DEMONSTRATION OF A HIGHLY-SENSITIVE PORTABLE DOUBLE-FLASH KINETIC SPECTROPHOTOMETER FOR MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS IN INTACT PLANTS

被引:20
作者
KRAMER, DM
CROFTS, AR
机构
[1] Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801, IL
关键词
cytochrome b[!sub]6[!/sub]f complex; double-flash spectrophotometer; electrochromism; kinetics;
D O I
10.1007/BF00035014
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
A highly sensitive, portable spectrophotometer for use in measuring flash-induced absorbance changes in intact leaves is demonstrated. The design of the instrument is modified for whole plant use from that suggested by Joliot and Joliot (Biochim. Biophys. Acta 765, 210-218). The spectrophotometer uses trifurcated light guides to deliver measuring and actinic beams to two comparable areas of the leaf. The measuring beam is provided by a series of short, relatively intense light pulses from a xenon flashlamp in place of the constant weak measuring beam used in conventional machines. The use of a flash measuring beam and differential detection allows for a high signal-to-noise ratio (noise levels of 10-5A) without significant actinic effects. The time resolution of the instrument is 2 μsec and the noise level is independent of the experimental time range. The instrument is battery or mains powered, computer operated, and has a liquid crystal display for computer-user interface and dialogue, and to show the kinetic traces graphically. Wavelength selection is provided by interchangeable interference filters. The instrument can communicate with a laboratory-based computer, receiving programming information and sending experimental data to be processed and plotted. The instrument is demonstrated by following the kinetics of the electrochromic shift, the change in redox states of cytochrome f and the b cytochromes in an intact cucumber leaf, and in the same leaf after infiltration with DCMU. © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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