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PHOTOSYNTHETICA
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 475-478Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-014-0044-7
Keywords
carboxylation efficiency; grain yield; maximum carboxylation rate; photorespiration; RuBP regeneration rate
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- National Science and Technology Support Plan [2012BAC09B01]
- National Natural Science Foundation [30971703, 31171462]
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To investigate how bisulfite promotes photosynthesis, a pot experiment was conducted with rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants to determine Rubisco activity and content, and Rubisco activase (RCA) gene expression after spraying NaHSO3 on rice leaves. The NaHSO3 treatment promoted significantly net photosynthetic rate (P (N)), carboxylation efficiency, maximum carboxylation rate, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate regeneration rate, initial Rubisco activity, and RCA protein and mRNA concentrations. Therefore, the NaHSO3 enhancement of P (N) could be directly attributed to induction of RCA gene expression both at the transcription and translation levels. Thus, the increased RCA regulated the initial Rubisco activity in vivo.
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