Carotenoid Transformations in the Chloroplast Envelope

AUTOR(ES)

Jeffrey, S. W.

RESUMO

The envelope of the spinach chloroplast is a yellow membrane system with a unique carotenoid composition. Envelopes prepared from dark-treated leaves had a violaxanthin content up to 3.5 times the lutein plus zeaxanthin content, whereas in chloroplast envelopes from illuminated leaves this ratio was only 0.75. Light-catalyzed changes in violaxanthin content also occurred in the thylakoid fraction.

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