Properties of Protochlorophyllide and Chlorophyll(ide) Holochromes from Etiolated and Greening Leaves 1

AUTOR(ES)

Henningsen, K. W.

RESUMO

Protochlorophyllide and chlorophyll(ide) holochromes (Pchl-H and Chl-H) were extracted from dark-grown and greening seedlings with saponin and partly purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation. Sephadex gel filtration in the presence of saponin showed that the photoactive saponin Pchl-H from dark-grown leaves of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Redlands Pioneer) or pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Greenfeast) has an apparent molecular weight of about 170,000, compared with 51,000 to 75,000 for the saponin Pchl-H from barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Svalöfs Bonus). Photoconversion of saponin Pchl-H from dark-grown barley seedlings yields Chl-H with an absorption maximum at 678 nm, and with no change in apparent molecular weight. Above 0 C, a spectral shift from 678 to 672 nm follows, and a change in apparent molecular weight from about 63,000 to 29,000 is observed.

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