Response of the water-water cycle to the change in photorespiration in tobacco

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B, Biology
Wei HuangShi-Bao Zhang

Abstract

Photosynthetic electron transport produces ATP and NADPH, which are used by the primary metabolism. The production and consumption of ATP and NADPH must be balanced to maintain steady-state rates of CO2 assimilation and photorespiration. It has been indicated that the water-water cycle (WWC) is indispensable for driving photosynthesis via increasing ATP/NADPH production. However, the relationship between the WWC and photorespiration is little known. We tested the hypothesis that the WWC responds to change in photorespiration by balancing ATP/NADPH ratio. Measurements of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence were conducted in tobacco plants supplied with high (HN-plants) or low nitrogen concentration (LN-plants). The WWC was activated under high light but not low light in both HN-plants and LN-plants. HN-plants had significantly higher capacities of the WWC and photorespiration than LN-plants. Under high light, the relative high WWC activation in HN-plants was accompanied with relative low levels of NPQ compared LN-plants, suggesting that the main role of the WWC under high light was to favor ATP synthesis but not to activate NPQ. Interestingly, the activation of WWC was positively correlated to the electron flow devoted to ...Continue Reading

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