title: Mutations of Cytochrome b559 and PsbJ on and near the QC Site in Photosystem II Influence the Regulation of Short-Term Light Response and Photosynthetic Growth of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
abstract: The characteristic features of two types of short-term light adaptations of the photosynthetic apparatus of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, state transition and blue-green light-induced fluorescence quenching, were compared in wild-type and cytochrome b559 and PsbJ mutant cells with mutations on and near the QC site in photosystem II (PSII). All mutant cells grew photoautotrophically and assembled stable PSII. Thermoluminescence emission experiments showed a decrease in the stability of the S3QB(-)/S2QB(-) charge pairs in the A16FJ, S28Aβ, and V32Fβ mutant cells. When dark-adapted wild-type and mutant cells were illuminated by medium-intensity blue light, the increase in the PSII fluorescence yield (indicating a transition to state 1) was more prominent in mutant than wild-type cells. Strong blue-light conditions induced a quenching of fluorescence corresponding to nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching (NPQ). The extension of NPQ decreased significantly in the mutants, and the kinetics appeared to be affected. When similar measures were repeated on an orange carotenoid protein (OCP)-deficient background, little or no quenching was observed, which confirms that the decrease in fluorescence under strong blue light corresponded to the OCP-dependent NPQ. Immunoblot results showed that the attenuated effect of blue light-induced NPQ in mutant cells was not due to a lack of OCP. Photosynthetic growth and biomass production were greater for A16FJ, S28Aβ, and V32Fβ mutant cells than for wild-type cells under normal growth conditions. Our results suggest that mutations of cytochrome b559 and PsbJ on and near the QC site of PSII may modulate the short-term light response in cyanobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica , Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jine-Yung
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica , Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC , Avda. Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica , Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsing-Ting
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica , Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tien-Sheng
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University , Hualien 97401, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shyue-Chu
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC , Avda. Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roncel
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica , Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsiu-An
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D030781:Organisms, Genetically Modified; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D046939:Synechocystis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; C079258:psbJ protein, Synechocystis; C019313:cytochrome b559