Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154.
Plant Physiol. 1971 Oct;48(4):383-8. doi: 10.1104/pp.48.4.383.
Two forms of protochlorophyllide are found in dark-grown bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, var. Black Velentine) leaves, one (protochlorophyllide(650)) which is directly photoconvertible to chlorophyllide and another (protochlorophyllide(632)) which is not. Dark-grown leaves placed in solutions of delta-aminolevulinic acid accumulate protochlorophyllide(632). Protochlorophyllide(650) and protochlorophyllide(632) can be partially separated on sucrose density gradients. A nitrogen atmosphere blocks chlorophyll synthesis in light or the regeneration of protochlorophyllide(650) in the dark, even in the presence of excess delta-aminolevulinic acid, except when a stockpile of protochlorophyllide(632) is present in the leaf. Under the latter conditions chlorophyll synthesis or protochlorophyllide(650) regeneration is accompanied by a decrease in protochlorophyllide(632). These experiments suggest that protochlorophyllide(632) may be converted to protochlorophyllide(650).Cycloheximide inhibited greening only after an "action-dependent" delay, requiring a predictable minimal period of illumination. This inhibition could be relieved for a time by feeding delta-aminolevulinic acid.
在黑暗中生长的菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris,var. Black Valentine)叶片中存在两种原叶绿素,一种(原叶绿素(650))可直接光转化为叶绿素,另一种(原叶绿素(632))则不能。在 δ-氨基酮戊酸溶液中培养的黑暗生长的叶片会积累原叶绿素(632)。原叶绿素(650)和原叶绿素(632)可在蔗糖密度梯度上部分分离。在氮气氛中,即使存在过量的 δ-氨基酮戊酸,光照也会阻止叶绿素的合成或黑暗中原叶绿素(650)的再生,除非叶片中有原叶绿素(632)的储备。在后一种情况下,叶绿素合成或原叶绿素(650)的再生伴随着原叶绿素(632)的减少。这些实验表明,原叶绿素(632)可能转化为原叶绿素(650)。环己酰亚胺仅在“依赖作用”的延迟后才抑制变绿,需要可预测的最小光照时间。这种抑制可以通过喂食 δ-氨基酮戊酸暂时缓解一段时间。