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Heavy Metal Influence on the Light Phase of Photosynthesis

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Physiology and Biochemistry of Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants

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Global heavy metal pollution is a serious environmental concern. Among other physiological functions, heavy metals like cadmium, copper, mercury, lead etc. influence the functions of photosynthetic apparatus (Baszyński and Tukendorf, 1984; Clijsters and Van Assche, 1985; Baszyński, 1986; Droppa and Horváth, 1990; Sheoran et al., 1990; Greger and Ögren, 1991; Krupa and Baszyński, 1985 and 1995; Prasad, 1995a and 1997; Krupa, 1999; Prasad and Strzałka, 1999). They may interact with the photosynthetic apparatus at various levels of organization and architecture i.e. accumulation of metals in leaf (main photosynthetic organ), partitioning in leaf tissues like stomata, mesophyll and bundle sheath cells, interaction of metal with cytosolic enzymes and organics. They may also alter the functions of chloroplast membranes and components of photosynthetic electron transport chain, particularly photosystem II (PS II) and photosystem I (PS I). In Zea mays, Cd altered the photosynthesis and enzymes of photosynthetic sulphate and nitrate assimilation pathways (Ferretti et al., 1993). Using an FTIR spectroscopy Ahmed and Tajmir-Riahi (1993) showed that cadmium, mercury and lead (0.01–0.1 mM) interacted with the light-harvesting proteins (LHC II) of spinach thylakoid membranes with different efficiency. The strongest effect was found for mercury, which at low concentration induced drastic structural modifications of protein. Cadmium binding that results in major conformational changes of proteins was observed for higher metal concentration. Lead was less effective on protein conformation. Cadmium-induced changes in the structure and composition of LHC II protein were also reported by Krupa (1988).

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