Photosynthetica 2006, 44(2):208-214 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-006-0008-7

Expression of the large isoform of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase gene driven by rbcS promoter in Oryza sativa enhances the photosynthetic capacity

H. R. Wu1, Z. S. Ding1, L. B. Li1, Y. X. Jing1,*, T. Y. Kuang1,*
1 Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

In order to investigate the effect of large isoform of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO) activase (RuBPCO-A) on photosynthesis, cDNA of the enzyme (rca) was transferred to rice cultivars (Oryza sativa f. japonica cv. Nipponbare) under the control of RuBPCO small subunit gene promoter (rbcS) via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Transgenic rice plants were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern and Western blot analyses. Net photosynthetic rate (P N) values of the T1 transgenic lines 34 (T34) and 40 (T40) were 45.26 and 46.32 % higher than that of the control plants, respectively. At the same time, their carboxylation efficiency and RuBPCO initial activity, quantum yield of electron transport in photosystem 2 (ΦPS2), and steady state photochemical fluorescence quenching (qP) increased. In addition, heading time of the transgenic rice was advanced. Thus increasing the amount of large isoform of RuBPCO-A in the transgenic rice might have a stimulatory effect on both photosynthesis and plant growth.

Additional key words: carboxylation efficiency; chlorophyll fluorescence; net photosynthetic rate; photosystem 2; transgenic rice

Received: June 28, 2005; Accepted: November 10, 2005; Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation

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Wu, H.R., Ding, Z.S., Li, L.B., Jing, Y.X., & Kuang, T.Y. (2006). Expression of the large isoform of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase gene driven by rbcS promoter in Oryza sativa enhances the photosynthetic capacity. Photosynthetica, 44(2), 208-214. doi: 10.1007/s11099-006-0008-7
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