chloroplast proteins of endosymbiont origin (CPRENDOs). Our strategy consists of whole genome protein clustering by the homolog group method, which is optimized for organism number, and phylogenetic profiling that extract groups conserved in cyanobacteria and photosynthetic eukaryotes. An initial minimal set of CPRENDOs was predicted without targeting prediction and experimentally validated.
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- Naoki Sato
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
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Hihara Y, Muramatsu M, Nakamura K, Sonoike K. A cyanobacterial gene encoding an ortholog of Pirin is induced under stress conditions. FEBS Lett 2004; 574:101-5. [PMID: 15358547 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2004] [Revised: 06/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pirin is a recently identified protein in eukaryotes as a transcription cofactor or as an apoptosis-related protein. Although Pirin is highly conserved from bacteria to human, there have been no reports on prokaryotic Pirin orthologs. We show here that pirA (sll1773) encoding an ortholog of Pirin together with an adjacent gene, pirB (ssl3389), was upregulated under high salinity and some other stress conditions in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Induction of the pirAB genes was not related to cell death and disruption of pirA did not affect the gene expression profile. Expression of the pirAB genes was negatively regulated by a LysR family transcriptional regulator encoded by pirR (slr1871) located immediately upstream of pirAB in the divergent direction. DNA microarray analysis indicated that PirR repressed expression of closely located ORFs, slr1870 and mutS (sll1772), in addition to pirAB and pirR itself.
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- Yukako Hihara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Saitama-shi, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
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Minoda A, Sonoike K, Okada K, Sato N, Tsuzuki M. Decrease in the efficiency of the electron donation to tyrosine Z of photosystem II in an SQDG-deficient mutant ofChlamydomonas. FEBS Lett 2003; 553:109-12. [PMID: 14550556 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00981-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Photosystem (PS) II activity of a sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG)-deficient mutant (hf-2) of Chlamydomonas was partially decreased compared with that of wild-type. The susceptibility to 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) was also modified in the mutant. Photometric measurements in the isolated thylakoid membranes of hf-2 revealed that the lowered activity in the mutant was derived from a decrease in the efficiency of the electron donation from water to tyrosine Z, not from the efficiency of the electron transport from Q(A) to Q(B). This result was confirmed by the decay kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence determined in vivo. We conclude that SQDG contributes to maintaining the conformation of PSII complexes, particularly that of D1 polypeptides, which are necessary for maximum activities in Chlamydomonas.
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- Ayumi Minoda
- School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Oxygen evolution is inhibited when leaves of chilling-sensitive plants like cucumber are treated at 0 degrees C in the dark. The activity is restored by moderate illumination at room temperature. We examined the changes in the redox state of the Mn-cluster in cucumber leaves in the processes of dark-chilling inhibition and subsequent light-induced reactivation by means of thermoluminescence (TL). A TL B-band arising from S(2)Q(B)(-) charge recombination in PSII was observed upon single-flash illumination of untreated leaves, whereas four flashes were required to yield the B-band after dark-chilling treatment for 24 h. This three-step delay indicates that over-reduced states of the Mn-cluster such as the S(-2) state were formed during the treatment. Fitting analysis of the flash-number dependence of the TL intensities showed that the Mn-cluster was more reduced with a longer period of the treatment and that S(-3) was the lowest S-state detectable in the dark-chilled leaves. Measurements of the Mn content by atomic absorption spectroscopy showed that Mn atoms were gradually released from PSII during the dark-chilling treatment but re-bound to PSII by illumination at 30 degrees C. Thus, dark-chilling inhibition of oxygen evolution can be ascribed to the disintegration of the Mn-cluster due to its over-reduction. The observation of the S(-3) state in the present in vivo system strongly suggests that S(-3), which has been observed only by addition of exogenous reductants into in vitro preparations, is indeed a redox intermediate of the Mn-cluster in the processes of its disintegration and photoactivation.
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- Mieko Higuchi
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Sato N, Aoki M, Maru Y, Sonoike K, Minoda A, Tsuzuki M. Involvement of sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol in the structural integrity and heat-tolerance of photosystem II. Planta 2003; 217:245-251. [PMID: 12783332 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-0992-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2002] [Accepted: 12/31/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To examine the role of sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG) in thylakoid membranes, we compared the structural and functional properties of photosystem II (PSII) between a mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii defective in SQDG ( hf-2) and the wild type. The PSII core complex of hf-2, as compared with that of the wild type, showed structural fragility when solubilized with a detergent, dodecyl beta- d-maltoside, suggesting that the physical properties of the PSII complex were altered by the loss of SQDG. On the other hand, exposure of the cells to 41 degrees C for 120 min in the dark decreased the PSII activity to 70% and 50% of the initial levels in the wild type and hf-2, respectively, which implies that the PSII activity, in the absence of SQDG, becomes less stable under heat-stress conditions. PSII inactivated to 60% of the initial level by dark incubation at 41 degrees C was reactivated by following illumination even at 41 degrees C to more than 90% in the wild type, but only to 70% in hf-2. These results suggest that PSII inactivated by heat recovers through some mechanism dependent on light, and that SQDG participates in functioning of the mechanism. The conformational disorder of PSII caused by the defect in SQDG might be correlated with the increased susceptibility of its activity to heat-stress.
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- Norihiro Sato
- School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 192-0392, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Hihara Y, Sonoike K, Kanehisa M, Ikeuchi M. DNA microarray analysis of redox-responsive genes in the genome of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:1719-25. [PMID: 12591891 PMCID: PMC148065 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.5.1719-1725.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Whole-genome DNA microarrays were used to evaluate the effect of the redox state of the photosynthetic electron transport chain on gene expression in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Two specific inhibitors of electron transport, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) and 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone (DBMIB), were added to the cultures, and changes in accumulation of transcripts were examined. About 140 genes were highlighted as reproducibly affected by the change in the redox state of the photosynthetic electron transport chain. It was shown that some stress-responsive genes but not photosynthetic genes were under the control of the redox state of the plastoquinone pool in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.
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- Yukako Hihara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama-shi, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
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Suzuki T, Minagawa J, Tomo T, Sonoike K, Ohta H, Enami I. Binding and functional properties of the extrinsic proteins in oxygen-evolving photosystem II particle from a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii having his-tagged CP47. Plant Cell Physiol 2003; 44:76-84. [PMID: 12552150 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) particles were purified from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii having His-tag extension at the C terminus of the CP47 protein, by a single-step Ni(2+)-affinity column chromatography after solubilization of thylakoid membranes with sucrose monolaurate. The PSII particles consisted of, in addition to intrinsic proteins, three extrinsic proteins of 33, 23 and 17 kDa. The preparation showed a high oxygen-evolving activity of 2,300-2,500 micro mol O(2) (mg Chl)(-1) h(-1) in the presence of Ca(2+) using ferricyanide as the electron acceptor, while its activity was 680-720 micro mol O(2) (mg Chl)(-1) h(-1) in the absence of Ca(2+) and Cl(-) ions. The activity was 710-820 micro mol O(2) (mg Chl)(-1) h(-1) independent of the presence or absence of Ca(2+) and Cl(-) when 2,6-dichloro-p-benzoquinone was used as the acceptor. These activities were scarcely inhibited by DCMU. The kinetics of flash-induced fluorescence decay revealed that the electron transfer from Q(A)(-) to Q(B) was significantly inhibited, and the electron transfer from Q(A)(-) to ferricyanide was largely stimulated in the presence of Ca(2+). These results indicate that the acceptor side, Q(B) site, was altered in the PSII particles but its donor side remained intact. Release-reconstitution experiments revealed that the extrinsic 23 and 17 kDa proteins were released only partially by NaCl-wash, while most of the three extrinsic proteins were removed when treated with urea/NaCl, alkaline Tris or CaCl(2). The 23 and 17 kDa proteins directly bound to PSII independent of the other extrinsic proteins, and the 33 kDa protein functionally re-bound to CaCl(2)-treated PSII which had been reconstituted with the 23 and 17 kDa proteins. These binding properties were largely different from those of the extrinsic proteins in higher plant PSII, and suggest that each of the three extrinsic proteins has their own binding sites independent of the others in the green algal PSII.
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- Takehiro Suzuki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601 Japan
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Kudoh H, Sonoike K. Irreversible damage to photosystem I by chilling in the light: cause of the degradation of chlorophyll after returning to normal growth temperature. Planta 2002. [PMID: 12172835 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0790-799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The recovery process after chilling-induced photoinhibition of photosystem I (PSI) was studied in leaves of a chilling-sensitive plant, cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Nanshin). Determination of chlorophyll content, photosystem (PS) activities in vivo and in vitro, and the amount of reaction-center subunits of PSI revealed that: (i) The content of chlorophyll decreased to 70% of the original level gradually from 1 to 3 days after exposure to a low temperature. (ii) The amount of functional PSI per unit leaf area was reduced to 30% of the initial level by the chilling treatment. The amount of functional PSI gradually increased during the next 6 days but only to 50% of the original level. (iii) When expressed on a chlorophyll basis, however, the amount of functional PSI recovered to 90% of the original level 6 days after the treatment. (iv) The residual amount of chlorophyll on the third day after the treatment closely correlated with the amount of functional PSI at that point. These results indicate that the decrease in chlorophyll content at a normal growth temperature after chilling treatment is a consequence of the degradation of irreversibly damaged PSI complexes. Immunoblot analysis confirmed that PsaAB protein, the reaction-center subunits of PSI, was degraded during the 3 days after chilling treatment. Some characteristics of the chilling injury frequently reported, i.e. irreversibility of the injury and development of visible symptoms at room temperature, can be explained as a consequence of the chilling-induced photoinhibition of PSI.
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- Hideki Kudoh
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bldg. FSB Box 101, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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