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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1992, Vol. 33, No. 4 371-377
© 1992

Developmental Changes in Amounts of Thylakoid Components in Plastids of Barley Leaves

Kazuko Ohashi1, Akio Murakami2, Ayumi Tanaka1, Hideo Tsuji1 and Yoshihiko Fujita2

1 Laboratory for Plant Ecological Studies, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University Kyoto, 606-01 Japan
2 Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Aichi, 444 Japan

Changes in the amounts of several components of the photosynthetic electron-transport system during greening of etiolated barley leaves were studied on a "per plastid" basis. P700 and QA, which were initially absent from etioplasts, appeared 2 h after the start of illumination in complete complexes of PS I and PS II, respectively. From 6 h, they increased rapidly in amount with a constant stoichiometric ratio of 1:1. Amounts of Cyt f, Cyt b6, Cyt b-559 and FeS, initially present in etioplasts at levels that were one-third to half of those in mature chloroplasts, also increased rapidly after 6 h of illumination. The molar ratio of Cyt f, Cyt b6 and Cyt b-559 was the same in etioplasts and in mature chloroplasts, namely 1:2:2. After 4 h of illumination, levels of FeS increased at nearly the same rate as those of the PS I complex. The increase in levels of all components was marked after 6 h of illumination, probably due to the energy supplied by developing plastids that had just become photosynthetically competent. The results are discussed in relation to the time of appearance of chlorophyll-protein complexes and photochemical activities.

1 Present address: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-01 Japan.

(Received October 15, 1990; Accepted February 26, 1992)
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