The Sites of Photoconversion of Protochlorophyllide to Chlorophyllide in Barley Seedlings 1

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Süzer, Şefik

RESUMO

The photoreduction of protochlorophyllide a to chlorophyllide a in intact 6-day-old seedlings of etiolated barley (Hordeum vulgare) exhibits a small initial phase, followed by an induction period of about 1 hour before a rapid phase of additional chlorophyll formation begins. Cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, has no effect on the initial phase of conversion of preformed protochlorophyllide, but it either abolishes or severely inhibits the subsequent phase of rapid chlorophyll synthesis within 45 minutes of its application to the seedlings. An analysis of the biphasic inhibition process suggests that the lifetime of the enzyme controlling protochlorophyllide synthesis (probably δ-amino-levulinic acid synthetase) is not longer than 10 minutes.

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