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Application of NaHSO3 solution at low concentrations (20–200 μM) to the culture medium enhanced photosynthetic oxygen evolution in cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 by more than 10%. The slow phase of ms-DLE was strengthened, showing that the transmembrane proton motive force related to photophosphorylation was enhanced. It was also observed that dry weight as well as ATP content under illuminated conditions were both increased after the treatment, indicating that low concentrations of NaHSO3 could enhance the supply of ATP and thus increase biomass accumulation. In accord with the promotion in the photosynthetic oxygen evolution and ATP content, the transient increase in chlorophyll fluorescence after the termination of actinic light was increased; and meanwhile, the half-time of re-reduction of P700+ in the presence of DCMU after a pulse light under background far-red light was shortened by approximately 30%, indicating that cyclic electron flow around PS I was accelerated by the treatment. Based on these results it is suggested that the increase in photosynthesis in Synechocystis PCC6803 caused by low concentrations of NaHSO3 solution might be due to the stimulation of the cyclic electron flow around PS I and thus the increase in photophosphorylation.
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Wang, HW., Mi, H., Ye, JY. et al. Low concentrations of NaHSO3 increase cyclic photophosphorylation and photosynthesis in cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803. Photosynthesis Research 75, 151–159 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022813402265
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