Proline enhances primary photochemical activities in isolated thylakoid membranes of Brassica juncea by arresting photoinhibitory damage
1991
Alia | Pardha Saradhi, P. | Mohanty, P.
The presence of L-proline in the reaction mixture enhances the photosystem II (H2O leads to DCPIP) and whole chain (H2O leads to MV) catalysed electron transport activities of thylakoids isolated from the cotyledonary leaves of Brassica juncea seedlings raised in the absence and the presence of NaCl. The extent of stimulation in activities was higher in the thylakoids of NaCl raised plants than the controls. The extent of proline mediated stimulation was seen even in the presence of uncoupler NH4Cl suggesting that this stimulation is not due to uncoupling. However, photosystem I (DCPIPH2 leads to MV) catalysed photoreaction remained almost insensitive to proline. The presence of proline in the incubation medium brought about a significant reduction in the time dependent loss in photochemical activity of thylakoids exposed to strong light suggesting that proline prevents photoinhibitory loss in chloroplast activity. Also, proline brought about a considerable reduction in the production of lipid peroxidation linked maiondialydehyde during strong illumination. We suggest that proline protects the components involved in water oxidation capacity by reducing the production of free radicals and/or scavenging the free radicals and thereby reducing thylakoid lipid peroxidation.
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