The role of plasma membrane redox activity in light effects in plants

Stimulations by light of electron transport at the plasma membrane make it possible that redox activity is involved in light-induced signal transduction chains. This is especially true in cases where component(s) of the chain are also located at the plasma membrane. Photosynthetic reactions stimulat...

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Published in:Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 1991-06, Vol.23 (3), p.393-408
Main Authors: RUBINSTEIN, B, STERN, A. I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cell Membrane - metabolism
Cell physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Light
Molecular and cellular biology
Oxidation-Reduction
Photosynthesis
Plant Physiological Phenomena
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Summary:Stimulations by light of electron transport at the plasma membrane make it possible that redox activity is involved in light-induced signal transduction chains. This is especially true in cases where component(s) of the chain are also located at the plasma membrane. Photosynthetic reactions stimulate transplasma membrane redox activity of mesophyll cells. Activity is measured as a reduction of the nonpermeating redox probe, ferricyanide. The stimulation is due to production of a cytosolic electron donor from a substance(s) transported from the chloroplast. It is unknown whether the stimulation of redox activity is a requirement for other photosynthetically stimulated processes at the plasma membrane, but a reduced intermediate may regulate proton excretion by guard cells. Blue light induces an absorbance change (LIAC) at the plasma membrane whose difference spectrum resembles certain b-type cytochromes. This transport of electrons may be due to absorption of light by a flavoprotein. The LIAC has been implicated as an early step in certain blue light-mediated morphogenic events. Unrelated to photosynthesis, blue light also stimulates electron transport at the plasma membrane to ferricyanide. The relationship between LIAC and transmembrane electron flow has not yet been determined, but blue light-regulated proton excretion and/or growth may depend on this electron flow. No conclusions can be drawn regarding any role for phytochrome because of a paucity of information concerning the effects of red light on redox activity at the plasma membrane.
ISSN:0145-479X
1573-6881
DOI:10.1007/BF00771011