PMID- 31654195 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210531 LR - 20210531 IS - 1573-5079 (Electronic) IS - 0166-8595 (Print) IS - 0166-8595 (Linking) VI - 145 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jul TI - From empirical to theoretical models of light response curves - linking photosynthetic and metabolic acclimation. PG - 5-14 LID - 10.1007/s11120-019-00681-2 [doi] AB - Light response curves (LRCs) describe how the rate of photosynthesis varies as a function of light. They provide information on the maximum photosynthetic capacity, quantum yield, light compensation point and leaf radiation use efficiency of leaves. Light response curves are widely used to capture photosynthetic phenotypes in response to changing environmental conditions. However, models describing these are predominantly empirical and do not attempt to explain behaviour at a mechanistic level. Here, we use modelling to understand the metabolic changes required for photosynthetic acclimation to changing environmental conditions. Using a simple kinetic model, we predicted LRCs across the physiological temperature range of Arabidopsis thaliana and confirm these using experimental data. We use our validated metabolic model to make novel predictions about the metabolic changes of temperature acclimation. We demonstrate that NADPH utilization are enhanced in warm-acclimated plants, whereas both NADPH and CO(2) utilization is enhanced in cold-acclimated plants. We demonstrate how different metabolic acclimation strategies may lead to the same photosynthetic response across environmental change. We further identify that certain metabolic acclimation strategies, such as NADPH utilization, are only triggered when plants are moved beyond a threshold high or low temperature. FAU - Herrmann, Helena A AU - Herrmann HA AD - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. AD - Division of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Schwartz, Jean-Marc AU - Schwartz JM AD - Division of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Johnson, Giles N AU - Johnson GN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1536-5582 AD - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. giles.johnson@manchester.ac.uk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191025 PL - Netherlands TA - Photosynth Res JT - Photosynthesis research JID - 100954728 SB - IM MH - *Acclimatization MH - Arabidopsis/*physiology/radiation effects MH - *Models, Theoretical MH - *Photosynthesis MH - Plant Leaves/physiology/radiation effects MH - Temperature PMC - PMC7308256 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Light response curves OT - Photosynthesis OT - Plant metabolism OT - Temperature acclimation COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/01 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/25 CRDT- 2019/10/27 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11120-019-00681-2 [pii] AID - 681 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11120-019-00681-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Photosynth Res. 2020 Jul;145(1):5-14. doi: 10.1007/s11120-019-00681-2. Epub 2019 Oct 25.