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Peer-reviewed International journal
Dec, 2020

Adaptation of light-harvesting and energy-transfer processes of a diatom Chaetoceros gracilis to different light qualities

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH
  • Seiji Akimoto
  • ,
  • Yoshifumi Ueno
  • ,
  • Makio Yokono
  • ,
  • Jian-Ren Shen
  • ,
  • Ryo Nagao

Volume
146
Number
1-3
First page
87
Last page
93
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1007/s11120-020-00713-2
Publisher
SPRINGER

Diatoms are a major group of microalgae in marine and freshwater environments. To utilize the light energy in blue to green region, diatoms possess unique antenna pigment-protein complexes, fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins (FCPs). Depending on light qualities and quantities, diatoms form FCPs with different energies: normal-type and red-shifted FCPs. In the present study, we examined changes in light-harvesting and energy-transfer processes of a diatom Chaetoceros gracilis cells grown using white- and single-colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs), by means of time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The blue LED, which is harvested by FCPs, modified energy transfer involving CP47, and suppressed energy transfer to PSI. Under the red-LED conditions, which is absorbed by both FCPs and PSs, energy transfer to PSI was enhanced, and the red-shifted FCP appeared. The red-shifted FCP was also recognized under the green- and yellow-LEDs, suggesting that lack of the shorter-wavelength light induces the red-shifted FCP. Functions of the red-shifted FCPs are discussed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-020-00713-2
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31970552
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000508704400001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1007/s11120-020-00713-2
  • ISSN : 0166-8595
  • eISSN : 1573-5079
  • Pubmed ID : 31970552
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000508704400001

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