Plant Cell Advance Online Publication
Published on October 12, 2007; 10.1105/tpc.107.054171
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE
Received July 11, 2007
Returned for revision September 3, 2007
Accepted September 20, 2007
Enhanced Thermostability of Arabidopsis Rubisco Activase Improves Photosynthesis and Growth Rates under Moderate Heat Stress
Itzhak Kurek 1, Thom Kai Chang 1, Sean M. Bertain 1, Alfredo Madrigal 1, Lu Liu 1, Michael W. Lassner 1, and Genhai Zhu 1*
1 Pioneer Hi-Bred International, DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition, Redwood City, California 94063
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: genhai.zhu{at}pioneer.com.
Plant photosynthesis declines when the temperature exceeds its optimum range. Recent evidence indicates that the reduction in photosynthesis is linked to ribulose-1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) deactivation due to the inhibition of Rubisco activase (RCA) under moderately elevated temperatures. To test the hypothesis that thermostable RCA can improve photosynthesis under elevated temperatures, we used gene shuffling technology to generate several Arabidopsis thaliana RCA1 (short isoform) variants exhibiting improved thermostability. Wild-type RCA1 and selected thermostable RCA1 variants were introduced into an Arabidopsis RCA deletion ( rca) line. In a long-term growth test at either constant 26°C or daily 4-h 30°C exposure, the transgenic lines with the thermostable RCA1 variants exhibited higher photosynthetic rates, improved development patterns, higher biomass, and increased seed yields compared with the lines expressing wild-type RCA1 and a slight improvement compared with untransformed Arabidopsis plants. These results provide clear evidence that RCA is a major limiting factor in plant photosynthesis under moderately elevated temperatures and a potential target for genetic manipulation to improve crop plants productivity under heat stress conditions.
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