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. 1974 Jun;71(6):2414–2418. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.6.2414

Composition and Activity of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Temperature-Sensitive Mutants of Higher Plants

R S Alberte *,†,‡,§,§,, J D Hesketh *,†,‡,§,§, G Hofstra *,†,‡,§,§, J P Thornber *,†,‡,§,§, A W Naylor *,†,‡,§,§, R L Bernard *,†,‡,§,§, C Brim *,†,‡,§,§, J Endrizzi *,†,‡,§,§, R J Kohel *,†,‡,§,§
PMCID: PMC388467  PMID: 4526216

Abstract

Six nuclear mutants of corn, six of soybean, and seven of cotton displayed low temperature-induced virescence when grown in controlled environments. For the group of plants studied, an increase in leaf chlorophyll a/b ratio was correlated with a temperature-sensitive biosynthetic sequence leading to a reduction in total chlorophyll content. These pigment alterations were reflected in the composition and quantity of the two major chlorophyll-protein complexes of chloroplast membranes. Changes in the amount of the major light-harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex was a prime consequence of the nuclear mutations. A decrease in the light-harvesting chlorophyll component of the light reaction centers of the leaf may account for the decrease in size of the photo-synthetic unit frequently noted in chlorophyll-deficient mutants. Variations in the concentration of the chlorophyll-protein complexes in the chloroplast lamellae may be causally related to variations in CO2 compensation points of mutant soybean and cotton plants.

Keywords: photosynthesis, membrane proteins, chlorophyll

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