Abstract
The spectral dependence of phycoerythrin synthesis has been studied in a unicellular photautotrophic cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. 6701, in which phycoerythrin synthesis alone is under chromatic control. Cells were partially depleted of their phycobiliprotein pigments through nitrate starvation in the light. Addition of nitrate to the culture medium allowed synthesis of phycobiliproteins in the dark. This synthesis occurred at the expense of the glycogen reserve accumulated during the period of nitrate starvation. Monochromatic irradiations of short duration at lambda less than 590 nm induced increased phycoerythrin synthesis during dark incubation. Monochromatic irradiations of short duration at lambda greater than 590 nm prevented this synthesis. These effects were photoreversible. The spectral distribution showed a maximum at 540 nm for the potentiation of phycoerythrin synthesis, and one at 640 nm for its photoreversal.
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