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A preparation of photochemically active chloroplasts of Fucus was added to a low-salt medium with high osmolarity (HEPES AMPD buffer, 1M sorbitol). The rate of DCIP reduction (DCIPr) and the variable fluorescence (Fv) of these phaeoplasts were measured and compared with the same activities in spinach chloroplasts. A study of the influence of mono- and divalent-cations showed that salt effects on PS II activity also exist in Fucus.
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Mg++ action on Fv is similar, although noticeably weaker in Fucus than in spinach chloroplasts.
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Na+ has no effect on Fv of Fucus chloroplasts, but its influence on DCIPr is more pronounced than in spinach.
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Mg++ influence on DCIPr is largely dependent upon excitation energy. In subsaturating light (100\2-1000 W m\t-2), Mg++ stimulation increases up to 100 mM, almost doubling the level. In very low wight conditions (3Wm\t02), however, this stimulation saturates at about 10 mM; higher concentrations are no longer effective but do not quench DCIPr noticeably, unlike the case in spinach.
Therefore, cations act through similar pathways on Fucus as on spinach isolated chloroplasts but the effects on PS II centers are preponderant in Fucus whereas the modifications in non-radiative decay or pigment array size are weaker.
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Berkaloff, C., Duval, J.C. Correlated influence of cation concentration and excitation intensity on PS II activity-II. Comparative study between green plant and brown-alga chloroplasts. Photosynth Res 1, 127–135 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018229
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