Abstract
Coupled cyclic electron transport is assigned a role in the protection of leaves against photoinhibition in addition to its role in ATP synthesis. In leaves, as in reconstituted thylakoid systems, cyclic electron transport requires “poising,” i.e. availability of electrons at the reducing side of photosystem I (PSI) and the presence of some oxidized plastoquinone between photosystem II (PSII) and PSI. Under self-regulatory poising conditions that are established when carbon dioxide limits photosynthesis at high light intensities, and particularly when stomata are partially or fully closed as a result of water stress, coupled cyclic electron transport controls linear electron transport by helping to establish a proton gradient large enough to decrease PSII activity and electron flow to PSI. This brings electron donation by PSII, and electron consumption by available electron acceptors, into a balance in which PSI becomes more oxidized than it is during fast carbon assimilation. Avoidance of overreduction of the electron transport chain is a prerequisite for the efficient protection of the photosynthetic apparatus against photoinactivation.
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