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Light-Harvesting Strategy During CO-Dependent Photosynthesis in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii Yoshifumi Ueno, Ginga Shimakawa, Chikahiro Miyake, and Seiji Akimoto J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b03404 • Publication Date (Web): 09 Feb 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 12, 2018

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Light-Harvesting Strategy during CO2-dependent Photosynthesis in the Green Alga

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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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Yoshifumi Ueno1, Ginga Shimakawa2, Chikahiro Miyake2, and Seiji Akimoto1,*

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Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan

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Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan

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Corresponding author:

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Dr. Seiji Akimoto

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Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan

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Fax: +81-78-803-5705

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E-mail: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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To maximize the efficiency of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms must properly

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balance their light-harvesting ability and CO2 utilization. However, the molecular

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mechanisms of light harvesting under various CO2 conditions remain unclear. To reveal

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these mechanisms, we performed a new analysis on cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas

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reinhardtii under different CO2 conditions. The analysis combines three kinds of

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fluorometries: pulse-amplitude modulated fluorescence, steady-state fluorescence with

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absolute intensity, and time-resolved fluorescence. Under low CO2 conditions, the main

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regulatory mechanism was migration of light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex

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(LHC) II from photosystem (PS) II to PSI. However, under CO2-deficient conditions with

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carbon supplementation, some of the LHCII separated from the PSI and aggregated with

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quenching. These different light-harvesting abilities of LHCII may play an important role in

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the regulation of light harvesting in C. reinhardtii under various CO2 conditions.

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Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms capture light energy by their light-harvesting antennas,

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and transfer it to the reaction center (RC) of their photosystems (PSs), in which

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photochemical reactions occur. The photochemical reaction in the RC induces a

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photosynthetic electron flow and a proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane,

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generating NADPH and ATP for CO2 assimilation in the Calvin–Benson cycle.1–3 To ensure

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efficient oxygenic photosynthesis, the energy transfer from the light-harvesting antennas

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must be balanced between two PSs (PSI and PSII). In nature, the constantly changing light

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and CO2 conditions unbalance the excitation between the PSs, and reactive oxygen species

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accumulate.4 To adapt to changing environments, photosynthetic organisms have developed

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a variety of photoprotective mechanisms.5,6

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Energy-dependent quenching (qE) is a type of photoprotective mechanism that

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depends on the ∆pH across the thylakoid membrane7, and results in the heat dissipation of

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the excess energy that is not required for photosynthesis.5,6 In the green alga

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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a major qE effector consists of two light-harvesting complex

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stress-related (LHCSR) proteins (LHCSR3 and LHCSR1).8 Both proteins connect to

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light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex (LHC) II and function as a quencher.9–11 State

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transition is another type of photoprotective mechanism, as first proposed in red and green

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algae in 1969.12,13 In green algae, state-transition quenching (qT) occurs when LHCII

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isolates from PSII, and the detached LHCII migrates to maintain the excitation balance

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between both PSs.14 State transition is controlled by the redox state of the plastoquinone

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pool and is related to the phosphorylation of LHCII proteins.15

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Light-harvesting ability is closely related to CO2 concentration.16,17 Under

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CO2-deficient conditions, the PSII antenna size is reduced and the PSI/PSII fluorescence

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intensity increases.18,19 Addition of a carbon source under low-CO2 conditions immediately

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restores the photosynthetic activity and relaxes the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ).20

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As deficient CO2 slows the reoxidation of NADPH and leads to over-reduction of the

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plastoquinone pool, it is thought to induce a state transition. However, the molecular

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mechanisms of light harvesting under various CO2 conditions remain unclear. In the present

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study, we examined how the green alga C. reinhardtii regulates its light-harvesting ability

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pulse-amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry, we measured the absolute intensities of all

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fluorescence bands in the steady-state fluorescence spectra, and acquired the time-resolved

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fluorescence (TRF) spectra.

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to changing CO2 concentration.

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Figure 1 exhibits the time courses of the relative chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence

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and [O2] in HEPES–KOH (50 mM; pH 7.5) containing C. reinhardtii cells (30 µg Chl

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mL−1) without NaHCO3 addition. The minimal fluorescence (Fo) was determined by

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illumination with a measuring light (ML). The dark respiration rates and maximal Chl

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fluorescence (Fm) of the cells were measured at time point A (dark condition). The actinic

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light (AL) was then turned on to monitor the induction phase of photosynthesis. During this

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phase, the [O2] increased in the medium and the relative Chl fluorescence increased from its

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minimum (Fo) to steady-state (Fs). After determining the O2 evolution rates and the

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maximum variable fluorescence (Fm′) at B (the CO2-saturated condition), we opened the top

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of the reaction chamber, allowing the medium to equilibrate with air. Thereafter, the relative

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Chl fluorescences and O2 concentrations were monitored at regular intervals of saturated

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pulse illumination (10 min; Figure 1). After reaching steady-state photosynthesis, the [O2]

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decreased continuously and eventually stabilized at C (the CO2-limited condition). After

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CO2 addition (10 mM NaHCO3), the [O2] was restored at D (the CO2-recovery condition).

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When obtaining the O2 evolution rate at C and D, the top of the reaction chamber was

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temporarily closed. The Fm′ (Fm), O2 evolution rates and relative quantum yields of PSII

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(Y(II)) under the different conditions are summarized in Table 1. The O2 evolution rate and

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Y(II) decreased from B to C and increased at D, indicating that CO2 limitation suppressed

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the photosynthesis but activity was recovered by adding CO2. The maximum fluorescence

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did not obviously differ between A and B. The Fm′ decreased at C but recovered at D,

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reaching approximately the same level as A and B. These results confirm that NPQ is

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induced under low CO2 conditions and is relaxed by adding a carbon source, as previously

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reported.16,19,20

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To examine the energy distribution of the two PSs, we measured the low

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temperature steady-state fluorescence spectra of cells at time points A, B, C and D in Figure

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1. Figure 2 shows the steady-state fluorescence spectra of C. reinhardtii cells under

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different conditions and 480-nm excitation. The spectra are normalized to the intensity of

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the excitation light absorbed by the sample. The fluorescence peak at 688 nm originates

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from PSII, and the peak at 714 nm derives from PSI. The PSI/PSII fluorescence intensity

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ratios and absolute fluorescence intensities of PSII and PSI are summarized in Table 2. The

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changes in the PSI/PSII ratios under CO2-limited and CO2-recovery conditions are

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consistent with previous studies.17–20 The PSII and PSI intensities were almost identical at

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time points A and B. At C, the PSII and PSI intensities decreased and increased,

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respectively. The PSI intensity decreased at D, reaching the intensity of A and B, while the

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PSII intensity increased above that of A and B. These results indicate that extra energy is

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transferred to PSI under CO2-limited conditions and that the responses relax under

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CO2-recovery conditions.

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To better understand the origins of the absolute changes of the steady-state

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fluorescence spectra under different conditions, we measured the TRF spectra at the four

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time points and globally analyzed them to obtain the fluorescence decay-associated (FDA)

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spectra. Figure 3 shows the FDA spectra of the C. reinhardtii cells under different

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conditions. To fit the fluorescence decay and rise curves, we required six time constants:
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of each FDA spectrum. The first (< 10 ps) and second (40–60 ps) FDA spectra,

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corresponding to fast and slow energy transfer respectively, exhibit both positive and

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negative amplitudes. In the first spectrum, the pairs of positive and negative amplitudes

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below and above 690 nm indicate the energy transfer within the PSII–LHCII and PSI–LHCI

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complexes, respectively. The positive amplitude below 680 nm is much larger than the

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negative amplitude, suggesting that the light-harvesting antennas are rapidly quenched. In

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the second FDA spectrum, the positive peak at 676 nm and negative peaks at 688 and 710

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nm correspond to energy transfer from LHC to PSII or PSI, respectively.21 The third FDA

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spectra (130−140 ps) display two positive peaks. The first peak (at 686 nm) originates from

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energy trapping on PSII,22 and the second (at 704 nm) originates from PSI red-Chl. At D,

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the third spectrum exhibits a negative amplitude around 725 nm. Therefore, over this time

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constant, the energy transfer from LHC to red-Chl occurs.23 The subsequent FDA spectra

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exhibit only positive amplitudes, indicating fluorescence decay. The peak wavelengths in

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the PSII and PSI fluorescence are red-shifted from the fourth (440–480 ps) to the sixth (> 5

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ns) spectra, suggesting the presence of red-Chls with different energy levels within PSII and

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PSI.

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Next, we discuss the changing energy transfer under different CO2 conditions.

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When transiting to CO2-saturated conditions (A→B), the negative amplitude in the PSII

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fluorescence band decreases and increases in the first and second FDA spectra, respectively,

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whereas that in the PSI fluorescence band increases and decreases. These results suggests

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that the total amount of energy transferred to the PSs is almost identical at A and B (Tables

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1 and 2 and Figure 2), although the contributions of the fast and slow energy transfers from

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LHC to PSs are changed by the light irradiation. The transition to CO2-limited conditions

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(B→C) enhances the negative amplitude in the PSI fluorescence band (c.f. second FDA

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spectra of B and C). Coupled with this behavior, the positive amplitude in the PSI

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fluorescence band becomes more pronounced in the fourth to sixth FDA spectra.

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Conversely, the positive amplitude in the PSII fluorescence band reduces in the third and

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fourth FDA spectra. The intensities of PSII and PSI decreased and increased, respectively,

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during the transition (Table 2). Previous studies examined only the changes in relative

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fluorescence intensities from the PSs.17–20 Whereas these studies confirmed that the

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PSII/PSI ratio decreases under low CO2 conditions, the present study identified the

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responses of the individual PSII and PSI fluorescences, and confirmed the migration of

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LHCII from PSII to PSI, under such conditions. This was achieved by combining the

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absolute fluorescence intensity measurements with TRF measurements. LHCSR proteins

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are the main qE component in C. reinhardtii,8 but their effect under CO2-limited conditions

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is probably restricted. This has been evidenced by decreased time constants and changes in

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the relative amplitudes, which suggest qE quenching by the LHCSR proteins.9–11 However,

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neither of these changes were observed in the present study (Figure 3). Our measurements

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were performed before the LHCSR3 proteins could appreciably accumulate;24 moreover,

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LHCSR proteins do not accumulate under AL and other red light sources (620 < λ < 695

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nm).25,26 When the photosynthetic activity is reduced, the reduction of PSII fluorescence

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might arise through photoinhibition of PSII. However, the photosynthetic activity is rapidly

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relaxed by adding NaHCO3 (Table 1). If the reduction of PSII fluorescence were related to

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PSII photoinhibition, the relaxation would take many minutes to several hours.27 Moreover,

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there is no large difference in light intensity between AL (220 µmol photons m−2 s−1) and

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growth light (150 µmol photons m−2 s−1). Therefore, we infer that LHCII migration is the

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main regulatory mechanism of light harvesting under CO2-limited conditions. When

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recovering the CO2 conditions by adding NaHCO3 (C→D), the negative amplitude

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decreases in the PSI fluorescence band of the second FDA spectra, and the positive

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amplitude decreases in the third to fifth FDA spectra. Collectively, these changes reduce the

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PSI fluorescence in the steady-state fluorescence spectra (Table 2). At this time, LHCII

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detaches from PSI. Meanwhile, the PSII fluorescence amplitude reduces in the second and

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third FDA spectra, indicating that less energy is transferred from LHCII to PSII during CO2

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recovery than CO2 depletion. These results suggest that when LHCII separates from PSI, it

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does not always connect to PSII. During the C→D transition, the amplitudes of the PSII

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fluorescence bands increase in the fourth to sixth FDA spectra. Such enhancement of the

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long-lived fluorescence components in the PSII fluorescence band increases the Fm′ and

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PSII intensities in the steady-state fluorescence spectra (Tables 1 and 2). In the closed state

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of PSII RC, the contribution of the long-lived fluorescence components will increase.28

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However, the oxygen evolution rate and Y(II) are larger than under the CO2-saturated

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condition (Table 1), which excludes a closed state of PSII RC. The LHCII monomer

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exhibits a fluorescence band around 680 nm when detached, but a red-shifted fluorescence

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peak when aggregated.21,29,30 Therefore, by combining PAM fluorometry, absolute

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fluorescence intensity measurements, and TRF measurements, we can deduce that the

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long-lived fluorescence components under the CO2-recovery condition originate from

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LHCII aggregations. Consistent with this conclusion, recent studies on C. reinhardtii 21,31,32

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have reported higher quenching ability in LHCII aggregates than in monomeric and trimeric

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LHCII.29,30 Moreover, the quenching ability of LHCII aggregates dynamically responds to

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light.33,34 By executing two kinds of light-harvesting ability in its LHCII, the green alga C.

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reinhardtii might adapt its light harvesting to various CO2 conditions. The combination of

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fluorometries used in this study will be a useful analysis to reveal light-harvesting abilities

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in the photosynthetic organisms.

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EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

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Cells of the green alga C. reinhardtii were maintained under a fluorescence lamp (25 °C, 50

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µmol photons m−2 s−1) on tris-acetate-phosphate agar plates. Prior to measurement, the cells

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were inoculated into a high-salt liquid medium,35 and photoautotrophically grown with

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agitation at 100 rpm under high CO2 (2%) in light/dark conditions (25 °C, 16 h light at 150

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µmol photons m−2 s−1 from fluorescence lamp; 23 °C, 8 h dark).

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The oxygen evolution and Chl fluorescence were measured simultaneously in a

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reaction mixture (2 mL) containing C. reinhardtii cells (30 µg Chl mL−1) in 50 mM

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HEPES–KOH (pH 7.5). The total Chl was determined by extraction with 100% methanol.36

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During the measurements, the reaction mixture was continuously stirred with a magnetic

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microstirrer. The cells were illuminated with AL (red light, 620 < λ < 695 nm: 220 µmol

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photons m−2 s−1) at 25 °C. The [O2] was continuously monitored by an oxygen electrode

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(Hansatech, King’s Lynn, UK). The cuvette was maintained open to allow O2 and CO2

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diffusion between the medium and atmosphere,20,37 with temporary closures (1–3 min) for

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measuring the O2 evolution rates. The relative Chl fluorescence was measured by a

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PAM-Chl fluorometer (PAM-101, Walz, Effeltrich, Germany).20,38 Pulse-modulated

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excitation was sourced from a LED lamp with peak emission at 650 nm. The modulated

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fluorescence was measured at λ > 710 nm (Schott RG9 long-pass filter). The Fm was

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determined by subjecting dark-acclimated cells to 1000-ms pulses of saturated light (10,000

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µmol photons m−2 s−1). The Fs was monitored under AL, with saturating light applied at

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arbitrary intervals to determine the Fm′. Y(II) was defined as (Fm′ − Fs) / Fm′. The

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fluorescence terminology in this study follows that of Reference 39.

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The steady-state fluorescence spectra at 77 K were measured by a

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spectrofluorometer equipped with an integrating sphere (JASCO FP-6600/ILFC-543L). The

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excitation wavelength was set to that of LHC (480 nm). The TRF spectra were measured by

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a time-correlated single-photon counting system, also operated at 77 K40 at an excitation

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wavelength of 408 nm. The repetition rate of the pulse train was 5 MHz. The time interval

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for data acquisition was set to 2.44 ps/channel (total time window = 10 ns). The

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fluorescence kinetics were measured at 2-nm intervals (660–750 nm). The measured

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fluorescence rise and decay curves were fitted globally by sums of exponentials with

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common time constants as follows:

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(1)

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Here, An(λ) is the amplitude (as a function of detection wavelength) and τn is the time

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constant. By plotting the amplitudes of these exponential components versus the emission

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wavelength, we obtained the FDA spectra.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant No. 21570041 to C.M. and G.S., and

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No. 16H06553 to S.A.), and by JST CREST (Grant No. AL65D21010 to C.M.). We thank

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Leonie Pipe, PhD, from Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this

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manuscript.

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O2 exchange rate

Sample

Fm′ (Fm)

A

10 ± 1

−10 ± 2

0

B

10 ± 1

27 ± 3

0.42 ± 0.03

C

8.3 ± 0.5

3.1 ± 1.4

0.33 ± 0.04

D

9.9 ± 0.4

42 ± 5

0.48 ± 0.03

(µmol O2 [mg Chl]−1 h−1)

Y(II)

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Table 2. PSI/PSII fluorescence intensity ratios and fluorescence intensities of PSII and

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PSI in C. reinhardtii cells under dark (A), CO2-saturated (B), CO2-limited (C), and

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CO2-recovery (D) conditions

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Sample

PSI/PSII

A

Intensity PSII

PSI

1.08 ± 0.36

11.8 ± 2.5

14.4 ± 0.8

B

1.07 ± 0.26

11.6 ± 1.8

14.4 ± 1.3

C

1.27 ± 0.21

10.4 ± 1.0

15.1 ± 1.1

D

0.93 ± 0.16

13.1 ± 1.6

14.6 ± 0.9

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2.

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Figure 1. Time courses of [O2] (red) and relative Chl fluorescence (black) in C. reinhardtii

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cells. The media containing the cells (30 µg Chl mL−1) was initially maintained in the dark,

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then successively illuminated with measuring light (ML) and red actinic light (AL; 220

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µmol photons m−2 s−1) as indicated by the arrows. In the blue shaded regions, the oxygen

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electrode chamber was closed and the measurement time scale was reduced to 1/10.

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NaHCO3 (10 mM) was added as indicated. Shown are representative data of six

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fluorescence decay-associated spectrum. The cells were sampled under dark (black),

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CO2-saturated (red), CO2-limited (green), and CO2-recovery (blue) conditions. The spectra

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