Abstract
Abstract 1. A method for the reproducible preparation of CF1-depleted thylakoid membranes was established. By repeated washes with pyrophosphate solution and subsequent treatment with sucrose media, containing micromolar concentrations of Ca2+ or Mg2+, different degrees of CF1 depletion and uncoupling were adjusted. 2. The membranes were completely uncoupled when about 50% CF1 was removed. Re-coupling with isolated CF1 was maximal at this point. It decreased with progressive CF1 extraction. 3. The re-attached CF1 particles regained their ability of energy-dependent adenine nucleotide exchange, an essential reaction in photophosphorylation. 4. CF1-depleted membranes showed two main morphological alterations, a. unstacknig of the grana, and b. a perforation of the thylakoid membranes in those chloroplasts which showed a poor recoupling activity. Whereas CF1-depletion and unstacking were found to be reversible, the formation of holes was an irreversible effect. 5. The decreasing re-coupling activity was discussed in context to the irreversible perforation of the thylakoid membranes.
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Created | 7 years ago (Aug. 2, 2018, 1:26 p.m.) |
Deposited | 4 years, 2 months ago (June 22, 2021, 9:56 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 9 months ago (Nov. 23, 2023, 9:59 a.m.) |
Issued | 49 years ago (Aug. 1, 1976) |
Published | 49 years ago (Aug. 1, 1976) |
Published Online | 11 years, 2 months ago (June 2, 2014) |
Published Print | 49 years ago (Aug. 1, 1976) |
@article{Hesse_1976, title={On the Reconstitution of Photophosphorylation in CF1-Extracted Chloroplasts}, volume={31}, ISSN={0939-5075}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znc-1976-7-819}, DOI={10.1515/znc-1976-7-819}, number={7–8}, journal={Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH}, author={Hesse, H and Jank-Ladwig, Rita and Strotmann, H}, year={1976}, month=aug, pages={445–451} }