title: The Role of Acyl Lipids in Reconstitution of Lipid-Depleted Light-Harvesting Complex II from Cold-Hardened and Nonhardened Rye.
abstract: The role of acyl lipids in the in vitro stabilization of the oligomeric form of light-harvesting complex II of winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv Muskateer) grown at 5 or 20 degrees C was investigated. Purified light-harvesting complex II was enzymically delipidated to various extents by treatment with the following lipolytic enzymes: phospholipase C, phospholipase A(2), and galactolipase. Complete removal of phosphatidylcholine had no effect on the stability of the oligomeric form, whereas the removal of phosphatidylcholine plus phosphatidylglycerol caused a decrease in the ratio of oligomeric:monomeric forms from 1.86 +/- 0.17 to 0.85 +/- 0.17 and 3.51 +/- 0.82 to 0.81 +/- 0.29 for purified cold-hardened and nonhardened light-harvesting complex II, respectively, with no change in free pigment content. Incubation of delipidated cold-hardened or nonhardened light-harvesting complex with purified thylakoid phosphatidylglycerol containing trans-Delta(3)-hexadecenoic acid resulted in 48% reconstitution of the oligomeric form on a total chlorophyll basis with an oligomer:monomer of about 1.90. Incubation in the presence of di- 16:0 or di- 18:1 phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, monogalactosyldiacylglyceride, or digalactosyldiacylglyceride caused no oligomerization, but rather a further destabilization of the monomeric form. These lipid-dependent structural changes were correlated with significant changes in the 77K fluorescence emission spectra for purified light-harvesting complex II. We conclude that the stabilization of the supramolecular organization of light-harvesting complex II from rye is specifically dependent upon molecular species of phosphatidylglycerol containing trans-Delta(3)-hexadecenoic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Maria Curie-Skodowska University, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Krupa
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Huner