A comparative study on the composition of chlorosomes (Chlorobium vesicles) and cytoplasmic membranes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus strain Ok-70-fl and Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum strain 6230
A comparative study on the composition of chlorosomes (Chlorobium vesicles) and cytoplasmic membranes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus strain Ok-70-fl and Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum strain 6230
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橙色绿屈菌 Ok-70-fl 菌株和 limicola f 绿菌叶绿体 (Chlorobium vesicles) 和细胞质膜组成的比较研究。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00407024
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发表时间:
2004
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2.8
通讯作者:
K. Schmidt
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作者:
K. Schmidt
Highly purified fractions of chlorosomes and cytoplasmic membranes were isolated fromChloroflexus aurantiacusOk-70-fl andChlorobium limicola6230. These fractions were comparatively analyzed for their pigmentation, phospholipid, glycolipid, and cytochromeccontent as well as for their specific activities of succinate dehydrogenase and NADH-oxidase. The data showed that there are some differences in pigmentation and phospholipid content between the isolated fractions ofChloroflexusandChlorobium. Chlorosomes ofChloroflexuscontained a specific BChl a-complex with a characteristic absorption maximum at about 790 nm. This BChl a-complex could not be detected in spectra of chlorosomes fromChlorobium. The near infrared region of the spectra of the isolated cytoplasmic membranes of both organisms revealed considerable differences: The BChl a-complexes ofChloroflexusmembranes exhibited peaks at 806 and 868 nm whereas the membranes ofChlorobiumhad a single BChl a-peak at 710 nm. In contrast to the findings withChlorobiumthe chlorosomes ofChloroflexuscontained at least twice as much phospholipids as did the cytoplasmic membranes. InChlorobiumthe phospholipid content of cytoplasmic membranes is three times that of their chlorosomes. The distribution of all other components (carotenoid composition, enzyme activities, cytochromeccontent, and glycolipids) was about the same in both strains. From the data it was concluded that differences in the organization of the photosynthetic apparatus are mainly based on differences of the organization of the photosynthetic units in the cytoplasmic membrane and probably the kind of linkage of the light harvesting system in the chlorosomes with the reaction center in the cytoplasmic membranes.