Abstract
Laevulinic acid (Lev) was used to control the rate of protocholorophyllide (PChl) regeneration in the leaves of dark-grown seedlings of barley (Hordeum vulgare) after a brief light treatment. In the leaves given Lev, at concentrations that severely block the resynthesis of protochlorophyllide, there was a massive overproduction of delta-aminolaevulinic acid (AmLev) that was well in excess of that required for the regeneration of PChl observed in the control leaves. Lev, at low concentrations, slightly delayed regeneration and held up, rather than inhibited, the utilization of the AmLev, which accumulated in the tissues. The overproduction and uncontrolled formation of AmLev also occurred in dark-grown leaves treated with a high concentration of Lev and given a light treatment of just sufficient energy to photoreduce only small quantities of the endogenous PChl. Experiments in which a high level of free PChl was induced by incubating the leaves in AmLev indicated that the active species of PChl was that associated with, and bound to, the PChl reductase protein. The results strongly demonstrate a close relationship between the PChl-protein complex and the ability of the leaves to synthesize AmLev.
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