BLUE-LIGHT-INDUCED ABSORBANCE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH CAROTENOIDS IN EUGLENA
BLUE-LIGHT-INDUCED ABSORBANCE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH CAROTENOIDS IN EUGLENA
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00388221
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
SCHIFF, JA
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作者:
FONG, F;SCHIFF, JA
When treated with blue light, intact cells of E. gracilis Klebs var. bacillaris Cori, bleached strain W3BUL, show a series of positive peaks at 384, 411 and 440 nm in the blue-light-minus-dark difference spectrum; bleached strain 1224-5/24 shows a series of positive peaks at 386, 417 and 448 nm under the same conditions. The same changes are observed in a 27,000 .times. g supernantant from dark-grown W3. The absorption change appears to be a consequence of shifts in the absorption of carotenoids; it is not seen in cells of W3BUL grown on SAN 9789 (4-chloro-5-(methylamino)-2-(.alpha., .alpha., .alpha.-trifluoro-m-tolyl)-3(2H)pyridazinone) to deplete the carotenoids or in cells of W10BSmL, a mutant lacking carotenoids. Inhibitors of flavin-mediated reactions, reductants and valinomycin had no effect on the activity of the system. The activity in the 27,000 .times. g supernatant was associated with material of a MW more than 2.5 .times. 106 and was insensitive to heating for 2 min at 100.degree. C, but was reduced or eliminated on longer heat treatment or addition of Triton X-100, indicating a possible association with membrane material. Photoactivity is enriched in the lower density fractions of a flotation gradient, and correlates with the .zeta.-carotene content in all fractions. Similar spectral changes can be obtained by comparing the iodine catalyzed cis-to-trans isomerization of .zeta.-carotene in a CS2-CHCl3 solvent. The action spectrum for the absorbance change shows effectiveness peaks in the 370-390 and 420-448 nm regions, with no marked effectiveness past 500 nm. The photosensitizer may not be a carotenoid (at least not a normally-occurring C40 carotenoid). These blue-light-induced absorption changes and their action spectra are discussed in relation to such blue-light-mediated responses as carotenogenesis, chloroplast development and phototaxis.