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Photosynthetic electron transport activity in heat-treated barley leaves: The role of internal alternative electron donors to photosystem II
Authors:Szilvia Z Tóth  Gert Schansker  Reto J Strasser
Institution:a Laboratory of Bioenergetics, University of Geneva, Chemin des Embrouchis 10, CH-1254 Jussy, Geneva, Switzerland
b Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
Abstract:Electron transport processes were investigated in barley leaves in which the oxygen-evolution was fully inhibited by a heat pulse (48 °C, 40 s). Under these circumstances, the K peak (∼ F400 μs) appears in the chl a fluorescence (OJIP) transient reflecting partial QA reduction, which is due to a stable charge separation resulting from the donation of one electron by tyrozine Z. Following the K peak additional fluorescence increase (indicating QA accumulation) occurs in the 0.2-2 s time range. Using simultaneous chl a fluorescence and 820 nm transmission measurements it is demonstrated that this QA accumulation is due to naturally occurring alternative electron sources that donate electrons to the donor side of photosystem II. Chl a fluorescence data obtained with 5-ms light pulses (double flashes spaced 2.3-500 ms apart, and trains of several hundred flashes spaced by 100 or 200 ms) show that the electron donation occurs from a large pool with t1/2 ∼ 30 ms. This alternative electron donor is most probably ascorbate.
Keywords:Asc  ascorbate  DCMU  3-(3&prime    4&prime  -dichlorophenyl)-1  1-dimethylurea  Fd  ferredoxin  F0  initial fluorescence (measured at 20   μs)  all PSII RCs are open  FJ  fluorescence intensity at &sim       ms (at 3000   μmol photons m&minus     2 s&minus     1)  FM  maximum fluorescence  all PSII RCs are closed  FNR  ferredoxin-NADP+-reductase  FP  maximum measured fluorescence intensity  FR  far-red light  I820nm  transmission at 820   nm  I  step in the OJIP transient at 30   ms  J  step in the OJIP transient at &sim       ms (at 3000   μmol photons m&minus     2 s&minus     1)  K  peak in the OJIP transient at &sim     400   μs (at 3000   μmol photons m&minus     2 s&minus     1)  MV  methylviologen  1  1&prime  -dimethyl-4  4&prime  -bipyridinium-dichloride  OEC  oxygen evolving complex  OJIP  chl a fluorescence transient defined by the names of its intermediate steps  PpBQ  phenyl-p-benzoquinone  P680  primary electron donor of PSII  P700  primary electron donor of PSI  PC  plastocyanin  PQ  plastoquinone  PSI  photosystem I  PSII  photosystem II  QA  primary electron acceptor quinone of PSII  QB  secondary electron acceptor quinone of PSII  TyrZ  tyrozine Z  φPo  maximum quantum yield for primary photochemistry
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