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State transitions and lateral migration of phosphorylated ‘mobile’-LHC II upon thylakoid unstacking have been reported as being interdependent. However, now the thyakoid unstacking event can be separated from the thyakoid phosphorylation and the associated F730/F685 enhancement by using the serine-type-protease inhibitor benzamidine. Thus, lateral migration appears not be necessary, and it can be shown that LHC II-rich fragments, originating in peripheral granal membranes, can be released by digitonin although in reduced amounts. On the other hand, phosphorylation of thylakoid proteins greatly stimulates the light-induced D1 degradation, which is observed in chloroplasts phosphorylated even at very low light (15 µmol m−2s−1). Thylakoid pretreatment with FSBA (the PS II protein-kinase inhibitor) blocks the light-induced and ATP-stimulated D1 degradation, and the F730/F685 ratio increase; this suggests that the dissociation of the PS II unit, resulting from the introduction of repulsive negative charges ( ATP groups) into LHC II and PS II core proteins, leads to D1 degradation. In chloroplast samples transferred to darkness following short-time phosphorylation, the D1 level is recovered. The results suggest that disassembly of PS II and D1 degradation occur parallel to State transitions. The removal of outer phospho-LHC II from PS II and its association with PS I at the periphery of grana may allow D1 degradation and increased light utilization by PS I, while net de novo synthesis of D1, stimulated by ATP, may lead to the assembly of new PS II units which could bind dephosphorylated LHC II in the dark, resulting in increased light utilization by PS II.
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Georgakopoulos, J.H., Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou, J.H. Implication of D1 degradation in phosphorylation-induced state transitions. Photosynthesis Research 53, 185–195 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005819826279
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