Phytochrome-mediated control of grana and stroma thylakoid formation in plastids of mustard cotyledons |
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Authors: | Claudia Girnth Rainer Bergfeld Helga Kasemir |
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Affiliation: | (1) Biologisches Institut II, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, D-7800 Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | The etioplast»chloroplast transition in the cotyledons of mustard seedlings (Sinapis alba L.) has been studied by electron microscopy. It was found that the active form of phytochrome, established by a red light pulse pretreatment, increases the initial rate and eliminates the lag of grana and stroma thylakoid formation after the onset of white light 60 h after sowing. The effect of a pretreatment with 15 s red light pulses is fully reversible by 756 nm light pulses. This reversibility is lost within 5 min. Evidence is presented which suggests that the time course of grana and stroma thylakoid formation is not correlated with the time course of the dispersal of the prolamellar body. The different functions of phytochrome and chlorophyll in controlling thylakoid formation are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Chlorophyll Chloroplasts Grana Phytochrome Sinapis Thylakoids |
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