Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Plant Physiology logoLink to Plant Physiology
. 1981 May;67(5):1061–1063. doi: 10.1104/pp.67.5.1061

Widespread Distribution of Some Minor Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes in Some Plants and Algae

Edith L Camm 1, Beverley R Green 1
PMCID: PMC425830  PMID: 16661784

Abstract

The use of the non-ionic detergent octyl β-d-glucoside has allowed the demonstration in spinach of a chlorophyll a+b-protein complex of apparent molecular weight 29 kilodaltons (Camm and Green, 1980, Plant Physiol 66: 428-432). Complexes analogous to this one also can be demonstrated in three grasses, in dicots of the Chenopodiaceae, Fabaceae, and Asteraceae, and in the siphonaceous green alga Acetabularia mediterranea. These complexes are clearly distinguishable from the light harvesting complex on the basis of the chlorophyll a/b ratio, apparent molecular weight, and polypeptide composition. In addition, most plants surveyed contained two, not one, minor chlorophyll a complexes as well as the chlorophyll a complex of Photosystem I.

Full text

PDF
1061

Images in this article

1062Image
on p.1062

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Camm E. L., Green B. R. Fractionation of Thylakoid Membranes with the Nonionic Detergent Octyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside: RESOLUTION OF CHLOROPHYLL-PROTEIN COMPLEX II INTO TWO CHLOROPHYLL-PROTEIN COMPLEXES. Plant Physiol. 1980 Sep;66(3):428–432. doi: 10.1104/pp.66.3.428. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Delepelaire P., Chua N. H. Lithium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of thylakoid membranes at 4 degrees C: Characterizations of two additional chlorophyll a-protein complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 Jan;76(1):111–115. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.1.111. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Henriques F., Park R. B. Spectral characterization of five chlorophyll-protein complexes. Plant Physiol. 1978 Dec;62(6):856–860. doi: 10.1104/pp.62.6.856. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Kirchanski S. J., Park R. B. Comparative Studies of the Thylakoid Proteins of Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Plastids of Zea mays. Plant Physiol. 1976 Sep;58(3):345–349. doi: 10.1104/pp.58.3.345. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Machold O., Meister A. Resolution of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein of vicia faba chloroplasts into two different chlorophyll-protein complexes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1979 Jun 5;546(3):472–480. doi: 10.1016/0005-2728(79)90082-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Remy R., Hoarau J., Leclerc J. C. Electrophoretic and spectrophotometric studies of chlorophyll-protein complexes from tobacco chloroplasts. Isolation of a light harvesting pigment protein complex with a molecular weight of 70,000. Photochem Photobiol. 1977 Aug;26(2):151–158. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1977.tb07466.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Wessels J. S., Borchert M. T. Polypeptide profiles of chlorophyll . protein complexes and thylakoid membranes of spinach chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1978 Jul 6;503(1):78–93. doi: 10.1016/0005-2728(78)90163-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. de la Roche A. I. Increase in linolenic Acid is not a prerequisite for development of freezing tolerance in wheat. Plant Physiol. 1979 Jan;63(1):5–8. doi: 10.1104/pp.63.1.5. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Plant Physiology are provided here courtesy of Oxford University Press

RESOURCES