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A State of PSI and PSII Photochemistry of Sunflower Yellow-Green Plastome Mutant

Maksim S. Makarenko1, Nikolay V. Kozel2, Alexander V. Usatov1, Oleg F. Gorbachenko3 and Natalia G. Averina2
  • 1 Department of Genetics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
  • 2 Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
  • 3 Zhdanov Don Experiment Station, All Russia Research Institute of Oil Crops, pos. Oporny, Rostov region, Russia

Abstract

Chlorophyll deficient mutants are appropriate model objects for a large number of investigations in the field of photosynthesis. In this study, we identified a state of Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry and light responses of the sunflower yellow-green mutant line - en:chlorina-7, wherein mutations in chloroplast genes have been previously localized. The conducted research revealed low content of photo-oxidizable PSI and an impaired quantum yield of PSII photochemistry in the en:chlorina-7 line as compared with a wild type. Disturbances of PSI and PSII in yellow-green plastome mutant line of sunflower (en:chlorina-7) are associated with mutations in psaA and psbB, respectively.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 16 No. 4, 2016, 193-198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2016.193.198

Submitted On: 27 October 2016 Published On: 29 December 2016

How to Cite: Makarenko, M. S., Kozel, N. V., Usatov, A. V., Gorbachenko, O. F. & Averina, N. G. (2016). A State of PSI and PSII Photochemistry of Sunflower Yellow-Green Plastome Mutant. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 16(4), 193-198. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2016.193.198

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Keywords

  • Yellow-Green Mutants
  • Sunflower Plastome Mutant
  • PSI and PSII Reduction
  • psaA
  • psbB