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- Title
Photoacclimation of photosynthesis in the Eustigmatophycean Nannochloropsis gaditana.
- Authors
Meneghesso, Andrea; Simionato, Diana; Gerotto, Caterina; La Rocca, Nicoletta; Finazzi, Giovanni; Morosinotto, Tomas
- Abstract
Nannochloropsis is an eukaryotic alga of the phylum Heterokonta, originating from a secondary endosymbiotic event. In this work, we investigated how the photosynthetic apparatus responds to growth in different light regimes in Nannochloropsis gaditana. We found that intense illumination induces the decrease of both photosystem I and II contents and their respective antenna sizes. Cells grown in high light showed a larger capacity for electron transport, with enhanced cyclic electron transport around photosystem I, contributing to photoprotection from excess illumination. Even when exposed to excess light intensities for several days, N. gaditana cells did not activate constitutive responses such as nonphotochemical quenching and the xanthophyll cycle. These photoprotection mechanisms in N. gaditana thus play a role in acclimation to fast changes in illumination within a time range of minutes, while regulation of the electron flow capacity represents a long-term response to prolonged exposure to excess light.
- Subjects
ACCLIMATIZATION (Plants); PHOTOSYSTEMS; ELECTRON transport; MICROALGAE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUENCHING (Chemistry); XANTHOPHYLLS; EFFECT of light on plants; PLANTS
- Publication
Photosynthesis Research, 2016, Vol 129, Issue 3, p291
- ISSN
0166-8595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11120-016-0297-z