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. 1976 Sep;58(3):257–267. doi: 10.1104/pp.58.3.257

Development of Photosystem II Complex during Greening of Chlamydomonas reinhardi y-1

David Cahen a,1, Shmuel Malkin a, Susana Shochat b, Itzhak Ohad b,2
PMCID: PMC542227  PMID: 16659659

Abstract

The relative content of organized pigment, active centers, and acceptor pools of photosystem II and their interconnection during the development of the photosynthetic membranes of Chlamydomonas reinhardi y-1 have been measured using the fluorescence induction technique. The degree of connectivity and efficiency of the developing system has been assessed also from measurements of maximal rates, quantum yield, and flash yield of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol photoreduction using H2O as the electron donor. The results obtained indicate that the process of membrane development in this organism consists of two phases: an initial phase of reorganization and connection between pre-existing components, and a second phase of actual accumulation of newly formed, complete, and active units. The ratio of active centers to Chl remains practically constant throughout the process while the degree of connectivity between the active center and the plastoquinone pool was doubled during the early phase of the greening. In addition the degree of connectivity between the plastoquinone pool and the rest of the electron transport chain increases as demonstrated by a 10- to 20-fold rise in the quantum yield and a 10-fold rise in the maximal rate and the flash yield. The ratio of light harvesting Chl to active centers remains apparently constant during the second phase of the greening as indicated by light saturation experiments and by the constancy of the apparent photosynthetic unit size. Electron donation from H2O seems to develop slower than the activity of the rest of the complex as demonstrated by measurements of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol photoreduction using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide as the electron donor. The value of all the above parameters which remain constant during the second phase of the greening are comparable to those obtained with membranes of light-grown cells.

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