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Plant Cell Physiol ; 56(3): 558-71, 2015 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25520404

RESUMO

In the thylakoid membranes of the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803, PSI reaction centers (RCs) are organized as monomers and trimers. PsaL, a 16 kDa hydrophobic protein, a subunit of the PSI RC, was previously identified as crucial for the formation of PSI trimers. In this work, the physiological effects accompanied by PSI oligomerization were studied using a PsaL-deficient mutant (ΔpsaL), not able to form PSI trimers, grown at various temperatures. We demonstrate that in wild-type Synechocystis, the monomer to trimer ratio depends on the growth temperature. The inactivation of the psaL gene in Synechocystis grown phototropically at 30°C induces profound morphological changes, including the accumulation of glycogen granules localized in the cytoplasm, resulting in the separation of particular thylakoid layers. The carotenoid composition in ΔpsaL shows that PSI monomerization leads to an increased accumulation of myxoxantophyll, zeaxanthin and echinenone irrespective of the temperature conditions. These xanthophylls are formed at the expense of ß-carotene. The measured H2O→CO2 oxygen evolution rates in the ΔpsaL mutant are higher than those observed in the wild type, irrespective of the growth temperature. Moreover, circular dichroism spectroscopy in the visible range reveals that a peak attributable to long-wavelength-absorbing carotenoids is apparently enhanced in the trimer-accumulating wild-type cells. These results suggest that specific carotenoids are accompanied by the accumulation of PSI oligomers and play a role in the formation of PSI oligomer structure.


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Temperatura Alta , Complexo de Proteína do Fotossistema I/metabolismo , Multimerização Proteica , Synechocystis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Synechocystis/metabolismo , Xantofilas/biossíntese , Processos Autotróficos , Carotenoides/metabolismo , Cromatografia por Troca Iônica , Dicroísmo Circular , Inativação Gênica , Genes Bacterianos , Teste de Complementação Genética , Mutação/genética , Oxigênio/metabolismo , Processos Fototróficos , Synechocystis/citologia , Synechocystis/ultraestrutura , Tilacoides/metabolismo
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