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TY - JOUR
T1 - Anatomical constraints to C-4 evolution
T2 - light harvesting capacity in the bundle sheath
AU - Bellasio, Chandra
AU - Lundgren, Marjorie R.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - In C-4 photosynthesis CO2 assimilation and reduction are typically coordinated across mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS) cells, respectively. This system consequently requires sufficient light to reach BS to generate enough ATP to allow ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration in BS. Leaf anatomy influences BS light penetration and therefore constrains C-4 cycle functionality. Using an absorption scattering model (coded in Excel, and freely downloadable) we simulate light penetration profiles and rates of ATP production in BS across the C-3, C-3-C-4 and C-4 anatomical continua. We present a trade-off for light absorption between BS pigment concentration and space allocation. C-3 BS anatomy limits light absorption and benefits little from high pigment concentrations. Unpigmented BS extensions increase BS light penetration. C-4 and C-3-C-4 anatomies have the potential to generate sufficient ATP in the BS, whereas typical C-3 anatomy does not, except some C-3 taxa closely related to C-4 groups. Insufficient volume of BS, relative to M, will hamper a C-4 cycle via insufficient BS light absorption. Thus, BS ATP production and RuBP regeneration, coupled with increased BS investments, allow greater operational plasticity. We propose that larger BS in C-3 lineages may be co-opted for C-3-C-4 and C-4 biochemistry requirements.
AB - In C-4 photosynthesis CO2 assimilation and reduction are typically coordinated across mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS) cells, respectively. This system consequently requires sufficient light to reach BS to generate enough ATP to allow ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration in BS. Leaf anatomy influences BS light penetration and therefore constrains C-4 cycle functionality. Using an absorption scattering model (coded in Excel, and freely downloadable) we simulate light penetration profiles and rates of ATP production in BS across the C-3, C-3-C-4 and C-4 anatomical continua. We present a trade-off for light absorption between BS pigment concentration and space allocation. C-3 BS anatomy limits light absorption and benefits little from high pigment concentrations. Unpigmented BS extensions increase BS light penetration. C-4 and C-3-C-4 anatomies have the potential to generate sufficient ATP in the BS, whereas typical C-3 anatomy does not, except some C-3 taxa closely related to C-4 groups. Insufficient volume of BS, relative to M, will hamper a C-4 cycle via insufficient BS light absorption. Thus, BS ATP production and RuBP regeneration, coupled with increased BS investments, allow greater operational plasticity. We propose that larger BS in C-3 lineages may be co-opted for C-3-C-4 and C-4 biochemistry requirements.
KW - bioengineering
KW - bundle sheath extension
KW - C-3-C-4
KW - crops
KW - grasses
KW - light penetration
KW - light profiles
KW - Poaceae
KW - CYCLIC ELECTRON FLOW
KW - C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS
KW - LEAF ANATOMY
KW - MAIZE LEAVES
KW - GRASSES POACEAE
KW - PHOTOSYSTEM-I
KW - ZEA-MAYS
KW - MESOPHYLL
KW - PLANTS
KW - DIFFERENTIATION
U2 - 10.1111/nph.14063
DO - 10.1111/nph.14063
M3 - Journal article
VL - 212
SP - 485
EP - 496
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 2
ER -