Light increases resistance of thylakoid membranes to thermal inactivation.

J Plant Res

Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.

Published: November 2024

In the region of slightly acidic pH (рН 5.7), the manganese cluster in oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (PSII) is more resistant to exogenous reductants. The effect of such pH on the heat inactivation efficiency of the electron transport chain (O evolution and 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol reduction) in PSII membranes and thylakoid membranes was investigated. Under thylakoid membranes illumination accompanied by lumen acidification, their resistance to heat inactivation increases. In the presence of protonophores, the rate of heat inactivation increases, which seems to be associated not with the protonophore mechanism, but with structural and/or functional changes in membranes. In PSII membrane preparations, the efficiency of the oxygen evolution inhibition at pH 5.7 is also lower than at pH 6.5. The role of reactive oxygen species in thermal inactivation of photosynthetic membranes was investigated using a lipophilic cyclic hydroxylamine ESR spin probe.

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