Light-dependent changes in the lipid and fatty acid composition of phycocyanin-free photosynthetic lamellae of synechococcus
- The growth of Synechococcus at different intensities of white and red light caused changes in the pigment composition. The ratio of chlorophyll a to phycocyanin varied from 1:8,2 in LWLI-grown cells to 1:1,4 in cells grown at HWLI and to 1:15,7 in cultures exposed to HRLI. Acyl lipids were quantitatively determ ined and fatty acids of the individual lipid classes analysed by GLC. Phycocyanin-free photosynthetic lam ellae were obtained by fractional centrifugation. No variation was found in the acyl lipid composition of the m em brane preparations. These all contained MGDG, DGDG, SQDG and PG as components. In all the lipids investigated, palmitic, hexadecenoic and octadecenoic acids m ade up to more than 90% of total fatty acids. The pattern of these major components w ithin the lipids from the different cultures depended on the light used. No large differences were detected between zones obtained from LWLI and HRLI isolated membranes, whereas density gradient centrifugation of those from HWLI-grown cells resulted in a completely different pattern of bands. The variations in lipid and fatty acid composition are discussed with respect to changes observed in lipid composition of whole cells and the results reported on tem perature dependent shifts in lipid fluidity in cyanobacteria.
Author: | Günter Datz, Günter DöhlerGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-797667 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1981-9-1027 |
ISSN: | 0939-5075 |
ISSN: | 1865-7125 |
Parent Title (English): | Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C |
Publisher: | Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung |
Place of publication: | Tübingen |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2014/06/02 |
Year of first Publication: | 1981 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2024/01/29 |
Tag: | Lipid and Fatty Acid Composition; Phycocyanin-Free Lamellae; Pigmentation; Synechococcus |
Volume: | 36.1981 |
Issue: | 9-10 |
Page Number: | 7 |
First Page: | 856 |
Last Page: | 862 |
Institutes: | Biowissenschaften |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |