Chloroplast-encoded Polypeptide Psbt is Involved in the Repair of Primary Electron Acceptor Qa of Photosystem Ii During Photoinhibition in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii.
From: The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
The Journal of biological chemistry
- Publish Date: Mar 2007
- ISSN: 0021-9258
- Volume: 282
- Issue: 10
- Pages: 7107-15
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ohnishi Norikazu, Kashino Yasuhiro, Satoh Kazuhiko, et al. Chloroplast-encoded Polypeptide Psbt is Involved in the Repair of Primary Electron Acceptor Qa of Photosystem Ii During Photoinhibition in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii.. J. Biol. Chem. Mar 2007;282:7107-15
Abstract
PsbT is a small chloroplast-encoded hydrophobic polypeptide associated with the D1/D2 heterodimer of the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center and is required for the efficient post-translational repair of photodamaged PSII. Here we addressed that role in detail in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii wild type and DeltapsbT cells by analyzing the activities of PSII, the assembly of PSII proteins, and the redox components of PSII during photoinhibition and repair. Strong illumination of cells for 15 min decreased the activities of electron transfer through PSII and Q(A) photoreduction by 50%, and it reduced the amount of atomic manganese by 20%, but it did not affect the steady-state level of PSII proteins, photoreduction of pheophytin (pheo(D1)), and the amount of bound plastoquinone (Q(A)), indicating that the decrease in PSII activity resulted mainly from inhibition of the electron transfer from pheo(D1) to Q(A). In wild type cells, we observed parallel recovery of electron transfer activity through PSII and Q(A) photoreduction, suggesting that the recovery of Q(A) activity is one of the rate-limiting steps of PSII repair. In DeltapsbT cells, the repairs of electron transfer activity through PSII and of Q(A) photoreduction activity were both impaired, but PSII protein turnover was unaffected. Moreover, about half the Q(A) was lost from the PSII core complex during purification. Since PsbT is intimately associated with the Q(A)-binding region on D2, we propose that this polypeptide enhances the efficient recovery of Q(A) photoreduction by stabilizing the structure of the Q(A)-binding region.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chloroplasts, Electron Transport, Light, Oxidation-Reduction, Photosynthesis, Photosystem II Protein Complex, Plastoquinone
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