阴生植物三七稳态和动态光合特性对氮水平的响应

氮(N)对植物光合作用至关重要。阴生植物在自然生长条件下,接受的是高度动态的光照。然而,探讨N水平对阴生植物动态光照下的光合调控作用的研究相对较少。为了阐明N对阴生植物动态光合作用的调控机制,该研究以典型阴生植物三七(Panax notoginseng)为材料,设置了低氮(LN, 112.5 kg·hm^–2)和高氮(HN,450.0kg·hm^–2)2个N水平,研究动态光和稳态光条件下植株叶片的光合气体交换参数及卡尔文循环酶蛋白的活性和数量。结果表明单位叶面积氮含量(Narea)与光照60s的诱导状态(IS60)负相关,与达到光合作用稳态90%所需的时间(tP90)和达到光合作用稳态100%所需的时间(tP-steady)正相关,表明Narea并不是通过影响核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)的总活性来调控光诱导反应。短时间的低光间隔对Rubisco活性影响不显著,但明显降低了果糖-1,6-二磷酸酶(FBPase)和景天庚酮糖-1,7-二磷酸酶(SBPase)的活性;当高光照光斑突然出现时, Rubisco活性不受影响,但是S...     

磷酸吡哆醛修饰的蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶的时间分辨荧光分析

在别构抑制剂AMP或底物果糖1,6-二磷酸(FruP_2)存在下,磷酸吡哆醛(PLP)分别专一性地修饰在蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶(FruP_2ase,E.C.3.1.3.11.)的催化部位或别构部位。测得了修饰在催化部位或别构部位的PLP的荧光寿命及其连续分布。通过荧光寿命分布宽度的比较,认为该酶的活性部位柔性大于别构部位的柔性。     

核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶的光活化

用分光光度法测定了菠菜重组叶绿体中的核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶(RuBPCase,E.G.4.1.1.39)活性。酶可被光活化,酶活性随光强度增加而增加,在200Klux下酶活力增加2.9倍。在重组叶绿体中加入硫氧还蛋白,则光还原的硫氧还蛋白能增强酶的光活化作用。改变叶绿体层膜和可溶部分的比例以及使硫氧还蛋白与层膜预温等实验的结果,提供了在叶绿体层膜中存在有部分核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶和硫氧还蛋白的证据。本报告的实验结果指出硫氧还蛋白可能与光系统有联系;光合作用中CO_2的固定不取决于叶绿体中RuBPCase的总量,而决定于活化的RuBPCase的量。     

新型光源LED辐射的不同光质配比光对菊花组培苗生长的影响

采用新型光源LED辐射的红光[R,(658±20)nm]、远红光[Fr.(715±20)nm]和蓝光[B,(460±20)nm],观测不同红光/远红光(R/Fr)和红光/蓝光(R/B)配比光对菊花组培苗生长的影响.试验结果表明:红光处理的植株最高,根较长.远红光和蓝光处理的植株矮小,根短细.类胡萝卜素含量与R/Fr比率呈负相关,叶绿素a、叶绿素b、叶绿素(a b)、类胡萝卜素含量与R/B比率也呈负相关.叶绿素a/b比值与R/Fr和R/B比率呈正相关.红光有利于可溶性糖和淀粉的积累,降低色素含量.而蓝光能够逆转此效应,可促进色素和可溶性蛋白的合成.红光和蓝光组合处理的叶中可溶性糖和淀粉含量以及根系活力均高于白光处理的,尤以高R/B配比光处理的组培苗生长健壮,移栽成活率最高.     

光对尾穗苋幼苗内苋红素合成的诱导

不同苗龄的尾穗苋黄化苗对10 min,15Wm~(-2)白光的反应能力不同。光诱导的苋红素合成始于播种后第 20h,至50h合成能力最大,82h以后幼苗对短时光照的反应能力趋于消失。苋红素合成的滞后期为3h,光处理后18h色素积累达到高峰。光调节苋红素合成符合红光—远红光可逆诱导反应等两个基本模式,确证光敏色素参与调控苋红素合成.     

亚适温弱光对黄瓜幼苗光合酶活性和基因表达的影响

以‘津优3号’为试材,研究亚适温弱光(18℃/12℃,100 μmol·m-2·s-1)下黄瓜幼苗叶片核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化/加氧酶(Rubisco)、果糖-1,6-二磷酸酶(FBPase)、甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPDH)、果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶(FBA)、转酮醇酶(TK) mRNA表达量及活性的变化.结果表明:亚适温弱光处理的单株叶面积和干物质量均明显减小.处理初期,Rubisco大亚基(rbcL)、小亚基(rbcS)、FBPase、GAPDH、FBA及TK的基因表达量大幅度下降,多数酶活性明显减弱(TK变化不明显),光合速率(Pn)快速降低;处理3d后,亚适温弱光处理的rbcL、rbcS基因表达量和Rubisco初始活性持续下降,但下降幅度明显减小,Rubisco总活性及FBPase、GAPDH、FBA和TK基因表达与活性均呈上升趋势,Pn同步回升;处理时间超过6d时,Rubisco和FBPase基因表达与活性趋于平稳,其他酶和Pn呈下降趋势.可见,亚适温弱光下黄瓜光合酶基因表达量和活性的降低是Pn降低的重要原因,光合机构对亚适温弱光的适应与光合酶的活化机制有关.     

光合碳在叶片淀粉和蔗糖间分配的调节

叶片光合作用中产生的三碳糖在淀粉和蔗糖之间的分配受许多因素控制,蔗糖形成速率是决定性因素。蔗糖形成的调节酶是果糖1,6—二磷酸酯酶(F1,6P_2ase)和磷酸蔗糖合成酶(SPS),调节作用是通过无机磷(Pi)、磷酸二羟丙酮(DHAP)、磷酸己糖(己糖—P)、果糖1,6—二磷酸(F1,6P_2)和果糖2,6—二磷酸(F2,6P_2)之间的复杂的调节关系进行的。其中F2,6P_2起着关键作用,它以极低的浓度调节生糖和酵解作用,既参与蔗糖合成又参与反馈抑制。     

外源H_2S通过减轻低温光抑制增强黄瓜幼苗耐冷性

以‘津优3号’黄瓜(Cucumis sativus)为试材,叶面喷施硫化氢(H_2S)供体硫氢化钠(NaHS)、H_2S合成抑制剂氨氧基乙酸(AOA)、清除剂次牛磺酸(HT)或去离子水(对照),研究H_2S对低温下黄瓜幼苗光合作用和抗氧化系统的影响。结果表明:低温胁迫初期,黄瓜幼苗叶片的内源H_2S与L-/D-半胱氨酸脱巯基酶(L/DCD)活性快速升高,4或6 h后降低。随着低温胁迫时间的延长,黄瓜幼苗的丙二醛(MDA)含量、电解质渗漏率(EL)和冷害指数逐渐增加,NaHS处理的增加幅度明显小于对照,而AOA和HT处理的与对照差异不显著。低温下黄瓜幼苗的净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、光下光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)实际光化学效率(Φ_(PSⅡ))和暗下PSⅡ最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m),以及核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶(RuBPCase)和果糖-1,6-二磷酸酯酶(FBPase)活性逐渐降低,胞间CO_2浓度(C_i)和初始荧光(F_o)趋于升高。与对照相比,NaHS处理的P_n、G_s、T_r、RuBPCase和FBPase活性,以及Φ_(PSⅡ)和F_v/F_m均较高,C_i和F_o较低,而AOA和HT处理的气体交换参数、光合酶活性及荧光参数多与对照差异不显著。随着低温胁迫时间的延长,黄瓜幼苗的过氧化物酶(POD)活性逐渐增加,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性,以及还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)和抗坏血酸(AsA)含量先升高,后降低。NaHS处理的SOD、POD、CAT、APX和GR活性及GSH和AsA含量明显高于对照,AOA和HT处理的低于对照或与对照差异不显著。由此可见,H_2S受低温胁迫诱导,外源H_2S可通过减轻低温光抑制增强黄瓜幼苗耐冷性。     

光敏色素光转化生理学特性研究进展(英文)

植物主要光受体光敏色素调节植物的多种光调控,使其作出最适宜的光生长,如:光形态建成.光敏色素接受光信号的生物功能基于其红光吸收型(Pr)和具有生理活性的远红光吸收型(Pfr)之间的光可逆式光转化.依据光生物学的标准该转化过程与光合作用相比是一个低能光反应过程,而且其间产生的中间过渡态和光敏色素的亚库可能反过来影响光转化的过程而最终表现出生理功能.在此,主要综述了近年来运用时间分辨动力学特别是差分荧光和光化学,研究光敏色素及其中间过度态光生物物理和光生物化学特性的若干进展,讨论了光信号转导的原初光反应的机理.     

水杨酸和油菜素内酯对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗光合作用的影响

为了探明外源水杨酸(SA)和2,4-表油菜素内酯(EBR)对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗光合作用的调控机理,以‘优博1-5’黄瓜为试材,用1 mmol·L^-1SA和0.1 μmol·L^-1EBR喷施预处理幼苗,每天喷1次,连喷2 d后置于低温下[10 ℃/5 ℃,光强(PFD)80 μmol·m^-2·s^-1]处理.结果表明: 低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗生长量及净光合速率(P_n)下降;喷施SA和BER显著提高了P_n、光系统Ⅱ最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、光系统Ⅱ实际光化学效率(Φ_PSⅡ)和光化学猝灭系数(q_P),减缓了非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)增加的幅度,同时核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化/加氧酶(Rubisco)、景天庚酮糖-1,7-二磷酸酯酶(SBPase)、转酮醇酶(TK)和果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶(FBA)活性明显升高.说明SA和EBR可以通过调节光合关键酶的活性,缓解低温对黄瓜幼苗光合作用的影响,增强其对低温的适应性.     

Light Regulatilon of the Synthesis of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase and Fructose 1, 6-Bisphosphatase

The activity of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase, E. C. 4. 1. 1. 395, fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase, E. C. 3. 1. 3. 11) and sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase, E. C. 3. 1. 3. 37) was assayed in the etiolated cotyledons of Brassica juncea after red light or far- red light stimulation. There seemed to be a light-sensitive phase in the course of germination as indicated by the response of leaves to light. During this phase red light stimulated the synthesis of RuBPCase and FBPase, but not SBPase. This effect of red light could be reversed by farred light. Therefore, the initiation of the synthesis of the two enzymes was mediated by phytochrome. The amount of enzyme synthesized was not concerned with the number of light quanta. Phytochrome is only involved in the initiation of the synthesis of certain enzymes, but whether the synthesis will proceed continuosely ro not depends on many other factors, e. g. the availability of substrate and energy.     

Variation in photosynthetic electron transport capacity in vivo and its effects on the light modulation of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase

Photosynthetic electron transport capacity was varied in vivo in sugar beets using iron deficiency, and its effects on the light modulation of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase) studied. Three treatment groups corresponding to decreasing amounts of thylakoids per leaf area were examined: iron sufficient (control), moderately iron-stressed, and severely iron-stressed. Reduction in electron transport capacity in vivo was correlated with a substantial decrease in the level of RuBPCase activation, even at saturating irradiances. These results indicate a direct relationship between RuBPCase activation and photosynthetic electron transport. In addition, our data suggest that the activation of RuBPCase could not solely account for the increases in the photosynthetic rate at high irradiances; RuBPCase reached maximal activation at irradiances well below light saturation for net photosynthesis.Abbreviations Chl chlorophyll - FeCN ferricyanide - FBPase fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase - RuBP ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate - RuBPCase ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase - SBPase sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphatase     

Fellow travellers: a concordance of colonization patterns between mice and men in the North Atlantic region

Background

In the Calvin cycle of eubacteria, the dephosphorylations of both fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate (FBP) and sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphate (SBP) are catalyzed by the same bifunctional enzyme: fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase/sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase (F/SBPase), while in that of eukaryotic chloroplasts by two distinct enzymes: chloroplastic fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase (SBPase), respectively. It was proposed that these two eukaryotic enzymes arose from the divergence of a common ancestral eubacterial bifunctional F/SBPase of mitochondrial origin. However, no specific affinity between SBPase and eubacterial FBPase or F/SBPase can be observed in the previous phylogenetic analyses, and it is hard to explain why SBPase and/or F/SBPase are/is absent from most extant nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes according to this scenario.

Results

Domain analysis indicated that eubacterial F/SBPase of two different resources contain distinct domains: proteobacterial F/SBPases contain typical FBPase domain, while cyanobacterial F/SBPases possess FBPase_glpX domain. Therefore, like prokaryotic FBPase, eubacterial F/SBPase can also be divided into two evolutionarily distant classes (Class I and II). Phylogenetic analysis based on a much larger taxonomic sampling than previous work revealed that all eukaryotic SBPase cluster together and form a close sister group to the clade of epsilon-proteobacterial Class I FBPase which are gluconeogenesis-specific enzymes, while all eukaryotic chloroplast FBPase group together with eukaryotic cytosolic FBPase and form another distinct clade which then groups with the Class I FBPase of diverse eubacteria. Motif analysis of these enzymes also supports these phylogenetic correlations.

Conclusions

There are two evolutionarily distant classes of eubacterial bifunctional F/SBPase. Eukaryotic FBPase and SBPase do not diverge from either of them but have two independent origins: SBPase share a common ancestor with the gluconeogenesis-specific Class I FBPase of epsilon-proteobacteria (or probably originated from that of the ancestor of epsilon-proteobacteria), while FBPase arise from Class I FBPase of an unknown kind of eubacteria. During the evolution of SBPase from eubacterial Class I FBPase, the SBP-dephosphorylation activity was acquired through the transition ??from specialist to generalist??. The evolutionary substitution of the endosymbiotic-origin cyanobacterial bifunctional F/SBPase by the two light-regulated substrate-specific enzymes made the regulation of the Calvin cycle more delicate, which contributed to the evolution of eukaryotic photosynthesis and even the entire photosynthetic eukaryotes.     

Increased activity of the tandem fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase,triosephosphate isomerase and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase enzymes in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Anabaena</Emphasis> sp. strain PCC 7120 stimulates photosynthetic yield

The regulation of photosynthetic yield at the genetic level has largely focused on manipulation of the catalytic enzymes in the Calvin cycle by genetic engineering. In order to investigate the contribution of increased enzymatic activity in the Calvin cycle on photosynthetic yield, the rice fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA), spinach triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) and wheat fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) genes were cloned in tandem and co-overexpressed in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 cells. The enzymatic activities of FBA, TPI and FBPase, as well as sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase), were remarkably increased in transgenic cells relative to the wild-type. The photosynthetic yield, as reflected by photosynthetic O₂ evolution and dry cellular weight, was also markedly increased in transgenic cells versus wide-type cells. The activity of SBPase is considered the most important factor for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration in the Calvin cycle, and increased activity of TPI alone in transgenic cells does not stimulate photosynthetic yield. Thus, the increased activity of FBA and FBPase, but not TPI, significantly improved photosynthetic yield in transgenic cells by stimulating SBPase activity and consequently accelerating the RuBP regeneration rate.     

Contrasting modes of photosynthetic enzyme regulation in oxygenic and anoxygenic prokaryotes

Enzymes that are regulated by the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system in chloroplasts — fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase purified from two different types of photosynthetic prokaryotes (cyanobacteria, purple sulfur bacteria) and tested for a response to thioredoxins. Each of the enzymes from the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum, an oxygenic organism known to contain the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system, was activated by thioredoxins that had been reduced either chemically by dithiothreitol or photochemically by reduced ferredoxin and ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase. Like their chloroplast counterparts, N. muscorum FBPase and SBPase were activated preferentially by reduced thioredoxin f. SBPase was also partially activated by thioredoxin m. PRK, which was present in two regulatory forms in N. muscorum, was activated similarly by thioredoxins f and m. Despite sharing the capacity for regulation by thioredoxins, the cyanobacterial FBPase and SBPase target enzymes differed antigenically from their chloroplast counterparts. The corresponding enzymes from Chromatium vinosum, an anoxygenic photosynthetic purple bacterium found recently to contain the NADP/thioredoxin sytem, differed from both those of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts in showing no response to reduced thioredoxin. Instead, C. vinosum FBPase, SBPase, and PRK activities were regulated by a metabolite effector, 5-AMP. The evidence is in accord with the conclusion that thioredoxins function in regulating the reductive pentose phosphate cycle in oxygenic prokaryotes (cyanobacteria) that contain the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system, but not in anoxygenic prokaryotes (photosynthetic purple bacteria) that contain the NADP/thioredoxin system. In organisms of the latter type, enzyme effectors seem to play a dominant role in regulating photosynthetic carbon dioxide assimilation.     

Enzyme Regulation in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Photosynthesis : Studies on Thioredoxin-Linked Enzymes of KalanchoE daigremontiana

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) were identified and purified from the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant, Kalanchoë daigremontiana. FBPase and SBPase showed respective molecular weights of 180,000 and 76,000, and exhibited immunological cross-reactivity with their counterparts from chloroplasts of C₃ (spinach) and C₄ (corn) plants. Based on Western blot analysis, FBPase was composed of four identical 45,000-dalton subunits and SBPase of two identical 38,000-dalton subunits. Immunological evidence, together with physical properties, indicated that both enzymes were of chloroplast origin.

Kalanchoë FBPase and SBPase could be activated by thioredoxin f reduced chemically by dithiothreitol or photochemically by a reconstituted Kalanchoë ferredoxin/thioredoxin system. Both enzymes were activated synergistically by reduced thioredoxin f and thier respective substrates.

Kalanchoë FBPase could be partially activated by Mg²⁺ at concentrations greater than 10 millimolar; however, such activation was considerably less than that observed in the presence of reduced thioredoxin and Ca²⁺, especially in the pH range between 7.8 and 8.3. In contrast to FBPase, Kalanchoë SBPase exhibited an absolute requirement for a dithiol such as reduced thioredoxin irrespective of Mg²⁺ concentration. However, like FBPase, increased Mg²⁺ concentrations enhanced the thioredoxin-linked activation of this enzyme.

In conjunction with these studies, an NADP-linked malate dehydrogenase (NADP-MDH) was identified in cell-free preparations of Kalanchoë leaves which required reduced thioredoxin m for activity.

These results indicate that Kalanchoë FBPase, SBPase, and NADP-MDH share physical and regulatory properties with their equivalents in C₃ and C₄ plants. In contrast to previous evidence, all three enzymes appear to have the capacity to be photoregulated in chloroplasts of CAM plants, thereby providing a means for the functional segregation of glucan synthesis and degradation.

     

Location of the redox-active cysteines in chloroplast sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase indicates that its allosteric regulation is similar but not identical to that of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase

Sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) is a Calvin Cycle enzyme exclusive to chloroplasts and is involved in photosynthetic carbon fixation. The two cysteine residues involved in its redox regulation have been identified by site-directed mutagenesis. They are four residues apart in a predicted loop between two alpha helices and probably form a disulphide bond when oxidised. Three-dimensional modelling of SBPase has been performed using crystallographic data from the structurally homologous pig fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase). The results suggest that formation of the disulphide bridge in SBPase is directly analogous to the allosteric regulation of pig FBPase by AMP in terms of the resulting structural changes. Similar changes are thought to occur in chloroplast FBPase, which like SBPase, is also redox regulated and involved in carbon fixation. From the results presented here it appears that the same basic mechanism for the allosteric regulation of enzymic activity operates in the FBPases and SBPase but that the sites at which the regulatory ligands (AMP or thioredoxin) exert their effects are different in each     

Contribution of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase to the photosynthetic rate and carbon flow in the Calvin cycle in transgenic plants

To clarify the contributions of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) separately to the carbon flux in the Calvin cycle, we generated transgenic tobacco plants expressing cyanobacterial FBPase-II in chloroplasts (TpF) or Chlamydomonas SBPase in chloroplasts (TpS). In TpF-11 plants with 2.3-fold higher FBPase activity and in TpS-11 and TpS-10 plants with 1.6- and 4.3-fold higher SBPase activity in chloroplasts compared with the wild-type plants, the amount of final dry matter was approximately 1.3-, 1.5- and 1.5-fold higher, respectively, than that of the wild-type plants. At 1,500 micromol m(-2) s(-1), the photosynthetic activities of TpF-11, TpS-11 and TpS-10 were 1.15-, 1.27- and 1.23-fold higher, respectively, than that of the wild-type plants. The in vivo activation state of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and the level of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) in TpF-11, TpS-10 and TpS-11 were significantly higher than those in the wild-type plants. However, the transgenic plant TpF-9 which had a 1.7-fold higher level of FBPase activity showed the same phenotype as the wild-type plant, except for the increase of starch content in the source leaves. TpS-11 and TpS-10 plants with 1.6- and 4.3-fold higher SBPase activity, respectively, showed an increase in the photosynthetic CO(2) fixation, growth rate, RuBP contents and Rubisco activation state, while TpS-2 plants with 1.3-fold higher SBPase showed the same phenotype as the wild-type plants. These data indicated that the enhancement of either a >1.7-fold increase of FBPase or a 1.3-fold increase of SBPase in the chloroplasts had a marked positive effect on photosynthesis, that SBPase is the most important factor for the RuBP regeneration in the Calvin cycle and that FBPase contributes to the partitioning of the fixed carbon for RuBP regeneration or starch synthesis.