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E F ~ i ~ c r ,o~ v n o s P r i o ~ v ~ A T m ~ o~ aa~ s~z~ o~~Z P R O T O N G R A D I E N T A C R O S S C H L O R O P L A S T ME~:CIBRANES Uri ?~C:K,Hagai ]~OTTENBEKG an,d M ordhzy A'V'RON Bio,chemis~r5~Depart'men.'. ~l~e)zm~nn'2nsn'lnzeo/Science. Re_hovot; Israel ]973
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1. Introduction
51u~xesc~n~ a,za~ne~ ~a t h . ~ g h i , w e ~ h o w hexe ~ h ~
The coup]hag between phoiopho~phory]n~on and pro,ton upIake in ch]orvpla~ts [], 2] ~equi~e~ '~a* ATP folma~on ~,ou],d c,~ea*e a .d~ain on the steady ~ta~te ele,c~ro~herr~ca] potentia~ formed during e~]ec:tr.~n transport. ]n ]so]ate,d ch]orophsts most ,of ~ i s potential ~eems to ,exht Ln ~ e form o f a pH gra,d~ent, and therefore, a ~tecrease in the size of ~ s :grad~em % to be .expected when phosphorylat~on ~s ~n~fia~,ed. Several meth,och for measuring the ApH formed in the ~ight ac,~oss the ~ylakoid mernblan,e were recently de~e]oped ,~n t_h~slabom.~ory I3-5].
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A typical ,expe~imen~ dem.mstrathagthe effect o f phosphoryhfi0n vondltlons on ihe steady stat~ ApH • . formed in ihe ]igh, is ~aown in fig. 1. The ~aversible light induced fluorescen,ce quenching o~,"9-aminoacri:~ine was mafxe0Jy xed~c~d ~fter ,the ad.3Rion o~ADY ~to an othm-W,is~ c,o.~p]ete phosphory]afi,on ~ s l e m . ~,eI~ low c.:onecn~r~tionz o f A D P were ~ d in the ]~ght, a ~m~e~ ~leady state quenchhng ~at~owas ~,m-med w]~hm ] 5--30 sec w}fi,ch in th:e light slowly returned t.o i u er,ig~nfl levd, indicating flee conversion of all ~.flie ADP. -Io ATP. The hip~her the amount of ADP added, t]:e longer R took ~o return t o / h e high quenching in :~ae ]i.ght, When the rate ,ofph0tophospbo,D.'lation was estimated from the time necessary to c,onzurae flee ADP added, values comparab]:e "toflaose eziirn~~ed .by other m~flaods wer,e obtained.
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M,easurementz and valculalions of ~he o ~ ,tSc volumes of ¢h]oroplasl fragmem~ fr,on~ the disi:ribution o f ~a4.C]Sorbi~ot and ~3H] H 2 0 were ,done :as de. scribed 13]. ApH values were determined flora .'the osrn,~fic volumes and fluorescence quenching ~ e s according t0 SchuJd~ner e~ el. 14].
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9.8), 50 .z~M; KC],50 .naN; K3FelCN)6 , ~.l raM; MgCI2, 5 raM; phe~ha~¢, 2.3 raM; 9-aminoacz~din~ 1 - 2 ~M; and chlo~ophsls ¢9~ahuing 3~ oz 72 #g of ch.lo~ophy!!. Wheze indicated, A D P . 13.4 I n N , w a s ~ d . :d.
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TaNe ] shows thai N1 hhe componenls needed for photopho~phorytation {el a~senoly~is), were a~so needed "to obNin the decrease m £.uores~noe: quenchLng in aloe ] . ~ t E i ~ e : p h o s p h a t e or a:senate we,ze . n e e d e d , w]fl~ a h a l f maximal effeC ~ observed around 1
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• and 1_.18 ~1H2.0 X mg ~hlomphytl- ,and apU Vatue~. " ATP dklnot lead to a s i n ~ ae~rease in ,apH-umler . ~. o f 3 , 5 4 ~ d 3.:t 2 were. deie~miaed, ~-especii~ely~::;. ?::;; :. .. ~esaan¢-vefi,ffi~i~ns:..: : : ::-: J:-:"j.-. :!./_ ..- -....-. ::-
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11~ above: i~s ~ I : ~ : a ] viflu,e i n ~he ':ight : 9 ] . Also, addil:onofADP~£1e,ID]o-9hadr~beffe,c~:0n'~e~n-er~se,d.ApH: S.elenme, .:ee.ent~]y-found t o a,ct ~s an e n - ~r:gy ~ransfer ,~nhib~I:o: o f p~ho'~ophosphoryht~on I]O], led to a sim:lal ~ffecl w h o a pr..esenl[in ex¢ess o w r azsena~e (probably ~ u e to ~:o:npetifion b e t w e e n ~:them). The pH i e p e n d e n e e o f ~ e d.~.~ea,~in A p H u n d e r phospholyls;tion eondR~Ons ,:~ ~ho~m ,:n fig. 4 J T h e ef~ec'~was obvious o @ wi:~ ~ e pH zange- o f 7.5--9.5 in ~i~e~ noncyclic felri.~yan]d:e dependent photophos, pho:y]ati,~n OlW~fl: .~'¢~C phoi~phosph,olyhfion with pyo:cyan~n~(no~t shown). ~ i m a l e f f ~ Wss oB~e~ed he~=n p H $.5-9J0, s i m B ~ .~o the d ~ p m a d ~ n ~ of p]i01ophosphory]afi,0n on naed~ra p H ~ ] ] ]. In o~ne]usien: 0 Pho:~ophosphoiy]aIion eau~s s ~ # f i c a u ~ d,ec~,~a~e~n $_h~ZxpH £o~me,d in ~ e ]~gh~t aeross ~ e ~ y l a k O i d ~ c m b ~ a n e u n d e r S~eady s t a ~ eon.d~1~,ons.This ob~r~a'don is in a,~r,eemen~ w~Lh if.hesnggestion tha~ phdSp,h o r y ] a ~ o n acc.e]erates ~ e ~fl]ux. o f
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~6] M. A~on, Bi~h~m. Biophy$. A¢la 4~ (]960)257: .{7]:~. Avzon, Anal. Bioehe~n. 2 (]96~) 353.. 18] R ~ . M=C~r~y; RJ. ,G~il,]ory.madE. Rsc]:~;,J. Bio~h Cheln..:24L0{~9~5) PC 4B22. ~9] E.Sk B a ~ g ~ , B. Ro~,e~ab~.g emilM. A%~on, E~rop=an ~. Bioeh~na,,~ ~p;ass. 1~] ~d.A~r~On, in: P~o~. 2xad/~In~'lCorl~ress on Pho~tos~n~sis, zfls. G. Vo~fi ei sL Onnk N.Y., Th~ Hsgu~, ~972) p.
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