Abstract
ABSTRACTPhotosynthesis is particularly sensitive to heat stress and recent results provide important new insights into the mechanisms by which moderate heat stress reduces photosynthetic capacity. Perhaps most surprising is that there is little or no damage to photosystem II as a result of moderate heat stress even though moderate heat stress can reduce the photosynthetic rate to near zero. Moderate heat stress can stimulate dark reduction of plastoquinone and cyclic electron flow in the light. In addition, moderate heat stress may increase thylakoid leakiness. At the same time, rubisco deactivates at moderately high temperature. Relationships between effects of moderate heat on rubisco activation and thylakoid reactions are not yet clear. Reactive oxygen species such as H2O2 may also be important during moderate heat stress. Rubisco can make hydrogen peroxide as a result of oxygenase side reactions and H2O2 production by rubisco was recently shown to increase substantially with temperature. The ability to withstand moderately high temperature can be improved by altering thylakoid lipid composition or by supplying isoprene. In my opinion this indicates that thylakoid reactions are important during moderate heat stress. The deactivation of rubisco at moderately high temperature could be a parallel deleterious effect or a regulatory response to limit damage to thylakoid reactions.
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