Increase of the expression and activity of ferredoxin-NADP + oxidoreductase in the cells adapted to low CO 2 in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803

Author： Liu Y.

Publisher： Springer Publishing Company

ISSN： 0300-3604

Source： Photosynthetica, Vol.48, Iss.3, 2010-09, pp. : 417-420

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Abstract

To investigate the effect of low CO₂ on the expression and activity of ferredoxin-NADP⁺ oxidoreductase (FNR) and this enzyme-mediated cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (cyclic PSI), the activity staining, immunoblotting and initial rate of P₇₀₀⁺ reduction were measured in high- or low-CO₂-grown (H or L)-cells of wild-type Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 (WT) and its ΔndhB mutant (M55). Major results were depicted as follows. (1) The protein levels and activity of FNR were remarkably stimulated in L-cells of both WT and M55 relative to that in their H-cells. (2) The rate of cyclic PSI was significantly increased in L-cells of WT, not M55, when compared to that in respective H-cells. (3) N-ethylmaleimide, an inhibitor of FNR, partially inhibited the increase in the rate of cyclic PSI induced by low CO₂ in both WT and M55. These findings indicated that low CO₂ enhanced the expression and activity of FNR and the cyclic PSI mediated by FNR. The contribution of FNR to cyclic PSI is shortly discussed.