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Title: Regulation of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow pathways by adenylate status in higher plant chloroplasts

Abstract

Cylic electron flow (CEF) around Photosystem I in photosynthetic eukaryotes is anticipated to be necessary to augment ATP production, rapidly- and precisely balancing the plastid ATP/NADPH energy budget to meet the demands of downstream metabolism. Many regulatory aspects of this process are unclear. In this work, we demonstrate that the higher plant plastid NADH/Fd:plastoquinone reductase (NDH) and proposed PGR5/PGRL1 ferredoxin:plastoquinone reductase (FQR) pathways of CEF are strongly, rapidly and reversibly inhibited in vitro by ATP with Ki values of 670 μM and 240 μM respectively, within the range of physiological changes in ATP concentrations. Control experiments ruled out effects on secondary reactions, e.g. FNR- and cytochrome b6f activity, nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence etc., supporting the view that ATP is an inhibitor of CEF and its associated pmf generation and subsequent ATP production. The effects are specific to ATP, with the ATP analog AMP-PNP showing little inhibitory effect, and ADP inhibiting only at higher concentrations. For the FQR pathway, inhibition was found to be classically competitive with Fd, and the NDH pathway showing partial competition with Fd. We propose a straightforward model for regulation of CEF in plants in which CEF is activated under conditions when stromal ATP low, butmore » is downregulated as ATP levels build up, allowing for effective ATP homeostasis. The differences in Ki values suggest a two-tiered regulatory system, where the highly efficient proton pumping NDH is activated with moderate decreases in ATP, with the less energetically-efficient FQR pathway being activated under more severe ATP depletion.« less

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Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1703107
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OSTI ID: 1593968
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-98ER20310; FG02-91ER20021
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
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Journal Name: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics Journal Volume: 1860 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0005-2728
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; photosynthesis; cyclic electron flow; regulation; enzymology

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Fisher, Nicholas, Bricker, Terry M., and Kramer, David M. Regulation of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow pathways by adenylate status in higher plant chloroplasts. Netherlands: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148081.
Fisher, Nicholas, Bricker, Terry M., & Kramer, David M. Regulation of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow pathways by adenylate status in higher plant chloroplasts. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148081
Fisher, Nicholas, Bricker, Terry M., and Kramer, David M. Fri . "Regulation of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow pathways by adenylate status in higher plant chloroplasts". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148081.
@article{osti_1703107,
title = {Regulation of photosynthetic cyclic electron flow pathways by adenylate status in higher plant chloroplasts},
author = {Fisher, Nicholas and Bricker, Terry M. and Kramer, David M.},
abstractNote = {Cylic electron flow (CEF) around Photosystem I in photosynthetic eukaryotes is anticipated to be necessary to augment ATP production, rapidly- and precisely balancing the plastid ATP/NADPH energy budget to meet the demands of downstream metabolism. Many regulatory aspects of this process are unclear. In this work, we demonstrate that the higher plant plastid NADH/Fd:plastoquinone reductase (NDH) and proposed PGR5/PGRL1 ferredoxin:plastoquinone reductase (FQR) pathways of CEF are strongly, rapidly and reversibly inhibited in vitro by ATP with Ki values of 670 μM and 240 μM respectively, within the range of physiological changes in ATP concentrations. Control experiments ruled out effects on secondary reactions, e.g. FNR- and cytochrome b6f activity, nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence etc., supporting the view that ATP is an inhibitor of CEF and its associated pmf generation and subsequent ATP production. The effects are specific to ATP, with the ATP analog AMP-PNP showing little inhibitory effect, and ADP inhibiting only at higher concentrations. For the FQR pathway, inhibition was found to be classically competitive with Fd, and the NDH pathway showing partial competition with Fd. We propose a straightforward model for regulation of CEF in plants in which CEF is activated under conditions when stromal ATP low, but is downregulated as ATP levels build up, allowing for effective ATP homeostasis. The differences in Ki values suggest a two-tiered regulatory system, where the highly efficient proton pumping NDH is activated with moderate decreases in ATP, with the less energetically-efficient FQR pathway being activated under more severe ATP depletion.},
doi = {10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148081},
journal = {Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics},
number = 11,
volume = 1860,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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