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State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strongly modulate the functional size of photosystem II but not of photosystem I.


ABSTRACT: Plants and green algae optimize photosynthesis in changing light conditions by balancing the amount of light absorbed by photosystems I and II. These photosystems work in series to extract electrons from water and reduce NADP(+) to NADPH. Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) are held responsible for maintaining the balance by moving from one photosystem to the other in a process called state transitions. In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a photosynthetic model organism, state transitions are thought to involve 80% of the LHCs. Here, we demonstrate with picosecond-fluorescence spectroscopy on C. reinhardtii cells that, although LHCs indeed detach from photosystem II in state 2 conditions, only a fraction attaches to photosystem I. The detached antenna complexes become protected against photodamage via shortening of the excited-state lifetime. It is discussed how the transition from state 1 to state 2 can protect C. reinhardtii in high-light conditions and how this differs from the situation in plants.

SUBMITTER: Unlu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3948275 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strongly modulate the functional size of photosystem II but not of photosystem I.

Ünlü Caner C   Drop Bartlomiej B   Croce Roberta R   van Amerongen Herbert H  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140218 9


Plants and green algae optimize photosynthesis in changing light conditions by balancing the amount of light absorbed by photosystems I and II. These photosystems work in series to extract electrons from water and reduce NADP(+) to NADPH. Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) are held responsible for maintaining the balance by moving from one photosystem to the other in a process called state transitions. In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a photosynthetic model organism, state transitions  ...[more]

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