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. 1988 Dec;88(4):1125–1130. doi: 10.1104/pp.88.4.1125

Carbon Dioxide-Induced Oscillations in Fluorescence and Photosynthesis

Role of Thylakoid Membrane Energization in Regulation of Photosystem II Activity

Richard B Peterson 1,2, Mirta N Sivak 1,2, David A Walker 1,2
PMCID: PMC1055727  PMID: 16666432

Abstract

The response of CO2 fixation to a sudden increase in ambient CO2 concentration has been investigated in intact leaf tissue from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) using a dual channel infrared gas analyzer. Simultaneous with these measurements, changes in fluorescence emission associated with a weak, modulated measuring beam were recorded. Application of brief (2-3 seconds) dark intervals enabled estimation of the dark fluorescence level (Fo) under both steady state and transient conditions. The degree of suppression of Fo level fluorescence in the light was strongly correlated with nonphotochemical quenching under all conditions. During CO2-induced oscillations in photosynthesis under 2% O2 the changes in nonphotochemical quenching anticipate changes in the rate of uptake of CO2. At such low levels of O2 and constant illumination, changes in the relative quantum efficiency of open photosystem II units were estimated as the ratio of the rate of CO2 uptake and the photochemical quenching coefficient. Under the same conditions the relative quantum efficiency of photosystem II was found to vary inversely with the degree of nonphotochemical quenching. The relationship between changes in the rate of CO2 uptake: photochemical quenching coefficient and nonphotochemical quenching was altered somewhat when the same experiment was conducted under 20% O2. The results suggest that electron transport coupled to reduction of O2 occurs to varying degrees with time during oscillations, especially when ambient O2 concentrations are high.

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