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. 1991 Feb;95(2):636–641. doi: 10.1104/pp.95.2.636

Relationship between Respiration and Photosynthesis in Guard Cell and Mesophyll Cell Protoplasts of Commelina communis L

Hélène Gautier 1, Alain Vavasseur 1, Pierre Gans 1, Gérard Lascève 1
PMCID: PMC1077579  PMID: 16668030

Abstract

A mass spectrometric method combining 16O/18O and 12C/13C isotopes was used to quantify the unidirectional fluxes of O2 and CO2 during a dark to light transition for guard cell protoplasts and mesophyll cell protoplasts of Commelina communis L. In darkness, O2 uptake and CO2 evolution were similar on a protein basis. Under light, guard cell protoplasts evolved O2 (61 micromoles of O2 per milligram of chlorophyll per hour) almost at the same rate as mesophyll cell protoplasts (73 micromoles of O2 per milligram of chlorophyll per hour). However, carbon assimilation was totally different. In contrast with mesophyll cell protoplasts, guard cell protoplasts were able to fix CO2 in darkness at a rate of 27 micromoles of CO2 per milligram of chlorophyll per hour, which was increased by 50% in light. At the onset of light, a delay observed for guard cell protoplasts between O2 evolution and CO2 fixation and a time lag before the rate of saturation suggested a carbon metabolism based on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity. Under light, CO2 evolution by guard cell protoplasts was sharply decreased (37%), while O2 uptake was slowly inhibited (14%). A control of mitochondrial activity by guard cell chloroplasts under light via redox equivalents and ATP transfer in the cytosol is discussed. From this study on protoplasts, we conclude that the energy produced at the chloroplast level under light is not totally used for CO2 assimilation and may be dissipated for other purposes such as ion uptake.

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