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Environmental and Stress Physiology

Development at Cold-Hardening Temperatures ¹

The Structure and Composition of Purified Rye Light Harvesting Complex II

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7, Botany Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1, Chemistry Department, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7

Light harvesting complex II (LHCII) was purified from cold-hardened (RH) and nonhardened winter rye (RNH) (Secale cereale L. cv Puma) employing a modified procedure of JJ Burke, CL Ditto, CJ Arntzen (Arch Biochem Biophys 187: 252-263). Triton X-100 solubilization of thylakoid membranes followed by three successive precipitations with 100 mM KCl and 10 mM MgCl₂ resulted in yields of up to 25% on a chlorophyll (Chl) basis and a purity of 90 to 95%, based on polypeptide analysis within 4 hours. Polypeptide and pigment analyses, 77 K fluorescence emission and room temperature absorption spectra indicate the LHCII obtained by this modified method is comparable to LHCII obtained by other published methods. Comparison of purified RH and RNH LHCII indicated no significant differences with respect to polypeptide, amino acid, Chl, and carotenoid compositions as well as no differences in lipid content. However, RH LHCII differed from RNH LHCII specifically with respect to the fatty acid composition of phosphatidyldiacylglycerol only. RH LHCII exhibited a 54% lower trans-³-hexadecenoic acid level associated with PG and a 60% lower oligomeric LHCII:monomeric LHCII (LHCII₁:LHCII₃) than RNH LHCII. Both RH and RNH LHCII exhibited a 5-fold enrichment in PG specifically. Complete removal of PG by enzymic hydrolysis resulted in a significant reduction in the oligomeric content of both RH and RNH LHCII such that LHCII₁:LHCII₃ of RH and RNH LHCII preparations were the same. This confirms that this specific compositional change accounts for the structural differences between RH and RNH LCHII observed in situ and in vitro.

¹ Supported by Operating and Strategic Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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