Role of Lipids and Fatty Acids in the Maintenance of Photosynthesis and the Assembly of Photosynthetic Complexes During Photosystem II Turnover

Alfonso, Miguel; Luján, María A.; Picorel, Rafael

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67407-6_15

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“…The lipid component of thylakoid membranes is also influenced by environmental temperature; as the temperature decreases, plants tend to improve the membrane fluidity by raising the unsaturation levels of the lipid fatty acids [ 47 ]. The degree of unsaturation of fatty acyl chains of membrane lipids determines the chilling sensitivity of a plant and it has been shown that the unsaturation of membrane lipids of chloroplasts stabilizes the photosynthetic machinery against low-temperature photoinhibition in vivo in transgenic tobacco plants [ 48 , 49 , 50 ]. During treatment with LL-LT, a decrease in P (increase in fluidity) was detected for thylakoid membranes from Ailsa Craig and less expressed for tangerine .…”

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Effect of Low Light on Photosynthetic Performance of Tomato Plants—Ailsa Craig and Carotenoid Mutant Tangerine

Velitchkova,

Stefanov,

Popova

2023

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The effects of a five-day treatment with low light intensity on tomato plants—Ailsa Craig and tangerine mutant—at normal and low temperatures and after recovery for three days under control conditions were investigated. The tangerine tomato, which has orange fruits, yellowish young leaves, and pale blossoms, accumulates prolycopene rather than all-trans lycopene. We investigated the impact of low light at normal and low temperatures on the functioning and effectiveness of photosynthetic apparatuses of both plants. The photochemical activities of Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII) were assessed, and the alterations in PSII antenna size were characterized by evaluating the abundance of PSII-associated proteins Lhcb1, Lhcb2, CP43, and CP47. Alterations in energy distribution and interaction of both photosystems were analyzed using 77K fluorescence. In Aisla Craig plants, an increase in thylakoid membrane fluidity was detected during treatment with low light at a low temperature, while for the tangerine mutant, no significant change was observed. The PSII activity of thylakoids from mutant tangerine was more strongly inhibited by treatment with low light at a low temperature while low light barely affected PSII in Aisla Craig. The obtained data indicated that the observed differences in the responses of photosynthetic apparatuses of Ailsa Craig and tangerine when exposed to low light intensity and suboptimal temperature were mainly related to the differences in sensitivity and antenna complexes of PSII.

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