SHORT-TERM ADAPTATION OF HIGHER PLANTS TO CHANGING LIGHT INTENSITIES AND EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF THE LIGHT HARVESTING CHLOROPHYLL alb PROTEIN COMPLEX OF PHOTOSYSTEM II

Abstract The short-term adaptation of intact leaves to an increase in light intensity was studied by an analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence and oxygen evolution monitored by photoacoustics. An increase in light intensity led to an oxygen “gush”. This “gush” was followed by a large (up to 120%) biphasic increase in the yield of oxygen evolution characterized by a fast phase (T = 0.5–2 min) and a slow phase (T = 4–20 min). The fast phase of the increase in oxygen yield was coupled to a decrease of fluorescence, whereas the slow phase was accompanied by a parallel fluorescence increase. A comparison of fluorescence parameters with oxygen yield indicates that the slow phase of the increase in oxygen yield was coupled to an increase in the antenna size of photosystem II. The slow phase was not inhibited by the uncoupler Nigericin but it was absent in chlorophyll-b-less barley mutants dencient in the light harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex of photosystem II (LHC II). These experiments indicate that changes in the LHC II mediated energy distribution, which occur in the time-range of several minutes, are involved in the adaptation to changing light intensities. Moreover, electrophoretic analysis of ³²P orthophosphate labeled leaf discs adapted to low and high light intensities suggests that the slow phase of the increase in oxygen evolution involves dephosphorylation of the 25 kDa polypeptide of LHC II, by a small extent of 12%. The trigger for the slow phase of the increase in oxygen yield does not involve the oxidation of the plastoquinone pool. It was found that in response to the increased light intensity, the plastoquinone pool became more reduced as judged by model calculations. Experiments with the uncoupler Nigericin suggest that the control of the slow phase of adaptation to increased light intensity was also not exerted by the pH gradient across the thylakoid membrane. The similarities between the adaptation to increased light intensity and the state II to state I transition suggest that both adaptation phenomena involve LHC II dephosphorylation possibly triggered by the cytochrome b₆/f complex.     

Structure and PMR spectra of isoquercitrin and hirsutrin

Chemistry of Natural Compounds - 1. Two isomers of quercetin 3-glucoside are present in the flowers and leaves of the cotton plant of variety 108-F: hirsutrin, quercetin 3-β-D-glucopyranoside;...     

Use of p-dimethylaminobenzalhyde as a colored reagent for determination of procaine hydrochloride by spectrophotometry

Spectrophotometric determination of procaine hydrochloride is described. The procaine hydrochloride reacts with p-dimethylaminobenzalhyde in glacial acetic acid to form an Schiff base which is a yellow compound, and its maximum absorption wavelength is at 455nm, ₄₅₅=3.46×10⁴. The absorbance for procaine hydrochloride from 0.2 to 15 μg ml⁻¹ obeys Beer's law. The linear regression equation of the calibration graph is C=5.866A−0.02, with a linear regression correlative coefficient is 0.9994 and relative standard deviation (RSD) of 1.7%; the detection limit is 0.1 μg ml⁻¹; recovery is from 92.0 to 110.0%. Effects of reaction medium, temperature, gentamycin, beneylpenicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, foreign ions, and stand for time on the determination of procaine hydrochloride have been examined. The results obtained by this method agreed with those by the official method (dead-stop titration). This method is rapid and simple, and can be used for the determination of procaine hydrochloride in injection solution of procaine hydrochloride.     

Morestan (6-Methyl-2,3-chinoxalindithiolcarbonat) als Rückstand auf Orangenschalen

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Reaction of quinoxaline with benzopyridines in acetic anhydrides in the presence of Zn dust

The reaction between quinoxaline and benzopyridine in acetic anhydride in the presence of zinc dust gives a quinoxaline anion and a benzopyridine N-acetyl radical, which recombine to give the previously unknown N-acetyl dihydrobenzo-pyridine derivative of 1,2-dihydroquinoxaline. Under these conditions, quinoxaline alone gives 1,4-diacetyl-1,4-dihydroquinoxaline and 1-acetyl-2-(1,2-dihydroquinoxalyl-2)-1,2-dihydroquinoxaline.Previous communication, [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 967–973, July, 1985.     

Calculated structures of asymmetric modifications of cyanospinels

Structural mechanisms of formation of low-symmetry phases of cyanospinels are described in terms of the phenomenological theory of phase transitions. These are examined for transitions from a spinel structure to two cubic and four rhombohedral phases, induced by automorphic irreducible representations 9-2 and 9-3. Atomic coordinates and the symmetry types of occupied positions in asymmetric phases are determined. Criteria for discrimination between the two as well as between the four phases are formulated. The structures of complex cyanides Tl₂Zn(CN)₄ , K₂Zn(CN)₄, K₂Hg(CN)₄, and Rb₂Hg(CN)₄ are calculated. The displacements and irreducible representations inducing transitions from spinel structures to these phases are determined. Novocherkassk State Technological University. Translated fromZhumal Struktumoi Khimii, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 41–49, September–October, 1994. Translated by L. Smolina