Different Effects of Malate on the Activities of Photosystem II in Detached Leaves of Maize and Tobacco

Malate is the first stable product after CO2 is fixed in NADP-dependent malic enzyme (NADP-ME) type of C4 plants, which transfers CO2 and the reducing equivalent from mesophyll cell (MC) to vascular bundle sheath cell (BSC) chloroplasts and affects the redox state of BSC. The aim of this experiment is to investigate the effect of exogenous malate on the activity of photosystem II (PS II) in C4 and C3 plants. The leaf discs from the 5th fully expanded leaves of maize (NADP-ME type C4 plants) and the 10th fully expanded leaves of tobacco (C3 plants) were treated with malate of 50, 100 μM and the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were measured. Malate treatments decreased the photochemical reaction efficiency (FV/FM) in maize leaves, as a result of rising in initial fluorescence (FO) and decreasing in maximal fluorescence (FM). The number of active PS II reaction center (RC) per excited cross section (RC/CS) declined in malate-treated maize, suggesting that malate inactivated PS II RC. Malate treatments also increased Wk, representing the severity of oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) damage, and decreased the rate of photosynthetic oxygen evolution. We conclude that exogenous malate regulates the activity and structure of PS II in C4 plant maize. No significant changes in the activity of PS II were observed in malate-treated C3 plant tobacco. It is suggested that the short term malate treatment will inhibit PS II of leaves which have C4 anatomy and C4 enzymes.

Optimum Dark Adaptation Period for Evaluating the Maximum Quantum Efficiency of Photosystem II in Ozone-Exposed Rice Leaves

Because the transient O3 injury of leaves is lost with time, the evaluation of O3 effect on the maximum quantum efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) is difficult. Thus, the authors examined Fv/Fm in rice leaves exposed to different O3 concentrations (0, 0.1, and 0.3 cm3·m-3, expressed as O0, O0.1, and O0.3) under different dark adaptation periods (0, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 30 min, expressed as D0, D1, D5, D10, D20, and D30) to ascertain its optimum time span. Fv/Fm was inhibited by O3;however in the O0 and O0.1 plants, it recovered during dark adaptation. In the O0.3 plants, Fv/Fm decreased gradually with time. F0 was found to be increased by O3, and it increased further in the O0.3 plants during dark adaptation. Under a high light intensity, Fm was decreased by O3, and the O3-induced damage to Fv/Fm was therefore more pronounced. However, the sensitivity of

Calcium contributes to photoprotection and repair of photosystem II in peanut leaves during heat and high irradiance

In this study, we investigated the effects of exogenous calcium nitrate on photoinhibition and thylakoid protein level in peanut plants under heat （40 ℃） and high irradiance （HI） （1,200 mmol/m2 per s） stress. Compared with control seedlings （cultivated in 0 mmol/L Ca（NO3）2 medium）, the maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II （PSII） in Ca2t‐treated plants showed a slight decrease after 5 h stress, accompanied by lower degree of PSII closure （1‐qP）, higher non‐photochemical quenching, and lower level of membrane damage. Ca2t inhibitors were used to analyze the varieties of antioxidant enzymes activity and PSII proteins. These results indicated that Ca2t could protect the subunits of PSII reaction centers from photoinhibition by reducing the generation of reactive oxygen species. In the presence of both ethyleneglycol‐bis（2‐aminoethylether）‐tetraacetic acid and ascorbic acid （AsA）, the net degradation of the damaged D1 protein was faster than that only treated with AsA. Our previous study showed that either the transcriptional or the translational level of calmodulin was obviously higher in Ca2t‐treated plants. These results suggested that, under＆amp;nbsp;heat and HI stress, the Ca2t signal transduction pathway can al eviate the photoinhibition through regulating the protein repair process besides an enhanced capacity for scavenging reactive oxygen species.

Roles of manganese in photosystem II dynamics to irradiations and temperatures

The most amazing chemistry is the light-driven water splitting reaction occurred in the oxygen-evolving complex of phototsystem II in higher plants, green algae, and cyanobacteria. Mn, in the form of Mn4CaOs cluster in photosystem II, is responsible for the catalytic water splitting reaction as well as plays roles in photosystem II dynamics to irradiation and temperatures. Manganese hypothesis of UV-initiated photoinhibition as a direct target is established, and thermal inactivation of photosystem II involves the valence and structural changes of manganese. Recent progresses in understanding the roles of manganese in photoinhibition especially under UV light and in thermal inactivation including elevated temperatures using synthetic models and native PS II complexes are summarized and evaluated. Potential problems and possible solutions are discussed and presented.

Oxygen-evolving Activity in Photosystem II Core Complex of Photosynthetic Membrane in the Presence of Native Lipid

The techniques of oxygen electrode polarography and Fourier transform infrared (FT IR) spectroscopy were employed to explore the involvement of digalactosyl diacylglycerol (DGDG) in functional and structural roles in the photosystem II core complex (PSIICC). It was shown that DGDG exhibited the ability to stimulate the oxygen evolution in PSIICC, which was accompanied by the changes in the structures of PSIICC proteins. The results revealed that there existed hydrogen bonding interactions between DGDG molecules and PSIICC proteins. It is most likely that the sites of PSIICC interaction with DGDG are in the extrinsic protein of 33 kDa.

Assembly of CdTe Quantum Dots and Photosystem II Multi- layer Films with Enhanced Photocurrent

Photosystem II （PSII） is a photoactive protein that can drive water oxidation under light irradiation. Recently, PSII has been broadly investigated with the high demand on the bioenergy. Here, we demonstrate a facile approach for the fabrication of a photoactive electrode by the integration of PSII with quantum dots （QDs）/polyelectrolyte multilayers. The assembled QDs and PSII film with a polyelectrolyte based substrate via layer-by-layer assembly can remain the photoactivity of the PSII and broaden the absorption spectrum of PSII to produce a high photocur- rent yield. The co-assembly exhibits an obviously enhanced photocurrent under UV light irradiation. The proposed strategy can be considered for the reference and usage of PSII toward the solar energy conversion.

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Dynamic Photodamage of Photosystem II Membrane Protein Complex by Integrated Proteomics Strategy

Photosystem II(PSII),as a multiple-subunit chloroplast membrane-associated pigment-protein complex on the thylakoid membrane,is a primary target of light-induced photodamage.However,the overall molecular details of the conformation and composition dynamics of PSII photodamage are still controversial.In this study,we investigated systematically the dynamic conformation,degradation,and oxidation processes of PSII photodamage by integrating chemical cross-linking and top-down proteomics strategies.

Release of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex Subunits from Photosystem II Membranes in Phosphorylation Condition under Light Stress

So far it is unclear whether the release of oxygen-evolving complex （OEC） subunits including PsbO, PsbP, and PsbQ proteins is affected by the phosphorylation of photosystem II （PSII） membranes under light stress. In this work, different phosphorylated PSII membranes were obtained from spinach. Phosphorylation partially suppressed the release of PsbO, PsbP, and PsbQ proteins from PSII membranes under light stress. Reactive oxygen species including superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical, were involved in the release of a small part of PsbO protein, but not in the release of PsbP and PsbQ proteins in the non-phosphorylated and phosphorylated PSII membranes. All of the results suggested that the release of PsbO, PsbP, and PsbQ proteins was partially regulated by phosphorylation in PSII membranes, and the role of reactive oxygen species in the release of OEC subunits in non-phosphorylated PSII membranes was the same as in phosphorylated PSII membranes.

Effect of phosphatidylglycerol on conformation and microenvironment of tyrosyl residue in photosystem II

The structural aspects in the interaction of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) with photosystem II (PSIl), mainly the effect of PQ on conformation and microenvironment of tyrosine residues of PSIl proteins were studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. It was found that the binding of PG to PSIl particle induces changes in the conformation and micropolarity of phenol ring in the tyrosine residues. In other words, the PG effect on the PSIl results in blue shift of the stretch vibrational band in the phenol ring from 1620 to 1500 cm-1 with the enhancement of the absorb-ance intensity. Additionally, a new spectrum of hydrogen bond was also observed. The results imply that the hydrogen-bond formation between the OH group of phenol and one of PG might cause changes in the structures of tyrosine residues in PSIl proteins.

Cloning and Sequence Analysis of a Full-length cDNA Encoding Light-harvesting Complexes of Photosystem II in Phyllostachys edulis

The light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complex plays an important role in photosynthesis of plants. A full-length cDNA of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b （cab） gene was cloned from the first strand of Moso （Phyllostachys edulis） cDNA through RT-PCR and RACE methods, named as cabPhEIO （cab gene 10 from Ph. edulis）. The length of cab- PhEIO （GenBank accession number： EU118754） is 1 151 bp, which contains an open reading frame encoding 283 amino acids from 81st to 932nd position. The bioinformatics analysis indicated that the protein encoded by cab-PhElO had a chlorophll a/b binding domain （83rd -247th position）, two protein kinase C-phosphorylation sites, three Nmyristoylation sites and a yia A/B double helix domain.The amino acid sequence of cab-PhElO showed high similarity with the cab genes of Oryza sativa, Zea mays, Hordeum vulgare, and Vitis vinifera, more than 80%, respectively, which indicated that cab-PhElO gene belongs to lhcb5 gene family.

光合作用PSII Chl分子传能超快光谱学

利用ICCD皮秒、飞秒扫描成像和飞秒时间分辨光谱装置实验研究了高等植物捕光天线LHCⅡ三聚体和PSⅡ颗粒复合物及PSⅡ核心复合物的超快光谱动力学,经过吸收光谱和发射光谱分析,确定在LHCⅡ三聚体中至少存在7种Chl分子光谱特性,它们是:Chlb653/656658.7、Chla662。0665。2、Chla/b670/671671.6、Chla675.0677.1、Chla680/681682.9、Chla685689.1和Chla695.0695.6。采用光强103光子/cm2/脉冲激励浓度为30μg/ml的捕光天线LHCⅡ三聚体,在650nm到705nm谱段逐点探测分析处理,产生了两组短寿命组分210fs、520fs和5.2ps、36.7ps及两个长寿命组分1.8ns、2ns。最快的三个寿命210fs、520fs和5.2ps反映了三聚体Chlb分子向Chla分子的激发能传递过程;寿命36.7ps反映了Chla分子向相邻单体Chla分子的激发能传递过程;最长的两个寿命1.8ns和2ns是在三聚体中Chla分子通过中间体Chla分子辐射荧光,分别跃迁回基态的过程。获得的六个寿命组分有把激发能传递时间与Chla/b分子发射光谱相结合的特点。经拟合处理解析PSⅡ颗粒复合物光谱,得到三个组分谱,其峰值分别为686.8nm、692.2nm和694.9nm,与LHCⅡ比较分析,说明天然构型的PSⅡ有很强的吸收光能和有效传递光能的本领、PSⅡ核心复合物的核心天线CP43和CP47。

高等植物光系统II捕光色素蛋白复合体结构与功能研究的新进展

在系统命名的基础上对高等植物光系统II捕光色素蛋白复合体 (LHCII)的结构和功能研究的新进展进行了介绍 ,并对研究中存在的问题进行了讨论。

植物光系统II放氧复合体外周蛋白结构和功能的研究进展

光合放氧是植物光系统II(PSII)的重要功能之一。PSII的放氧反应主要是由PSII氧化侧的 4个锰原子组成的锰簇催化的。在类囊体膜的囊腔侧还结合有若干个外周蛋白 ,对放氧反应起着重要作用。

光系统II蛋白磷酸化及其生理意义

蛋白磷酸化修饰在几乎所有的生命活动中都起重要的调节作用。该文结合作者研究组的研究工作 ,概述了光系统II(PSII)蛋白磷酸化的调节及其生理功能。PSII复合体中的核心组分D1、D2、CP43和PsbH蛋白以及外周捕光天线 (LHCII)蛋白都可以发生磷酸化。PSII蛋白磷酸化受质醌 (PQ)的氧化还原状态、细胞色素b6f(Cytb6f)和硫氧还蛋白以及光调节。PSII蛋白磷酸化可以调节激发能在两种光系统(PSI和PSII)之间的分配 ,减轻光胁迫对PSII的压力 ,保护核心蛋白免于光破坏 ,稳定PSII复合体的结构。

Blue light is more essential than red light for maintaining the activities of photosystem Ⅱ and Ⅰ and photosynthetic electron transport capacity in cucumber leaves

Blue and red lights differently regulate leaf photosynthesis. Previous studies indicated that plants under blue light generally exhibit better photosynthetic characteristics than those under red light. However, the regulation mechanism of related photosynthesis characteristics remains largely unclear. Here, four light qualities treatments （300 μmol m-2 s-1） including white fluorescent light （FL）, blue monochromatic light （B, 440 nm）, red monochromatic light （R, 660 nm）, and a combination of red and blue light （RB, R：B=8：1） were carried out to investigate their effects on the activity of photosystem II （PSII） and photosystem I （PSI）, and photosynthetic electron transport capacity in the leaves of cucumber （Cucumis sativus L.） seedlings. The results showed that compared to the FL treatment, the R treatment significantly limited electron transport rate in PSII （ETR11） and in PSI （ETR1） by 79.4 and 66.3%, respectively, increased non-light induced non-photochemical quenching in PSII （q^No） and limitation of donor side in PSI （φND） and reduced most JIP-test parameters, suggesting that the R treatment induced suboptimal activity of photosystems and inhibited electron transport from PSII donor side up to PSI. However, these suppressions were effectively alleviated by blue light addition （RB）. Compared with the R treatment, the RB treatment significantly increased ETR, and ETR1 by 176.9 and 127.0%, respectively, promoted photosystems activity and enhanced linear electron transport by elevating electron transport from QA to PSI. The B treatment plants exhibited normal photosystems activity and photosynthetic electron transport capacity similar to that of the FL treatment. It was concluded that blue light is more essential than red light for normal photosynthesis by mediating photosystems activity and photosynthetic electron transport capacity.

Effects of drought treatment on photosystemⅡactivity in the ephemeral plant Erodium oxyrhinchum

Drought is a critical limiting factor affecting the growth and development of plants in arid and semi-arid areas.Photosynthesis,one of the most important physiological processes of plants,can be significantly inhibited by drought.PhotosystemⅡ(PSⅡ)is considered the main attack target when photosynthesis is affected by drought.To clarify how PSⅡcomponents of the ephemeral plant Erodium oxyrhinchum(grown in the Gurbantunggut Desert,China)respond to drought treatment,we evaluated the functional activity of PSII by determining chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange parameters under different drought treatment levels(control(400 mL),moderate drought(200 mL),and severe drought(100 m L)).Under moderate drought treatment,significant decreases were found in net photosynthetic rate(Pn),effective quantum yield of PSII(Y(Ⅱ)),relative electron transfer rate of PSII(rETR(Ⅱ)),oxygen-releasing complex,probability of an absorbed exciton moving an electron into the electron transport chain beyond primary quinone receptor Q_(A)-(Φ(E_(o))),probability of a trapped exciton moving an electron into the electron transport chain beyond primary quinone receptor Q_(A)-(ψ(E_(o))),and performance index of PSⅡ(PI_(abs)).Compared to control treatment,marked increases were observed in water use efficiency(WUE),relative variable fluorescence at the J step(V_(J)),initial fluorescence(F_(o)),and dissipated energy per active reaction center(DI_(o)/RC)under moderate drought treatment,but there were no substantial changes in semi-saturated light intensity(I_(K)),active reaction centers per cross-section(RC/CS),and total performance index of PSII and PSI(PI_(total),where PSI is the photosystemⅠ).The changes of the above parameters under severe drought treatment were more significant than those under moderate drought treatment.In addition,severe drought treatment significantly increased the absorbed energy per active reaction center(ABS/RC)and trapping energy per active reaction center(TR_(o)/RC)but decreased the energy transmission connectivity of PSⅡcomponents,RC/CS,and PI_(total),compared to moderate drought and control treatments.Principle component analysis(PCA)revealed similar information according to the grouping of parameters.Moderate drought treatment was obviously characterized by RC/CS parameter,and the values of F_(o),V_(J),ABS/RC,DI_(o)/RC,and TR_(o)/RC showed specific reactions to severe drought treatment.These results demonstrated that moderate drought treatment reduced the photochemical activity of PSII to a certain extent but E.oxyrhinchum still showed strong adaptation against drought treatment,while severe drought treatment seriously damaged the structure of PSⅡ.The results of this study are useful for further understanding the adaptations of ephemeral plants to different water conditions and can provide a reference for the selection of relevant parameters for photosynthesis measurements of large samples in the field.

Reduced salinity interacts with ultraviolet radiation to alter photosystem Ⅱ function in diatom Skeletonema costatum

To investigate the effect of reduced salinity on diatoms’ capacity to cope with changing ultraviolet radiation(U VR) and photosynthetically active radiation(PAR),Skeletonema costatum was grown in a range of salinity(15,25,and 35).The photo system Ⅱ(PSⅡ) function was analyzed by increasing PAR and UVR to mimic a mixing event in turbulent waters.The re sults show that high UVR exposure significantly reduced PSII activity,especially in cells grown at low salinity.UVR,but not salinity,stimulated the ’removal’ rate of PSII protein PsbA.Salinity alone,in the range of 15 to 35,did not regulate PSⅡ acceptor region;however,the low salinity+UVR treatment decreased the energy flux for electron transport per PSⅡ reaction center in S.costatum.It showed that low salinity exacerbated the damaging effect of UVR on PSⅡ function in S.costatum by suppressing Psb A protein synthe sis and modifying the photochemistry of PSⅡ.Although higher catalase(CAT) activity and NPQs were induced,they were unable to prevent the combined damage effect of low salinity+UVR.Our findings indicate that reduced salinity and increased UVR potentially affect the abundance and distribution of S.costatum with the escalation of climate disturbances.

光系统II(PSII)抑制剂的合成与生物活性研究

合成了系列新型光系统 II (PSII)抑制剂 ,进行了元素分析和生物活性测试 .测试结果表明 ,所合成的化合物均具有希尔反应抑制活性 ,有一些化合物的活性还较高 ,为新型 PSII除草剂的开发应用提供了重要信息 .

光系统(II)抑制剂三维构效关系的研究

采用比较分子场方法 ( Co MFA)对顺式氰基丙烯酸酯化合物进行了三维构效关系的研究 ,获得了具有较强预测能力的四点药效团模型 .距离空间图显示四点为苯环中心 (疏水中心 * )、羰基氧 ( O* * )和碳 ( C# )原子以及乙氧基的氧原子 ( O# # ) .原子间的距离为 :*— * * 0 .3 6 87nm,*— # 0 .3 6 56 nm,# #— * * 0 .3 950 nm,# #— # 0 .3 950 nm.

EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER IN VITRO BETWEEN PHYCOBILIPROTEINS AND THYLAKOID PHOTOSYSTEM Ⅱ OF HIGHER PLANTS

The excitation energy transfer from phycobiliproteins to thylakoid PSII of higher plants was investigated. When incubated with spinach thylakoids, phycobiliproteins isolated from red and blue- green algae transferred light energy absorbed to spinach PSII. The efficiency of energy transfer was dependent on the kind of phycobiliproteins used. If spinach thylakoids were replaced by the thylakoids of Brassica chinensis, R phycoerythin or C- phycocyanin did not transfer their excitation energy to PSII of Brassica chinensis unless allophycocyanin was present.