Seasonal variations of leaf chlorophyll–protein complexes in the wintergreen herbaceous plant Ajuga reptans L.
Olga Dymova A G , Mikhail Khristin B , Zbigniew Miszalski C D , Andrzej Kornas E G , Kazimierz Strzalka D F and Tamara Golovko A
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A Institute of Biology, Komi Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya 28, 167982 Syktyvkar, Russia.
B Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya 2, 142290 Pushchino, Russia.
C The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Krakow, Poland.
D Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
E Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland.
F Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty and Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.
G Corresponding authors. Emails: dymovao@ib.komisc.ru; anko@up.krakow.pl
Functional Plant Biology 45(5) 519-527 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP17199
Submitted: 15 July 2017 Accepted: 7 November 2017 Published: 5 January 2018
Abstract
The chlorophyll and carotenoid content, and the spectra of low-temperature fluorescence of the leaves, chloroplasts and isolated pigment–protein complexes in the perennial herbaceous wintergreen plant Ajuga reptans L. (bugle) in different seasons of the year were studied. During winter, these plants downregulate photosynthesis and the PSA is reorganised, including the loss of chlorophyll, possible reductions in the number of functional reaction centres of PSII, and changes in aggregation of the thylakoid protein complexes. We also observed a restructuring of the PSI–PSII megacomplex and the PSII–light-harvesting complex II supercomplex in leaves covered by snow. After snowmelt, the monomeric form of the chl a/b pigment–protein complex associated with PSII (LHCII) and the free pigments were also detected. We expect that snow cover provides favourable conditions for keeping photosynthetic machinery ready for photosynthesis in spring just after snowmelt. During winter, the role of the zeaxanthin-dependent protective mechanism, which is responsible for the dissipation of excess absorbed light energy, is likely to increase.
Additional keywords: bugle, chl a/b pigment–protein complex, low-temperature (77K) chlorophyll fluorescence, photosynthetic pigments, PSI, PSII.
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