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Plant Physiology 80:420-423 (1986)
© 1986 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Chilling Sensitivity in Oryza sativa: The Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Protection against Photoinhibition

Benjamin A. Moll and Katherine E. Steinback

Advanced Genetic Sciences, Inc., 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, California 94608

The effects of exposure to low temperature on photosynthesis and protein phosphorylation in chilling-sensitive and cold-tolerant plant species were compared. Chilling temperatures resulted in light-dependent loss of photosynthetic electron transport in chilling-sensitive rice (Oryza sativa L.) but not in cold-tolerant barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Brief exposure to chilling temperatures (0-15°C, 10 min) did not cause a significant difference in photosynthetic O2 evolution capacity in vivo between rice and barley. Analysis of in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence in chilling-sensitive rice suggests that low temperatures cause an increased reduction of the plastoquinone pool that could result in photoinhibitory damage to the photosystem II reaction centers. Analysis of 32P incorporation into thylakoid proteins both in vivo and in vitro demonstrated that chilling temperature inhibited protein phosphorylation in rice, but not in barley. Low temperature (77 K) fluorescence analysis of isolated thylakoid membranes indicated that state I to state II transitions occurred in barley, but not in rice subjected to chilling temperatures. These observations suggest that protein phosphorylation may play an important role in protection against photoinhibition caused by exposure to chilling temperatures.






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