Siderin from Toona ciliata (Meliaceae) as photosystem II inhibitor on spinach thylakoids |
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Authors: | Veiga Thiago A M González-Vázquez Raquel Neto João Oiano Silva Maria F G F King-Díaz Beatriz Lotina-Hennsen Blas |
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Institution: | Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de S?o Carlos (UFSCar), 13565-905, S?o Carlos, S.P., Brazil. |
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Abstract: | Four natural products were isolated from plants of the Rutaceae and Meliaceae families and their effect on photosynthesis was tested. Siderin (1) inhibited both ATP synthesis and electron flow (basal, phosphorylating, and uncoupled) from water to methylviologen (MV); therefore, it acts as Hill reaction inhibitor in freshly lysed spinach thylakoids. Natural products 2-4 were inactive. Secondary metabolite 1 did not inhibit PSI electron transport. It inhibits partial reactions of PSII electron flow from water to 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP), from water to sodium silicomolybdate, and partially inhibits electron flow from diphenylcarbazid (DPC) to DCPIP. These results established that the site of inhibition of 1 was at the donor and acceptor sides of PSII, between P(680) and Q(A). Chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements confirmed the behavior of the Toona ciliate coumarin 1 as P(680) to Q(A) inhibitor by the creation of silent centers. May be this is the mechanisms of action of 1 and is the way in which it develops a phytotoxic activity against photosynthesis. |
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Keywords: | Siderin Toona ciliata (Meliaceae) Water-splitting enzyme inhibitor P680 to QA inhibitor PSII inhibitor Spinach thylakoids Photosynthesis |
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