Photosynthetic CO2 fixation is the ultimate source of organic carbon on earth and thus is essential for crop production and carbon sequestration, Ribulose-1,5-bis- phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase （Rubisco） catalyzes...Photosynthetic CO2 fixation is the ultimate source of organic carbon on earth and thus is essential for crop production and carbon sequestration, Ribulose-1,5-bis- phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase （Rubisco） catalyzes the first step of photosynthetic CO2 fixation. However, the extreme low carboxylation efficiency of Rubisco makes it the most attractive target for improving pho- tosynthetic efficiency. Extensive studies have focused on re-engineering a more efficient enzyme, but the effort has been impeded by the limited understanding of its structure-function relationships and the lack of an effi- cient selection system towards its activity. To address the unsuccessful molecular engineering of Rubisco, we developed an Escherichia coil-based activity-directed selection system which links the growth of host cell solely to the Rubisco activity therein. A Synechococcus sp. PCC7002 Rubisco mutant with E49V and D82G sub- stitutions in the small subunit was selected from a total of 15,000 mutants by one round of evolution. This mutant showed an 85% increase in specific carboxyla- tion activity and a 45% improvement in catalytic efficiency towards CO2. The small-subunit E49V mutation was speculated to influence holoenzyme catalysis through interaction with the large-subunit Q225. This interaction is conserved among various Rubisco from higher plants and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Knowledge of these might provide clues for engineering Rubisco from higher plants, with the potential of increasing the crop yield.展开更多
Effects of cerium （Ce^3＋） on photosynthetic characteristics were investigated by hydroponics under laboratory conditions when soybean seedlings were exposed to two levels of supplementary UV-B radiation. UV-B radia...Effects of cerium （Ce^3＋） on photosynthetic characteristics were investigated by hydroponics under laboratory conditions when soybean seedlings were exposed to two levels of supplementary UV-B radiation. UV-B radiation badly inhibited the photosynthesis in soybean seedling, leading to a reduction in net photosynthetic rate （Pn）, Hill reaction activity, light saturated photosynthetic rate （Ps） and apparent quanta yield （AQY）, as well as the CO2 and light saturated photosynthetic rate （Pro） and carboxulation efficiency （CE）. On the contrary, Ce obviously promoted the photosynthesis of plants by increasing Hill reaction activity, accelerating electron transport and photophosphorylation, and enhancing carboxylation efficiency. For Ce＋UV-B treatments, the values of photosynthetic parameters were still lower than those of the control, but obviously higher than those of UV-B treatment. The results indicated that Ce alleviated the inhibition of UV-B radiation on the photosynthesis in soybean seedling to a certain extent. In correlating of Pn with Hill activity, AQY and CE, we found that the changes of photosynthetic rate were mainly influenced by the regulating effect of Ce on Hill activity and AQY at low level （0.15 W/m^2） of UV-B radiation, but were dominated by the regulating effect of Ce on CE at high level （0.45 W/m^2）. Thus, Ce could regulate many aspects in photosynthesis of soybean seedling under UV-B stress. The regulating mechanism was close related with the dosage of UV-B radiation.展开更多
After exposure of one-year old seedlings of Swietenia macrophylla to an overnight temperature (13 C, 19 C, 25 C, 31 C or 35 C), the leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn) was researched through measuring photosynthetic lig...After exposure of one-year old seedlings of Swietenia macrophylla to an overnight temperature (13 C, 19 C, 25 C, 31 C or 35 C), the leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn) was researched through measuring photosynthetic light-response curves at 360 mmolmol-1 CO2, and photosynthetic CO2-response curves at light-saturated intensity (1500 mmolm-2 s-1). The optimal temperature for photosynthesis measured at 360 mmol穖ol-1 CO2 was from 25 C to 31 C, but which was from 31C to 35 C at saturating CO2 concentration. At temperature of below 25 C, the decline in Pn was mainly due to the drop in carboxylation efficiency (Ce), while as temperature was over 31 C, the reduction in Pn resulted from both decrease in Ce and increase in leaf respiration. The CO2-induced stimulation of photosynthesis was strongly inhibited at temperatures below 13 C. The results showed that, the leaf photosynthesis of tropical evergreen plants should not be accelerated at low temperature in winter season with elevated CO2 concentration in the future.展开更多
To understand the ecophysiological adapta-tion of Lilium"Oriental Hybrids",which are grown for their commercial bulbs,the gas exchange,leaf N and chlorophyll content of the three varieties were investigated ...To understand the ecophysiological adapta-tion of Lilium"Oriental Hybrids",which are grown for their commercial bulbs,the gas exchange,leaf N and chlorophyll content of the three varieties were investigated in the central areas of the Yunnan Province.Among the three varieties,light-saturated photosynthetic rate at ambient CO_(2)(Amax)of Tiber was the highest,while that of Siberia was the lowest.The difference in the Amax was related to the carboxylation efficiency(CE),leaf mass per unit area and leaf N content per mass,which indicated that their photosynthetic capacity was influenced by the activity and/or the quantity of Rubisco.The three vari-eties had lower photosynthetic saturation points and pho-tosynthetic compensation points,but the photosynthetic rates were not decreased up to 2000 μmol·m^(-2)·s^(-1) of the light intensity.This indicates that the three varieties had broad adaptability to light intensity.There were signifi-cant differences in the photosyn thetic optimum temper-ature among the three varieties.Siberia had the highest photosynthetic optimum temperature(25.5℃-34.9℃),and is likely to grow well in warm areas.Sorbonne had the lowest photosynthetic optimum temperature(19.3℃-25.6℃),and its growth is favored in cool areas.Tiber can maintain a high photosynthetic rate within a wide range of temperature.Therefore,Tiber is the most suitable variety for the climate in the central areas of the Yunn an Province,China.展开更多
文摘Photosynthetic CO2 fixation is the ultimate source of organic carbon on earth and thus is essential for crop production and carbon sequestration, Ribulose-1,5-bis- phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase （Rubisco） catalyzes the first step of photosynthetic CO2 fixation. However, the extreme low carboxylation efficiency of Rubisco makes it the most attractive target for improving pho- tosynthetic efficiency. Extensive studies have focused on re-engineering a more efficient enzyme, but the effort has been impeded by the limited understanding of its structure-function relationships and the lack of an effi- cient selection system towards its activity. To address the unsuccessful molecular engineering of Rubisco, we developed an Escherichia coil-based activity-directed selection system which links the growth of host cell solely to the Rubisco activity therein. A Synechococcus sp. PCC7002 Rubisco mutant with E49V and D82G sub- stitutions in the small subunit was selected from a total of 15,000 mutants by one round of evolution. This mutant showed an 85% increase in specific carboxyla- tion activity and a 45% improvement in catalytic efficiency towards CO2. The small-subunit E49V mutation was speculated to influence holoenzyme catalysis through interaction with the large-subunit Q225. This interaction is conserved among various Rubisco from higher plants and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Knowledge of these might provide clues for engineering Rubisco from higher plants, with the potential of increasing the crop yield.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20471030, 30570323) the Foundation of State Planning Committee (No.GFZ040628, BG2005040)
文摘Effects of cerium （Ce^3＋） on photosynthetic characteristics were investigated by hydroponics under laboratory conditions when soybean seedlings were exposed to two levels of supplementary UV-B radiation. UV-B radiation badly inhibited the photosynthesis in soybean seedling, leading to a reduction in net photosynthetic rate （Pn）, Hill reaction activity, light saturated photosynthetic rate （Ps） and apparent quanta yield （AQY）, as well as the CO2 and light saturated photosynthetic rate （Pro） and carboxulation efficiency （CE）. On the contrary, Ce obviously promoted the photosynthesis of plants by increasing Hill reaction activity, accelerating electron transport and photophosphorylation, and enhancing carboxylation efficiency. For Ce＋UV-B treatments, the values of photosynthetic parameters were still lower than those of the control, but obviously higher than those of UV-B treatment. The results indicated that Ce alleviated the inhibition of UV-B radiation on the photosynthesis in soybean seedling to a certain extent. In correlating of Pn with Hill activity, AQY and CE, we found that the changes of photosynthetic rate were mainly influenced by the regulating effect of Ce on Hill activity and AQY at low level （0.15 W/m^2） of UV-B radiation, but were dominated by the regulating effect of Ce on CE at high level （0.45 W/m^2）. Thus, Ce could regulate many aspects in photosynthesis of soybean seedling under UV-B stress. The regulating mechanism was close related with the dosage of UV-B radiation.
文摘After exposure of one-year old seedlings of Swietenia macrophylla to an overnight temperature (13 C, 19 C, 25 C, 31 C or 35 C), the leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn) was researched through measuring photosynthetic light-response curves at 360 mmolmol-1 CO2, and photosynthetic CO2-response curves at light-saturated intensity (1500 mmolm-2 s-1). The optimal temperature for photosynthesis measured at 360 mmol穖ol-1 CO2 was from 25 C to 31 C, but which was from 31C to 35 C at saturating CO2 concentration. At temperature of below 25 C, the decline in Pn was mainly due to the drop in carboxylation efficiency (Ce), while as temperature was over 31 C, the reduction in Pn resulted from both decrease in Ce and increase in leaf respiration. The CO2-induced stimulation of photosynthesis was strongly inhibited at temperatures below 13 C. The results showed that, the leaf photosynthesis of tropical evergreen plants should not be accelerated at low temperature in winter season with elevated CO2 concentration in the future.
文摘To understand the ecophysiological adapta-tion of Lilium"Oriental Hybrids",which are grown for their commercial bulbs,the gas exchange,leaf N and chlorophyll content of the three varieties were investigated in the central areas of the Yunnan Province.Among the three varieties,light-saturated photosynthetic rate at ambient CO_(2)(Amax)of Tiber was the highest,while that of Siberia was the lowest.The difference in the Amax was related to the carboxylation efficiency(CE),leaf mass per unit area and leaf N content per mass,which indicated that their photosynthetic capacity was influenced by the activity and/or the quantity of Rubisco.The three vari-eties had lower photosynthetic saturation points and pho-tosynthetic compensation points,but the photosynthetic rates were not decreased up to 2000 μmol·m^(-2)·s^(-1) of the light intensity.This indicates that the three varieties had broad adaptability to light intensity.There were signifi-cant differences in the photosyn thetic optimum temper-ature among the three varieties.Siberia had the highest photosynthetic optimum temperature(25.5℃-34.9℃),and is likely to grow well in warm areas.Sorbonne had the lowest photosynthetic optimum temperature(19.3℃-25.6℃),and its growth is favored in cool areas.Tiber can maintain a high photosynthetic rate within a wide range of temperature.Therefore,Tiber is the most suitable variety for the climate in the central areas of the Yunn an Province,China.
