Photosystem II photoinhibition and altered kinetics of photosynthesis during nutrient-dependent high-light photoadaptation in Gonyaulax polyedra

1986 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. B. Pr�zelin ◽  
G. Samuelsson ◽  
H. A. Matlick

1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 597-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aloysius Wild ◽  
Matthias Höpfner ◽  
Wolfgang Rühle ◽  
Michael Richter

The effect of different growth light intensities (60 W·m-2, 6 W·m-2) on the performance of the photosynthetic apparatus of mustard plants (Sinapis alba L.) was studied. A distinct decrease in photosystem II content per chlorophyll under low-light conditions compared to high-light conditions was found. For P-680 as well as for Oᴀ and Oв protein the molar ratio between high-light and low-light plants was 1.4 whereas the respective concentrations per chlorophyll showed some variations for P-680 and Oᴀ on the one and Oв protein on the other hand.In addition to the study of photosystem II components, the concentrations of PQ, Cyt f, and P-700 were measured. The light regime during growth had no effect on the amount of P-700 per chlorophyll but there were large differences with respect to PQ and Cyt f. The molar ratio for Cyt f and PQ between high- and low-light leaves was 2.2 and 1.9, respectively.Two models are proposed, showing the functional organization of the pigment system and the electron transport chain in thylakoids of high-light and low-light leaves of mustard plants.



1975 ◽  
Vol 408 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.Z. Paschenko ◽  
S.P. Protasov ◽  
A.B. Rubin ◽  
K.N. Timofeev ◽  
L.M. Zamazova ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 425-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler D. B. MACKENZIE ◽  
Jeanette JOHNSON ◽  
Douglas A. CAMPBELL

Lobaria pulmonaria is an epiphytic lichen that, in south-eastern Canada, inhabits deciduous forests where it must acclimate to large seasonal changes in temperature and in light caused by closing and opening of the leaf canopy. On a seasonal timescale, this acclimation occurs via large shifts in the macromolecular complexes of the photosynthetic system, within a photobiont population that shows no seasonal change in cell numbers. In this study, samples of L. pulmonaria were harvested in February and in May from a natural population near Sackville, New Brunswick, and subjected to two simulated intense seasonal changes: (1) early spring warming, simulated by a shift from high light at 5°C to high light at 16°C (February shift), and (2) late spring canopy closure, simulated by a shift from high light at 16°C to low light at 16°C (May shift). Thallus samples were collected daily throughout each week-long shift. There were no significant changes in photobiont cell population size or in the fraction of cells dividing during either shift. During the first day of the February temperature shift, there were, however, large changes in the pools of chlorophyll, the major light capture molecule in the photobionts, the PsbA (D1) core protein of photosystem II whose turnover is highly responsive to changing light and temperature, and the RbcL major subunit of the carbon-fixing RUBISCO enzyme whose levels correlate strongly with achieved photosynthesis in lichens. A static population of photobionts was therefore able to perform large and rapid macromolecular reallocations to cope with rapid environmental change. No significant changes were seen in the chlorophyll, photosystem II or RUBISCO pools across the May light shift, although seasonal-scale macromolecular reallocation does occur in response to decreased light in the summer.



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