DARK STRESS-INDUCED SENESCENCE OF DETACHED BARLEY LEAVES .2. ALTERATION IN ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL ACITVITY OF CHLOROPLASTS ISOLATED FROM SENESCING LEAVES
DARK STRESS-INDUCED SENESCENCE OF DETACHED BARLEY LEAVES .2. ALTERATION IN ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL ACITVITY OF CHLOROPLASTS ISOLATED FROM SENESCING LEAVES
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10.1016/0304-4211(76)90094-8
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1976-01-01
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MOHANTY, P
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BISWAL, UC;MOHANTY, P
Dark-stress induced senescence causes a red shift in the red absorption band of the absorption spectrum of chloroplasts isolated from senescing barley (Hordeum vulgare L. IB65) leaves. The red shift coincides in time with the rapid loss in the rates of photoreduction of dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP) with diphenylcarbazide (DPC) as electron donor; this indicates that dark senescence brings about some structural alterations of chloroplasts which affect their function. Membrane disorganizing agents, when added to the chloroplasts isolated from fresh leaves, cause a blue rather than red shift suggesting that the red shift induced by senescence may not be due to simple disruption of membrane structure. Blue shift of the red absorption band, caused by heat treatment of chloroplasts isolated from fresh leaves, is not observed in the chloroplasts where the red shift in the absorption spectrum was already induced by leaf senescence. Kinetin and cycloheximide, but not actinomycin D or chloramphenicol, prevent the red shift induced by aging which implies involvement of some specific macromolecular synthesis associated with red shift. The exact nature of red shift is not known.