Regulation of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase Activity in Response to Diurnal Changes in Irradiance 1
AUTOR(ES)
Kobza, John
RESUMO
The regulation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase (Rubisco) activity and metabolite pool sizes in response to natural diurnal changes in photon flux density (PFD) was examined in three species (Phaseolus vulgaris, Beta vulgaris, and Spinacia oleracea) known to differ in the mechanisms used for this regulation. Diurnal regulation of Rubisco activity in P. vulgaris was primarily the result of metabolism of the naturally occurring tight-binding inhibitor of Rubisco, 2-carboxyarabinitol 1-phosphate (CA1P). In B. vulgaris, the regulation of Rubisco activity was the result of both changes in activation state and CA1P metabolism. In S. oleracea, Rubisco activity was regulated by a combination of changes in activation state and the binding/release of another tight binding inhibitor, probably RuBP. Despite these different mechanisms for the light regulation of Rubisco activity, the relationship between the in vivo activity of Rubisco and the PFD was the same for all three species. Rates of CA1P metabolism were thus sufficient to allow this mechanism to participate in the diurnal regulation of Rubisco activity as PFD changed at its normal rate. Furthermore, under natural conditions this regulatory mechanism was found to be important in controlling Rubisco activity over approximately the same range of PFD as did changes in activation state of the enzyme. Finally, this regulation of Rubisco activity resulted in relatively similar and saturating RuBP pool sizes for photosynthesis at all but the lowest PFD values in all three species.
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