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Limitation of nocturnal import of ATP into Arabidopsis chloroplasts leads to photooxidative damage†

Limitation of nocturnal import of ATP into Arabidopsis chloroplasts leads to photooxidative damage† When grown in short day conditions and at low light, leaves of Arabidopsis plants with mutations in the genes encoding two plastidial ATP/ADP transporters (so‐called null mutants) spontaneously develop necrotic lesions. Under these conditions, the mutants also display light‐induced accumulation of H2O2 and constitutive expression of genes for copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 and ascorbate peroxidase 1. In the light phase, null mutants accumulate high levels of phototoxic protoporphyrin IX but have only slightly reduced levels of Mg protoporphyrin IX. The physiological changes are associated with reduced magnesium–chelatase activity. Since the expression of genes encoding any of the three subunits of magnesium–chelatase is similar in wild type and null mutants, decreased enzyme activity is probably due to post‐translational modification which might be due to limited availability of ATP in plastids during the night. Surprisingly, the formation of necrotic lesions was absent when null mutants were grown either in long days and low light intensity or in short days and high light intensity. We ascribe the lack of lesion phenotype to increased nocturnal ATP supply due to glycolytic degradation of starch which may lead to additional substrate‐level phosphorylation in the stroma. Thus, nocturnal import of ATP into chloroplasts represents a crucial, previously unknown process that is required for controlled chlorophyll biosynthesis and for preventing photooxidative damage. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Plant Journal Wiley

Limitation of nocturnal import of ATP into Arabidopsis chloroplasts leads to photooxidative damage†

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0960-7412
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1365-313X
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10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03049.x
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17355434
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Abstract

When grown in short day conditions and at low light, leaves of Arabidopsis plants with mutations in the genes encoding two plastidial ATP/ADP transporters (so‐called null mutants) spontaneously develop necrotic lesions. Under these conditions, the mutants also display light‐induced accumulation of H2O2 and constitutive expression of genes for copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 and ascorbate peroxidase 1. In the light phase, null mutants accumulate high levels of phototoxic protoporphyrin IX but have only slightly reduced levels of Mg protoporphyrin IX. The physiological changes are associated with reduced magnesium–chelatase activity. Since the expression of genes encoding any of the three subunits of magnesium–chelatase is similar in wild type and null mutants, decreased enzyme activity is probably due to post‐translational modification which might be due to limited availability of ATP in plastids during the night. Surprisingly, the formation of necrotic lesions was absent when null mutants were grown either in long days and low light intensity or in short days and high light intensity. We ascribe the lack of lesion phenotype to increased nocturnal ATP supply due to glycolytic degradation of starch which may lead to additional substrate‐level phosphorylation in the stroma. Thus, nocturnal import of ATP into chloroplasts represents a crucial, previously unknown process that is required for controlled chlorophyll biosynthesis and for preventing photooxidative damage.

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The Plant Journal – Wiley

Published: Apr 1, 2007

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