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. 1967 Nov;42(11):1643–1647. doi: 10.1104/pp.42.11.1643

An Electron Spin Resonance Study of Manganese in Wild-Type and Mutant Strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardi 1,2

Doris Teichler-Zallen 1,3, R P Levine 1
PMCID: PMC1086775  PMID: 16656699

Abstract

Changes in the intensity of the electron spin resonance signal of divalent manganese were found to occur in suspensions of wild-type Chlamydomonas reinhardi. The observed manganese signal decreased in the light and increased in the dark. Through the use of a continuous-flow system it was possible to determine that the manganous ions responsible for the observed signal were localized solely in the medium. Changes in the signal intensity associated with wild-type cells were independent of the ability of fragments prepared from these cells to perform the Hill reaction with 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol (DPIP) as the oxidant.

The manganese signal changes were still evident, though smaller, in cell suspensions of wild-type cells treated with 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea, and in mutant strains unable to carry out the Hill reaction, ac-115 and ac-141.

From these data it is concluded that the changes in intensity of the manganese resonance are not related to the function of manganese in photosynthesis but may reflect the capacity of cells for ion uptake in the light.

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