State 1-State 2 Transitions in a Unicellular Green Algae : Analysis of In Vivo Chlorophyll Fluorescence Induction Curves in the Presence of 3-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (DCMU).

Abstract:

:A study has been made on the State 1-State 2 transitions exhibited by the unicellular green algae Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Chlorophyll fluorescence induction curves from algae adapted to State 1 or State 2 have been analyzed and a comparison made with similar curves produced by decreasing the intensity of light going to the photosystem II reaction centers. In both cases, quenching of the maximum fluorescence yield (F(m)) and the initial fluorescence yield (F(o)) were observed so that the F(v)/F(m) ratio and the area above the induction curve (A(max)) remained constant. The State 1-State 2 transition also produced changes in the beta(max) component indicative of some alteration within photosystem II organization. The implications of these experiments on the in vivo mechanism for energy redistribution between the two photosystems are discussed in terms of changes in absorption cross-section rather than being due to spillover from photosystem II to photosystem I. These changes may reflect the phosphorylation of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex and its subsequent migration away from the photosystem II core leading to its closer association with photosystem I.

journal_name

Plant Physiol

journal_title

Plant physiology

authors

Hodges M,Barber J

doi

10.1104/pp.72.4.1119

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1119-22

issue

4

eissn

0032-0889

issn

1532-2548

journal_volume

72

pub_type

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