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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
After a 3-minute irradiation with red light, which saturates the phototransformation from the red light-absorbing form of phytochrome to the far red light absorbing form of phytochrome, about 40% of the phytochrome extractable from hooks of etiolated squash seedlings (Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Black Beauty) can be pelleted as Pfr at 17,000g after 30 minutes. Dark controls yield only 2 to 4% pelletable phytochrome in the form Pr. If a dark period intervenes between red irradiation and extraction, the bound Pfr gradually loses its photoreversibility. The time course for this destruction parallels the time course for phytochrome destruction in vivo following saturating red irradiation. The soluble fraction of phytochrome remains constant. These results suggest that in squash seedlings phytochrome destruction is related exclusively to the fraction which becomes membrane-bound. The induction of phytochrome binding by red light is not completely reversible by far red. In plants given saturating red followed immediately by saturating far red light, 12% of the phytochrome is found in the bound fraction as Pr if the phytochrome extraction is immediate. If a dark period intervenes between red-far red treatment and extraction, the bound phytochrome is released within 2 hours. A model of the binding properties of phytochrome, based on molecular interaction at the membrane is proposed, and possible consequences for the mechanism of action of phytochrome are discussed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0032-0889
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
272-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:year
1974
pubmed:articleTitle
In Vivo Properties of Membrane-bound Phytochrome.
pubmed:affiliation
The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article