Pengpeng Li, Zuying Liao, Bo Zhang, Liyan Yin, Wei Li, Hong Sheng Jiang
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Abstract
Underwater CO2 concentration fluctuates extremely in natural water bodies. Under low CO2, the unique CO2 concentrating mechanism in aquatic plants, bicarbonate use, can suppress photorespiration. However, it remains unknown (1) to what extent bicarbonate use reduces photorespiration, (2) how exactly photorespiration varies between bicarbonate-users and CO2-obligate users under CO2-fluctuated environments, and (3) what are differences in Rubisco characteristics between these two types of aquatic plants. In the present study, the bicarbonate user Ottelia alismoides and its phylogenetically close CO2-obligate user Blyxa japonica were chosen to answer these questions. The results showed that bicarbonate use saved ~13% carbon loss under low CO2 via decreasing photorespiration in O. alismoides. Through bicarbonate use, the photorespiration of O. alismoides was kept stable both under high and low underwater CO2 concentrations, while the photorespiration significantly increased in the CO2-obligate user B. japonica under low CO2. However, B. japonica showed a significantly higher photosynthesis rate than O. alsimoides when CO2 was sufficient. These differences could be related to the kinetic characteristics of Rubisco showing a higher carboxylation turnover rate (Kcat) in B. japonica, and the similar affinity to CO2 (Kc) and specificity factor (Sc/o) in these two species that might be determined by the variation of six amino acid residuals in Rubisco large subunit sequences, especially the site 281 (A vs. S) and 282 (H vs. F). All these differences in photorespiration and kinetic characteristics of Rubisco could explain the distribution patterns of bicarbonate users and CO2-obligate users in the field.
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Physiologia Plantarum is an international journal committed to publishing the best full-length original research papers that advance our understanding of primary mechanisms of plant development, growth and productivity as well as plant interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. All organisational levels of experimental plant biology – from molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics to ecophysiology and global change biology – fall within the scope of the journal. The content is distributed between 5 main subject areas supervised by Subject Editors specialised in the respective domain: (1) biochemistry and metabolism, (2) ecophysiology, stress and adaptation, (3) uptake, transport and assimilation, (4) development, growth and differentiation, (5) photobiology and photosynthesis.