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A Comparison of Pigment-Protein Complexes among Normal, Chlorophyll-Deficient and Senescent Soybean Genotypes ¹

Northern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois 61401

Pigment-protein complexes were isolated from chloroplasts of normal green and several types of chlorophyll-deficient soybeans. The complexes were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and comparisons were made between normal and chlorophyll-deficient genotypes of the relative amounts of chlorophyll associated with Photosystem I (PSI), Photosystem II (PSII), light-harvesting, and free pigment complexes.

Chlorophyll-deficient genotypes, compared to normal green genotypes, have fewer light-harvesting complexes and a higher ratio of PSII to PSI complexes. Chlorophyll associated with PSII in yellow genotypes is in relatively higher amounts in spite of the fact that these genotypes have much less grana stacking than normal green genotypes. Although PSII activity has been associated with appressed regions of grana in normal plants, our work shows that the association does not always hold true.