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- Title
The Role of Selected Wavelengths of Light in the Activity of Photosystem II in Gloeobacter violaceus.
- Authors
Kula-Maximenko, Monika; Zieliński, Kamil Jan; Ślesak, Ireneusz
- Abstract
Gloeobacter violaceus is a cyanobacteria species with a lack of thylakoids, while photosynthetic antennas, i.e., phycobilisomes (PBSs), photosystem II (PSII), and I (PSI), are located in the cytoplasmic membrane. We verified the hypothesis that blue–red (BR) light supplemented with a far-red (FR), ultraviolet A (UVA), and green (G) light can affect the photosynthetic electron transport chain in PSII and explain the differences in the growth of the G. violaceus culture. The cyanobacteria were cultured under different light conditions. The largest increase in G. violaceus biomass was observed only under BR + FR and BR + G light. Moreover, the shape of the G. violaceus cells was modified by the spectrum with the addition of G light. Furthermore, it was found that both the spectral composition of light and age of the cyanobacterial culture affect the different content of phycobiliproteins in the photosynthetic antennas (PBS). Most likely, in cells grown under light conditions with the addition of FR and G light, the average antenna size increased due to the inactivation of some reaction centers in PSII. Moreover, the role of PSI and gloeorhodopsin as supplementary sources of metabolic energy in the G. violaceus growth is discussed.
- Subjects
PHOTOSYSTEMS; PHYCOBILISOMES; WAVELENGTHS; THYLAKOIDS; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; BIOMASS
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 8, p4021
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms22084021