Gregory R P, Raps S
Biochem J. 1974 Aug;142(2):193-201. doi: 10.1042/bj1420193.
Chloroplasts isolated from pea leaves display an intense circular dichroism in the range 600 to 720nm. Circularly polarized light is also differentially scattered by chloroplasts, and this effect can be confused with circular dichroism. By using an instrumental modification it was possible to distinguish, and record separately, the ellipticities of the transmitted light (circular dichroism) and of the scattered light in the same c.d. instrument. By means of a light-scattering apparatus, the intensity of unpolarized light scattered by chloroplasts was measured as a function of wavelength and of angle. This measurement allowed the aforementioned ellipticities to be corrected for mutual interference. At a concentration of 4mug of chlorophyll/ml (the optimum practical concentration of chloroplasts at which there was no significant interaction of scattering and absorption effects) spectra of true circular dichroism (circular differential absorption) and circular differential scattering were obtained. The former showed maxima, positive at 688nm and negative at 676nm, with an intensity Deltatheta=8.3m degrees .litre.(mg of chlorophyll)(-1).cm(-1). The latter had a maximum at 683nm with an intensity of +47m degrees with respect to the solvent baseline; this value is independent of the concentration of chloroplasts in dilute suspensions. It is suggested that the intense circular dichroism of chloroplasts reflects specific chlorophyll-chlorophyll interactions in the light-harvesting pigment. The advantages of this method for determining the c.d. of scattering suspensions over those of other investigators are discussed.
从豌豆叶片中分离出的叶绿体在600至720纳米范围内呈现出强烈的圆二色性。圆偏振光也会被叶绿体以不同方式散射,这种效应可能会与圆二色性混淆。通过对仪器进行改进,得以在同一圆二色性仪器中区分并分别记录透射光(圆二色性)和散射光的椭圆率。借助光散射装置,测量了叶绿体散射的非偏振光强度随波长和角度的变化。该测量使得上述椭圆率能够因相互干扰而得到校正。在叶绿素浓度为4微克/毫升时(这是叶绿体的最佳实际浓度,此时散射和吸收效应无显著相互作用),获得了真实圆二色性(圆差分吸收)和圆差分散射的光谱。前者在688纳米处出现正的最大值,在676纳米处出现负的最大值,强度Δθ = 8.3毫度·升·(毫克叶绿素)⁻¹·厘米⁻¹。后者在683纳米处有一个最大值,相对于溶剂基线强度为 +47毫度;该值与稀悬浮液中叶绿体的浓度无关。有人认为叶绿体强烈的圆二色性反映了光捕获色素中特定的叶绿素 - 叶绿素相互作用。讨论了这种测定散射悬浮液圆二色性的方法相对于其他研究者方法的优势。