Development and growth of photosynthetic membranes of Rhodospirillum rubrum.
AUTOR(ES)
Inamine, G S
RESUMO
In cell-free extracts from low-aeration suspensions of Rhodospirillum rubrum strain G-9, bacteriochlorophyll a was distributed in two bands after rate-zone sedimentation in sucrose density gradients. From the physicochemical properties of these fractions, it was concluded that the upper band consisted of small membrane fragments, whereas the major band was composed of fragmented vesicular intracytoplasmic membrane (chromatophores). After a pulse with L-[35S]methionine, apparent polypeptide subunits of the reaction center and light-harvesting complexes within the upper pigmented fraction were labeled more rapidly than those of chromatophores; after a chase with excess unlabeled L-methionine, radioactivity from these components within the upper band appeared to be chased into the corresponding polypeptides of chromatophores. These labeling patterns are interpreted to reflect growth initiation and maturation of the photosynthetic apparatus and may, in part, represent a general mechanism for the development of vesicular intracytoplasmic membranes.
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