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. 1969 Nov;44(11):1533–1537. doi: 10.1104/pp.44.11.1533

The Formation of Ribulose Diphosphate Carboxylase Protein during Chloroplast Development in Barley 1

C Gamini Kannangara a
PMCID: PMC396301  PMID: 16657236

Abstract

Ribulose 1,5-diphosphate carboxylase is synthesized in barley leaves growing in the dark. Upon illumination there is a marked increase in the rate of synthesis of the enzyme. The specific activity of the enzyme expressed as cpm incorporated into phosphoglyceric acid per μg of fraction I protein, after isolation shows no change either during dark growth or greening. During early stages of illumination of 7 day dark grown leaves with 320 foot-candles the enzymic activity in the water soluble protein fraction of the leaf shows a short term decline after 15 min which lasts for 30 min. Leaves greening at 2 foot-candles show a similar decline which is shifted to a time between the fourth and eighth hr after the onset of illumination.

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