Biologia plantarum 55:747, 2011 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0180-x

Effects of high temperature and low pH on photosystem 2 photochemistry in spinach thylakoid membranes

S. Mathur1, P. Singh1, P. Mehta1, A. Jajoo1,*
1 School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India

The effects of temperature (25-45 °C) and pH (7.5-5.5) on photosystem (PS) 2 was studied in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) thylakoid membranes using chlorophyll a fluorescence induction kinetics. In high temperature and low pH treated thylakoid membranes a decline in the variable to maximum fluorescence ratio (Fv/Fm) and PS 2 electron transport rate were observed. More stacking in thylakoid membranes, studied by digitonin fractionation method, was observed at low pH, while the degree of unstacking increased under high temperature conditions. We conclude that the change in pH does not significantly affect the donor/acceptor side of PS 2 while high temperature does. Fluorescence emission spectra at 77 K indicated that low pH is associated with energy redistribution between the two photosystems while high temperature induced changes do not involve energy re-distribution. We suggest that both, high temperature and low pH, show an inhibitory effect on PS 2 but their mechanisms of action are different.

Keywords: abiotic stress; electron transport chain; fluorescence; Spinacia oleracea

Received: March 10, 2010; Accepted: July 24, 2010; Published: December 1, 2011Show citation

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Mathur, S., Singh, P., Mehta, P., & Jajoo, A. (2011). Effects of high temperature and low pH on photosystem 2 photochemistry in spinach thylakoid membranes. Biologia plantarum, 55(4), 747. doi: 10.1007/s10535-011-0180-x.
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