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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
Volume 1861, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.03.005
Keywords
Arabidopsis thaliana; Berteroa incana; Nonphotochemical quenching; Photosystem II; Light harvesting; Photoinhibition
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- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- BBSRC [BB/L019027/1]
- Queen Mary Principal's research studentship
- BBSRC [BB/R015694/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The spring ephemeral Berteroa incana is a familial relative of Arabidopsis thaliana and thrives in a diverse range of terrestrial ecosystems. Within this study, the novel chlorophyll fluorescence parameter of photochemical quenching in the dark (qPd) was used to measure the redox state of the primary quinone electron acceptor (Q(A)) in order to estimate the openness of photosystem II (PSII) reaction centres (RC). From this, the early onset of photoinactivation can be sensitively quantified alongside the light tolerance of PSII and the photoprotective efficiency of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ). This study shows that, with regards to A. thaliana, NPQ is enhanced in B. incana in both low-light (LL) and high-light (HL) acclimation states. Moreover, light tolerance is increased by up to 500%, the rate of photoinactivation is heavily diminished, and the ability to recover from light stress is enhanced in B. incana, relative to A. thaliana. This is due to faster synthesis of zeaxanthin and a larger xanthophyll cycle (XC) pool available for deepoxidation. Moreover, preferential energy transfer via CP47 around the RC further enhances efficient photoprotection. As a result, a high functional cross-section of photosystem II is maintained and is not downregulated when B. incana is acclimated to HL. A greater capacity for protective NPQ allows B. incana to maintain an enhanced light-harvesting capability when acclimated to a range of light conditions. This enhancement of flexible short-term protection saves the metabolic cost of long-term acclimatory changes.
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