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Title: The higher plant plastid NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) is a high efficiency proton pump that increases ATP production by cyclic electron flow

Abstract

Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (CEF) is critical for balancing the photosynthetic energy budget of the chloroplast, by generating ATP without net production of NADPH. We demonstrate that the chloroplast NADPH dehydrogenase complex (NDH), a homolog to respiratory Complex I, pumps approximately two protons from the chloroplast stroma to the lumen per electron transferred from ferredoxin to plastoquinone, effectively increasing the efficiency of ATP production via CEF by two-fold compared to CEF pathways involving non-proton-pumping plastoquinone reductases. By virtue of this proton-pumping stoichiometry, we hypothesise that NDH not only efficiently contributes to ATP production, but operates near thermodynamic reversibility, with potentially important consequences for remediating mismatches in the thylakoid energy budget.

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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1763773
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OSTI ID: 1535359
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02–11ER16220; SC0007101
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Biological Chemistry Journal Volume: 292 Journal Issue: 28; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9258
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Strand, Deserah D., Fisher, Nicholas, and Kramer, David M. The higher plant plastid NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) is a high efficiency proton pump that increases ATP production by cyclic electron flow. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.770792.
Strand, Deserah D., Fisher, Nicholas, & Kramer, David M. The higher plant plastid NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) is a high efficiency proton pump that increases ATP production by cyclic electron flow. United States. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.770792
Strand, Deserah D., Fisher, Nicholas, and Kramer, David M. Sat . "The higher plant plastid NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) is a high efficiency proton pump that increases ATP production by cyclic electron flow". United States. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.770792.
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title = {The higher plant plastid NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-like complex (NDH) is a high efficiency proton pump that increases ATP production by cyclic electron flow},
author = {Strand, Deserah D. and Fisher, Nicholas and Kramer, David M.},
abstractNote = {Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (CEF) is critical for balancing the photosynthetic energy budget of the chloroplast, by generating ATP without net production of NADPH. We demonstrate that the chloroplast NADPH dehydrogenase complex (NDH), a homolog to respiratory Complex I, pumps approximately two protons from the chloroplast stroma to the lumen per electron transferred from ferredoxin to plastoquinone, effectively increasing the efficiency of ATP production via CEF by two-fold compared to CEF pathways involving non-proton-pumping plastoquinone reductases. By virtue of this proton-pumping stoichiometry, we hypothesise that NDH not only efficiently contributes to ATP production, but operates near thermodynamic reversibility, with potentially important consequences for remediating mismatches in the thylakoid energy budget.},
doi = {10.1074/jbc.M116.770792},
journal = {Journal of Biological Chemistry},
number = 28,
volume = 292,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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