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. 1997 Apr;113(4):1419–1426. doi: 10.1104/pp.113.4.1419

Characterization of a Light-Controlled Anion Channel in the Plasma Membrane of Mesophyll Cells of Pea.

JTM Elzenga 1, E Van Volkenburgh 1
PMCID: PMC158266  PMID: 12223683

Abstract

In leaf mesophyll cells of pea (Pisum sativum) light induces a transient depolarization that is at least partly due to an increased plasma membrane conductance for anions. Several channel types were identified in the plasma membrane of protoplasts from mesophyll cells using the patch-clamp technique. One of these was an anion channel with a single-channel conductance of 32 picasiemens in symmetrical 100/100 KCl solutions. In asymmetrical solutions the reversal potential indicates a high selectivity for Cl- over K+ at high cytoplasmic Cl-. At negative membrane voltages the channel openings were interrupted by very short closures. In the open channel conductance several substrates were identified. At a cytoplasmic negative logarithm of Ca concentration higher than 6.3, no channel openings were observed. When the protoplast was illuminated in the cell-attached configuration, at least one channel type had a higher opening probability. This channel can tentatively be identified as the above-described anion channel based on conductance and the characteristic short closures at negative membrane potentials. This light activation of the 32-picasiemen anion channel is a strong indication that this channel conducts the light-induced depolarizing current. Because channel activity is strongly Ca2+-dependent, a role of cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration changes in the light activation of the conductance is discussed.

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