biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 54:339-343, 2010 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0059-2

Photosystems activities and polypeptide composition of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba and Vigna mungo thylakoids as affected by exclusion of solar UV radiation

P. Amudha1, M. Jayakumar2,3,*, G. Kulandaivelu1
1 Department of Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
2 Research Department of Botany, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, India
3 Lady Willington College Campus, Tamilnadu Teachers Education University, Chennai, India

The impacts of solar UV (280-400 nm) radiation on photosynthetic activities and polypeptide composition of thylakoids of cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L, UV-B sensitive) and black gram (Vigna mungo L., UV-B resistant) plants were compared. The activity of photosystem 1 and especially photosystem 2 increased in cluster bean while decreased in black gram, when either UV-B or UV-B + UV-A radiation was removed as compared to control plants. Exclusion of UV-B radiation caused changes in the protein composition of the thylakoids particularly in the 33, 23 and 17 kDa proteins of photosystem 2.

Keywords: black gram; cluster bean; photosystems 1 and 2
Subjects: blackgram; cluster bean; Cyamopsis tetragonoloba; photosystems (PS 1, PS 2); proteins; UV radiation; Vigna mungo

Received: June 13, 2008; Accepted: March 4, 2009; Published: June 1, 2010  Show citation

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Amudha, P., Jayakumar, M., & Kulandaivelu, G. (2010). Photosystems activities and polypeptide composition of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba and Vigna mungo thylakoids as affected by exclusion of solar UV radiation. Biologia plantarum, 54(2), 339-343. doi: 10.1007/s10535-010-0059-2
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