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ArticlePlant physiology2011

Distinctive photosystem II photoinactivation and protein dynamics in marine diatoms.

Hongyan Wu, Amanda M Cockshutt, Avery McCarthy, Douglas A Campbell

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Article in Plant physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongyan WuBiology Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L1G7, Canada.
Amanda M Cockshutt
Avery McCarthy
Douglas A Campbell
Mount Allison University · CAXiamen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatoms host chlorophyll a/c chloroplasts distinct from green chloroplasts. Diatoms now dominate the eukaryotic oceanic phytoplankton, in part through their exploitation of environments with variable light. We grew marine diatoms across a range of temperatures and then analyzed their PSII function and subunit turnover during an increase in light to mimic an upward mixing event. The small diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana initially responds to increased photoinactivation under blue or white light with rapid acceleration of the photosystem II (PSII) repair cycle. Increased red light provoked only modest PSII photoinactivation but triggered a rapid clearance of a subpool of PsbA. Furthermore, PsbD and PsbB content was greater than PsbA content, indicating a large pool of partly assembled PSII repair cycle intermediates lacking PsbA. The initial replacement rates for PsbD (D2) were, surprisingly, comparable to or higher than those for PsbA (D1), and even the supposedly stable PsbB (CP47) dropped rapidly upon the light shift, showing a novel aspect of rapid protein subunit turnover in the PSII repair cycle in small diatoms. Under sustained high light, T. pseudonana induces sustained nonphotochemical quenching, which correlates with stabilization of PSII function and the PsbA pool. The larger diatom Coscinodiscus radiatus showed generally similar responses but had a smaller allocation of PSII complexes relative to total protein content, with nearly equal stiochiometries of PsbA and PsbD subunits. Fast turnover of multiple PSII subunits, pools of PSII repair cycle intermediates, and photoprotective induction of nonphotochemical quenching are important interacting factors, particularly for small diatoms, to withstand and exploit high, fluctuating light.

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LightAbsorptionDiatomsMalondialdehydePhotosystem II Protein ComplexProtein SubunitsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSeawaterTime FactorsMalondialdehydePhotosystem II Protein Complexphotosystem II, psbA subunitProtein SubunitsReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID21617029
PMCPMC3149953
OpenAlexW1915145953

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