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Differential light-scattering of granal and agranal chloroplasts and their fragments

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: Intact (class-A) granal and agranal maize chloroplasts and chloroplast fragments were examined for differential scattering of circularly polarized light (measured at 90 degrees) and c.d. (circular dichroism) (measured at 0 degrees) by using a modified spectropolarimeter with a large acceptance angle. Useful c.d. information was obtained by making corrections for scattered light. Chloroplast fragments exhibited a large and characteristic differential scattering of circularly polarized light recognized in the presence of granal chloroplasts. It is confirmed that agranal chloroplasts do not have the intense 682 nm c.d. peak that is assigned to the presence of grana.

Source: Biochemical Journal

DOI: 10.1042/bj1740647

Authors: A Faludi-Dániel, G E Bialek, G Horváth, Z Sz-Rózsa, R P F Gregory

Institutions: HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Manchester, Poznań University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia

OpenAlex ID: W16322137