Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Isolated Maize Bundle Sheath Cells 1
AUTOR(ES)
Walker, Griffin H.
RESUMO
Fragments of bundle sheath strands, free of mesophyll cells and showing a chlorophyll a/b ratio of 6.0 to 6.6 were prepared from Zea mays by a mechanical method. They were unable to photoreduce ferricyanide but were able to photoreduce the membrane-permeant 2,5-dimethylquinone at a rate of 250 to 420 microequivalents per hour per mg chlorophyll (μeq/hr · mg Chl) at 21 C. In the presence of the catalase inhibitor KCN, methylviologen catalyzed a Mehler reaction at a rate of 120 to 180 μeq/hr · mg Chl. This was increased to 200 to 350 μeq/hr · mg Chl when the uncoupler methylamine was added. The rate of endogenous pseudocyclic electron flow, detected as a Mehler reaction, was also considerable (100 to 150 μeq/hr · mg Chl with methylamine). Diaminodurene supported a high rate of photosystem I-mediated electron flow to methylviologen (400 to 750 μeq/hr · mg Chl).
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