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Plant Physiology 67:930-935 (1981)
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Photosynthetic Apparatus Formation during the Cell Cycle of Chlorella

Pavel S. Venediktov, Yuree K. Chemeris and Natalia A. Grishina

Biophysical Department, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, U. S. S. R.

Synchronous cell division in cultures of Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck was induced by intermittent illumination: 9 hours light, 6 hours darkness. The rate of photosynthetic O2 evolution per cell increases 4-fold in a one-step manner at the beginning of the light period, to the same extent as the increase in cell number. Over the division cycle, the following accumulation times during the light period were found: chlorophyll a, between 2 and 8 hours, chlorophyll b, between 5 and 8 hours, reaction centers of photosystems I and II, between 2 and 6 hours; and cytochrome f, between 2.5 and 5 hours. Cytochrome f accumulation is closely followed by an increase in amplitude of the rapid phase in light-induced absorption increase at 520 nanometers and in intensity of the delayed light emission. Enhancement of the delayed fluorescence yield per flash under continuous illumination (caused by the establishment of the pH difference across the thylakoid membrane) is maximal by the first hour of the light period.

These findings, and others described in the text, suggested that the 4-fold growth of photosynthetic apparatus in the course of the cell cycle cannot be the result of gradual rise of electron-transport chain number. Rather, it is the result of a series of successive syntheses of its individual components. The rate-limiting step of electron transport is probably located between plastoquinone and cytochrome f.






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