Photosynthetica 1997, 33(14):555-560 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006817614136

Influence of photodynamic processes induced by 2,2'-dipyridyl on the enzymatic system of chlorophyll biosynthesis

V. Toneva1, N. Shalygo2, E. Yaronskaya2, N. Averina2, I. Minkov1
1 Plant Physiology Department, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2 Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Photobiology, Minsk, Belarus

The influence of 2,2'-dipyridyl (2,2'-DP) on the activity of one of the enzymes at the initial stages of chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis, δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD; δ-aminolevulinate hydro-lyase, EC 4.2.1.24), as well as on δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) accumulation was investigated in green barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves. In seven-day-old green leaves treated with 3 mM 2,2'-DP for 17 h in darkness and subsequently irradiated with "white light" (15 W m-2) for 4, 8, and 24 h the ALAD activity was 51 % as compared to that in untreated leaves. At the same time, the ALA forming system was most sensitive to the photodynamic processes caused by 2,2'-DP. After 8 h of irradiation, ALA synthesis was entirely inhibited. After the treatment the leaves accumulated exceptionally high amounts of Chl precursors such as protoporphyrin IX (Proto), Mg-protoporphyrin IX (Mg-Proto), its monomethyl ester, and protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) that are photosensitizers of photodynamic processes in plants. A comparatively low Chl and carotenoid (Car) destruction was registered during the subsequent 4 and 8 h of irradiation. At the same time, the content of Chl precursors was negligible. The low photodestruction of Chl and Car included in pigment-protein complexes, against the background of fast porphyrin disappearance, and fast decrease of enzymatic activities at the initial stages of Chl production could mean that the photodynamic effect induced by porphyrins accumulated in the presence of 2,2'-DP affected first the Chl enzymatic system and did not change the pool of already synthesized photosynthetic pigments.

Additional key words: δ-aminolevulinic acid; δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; barley; Hordeum vulgare L.; protoporphyrin IX; protochlorophyllide; photodestruction

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Toneva, V., Shalygo, N., Yaronskaya, E., Averina, N., & Minkov, I. (1997). Influence of photodynamic processes induced by 2,2'-dipyridyl on the enzymatic system of chlorophyll biosynthesis. Photosynthetica, 34(4), 555-560. doi: 10.1023/A:1006817614136
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