Energy-Dependent Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching in Chloroplasts Correlated with Quantum Yield of Photosynthesis

Autor: Krause, G. Heinrich, Laasch, Henrik
Zdroj: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C; May 1987, Vol. 42 Issue: 5 p581-584, 4p
Abstrakt: Chlorophyll a fluorescence quenching was studied in intact, CO2fixing chloroplasts isolated from spinach. Energy-dependent quenching (qᴇ), which is correlated with the light-induced pro­ ton gradient across the thylakoid membrane presumably reflects an increase in the rate-constant of thermal dissipation of excitation energy in the photosynthetic pigment system . The extent of qᴇwas found to be linearly related to the decrease of quantum yield of photosynthesis. We suggest that this relationship indicates a dynamic property of the membrane to adjust thermal dissipation of absorbed light energy to the energy requirement of photosynthesis.
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