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Does a light-harvesting protochlorophyllide a/b-binding protein complex exist?

G A Armstrong1, K Apel, W Rüdiger

  • 1Institute for Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Universitätstr. 2, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland. gregory.armstrong@ipw.biol.ethz.ch

Trends in Plant Science
|January 19, 2000
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The existence of a novel light-harvesting protochlorophyllide a/b-binding protein complex (LHPP) in dark-grown plants is questioned. Evidence suggests LHPP, proposed to contain protochlorophyllide b, may not exist due to lack of detection.

Area of Science:

  • Plant Biology
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Molecular Botany

Background:

  • Recent in vitro studies proposed a novel light-harvesting protochlorophyllide a/b-binding protein complex (LHPP) in dark-grown angiosperms.
  • LHPP was hypothesized to involve protochlorophyllide a and b in a 5:1 ratio within NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductases A and B complexes.
  • Proposed functions included roles in photosynthetic apparatus establishment, photoprotection during greening, and etioplast membrane architecture.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the proposed existence and model of the light-harvesting protochlorophyllide a/b-binding protein complex (LHPP).
  • To investigate the compatibility of the LHPP model with existing data on pigments and pigment-protein complexes in dark-grown angiosperms.

Main Methods:

  • Review and analysis of existing in vitro and in vivo studies on pigment composition in etiolated angiosperms.

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  • Comparison of the proposed LHPP structural and functional characteristics with experimental observations.

    • Main Results:

    • The LHPP model, particularly its proposed composition including protochlorophyllide b, is inconsistent with other experimental findings.
    • Protochlorophyllide b, a key component of the hypothesized LHPP, has not been detected in etiolated seedlings.

    Conclusions:

    • The existence of the proposed light-harvesting protochlorophyllide a/b-binding protein complex (LHPP) in dark-grown angiosperms is questionable.
    • Further research is needed to clarify the roles of protochlorophyllides and associated proteins in the early stages of photosynthesis.