Salt enhances photosystem I content and cyclic electron flow via NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica
Salt enhances photosystem I content and cyclic electron flow via NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica
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10.1071/pp9960321
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1996-01-01
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Takabe, T
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Hibino, T;Lee, BH;Takabe, T
To uncover the adaptation mechanisms of photosystems for halotolerance, changes in stoichiometry and activity of photosystems in response to changes of salinities were examined in a halotolerant cyanobacterium, Aphanothece halophytica.. Photosynthetic O-2 evolution was high even at high salinities. O-2 evolution activity increased with increasing external concentration of NaCl, reached a maximum at 1.5 M NaCl, and then decreased. Similar salt dependence was observed for photosystem Ii activity. On the other hand, photosystem I activity increased concomitantly with increase in salinity. Photoacoustic measurements indicated that appreciable energy storage by photosystem I mediated cyclic electron flow at high salinities. Significant electron donation to photosystem I reaction centres through NAD(P)H-dehydrogenase complexes was observed in high salt media. The contents of cytochrome b(6)/f and photosystem II were almost constant under various salinity conditions, whereas the levels of chlorophyll a, photosystem I, soluble cytochrome c-553, and NAD(P)H-dehydrogenase increased in the cells grown with high salinities. These results indicate that salt specifically induces an increase of protein levels involving cyclic electron flow around photosystem I that may entail an important role for adaptation of Aphanothece halophytica cells to high salinities.