Photosystem I-Mediated Regulation of Water Splitting in the Red Alga, Porphyra sanjuanensis1

AUTOR(ES)

Sibbald, Peter R.

RESUMO

The marine red alga, Porphyra sanjuanensis is found mainly in the high intertidal zone and at low tide subject to frequent and extreme water stress, often accompanied by high temperatures and light intensities. Such exposures can lead to severe desiccation which is accompanied by the progressive loss of photosynthetic activity. Even following the loss of more than 90% of the thallus water content the alga recovers rapidly when returned to seawater. This stress-induced, reversible inactivation of photosynthesis is believed to be a protective adaptation which prevents photodamage to the exposed alga. Effects of light, inhibitors of water splitting, and electron donors to PSI on variable fluorescence and water splitting suggest that activity of the oxygen evolving complex is regulated by the PSI-driven reduction of a component of intersystem electron transport.

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