Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes from the Red-Tide Dinoflagellate, Gonyaulax polyedra Stein 1: Isolation, Characterization, and the Effect of Growth Irradiance on Chlorophyll Distribution
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Boczar, Barbara A.
RESUMO
A comparision of high (330 microeinsteins per meter squared per second) and low (80 microeinsteins per meter squared per second) light grown Gonyaulax polyedra indicated a change in the distribution of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c2, and peridinin among detergent-soluble chlorophyll-protein complexes. Thylakoid fractions were prepared by sonication and centrifugation. Chlorophyll-protein complexes were solubilized from the membranes with sodium dodecyl sulfate and resolved by Deriphat electrophoresis. Low light cells yielded five distinct chlorophyll-protein complexes (I to V), while only four (I′ to IV′) were evident in preparations of high light cells. Both high molecular weight complexes I and I′ were dominated by chlorophyll a absorption and associated with minor amounts of chlorophyll c. Both complexes II and II′ were chlorophyll a-chlorophyll c2-protein complexes devoid of peridinin and unique to dinoflagellates. The chlorophyll a:c2 molar ratio of both complexes was 1:3, indicating significant chlorophyll c enrichment over thylakoid membrane chlorophyll a:c ratios of 1.8 to 2:1. Low light complex III differed from all other high or low light complexes in that it possessed peridinin and had a chlorophyll a:c2 ratio of 1:1. Low light complexes IV and V and high light complexes III′ and IV′ were spectrally similar, had high chlorophyll a:c2 ratios (4:1), and were associated with peridinin. The effects of growth irradiance on the composition of chlorophyll-protein complexes in Gonyaulax polyedra differed from those described for other chlorophyll c-containing plant species.
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