Photoelectric effects on chlorophyll fluorescence of photosystem II in vivo. Kinetics in the absence and presence of valinomycin

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim J Vredenberg ◽  
Alexander Bulychev
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
In Vivo Kinetics

scholarly journals Two Quenchers Formed During Photodamage of Phostosystem II and The Role of One Quencher in Preemptive Photoprotection

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alonso Zavafer ◽  
Ievgeniia Iermak ◽  
Mun Hon Cheah ◽  
Wah Soon Chow
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Reaction Centre ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Fluorescence Quencher

AbstractThe quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence caused by photodamage of Photosystem II (qI) is a well recognized phenomenon, where the nature and physiological role of which are still debatable. Paradoxically, photodamage to the reaction centre of Photosystem II is supposed to be alleviated by excitation quenching mechanisms which manifest as fluorescence quenchers. Here we investigated the time course of PSII photodamage in vivo and in vitro and that of picosecond time-resolved chlorophyll fluorescence (quencher formation). Two long-lived fluorescence quenching processes during photodamage were observed and were formed at different speeds. The slow-developing quenching process exhibited a time course similar to that of the accumulation of photodamaged PSII, while the fast-developing process took place faster than the light-induced PSII damage. We attribute the slow process to the accumulation of photodamaged PSII and the fast process to an independent quenching mechanism that precedes PSII photodamage and that alleviates the inactivation of the PSII reaction centre.

scholarly journals In vivo label-free mapping of the effect of a photosystem II inhibiting herbicide in plants using chlorophyll fluorescence lifetime

Plant Methods ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Noble ◽  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
Frederik G. Görlitz ◽  
Chris Stain ◽  
Chris Dunsby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime ◽  
Label Free

Humidity-sensitive Degreening and Regreening of Leaves of Borya nitida Labill. As Followed by Changes in Chlorophyll Fluorescence

1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 587 ◽  
Author(s):  
SE Hethzerington ◽  
RM Smillie
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Photosystem I ◽  
Fluorescence Induction ◽  
Physiological Age ◽  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Induction ◽  
Induction Kinetics ◽  
Mediated Electron Transfer

Fast and slow chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics were used to follow changes in photosynthetic activity during humidity-sensitive degreening and regreening of leaves of Borya nidita Labill. During dry periods the leaves of this desiccation-tolerant plant lose chlorophyll, becoming yellow-brown and upon rehydration turn green again. This degreening process can be simulated in detached leaves by slow dehydration at 96% relative humidity. Under these conditions changes in chlorophyll fluorescence in vivo and the activities of photosystems I and II in chloroplasts isolated from dehydrated leaves indicated that degreening was accompanied initially by a stimulation of photosystem II activity and a gradual decrease in photosystem I-mediated electron transfer, while at advanced stages of degreening both photosystems were lost. Control leaves detached and kept at 100% relative humidity remained green and showed little change in chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics. During the rehydration and subsequent regreening of dry yellow leaves, photosystem I activity appeared to recover faster than photosystem II. The ability of the leaves to recover and regreen from the dried state, either on the plant or after detachment, depended upon the physiological age of the leaves at the time of dehydration.

scholarly journals Live-cell imaging of photosystem II antenna dissociation during state transitions

2009 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 2337-2342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masakazu Iwai ◽  
Makio Yokono ◽  
Noriko Inada ◽  
Jun Minagawa
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Live Cells ◽  
State Transitions ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Energy Redistribution ◽  
Dominant Component ◽  
Light Harvesting Antenna

Plants and green algae maintain efficient photosynthesis under changing light environments by adjusting their light-harvesting capacity. It has been suggested that energy redistribution is brought about by shuttling the light-harvesting antenna complex II (LHCII) between photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI) (state transitions), but such molecular remodeling has never been demonstrated in vivo. Here, using chlorophyll fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, we visualized phospho-LHCII dissociation from PSII in live cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Induction of energy redistribution in wild-type cells led to an increase in, and spreading of, a 250-ps lifetime chlorophyll fluorescence component, which was not observed in the stt7 mutant incapable of state transitions. The 250-ps component was also the dominant component in a mutant containing the light-harvesting antenna complexes but no photosystems. The appearance of the 250-ps component was accompanied by activation of LHCII phosphorylation, supporting the visualization of phospho-LHCII dissociation. Possible implications of the unbound phospho-LHCII on energy dissipation are discussed.

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