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Effects of δ-aminolevulinic acid on pigment formation and chlorophyllase activity in French bean leaf

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Chloroplast development and chlorophyll biosynthesis are co-regulated. Treatment by levulinic acid resulted in a linear relation in both chlorophyll and carotenoid contents, during greening of etiolated French bean leaf discs. Chlorophyll biosynthesis appeared to control that of caroteins. In the prsence of levulinic acid; at different levels, photosystem II (PS II) activity decreased when expressed on a chlorophyll basis. Chlorophyllase activity was increased progressively by increasing levulinic acid concentration. Thus, levulinic acid could be used to arrest the light-induced chloroplast development at a desired phase of greening and acts as determinator of chloroplast development in green tissues.

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Abbreviations

ALA:

δ-aminolevulinic acid

Chl.:

chlorophyll

Car.:

carotenoid

LHCP II:

light harvesting chlorophyll-protein complex II

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El-Saht, H.M. Effects of δ-aminolevulinic acid on pigment formation and chlorophyllase activity in French bean leaf. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 51, 83–90 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03542968

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