The plastid membranes of barley (Hordeum vulgare). Light-induced appearance of mRNA coding for the apoprotein of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein.
The plastid membranes of barley (Hordeum vulgare). Light-induced appearance of mRNA coding for the apoprotein of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein.
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大麦(Hordeum vulgare)的质体膜。
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1978
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K. Kloppstech
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K. Apel;K. Kloppstech
Illumination of dark-grown barley plants induces a massive insertion of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein into the developing thylakoid membrane. In addition to the onset of chlorophyll synthesis, light induces specifically the appearance of a prominent mRNA species which codes for a polypeptide of Mr 29500. This component was identified as a precursor of the apoprotein of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein. The precursor has an Mr larger than the authentic protein by approximately 4000. Studies of the chlorophyll-b-less mutant chlorina f2 of barley offer the first clue to the mechanism which controls the light-dependent mRNA formation. The induction of the mRNA coding for the aproprotein of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein does not seem to be linked directly to the assembly process of the light-harvesting structure and does not require chlorophyll b. It is proposed that light exerts its influence on the mRNA formation by a reaction which is different from the phototransformation of protochlorophyll(ide) to chlorophyll(ide).