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Analysis of Pigments and Thylakoid Membrane Proteins in Photosystem I - Mutants from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 (Synechocystis sp. PCC6803을 이용한 Photosystem I- mutants의 색소 및 틸라코이드막 단백질 분석)

  • 전은경;장남기
    • Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 1997
  • Pigments and thylakoid membrane proteins were investigated in wild type and PS I- mutants from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Comparing morphological features, B2 was less fluorescent than the other strains. The contents of chlorophyll a were propotional to the FNR activity in thylakoid membrane. The FNR activity of mutants was lower than that of wild type. In the result of pigments analysis, mutants had smaller cholophyll a than that of wild type. The major carotenoid was found to he $\beta$-caroene, but aeaxanthin was barely detected in thylakoid membrane of mutants. The polypeptide, 14.8kD was detected by electrophoresis in mutants. It was considered to be the modification of 15.4kD in wild type. Membrane polypeptides of 17.6 and 19.7kD were not detected in mutants. In the result of western blotting, subunit I was detected in all strains, but subunit II was barely detected in mutants. Subunit II was not detected in B2 at all. In view of the results so far achieved, the changes of contents of chlorophyll and zeaxanthin were affected by the defficiency or modification of functional domain in subunit I. Also the modification in subunit I affected the subunit II- binding site in PS I. As the result, efficiency of photosynthesis was decreased. Key words: Synechoystis sp. PCC6803, PS I - mutant, Photosynthetic efficiency, Pigment,Thylakoid membrane proteins, Subunit I, II.

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Effects of Drought Stress on Photosynthetic Capacity and Photosystem II Activity in Oplopanax elatus (수분스트레스가 땃두릅나무의 광합성 능력 및 광계 II의 활성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Kyeong Cheol;Kim, Sun Hee;Park, Wan Geun;Kim, Young Seol
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.38-45
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    • 2014
  • This study was performed to investigate the physiological responses of Oplopanax elatus by water condition. Drought stress was induced by withholding water for 26 days. The results show that $P_{N\;max}$, SPAD, gs, E and Ci were significantly decreased with decreasing of soil moisture contents. However, AQY and WUE were decreased slightly only at 26 day. This implies that photosynthetic rate is reduced due to an inability to regulate water and $CO_2$ exchange through the stomatal. According to JIP analysis, ${\Phi}_{PO}$, ${\Psi}_O$, ${\Phi}_{EO}$ and $PI_{ABS}$ were dramatically decreased at 21 day and 26 day, which reflects the relative reduction state of the photosystem II. On the other hand, the relative activities per reaction center such as ABS/RC, TRo/RC were significantly increased at 26 day. Particularly, Dio/RC and DIo/CS increased substantially under drought stress, indicating that excessive energy was consumed by heat dissipation. These results of chlorophyll a fluorescence show that the sensitivity changes photosystem II activity. Thus, according to the results, O. elatus was exhibited a strong reduction of photosynthetic activity to approximately 10% soil moisture contents, and JIP parameters could be useful indicator to monitor the physiological states of O. elatus under drought stress.

Studies on The Molecular Mechanism of 33 kDa extrinsic Protein in Photosystem II Oxygen-Evolving Complex

  • Xu, Chunhe;Ruan, Kangcheng;Yu, Yong;Weng, Jun
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.82-85
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    • 2002
  • 33kDa extrinsic protein, an important protein in oxygenic photosynthesis, was known to have no fixed configuration in solution. At 20$\^{C}$ and pH 6, 33kDa extrinsic protein showed changes of free energy of -14.6 kJ/mor$\^$-1/ and of standard volume of -120mL/mol, respectively, with increase of hydrostatic pressure, comparatively lower than for most proteins. NBS modification of Trp241 in 33kDa extrinsic protein dramatically changes the secondary protein structure, its affinity to photosystem II as well as photosynthetic oxygen evolution. The relationship between structural change and transport of oxygen, water and proton is deserved a further study.

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Effects of Different Extraction Extraction Media and Reaction Mixtures on Photosystem II Activity of Spinach Chloroplasts (시금치 엽록체의 광계의 활성에 미치는 추출용매와 반응용액의 영향)

  • 권병규
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.95-99
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    • 1976
  • This work deals with different extraction media and reaction mixtures on photosystem II activity of Spinach chloroplasts. The photoreduction rate of ferricyanide and DPIP by intact chloroplasts which extracted with four kinds of extraction media; S-Tris-N pH 7.2, 8.0, S-Tricine-N pH 7.2, 8.0, was measured in five kinds of reaction mixtures; S-Tris-N pH 7.2, 8.0, S-Tricine-N pH 7.2, 8.0, 0.05 M-Tris pH 7.2. The extraction medium which shows the highest photoreduction rate was S-Tris-N at pH 7.2 and S-Tricine-N at pH 8.0. As to the reaciton mixture, S-Tricine-N pH 8.0 showed the highest rate. On the complex effects of extraction media and reaction mixtures, the highest photordeuction rate of Hill oxidant by intact chloroplasts was obtained by S-Tris-N pH 7.2 extraction medium and S-Tricine-N pH 8.0 reaction mixture. The second highest activity was obtained by S-Tricine-N pH 8.0 extraction medium and reaction mixture.

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Stabilization of photosynthetic machinery against low-temperature photoinhibition by fatty acid unsaturation of membrane lipids in plants

  • Moon, Byoung-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1999.08a
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    • pp.68-82
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    • 1999
  • CHilling tolereance of plants are closely correlated with the degree of fatty acid unsaturation of membrane lipids. We studied the effects of low-temperature photoinhibition on the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II in terms of fatty acid unsaturation of thylakoid membranes lipids isolated from chilling -sensitive plants and chilling -resistant ones. To directly test the chilling tolerance of photosynthetic machinery in relation to membrane lipids, we further compared wild type tobacco plants with that of transgenic tobacco plants, in which the sensitivity to chilling had been enhanced by genetic modification of fatty acid unsaturation of chloroplast membrane lipids. The transgenic tobacco plants were found to contain reduced levels of unsaturated membrane fatty acids after being transformed with cDNA for glycerol-3-phophate acyltransferase from squash. The functional integrity of photosystem II during and recovery of photosynthesis from low-temperature photoinhibition will be discussed in connection with the degree of fatty acid unsaturation of chlorophast membranes lipids.

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