Rapid CO 2 effects on protein‐related metabolism during photosynthetic gas exchange
Abstract
SUMMARY It is common practice to vary atmospheric CO 2 mole fraction ( C a ) during gas exchange experiments to manipulate photorespiration and explore photosynthetic properties such as maximum carboxylation velocity. In doing so, it is assumed that changing C a essentially alters the carboxylation‐to‐oxygenation ratio, with negligible effects on other metabolic pathways. There is now substantial evidence that this assumption is incorrect, with strong modifications in day respiratory metabolism, N and S assimilation and cytosolic translational activity. In principle, these modifications should reconfigure protein content and composition which might in turn affect photosynthetic activity. To address this point, we carried out gas exchange experiments on sunflower leaves under varying CO 2 , either using a portable system or a special leaf chamber designed for 13 C‐labelling. Non‐targeted analysis of metabolites, proteins and isotopic features was performed to look at metabolites, protein synthesis rate and proteins affected by CO 2 mole fraction within 1 to 3 h. Proteogenic amino acids and amino acid derivatives were amongst the most affected metabolites. Protein synthesis rate increased with C a , except at very high CO 2 . Accordingly, proteins affected by C a included proteins involved in translation (ribosomal proteins, initiation factors) and proteases, showing a change in protein turn‐over. Also, C a impacted some proteins of the photosynthetic machinery. Taken as a whole, our results demonstrate that CO 2 mole fraction has broad short‐term effects on leaf protein‐related metabolism. In principle, this effect should have consequences on several aspects of photosynthesis, such as day respiration or photosynthetic capacity itself.
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BibTeX
@article{dourmap2026rapid,
title = {{Rapid CO 2 effects on protein‐related metabolism during photosynthetic gas exchange}},
author = {Corentin Dourmap and Cyril Abadie and Marlène Davanture and Willy Bienvenut and Julie Lalande and Guillaume Tcherkez},
journal = {The Plant Journal},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
doi = {10.1111/tpj.71008},
url = {https://univ-angers.hal.science/hal-05773943v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Rapid CO 2 effects on protein‐related metabolism during photosynthetic gas exchange
AU - Corentin Dourmap
AU - Cyril Abadie
AU - Marlène Davanture
AU - Willy Bienvenut
AU - Julie Lalande
AU - Guillaume Tcherkez
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/04
JO - The Plant Journal
DO - 10.1111/tpj.71008
UR - https://univ-angers.hal.science/hal-05773943v1
AB - SUMMARY It is common practice to vary atmospheric CO 2 mole fraction ( C a ) during gas exchange experiments to manipulate photorespiration and explore photosynthetic properties such as maximum carboxylation velocity. In doing so, it is assumed that changing C a essentially alters the carboxylation‐to‐oxygenation ratio, with negligible effects on other metabolic pathways. There is now substantial evidence that this assumption is incorrect, with strong modifications in day respiratory metabolism, N and S assimilation and cytosolic translational activity. In principle, these modifications should reconfigure protein content and composition which might in turn affect photosynthetic activity. To address this point, we carried out gas exchange experiments on sunflower leaves under varying CO 2 , either using a portable system or a special leaf chamber designed for 13 C‐labelling. Non‐targeted analysis of metabolites, proteins and isotopic features was performed to look at metabolites, protein synthesis rate and proteins affected by CO 2 mole fraction within 1 to 3 h. Proteogenic amino acids and amino acid derivatives were amongst the most affected metabolites. Protein synthesis rate increased with C a , except at very high CO 2 . Accordingly, proteins affected by C a included proteins involved in translation (ribosomal proteins, initiation factors) and proteases, showing a change in protein turn‐over. Also, C a impacted some proteins of the photosynthetic machinery. Taken as a whole, our results demonstrate that CO 2 mole fraction has broad short‐term effects on leaf protein‐related metabolism. In principle, this effect should have consequences on several aspects of photosynthesis, such as day respiration or photosynthetic capacity itself.
SN - 0960-7412
SN - 1365-313X
ER -