Identification, regulation and physiological functions of multiple NADPH dehydrogenase complexes in cyanobacteria

Abstract

Cyanobacteria possess multiple, functionally distinct NADPH dehydrogenase (NDH-1) complexes. In this mini-review, we describe the cyanobacterial NDH-1 complexes by focusing on their identification, regulatory properties, and multiple functions. The multiple functions can be divided into basic and extending functions, and the basic functions are compared with those in chloroplasts. Many questions related to cyanobacterial NDH-1 complexes remain unanswered and are briefly summarized here.

Keywords

cell respiration / CO₂ uptake / cyanobacteria / cyclic electron transport around photosystem I / NADPH dehydrogenase complexes

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Acknowledgements

The author is grateful to Professor H MI (Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and T OGAWA (Nagoya University) for fruitful discussions. This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30770175), the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (No. 07ZR14086), the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 08ZZ67), the Key Fundamental Project of Shanghai (No. 06JC14091), and the Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. J50401).

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