Protochlorophyll(ide) disappearance and chlorophyll(ide) accumulation, in dark-grown Euglena, promoted by series of actinic light flashes, have been followed by in vivo fluorescence measurements. The data show that chlorophyll(ide) accumulation is biphasic, i.e., there is an initial rapid phase followed by a slower linear phase. The linear phase is highly dependent on flash frequency and on cell respiration whereas the initial phase is much less affected by these factors. It is concluded that dark-grown cells contain a limited pool of phototransformable protochlorophyll(ide); once this pool is exhausted, its reformation and/or the synthesis of some unknown metabolite necessary for the photoreduction appears to be dependent on respiration.
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