Piotr Osyczka, Natalia Kamińska, Beata Myśliwa-Kurdziel
{"title":"Photosynthetic performance of photobionts under intense visible and UV-A radiation in lichens with light-absorbing or light-reflecting fungal pigments.","authors":"Piotr Osyczka, Natalia Kamińska, Beata Myśliwa-Kurdziel","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01242-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-026-01242-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the effect of exposure to direct sunlight and its main components, i.e. visible (VIS) radiation and long-wavelength UV-A (UV-A1; 350-400 nm) radiation, on the photosynthetic performance of two mat-forming epigeic lichens Cetraria aculeata (melanic species with light-absorbing cortex) and Cladonia uncialis (usnic species with light-reflecting cortex). A short-term (one-hour) irradiation stress was applied to metabolically active thalli and parameters related to photosynthesis at various recovery periods after treatment was examined through complementary in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence techniques (OJIP transients and quenching analysis), 77 K fluorescence emission spectra and assimilation pigment measurements. In both species, considerable but reversible photoinhibition of photosystem II was observed following sunlight and VIS radiation exposure, as evidenced by a significant decrease in F<sub>V</sub>/F<sub>M</sub> and increased K and J steps of the OJIP curves; albeit photodamage resulting from sunlight was more pronounced. Although UV-A1 had negligible inhibitory effect, it stimulated pigment synthesis in C. aculeata and enhanced photochemical energy utilization in C. uncialis. The two species revealed different strategies to cope with excess light energy; namely, C. aculeata relied on enhanced non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and redistribution of excitation energy toward PSI, whereas C. uncialis preserved a more efficient donor site of PSII (higher F<sub>V</sub>/F<sub>0</sub>). Overall, VIS radiation was identified as the primary factor impairing PSII, posing a substantially greater threat than UV-A1. These findings might be relevant for understanding lichen performance under variable and atypical weather events, such as sunshowers or scattered showers with sunny spells.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149228662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Light quality shapes mesophyll conductance in cucumber leaves in association with coordinated anatomical changes.","authors":"Xin Tian, Qinglin Guo, Han Zhang, Xinlan Luo, Jiarui Lu, Liang Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01244-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-026-01244-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Light quality is a pivotal environmental cue shaping leaf anatomy and photosynthetic performance, but how anatomical changes are associated with internal CO<sub>2</sub> diffusion remains incompletely understood. Mesophyll conductance, a key determinant of photosynthetic rate, is strongly impacted by anatomical traits, yet the specific structural correlates of mesophyll conductance under varying light spectra remain incompletely understood. We investigated how varying red (R) and blue (B) light ratios affected leaf anatomical traits and how these traits were associated with changes in mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic rate in cucumber. The results demonstrated that plants grown under monochromatic red light exhibited impaired photosynthetic performance, together with reductions in leaf thickness, leaf mass per area, stomatal density, and chloroplast exposure to the intercellular airspace. These anatomical characteristics were associated with lower mesophyll conductance, consistent with greater resistance to CO<sub>2</sub> diffusion across both gas- and liquid- phases. In contrast, blue-enriched spectra (25B, 75B, 100B) were associated with greater chloroplast exposure to the intercellular airspace and larger intercellular airspace, which coincided with higher mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic rate. The 75B treatment showed the highest photosynthetic performance, coinciding with a combination of favorable mesophyll and chloroplast anatomical characteristics. Analysis of modeled diffusion resistance indicated that cell wall and chloroplast stroma resistances accounted for major components of the modeled resistance to CO<sub>2</sub> diffusion and varied with corresponding anatomical features. Quantitative limitation analysis confirmed that mesophyll limitation was the predominant constraint under all light regimes. Our findings demonstrate that light quality associated anatomical variation is closely linked to mesophyll conductance and internal CO<sub>2</sub> diffusion, providing physiological insight into how spectral composition influences photosynthetic performance in controlled-environment agriculture.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149216566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenyang Hao, Lixia Zhu, Xiuxiu Li, Jie Wang, Xiaoyu Zhao, Alexander V Ruban, Yuangang Qu, Xiaochun Qin
{"title":"Optimization of thylakoid solubilization for PSII-LHCII supercomplex isolation from shade-adapted Fittonia albivenis.","authors":"Chenyang Hao, Lixia Zhu, Xiuxiu Li, Jie Wang, Xiaoyu Zhao, Alexander V Ruban, Yuangang Qu, Xiaochun Qin","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01243-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-026-01243-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isolation of photosystem II (PSII)-light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) supercomplexes is essential for elucidating their structure and function. Although established protocols are available for sun-adapted plants, efficient isolation of PSII-LHCII supercomplexes from shade-adapted species with distinct photosynthetic characteristics remains challenging. Here, we show that conventional PSII-LHCII isolation strategies, including direct solubilization with n-dodecyl-α-D-maltoside (α-DDM) and BBY (Berthold, Babcock, and Yokum) particle-based approaches, showing limited ability to preserve intact antenna-core associations in the shade-adapted plant Fittonia albivenis (F. albivenis), resulting in substantial photosystem I (PSI) contamination or reduced LHCII retention. By systematically evaluating detergent-based solubilization strategies, we identify a combination of α-DDM and digitonin as an effective detergent system for maintaining PSII-LHCII organization. The combined use of α-DDM and digitonin for direct thylakoid membrane solubilization, coupled with optimized sucrose density gradient conditions, enabled the successful isolation of PSII-LHCII supercomplexes with improved antenna retention and reduced PSI co-isolation. The optimized conditions are further successfully applied to two shade-adapted plant species, Epipremnum aureum (E. aureum) and Hygrophila difformis (H. difformis), supporting the applicability of this approach beyond F. albivenis. Together, this study provides a practical strategy for isolating photosynthetic supercomplexes from shade-adapted species examined here and highlighting the importance of species-specific optimization of thylakoid membrane-protein isolation conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149207582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jelena Boyka, Guillaume Gaullier, Jack Forsman, André T Graça, Maksym Golub, Nicholas Croy, Kathleen Wood, Anthony P Duff, Michael Moir, Jörg Pieper, Johannes Messinger, Frank Müh, Athina Zouni, Cecilia Blikstad
{"title":"High-resolution structure of monomeric photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus vestitus.","authors":"Jelena Boyka, Guillaume Gaullier, Jack Forsman, André T Graça, Maksym Golub, Nicholas Croy, Kathleen Wood, Anthony P Duff, Michael Moir, Jörg Pieper, Johannes Messinger, Frank Müh, Athina Zouni, Cecilia Blikstad","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01237-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01237-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photosystem I (PSI) exists in trimeric (tPSI) and monomeric (mPSI) forms within the thylakoid membrane of cyanobacteria. PSI functions as a light-driven electron pump, enabling the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c<sub>6</sub> (Cyt c<sub>6</sub>) or plastocyanin to ferredoxin. Here, we have developed a novel protocol to obtain large amounts of intact, active mPSI from Thermosynechococcus vestitus (Tv) by dissociating highly purified tPSI using the detergent octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C<sub>12</sub>E<sub>8</sub>) at elevated temperatures. We analysed the stability of the protein-detergent complex employing a combination of spectroscopic methods, such as fluorescence at 77 K and circular dichroism (CD), and investigated the detergent's influence on delipidation and monomerisation. We determined the structure of mPSI to a resolution of 1.8 Å using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This structure retains all subunits except PsaL and we identified a sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQD) molecule and 16 n-dodecyl ß-maltoside (βDM) molecules arranged in a ring around the complex. The mPSI structure was verified in solution at physiological temperature by applying small angle neutron scattering. Comparing the cofactor inventory of mPSI to that of tPSI, we suggest the assignment of a red-shifted chlorophyll pigment and discuss the influence of detergents and lipids on stability and oligomeric state of PSI. Finally, when adding native Tv Cyt c<sub>6</sub> under reducing conditions, additional density was observed in close proximity of the P<sub>700</sub> pigments, which indicates the presence of a transiently bound Cyt c<sub>6</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13672387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149195425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From proton microdomains to protein migration: hypothesis for ΔpH-controlled PSII relocation.","authors":"Matthias Ostermeier","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01240-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01240-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thylakoid membranes are highly organized yet dynamic systems in which Photosystem II (PSII) complexes undergo continual assembly, repair and lateral redistribution. Here a hypothesis is proposed that local lumenal pH, generated by the trans-thylakoidal proton gradient and potentially exhibiting transient spatial heterogeneity, may contribute to the regulation of protein movement and PSII maturation within the thylakoid membrane. Five mechanistically distinct but potentially coupled routes by which ΔpH could influence protein dynamics are outlined: (i) pH-dependent modulation of lumenal protein-protein affinities; (ii) proton-sensitivity of lumenal proteases (e.g., CtpA) that gate processing and release of PSII subunits; (iii) proton-induced changes in membrane packing and stacking that alter diffusion pathways; (iv) formation of local proton microdomains that create chemically distinct niches; and (v) coupling of proton flux to electrostatic and lipid compositional shifts that bias protein localization. Together, these considerations suggest that ΔpH may act as a co-regulatory parameter integrating biochemical and biophysical cues in thylakoid organization and PSII homeostasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13669123/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149184009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Apparent redistribution of electron flow between redox cofactors branches in photosystem I from the menB variants of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.","authors":"Mahir Mamedov, Liya Vitukhnovskaya, Anastasia Petrova, Georgy Milanovsky, Dmitry Cherepanov, Alexey Semenov","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01239-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01239-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interruption of the menB gene in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 results in replacement of the native phylloquinones at the A<sub>1</sub> sites of photosystem I (PS I) by plastoquinone-9 (PQ) and a slowdown in the rate of forward electron transfer (ET) from plastosemiquinone to 4Fe4S clusters by a factor of ~ 1000 compared with the wild type (WT) (Semenov et al. 2000). We used PS I samples from two menB variants containing either loosely bound PQ (menB-PQ<sub>L</sub>) or its tightly bound analogue (menB-PQ<sub>T</sub>). Flash-induced optical changes were used to characterize both menB-PQ<sub>L</sub> and menB-PQ<sub>T</sub> samples. Photoelectric membrane potential (Δψ) generation was monitored in proteoliposomes containing PS I complexes from menB variants using direct electrometry. Sub-microsecond Δψ kinetic phase attributed to ET from P<sub>700</sub> to A<sub>1</sub> was followed by sub-millisecond components of Δψ generation with bi-exponential kinetics: τ<sub>1</sub> ≈ 5 µs (relative amplitude ~ 60%) and τ<sub>2</sub> ≈ 30 µs (~ 40%) in menB-PQ<sub>T</sub>, and τ<sub>1</sub> ≈ 10 µs (~ 70%) and τ<sub>2</sub> ≈ 100 µs (~ 30%) in menB-PQ<sub>L</sub>. These components were assigned to ET in the B and A branches (A<sub>1B</sub> and A<sub>1A</sub>) to the 4Fe4S clusters, respectively. The observed characteristic lifetimes are in quantitative agreement with theoretical slowdown of these reactions according to the Marcus theory and Moser-Dutton approximation, in accordance with the model in which ET is exergonic in both branches of WT PS I. In contrast to WT complexes, PS I from the menB variant exhibited a functional predominance of ET along the B-branch, presumably because A<sub>1A</sub> site remains vacant in a fraction of PS I from both menB variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149137634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jack Forsman, André T Graça, Michael Hall, Wolfgang P Schröder, Johannes Messinger
{"title":"Effects of high light and elevated temperature on the structure of photosystem II isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana.","authors":"Jack Forsman, André T Graça, Michael Hall, Wolfgang P Schröder, Johannes Messinger","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01238-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01238-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photosystem II (PS II) is a large membrane-bound pigment-protein complex responsible for extracting electrons and protons from water during photosynthesis and releasing molecular oxygen into the atmosphere. While light is required to drive the photochemical reactions, high light and high temperature can be damaging to PS II. To gain insight into potential structural consequences of such conditions, we performed an exploratory study where isolated PS II complexes (C2S2) from Arabidopsis thaliana were exposed to high light and elevated temperature and employed cryo-electron microscopy for structural determination. This resulted in a 'high light' structure (2.74 Å global resolution) which is compared to the published 2.44 Å structure of intact Arabidopsis-PSII vitrified under dim light conditions (control). The high light structure is missing several of the subunits present in the control, including the strongly bound light-harvesting antenna complexes as well as several small transmembrane and extrinsic subunits. Beyond the loss of subunits, the clearest evidence of specific photodamage was found on the acceptor side of the D1 and D2 subunits near the non-heme iron, including the loss of the bicarbonate ligand of the non-heme iron. Finally, we were able to observe that high light/elevated temperature conditions result in the movement of the D1:His252 residue, potentially forming a serine protease triad that may trigger auto-proteolysis of the D1 subunit.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13649839/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149137590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turnover rates of photosynthesis determined by fluorescence kinetic analysis.","authors":"Maxim Y Gorbunov","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01236-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01236-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maximum turnover rates of photosynthesis impose an upper limit on global primary production, yet traditional estimation methods remain tedious and prone to significant uncertainty. This research presents a new method and operational instrumentation to deduce the maximum turnover rates of photosynthesis from instantaneous kinetic analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence under saturating background light. Measurements of maximum turnover rates in model species of green algae and diatoms over a range of environmental conditions revealed that the rates vary from 150 to 600 s<sup>- 1</sup> per PSII. These rates correspond to the minimum turnover times of 1.6 to 7 ms. Decreases in turnover rates are driven by low-light photoacclimation and nutrient limitation. In natural populations of near-surface phytoplankton in tropical and subtropical regions, the maximum turnover rates may reach approximately 800 s<sup>- 1</sup>, reflecting photoacclimation to high solar irradiance. In contrast, in cold polar waters, especially under severe nitrogen limitation, the turnover rates decline to 80 to 140 s<sup>- 1</sup>, highlighting a strong temperature and nutrient dependence. Importantly, variations in these turnover rates with nutrient availability show a strong linear correlation with cell growth rates. This discovery provides an efficient, operational tool to quantify the effect of nutrient limitation on phytoplankton growth rates and productivity in the global ocean.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13615936/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149063788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Excitation energy transfer between monomeric bacterioclorophylls in reaction centers of P-less mutant of purple photosynthetic bacteria.","authors":"Andrei G Yakovlev, Alexandra S Taisova","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01234-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01234-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) are unique natural converters of light energy into chemical energy. Studying the excitation dynamics of these RCs helps better understand the physical mechanisms underlying their organization and function, which may be useful in the creating of their artificial analogs. Using femtosecond differential absorption spectroscopy, we studied the early-time dynamics of excited states of bacteriochlorophyll B<sub>A</sub> and B<sub>B</sub> monomers in mutant RCs from purple bacteria Rhodobacter (Rb.) sphaeroides, which lack the bacteriochlorophyll P dimer due to the replacement of valine with arginine at residue L157. Charge separation is absent in these RCs, which cardinally simplifies the study of chromophore excitation dynamics. We found that upon excitation of RCs in the Q<sub>y</sub> absorption band of B formed by the closely lying bands of B<sub>A</sub> and B<sub>B</sub>, the spectrum ΔA(light - dark) rapidly shifts along the wavelength scale, and the direction and magnitude of this shift depend on the pump wavelength λ<sub>pump</sub> and temperature T. At λ<sub>pump</sub> = 780-785 nm, B<sub>A</sub> is mainly excited, and the spectrum ΔA shifts to the red side in ~ 300 fs by ~ 2.5 nm at 77 K and by ~ 1.5 nm at 295 K. At λ<sub>pump</sub> = 815-820 nm, B<sub>B</sub> is mainly excited, and at T = 295 K the spectrum ΔA shifts to the blue side by ≤ 1 nm in ~ 300 fs, and this shift is absent at T = 77 K. Global analysis of the ΔA spectra showed that the time constant of these shifts varies from 104 fs at 77 K to 98 fs at 295 K. At 77 K, the red shift is accompanied by weak (~ 2%) oscillations that completely decay within ~ 500 fs. Modeling of the spectral dynamics using kinetic equations showed that the observed spectral shifts may be related to reversible energy transfer between В<sub>А</sub>* and В<sub>В</sub>*. Modeling showed that the ratio of forward (В<sub>А</sub>*→ В<sub>В</sub>*) and backward (В<sub>В</sub>*→ В<sub>А</sub>*) energy transfer rates varies from 2.7 at 295 K to 4.4 at 77 K, which explains the small value of the blue shift of the spectrum ΔA upon excitation of B<sub>B</sub>. The high rate of energy transfer between B<sub>A</sub> and B<sub>B</sub> is an indicator of close interaction between the active (index A) and inactive (index B) branches within a single \"supermolecule\" formed by the RCs pigments.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lumen alkalization under elevated bicarbonate concentration outside isolated thylakoids of higher plants.","authors":"Roman Markin, Marina Kozuleva, Boris Ivanov","doi":"10.1007/s11120-026-01235-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11120-026-01235-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Illumination causes alkalization of chloroplast stroma, which is accompanied with a substantial increase in stromal bicarbonate concentration there. Whether bicarbonate itself contributes to regulation of thylakoid lumen pH has remained unclear. Here we show that, increasing bicarbonate concentration in the suspension of the isolated pea thylakoids increases luminal pH and stimulates electron transport through the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Addition of bicarbonate stimulated the electron transport in the functionally isolated photosystem I in the case when a pH sensitive electron donor 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol was used, but not in photosystem II, indicating that under used conditions primary site of bicarbonate action was associated with stromal thylakoid rather than thylakoid grana. Obtained results are consistent with two mechanisms underlying the effect of bicarbonate on luminal pH: (i) stimulation of proton efflux through ATP-synthase, and (ii) bicarbonate transport into the lumen through a potential-independent anion channel in the thylakoid membrane. These findings identify bicarbonate as a potential regulator of thylakoid luminal pH and provide new insight into the regulation of pH-dependent processes during photosynthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20130,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthesis Research","volume":"164 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}