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ArticlePlant physiology2026

APE1 is involved in the stabilization/formation of the RC47 complex of PSII in oxygenic prototrophic organisms.

Diego Torres-Romero, María Isabel Muro-Pastor, Francisco José Arana, Dámaso Hornero-Méndez, Antonio Jesús Serrato, María de la Cruz González, Mariam Sahrawy, Francisco Javier Florencio, Ángel Mérida

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Diego Torres-RomeroInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6853-8646
María Isabel Muro-PastorInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7366-7904
Francisco José AranaInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-5276-1995
Dámaso Hornero-MéndezDepartamento de Fitoquímica de los Alimentos, Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, Edificio 46, Campus Universitario Pablo de Olavide, Ctra de Utrera Km 1, Sevilla 41013, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1781-5703
Antonio Jesús SerratoDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, c/Profesor Albareda, 1, Granada 18008, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9570-9746
María de la Cruz GonzálezInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-9679
Mariam SahrawyDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, c/Profesor Albareda, 1, Granada 18008, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8631-8463
Francisco Javier FlorencioInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2068-7861
Ángel MéridaInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Sevilla (US), Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0880-2329

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European Fund for Regional DevelopmentSpanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU)/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
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Abstract

Acclimation of Photosynthesis to Environment 1 (APE1) has been identified as a protein involved in the adaptation of plants to high illumination. Several studies indicate its association with PSII, but its specific function in photosynthesis has not yet been determined. In this study, we used biochemical and molecular biology approaches to identify the function of APE1 in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. APE1 elimination in the plant altered various, seemingly unrelated, photosynthetic processes, such as maximum quantum efficiency of PSII, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), and state transitions. The levels of PSII core proteins were reduced in the ape1 mutant. Our results indicated that APE1 is involved in the formation or stabilization of the RC47 complex of PSII, in both plants and cyanobacteria. The alterations in NPQ and state transitions of the plant were a consequence of the lesion in PSII. These alterations were observed only when the mutant was stressed by high-light (HL) treatment, confirming that APE1 is necessary for optimal PSII performance under HL stress.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsOxygenPhotosystem II Protein ComplexSynechocystisLightMutationPhotosynthesisArabidopsis ProteinsOxygenPhotosystem II Protein Complex

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