The chlorophyll-protein complexes of Acetabularia. A novel chlorophyll complex which forms oligomers |
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Authors: | Beverley R Green EL Camm J Van Houten |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V5T 2B1 Canada;2. Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V5T 2B1 Canada |
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Abstract: | (1) Five minor chlorophyll-protein complexes were isolated from thylakoid membranes of the green alga Acetabularia by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, after SDS or octylglucoside solubilization. None of them were related to CP I (Photosystem I reaction center core) or CP II (chlorophyll light-harvesting complex). (2) Two complexes (CPa-1 and CPa-2) contained only chlorophyll (Chl) a, with absorption maxima of 673 and 671 nm, and fluorescence emission maxima of 683 nm compared to 676 nm for CP II. The complexes had apparent molecular masses of 43–47 and 38–40 kDa, and contained a single polypeptide of 41 and 37 kDa, respectively. They each account for about 3% of the total chlorophyll. (3) Three complexes had identical spectra, with Chl ratios of 3–4 compared to 2 for thylakoid membranes, and a pronounced shoulder around 485 nm indicating enrichment in carotenoids. One of them was the complex ‘CP 29’ (Camm, E.L. and Green, B.R. (1980) Plant Physiol. 66, 428–432) and the other two were slightly different oligomeric forms of CP 29. They could be formed from CP 29 during reelectrophoresis; but about half the complex was isolated originally in an oligomeric form. Together they account for at least 7% of the total chlorophyll. Their function is unknown. |
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Keywords: | Chlorophyll-protein complex Octylglucoside (Acetabularia) Chl chlorophyll CP I LHC CP II ‘monomer’ form of LHC CP II1 oligomer form LHC PS photosystem |
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