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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102059
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- Nanotechnology Platform Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan [JPMXP09S20MS1007]
- KAKENHI [JP20H05096, 19H04719]
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The study identified a chloroplast protein named TCR, which is involved in electron flow downstream of PSI, contributing to P700 oxidation. Loss of TCR resulted in significant growth reduction in the Arabidopsis pgr5-tcr double mutant, with abnormal oxidation and reduction in the plastoquinone pool.
In natural habitats, plants have developed sophisticated regulatory mechanisms to optimize the photosynthetic electron transfer rate at the maximum efficiency and cope with the changing environments. Maintaining proper P700 oxidation at photosystem I (PSI) is the common denominator for most regulatory processes of photosynthetic electron transfers. However, the molecular complexes and cofactors involved in these processes and their function(s) have not been fully clarified. Here, we identified a redox-active chloroplast protein, the triplet-cysteine repeat protein (TCR). TCR shared similar expression profiles with known photosynthetic regulators and contained two triplet-cysteine motifs (CxxxCxxxC). Biochemical analysis indicated that TCR localizes in chloroplasts and has a [3Fe-4S] cluster. Loss of TCR limited the electron sink downstream of PSI during dark-to-light transition. Arabidopsis pgr5-tcr double mutant reduced growth significantly and showed unusual oxidation and reduction of plastoquinone pool. These results indicated that TCR is involved in electron flow(s) downstream of PSI, contributing to P700 oxidation.
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