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- Title
Role of mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway in photoprotection in Rumex K-1 leaves.
- Authors
Meng Xiang-long; Zhang Li-tao; Zhang Zi-shan; Gao Hui-yuan; Meng Qing-wei
- Abstract
Taking Rumex K-1 leaves as test materials, this paper studied the role of mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway in photoprotection under different light intensities. Under low light intensity (200 μmol·m-2·s-1), and after treated with salicylhydroxamic acid to inhibit the AOX pathway, the leaf actual photochemical efficiency of PS?, linear electron transport rate of photosynthesis, and photosynthetic O2 evolution rate all decreased significantly while the non-QB reducing reaction center had a significant increase, indicating that under low light, the photoinhibition was aggravated while the scavenging enzymes of reactive oxygen species (ROS) increased, which avoided the over-accumulation of ROS and partially alleviated the photoinhibition of Rumex K-1 leaves. Under high light intensity (800 μmol·m-2 ·s-1 ), the inhibition of AOX pathway caused more severe photoinhibition, and the increased activities of ROS scavenging enzymes were insufficient to prevent the over-accumulation of ROS. This study demonstrated that AOX pathway played an important role in the photoprotection in Rumex K-1 leaves under both high and low light intensities, and the role of AOX pathway in photoprotection under high light could be irreplaceable by the other photoprotection pathways in chloroplast.
- Subjects
RUMEX; ELECTRON transport; PLANT photoinhibition; PHOTOSYNTHETIC oxygen evolution; EFFECT of photochemical smog on plants; CHLOROPLASTS; PLANTS
- Publication
Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 7, p1803
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article