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- Title
Development of structural and biochemical characteristics of C4 photosynthesis in two types of Kranz anatomy in genus Suaeda (family Chenopodiaceae).
- Authors
Koteyeva, Nuria K.; Voznesenskaya, Elena V.; Berry, James O.; Chuong, Simon D. X.; Franceschi, Vincent R.; Edwards, Gerald E.
- Abstract
Genus Suaeda (family Chenopodiaceae, subfamily Suaedoideae) has two structural types of Kranz anatomy consisting of a single compound Kranz unit enclosing vascular tissue. One, represented by Suaeda taxifolia, has mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS) cells distributed around the leaf periphery. The second, represented by Suaeda eltonica, has M and BS surrounding vascular bundles in the central plane. In both, structural and biochemical development of C4 occurs basipetally, as observed by analysis of the maturation gradient on longitudinal leaf sections. This progression in development was also observed in mid-sections of young, intermediate, and mature leaves in both species, with three clear stages: (i) monomorphic chloroplasts in the two cell types in younger tissue with immunolocalization and in situ hybridization showing ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco) preferentially localized in BS chloroplasts, and increasing in parallel with the establishment of Kranz anatomy; (ii) vacuolization and selective organelle positioning in BS cells, with occurrence of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and immunolocalization showing that it is preferentially in M cells; (iii) establishment of chloroplast dimorphism and mitochondrial differentiation in mature tissue and full expression of C4 biochemistry including pyruvate, Pi dikinase (PPDK) and NAD-malic enzyme (NAD-ME). Accumulation of rbcL mRNA preceded its peptide expression, occurring prior to organelle positioning and differentiation. During development there was sequential expression and increase in levels of Rubisco and PEPC followed by NAD-ME and PPDK, and an increase in the 13C/12C isotope composition of leaves to values characteristic of C4 photosynthesis. The findings indicate that these two forms of NAD-ME type C4 photosynthesis evolved in parallel within the subfamily with similar ontogenetic programmes.
- Subjects
CHENOPODIACEAE; CARYOPHYLLALES; MESOPHYLL tissue; CHLOROPLASTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2011, Vol 62, Issue 9, p3197
- ISSN
0022-0957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jxb/err021