期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 71, 期 12, 页码 3626-3637出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa126
关键词
Chlorophyll fluorescence; LHCII; NPQ; proton gradient; qE; zeaxanthin
资金
- European Union [675006]
- Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2018-199]
- UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/R015694/1]
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award [WM140084]
- BBSRC [BB/R015694/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Plants are subject to dramatic fluctuations in the intensity of sunlight throughout the day. When the photosynthetic machinery is exposed to high light, photons are absorbed in excess, potentially leading to oxidative damage of its delicate membrane components. A photoprotective molecular process called non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) is the fastest response carried out in the thylakoid membranes to harmlessly dissipate excess light energy. Despite having been intensely studied, the site and mechanism of this essential regulatory process are still debated. Here, we show that the main NPQ component called energy-dependent quenching (qE) is present in plants with photosynthetic membranes largely enriched in the major trimeric light-harvesting complex (LHC) II, while being deprived of all minor LHCs and most photosystem core proteins. This fast and reversible quenching depends upon thylakoid lumen acidification (Delta pH). Enhancing Delta pH amplifies the extent of the quenching and restores qE in the membranes lacking PSII subunit S protein (PsbS), whereas the carotenoid zeaxanthin modulates the kinetics and amplitude of the quenching. These findings highlight the self-regulatory properties of the photosynthetic light-harvesting membranes in vivo, where the ability to switch reversibly between the harvesting and dissipative states is an intrinsic property of the major LHCII.
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