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. 1988 Jun;87(2):365–370. doi: 10.1104/pp.87.2.365

Compensatory Alterations in the Photochemical Apparatus of a Photoregulatory, Chlorophyll b-Deficient Mutant of Maize 1

Ben A Greene 1,2, L Andrew Staehelin 1,2, Anastasios Melis 1,2
PMCID: PMC1054758  PMID: 16666148

Abstract

Characterization of the functional organization of the photochemical apparatus in the light sensitive chlorophyll b-deficient oil yellow-yellow green (OY-YG) mutant of maize (Zea mays) is presented. Spectrophotometric and kinetic analysis revealed substantially lower amounts of the light harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII-peripheral) in high light-grown OY-YG thylakoids. However, accumulation of a tightly bound LHCII appears unaffected by the lesion. Changes in photosystem (PS) stoichiometry include lower amounts of PSII with characteristic fast kinetics (PSIIα) and a substantial accumulation of PSII centers with characteristic slow kinetics (PSIIβ) in the thylakoid membrane of the OY-YG mutant. Thus, PSIIβ is the dominant photosystem in the mutant chloroplasts. In contrast to wild type, roughly 80% of the mutant PSIIβ centers are functionally coupled to the plastoquinone pool and are probably localized in the appressed regions of the thylakoid membrane. These centers, designated PSIIβ-QB-reducing (QB being the secondary electron quinone acceptor of PSII), are clearly distinct from the typical PSIIβ-QB-nonreducing centers found in the stroma lamellae of wild-type chloroplasts. It is concluded that the observed changes in the stoichiometry of electron-transport complexes reflect the existence of a regulatory mechanism for the adjustment of photosystem stoichiometry in chloroplasts designed to correct any imbalance in light absorption by the two photosystems.

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