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Diverse strategies of O₂ usage for preventing photo-oxidative damage under CO₂ limitation during algal photosynthesis.

ABSTRACT: Photosynthesis produces chemical energy from photon energy in the photosynthetic electron transport and assimilates CO₂ using the chemical energy. Thus, CO₂ limitation causes an accumulation of excess energy, resulting in reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can cause oxidative damage to cells. O₂ can be used as an alternative energy sink when oxygenic phototrophs are exposed to high light. Here, we examined the responses to CO₂ limitation and O₂ dependency of two secondary algae, Euglena gracilis and Phaeodactylum tricornutum. In E. gracilis, approximately half of the relative electron transport rate (ETR) of CO₂-saturated photosynthesis was maintained and was uncoupled from photosynthesis under CO₂ limitation. The ETR showed biphasic dependencies on O₂ at high and low O₂ concentrations. Conversely, in P. tricornutum, most relative ETR decreased in parallel with the photosynthetic O₂ evolution rate in response to CO₂ limitation. Instead, non-photochemical quenching was strongly activated under CO₂ limitation in P. tricornutum. The results indicate that these secondary algae adopt different strategies to acclimatize to CO₂ limitation, and that both strategies differ from those utilized by cyanobacteria and green algae. We summarize the diversity of strategies for prevention of photo-oxidative damage under CO₂ limitation in cyanobacterial and algal photosynthesis.

SUBMITTER: Shimakawa G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247695 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diverse strategies of O2 usage for preventing photo-oxidative damage under CO2 limitation during algal photosynthesis.

Shimakawa Ginga G Matsuda Yusuke Y Nakajima Kensuke K Tamoi Masahiro M Shigeoka Shigeru S Miyake Chikahiro C

Scientific reports 20170120

Photosynthesis produces chemical energy from photon energy in the photosynthetic electron transport and assimilates CO2 using the chemical energy. Thus, CO2 limitation causes an accumulation of excess energy, resulting in reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can cause oxidative damage to cells. O2 can be used as an alternative energy sink when oxygenic phototrophs are exposed to high light. Here, we examined the responses to CO2 limitation and O2</ ...[more]

PMID: 28106164

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Diverse strategies of O₂ usage for preventing photo-oxidative damage under CO₂ limitation during algal photosynthesis.

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