| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Polli, Dario Alcocer, Marcelo J. P. Petrozza, Annamaria Cerullo, Giulio Fleming, Graham R. D'andrea, Cosimo Viola, Daniele Ballottari, Matteo Bassi, Roberto Ahn, Tae Kyu |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Ballottari M ( Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, I-37134 Verona, Italy); Alcocer MJ ( Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); D'Andrea C ( Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); Viola D ( Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, National Research Council, Department of Physics, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); Ahn TK ( Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720); Petrozza A ( Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); Polli D ( Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Italian Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); Fleming GR ( Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720); Cerullo G ( Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, National Research Council, Department of Physics, Polytechnic University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy); Bassi R ( Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, I-37134 Verona, Italy); |
| Abstract |
In oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes, the hydroxylated carotenoid zeaxanthin is produced from preexisting violaxanthin upon exposure to excess light conditions. Zeaxanthin binding to components of the photosystem II (PSII) antenna system has been investigated thoroughly and shown to help in the dissipation of excess chlorophyll-excited states and scavenging of oxygen radicals. However, the functional consequences of the accumulation of the light-harvesting complex I (LHCI) proteins in the photosystem I (PSI) antenna have remained unclarified so far. In this work we investigated the effect of zeaxanthin binding on photoprotection of PSI-LHCI by comparing preparations isolated from wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana (i.e., with violaxanthin) and those isolated from the A. thaliana nonphotochemical quenching 2 mutant, in which violaxanthin is replaced by zeaxanthin. Time-resolved fluorescence measurements showed that zeaxanthin binding leads to a previously unrecognized quenching effect on PSI-LHCI fluorescence. The efficiency of energy transfer from the LHCI moiety of the complex to the PSI reaction center was down-regulated, and an enhanced PSI resistance to photoinhibition was observed both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, zeaxanthin was shown to be effective in inducing dissipative states in PSI, similar to its well-known effect on PSII. We propose that, upon acclimation to high light, PSI-LHCI changes its light-harvesting efficiency by a zeaxanthin-dependent quenching of the absorbed excitation energy, whereas in PSII the stoichiometry of LHC antenna proteins per reaction center is reduced directly. |
| ISSN |
00278424 |
| e-ISSN |
10916490 |
| Journal |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Issue Number |
23 |
| Volume Number |
111 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher Date |
2014-06-01 |
| Publisher Place |
United States |
| Access Restriction |
Open |
| Subject Keyword |
Arabidopsis Metabolism Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes Photosystem I Protein Complex Xanthophylls Genetics Chlorophyll Fluorescence Kinetics Luminescent Measurements Instrumentation Mutation Photosynthesis Radiation Effects Protein Binding Time Factors Zeaxanthins Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Multidisciplinary |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Multidisciplinary |
