Constitutive and Regulatory Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Harmonically Oscillating Light

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Main Authors: Yuxi Niu, David Fuente, Shizue Matsubara, Dušan Lazár, Ladislav Nedbal
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David Fuente
Shizue Matsubara
Dušan Lazár
Ladislav Nedbal
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Shizue Matsubara
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contents Constitutive and Regulatory Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Harmonically Oscillating Light Yuxi Niu David Fuente Shizue Matsubara Dušan Lazár Ladislav Nedbal Physiologia Plantarum ABSTRACT The rate of net CO 2 uptake is proportional to dim light and saturates when the light exceeds the plant's assimilation capacity. This simple relationship between constant light and photosynthesis becomes intriguingly complex when the light oscillates. The rates of photosynthesis may differ between the descending and ascending phases of light oscillation. This hysteresis changes with the frequency and amplitude of the light and reports on the dynamics of the photosynthetic reactions and their regulation. Here, we investigated the chlorophyll fluorescence response of Arabidopsis thaliana to light oscillating with three different amplitudes: 100–200, 100–400, and 100–800 μmol photons m −2  s −1 , each with periods ranging from 1 s to 8 min. The light amplitudes and periods were chosen to represent light patterns often appearing in nature. Three genotypes were compared: wild‐type Col‐0 and npq1 and npq4 mutants that are incapacitated in the rapidly reversible energy‐dependent non‐photochemical quenching (qE). The experiments identified two major dynamic patterns. One was found in oscillation periods shorter than 30 s, characterized by constitutive hysteresis and non‐linearity. The other was mainly formed by regulatory hysteresis, occurring when the oscillation periods were longer than 30 s. The mathematical model simulating the chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics qualitatively reproduced the constitutive and regulatory dynamic patterns observed in the experiments. The model simulations illustrated the dynamics of plastoquinone pool reduction and variables affecting non‐photochemical quenching that form the constitutive and regulatory hysteresis types. The model simulations provided mechanistic insights into molecular processes forming the plant response to oscillating light. 10.1111/ppl.70421 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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spellingShingle Constitutive and Regulatory Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Harmonically Oscillating Light
Yuxi Niu
David Fuente
Shizue Matsubara
Dušan Lazár
Ladislav Nedbal
Physiologia Plantarum
Constitutive and Regulatory Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Harmonically Oscillating Light Yuxi Niu David Fuente Shizue Matsubara Dušan Lazár Ladislav Nedbal Physiologia Plantarum ABSTRACT The rate of net CO 2 uptake is proportional to dim light and saturates when the light exceeds the plant's assimilation capacity. This simple relationship between constant light and photosynthesis becomes intriguingly complex when the light oscillates. The rates of photosynthesis may differ between the descending and ascending phases of light oscillation. This hysteresis changes with the frequency and amplitude of the light and reports on the dynamics of the photosynthetic reactions and their regulation. Here, we investigated the chlorophyll fluorescence response of Arabidopsis thaliana to light oscillating with three different amplitudes: 100–200, 100–400, and 100–800 μmol photons m −2  s −1 , each with periods ranging from 1 s to 8 min. The light amplitudes and periods were chosen to represent light patterns often appearing in nature. Three genotypes were compared: wild‐type Col‐0 and npq1 and npq4 mutants that are incapacitated in the rapidly reversible energy‐dependent non‐photochemical quenching (qE). The experiments identified two major dynamic patterns. One was found in oscillation periods shorter than 30 s, characterized by constitutive hysteresis and non‐linearity. The other was mainly formed by regulatory hysteresis, occurring when the oscillation periods were longer than 30 s. The mathematical model simulating the chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics qualitatively reproduced the constitutive and regulatory dynamic patterns observed in the experiments. The model simulations illustrated the dynamics of plastoquinone pool reduction and variables affecting non‐photochemical quenching that form the constitutive and regulatory hysteresis types. The model simulations provided mechanistic insights into molecular processes forming the plant response to oscillating light. 10.1111/ppl.70421 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Constitutive and Regulatory Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to Harmonically Oscillating Light
topic Physiologia Plantarum
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.70421