High light acclimation of Chromera velia points to photoprotective NPQ

0488826 - MBÚ 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Belgio, Erica - Trsková, Eliška - Kotabová, Eva - Ewe, Daniela - Prášil, Ondřej - Kaňa, Radek
High light acclimation of Chromera velia points to photoprotective NPQ.
Photosynthesis Research. Roč. 135, 1-3 SI (2018), s. 263-274. ISSN 0166-8595. E-ISSN 1573-5079
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1416; GA ČR(CZ) GA16-10088S; GA ČR(CZ) GJ17-02363Y
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : Nonphotochemical quenching * Photoinhibition * Chromera velia alga
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 3.057, year: 2018

It has previously been shown that the long-term treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana with the chloroplast inhibitor lincomycin leads to photosynthetic membranes enriched in antennas, strongly reduced in photosystem II reaction centers (PSII) and with enhanced nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) (Belgio et al. Biophys J 102:2761-2771, 2012). Here, a similar physiological response was found in the microalga Chromera velia grown under high light (HL). In comparison to cells acclimated to low light, HL cells displayed a severe re-organization of the photosynthetic membrane characterized by (1) a reduction of PSII but similar antenna content, (2) partial uncoupling of antennas from PSII, (3) enhanced NPQ. The decrease in the number of PSII represents a rather unusual acclimation response compared to other phototrophs, where a smaller PSII antenna size is more commonly found under high light. Despite the diminished PSII content, no net damage could be detected on the basis of the Photosynthesis versus irradiance curve and electron transport rates pointing at the excess capacity of PSII. We therefore concluded that the photoinhibition is minimized under high light by a lower PSII content and that cells are protected by NPQ in the antennas.
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