Inhibition of Plastocyanin to P700+ Electron Transfer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Hyperosmotic Stress

Biogenesis of the electron-transfer complexes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Cyclic electron flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Cyclic electron flow (CEF), one of the major alternative electron transport pathways to the primary linear electron flow (LEF) in chloroplasts has been discovered in the middle of the last century. It is defined as a return of the reductants from the acceptor side of the Photosystem I (PSI) to the pool of its donors via the cytochrome b6f, and has proven essential for photosynthesis. However, d...

Electron transfer from plastocyanin to the photosystem I reaction center in mutants with increased potential of the primary donor in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

The dependence of the P(700)(+)/P(700) midpoint potential on kinetics of reduction of P(700)(+) in vivo has been examined in a series of site-directed mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in which the histidyl axial ligand to the Mg(2+) of the P(700) chlorophyll a has been changed to several different amino acids. In wild-type photosystem I, the potential of P(700)(+)/P(700) is 447 mV and the i...

The N-terminal domain of PsaF: precise recognition site for binding and fast electron transfer from cytochrome c6 and plastocyanin to photosystem I of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

The PsaF-deficient mutant 3bF of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was used to modify PsaF by nuclear transformation and site-directed mutagenesis. Four lysine residues in the N-terminal domain of PsaF, which have been postulated to form the positively charged face of a putative amphipathic alpha-helical structure were altered to K12P, K16Q, K23Q, and K30Q. The interactions between plastocyanin (pc) or...

Stress-induced protein synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Following exposure to UV light the synthesis of six polypeptides (112, 100, 89, 76, 71 and 65 kDa) was found to be enhanced or induced in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Treatment with 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (NQO) resulted in the enhanced/induced synthesis of six polypeptides with molecular masses similar to those enhanced following exposure to UV light. Heat shock resulted in the enhance...