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The Kinetics of in Vivo State Transitions in Mesophyll and Guard Cell Chloroplasts Monitored by 77 K Fluorescence Emission Spectra ¹

Department of Botany, J. Tuzo Wilson Research Laboratories, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Fluorescence emission spectral peaks at 685, 695 and 730 nanometers (F685, F695, and F730) were recorded 77 K from diluted leaf tissue and epidermal powders prepared from Saxifraga cernua. The time course for state 1 to state 2 transitions was monitored as changes in the ratios of the three emission peaks. During illumination with light 2 (580 nm) the F730/F695 and F730/F685 ratios increased within minutes to establish a condition characteristic of state 2. A major difference between the two chloroplast types was the more rapid establishment of state 2 by mesophyll chloroplasts. An increase in light 2 intensity caused an increase in the magnitude of the F730/F695 ratio for both chloroplast types and, for guard cell chloroplasts, a decrease in the time required to establish the new ratio. The role of reversible phosphorylation of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex in regulating state transitions for both mesophyll and guard cell chloroplasts was assessed using DCMU and sodium fluoride, a specific phosphatase inhibitor. DCMU-treated mesophyll and epidermal tissues failed to show a state 1-state 2 transition. NaF-treated tissues attained state 2 but lacked the ability to revert back to state 1.