title: The physiological importance of photosynthetic ferredoxin NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) isoforms in wheat.
abstract: Ferredoxin NADP(+) oxidoreductase (FNR) enzymes catalyse electron transfer between ferredoxin and NADPH. In plants, a photosynthetic FNR (pFNR) transfers electrons from reduced ferredoxin to NADPH for the final step of linear electron flow, providing reductant for carbon fixation. pFNR is also thought to play important roles in two different mechanisms of cyclic electron flow around photosystem I; and photosynthetic reductant is itself partitioned between competing linear, cyclic, and alternative electron flow pathways. Four pFNR protein isoforms in wheat that display distinct reaction kinetics with leaf-type ferredoxin have previously been identified. It has been suggested that these isoforms may be crucial to the regulation of reductant partition between carbon fixation and other metabolic pathways. Here the 12 cm primary wheat leaf has been used to show that the alternative N-terminal pFNRI and pFNRII protein isoforms have statistically significant differences in response to the physiological parameters of chloroplast maturity, nitrogen regime, and oxidative stress. More specifically, the results obtained suggest that the alternative N-terminal forms of pFNRI have distinct roles in the partitioning of photosynthetic reductant. The role of alternative N-terminal processing of pFNRI is also discussed in terms of its importance for thylakoid targeting. The results suggest that the four pFNR protein isoforms are each present in the chloroplast in phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated states. pFNR isoforms vary in putative phosphorylation responses to physiological parameters, but the physiological significance requires further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Michael Smith Building, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moolna
authors.forename: Caroline G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Bowsher
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D005287:Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D021381:Protein Transport; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism; D014908:Triticum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D005287:Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase
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