title: Cyclic electron flow plays an important role in photoprotection for the resurrection plant Paraboea                      rufescens under drought stress.
abstract: Resurrection plants could survive severe drought stress, but the underlying mechanism for protecting their photosynthetic apparatus against drought stress is unclear. Cyclic electron flow (CEF) has been documented as a crucial mechanism for photoprotection in Arabidopsis and tobacco. We hypothesized that CEF plays an important role in protecting photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII) against drought stress for resurrection plants. To address this hypothesis, the effects of mild drought stress on light energy distribution in PSII and P700 redox state were examined in a resurrection plant Paraboea rufescens. Cyclic electron flow was not activated below the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) of 400 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ in leaves without drought stress. However, CEF was activated under low light in leaves with mild drought stress, and the effective quantum yield of PSII significantly decreased. Meanwhile, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) was significantly stimulated not only under high light but also under low light. Compared with the control, the fraction of overall P700 that cannot be oxidized in a given state (PSI acceptor side limitation) under high light was maintained at low level of 0.1 in leaves with water deficit, indicating that the over-reduction of the PSI acceptor side was prevented by the significant stimulation of CEF. Furthermore, methyl viologen could significantly increase the PSII photo-inhibition induced by high light compared with chloramphenicol. These results suggested that CEF is an important mechanism for protecting PSI and PSII from drought stress in resurrection plants.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shi-Jian
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shi-Bao
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiao-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kun-Fang
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002681:China; D032181:Craterostigma / Q000378:metabolism*; D055864:Droughts; D004579:Electron Transport; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D002245:Carbon Dioxide
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