
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schöttler, Mark Aurel 
A1  - Kirchhoff, Helmut 
A1  - Weis, Engelbert 
A1  - Siebke, Katharina 
T1  - Metabolic control of photosynthetic electron transport in crassulacean acid metabolism-induced <emph type="2">Mesembryanthemum crystallinum</emph>
JF  - Functional Plant Biology
JO  - Functional Plant Biol.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SP  - 697
EP  - 705
KW  - CAM induction, cyclic electron transport, cytochrome-b6f complex, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, photosynthetic electron transport.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PP01222 
N2  - This paper originates from a presentation at the IIIrd International Congress on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, August 2001.  We investigated photosynthetic electron transport in leaves of the facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. After CAM induction, electron transport exhibited variable redox kinetics during the diurnal CAM cycle. In CAM Phase IV, most of PSI (P700) and chlorophyll a fluorescence relaxed with a halftime of 20 ms after a saturating light pulse. This time-constant may reflect the overall linear electron flux from PSII to PSI in saturating light. Comparable relaxation kinetics were also determined for C3 plants. At the end of CAM Phase I and during Phase II, slow components (&#62; 50% of signal amplitude) appeared in both P700 reduction and fluorescence relaxation. They displayed halftimes &#62; 250 ms and &#62; 1 s, suggesting a strong restriction of the linear electron flux from H2O to NADP. The appearance of the slow redox components was accompanied by a decrease in the Fv/Fm ratio of chlorophyll a fluorescence, suggesting a reversible detachment of light-harvesting complex (LHC) II from PSII. The slow redox fractions and the depression of Fv/Fm disappeared again in parallel to malate decarboxylation during CAM Phase III.  We discuss a reversible downregulation of linear electron flux during CAM Phases II and III, due to a reversible deprivation of cytochrome-b6f complexes (cyt-bfs) and PSI from the linear system. In parallel, a redistribution of some LHCIIs could also occur. This could be an adaptive response to a reduced metabolic demand for NADPH due to a limited carbon flux through the Calvin cycle, resulting from low Rubisco activation. Furthermore, the cyt-bfs and PSIs deprived of linear electron transport could support cyclic electron flux to cover an increased ATP demand during gluconeogenesis in CAM Phase III. 
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