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. 1986 Jun;81(2):471–477. doi: 10.1104/pp.81.2.471

Low Temperature Development of Winter Rye Leaves Alters the Detergent Solubilization of Thylakoid Membranes 1

Marilyn Griffith 1,2, Norman P A Huner 1,2, Donald B Hayden 1,2
PMCID: PMC1075360  PMID: 16664840

Abstract

Thylakoids isolated from leaves of winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv Puma) grown at either 20 or 5°C were extracted with the nonionic detergents Triton X-100 and octyl glucoside. Less total chlorophyll was extracted from 5°C thylakoids by these detergents under all conditions, including pretreatment with cations. Thylakoids from either 20 or 5°C leaves were solubilized in 0.7% Triton X-100 and centrifuged on sucrose gradients to purify the light harvesting complex (LHCII). Greater yields of LHCII were obtained by cation precipitation of particles derived from 20°C thylakoids than from 5°C thylakoids. When 20 and 5°C thylakoids were phosphorylated and completely solubilized in sodium dodecyl sulfate, no differences were observed in the 32Pi-labeling characteristics of the membrane polypeptides. However, when phosphorylated thylakoids were extracted with octyl glucoside, extraction of LHCII associated with the 5°C thylakoids was markedly reduced in comparison with the extraction of LHCII from 20°C membranes. Since 20 and 5°C thylakoids exhibited significant differences in the Chl content and Chl a/b ratios of membrane fractions produced after solubilization with either Triton X-100 or octyl glucoside, and since few differences between the proteins of the two membranes could be observed following complete denaturation in sodium dodecyl sulfate, we conclude that the integral structure of the thylakoid membrane is affected during rye leaf development at low temperature.

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