| Literature DB >> 12685044 |
Suleyman I Allakhverdiev1, Hidenori Hayashi, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Alexander G Ivanov, Jalal A Aliev, Vyacheslav V Klimov, Norio Murata, Robert Carpentier.
Abstract
The presence of 1.0 mol/L glycinebetaine during isolation of D1/D2/Cytb559 reaction centre (RC) complexes from photosystem II (PSII) membrane fragments preserved the photochemical activity, monitored as the light-induced reduction of pheophytin and electron transport from diphenylcarbazide to 2.6-dichlorophenol-indophenol.-Glycinebetaine also protected the D1/D2/Cytb559 complexes against strong light-induced damage to the photochemical reactions and the irreversible bleaching of beta-carotene and chlorophyll. The presence of glycinebetaine also enhanced thermotolerance of the D1/D2/Cytb559 complexes isolated in the presence of 1.0 mol/L betaine with an increase in the temperature for 50% inactivation from 29 degrees C to 35 degrees C. The results indicate an increased supramolecular structural stability in the presence of glycinebetaine.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12685044 DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00845
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Plant Physiol ISSN: 0176-1617 Impact factor: 3.549