Journal
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue 4, Pages 915-929Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13235
Keywords
cyclophilin28; immunophilin; peptidyl-prolyl cis; trans isomerase activity; photosynthesis; PSII-LHCII supercomplexes; thylakoid lumen
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31700206]
- Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi [2016JM3023]
- Special Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Shaanxi Province [16JK1792]
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A study reveals that the immunophilin CYP28 regulates the assembly and accumulation of photosystem II-light-harvesting complex II supercomplexes in plant chloroplasts. The lack of CYP28 results in accelerated leaf growth, earlier flowering time, and increased accumulation of high molecular weight PSII-LHCII supercomplexes. CYP28 likely alters the configuration of Lhcb6 through its PPIase activity to regulate the accumulation of PSII-LHCII supercomplexes.
In plant chloroplasts, photosystem II (PSII) complexes, together with light-harvesting complex II (LHCII), form various PSII-LHCII supercomplexes (SCs). This process likely involves immunophilins, but the underlying regulatory mechanisms are unclear. Here, by comparing Arabidopsis thaliana mutants lacking the chloroplast lumen-localized immunophilin CYCLOPHILIN28 (CYP28) to wild-type and transgenic complemented lines, we determined that CYP28 regulates the assembly and accumulation of PSII-LHCII SCs. Compared to the wild type, cyp28 plants showed accelerated leaf growth, earlier flowering time, and enhanced accumulation of high molecular weight PSII-LHCII SCs under normal light conditions. The lack of CYP28 also significantly affected the electron transport rate. Blue native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed more Lhcb6 and less Lhcb4 in M-LHCII-Lhcb4-Lhcb6 complexes in cyp28 versus wild-type plants. Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) activity assays revealed that CYP28 exhibits weak PPIase activity and that its K113 and E187 residues are critical for this activity. Mutant analysis suggested that CYP28 may regulate PSII-LHCII SC accumulation by altering the configuration of Lhcb6 via its PPIase activity. Furthermore, the Lhcb6-P139 residue is critical for PSII-LHCII SC assembly and accumulation. Therefore, our findings suggest that CYP28 likely regulates PSII-LHCII SC assembly and accumulation by altering the configuration of P139 of Lhcb6 via its PPIase activity.
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