植物叶片衰老过程中叶绿素降解代谢研究进展

本文对近年来植物叶片衰老过程中叶绿素降解代谢研究进展作一介绍,包括叶绿素降解产物分离、检测和命名;叶绿素降解途径及降解酶系。此外,对叶绿素降解意义及今后研究趋势进行了评述。     

植物叶片衰老过程中叶绿素降解代谢研究进展

 本文对近年植物叶片衰老过程中叶绿素降解代谢研究进展作一介绍,包括叶绿素降解产物分离、检测和命名;叶绿素降解途径及降解酶系。此外,对叶绿素降解意义及今后研究趋势进行了评述。     

绿色器官衰老进程中叶绿素降解代谢及其调控的研究进展

褪绿(degreening)现象是绿色器官衰老的显著标志,其中涉及的叶绿素急速降解是植物衰老的特征性生理生化过程。近十余年来,叶绿素降解的主要生化途径(PAO途径)已基本被阐明。游离的叶绿素及其代谢中间产物具有潜在的光毒性,因此精准调控的叶绿素降解被认为是一个高效有序的解毒过程。目前关于叶绿素降解的全局性调控机制依然知之甚少;多个物种中叶绿素降解关键调控因子SGRs/NYEs的鉴别及其相关作用机理的初步揭示是该领域近年来的最显要进展。上述研究基础预示着近期在叶绿素降解调控的多个方向上可能会取得实质性乃至突破性进展。     

不同成熟度对烤后烟叶中质体色素及其降解产物的影响

研究了不同成熟度河南南阳烤烟烟叶中质体色素及其降解产物含量变化的结果表明：（1）烟叶中叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素和类胡萝卜素的含量随成熟度的提高呈下降趋势。（2）未熟到成熟的南阳烟区中部叶中,叶绿素降解产物新植二烯含量逐渐下降,成熟时最低,之后又有回升的趋势;类胡萝卜素降解产物含量的变化随成熟度的进度呈现不同的变化规律。     

植物叶绿素的降解

简要介绍了植物叶绿素降解及其机制的研究进展。     

久效磷对扁藻的损伤作用 Ⅱ. 叶绿素a降解与活性氧损伤的相关性

扁藻细胞在久效磷的毒性胁迫下,随着胁迫强度的增加,叶绿素a降解加剧,其含量逐渐降低。分析表明,叶绿素a含量的降低与活性氧O₂^-含量、膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量及细胞的电解质外渗率呈显着负相关;而与细胞超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性及过氧化物酶(POD)活性的降低呈显着正相关,说明久效磷胁迫下扁藻细胞叶绿素a降解与其活性氧的损伤有明显相关性。     

衰老叶片中叶绿素的降解

综述了近年来关于衰老叶片中叶绿素降解的研究情况,包括叶绿素代谢的中间产物、终产物、主要代谢途径、代谢酶及代谢途径在细胞内的定位及代谢调节方面的研究进展。     

小麦叶绿素酶基因家族的鉴定及其叶绿素降解过程中的功能预测

叶绿素酶(CLH)是植物叶绿素降解过程中的关键酶,在植物生长发育过程中发挥着重要作用.为了解小麦CLH基因家族成员在叶绿素降解过程中的功能差异,本试验采用生物信息学分析方法和实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)技术对小麦CLH基因家族进行鉴定和初步功能分析,结果表明:小麦中共鉴定到13个CLH成员(TaCLH1～TaC...     

久效磷对扁藻的损伤作用Ⅱ.叶绿素a降解与活性氧损伤的相关性

扁藻细胞在久效磷的毒性胁迫下,随着胁迫强度的增加,叶绿素ａ降解加剧,其含量逐渐降低．分析表明,叶绿素ａ含量的降低与活性氧Ｏ２－含量、膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量及细胞的电解质外渗率呈显著负相关;而与细胞超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性及过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性的降低呈显著正相关,说明久效磷胁迫下扁藻细胞叶绿素ａ降解与其活性氧的损伤有明显相关性．     

植物叶绿素的降解

文章介绍近几年来植物叶绿素降解途径以及与其相关几种酶的研究进展。     

Identification of the 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase of the chlorophyll cycle in Arabidopsis

The interconversion of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, referred to as the chlorophyll cycle, plays a crucial role in the processes of greening, acclimation to light intensity, and senescence. The chlorophyll cycle consists of three reactions: the conversions of chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b by chlorophyllide a oxygenase, chlorophyll b to 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a by chlorophyll b reductase, and 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a to chlorophyll a by 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase. We identified 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase, which is the last remaining unidentified enzyme of the chlorophyll cycle, from Arabidopsis thaliana by genetic and biochemical methods. Recombinant 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase converted 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a to chlorophyll a using ferredoxin. Both sequence and biochemical analyses showed that 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase contains flavin adenine dinucleotide and an iron-sulfur center. In addition, a phylogenetic analysis elucidated the evolution of 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase from divinyl chlorophyllide vinyl reductase. A mutant lacking 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase was found to accumulate 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a and pheophorbide a. Furthermore, this accumulation of pheophorbide a in the mutant was rescued by the inactivation of the chlorophyll b reductase gene. The downregulation of pheophorbide a oxygenase activity is discussed in relation to 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a accumulation.     

Energy transfer between Chlorophyll C and Chlorophyll A

Spectral properties of solutions containing mixtures of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c are investigated. The yield of excitation energy migration from chlorophyll c to chlorophyll a is obtained ranging from 23 to 48% dependent on the used dye concentrations. The back transfer from chlorophyll a to chlorophyll c is negligible. The shape of the polarization excitation spectrum of chlorophyll c in the Soret band region is less composed than that of chlorophyll a. Depolarization of chlorophyll a fluorescence by chlorophyll c is in agreement with the conclusion drawn from fluorescence quenching that excitation energy migrates from chlorophyll c to chlorophyll a.     

Chlorophyll cycle regulates the construction and destruction of the light-harvesting complexes

Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b are the major constituents of the photosynthetic apparatus in land plants and green algae. Chlorophyll a is essential in photochemistry, while chlorophyll b is apparently dispensable for their photosynthesis. Instead, chlorophyll b is necessary for stabilizing the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-binding proteins. Chlorophyll b is synthesized from chlorophyll a and is catabolized after it is reconverted to chlorophyll a. This interconversion system between chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b refers to the chlorophyll cycle. The chlorophyll b levels are determined by the activity of the three enzymes participating in the chlorophyll cycle, namely, chlorophyllide a oxygenase, chlorophyll b reductase, and 7-hydroxymethyl-chlorophyll reductase. This article reviews the recent progress on the analysis of the chlorophyll cycle and its enzymes. In particular, we emphasize the impact of genetic modification of chlorophyll cycle enzymes on the construction and destruction of the photosynthetic machinery. These studies reveal that plants regulate the construction and destruction of a specific subset of light-harvesting complexes through the chlorophyll cycle. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Regulation of Electron Transport in Chloroplasts.     

Determination of relative chlorophyll binding affinities in the major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex

The major light-harvesting complex (LHCIIb) of photosystem II can be reconstituted in vitro from its recombinant apoprotein in the presence of a mixture of carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b. By varying the chlorophyll a/b ratio in the reconstitution mixture, the relative amounts of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b bound to LHCIIb can be changed. We have analyzed the chlorophyll stoichiometry in recombinant wild type and mutant LHCIIb reconstituted at different chlorophyll a/b ratios in order to assess relative affinities of the chlorophyll-binding sites. This approach reveals five sites that exclusively bind chlorophyll b. Another site exhibits a slight preference of chlorophyll b over chlorophyll a. The remaining six sites are filled preferentially with chlorophyll a but also tolerate chlorophyll b when this is offered at a large excess. Three of these chlorophyll a-affine sites could be assigned to distinct positions defined by the three-dimensional LHCIIb structure. Exclusive chlorophyll b sites complemented by chlorophyll a sites that are selective only to a certain extent are consistent with the observation that chlorophyll b but not chlorophyll a is essential for reconstituting stable LHCIIb. These data offer an explanation why a rather constant chlorophyll a/b ratio is observed in native LHCIIb despite the apparent promiscuity of some binding sites.     

海岛棉与陆地棉叶绿素含量变化的差异研究

以5份陆地棉和4份海岛棉为材料,研究了整个发育进程中陆地棉和海岛棉叶绿素的变化规律之间的差异,结果显示：陆地棉与海岛棉的叶绿素a、叶绿素b和叶绿素a＋b各有不同动态变化规律,其叶绿素a/b在整个发育进程中的变化也有差异。海岛棉与陆地棉的叶绿素a变化趋势有较大差别,陆地棉的叶绿素a含量在6月18日（苗期）最高,峰值出现在8月6日,海岛棉峰值、最大值均在7月4日（现蕾期）;叶绿素b含量表现为陆地棉、海岛棉峰值均在8月6日（花铃期）,但海岛棉平均值高于陆地棉;陆地棉的叶绿素a＋b和叶绿素a曲线相似,海岛棉的叶绿素a＋b和叶绿素b曲线相似;陆地棉叶绿素a/b值表现苗期最大,然后迅速下降,海岛棉a/b值表现普遍低于陆地棉,其变化趋势为前期在7月4日出现峰值,然后下降再升高。实验说明陆地棉和海岛棉叶绿素的合成机制、调控机理可能不同。     

Biosynthesis and accumulation of microgram quantities of chlorophyll by developing chloroplasts in vitro

Developing chloroplasts were incubated under conditions previously shown to induce protochlorophyll and chlorophyll biosynthesis, as well as chloroplast maintenance and partial differentiation in vitro. In the presence of air, δ-aminolevulinic acid, coenzyme A, glutathione, potassium phosphate, methyl alcohol, magnesium, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and adenosine triphosphate, microgram quantities of chlorophyll accumulated after 1 hour of incubation. Part of the chlorophyll was not extractable in organic solvents; it is referred to as bound chlorophyll. The amount of bound chlorophyll depended on the degree of cotyledon greening at the time of plastid isolation. Etioplasts with or without a lag phase of chlorophyll biosynthesis synthesized nonphototransformable protochlorophyll and smaller amounts of extractable chlorophyll. As the greening of excised cotyledons progressed, more of the chlorophyll became bound before and after in vitro incubation. It is suggested that this increase in the fraction of bound chlorophyll reflects the biosynthesis of membrane-bound chlorophyll receptor sites. In the absence of cofactors, chlorophyll biosynthesis was blocked and porphyrins accumulated, indicating damage of the chlorophyll biosynthetic chain. It is concluded that chlorophyll accumulation constitutes a potentially convenient tool for the study of thylakoid membrane biogenesis in vitro.     

不同海拔短肋羽藓叶绿素含量与光合效率研究

以云南高黎贡山百花岭不同海拔梯度(1500～3100 m)的短肋羽藓(Thuidium kanedae)为材料,通过测定其叶绿素含量和实际光合量子产量,研究其光合特性随海拔梯度变化的规律。结果表明,短肋羽藓的实际光合量子产量Y(Ⅱ)与叶绿素总量、叶绿素a、叶绿素b含量及叶绿素a/b比值之间都呈负相关关系。随着海拔升高,其叶绿素总含量、叶绿素a及叶绿素b含量都呈先升高而后下降的“单峰”分布模式,但随着海拔进一步升高,叶绿素总含量及叶绿素a含量变化不明显,而叶绿素b含量呈现明显上升趋势。叶绿素a/b比值随着海拔升高先呈现“单峰”分布模式,然后随着海拔继续升高呈现缓慢下降的趋势。实际光合量子产量Y(Ⅱ)整体表现出随海拔升高而增加的趋势,并在高海拔处出现急剧上升的趋势。本研究为揭示苔藓植物在不同海拔梯度下适应生态环境的生理机制提供参考。     

Chlorophyll-protein-complexes of thylakoids of wild type and chlorophyll b mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Pigment-protein-complexes of two chlorophyll b deficient mutants of Arabidopsis and from the wild type were separated electrophoretically. Light-harvesting proteins were absent in the chlorophyll b free mutant ch¹ and their amount was reduced in the mutant ch² which has a reduced content of chlorophyll b. The ratio of CPa:CP I increased with decreasing chlorophyll b content which indicated that the stoichiometry of photosystem II to photosystem I is not constant.Abbreviations Chl chlorophyll - CPa chlorophyll a-protein - CP I P-700 chlorophyll a-protein - LHCP light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein - PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis - PAR photosynthetically active radiation - SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate     

Chlorophyll-protein-complexes of thylakoids of wild type and chlorophyll b mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Pigment-protein-complexes of two chlorophyll b deficient mutants of Arabidopsis and from the wild type were separated electrophoretically. Light-harvesting proteins were absent in the chlorophyll b free mutant ch¹ and their amount was reduced in the mutant ch² which has a reduced content of chlorophyll b. The ratio of CPa:CP I increased with decreasing chlorophyll b content which indicated that the stoichiometry of photosystem II to photosystem I is not constant.Abbreviations Chl chlorophyll - CPa chlorophyll a-protein - CP I P-700 chlorophyll a-protein - LHCP light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein - PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis - PAR photosynthetically active radiation - SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate     

Conversion of Chlorophyll b to Chlorophyll a and the Assembly of Chlorophyll with Apoproteins by Isolated Chloroplasts

The photosynthetic apparatus is reorganized during acclimation to various light environments. During adaptation of plants grown under a low-light to high-light environment, the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes decompose concomitantly with an increase in the core complex of photosystem II. To study the mechanisms for reorganization of photosystems, the assembly of chlorophyll with apoproteins was investigated using isolated chloroplasts. When [14C]chlorophyllide b was incubated with chloroplasts in the presence of phytyl pyrophosphate, it was esterified and some of the [14C]chlorophyll b was converted to [14C]chlorophyll a via 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll. [14C]Chlorophyll a and b were incorporated into chlorophyll-protein complexes. Light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes of PSII had a lower [14C]chlorophyll a to [14C]chlorophyll b ratio than P700-chlorophyll a-protein complexes, indicating the specific binding of chlorophyll to apoproteins in our systems. 7-Hydroxymethyl chlorophyll, an intermediate molecule from chlorophyll b to chlorophyll a, did not become assembled with any apoproteins. These results indicate that chlorophyll b is released from light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes of photosystem II and converted to chlorophyll a via 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll in the lipid bilayer and is then used for the formation of core complexes of photosystems. These mechanisms provide the fast, fine regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus during construction of photosystems.