Phase Behavior of Chloroplast and Microsomal Membranes during Leaf Senescence
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- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 61 (4), 639-643
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.61.4.639
Abstract
Wide angle x-ray diffraction of chloroplast and microsomal membranes from primary leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris has revealed that for both types of membrane, portions of the lipid become crystalline as the tissue senesces. For young leaves the transition temperature is about 23 C for microsomes and below −30 C for chloroplast membranes, indicating that at physiological temperature the lipid is entirely liquid-crystalline. Between 2 and 3 weeks after planting the transition temperature rises to 38 C for microsomes, but for chloroplasts this increase to a point above physiological temperature does not occur until between 3 and 4 weeks. Thereafter the transition temperature continues to rise for both types of membrane with advancing senescence, although the rate of increase is greater for chloroplasts than for microsomes. The appearance at physiological temperature of gel phase lipid in the microsomes coincides temporally with the initiation of a decline in total protein in the tissue, and the incidence of crystallinity in chloroplasts coincides with loss of chlorophyll. This change in phase behavior cannot be attributed to an alteration in fatty acid composition, but for both membrane systems it correlates with an increase of about 4-fold in the sterol to phospholipid ratio.Keywords
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