Light-independent synthesis of LHC IIb polypeptides and assembly of the major pigmented complexes during the initial stages of Pinus palustris seedling development |
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Authors: | Francisco Canovas Brett McLarney Jane Silverthorne |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California at Santa Cruz, 95064 Santa Cruz, CA, USA;(2) Present address: Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain |
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Abstract: | Pinus palustris has a greatly reduced need for light to initiate chloroplast development in comparison to angiosperms. Light is not required for chlorophyll synthesis in dark-grown Pinus palustris seedlings. However, embryos do not contain chlorophyll, and synthesis is limited to seedlings having cotyledon lengths between about 0.5 cm and 2.0 cm. The final amount of chlorophyll accumulated by dark-grown seedlings is about one fifth of that in light-grown seedlingsat the same stage. The major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-polypeptides of Photosystem II (LHC IIb) are absent in the embryos but begin to accumulate in seedlings of 0.5 cm cotyledon length, irrespective of the light conditions. Although dark-grown seedlings accumulate most of the pigmented complexes seen in light-grown seedlings, there are differences in the subunit structure of some of them. These findings suggest that the majority of the components of the photosynthetic membrane do not require light for induction of synthesis or assembly into complexes, but that the final forms seen in light-grown seedlings may require light.Abbreviations ALA
5-amino levulinic acid
- glucoside
-D-glucopyranoside
- LHC
light-harvesting complex
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lhc
genes encoding LHCs
- PS
photosystem |
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Keywords: | chlorophyll chlorophyll-protein complex gymnosperm light regulation LHC IIb Pinus palustris |
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