title: Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on photosystem II of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6083.
abstract: The effects of ultraviolet-B radiation (280-320 nm) on photosystem II of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6303 were investigated at the functional and structural levels. Loss of oxygen-evolving and electron-transport activity, measured by various techniques including Clark electrode polarography, fluorescence induction and fluorescence relaxation after a single turnover flash, are discussed in terms of two types of damage caused by ultraviolet-B radiation: (a) depletion of the plastoquinone pool; (b) perturbation and degradation of the D1 protein, with cleavage in the second transmembrane segment. These findings are in full agreement with those obtained, both in vivo and in vitro for higher plants for which a donor-side mechanism involving the water-splitting Mn cluster has been proposed for the main cleavage of the D1 protein. At the structural level, complete disruption of the photosystem II core is documented as a consequence of (or in parallel with) degradation of the D1 protein. From this point of view, ultraviolet-B-induced photoinhibition is unlike the visible-induced type and less susceptible to repair by synthesis and reinsertion of new D1 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy. gcometti@civ.bio.unipd.it
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiaramonte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rigoni
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000737:chemistry; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000528:radiation effects*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010971:Plastoquinone / Q000378:metabolism; D011489:Protein Denaturation / Q000528:radiation effects; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D008345:Manganese; D010971:Plastoquinone; D010100:Oxygen