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ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 131-139Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-004-0002-2
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carboxylation efficiency; gas exchange; Prosopis juliflora; Rubisco; Rubisco activase; temperature stress
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The success of P. juliflora, an evergreen woody species has been largely attributed to temperature acclimation and stomatal control of photosynthesis under wide range of environmental conditions prevalent in India. We studied the contribution of the enzyme ribulose-1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) in diurnal and seasonal photosynthesis changes in P. juliflora. The changes observed in photosynthesis under natural conditions could be effected by the growth temperatures, which ranged from 10-30degreesC in winter to 30-47degreesC in summer. However, the Total Rubisco activity displayed a constant diurnal pattern and showed a maximum at 1200 in all seasons namely spring, summer, monsoon and winter irrespective of the changes in temperature. The Total Rubisco activity from two cohorts of leaves produced in spring and monsoon appeared to be down-regulated differentially at low PPFD during the evening. The in vivo and in vitro measurements of carboxylation efficiency of Rubisco showed wide variation during the day and were correlated with the photosynthesis rate. The light activation of Rubisco showed the acclimation to moderately high temperatures in different seasons except in summer. The exceptionally high temperatures (>45degreesC) in summer, though not affecting Total activity, severely inhibited the light activation of Rubisco and also modulated the recovery process for the activation of Rubisco. Our studies suggest that the modulation of Rubisco driven by Rubisco activase and not Rubisco per se was crucial for the diurnal regulation of photosynthesis.
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