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The patterns of cellular metabolites related to redox status and sucrose biosynthesis in mesophyll protoplasts of pea (Pisum sativum L.) were examined in the absence or presence of oligomycin (inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation) or antimycin A (inhibitor of cytochrome pathway) or salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) (inhibitor of alternative pathway). The increase on illumination in the rate of photosynthesis or cellular metabolites was more at optimal CO2 (1.0 mM NaHCO3) compared to that at limiting CO2 (0.1 mM NaHCO3). Furthermore, the inhibition of photosynthesis in presence of mitochondrial inhibitors was more pronounced at optimal CO2 than that at limiting CO2. There was a marked increase in steady-state levels of triose-P/PGA (phosphoglyceric acid) and glucose-6-phosphate (Glc-6-P) in the presence of oligomycin and antimycin A. In contrast, SHAM caused a marked increase in malate/OAA (oxaloacetate). We suggest that dissipation of excess redox equivalents generated in photosynthesis occurs through both cytochrome and alternative pathways, while sucrose biosynthesis is backed up by cytochrome pathway alone. Thus, mitochondrial respiration (through both cytochrome and alternative pathways of mitochondrial electron transport) optimizes chloroplast photosynthesis by modulating cellular metabolites related to both intracellular redox state and sucrose biosynthesis.
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Padmasree, K., Raghavendra, A. Response of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in mesophyll protoplasts to restriction on mitochondrial oxidative metabolism: Metabolites related to the redox status and sucrose biosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research 62, 231–239 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006382518725
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