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| W.I G Ruszeckia, K. Strzałk, K.P B Ad Erc, A. R. Adunzc, G. H. Schm | Requires cookie* | | | Title
| Involvement of the Xanthophyll Cycle in Regulation of Cyclic Electron Flow around Photosystem II  | | | | Abstract
| In our previous study (Gruszecki et al., 1995) we have postulated that the mechanism of cyclic electron transport around photosystem II, active under overexcitation of the photosyn thetic apparatus by light is under control of the xanthophyll cycle. The combination of dif ferent light quality and thylakoids having various levels o f xanthophyll cycle pigments were applied to support this hypothesis. In the present work photosynthetic oxygen evolution from isolated tobacco chloroplasts was measured by means o f mass spectrometry under conditions of high or low levels of violaxanthin, being transformed to zeaxanthin during dark incubation in an ascorbate containing buffer at pH 5.7. Analysis of oxygen evolution and o f light-induced oxygen uptake indicate that the de-epoxidation o f violaxanthin to zeaxanthin results in an increased cyclic electron transport around PS II, thus dimishing the vectorial electron flow from water. An effect similar to de-epoxidation was observed after incubation of thylakoid membranes with specific antibodies against violaxanthin. | | | |
Reference
| Z. Naturforsch. 51c, 47 (1996); received September 22/O ctober 18 1995 | | | |
Published
| 1996 | | | |
Keywords
| Xanthophyll Cycle, Cyclic Electron Flow, Photosystem II, Oxygen Evolution, Blue Light Effect, Mass Spectrometry | | | |
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