Biosynthesis of Photosystem II Reaction Centers, Antenna and Plastoquinone Pool in Greening Cells of Cyanidium caldarium Mutant III-C |
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Authors: | Diner B A Wollman F A |
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Institution: | Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Dark-grown etiolated cells of Cyanidium caldarium mutant III-C lacking ≥99% of their normal chlorophyll content and inactive for photosynthesis were greened in continuous light. Measurements of oxygen evolution and fluorescence kinetics indicate that during greening: (a) the photosystem II (PSII) antenna containing between 30 and 40 chlorophyll a per center undergoes little change in size from 5% of the centers synthesized per cell to fully active cells; (b) energy transfer between PSII centers appears very early in the greening process; (c) the plastoquinone pool size per PSII center (about 14 equivalents) does not vary during greening and has already attained full size after synthesis of only 13% of the full complement of centers. |
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