Variation in the kcat of Rubisco in C3 and C4 plants and some implications for photosynthetic performance at high and low temperature

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作者
Sage, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Bot, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
关键词
Amaranthus; Chenopodium; CO2; response; C-3 and C-4 photosynthesis; Rubisco; temperature response;
D O I
10.1093/jexbot/53.369.609
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The capacity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) to consume RuBP is a major limitation on the rate of net CO2 assimilation (A) in C-3 and C-4 plants. The pattern of Rubisco limitation differs between the two photosynthetic types, as shown by comparisons of temperature and CO2 responses of A and Rubisco activity from C-3 and C-4 species. In C-3 species, Rubisco capacity is the primary limitation on A at light saturation and CO2 concentrations below the current atmospheric value of 37 Pa, particularly near the temperature optimum. Below 20 degreesC, C-3 photosynthesis at 37 and 68 Pa is often limited by the capacity to regenerate phosphate for photophosphorylation. In C-4 plants, the Rubisco capacity is equivalent to A below 18 degreesC, but exceeds the photosynthetic capacity above 25 degreesC, indicating that Rubisco is an important limitation at cool but not warm temperatures. A comparison of the catalytic efficiency of Rubisco (k(cat) in mol CO2 mol(-1) Rubisco active sites s(-1)) from 17 C-3 and C-4 plants showed that Rubisco from C-4 species, and C-3 species originating in cool environments, had higher k(cat) than Rubisco from C-3 species originating in warm environments. This indicates that Rubisco evolved to improve performance in the environment that plants normally experience. In C-4 plants, and C-3 species from cool environments, Rubisco often operates near CO2 saturation, so that increases in k(cat) would enhance A. In warm-habitat C-4 species, Rubisco often operates at CO2 concentrations below the K-m for CO2. Because k(cat) and K-m vary proportionally, the low k(cat) indicates that Rubisco has been modified in a manner that reduces K-m and thus increases the affinity for CO2 in C-3 species from warm climates.
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