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Bean and Pea Plastoglobules Change in Response to Chilling Stress.

ABSTRACT: Plastoglobules (PGs) might be characterised as microdomains of the thylakoid membrane that serve as a platform to recruit proteins and metabolites in their spatial proximity in order to facilitate metabolic channelling or signal transduction. This study provides new insight into changes in PGs isolated from two plant species with different responses to chilling stress, namely chilling-tolerant pea (Pisum sativum) and chilling-sensitive bean (Phaseolus coccineus). Using multiple analytical methods, such as high-performance liquid chromatography and visualisation techniques including transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy, we determined changes in PGs' biochemical and biophysical characteristics as a function of chilling stress. Some of the observed alterations occurred in both studied plant species, such as increased particle size and plastoquinone-9 content, while others were more typical of a particular type of response to chilling stress. Additionally, PGs of first green leaves were examined to highlight differences at this stage of development. Observed changes appear to be a dynamic response to the demands of photosynthetic membranes under stress conditions.

SUBMITTER: Wojtowicz J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8584975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bean and Pea Plastoglobules Change in Response to Chilling Stress.

Wójtowicz Joanna J Grzyb Joanna J Szach Joanna J Mazur Radosław R Gieczewska Katarzyna B KB

International journal of molecular sciences 20211102 21

Plastoglobules (PGs) might be characterised as microdomains of the thylakoid membrane that serve as a platform to recruit proteins and metabolites in their spatial proximity in order to facilitate metabolic channelling or signal transduction. This study provides new insight into changes in PGs isolated from two plant species with different responses to chilling stress, namely chilling-tolerant pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i>) and chilling-sensitive bean (<i>Phaseolus coccineus</i>). Using multiple ana ...[more]

PMID: 34769326

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