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Inhibition of non-photochemical quenching increases functional absorption cross-section of photosystem II as excitation from closed reaction centres is transferred to open centres, facilitating earlier light saturation of photosynthetic electron transport

Charles Barry Osmond https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3569-7763 A B C , Wah Soon Chow https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4828-5546 B and Sharon A. Robinson A
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A Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

B Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: osmond.barry@gmail.com

Functional Plant Biology - https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20347
Submitted: 4 November 2020  Accepted: 3 February 2021   Published online: 12 March 2021

Abstract

Induction of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll fluorescence in leaves affords photoprotection to the photosynthetic apparatus when, for whatever reason, photon capture in the antennae of photosystems exceeds their capacity to utilise this excitation in photochemistry and ultimately in CO2 assimilation. Here we augment traditional monitoring of NPQ using the fast time resolution, remote and relatively non-intrusive light induced fluorescence transient (LIFT) technique (Kolber et al. 2005; Osmond et al. 2017) that allows direct measurement of functional (σ′PSII) and optical cross-sections (aPSII) of PSII in situ, and calculates the half saturation light intensity for ETR (Ek). These parameters are obtained from the saturation and relaxation phases of fluorescence transients elicited by a sequence of 270, high intensity 1 μs flashlets at controlled time intervals over a period of 30 ms in the QA flash at intervals of a few seconds. We report that although σ′PSII undergoes large transient increases after transfer from dark to strong white light (WL) it declines little in steady-state as NPQ is induced in shade- and sun-grown spinach and Arabidopsis genotypes Col, OEpsbs, pgr5bkg, stn7 and stn7/8. In contrast, σ′PSII increases by ~30% when induction of NPQ in spinach is inhibited by dithiothreitol and by inhibition of NPQ in Arabidopsis npq1, npq4 and pgr5. We propose this increase in σ′PSII arises as some excitation from closed PSII reaction centres is transferred to open centres when excitation partitioning to photochemistry (YII) and NPQ (YNP) declines, and is indicated by an increased excitation dissipation from closed PSII centres (YNO, including fluorescence emission). Although Ek increases following dissipation of excitation as heat when NPQ is engaged, it declines when NPQ is inhibited. Evidently photochemistry becomes more easily light saturated when excitation is transferred from closed RCIIs to open centres with larger σ′PSII. The NPQ mutant pgr5 is an exception; Ek increases markedly in strong light as electron transport QA → PQ and PQ → PSI accelerate and the PQ pool becomes strongly reduced. These novel in situ observations are discussed in the context of contemporary evidence for functional and structural changes in the photosynthetic apparatus during induction of NPQ.

Keywords: Arabidopsis, chlorophyll fluorescence, dithiothreitol, exciton connectivity in PSII, NPQ mutants, photoacclimation, photoprotection, QA flash, spinach.


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