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The effects of light quality and intensity on the synthesis of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and its mRNAs in the green algaChlorogonium elongatum

✍ Scribed by E. Roscher; K. Zetsche

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
438 KB
Volume
167
Category
Article
ISSN
0032-0935

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✦ Synopsis

In the green alga Chlorogonium elongarum the promoting effect of light on the synthesis of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCase) is mainly caused by blue light of wavelengths between 430 nm and 510 nm, with a maximum effect at about 460 nm. Blue light also causes an increase in the amounts of the mRNAs for the large and the small subunits of the enzyme. Furthermore, the concentration of RuBPCase is affected by the light energy fluence rate. The rate of synthesis as well as the maximal obtainable concentration of the enzyme are functions of the light energy fluence rate up to 26 W.m-2. No further increase occurs beyond that intensity. The quantity of irradiation also alters the concentrations of the subunit mRNAs. The results indicate that the changes in the mRNA levels are the major regulatory steps in the light-dependent synthesis of the RuBPCase enzyme.

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