Connection between the rate of cooling and fluorescence properties at 77 K of isolated chloroplasts |
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Authors: | G. Harnischfeger |
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Affiliation: | Lehrstuhl für Biochemie der Pflanze, Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, D-3400 Göttingen F.R.G. |
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Abstract: | Cooling of chloroplasts to ?196°C can under certain circumstances lead to an erroneous analysis of energy distribution. After minimizing influences of sample geometry and effects of plastid concentration it is shown that externally induced membrane change leads to an increase in the ratio of the fluorescence emission spectrum. Similar alterations can be observed by variation of the rate of cooling the plastids to 77 K, especially if whole chloroplasts are used. The differences in emission ratios are indicative also of changes in initial energy distribution between the photosystems, given here by the value αN. This is inferred from experiments with either osmotically induced thylakoid disturbances or those effected through a slow cooling process. The circumstances and the significance of these observations are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Chloroplast Fluorescence Cooling effect |
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