Photoinhibitory Light-induced Changes in the Composition of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes and Photochemical Activity in Photosystem-I Submembrane Fractions¶

2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramanyam Rajagopal ◽  
Nikolai G. Bukhov ◽  
Robert Carpentier
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 867-872
Author(s):  
M. S. Khristin ◽  
T. N. Smolova ◽  
V. D. Kreslavski

Abstract The dynamics of changes in the photochemical activity of photosystem II (PSII) and low-temperature spectra at 77 K in the first leaves of 11-day winter wheat plants Triticum aestivum L., as well as structural changes in chlorophyll-protein complexes (CPC) of thylakoid membranes during recovery after a short-term (20 min) heating at a temperature of 42°C, were studied. Changes in the Fv/Fm, F735/F695, and F735/F685 ratios indicate inhibition of PSII immediately after heating. Using nondenaturing electrophoresis, it was shown that the light-harvesting Chl a/b complex of PSII does not aggregate immediately after heating but after several hours, after 6 h the desagregation of CPC was observed, which was consistent with an increase in the Fv/Fm ratio upon recovery. The influence of temperature, intensity, and quality of light (white, blue, and red light) on the recovery of PSII activity and low-temperature fluorescence spectra was studied. It was concluded that the recovery is a photo-activated low-energy process, independent of photosynthesis, and the most effective in blue light.


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