Abstract
The apoproteins of the light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complexes LHCI and CP29 (apparent molecular weights of 27 kDa and 29 kDa, respectively) of Euglena gracilis were identified immunologically. Both complexes are present in the thylakoids of autotrophically cultured Euglena cells during the whole cell cycle. The relative amount of each apoprotein tends to increase towards the end of the cell cycle. The light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex of photosystem II, LHCII, of E. gracilis contains chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, neoxanthin, diadinoxanthin and beta-carotene. Its chlorophyll a/b ratio is about 1.7 during the whole cell cycle. About 9 h after cell division the ratio of diadinoxanthin to chlorophyll a is doubled for a time of 3–4 h. The relevance of this increase during one developmental stage is discussed in relation to the insertion and-or assembly of newly synthesized LHCII.
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Abbreviations
- LHCP:
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light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex
- PS:
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photosystem
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This research was partly supported by the Deutsche Forschungsge meinschaft.
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Brandt, P., Wilhelm, C. The light-harvesting system of Euglena gracilis during the cell cycle. Planta 180, 293–296 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194010
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