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Synthetic biological approach to clarify the network of proton motive force

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H00992
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 44:Biology at cellular to organismal levels, and related fields
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Shikanai Toshiharu  京都大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (70273852)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥45,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥15,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥14,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥15,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Keywords光合成 / 葉緑体 / 電子伝達 / サイクリック電子伝達 / PTOX / ATP合成酵素 / PGR5 / NDH / 光化学系Ⅰ / チラコイド膜 / プロトン駆動力 / Flv / シトクロムb6f複合体
Outline of Research at the Start

光合成は過剰光による傷害を回避しながら、光を効率的に利用するという難しい課題を抱えている。その調節の核心部は、チラコイド膜ルーメンの酸性化を介して行われる電子伝達の抑制である。一方で、プロトン濃度勾配の形成は、膜電位とともに、プロトン駆動力としてATP合成(光合成のアクセル)に寄与する。植物の過酷な光環境への適応は、このアクセルとブレーキの調整であり、それはプロトン駆動力の大きさと成分の調節に他ならない。植物の進化の中で、この制御戦略について、後戻りのできない選択が何度か行われた。本研究は、被子植物が選ばなかった戦略を実験的に再現し、現在の装置が選ばれた理由を明らかにすることを目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To adapt to the stressful light environments, angiosperms have made some decisions which could not be canceled. To ask the reason for the decision, we took the synthetic biological approach to create the plants which selected the different evolution. It is mysterious that angiosperms gave up the flavodiiron (Flv) protein, which is an excellent safety valve for electrons. Introduction of Physcomitrella patens Flv into angiosperms actually makes them more resistant to fluctuation of light intensity. In this study, we focused on another safety valve PTOX, which leaks electrons from the plastoquinone pool. In the chloroplast ATP synthase, the Fo-ring consists of 14 c subunits. This number determines how many protons are needed for the synthesis of a molecule of ATP. Because it affects the total proton budget in chloroplasts, this was also a definitive design of eukaryotic photosynthetic machinery. We created the tobacco plants with a ring consisting of 15 c subunits.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

植物の基本的な光合成反応装置は、シアノバクテリアから被子植物まで保存されているが、調節機構については、ある程度の多様性が見られる。それは、それぞれの光合成生物が異なる光環境に適応したためである。本研究は、適応装置を大きく入れ替えることにより、被子植物が何故、現在の装置を選んだのか、今まで答える手段がなかった問いに迫るものである。またその成果から、調節機構には驚くべき可塑性があり、作物の光環境ストレスに対する耐性を強化する試みにつながる可能性がある。実際、我々は、安全弁の一つであるFlvをイネに導入し、その変動光耐性の強化を報告している。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Comments on the Screening Results   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] パドバ大学(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Distinct contribution of two cyclic electron transport pathways to P700 oxidation2023

    • Author(s)
      Zhou Qi、Yamamoto Hiroshi、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 1 Pages: 326-341

    • DOI

      10.1093/plphys/kiac557

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impact of engineering the ATP synthase rotor ring on photosynthesis in tobacco chloroplasts2023

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Hiroshi、Cheuk Anthony、Shearman Julia、Nixon Peter J、Meier Thomas、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 1221-1233

    • DOI

      10.1093/plphys/kiad043

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Correction to: Flavodiiron proteins enhance the rate of CO2 assimilation in Arabidopsis under fluctuating light intensity2022

    • Author(s)
      Basso Leonardo、Sakoda Kazuma、Kobayashi Ryouhei、Yamori Wataru、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 1173-1173

    • DOI

      10.1093/plphys/kiac129

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] PTOX-dependent safety valve does not oxidize P700 during photosynthetic induction in the Arabidopsis <i>pgr5</i> mutant2021

    • Author(s)
      Zhou Qi、Wang Caijuan、Yamamoto Hiroshi、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: 188 Issue: 2 Pages: 1264-1276

    • DOI

      10.1093/plphys/kiab541

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of an assembly factor-based subunit contributed to a novel NDH-PSI supercomplex formation in chloroplasts2021

    • Author(s)
      Kato Yoshinobu、Odahara Masaki、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-021-24065-0

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein PGR3 Is Required for the Translation of petL and ndhG by Binding Their 5′ UTRs2021

    • Author(s)
      Higashi Haruka、Kato Yoshinobu、Fujita Tomoya、Iwasaki Shintaro、Nakamura Masayuki、Nishimura Yoshiki、Takenaka Mizuki、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant and Cell Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 7 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1093/pcp/pcaa180

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Does the Arabidopsis proton gradient regulation5 Mutant Leak Protons from the Thylakoid Membrane?2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Hiroshi、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: 184 Issue: 1 Pages: 421-427

    • DOI

      10.1104/pp.20.00850

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Cyclic Electron Transport around PSI Contributes to Photosynthetic Induction with Thioredoxin f2020

    • Author(s)
      Okegawa Yuki、Basso Leonardo、Shikanai Toshiharu、Motohashi Ken
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: 184 Issue: 3 Pages: 1291-1302

    • DOI

      10.1104/pp.20.00741

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Collaboration between NDH and KEA3 Allows Maximally Efficient Photosynthesis after a Long Dark Adaptation2020

    • Author(s)
      Basso Leonardo、Yamori Wataru、Szabo Ildiko、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant Physiology

      Volume: 184 Issue: 4 Pages: 2078-2090

    • DOI

      10.1104/pp.20.01069

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Critical Role of NdhA in the Incorporation of the Peripheral Arm into the Membrane-Embedded Part of the Chloroplast NADH Dehydrogenase-Like Complex2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Hiroshi、Sato Nozomi、Shikanai Toshiharu
    • Journal Title

      Plant and Cell Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 7 Pages: 1131-1145

    • DOI

      10.1093/pcp/pcaa143

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regulatory network of proton motive force in chloroplasts2019

    • Author(s)
      Toshiharu Shikanai and Caijuan Wang
    • Organizer
      30th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The chloroplast NDH complex: Evolution of assembly and supercomplex formation with PSI2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinobu Kato and Toshiharu Shikanai
    • Organizer
      JPN-US Binational Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Advances in Botanical Research 962020

    • Author(s)
      Toshiharu Shikanai
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Regulation of photosynthesis by cyclic electron transport around photosystem I.
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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