期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 69, 期 12, 页码 3053-3068出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery129
关键词
Biochemical subtypes; C-4 photosynthesis; CO2-concentrating mechanism; low light; shade
资金
- Australian Research Council
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University
- Australian Research Council [DP120101603, DE130101760, CE140100015]
- Australian Research Council [DE130101760, CE140100015] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
The high energy cost and apparently low plasticity of C-4 photosynthesis compared with C-3 photosynthesis may limit the productivity and distribution of C-4 plants in low light (LL) environments. C-4 photosynthesis evolved numerous times, but it remains unclear how different biochemical subtypes perform under LL. We grew eight C-4 grasses belonging to three biochemical subtypes [NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME), NAD-malic enzyme (NAD-ME), and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEP-CK)] under shade (16% sunlight) or control (full sunlight) conditions and measured their photosynthetic characteristics at both low and high light. We show for the first time that LL (during measurement or growth) compromised the CO2 -concentrating mechanism (CCM) to a greater extent in NAD-ME than in PEP-CK or NADP-ME C-4 grasses by virtue of a greater increase in carbon isotope discrimination (Delta p) and bundle sheath CO2 leakiness (phi), and a greater reduction in photosynthetic quantum yield (Phi(max)). These responses were partly explained by changes in the ratios of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC)/initial Rubisco activity and dark respiration/photosynthesis (R-d/A). Shade induced a greater photosynthetic acclimation in NAD-ME than in NADP-ME and PEP-CK species due to a greater Rubisco deactivation. Shade also reduced plant dry mass to a greater extent in NAD-ME and PEP-CK relative to NADP-ME grasses. In conclusion, LL compromised the co-ordination of the C-4 and C-3 cycles and, hence, the efficiency of the CCM to a greater extent in NAD-ME than in PEP-CK species, while CCM efficiency was less impacted by LL in NADP-ME species. Consequently, NADP-ME species are more efficient at LL, which could explain their agronomic and ecological dominance relative to other C-4 grasses.
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