Analysis of fast chlorophyll fluorescence rise (O-K-J-I-P) curves in green fruits indicates electron flow limitations at the donor side of PSII and the acceptor sides of both photosystems

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Kalachanis ◽  
Yiannis Manetas
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Donor Side ◽  
Fluorescence Rise

Inhibition by Tetranitromethane of Photosynthetic Electron Transport from Water to Photosystem II in Chloroplasts

1980 ◽  
Vol 35 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 293-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Sane ◽  
Udo Johanningmeier
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Photosynthetic Electron Transport ◽  
Donor Side ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Diphenyl Carbazide ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Sh Group

Abstract Low concentrations (10 µM) of tetranitromethane inhibit noncyclic electron transport in spinach chloroplasts. A study of different partial electron transport reactions shows that tetranitromethane primarily interferes with the electron flow from water to PS II. At higher concentrations the oxidation of plastohydroquinone is also inhibited. Because diphenyl carbazide but not Mn2+ ions can donate electrons efficiently to PS II in the presence of tetranitromethane it is suggested that it blocks the donor side of PS II prior to donation of electrons by diphenyl carbazide. The pH dependence of the inhibition by this protein modifying reagent may indicate that a functional-SH group is essential for a protein, which mediates electron transport between the water splitting complex and the reaction center of PS II.

A possible relation between the function of photosystem II in oxygen evolution and the variable chlorophyll fluorescence

1989 ◽  
Vol 238 (1291) ◽  
pp. 127-136
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Reaction Centre ◽  
Redox Potentials ◽  
Donor Side ◽  
Hypothetical Model ◽  
Surplus Energy ◽  
Variable Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
And Function ◽  
Energy Dependent

A hypothetical model for the structure and function of photosystem II is proposed that attempts to incorporate different phenomena related to the variable chlorophyll fluorescence inherent in this photosystem. The involvement of pheophytin redox chemistry on both the acceptor and donor side of photosystem II is postulated to achieve redox potentials high enough to oxidize water. The presence of this symmetry would be the cause of inefficient photochemistry in photosystem II when, under unbalanced carbon metabolism, a surplus charge remains on the reaction centre. In addition, such a scheme would enable an efficient dissipation of surplus energy in the reaction centre itself, and would be the origin ofthe ‘energy-dependent’ quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence, q ( E ).

The Polyphasic Rise of Chlorophyll Fluorescence upon Onset of Strong Continuous Illumination: II. Partial Control by the Photosystem II Donor Side and Possible Ways of Interpretation

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1255-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Schreiber ◽  
Christian Neubauer
Keyword(s):  
Photosystem Ii ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Continuous Illumination ◽  
Photochemical Quenching ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Donor Side ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Donation Rate ◽  
Fluorescence Rise ◽  
Level I

The fluorescence rise kinetics in saturating light display two well separated components with largely different properties. The rapid rise from F0 to a first intermediate level, I1 is photochemically controlled, while the following phases leading to a secondary intermediate level, I2 and to a peak level, P, are limited by thermal reactions. Treatments which primarily affect components at the photosystem II donor side are shown to increase quenching at I1 and/or to suppress the secondary fluorescence rise to I2. Preillumination by single turnover saturating flashes causes I1- quenching oscillating with period-4 in dependence of flash number. It is suggested that this quenching correlates with (S2 + S3) states of the watersplitting enzyme system. Suppression of the secondary, I1 - I2 rise component is invariably found with treatments which lower electron donation rate by the watersplitting system and are known to favor the low potential form of cyt b 559. Three different mechanisms are discussed on the basis of which donor-side dependent quench­ing could be interpreted: 1) Non-photochemical quenching by accumulation of the P 680+ radical cation. 2) Dissipative photochemical quenching at a special population of PS II centers (β- or non- B centers) displaying low donor capacity and high rates of charge recombination. 3) Dissipative photochemical quenching via cyclic electron flow around PS II, involving alternate donors to P 680+ (like cyt b 559 or carotenoid in their low potential forms), which can compete when donation rate from the water splitting system is slowed down. The possibility of donor-side limitation also being involved in “energy dependent” quenching is discussed.

Analysis of the control of photosynthesis in C 4 plants by changes in light and carbon dioxide

1989 ◽  
Vol 323 (1216) ◽  
pp. 339-355 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Calvin Cycle ◽  
Carbon Assimilation ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching ◽  
Photosynthetic Carbon ◽  
Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation

Parallel measurements of contents of photosynthetic intermediates, activities of enzymes of photosynthetic carbon assimilation, gas-exchange rates and components of chlorophyll-fluorescence quenching in leaves of C 4 plants are considered in relation to changes in photon flux density (PFD) and CO 2 . The influence of varying light and CO 2 concentration upon changes in the amounts of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) in leaves of C 4 plants during steady-state photosynthesis are interpreted in terms of the regulatory properties of PEP carboxylase and in terms of feedback interactions between the Calvin cycle and the C 4 cycle. Relations between electron transport and carbon assimilation are discussed in terms of the regulation of the supply of ATP and NADPH and the demands of carbon assimilation. In low light these relations differ in C 3 and C 4 plants. The lag in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in maize that follows a decrease in PFD has been analysed. The changes that occur in enzyme activities, metabolites and components of chlorophyll-fluorescence quenching following the transition from high to low light indicate that diminished production of ATP and NADPH is responsible for the lag in photosynthetic carbon assimilation and may reflect a stimulation of cyclic electron flow to make up a deficit in ATP.

The Inhibition of Photosynthetic Light Reactions by Halogenated Naphthoquinones

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 645-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Pfister ◽  
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler ◽  
Günther Burger ◽  
Hans Musso ◽  
Manuel Zahn
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Photosynthetic Electron Transport ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Photosynthetic Electron Flow ◽  
A Site ◽  
Fluorescence Transients

Abstract Halogenated naphthoquinones act as inhibitors of photosynthetic electron flow. I50 concentra­ tion for inhibition of methylviologen reduction were found to range between 2 × 10-5 m to 2 × 10-6 M. Comparing their effects on several partial reactions of electron flow, the inhibition site of the naphthoquinones was found to be at the reducing site of PS II. Studies of fluorescence transients in presence of halogenated naphthoquinones give further evidence for a site action similar to that of diuron and different to that of DBMIB. All naphthoquinones act as quenchers of chlorophyll fluorescence with pure chlorophyll a, and with much higher efficiency in green algae and chloroplasts. It is concluded, that the halogenated naphthoquinones act similar to PS II-inhibitors like diuron, but do not share a common binding site at the PS II-complex. Implications of a possible involvement of phylloquinone K 1 in photosynthetic electron transport are discussed. The synthesis of 2-chloro-as well as 2-bromo-3-isopropyl-1,4-naphthoquinone is described.

Adaptation of a Chlamydomonas mutant with reduced rate of photorespiration to different concentrations of CO2

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (7) ◽  
pp. 834-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kensaku Suzuki ◽  
Hidenori Onodera
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Electron Flow ◽  
Effective Quantum Yield ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters ◽  
Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase ◽  
Concentrating Mechanism ◽  
Type Strains

It has been widely accepted that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells utilize inorganic carbon very efficiently for photosynthesis by operating a CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) under conditions of limited CO2. To help define the mechanism, 7FR2N, one of the suppressor double mutants of phosphoglycolate phosphatase-deficient (pgp1) mutants that have a reduced photorespiration rate (RPR) was crossed with wild-type strains to generate the strain N21 as a single RPR mutant. The comparison of photosynthetic characteristics with wild-type strains after the cells adapted to different concentrations of CO2 revealed that photosynthetic affinity for inorganic carbon was higher than that in wild-type strains after adaptation to concentrations between 50 µL·L–1 CO2 and 5% CO2. Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were also compared, and the biggest difference between N21 and the wild-type strains was observed in the photochemical quenching and effective quantum yield of photosystem II (ΔF/Fm′) at the CO2 compensation point. These values in N21 increased in a similar manner to the photosynthetic affinity for CO2, and increased significantly when the cells adapted to low-CO2 levels, whereas the values in the wild-type strains were apparently lower without any significant changes, regardless of the CO2 concentrations to which they were adapted. Although it was not clear if a nonphotochemical quenching parameter (NPQ) in N21 was higher than that in wild-type strains, NPQ increased coincidentally with the increase in photosynthetic affinity for inorganic carbon when the CO2 concentrations to which the strains were adapted decreased, in both the mutant and wild-type strain, suggesting that this form of NPQ reflects the operation of CCM in certain conditions. Possible candidates for the RPR mutation and the relationship between CCM and photosynthetic electron flow are discussed.Key words: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, chlorophyll fluorescence, CO2-concentrating mechanism, low-CO2 responsive gene, phosphoglycolate phosphatase, photorespiration.

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