高温伤害光合机构原初位点的研究进展

本文介绍了高温伤害光合机构原初位点的研究进展,分析了不同观点产生的可能原因,为进一步研究高温对植物光合作用的影响提供思路。     

低温与水分胁迫对黄瓜和豌豆叶圆片光合作用的影响及与光的关系

黄瓜幼苗在照光下遭受低温(5℃),光合作用量子效率和叶绿素荧光迅速受到抑制,并随处理时间的延长而加重。在暗中遭受低温,光合器官的伤害则明显减轻。豌豆幼苗不论在暗或光下低温处理,其光合作用量子效率和叶绿素荧光均无明显变化。 持续温和的水分胁迫(-0.95MPa)对光合作用量子效率只有轻微影响,但光-CO_2饱和下的最大光合速率对胁迫却较敏感。光合滞后期与水分胁迫程度也有密切关系。     

冰冻断裂方法在豌豆叶光合膜亚分子结构观察中的初步应用

当前在光合作用研究领域内,光合膜结构与功能的研究极为活跃;而电子显微镜冰冻断裂和冰冻蚀刻方法则是揭示生物膜(包括光合膜)亚分子结构的一种有效手段。冰冻断裂就是将生物材料迅速冷却固定后施以外力,使之断裂,再利用低温真空复型技术将材料的断裂面制成复型后于电镜下观察。如果材料断裂后,使其温度适当上升,让断裂     

水稻叶片生育过程中RubisCO活性与光合,光呼吸的关系

水稻生育过程中，ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶活性与光合速率，ＲｕＢＰ加氧酶活性与光呼吸速率、ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶活性与加氧酶活性以及光合速率与光呼吸速率之间是相关的。籼型品种与粳型品种间酶活性的高低及光合、光呼吸速率的高低基本一致，籼型三系杂交稻无明显的光合优势。酶的羧化活性搞低只在一定范围内与光合速率的高低平行，在正常生育条件下，酶蛋白的数量不是水稻光合速率的限制因子。     

水稻叶片生育过程中RubisCO活性与光合、光呼吸的关系

水稻生育过程中,ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶活性与光合速率、ＲｕＢＰ加氧酶活性与光呼吸速率、ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶活性与加氢酶活性以及光合速率与光呼吸速率之间是相关的。籼型品种与粳型品种间酶活性的高低及光合、光呼吸速率的高低基本一致,籼型三系杂交稻（Ｆ１）无明显的光合优势。酶的羧化活性的高低只在一定范围内与光合速率的高低平行。在正常生育条件下,酶蛋白的数量不是水稻光合速率的限制因子。     

丙二醛对苋菜叶片光合作用的影响

丙二醛(MDA)抑制苋菜离体叶片光合速率,降低磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)活性,加速叶绿素的降解,促进暗呼吸作用速率,增大细胞膜泄漏,表现出对光合作用的明显伤害。随着MDA浓度的增高和处理时间的延长,伤害作用加剧。     

植物光合作用对CO2浓度增高的适应机制

长期在高浓度CO2环境下生长的植物往往会发生光合适应或下调,即在相同CO2浓度下的光合速率明显低于普通空气中生长的对照。虽然关于这种现象已经有许多研究报告和综述文章,但是它的机理还不很清楚。本文结合作者所在研究组的工作,概述了关于植物光合适应机理研究的新进展,提出除了呼吸作用增强和光合产物超常积累的可能作用以外,二磷酸核酮糖（RuBP）羧化限制和RuBP再生限制可能是导致植物光合适应的主要因素。     

近年来关于光合作用二氧化碳固定问题研究的一些进展

Calvin学派经过近十年的系统工作,提出了光合作用的碳循环,阐明了光合二氧化碳固定的基本过程。近年来由于光合磷酸化作用的发现,光合作用中二氧化碳的固定与同化力的产生得以分别研究,光合作用领域的研究工作重心已经转移到光合磷酸化及原     

红松幼苗对CO_2浓度升高的生理生态反应

研究了用开顶箱控制CO2 浓度在 5 0 0和 70 0 μmol·mol-1左右时红松幼苗的生理生态反应 .结果表明 ,高浓度CO2 (5 0 0、70 0 μmol·mol-1CO2 )和对照 (对照开顶箱、裸地 )条件下 ,红松幼苗的净光合速率与气孔导度之间的变化不同 .红松幼苗在 5 0 0 μmol·mol-1CO2 条件下 ,RuBPcase活性最高 ,呈现光合上调反应 ,日平均净光合速率最大 ,叶绿素及可溶性糖含量最高 ;而生长在 70 0 μmol·mol-1CO2 的红松幼苗呈现光合下调反应 ,光合作用明显低于对照植株 ,其酶活性及物质含量均最低     

红松幼苗对CO2浓度升高的生理生态反应

研究了用开顶箱控制CO₂浓度在500和700μmol·mol^-1左右时红松幼苗的生理生态反应.结果表明,高浓度CO₂(500、700μmol·mol^-1CO₂)和对照(对照开顶箱、裸地)条件下,红松幼苗的净光合速率与气孔导度之间的变化不同.红松幼苗在500μmol·mol^-1CO₂条件下,RuBPcase活性最高,呈现光合上调反应,日平均净光合速率最大,叶绿素及可溶性糖含量最高;而生长在700μmol·mol^-1CO₂的红松幼苗呈现光合下调反应,光合作用明显低于对照植株,其酶活性及物质含量均最低.     

Effects of artificial frost hardening and winter stress on net photosynthesis, photosynthetic electron transport and RuBP carboxylase activity in seedlings of Pinus silvestris

Net photosynthesis of seedlings of Pinus silvestris has been measured and compared with the activities of photosynthetic electron transport and extracted RuBP carboxylase. The effects of prolonged frost hardening (photoperiod 8 h, + 3°C) followed by winter stress at subzero temperatures were analysed. There was a parallel effect of frost hardening and winter stress on the photosynthetic properties of both intact seedlings and isolated chloroplast thylakoids. The activity of extracted RuBP carboxylase was less affected by the treatments. In relation to earlier works we conclude that the decay of net photosynthesis in winter climate is determined by the electron transport properties of the chloroplast thylakoids, i.e. by the pool sizes of photosynthetically active plastoquinone. The results of this work justify the definition of two phases in the response of conifers towards autumn and winter climates: I. Frost hardening occurs at temperatures slightly above zero and it does not affect the efficiency of photosynthesis as defined by the quantum yield at rate limiting light absorption. II. Winter stress occurs at subzero temperatures and it is characterized by a suppression of the photosynthetic efficiency as a result of damage within the photosynthetic apparatus.     

Use of an analytical model to study limitations on net photosynthesis in Arbutus unedo under field conditions

Summary From field gas-exchange measurements on Arbutus unedo growing in Portugal, parameter values necessary to apply an analytical, physiologicallybased model of C ₃ photosynthesis were obtained. The model successfully simulated measured diurnal photosynthetic responses in Arbutus during periods without water stress, under both natural and CO₂-saturating conditions. The model was used to analyze those factors limiting primary productivity during each of the experimental days. Due to a large investment in ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration capacity, irradiance was rarely limiting, even during cloudy periods, but the limitation imposed by stomatal conductance was quite large, averaging over 30%. The fact that experimental leaves were maintained in a horizontal position is at least partially responsible for these results. Possible other reasons for this apparent excess of RuBP regeneration capacity visa-vis RuBP carboxylase-oxygenase concentration are discussed.     

Drought-inhibition of photosynthesis in C3 plants: stomatal and non-stomatal limitations revisited

There is a long-standing controversy as to whether drought limits photosynthetic CO2 assimilation through stomatal closure or by metabolic impairment in C3 plants. Comparing results from different studies is difficult due to interspecific differences in the response of photosynthesis to leaf water potential and/or relative water content (RWC), the most commonly used parameters to assess the severity of drought. Therefore, we have used stomatal conductance (g) as a basis for comparison of metabolic processes in different studies. The logic is that, as there is a strong link between g and photosynthesis (perhaps co-regulation between them), so different relationships between RWC or water potential and photosynthetic rate and changes in metabolism in different species and studies may be 'normalized' by relating them to g. Re-analysing data from the literature using light-saturated g as a parameter indicative of water deficits in plants shows that there is good correspondence between the onset of drought-induced inhibition of different photosynthetic sub-processes and g. Contents of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) decrease early in drought development, at still relatively high g (higher than 150 mmol H20 m(-2) s(-1)). This suggests that RuBP regeneration and ATP synthesis are impaired. Decreased photochemistry and Rubisco activity typically occur at lower g (<100 mmol H20 m(-2) s(-1)), whereas permanent photoinhibition is only occasional, occurring at very low g (<50 mmol H20 m(-2) s(-1)). Sub-stomatal CO2 concentration decreases as g becomes smaller, but increases again at small g. The analysis suggests that stomatal closure is the earliest response to drought and the dominant limitation to photosynthesis at mild to moderate drought. However, in parallel, progressive down-regulation or inhibition of metabolic processes leads to decreased RuBP content, which becomes the dominant limitation at severe drought, and thereby inhibits photosynthetic CO2 assimilation.     

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.     

Electron transport is the functional limitation of photosynthesis in field-grown Pima cotton plants at high temperature

Restrictions to photosynthesis can limit plant growth at high temperature in a variety of ways. In addition to increasing photorespiration, moderately high temperatures (35–42 °C) can cause direct injury to the photosynthetic apparatus. Both carbon metabolism and thylakoid reactions have been suggested as the primary site of injury at these temperatures. In the present study this issue was addressed by first characterizing leaf temperature dynamics in Pima cotton (Gossypium barbadense) grown under irrigation in the US desert south‐west. It was found that cotton leaves repeatedly reached temperatures above 40 °C and could fluctuate as much as 8 or 10 °C in a matter of seconds. Laboratory studies revealed a maximum photosynthetic rate at 30–33 °C that declined by 22% at 45 °C. The majority of the inhibition persisted upon return to 30 °C. The mechanism of this limitation was assessed by measuring the response of photosynthesis to CO₂ in the laboratory. The first time a cotton leaf (grown at 30 °C) was exposed to 45 °C, photosynthetic electron transport was stimulated (at high CO₂) because of an increased flux through the photorespiratory pathway. However, upon cooling back to 30 °C, photosynthetic electron transport was inhibited and fell substantially below the level measured before the heat treatment. In the field, the response of assimilation (A) to various internal levels of CO₂ (C_i) revealed that photosynthesis was limited by ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration at normal levels of CO₂ (presumably because of limitations in thylakoid reactions needed to support RuBP regeneration). There was no evidence of a ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) limitation at air levels of CO₂ and at no point on any of 30 A–C_i curves measured on leaves at temperatures from 28 to 39 °C was RuBP regeneration capacity measured to be in substantial excess of the capacity of Rubisco to use RuBP. It is therefore concluded that photosynthesis in field‐grown Pima cotton leaves is functionally limited by photosynthetic electron transport and RuBP regeneration capacity, not Rubisco activity.     

小麦叶片光合作用与其渗透调节能力的关系

在缓慢干旱条件下,小麦叶片渗透调节能力在一定范围内随胁迫程度的加剧而增加,而在快速干旱下,渗透调节能力丧失。小麦叶片通过渗透调节使光合速率和气孔导度对水分胁迫的敏感性降低,叶片维持较高的电子传递能力、RuBP羧化酶活性和叶绿体光合能量转换系统活性,并推迟了小麦叶片光合速率受气孔因素限制向叶肉细胞光合活性限制转变的时间。     

Limiting Factors in Photosynthesis: VI. Regeneration of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Limits Photosynthesis at Low Photochemical Capacity

Earlier work (SE Taylor, N Terry [1984] Plant Physiol 75: 82-86) has shown that the rate of photosynthesis may be colimited by photosynthetic electron transport capacity, even at low intercellular CO₂ concentrations. Here we monitored leaf metabolites diurnally and the activities of key Calvin cycle enzymes in the leaves of three treatment groups of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants representing three different in vivo photochemical capacities, i.e. Fe-sufficient (control) plants, moderately Fe-deficient, and severely Fe-deficient plants. The results show that the decrease in photosynthesis with Fe deficiency mediated reduction in photochemical capacity was through a reduction in ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration and not through a decrease in ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity. Based on measurements of ATP and NADPH and triose phosphate/3-phosphoglycerate ratios in leaves, there was little evidence that photosynthesis and RuBP regeneration in Fe-deficient leaves were limited directly by the supply of ATP and NADPH. It appeared more likely that photochemical capacity influenced RuBP regeneration through modulation of enzymes in the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle between fructose-6-phosphate and RuBP; in particular, the initial activity of ribulose-5-phosphate kinase was strongly diminished by Fe deficiency. Starch and sucrose levels changed independently of one another to some extent during the diurnal period (both increasing in the day and decreasing at night) but the average rates of starch or sucrose accumulation over the light period were each proportional to photochemical capacity and photosynthetic rate.     

Photosynthetic responses to low temperature in Betula pubescens and Betula tortuosa

The acclimation of the net flux density of CO₂ to temperature, and the effects of freezing-stress on the functional integrity of photosynthesis were compared for Betula tortuosa and Betula pubescens . Single expanded leaves of B. tortuosa had a higher rate of net photosynthesis and a greater capacity to acclimate to a low growth temperature regime than had leaves of B. pubescens . At low temperatures, stomatal conductances were higher for B. tortuosa than for B. pubescens . In neither species were the stomatal conductances determining the decrease of the rate of net photosynthesis at low temperatures. There was a marked difference between leaves of the two species in their ability to withstand freezing, as revealed by measurements of changes in temperature-induced variable fluorescence. The chloroplast thylakoids of B. tortuosa were better able to maintain their functional integrity at sub-zero temperatures than were those of B. pubescens .     

Enzymes of Ammonia Assimilation, Photosynthesis, and Respiration in Alfalfa Leaves of Different Ages

The activities of enzymes involved in ammonia metabolism ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase (Fd-GOGAT), glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), the rates of photosynthetic oxygen evolution, dark respiration, and the activity of RuBP carboxylase (RuBPC) were determined in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) leaves taken from the apex (apical leaves), from the second to the fourth internode (mature leaves) and from the bottom of the canopy (basal leaves). Photosynthetic rate and the activities of RuBPC, GS and Fd-GOGAT showed their maximum in the mature leaves. The respiration rate together with amino acid and ammonium contents decreased with leaf age, whereas the opposite was true for GDH activity. Basal leaves still maintained substantial levels of chlorophylls, GS and Fd-GOGAT activities and oxygen evolution rate, thus suggesting that photosynthesis has some role in the reassimilation of the nitrogen liberated during protein degradation. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.