Two different kinds of oxygen evolving photosystem II (PSII) core complexes were isolated in the present study by solubilization of PSII enriched thylakoid membranes from spinach with the non-ionic detergent 6-O-(N-heptylcarbamoyl)-methyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (Hecameg) under different conditions. The PSII core complex isolated at higher ionic strength was similar to that isolated by using octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (OGP) and lacked the 23 and 17 kDa extrinsic proteins of the oxygen evolving complex but retained the 22 kDa PsbS protein. Solubilization of the PSII membranes with Hecameg at lower ionic strength allowed the isolation of another PSII complex that retained all the three extrinsic proteins (33, 23 and 17 kDa) of the oxygen evolving complex but was depleted of the 22 kDa PsbS protein. This complex exhibited high rates of oxygen evolution and was found to be more sensitive to DCMU indicating a better structural and functional integrity and may be treated as the minimal functional unit required for PSII photochemistry. The detergent Hecameg is relatively inexpensive and the methodology remains simple since it does not require any chromatography or density gradient ultracentrifugation.
In transgenic (TG) tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) overexpressed ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene (LeFAD7) was identified, which was controlled by the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and induced increased contents of unsaturated fatty acids in thylakoid membrane. Under chilling stress at low irradiance (4 °C, 100 µmol m-2 s-1) TG plants with higher linolenic acids (18: 3) content maintained a higher O2 evolution rate, oxidizable P700 content, and maximal photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) than wild type (WT) plants. Low temperature treatment for 6 h resulted in extensive changes of chloroplast ultrastructure: in WT plants most chloroplasts became circular, the number of amyloids increased, appressed granum stacks were dissolved, grana disappeared, and the number of grana decreased, while only a few grana were found in leaves of TG plants. Hence the overexpression of LeFAD7 could increase the content of
18 : 3 in thylakoid membrane, and this increase alleviated the photoinhibition of photosystem (PS) 1 and PS2 under chilling at low irradiance. and X.-Y. Liu ... [et al.].
The aim of our study was to investigate the role of protons in regulating energy distribution between the two photosystems in the thylakoid membranes. Low pH-induced changes were monitored in the presence of a proton blocker, N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD). When thylakoid membranes were suspended in a low-pH reaction mixture and incubated with DCCD, then a decrease in the fluorescence intensity of photosystem II (PSII) was observed, while no change in the intensity of photosystem I (PSI) fluorescence occurred according to the measured fluorescence emission spectra at 77 K. Since low pH induced distribution of energy from PSII to PSI was inhibited in the presence of DCCD, we concluded that pH/proton concentration of the thylakoid membranes plays an important role in regulating the distribution of the absorbed excitation energy between both photosystems., T. Tongra, S. Bharti, A. Jajoo., and Obsahuje bibliografii
PsbP is an extrinsic protein of PSII having a function of Ca2+ and Cl- retention in the water-oxidizing center (WOC). In order to understand the mechanism how PsbP regulates the Cl- binding in WOC, we examined the effect of PsbP depletion on the protein structures around the Cl- sites using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Light-induced FTIR difference spectra upon the S1-S2 transition were obtained using Cl--bound and NO3--substituted PSII membranes in the presence and absence of PsbP. A clear difference in the amide I band changes by PsbP depletion was observed between Cl--bound and NO3--substituted PSII samples, indicating that PsbP binding perturbed the protein conformations around the Cl-ion(s) in WOC. It is suggested that PsbP stabilizes the Cl- binding by regulating the dissociation constant of Cl- and/or an energy barrier of Cl- dissociation through protein conformational changes around the Cl- ion(s)., J. Kondo, T. Noguchi., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
Restoration of electron flow and oxygen-evolution quantity of Mn-depleted photosystem 2 (PS2) was performed with using synthetic manganese complexes Mn(im)6Cl2, Mn(im)2Cl2, Mn(5-Clsalgy)2, and Mn(salgy)2 instead of original manganese cluster for reconstruction of electron transport and oxygen evolution. and M. S. Karacan, G. Somer.
In the bark of Populus tremula L. photochemical efficiency of photosystem 2 (PS2) determined as Fv/Fm decreased during winter. The strongest reduction was found after cold periods. The degree of reduction depended on irradiance since the lowest levels of Fv/Fm were found on the sun-exposed side of the stem and below thin phellem. Therefore, photoinhibition was partly responsible for the reduction in Fv/Fm. The photochemical efficiency of PS2 recovered in late April about a month before the trees got leaves. In the laboratory, Fv/Fm recovered within about a week under low irradiance at 20 °C. Rapid recovery of photochemical efficiency of PS2 in the bark may be important to reduce respiratory loss of CO2 from the stem before the trees get leaves. and K. A. Solhaug, J. Haugen.
Responses of two sides of Rumex K-1 leaves to chilling stress (5 °C, photon flux density of 100 µmol m-2 s-1) were studied by using gas exchange, chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence, and spectrum reflectance techniques. The Chl and carotenoid contents in the two sides were not affected by chilling treatment, and both were higher in the adaxial side. The maximum quantum yield of photosystem (PS) 2 and fraction of functional PS1 in the abaxial side decreased more markedly than those in the adaxial side during the chilling treatment, indicating that the abaxial side was damaged more significantly than the adaxial side. Before chilling, there were no obvious differences in actual photochemical efficiency of PS2, photosynthesis, and photorespiration between two sides of the leaves. Under chilling stress, the actual photochemical efficiency of PS2, photosynthesis, and photorespiration all declined more significantly in the abaxial side, which was partly attributed to lower carboxylation efficiency in the abaxial side than that in the adaxial side. Non-photochemical quenching was higher in the adaxial side, though the de-epoxidation of xanthophyll cycle pigments' pool on basis of Chl was higher in the abaxial side. Both the slower decrease in the photochemical quenching and the higher non-photochemical quenching may account for the higher resistance to chilling stress in the adaxial side of Rumex K-1 leaves. and P.-M. Li ... [et al.].
Three extrinsic polypeptides and manganese cluster were sequentially released from the membrane when photosystem 2 (PS2) membranes were kept under high hydrostatic pressure. The 17 kDa polypeptide was the most sensitive, while the 33 kDa polypeptide was the most reluctant to the treatment with high pressure. The release of manganese was not simply correlated with the loss of 33 kDa polypeptide. The losing of oxygen-evolving activity of PS2 was synchronised with the releasing of extrinsic polypeptides and manganese. and Y. Yu ... [et al.].