Abstract
The contribution of short and long wavelength membrane-bound fluorescing protochlorophyll species to the over-all process of chlorophyll formation was assessed during photoperiodic growth. Protochlorophyll forms were monitored spectrofluorometrically at 77 K during the first six light and dark cycles in homogenates of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cotyledons grown under a 14-hour light/10-hour dark photoperiodic regime, and in cotyledons developing in complete darkness. In the etiolated tissue, short wavelength protochlorophyll having a broad emission maximum between 630 and 640 nm appeared within 24 hours after sowing. Subsequently, the long wavelength species fluorescing at 657 nm appeared, and accumulated rapidly. This resulted in the preponderance of the long wavelength species which characterizes the protochlorophyll profile of etiolated tissues. The forms of protochlorophyll present in etiolated cucumber cotyledons resembled those in etiolated bean leaves in their absorption, fluorescence, and phototransformability. A different pattern of protochlorophyll accumulation was observed during the dark cycles of photoperiodic greening. The short wavelength species appeared within 24 hours after sowing. Subsequently, the long wavelength form accumulated and disappeared. The long wavelength to short wavelength protochlorophyll emission intensity ratio reached a maximum (~3:1) during the second dark cycle, then declined during subsequent dark cycles. Short wavelength species were continuously present in the light and dark. Primary corn and bean leaves exhibited a similar pattern of protochlorophyll accumulation. In cucumber cotyledons, both the short and long wavelengths species appeared to be directly phototransformable at all stages of photoperiodic development. It thus appears that whereas the long wavelength protochlorophyll species is the major chlorophyll precursor during primary photoconversion in older etiolated tissues, both long wavelength and short wavelength species seem to contribute to chlorophyll formation during greening under natural photoperiodic conditions.
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