THE CYANOBACTERIAL CHLOROPHYLL-BINDING-PROTEIN ISIA ACTS TO INCREASE THE IN VIVO EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION OF PSI UNDER IRON LIMITATION(1)
© 2011 Phycological Society of America.
Publié dans: | Journal of phycology. - 1966. - 48(2012), 1 vom: 24. Feb., Seite 145-54 |
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Autres auteurs: | , , , |
Format: | Article en ligne |
Langue: | English |
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2012
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Accès à la collection: | Journal of phycology |
Sujets: | Journal Article IsiA PSI chlorophyll-binding protein cyanobacteria iron limitation |
Résumé: | © 2011 Phycological Society of America. Iron availability limits primary production in >30% of the world's oceans; hence phytoplankton have developed acclimation strategies. In particular, cyanobacteria express IsiA (iron-stress-induced) under iron stress, which can become the most abundant chl-binding protein in the cell. Within iron-limited oceanic regions with significant cyanobacterial biomass, IsiA may represent a significant fraction of the total chl. We spectroscopically measured the effective cross-section of the photosynthetic reaction center PSI (σPSI ) in vivo and biochemically quantified the absolute abundance of PSI, PSII, and IsiA in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. We demonstrate that accumulation of IsiA results in a ∼60% increase in σPSI , in agreement with the theoretical increase in cross-section based on the structure of the biochemically isolated IsiA-PSI supercomplex from cyanobacteria. Deriving a chl budget, we suggest that IsiA plays a primary role as a light-harvesting antenna for PSI. On progressive iron-stress in culture, IsiA continues to accumulate without a concomitant increase in σPSI , suggesting that there may be a secondary role for IsiA. In natural populations, the potential physiological significance of the uncoupled pool of IsiA remains to be established. However, the functional role as a PSI antenna suggests that a large fraction of IsiA-bound chl is directly involved in photosynthetic electron transport |
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Description: | Date Completed 25.03.2016 Date Revised 24.03.2016 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1529-8817 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01092.x |