光抑制条件下水稻籼粳亚种及其正反交F_1杂种的PSⅡ光化学效率和CO_2交换特点

测定了水稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）不同正反交组合的ＰＳⅡ电子传递活性、Ｄ１蛋白量、叶绿素ａ荧光、净光合速率（ＰＮ）、光呼吸速率（ＰＲ）、ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ／Ｏａｓｅ活性,并对ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ进行了动力学分析。结果表明：光抑制条件下粳（ｊａｐｏｎｉｃａ）亚种中Ｄ１蛋白净降解少,ＰＳⅡ电子传递活性和光化学效率高,表现耐光抑制,而籼（ｉｎｄｉｃａ）亚种则相反,籼、粳正反交Ｆ１的上述指标介于双亲值之间且偏向其母本。进一步观察它们的ＣＯ２交换特点,所有基因型水稻ＰＲ保持稳定、ＰＮ降低,因而ＰＲ／ＰＮ增加。与耐光抑制的粳亚种相比,对光抑制敏感的籼亚种中ＰＮ降低较多、ＰＲ／ＰＮ增加较多。正反交Ｆ１杂种的ＰＲ／ＰＮ介于双亲值之间且偏向其母本。ＣＯ２交换的关键酶ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ／Ｏａｓｅ活性和ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ动力学参数没有变化且在基因型间无差异。相关分析表明,Ｄ１蛋白量与Ｆｖ／Ｆｍ、ＰＲ／ＰＮ的相关系数分别为０．９５０１和－０．９７６８。看来,质基因编码的Ｄ１蛋白是籼粳杂种稻光抑制特性及其生理遗传的分子基础。     

杂种小麦及亲本旗叶老化过程中RubisCO特性的研究

小麦（ＴｒｉｔｉｃｕｍａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍＬ．）旗叶的ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ活性、含量及ＲｕＢＰｏａｓｅ活性在旗叶全展或全展后１０ｄ达最大值,以后逐渐下降。与亲本相比,供试杂种小麦“麦优４号”在旗叶一生中尤其老化后期上述参数皆表现明显的杂种优势。旗叶ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ比活性在叶绿素缓降期保持平稳,在叶绿素速降期逐渐下降。供试杂种小麦较亲本具有较高的ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶和加氧酶活性,表明杂种小麦不仅具有较强的光合羧化作用,而且叶片光合作用过程中的光呼吸也较强。结果与旗叶ＲｕｂｉｓＣＯ亲合ＣＯ２和Ｏ２的动力学常数的测定结果相符。     

光抑制条件下水稻籼粳亚种及其正反交F1杂种的PSⅡ光化学效率和CO2？…

测定了水稻不同正反交组合的ＰＳⅡ电子传递活性、Ｄ１蛋白量、叶绿素ａ荧光、净光合速率（ＰＮ）、光呼吸速率（ＰＲ）、ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ／Ｏａｓｅ活性,并对ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ进行了动力学分析。结果表明：光抑制条件下粳亚种中Ｄ１蛋白净降解少,ＰＳⅡ电子传递活性和光化学效率高,表现耐光抑制,而籼亚种则相反,籼、粳正反交Ｆ１的上述指标介于双亲值之间且偏向其母本。进一步观察它们的ＣＯ２交换特点,所有基因型水稻ＰＲ保     

黄河三角洲不同生态型芦苇对盐度适应生理的研究——Ⅱ.不同生态？…

黄河三角洲不同生态型芦苇光合速率和气孔导度有明显差异,随生境盐度的增加而降低,气孔限制因素是盐迫下芦苇光合降低的原因之一。低盐度生境中生长的芦苇的ＲｎＢＰＣａｓｅ活性均大于高盐度下的,而ＰＥＰＣａｓｅ活性均小于高盐度下的,表明在盐渍条件下,叶肉光合器官光合活 的氏也限制芦苇的光合速率。随盐度升高,ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ与ＰＥＰＣａｓｃ活性之比降低。高ＰＥＤ下,盐胁迫加剧Ｆｖ／Ｆｍ降低程度。此外,在高盐度     

提高CO2浓度对两种亚热带树苗光合作用的影响

鼎湖山季风常绿阔叶林的主要优势乔木树种裂壳锥（Ｃａｓｔａｎｏｐｓｉｓｆｉｓｓａ （Ｃｈａｍ ｐ．ｅｘ Ｂｅｎｔｈ．） Ｒｅｈｄ．ｅｔＷｉｌｓ．）和荷木（Ｓｃｈｉｍ ａ ｓｕｐｅｒｂａ Ｇａｒｄｎ．ｅｔＣｈａｍ ｐ．）幼苗,盆栽于自然条件（ＣＯ２ 浓度３５０ μＬ·Ｌ－ １）或高ＣＯ２ 浓度为５００ μＬ·Ｌ－ １和空气ＣＯ２（３５０ μＬ·Ｌ－ １）的半开顶式气罩中。在生长最旺盛的６～９ 月份,高浓度ＣＯ２ 条件下生长的叶片,其光合速率比在自然条件下生长的提高７９％ ～９５％ 。当叶片在３５０ μＬ·Ｌ－ １和５００ μＬ·Ｌ－ １的ＣＯ２ 浓度下测定时,其光合速率无明显差异。高浓度ＣＯ２ 下生长的叶片其光合速率－ＣＯ２ 浓度响应曲线比对照（３５０ μＬ·Ｌ－ １）高,叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量低,但叶绿素ａ 和ｂ 的比值及类胡萝卜素和叶绿素的比值不变。高浓度ＣＯ２ 下生长的叶片气孔导度明显降低。两种植物在８５ ｄ 的高浓度ＣＯ２ 的生长过程中,并未出现光合速率下调现象     

A,D组染色体对普通小麦光合碳同化特性的影响

系统研究了普通小麦中国春Ａ、Ｄ组端二体的光合特性。结果表明,４Ａ的双臂对光合速率,光合速率高值持续期、叶绿素含量、叶肉导度均具显著的正效应,１Ａ的短臂的双臂对光合速率和光合速率高值持续期也具有正交应,但４Ｄ的长臂对光合速率、光合速率高值持续期和ＲｕＢＰＣａｓｅ活性具负效应。     

稀土离子对烟草RuBPcase的激活作用及EXFAS研究

研究了稀土离子（Ｌｎ３ ＋） 对烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａ ｔａｂａｃｕｍ）１ ,５ － 二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶（ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ）活力的影响。结果表明,在该酶的反应体系中,用Ｌｎ３ ＋ 替代Ｍｇ２ ＋ ,烟草ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 的活力随Ｌｎ３ ＋ 浓度的变化曲线呈双相效应, 即在高浓度时, Ｌｎ３ ＋ 抑制该酶活性; 低浓度的Ｌｎ３ ＋ 提高ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 活性。其活化效应为轻稀土离子大于重稀土离子,但Ｌｎ３ ＋ 的活化效应低于Ｍｇ２ ＋ 。在有Ｍｇ２ ＋ 的反应体系中,Ｌｎ３ ＋ 在低浓度时也有提高ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 活性的能力,提高幅度较低;而高浓度的Ｌｎ３ ＋ 显著地抑制酶活性。进一步对ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ － Ｌａ 二元复合物的ＥＸＦＡＳ 研究,证实Ｌａ３ ＋ 与ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 氨基酸残基的Ｏ 原子键合,键长为２ ．５１?;Ｌａ３ ＋ 还与Ｓ 原子结合。最后对Ｌｎ３ ＋ 和ＲｕＢＰｃａｓｅ 相互作用的分子机制进行讨论     

钙处理对土壤干旱下棉花幼苗生理生化指标的影响

用００１ｍｏｌ／ＬＣａＣｌ２浸种和喷叶的棉花幼苗,在土壤干旱条件下,叶片水势、叶绿素含量、光合速率、呼吸速率、ＳＯＤ和ＣＡＴ活性降低幅度低于对照;ＭＤＡ含量和细胞质膜相对透性增加幅度显著低于对照。     

UVB对水稻幼苗膜脂过氧化作用的影响

ＵＶ－Ｂ处理的水稻幼苗,叶片的膜透性、Ｏ２－净产生速率及ＭＤＡ含量显著增加。在ＵＶ－Ｂ处理初期,活性氧防御系统中的ＳＯＤ和ＣＡＴ活性比对照增强,但随着处理时间的延长,ＳＯＤ和ＣＡＴ活性明显下降;ＰＯＤ活性受ＵＶ－Ｂ处理抑制。这一结果表明,ＵＶ－Ｂ降低了细胞内活性氧自由基的清除能力,膜脂过氧化作用加剧,最终导致伤害效应。     

不同光质对黄瓜叶片光合特性的影响

将黄瓜（ Ｃｕｃｕｍｉｓｓａｔｉｖｕｓ Ｌ．） 幼苗培养在相同辐照度（２０ μｍｏｌ·ｍ － ２·ｓ－１） 的白光、红光和蓝光下,研究了光质对黄瓜叶片的光合作用特性的影响。实验结果表明,生长在白光下的叶片,其叶绿素（Ｃｈｌ）含量分别比红光和蓝光下高７ ％ 和２２４％ ,在蓝光下的含量最低。生长在红光下的黄瓜叶片有较低的Ｃｈｌａ／ｂ 比值和较高的Ｃｈｌ ｂ 含量。低温（７７ Ｋ）荧光发射光谱和Ｃｈｌａ 荧光动力学诱导的实验结果表明,红光下的叶片具有较高的光系统Ⅱ（ＰＳⅡ） 活性和较低的光系统Ⅰ（ＰＳⅠ）活性,蓝光下的叶片具有较低的ＰＳⅡ活性和较高的ＰＳⅠ活性。红光下叶片的放Ｏ２ 速率比白光下叶片的放Ｏ２ 速率高４４９％ ,而蓝光下的叶片放Ｏ２ 速率略低于白光下的。表明光质对调节黄瓜叶片ＰＳⅠ和ＰＳⅡ的发育和光合活性以及光合放Ｏ２ 速率具有重要作用。     

苜蓿二磷酸核酮糖(RuBP)羧化酶体内活化作用的调节

苜蓿RuBP羧化酶的初活性和活化作用在不饱和光强下与光合速率一样随光强增加而增加。缺硫培养苜蓿叶片的光合速率和RuBP羧化酶的含量、初活性及总活性均比对照有不同程度的降低,其中酶的初活性与光合速率两者减少的趋势比较接近,说明RuBP羧化酶的初活性可能在光合CO_2固定作用中具有决定作用。然而,缺硫植株中酶的活化作用比对照明显增高。酶的活化作用与叶片中的叶绿素,6-PG,NADPH及ATP相对酶含量的比值成正比,与体内的酶量成反比。     

双磷酸核酮糖羧化酶和果糖双磷酸酯酶合成的光调节

用红光(650nm)或远红光(740nm)照射后,测定了黄化芥菜子叶中活化状态下核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶(RuBPCase,E.C.4.1.1,39),果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶(FBPase,E.C.3.1.3.11)和景天庚酮糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶(SBPase,E.C.3,1.3.37)的酶活性。叶片对光的反应表明存在光敏感期。在光敏感期的红光可使 RuBPCase 和 FBPase 合成,但对 SBPase 的合成没有影响。红光的这种作用可被远红光逆转,所以红光对这两种酶的合成的启动是通过光敏色素而实现的。在超过阈值的光下,酶合成的量与光量子数无关,光敏色素只影响酶合成的启动,但是酶的持续合成还要依赖其它因素。     

An accurate method to quantify ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase content in plant tissue

A method is described to accurately measure the content of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBP carboxylase, EC 4·1.1·39) in plant tissues. This procedure, termed the internal standard method, involves extraction of the plant tissue (containing an unknown amount of ¹H‐RuBP carboxylase) in a buffer containing a known amount of previously purified ³H‐RuBP carboxylase (internal standard). The rapid and efficient, single step copurification of ¹H‐ and ³H‐RuBP carboxylases on the Mono Q column of the Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography System (FPLC), or by sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation, allows the accurate estimation of the purification yield (³H in purified enzyme/³H in the extraction buffer). Knowing the amount of ¹H‐RuBP carboxylase in the purified enzyme and the purification yield, one can calculate the concentration of ¹H‐enzyme present in the plant tissue. This procedure overcomes some of the main constraints associated with the methods described in the literature: it takes into account the enzyme that is lost during the clarification of the protein extracts or during the isolation and purification processes; it is independent of the proteolysis that occurs in vitro by the action of cell proteases; it is not affected by the presence of RuBP carboxylase breakdown products; it is not influenced by any of the factors that control the catalytic activity or the activation state of the enzyme; and, it does not depend on the specificity of antigen‐antibody reactions.     

A comparison between the coupled spectrophotometric and uncoupled radiometric assays for RuBP carboxylase

The coupled spectrophotometric assay for RuBP carboxylase was compared with the conventional radiometric assay to assess the validity of its use in the measurement of initial and total activities in crude leaf extracts. At high magnesium concentrations both assays gave the same absolute values of initial and total activities, and resolved similarly the changes of total activity and activation state (ratio of initial to total activity) which occurred when the water status and light environment of leaves was altered prior to sampling. Although the magnesium concentration supporting the maximum rate of initial activity in soybean extracts was similar in the two assays, substantial differences of initial activity were observed at sub-optimal concentrations of magnesium. At low magnesium concentrations reaction rates in the spectrophotometric assay exhibited an initial phase of non-linearity which subsequently gave way to a linear rate. In contrast, reaction rates at low magnesium were linear from the time of initiation in the radiometric assay. Inclusion of EDTA in the reaction medium did, however, induce non-linear rates in the radiometric assay. The pre-addition of RUBP to extract immediately prior to dilution into the reaction medium did not eliminate the non-linearity in either assay system. The significance of these observations is discussed briefly in relation to the use of the spectrophotometric assay.     

Regulation of RuBP carboxylase activity associated with photo-inhibition of wheat

Detached wheat leaves were illuminated in air until a steady rate of photosynthesis was established. Then the gas was changed to 1% O₂, 99% N₂ and after 2.5 h further illumination the capacity of the leaves for photosynthesis in air was decreased to approximately 50%. Measurement of RuBP carboxylase activity in extracts showed that inhibition of photosynthesis was accompanied by 70% inactivation of this enzyme. The capacity for photosynthesis and the activity of RuBP carboxylase were recovered when leaves were returned to normal air. Extracts of the leaves made when photosynthesis and carboxylase activity were low, recovered most of the lost carboxylase activity when supplemented with bicarbonate and magnesium ions. The time courses for activation and inactivation of the RuBP carboxylase in these experiments suggests the operation of a mechanism that has not yet been elucidated.     

Influence of light intensity during growth on photosynthesis and activity of several key photosynthetic enzymes in a C4 plant (Zea mays)

Maize ( Zea mays L. Hybrid Sweet Corn, Royal Crest), a C₄ plant, was grown under different light regimes, after which the rate of photosynthesis and activities of several photosynthetic enzymes (per unit leaf chlorophyll) were measured at different light intensities. Plants were grown outdoors under direct sunlight or 23% of direct sunlight, and in growth chambers at photosynthetic photon flux densities of about 20% and 8% of direct sunlight. The plants grown under direct sunlight had a higher light compensation point than plants grown under lower light. At a light intensity about 25% of direct sunlight, plants from all growth regimes had a similar rate of photosynthesis. Under saturating levels of light the plants grown under direct sunlight had a substantially higher rate of photosynthesis than plants grown under the lower light regimes. The higher photosynthetic capacity in the plants grown under direct sunlight was accompanied by an increased activity of several photosynthetic enzymes and in the amount of the soluble protein in the leaf. Among five photosynthetic enzymes examined, RuBP carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.39) and pyruvate, Pi dikinase (EC 2.7.9.1) were generally just sufficient to account for rates of photosynthesis under saturating light; thus, these may be rate limiting enzymes in C₄ photosynthesis. Pyruvate, Pi dikinase and NADP-malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) were the only enzymes examined which were light activated and increased in activity with increasing light intensity. In the low light grown plants the activity of pyruvate, Pi dikinase closely paralleled the photosynthetic rate measured under different light levels. With the plants grown under direct sunlight, as light intensity was increased the activation of pyruvate, Pi dikinase and NADP⁺-malate dehydrogenase proceeded more rapidly than photosynthesis.     

Photosynthesis and nitrogen relationships in leaves of C3 plants

Summary The photosynthetic capacity of leaves is related to the nitrogen content primarily bacause the proteins of the Calvin cycle and thylakoids represent the majority of leaf nitrogen. To a first approximation, thylakoid nitrogen is proportional to the chlorophyll content (50 mol thylakoid N mol^-1 Chl). Within species there are strong linear relationships between nitrogen and both RuBP carboxylase and chlorophyll. With increasing nitrogen per unit leaf area, the proportion of total leaf nitrogen in the thylakoids remains the same while the proportion in soluble protein increases. In many species, growth under lower irradiance greatly increases the partitioning of nitrogen into chlorophyll and the thylakoids, while the electron transport capacity per unit of chlorophyll declines. If growth irradiance influences the relationship between photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen content, predicting nitrogen distribution between leaves in a canopy becomes more complicated. When both photosynthetic capacity and leaf nitrogen content are expressed on the basis of leaf area, considerable variation in the photosynthetic capacity for a given leaf nitrogen content is found between species. The variation reflects different strategies of nitrogen partitioning, the electron transport capacity per unit of chlorophyll and the specific activity of RuBP carboxylase. Survival in certain environments clearly does not require maximising photosynthetic capacity for a given leaf nitrogen content. Species that flourish in the shade partition relatively more nitrogen into the thylakoids, although this is associated with lower photosynthetic capacity per unit of nitrogen.     

The relationship between the activity and the activation state of RuBP carboxylase and carbon exchange rate as affected by sink and developmental changes

The purpose of this study was to explore if sink manipulations which affect leaf carbon exchange rate (CER) are mediated by ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase activity. Tomato leaf (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Vendor) RuBP carboxylase was assayed using a rapid extraction method. Over a diurnal period, leaf CER fluctuated independent of carboxylase activity. Differences in leaf CER induced by fruit pruning in one leaf-one cluster plants were not accompanied by changes in carboxylase activity.During leaf expansion, carboxylase activity and percent enzyme in the active form paralleled the increase and then decrease in leaf carbon exchange rate. Differences in leaf CER induced by root warming at ambient air temperature, were accompanied by parallel changes in carboxylase activity.These results suggest that modifications in leaf CER are not mediated exclusively through changes in carboxylase activity, but rather that modifications in carboxylase activity coincide with overall changes in leaf physiology and morphology in response to sink demand.     

Carbon dioxide fixation in orchid aerial roots

Acidity fluctuation, CO₂ gas exchange, δ¹³C value, PEP carboxylase and RuBP carboxylase activities in aerial roots of selected thick-leaved orchid hybrids ( Arachnis and Aranthera ) were studied. Both aerial roots and leaves showed acidity fluctuation over a 24 h period. Dark acidification in aerial roots was enhanced at low temperature (15°C). Aerial roots had δ¹³C values close to those of leaves which have been previously demonstrated to possess crassulacean acid metabolism. Variation in δ¹³C values along the length of the roots was observed; the root tip having a less negative δ¹³C value (—13.34%‰) than the older portions of the roots (—14.55%‰). There was no net CO₂ fixation by aerial root, although ¹⁴³²CO₂ fixation was observed in light and in darkness. The pattern of fluctuation in activities of PEP carboxylase and RuBP carboxylase in aerial roots was similar to that obtained for the leaves. In both aerial roots and leaves, PEP carboxylase activity was several times higher than that of RuBP carboxylase.     

Adaptation to sub- and supraoptimal temperatures of inbred maize lines differing in origin with regard to seedling development and photosynthetic traits

Six inbred lines of maize ( Zea mays L.) from cool temperate regions (C) and from warm regions (W) were grown at 14, 22, 30 and 38°C up to the same physiological age, the full expansion of the third leaf. Generally, plants developed smaller shoot dry weights and leaf areas at extreme temperatures. The shoot:root ratio was lowest at 22°C and highest at 30°C. Most lines had a minimum for specific leaf dry weight at 30°C, but W lines had a second lower minimum at 14°C. Phosphofructokinase activity scarcely reacted to temperature between 22° and 38°C; at 14°C one C line and all W lines had rather low activities. Generally, the chlorophyll content increased steeply from 14 to 22°C and decreased somewhat from 30 to 38°C. In C lines the carotenoid level decreased from 14 to 38°C. No uniform temperature response was found for PEP carboxylase activity, but the highest activity was mostly attained at 38°C. RuBP carboxylase activity increased considerably from 14 to 22°C and remained comparatively constant at higher temperatures. The highest activity of NADP malate dehydrogenase was found at 22°C, with a decrease up to 38°C and with second lowest values at 14°C. C lines possessed larger leaf areas, shoot dry weights and higher shoot:root ratios than W lines at 14 and 22°C, and higher specific leaf dry weights over the whole temperature range. The genotypic pattern of shoot dry weight at 14°C corresponded reasonably well with that of phosphofructokinase activity. A better adaptation of C lines to suboptimal temperatures was mostly clearly indicated for photosynthetic traits which have a well proven relationship with the chloroplast membranes: chlorophyll, carotenoids and RuBP carboxylase. The least distinct effects of origin were observed at 38°C; a tendency prevailed for a better performance of C lines with regard to phosphofructokinase, carotenoids, RuBP carboxylase and NADP malate dehydrogenase.