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- Jansson, Stefan, 1959-, et al.
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LIGHT-INDUCED-CHANGES OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II ACTIVITY IN DARK-GROWN SCOTS PINE-SEEDLINGS
- 1992
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Ingår i: Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology. - 0031-9317. ; 84:1, s. 6-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Both chlorophyll a and b and polypeptides of the photosynthetic apparatus are found in gymnosperm seedlings germinated and grown in absolute darkness. The photosystem II (PSII) activity is, however, limited, probably due to an inactive oxygen evolving system. In the present study dark-grown seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris I..) were transferred to light and changes in antenna size and the activation process of PSII were investigated using fluorescence measurements and quantitative western blotting. It was found that the activation process is rapid, requires very little light and that strong light inhibits the process. It takes place without any changes in the primary reactions of PSII. Furthermore, all polypeptides except the major light-harvesting chlorophyll alb-binding protein complex of PSII (LHCII) were present in dark-grown seedlings in amounts comparable to the light treated control. The dark-grown seedlings had the same LHCII polypeptide composition as light treated seedlings, and the LHCII present seemed to be fully connected to the reaction centre. The results indicate that activation of PSII in dark-grown conifer seedlings resembles the photoactivation process of angiosperms. This implies that the fundamental processes in the assembly of the photosystem II complex is the same in all plants, but that the regulation differs between different taxa.
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- OTTANDER, C, et al.
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PHOTOSYSTEM-II REACTION CENTERS STAY INTACT DURING LOW-TEMPERATURE PHOTOINHIBITION
- 1993
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Ingår i: Photosynthesis Research. - 0166-8595. ; 35:2, s. 191-200
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Photoinhibition of photosynthesis was studied in intact barley leaves at 5 and 20-degrees-C, to reveal if Photosystem II becomes predisposed to photoinhibition at low temperature by 1) creation of excessive excitation of Photosystem II or, 2) inhibition of the repair process of Photosystem II. The light and temperature dependence of the reduction state of Q(A) was measured by modulated fluorescence. Photon flux densities giving 60% of Q(A) in a reduced state at steady-state photosynthesis (300 mu mol m-2 s-1 at 5-degrees-C and 1200 mumol m-2 s-1 at 20-degrees-C) resulted in a depression of the photochemical efficiency of Photosystem II (F(v)/F(m)) at both 5 and 20-degrees-C. Inhibition of F(v)/F(m) occurred with initially similar kinetics at the two temperatures. After 6 h, F(v)/F(m), was inhibited by 30% and had reached steady-state at 20-degrees-C. However, at 5-degrees-C, F(v)/F(m) continued to decrease and after 10 h, F(v)/F(m) was depressed to 55% of control. The light response of the reduction state of Q(A) did not change during photoinhibition at 20-degrees-C, whereas after photoinhibition at 5-degrees-C, the proportion of closed reaction centres at a given photon flux density was 10-20% lower than before photoinhibition. Changes in the D1-content were measured by immunoblotting and by the atrazine binding capacity during photoinhibition at high and low temperatures, with and without the addition of chloramphenicol to block chloroplast encoded protein synthesis. At 20-degrees-C, there was a close correlation between the amount of D1-protein and the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II, both in the presence or in the absence of an active repair cycle. At 5-degrees-C, an accumulation of inactive reaction centres occurred, since the photochemical efficiency of Photosystem II was much more depressed than the loss of D1-protein. Furthermore, at 5-degrees-C the repair cycle was largely inhibited as concluded from the finding that blockage of chloroplast encoded protein synthesis did not enhance the susceptibility to photoinihibition at 5-degrees-C. It is concluded that, the kinetics of the initial decrease of F(v)/F(m) was determined by the reduction state of the primary electron acceptor Q(A), at both temperatures. However, the further suppression of F(v)/F(m) at 5-degrees-C after several hours of photoinhibition implies that the inhibited repair cycle started to have an effect in determining the photochemical efficiency of Photosystem II.
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