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. 1972 Dec;50(6):713–718. doi: 10.1104/pp.50.6.713

Use of Uncoupling Acridine Dyes as Stoichiometric Energy Probes in Chloroplasts 1

Ruud Kraayenhof a,2, Seikichi Izawa a,3, Britton Chance a
PMCID: PMC366222  PMID: 16658249

Abstract

In a suspension of spinach chloroplasts the fluorescence of atebrin and other uncoupling acridine dyes is quenched upon energization which is associated with a proportional binding of the dyes to the organelles. There is a stoichiometric relation between the amount of dye bound and the actual steady state level of energy. When the concentration of atebrin is increased in energized chloroplasts the fluorescence is completely quenched until a certain concentration is attained above which the response sharply declines. Such titrations with atebrin were carried out under conditions of partial electron transport governed by photosystems I and II, in the presence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea and cyanide, respectively, and of complete electron transport governed by the two photo-systems. The sum of the saturating amounts of atebrin obtained in these partial electron flow systems equals that obtained in the complete system. This lends strong support to the view that two sites of energy conservation are coupled to the linear photosynthetic electron transport.

When ATP was the energy donor the saturating amounts of atebrin were the same in both control and cyanide-treated chloroplasts, indicating that the energy-conserving mechanism was unimpaired in the latter.

Removal of the chloroplast-coupling factor by ethylenedia-minetetraacetate treatment leads to inhibition of the probe responses, which can be restored again in recoupled chloroplasts.

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