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Properties of the Isolated Intact Chloroplast at Cytoplasmic K⁺ Concentrations ¹

I. Light-Induced Cation Uptake into Intact Chloroplasts is Driven by an Electrical Potential Difference

Lehrstuhl Botanik I, Universität Würzburg, 8700 Würzburg, West Germany

Photosynthesis, stroma-pH, and internal K⁺ and Cl^– concentrations of isolated intact chloroplasts from Spinacia oleracea, as well as ion (K⁺, H⁺, Cl^–) movements across the envelope, were measured over a wide range of external KCl concentrations (1-100 millimolar).

Isolated intact chloroplasts are a Donnan system which accumulates cations (K⁺ or added Tetraphenylphosphonium⁺) and excludes anions (Cl^–) at low ionic strength of the medium. The internally negative dark potential becomes still more negative in the light as estimated by Tetraphenylphosphonium⁺ distribution. At 100 millimolar external KCl, potentials both in the light and in the dark and also the light-induced uptake of K⁺ or Na⁺ and the release of protons all become very small. Light-induced K⁺ uptake is not abolished by valinomycin suggesting that the K⁺ uptake is not primarily active. Intact chloroplasts contain higher K⁺ concentrations (112-157 millimolar) than chloroplasts isolated in standard media. Photosynthetic activity of intact chloroplasts is higher at 100 millimolar external KCl than at 5 to 25 millimolar. The pH optimum of CO₂ fixation at high K⁺ concentrations is broadened towards low pH values. This can be correlated with the observation that high external KCl concentrations at a constant pH of the suspending medium produce an increase of stroma-pH both in the light and in the dark. These results demonstrate a requirement of high external concentrations of monovalent cations for CO₂ fixation in intact chloroplasts.

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