Deficient Photosystem II in Agranal Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of C(4) Plants.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 67 ·No. 1 ·1970-09-00 ·Pages 18-25

Woo KC, Anderson JM, Boardman NK, Downton WJ, Osmond CB, Thorne SW

Abstract

A method is described for separating mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts from the leaves of C(4) plants. The agranal bundle sheath chloroplasts are inactive in the Hill reaction, whereas granal bundle sheath and granal mesophyll chloroplasts exhibit normal photosystem II activity. The agranal bundle sheath chloroplasts are deficient in photosystem II; they lack cytochrome b-559 and the fluorescence bands associated with photosystem II. All the chloroplasts exhibit photosystem I activity.

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Woo K C

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA.

Anderson J M

Boardman N K

Downton W J

Osmond C B

Thorne S W

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Article Info

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Abbr.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

ISSN

0027-8424

DOI

10.1073/pnas.67.1.18

Published

1970-09-00

Pages

18-25

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505876

PMCID

PMC283159

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.67.1.18 PMC Full Text View journal details

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