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The determination of intermediary breakdown products of chlorophyllsin senescent leaves of higher plants was performed by high-performanceliquid chromatographic technique that had been newly developedto separate and identify the oxidation products of chlorophylls,in particular monopyrrole derivatives [Suzuki et al. (1999)J. Chromatogr. A 839: 85]. In six plants tested, degradationproducts were detected only in the senescent leaves of plantsincluding barley (Hordeum vulgare), except for radish (Raphanussativus), in which they were found both in pre- and senescentcotyledons. In the senescent cotyledons of barley, three degradationproducts, hematinic acid, methyl ethyl maleimide, and the putativedegraded C-E-ring derivative, methyl vinyl maleimide dialdehyde,were detected. In addition to above three products, methyl vinylmaleimide was also found in both pre- and senescent cotyledonsof radish. These products decreased during senescence with anaccumulation of unknown compound(s), probably degraded monopyrrolederivatives. The degradation process and amounts of breakdownproducts of chlorophylls depend largely on plant species andvary with length of senescence. To conclude, it is likely thatchlorophylls are degraded into low-molecular-weight hydrolyticcompounds through monopyrroles. (Received March 10, 1999; Accepted June 11, 1999)  相似文献   

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A protein-import system prepared with isolated chloroplastswas used to monitor changes in levels of mRNAs for chloroplast-targetedproteins during dark-induced leaf senescence. Biologically activechloroplasts were isolated from young (9-day-old) and aged (14-day-old)radish cotyledons. Poly(A)+-RNA was prepared from radish cotyledonsthat had been detached from seedlings and placed in darknessto accelerate senescence. The RNA was translated in a wheatgerm system, and the products were added to an import systemprepared with chloroplasts from young cotyledons. Electrophoreticanalysis of the imported proteins suggested that most chloroplast-targeted proteins decreased in abundance during dark treatmentof cotyledons. However, the relative abundance of 38 stromaland three thylakoid proteins increased transiently or continuouslyamong the products of translation of RNA isolated during thecourse of senescence. The efficiency of the uptake of precursorproteins by chloroplasts isolated from aged cotyledons was lowerthan that by chloroplasts from young tissue. The chloroplastsfrom aged cotyledons more efficiently imported at least onestromal protein and one thylakoid protein than chloroplastsfrom the young tissue. The relative abundance of these two proteinsincreased among the products of translation of RNA from senescingcotyledons when tested in the uptake system with chloroplastsfrom young cotyledons. These results suggest that some nucleargenes for chloroplast-targeted proteins are expressed in senescingcotyledons more efficiently than in young tissue, and that themachinery for import of proteins into chloroplasts changes duringaging of the tissue to allow more efficient import of certainproteins that may be responsible for the senescence of the chloroplasts. 1Present address: Kihara Institute for Biological Research,Yokohama City University, Mutsukawa 3-122-20, Minami-ku, Yokohama,232 Japan  相似文献   

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The loss of pigments was assessed in detached leaves of Festuca pratensis Huds. kept in permanent darkness. Two genotypes, a normal yellowing cultivar Rossa and a non-yellowing mutant Bf 993 were compared with each other. Analysis of individual pigments, chlorophylls. β-carotene, lutein, violaxanthin and neoxanthin was performed using HPLC. In the non-yellowing genotype the high retention of chlorophylls was associated with an equally high retention of total carotenoids. Although the two genotypes differ markedly with regard to the rate of pigment loss, the ratios of yellow to green pigments did not change significantly during dark-induced senescence. At the end of the senescence period β-carotene was retained to a higher degree than the xanthophylls, particularly in the yellowing genotype. In the mutant leaves the ratio of chlorophyll a to b remained nearly constant, whereas in leaves of the normal genotype a preferential retention of chlorophyll b was observed towards the end of the senescence period. It is concluded that the thylakoids of the non-yellowing genotype retain all the principal components of protein-pigment complexes, i.e. chlorophylls, carotenoids and apoproteins. Possible explanations for the stability of these complexes in the mutant are discussed.  相似文献   

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The population of translatable mRNA in radish cotyledons hasbeen shown to change strikingly during dark-induced senescenceby analyzing cell-free translation products from polyadenylatedRNA using two-dimensional electrophoresis (Kawakami and Watanabe1988, Plant Cell Physiol. 29: 33–42). In the present study,the translatable mRNAs in the cotyledons were studied afterre-illumination of seedlings which had been induced to senesceby dark treatment. All of the mRNA species which showed relativeincrease or decrease during a 24-h dark treatment returned totheir initial levels after a subsequent 24-h illumination withwhite light. When seedlings were kept in the dark for 48 h,21 mRNA species increased, but the increase in some of themwas no longer reversible; 9 out of the 21 mRNA species remainedat the same level even after 48 h of re-illumination. All ofthe 18 mRNA species which decreased during 48 h in the darkreturned to their initial levels upon re-illumination. The mRNAspecies that showed irreversible increase were also found toaccumulate in cotyledons senesced after a lengthy growth periodunder light. There were also some mRNA species whose contentwas not affected by dark treatment, but increased transientlyafter re-illumination of the seedlings. These observations arediscussed in relation to the progress of senescence in the cotyledons. (Received September 24, 1987; Accepted December 19, 1987)  相似文献   

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Barley (Hordeum vulgare), corn (Zea mays), bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and radish (Raphanus sativus) seedlings were continuously irradiated under a lighting device for 5–10 d at an increased ultraviolet (UV)-B fluence rate. In their growth parameters, composition, and leaf surface, these four species responded differently to the increased UV-B exposure. Bean seedlings suffered the most serious effects, radish and barley less, and corn was hardly influenced at all. In all plant species, the fresh weight, the leaf area, the amounts of chlorophylls, carotenoids and the galactolipids of the chloroplasts were reduced. The lipid content of the corn and bean seedlings also diminished. But all the irradiated plants showed a rise in their protein content compared to the control plants. The content of flavonoids increased in barley and radish seedlings by about 50%. The effects on growth parameters and composition were more extensive with increasing UV-B fluence rates, at least as shown in the case of barley seedlings. The fresh weights fell proportionally with the chlorophylls and carotenoids. In contrast, the flavonoid content of barley leaves rose parallel to the increasing UV-B fluence rates and reached 180% of the value in the control plants with the highest UV-B fluence rate. Scorching appeared regularly in the form of bronze leaf discoloration at the highest UV-B fluence rates. Scanning electron micrographs of the leaf surface of UV-B irradiated plants showed deformed epidermal structures.Abbreviations MGDG monogalactosyldiglyceride - DGDG digalactosyldiglyceride - SL sulfoquinovosyldiglyceride - PG phosphatidylglycerol - PC phosphatidylcholine - PE phosphatidylethanolamine - PI phosphatidylinositol - LA leaf are - FW fresh weight - DW dry weight - SEM scanning electron microscopy - C total carotenoids - Chl total chlorophyll  相似文献   

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萝卜离体子叶衰老与膜脂过氧化的关系   总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10  
萝卜离体子叶在光下或暗中衰老及激素调节衰老过程中,作为叶片衰老指标的叶绿素和蛋白质含量的降低,发生在MDA含量增高之前,更早于SOD活性的下降。表明由SOD活性降低所导致的膜脂过氧化的增强,并非衰老的原初反应,而是叶片衰老到一定程度的生理变化。因此,至少在萝卜离体子叶上,不能将其衰老的启动归因于受SOD控制的膜脂过氧化作用导致的膜累积性质变。  相似文献   

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Senescence is the last developmental stage in plants during which recycling of nutrients takes place from senescing organs to newly formed organs such as young leaves and developing seeds. In the present work, senescence induced alterations in mineral ions, chlorophylls, carotenoids, betacyanin, betaxanthin, proteins, amino acids, sugars, starch, and polyphenols were monitored in shoots of an extreme halophyte Salicornia brachiata. A sharp decline in the content of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and proteins in the shoot was noticed at middle and late stages of senescence in comparison with early stage. However, the content of betacyanin, betaxanthin, total soluble sugars, reducing sugars, and starch increased significantly in senescing shoots. The total free amino acid content decreased gradually with the progress of senescence. The content of major minerals did not change significantly with the progress of senescence, whereas marked changes in content of minor minerals were observed. From this study, it was concluded that the sugars and starch accumulating in senescing shoots might be transported into developing seeds to serve as storage nutrients. The accumulation of betacyanin and betaxanthin in senescing shoots suggests that these pigments may act as scavengers of reactive oxygen species during senescence. This study provides comprehensive information on the variations in the utilization of mineral nutrients and organic metabolites with progressing senescence in the halophyte S. brachiata.  相似文献   

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Structure and function of chloroplasts are known to after during senescence. The senescence-induced specific changes in light harvesting antenna of photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI) were investigated in Cucumis cotyledons. Purified light harvesting complex II (LHCII) and photosystem I complex were isolated from 6-day non-senescing and 27-day senescing Cucumis cotyledons. The chlorophyll a/b ratio of LHCII obtained from 6-day-old control cotyledons and their absorption, chlorophyll a fluorescence emission and the circular dichroism (CD) spectral properties were comparable to the LHCII preparations from other plants such as pea and spinach. The purified LHCII obtained from 27-day senescing cotyledons had a Chl a/b ratio of 1.25 instead of 1.2 as with 6-day LHCII and also exhibited significant changes in the visible CD spectrum compared to that of 6-day LHCII, indicating some specific alterations in the organisation of chlorophylls of LHCII. The light harvesting antenna of photosystems are likely to be altered due to aging. The room temperature absorption spectrum of LHCII obtained from 27-day senescing cotyledons showed changes in the peak positions. Similarly, comparison of 77K chlorophyll a fluorescence emission characteristics of LHCII preparation from senescing cotyledons with that of control showed a small shift in the peak position and the alteration in the emission profile, which is suggestive of possible changes in energy transfer within LHCII chlorophylls. Further, the salt induced aggregation of LHCII samples was lower, resulting in lower yields of LHCII from 27-day cotyledons than from normal cotyledons. Moreover, the PSI preparations of 6-day cotyledons showed Chl a/b ratios of 5 to 5.5, where as the PSI sample of 27-day cotyledons had a Chl a/b ratio of 2.9 suggesting LHCII association with PSI. The absorption, fluorescence emission and visible CD spectral measurements as well as the polypeptide profiles of 27-day cotyledon-PSI complexes indicated age-induced association of LHCII of PSII with PSI obtained from 27-day cotyledons. We modified our isolation protocols by increasing the duration of detergent Triton X-100 treatment for preparing the PSI and LHCII complexes from 27-day cotyledons. However, the PSI complexes isolated from senescing samples invariably proved to have significantly low Chl a/b ratio suggesting an age induced lateral movement and possible association of LHCII with PSI complexes. The analyses of polypeptide compositions of LHCII and PSI holocomplexes isolated from 6-day control and 27-day senescing cotyledons showed distinctive differences in their profiles. The presence of 26-28 kDa polypeptide in PSI complexes from 27-day cotyledons, but not in 6-day control PSI complexes is in agreement with the notion that senescence induced migration of LHCII to stroma lamellae and its possible association with PSI. We suggest that the migration of LHCII to the stroma lamellae region and its possible association with PSI might cause the destacking and flattening of grana structure during senescence of the chloroplasts. Such structural changes in light harvesting antenna are likely to alter energy transfer between two photosystems. The nature of aging induced migration and association of LHCII with PSI and its existence in other senescing systems need to be estimated in the future.  相似文献   

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Patterns of the degradation of various photosynthetic pigments,proteins and nucleic acids have been studied during the ageingof isolated chloroplasts in the light and dark. Ageing causesdegradation of chlorophylls and carotenoids, but the rate ofdegradation of both pigments was faster during light than duringdark ageing. Carotenoids are degraded much faster than chlorophyllsboth in the light and dark. The relatively greater degradationof carotenoids than chlorophylls in the dark suggests the involvementof some mechanism other than the photodestruction of carotenoidsduring ageing. The rate of decline for the DNA content is appreciablyslower than that of RNA and chloroplast-protein, but the degradationof latter two macromolecules is less than that of the chlorophyllsand carotenoids. (Received October 30, 1978; )  相似文献   

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Wilhelmová  N.  Wilhelm  J.  Kutík  J.  Haisel  D. 《Photosynthetica》1998,34(3):377-391
The onset of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cotyledon senescence and its characteristics were modulated by irradiance (higher or lower than standard) and by epicotyl decapitation. The cotyledon life-span of 16 d was not influenced by irradiance while decapitation prolonged the life-span to 28 d. The fresh mass of cotyledons, an indicator of organ viability, decreased in a similar manner in all non-decapitated plants, though it was relatively slower in plants grown under a low irradiance (LI). Three days after decapitation the fresh mass of cotyledons increased by one third, a slight decrease was observed on the 21st d, and it lasted until the end of the life span. Deducing from the fall of chlorophyll (Chl) concentration expressed per unit protein, senescence started after the 10th day in non-decapitated plants. Decapitation postponed the onset of senescence until the 21st day. Expression of Chl amount per unit dry mass did not detect any changes in LI plants, hence this parameter can not be used for the assessment of senescence. The measurements of Chl a and b concentrations indicated that the light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) proliferated during ageing and were rapidly destroyed at the onset of senescence. Changes of the concentrations of carotenoids supported the hypothesis of free radicals involvement in senescence. The bean cotyledons responded to free radical production induced under higher irradiance by increased β-carotene synthesis. Oxidative damage to galactolipids during senescence was documented by fluorescence measurements. The changes in cotyledon composition were correlated to morphologic changes observed by electron microscopy.  相似文献   

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The onset of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cotyledon senescence and its characteristics were modulated by irradiance (higher or lower than standard) and by epicotyl decapitation. The cotyledon life-span of 16 d was not influenced by irradiance while decapitation prolonged the life-span to 28 d. The fresh mass of cotyledons, an indicator of organ viability, decreased in a similar manner in all non-decapitated plants, though it was relatively slower in plants grown under a low irradiance (LI). Three days after decapitation the fresh mass of cotyledons increased by one third, a slight decrease was observed on the 21st d, and it lasted until the end of the life span. Deducing from the fall of chlorophyll (Chl) concentration expressed per unit protein, senescence started after the 10th day in non-decapitated plants. Decapitation postponed the onset of senescence until the 21st day. Expression of Chl amount per unit dry mass did not detect any changes in LI plants, hence this parameter can not be used for the assessment of senescence. The measurements of Chl a and b concentrations indicated that the light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) proliferated during ageing and were rapidly destroyed at the onset of senescence. Changes of the concentrations of carotenoids supported the hypothesis of free radicals involvement in senescence. The bean cotyledons responded to free radical production induced under higher irradiance by increased -carotene synthesis. Oxidative damage to galactolipids during senescence was documented by fluorescence measurements. The changes in cotyledon composition were correlated to morphologic changes observed by electron microscopy.  相似文献   

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Cultivated Picea koraiensis Nakai, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litvin, P. koraiensis Sieb et Zuce, P. tabulaeformis Carr. and P. bungeana Zucc. were studied. Changes in chlorophylls carotenoids contents, SOD activities and iso-zymograms were monitored for the needles of the 5 evergreen conifers and related to their freezing tolerance during winter of 1.987–1988 in Shenyang. It shows that the chlorophylls were degradated to various extent in the winter while the carotenoids were still synthesized during the soil-frozen period. SOD activities increased from July to November for all 5 conifers and the more tolerate the species, the higher the SOD activities during winter. The results suggest that SOD possibly has important contribution to freezing tolerance besides protecting the needles from winter photooxidation. SOD iso-zymograms and their variation showed differance among species as well, but it is hard to draw a generalized conclussion.  相似文献   

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Summer leaf senescence in Pistacia lentiscus L. plants serves to remobilize nutrients from the oldest leaves to the youngest ones, and therefore contributes to plant survival during the adverse climatic conditions typical of Mediterranean summers, i.e. water deficit superimposed on high solar radiation and high temperatures. To evaluate the extent of photo- and antioxidative protection during leaf senescence of this species, changes in carotenoids, including xanthophyll cycle pigments, and in the levels of ascorbate and alpha-tocopherol were measured prior to and during summer leaf senescence in 3-year-old plants grown under Mediterranean field conditions. Although a chlorophyll loss of approx. 20% was observed during the first stages of leaf senescence, no damage to the photosynthetic apparatus occurred as indicated by constant maximum efficiencies of photosystem II photochemistry. During this period the de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle, and lutein, neoxanthin and ascorbate levels were kept constant. At the same time beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol levels increased by approx. 9 and 70%, respectively, presumably conferring photo- and antioxidative protection to the photosynthetic apparatus. By contrast, during the later stages of leaf senescence, characterized by severe chlorophyll loss, carotenoids were moderately degraded (neoxanthin by approx. 20%, and both lutein and beta-carotene by approx. 35%), ascorbate decreased by approx. 80% and alpha-tocopherol was not detected in senescing leaves. This study demonstrates that mechanisms of photo- and antioxidative protection may play a major role in maintaining chloroplast function during the first stages of leaf senescence, while antioxidant defences are lost during the latest stages of senescence.  相似文献   

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Pigment breakdown mediated by activated oxygen species is a consequence and a general symptom of oxidative stress and injury to plants. We have attempted to estimate the patterns of pigment bleaching and follow pigment susceptibility to irradiation as related to the process of senescence/ripening. Light‐induced pigment breakdown was studied in situ in the leaves of a shade‐requiring plant, wax flower ( Hoya carnosa R. Br.), as well as in apple ( Malus domestica Borlh. cv. Zhigulevskoe) and lemon ( Citrus limon Burm. cv. Pavlovsky) fruits, using reflectance spectroscopy. It was found that the sensitivity of plant pigments to photobleaching increases as ripening progresses in lemon fruit. Kinetic analysis showed that in all systems a rapid breakdown of the pigment occurs after a lag‐phase. The signature analysis revealed a common pattern of chlorophyll and carotenoid changes, but degradation of the individual pigments was found to be inhomogeneous. Both in lemon and apple fruits a decrease in reflectance in the band of carotenoid absorption preceded pigment photodestruction. In the fruits, the bulk of chlorophyll b and the long‐wavelength chlorophyll a forms were degraded at early stages of the process whereas the breakdown of both chlorophylls in H. carnosa leaves was more synchronous. Prolonged irradiation induced bleaching of the main chlorophyll a band with maximum at 678 nm in the difference spectra, as well as carotenoids. Some features of reflectance spectra in the bands of chlorophyll and carotenoid absorption were found to be suitable for the differentiation of photo‐induced pigment breakdown from the transformation of the pigments taking place during senescence.  相似文献   

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The effect of light quality on the photosynthetic pigments as chromatic adaptation in 8 species of lichens were examined. The chlorophylls, carotenoids in 5 species with green algae as phycobionts (Cladonia mitis, Hypogymnia physodes, H. tubulosa var. tubulosa and subtilis, Flavoparmelia caperata, Xanthoria parietina) and the chlorophyll a, carotenoids and phycobiliprotein pigments in 3 species with cyanobacteria as photobionts (Peltigera canina, P. polydactyla, P. rufescens) were determined. The total content of photosynthetic pigments was calculated according to the formule and particular pigments were determined by means CC, TLC, HPLC and IEC chromatography. The total content of the photosynthetic pigments (chlorophylls, carotenoids) in the thalli was highest in red light (genus Peltigera), yellow light (Xanthoria parietina), green light (Cladonia mitis) and at blue light (Flavoparmelia caperata and both species of Hypogymnia). The biggest content of the biliprotein pigments at red and blue lights was observed. The concentration of C-phycocyanin increased at red light, whereas C-phycoerythrin at green light.  相似文献   

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Nitrogen metabolism and remobilization during senescence   总被引:36,自引:0,他引:36  
Senescence is a highly organized and well-regulated process. As much as 75% of total cellular nitrogen may be located in mesophyll chloroplasts of C(3)-plants. Proteolysis of chloroplast proteins begins in an early phase of senescence and the liberated amino acids can be exported to growing parts of the plant (e.g. maturing fruits). Rubisco and other stromal enzymes can be degraded in isolated chloroplasts, implying the involvement of plastidial peptide hydrolases. Whether or not ATP is required and if stromal proteins are modified (e.g. by reactive oxygen species) prior to their degradation are questions still under debate. Several proteins, in particular cysteine proteases, have been demonstrated to be specifically expressed during senescence. Their contribution to the general degradation of chloroplast proteins is unclear. The accumulation in intact cells of peptide fragments and inhibitor studies suggest that multiple degradation pathways may exist for stromal proteins and that vacuolar endopeptidases might also be involved under certain conditions. The breakdown of chlorophyll-binding proteins associated with the thylakoid membrane is less well investigated. The degradation of these proteins requires the simultaneous catabolism of chlorophylls. The breakdown of chlorophylls has been elucidated during the last decade. Interestingly, nitrogen present in chlorophyll is not exported from senescencing leaves, but remains within the cells in the form of linear tetrapyrrolic catabolites that accumulate in the vacuole. The degradation pathways for chlorophylls and chloroplast proteins are partially interconnected.  相似文献   

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P. I. Payne  D. Boulter 《Planta》1974,117(3):251-258
Summary Broad-bean cotyledons lost about 80% of their RNA during the first 30 days of seed germination. Both high-molecular-weight ribosomal (r) RNA and low-molecular-weight RNA were degraded at about the same rate. Only small quantities of breakdown products of rRNA were detected within senescent tissue. This finding contrasts strongly with the very rapid cleavage of rRNA and the accumulation of breakdown products when the same cotyledons were homogenised and then incubated at 25°. It would appear, therefore, that there was a barrier between ribonuclease and most ribosomes in vivo which was disrupted by homogenisation. The results are discussed in relation to the mechanism of ribosome katabolism during senescence.  相似文献   

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The effects of different light qualities and a special inhibitor of carotenoid biosynthesis on formation of plastid pigments of cotyledons of Pinus sylvestris were studied. The experimental results indicate: 1. The rate of synthesis of carotenoids in far-red light is relatively higher than that of chlorophylls, on the contrary in red light the rate of chlorophyll synthesis is higher. 2. When biosynthesis of carotenoids is inhibited, in white light the rate of total chlorophyll synthesis reduced with similar proportion. Accumulation of chlorophyll, however, is relatively much more than that of carotenoids. The highest molar ratio of chlorophyll/carotenoids is approximately 10.0. This implicates that chlorophyll and carotenoid synthesis proceed with certain independence. 3. After 4h exposure of strong white light of 9 day-old pine seedlings grown with 10-5 mol 1-1 norflurazon in farred light, contents of carotenoids and total, chlorophyll of cotyledons increase. Chlorophyll a biosynthesis promoted by light is higher than photooxidation of the pigment.  相似文献   

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本文研究了不同光质和类胡萝卜素专一抑制剂 norflurazon 对欧洲赤松(Pinussylvestris)子叶叶绿体色素形成的影响,所得结果如下:1.在远红光下,类胡萝卜素相对合成速率大于叶绿素的合成速率,而在红光下恰恰相反。2.在白光下,当类胡萝卜素合成受抑制时,叶绿素的合成速率也有所降低。但是叶绿素相对积累量比类胡萝卜素大得多,叶绿素与类胡萝卜素的分子比增大到10:1,说明这两种色素的合成与积累有相当大的独立性。3.把连续在远红光下类胡萝卜素合成受抑制(含量为正常幼苗的30%)的松苗,移入强白光下4小时后,其总叶绿素和类胡萝卜素都有增加,表明只要有少量类胡萝卜素存在,光对色素合成的促进仍大于光氧化破坏。  相似文献   

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