Envelope Permeability to Possible Precursors of Carotenoid Biosynthesis during Chloroplast-Chromoplast Transformation 1
AUTOR(ES)
Schneider, Monika M.
RESUMO
During the transformation of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in Capsicum annuum L., the permeability of the envelope membranes to possible precursors of carotenoid biosynthesis (acetate, mevalonate, citrate) was tested. The plastids were isolated by gel filtration, and the uptake of labeled compounds was measured by a filtering centrifugation technique, using silicone oil. The different ripening stages were characterized by the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoid content. The chloroplast membranes were shown to be impermeable to all of the metabolites tested. During the transformation there was a sharp increase of membrane permeability. In the mature chromoplast, the permeability to mevalonate and acetate again decreased to about 20% of the maximum value and reached zero for citrate. The results give evidence that during the transformation of chloroplasts to chromoplasts, precursors for carotenoid biosynthesis are translocated from extraplastidic sites into the plastids, there being possibly incorporated into carotenoids.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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