title: Loss of phytochrome photoreversibility in vitro: I. Extraction and partial purification of killer.
abstract: Crude pea (Pisum sativum L. var. Alaska) phytochrome extracts contain a substance, "Killer," which interacts with the far red-absorbing form of phytochrome causing a net loss of spectrophotometrically detectable phytochrome in vitro. Killer is absent from crude extracts of Avena phytochrome, is separable from pea phytochrome by gel filtration, and is alcohol-extractable from etiolated pea seedlings. Killer activity in alcohol extracts behaved, during partial purification, in a manner identical to that derived from pea phytochrome preparations. The mass extraction and partial purification of Killer are described.
authors: Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306.
authors: L R
authors: LR
authors: Fox