Plastid thylakoid architecture optimizes photosynthesis in diatoms

Serena Flori, Pierre-Henri Jouneau, Benjamin Bailleul, Benoit Gallet, Leandro F Estrozi, Christine Moriscot, Olivier Bastien, Simona Eicke, Alexander Schober, Carolina Río Bártulos, Eric Maréchal, Peter G Kroth, Dimitris Petroutsos, Samuel Zeeman, Cécile Breyton, Guy Schoehn, Denis Falconet () and Giovanni Finazzi ()
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Serena Flori: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble
Pierre-Henri Jouneau: Laboratoire d'Etudes des Matériaux par Microscopie Avancée, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, Service de Physique des Matériaux et Microstructures, CEA-Grenoble
Benjamin Bailleul: Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), UMR 7141, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
Benoit Gallet: CNRS, UMR 5075 CNRS, CEA, UGA, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Leandro F Estrozi: CNRS, UMR 5075 CNRS, CEA, UGA, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Christine Moriscot: CNRS, UMR 5075 CNRS, CEA, UGA, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Olivier Bastien: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble
Simona Eicke: Plant Biochemistry, ETH Zurich
Alexander Schober: University of Konstanz
Carolina Río Bártulos: University of Konstanz
Eric Maréchal: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble
Peter G Kroth: University of Konstanz
Dimitris Petroutsos: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble
Samuel Zeeman: Plant Biochemistry, ETH Zurich
Cécile Breyton: CNRS, UMR 5075 CNRS, CEA, UGA, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Guy Schoehn: CNRS, UMR 5075 CNRS, CEA, UGA, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Denis Falconet: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble
Giovanni Finazzi: Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), CEA-Grenoble

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Photosynthesis is a unique process that allows independent colonization of the land by plants and of the oceans by phytoplankton. Although the photosynthesis process is well understood in plants, we are still unlocking the mechanisms evolved by phytoplankton to achieve extremely efficient photosynthesis. Here, we combine biochemical, structural and in vivo physiological studies to unravel the structure of the plastid in diatoms, prominent marine eukaryotes. Biochemical and immunolocalization analyses reveal segregation of photosynthetic complexes in the loosely stacked thylakoid membranes typical of diatoms. Separation of photosystems within subdomains minimizes their physical contacts, as required for improved light utilization. Chloroplast 3D reconstruction and in vivo spectroscopy show that these subdomains are interconnected, ensuring fast equilibration of electron carriers for efficient optimum photosynthesis. Thus, diatoms and plants have converged towards a similar functional distribution of the photosystems although via different thylakoid architectures, which likely evolved independently in the land and the ocean.

Date: 2017
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