biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 44:529-533, 2001 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1013734502112

Effect of Polyamines on Chlorophyll and Protein Contents, Photochemical Activity, and Energy Transfer in Detached Wheat Leaves during Dark Incubation

D. Subhan1, S.D.S. Murthy1
1 Department of Biochemistry, S.V. University, Tirupati-, India

Spermine as compared to putrescine or spermidine retarded the loss of chlorophyll and protein contents to a greater extent in wheat primary leaves during dark incubation. Activities of whole chain electron transport, photosystem (PS) 1 and PS2, and absorbed excitation energy distribution in favour of PS 1 were protected by these amines in valency dependent manner during 72-h dark incubation.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; Triticum aestivum
Subjects: chlorophylls, polyamines; fluorescence, chlorophyll; polyamines, photosynthesis; proteins, photosynthesis, chlorophyll loss; putrescine; spermine, spermidine, photosynthesis; Triticum aestivum; wheat

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Subhan, D., & Murthy, S.D.S. (2001). Effect of Polyamines on Chlorophyll and Protein Contents, Photochemical Activity, and Energy Transfer in Detached Wheat Leaves during Dark Incubation. Biologia plantarum, 44(4), 529-533. doi: 10.1023/A:1013734502112
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