Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 553, Issue 1-2, Pages 109-112Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00981-5
Keywords
sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol; photosystem II; thylakoid membrane; glycolipid; Chlamydomonas
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Photosystem (PS) II activity of a sulfoquinovosyl diacylgiycerol (SQDG)-deficient mutant (hf-2) of Chlamydomonas was partially decreased compared with that of wild-type. The susceptibility to 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) was also modified in the mutant. Photometric measurements in the isolated thylakoid membranes of hf-2 revealed that the lowered activity in the mutant was derived from a decrease in the efficiency of the electron donation from water to tyrosine Z, not from the efficiency of the electron transport from Q(A) to Q(B). This result was confirmed by the decay kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence determined in vivo. We conclude that SQDG contributes to maintaining the conformation of PSII complexes, particularly that of D1 polypeptides, which are necessary for maximum activities in Chlamydomonas. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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