期刊
PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH
卷 117, 期 1-3, 页码 547-556出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9906-2
关键词
Arabidopsis thaliana; Chl contents and Chl a/b ratio; Developmental stage and senescence; Nutrient mobilization; Photosynthetic performance; Photosynthetic complexes and their components
资金
- Research Center Program of IBS (Institute for Basic Science) [CA1208]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (The National Honor Scientist Support Program) [20100020417]
- Korea government (MEST) in Korea
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- MEST [2012-0004968]
Photosynthetic complexes in the thylakoid membrane of plant leaves primarily function as energy-harvesting machinery during the growth period. However, leaves undergo developmental and functional transitions along aging and, at the senescence stage, these complexes become major sources for nutrients to be remobilized to other organs such as developing seeds. Here, we investigated age-dependent changes in the functions and compositions of photosynthetic complexes during natural leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that Chl a/b ratios decreased during the natural leaf senescence along with decrease of the total chlorophyll content. The photosynthetic parameters measured by the chlorophyll fluorescence, photochemical efficiency (F (v)/F (m)) of photosystem II, non-photochemical quenching, and the electron transfer rate, showed a differential decline in the senescing part of the leaves. The CO2 assimilation rate and the activity of PSI activity measured from whole senescing leaves remained relatively intact until 28 days of leaf age but declined sharply thereafter. Examination of the behaviors of the individual components in the photosynthetic complex showed that the components on the whole are decreased, but again showed differential decline during leaf senescence. Notably, D1, a PSII reaction center protein, was almost not present but PsaA/B, a PSI reaction center protein is still remained at the senescence stage. Taken together, our results indicate that the compositions and structures of the photosynthetic complexes are differentially utilized at different stages of leaf, but the most dramatic change was observed at the senescence stage, possibly to comply with the physiological states of the senescence process.
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