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Plant and Cell Physiology, 2001, Vol. 42, No. 5 508-515
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Cyclic Flow of Electrons within PSII in Thylakoid Membranes

Chikahiro Miyake1 and Akiho Yokota

Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101 Japan

In photosynthesis, the electrons released from PSII are considered to be shared mainly by carbon metabolism and the water–water cycle. We demonstrated previously that some electrons are utilized in a CO2- and O2-independent manner in leaves of wild watermelon [Miyake and Yokota (2000) Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 335]. In the present study, we examined the mechanism of this alternative flow of electrons in thylakoid membranes, isolated from fresh spinach leaves, by simultaneously measuring the quantum yield of PSII and the flux of the linear flow of electrons. In the presence of the protonophore nigericin, which eliminates the pH gradient across thylakoid membranes, the quantum yield and the flux of the linear flow of electrons were directly proportional to one another. The quantum yield at a given linear flux of electrons was much higher in the absence of nigericin than in its presence, indicating that an additional or alternative flow of electrons can occur independently of the linear flow in the absence of nigericin. In the presence of nigericin, the alternative flux of electrons increased with decreasing pH and with increasing reduction of the plastoquinone pool. Cyclic flow of electrons in PSII appears to be the most plausible candidate for the alternative flow of electrons. The flux reached 280 µmol e– (mg Chl)–1 h–1 and was similar to that of the CO2- and O2-independent alternative flow of electrons that we found in leaves of wild watermelon. The cyclic, alternative flow of electrons in PSII provides a possible explanation for the alternative flow of electrons observed in vivo.

1 Corresponding author (Present address): Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan. E-mail, cmiyake@brs.kyushu-u.ac.jp; Fax, +81-92-642-4424; Phone, +81-92-642-4424.


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