Chloroplast Response in Dunaliella salina to Irradiance Stress (Effect on Thylakoid Membrane Protein Assembly and Function).
AUTOR(ES)
Webb, M. R.
RESUMO
The chloroplast response in the green alga Dunaliella salina to irradiance stress was investigated. Cells were grown under low light (LL) at 100 [mu]mol photons m-2 s-1 or high light (HL) at 2000 [mu]mol photons m-2 s-1 incident intensity. LL-grown cells had a low chlorophyll (Chl) a/b ratio, an abundance of light-harvesting complex II proteins (LHC-II), and a large Chl antenna size. HL-grown cells had a higher Chl a/b ratio, relatively fewer LHC-II, and a small Chl antenna size. The more abundant higher molecular mass subunits of the LHC-II (approximately 31 kD) were selectively depleted from the thylakoid membrane of HL-grown cells. Light-shift experiments defined the kinetics of change in the subunit composition of the LHC-II and suggested distinct mechanisms in the acclimation of thylakoids to HL or LL conditions. The results showed that irradiance exerts a differential regulation on the expression of various Lhcb genes. The specific polyclonal antibodies used in this work, raised against the purified LHC-II, cross-reacted with a polypeptide of approximately 20 kD in HL-grown samples. In this work we examined the dynamics of induction of this novel protein and discuss its function in terms of a chloroplast response to the level of irradiance.
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