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The PsbW protein stabilizes the supramolecular organization of photosystem II in higher plants
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- Garcia-Cerdan, Jose G. (author)
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA,Department of Chemistry, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Kovacs, Laszlo (author)
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Toth, Tuende (author)
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Kereiche, Sami (author)
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Aseeva, Elena (author)
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Boekema, Egbert J. (author)
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- Mamedov, Fikret (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Molekylär biomimetik,Fotosyntesgruppen
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- Funk, Christiane (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen,Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
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- Schröder, Wolfgang P (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen,Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
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- Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
- 2011
- English.
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In: The Plant Journal. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0960-7412 .- 1365-313X. ; 65:3, s. 368-381
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Abstract
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- PsbW, a 6.1-kDa low-molecular-weight protein, is exclusive to photosynthetic eukaryotes, and associates with the photosystem II (PSII) protein complex. In vivo and in vitro comparison of Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type plants with T-DNA insertion knock-out mutants completely lacking the PsbW protein, or with antisense inhibition plants exhibiting decreased levels of PsbW, demonstrated that the loss of PsbW destabilizes the supramolecular organization of PSII. No PSII-LHCII supercomplexes could be detected or isolated in the absence of the PsbW protein. These changes in macro-organization were accompanied by a minor decrease in the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter F-V/F-M, a strongly decreased PSII core protein phosphorylation and a modification of the redox state of the plastoquinone (PQ) pool in dark-adapted leaves. In addition, the absence of PsbW protein led to faster redox changes in the PQ pool, i.e. transitions from state 1 to state 2, as measured by changes in stationary fluorescence (F-S) kinetics, compared with the wild type. Despite these dramatic effects on macromolecular structure, the transgenic plants exhibited no significant phenotype under normal growth conditions. We suggest that the PsbW protein is located close to the minor antenna of the PSII complex, and is important for the contact and stability between several PSII-LHCII supercomplexes.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- circular dichroism
- chloroplast
- electron microscopy
- phosphorylation
- thylakoid membrane
- Biology
- Biologi
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- art (subject category)
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