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Formation of Mg-Containing Chlorophyll Precursors from Protoporphyrin IX, -Aminolevulinic Acid, and Glutamate in Isolated, Photosynthetically Competent, Developing Chloroplasts ¹

Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Intact developing chloroplasts isolated from greening cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var Beit Alpha) cotyledons were found to contain all the enzymes necessary for the synthesis of chlorophyllide. Glutamate was converted to Mg-protoporphyrin IX (monomethyl ester) and protoclorophyllide. -Aminolevulinic acid and protoporphyrin IX were converted to Mg-protoporphyrin IX, Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester, protochlorophyllide and chlorophyllide a. The conversion of -aminolevulinic acid or protoporphyrin IX to Mg-protoporphyrin IX (monomethyl ester) was inhibited by AMP and p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate. Light stimulated the formation of Mg-protoporphyrin IX from all three substrates. In the case of -aminolevulinic acid and protoporphyrin IX, light could be replaced by exogenous ATP. In the case of glutamate, both ATP and reducing power were necessary to replace light. With all three substrates, glutamate, -aminolevulinic acid, and protoporphyrin IX, the stimulation of Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation in the light was abolished by DCMU, and this DCMU block was overcome by added ATP and reducing power.

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