Abstract
Plastids contain an NADH dehydrogenase complex (Ndh complex) homologous to the mitochondrial complex I (EC 1.6.5.3). In this work, we have analysed the changes in the Ndh complex during ripening of pepper ( Capsicum annum L., cv. Maor) and tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., cv. Marglobe) fruits. The Ndh complex was mainly present in the outer pericarp of tomato fruits, whereas it was evenly distributed in the pericarp of pepper. In both kinds of fruit we observed a decrease in the total amount of Ndh complex from the green to the red stage of development. This decrease corresponds to parallel decreases in the content and activity of the complex in plastids during the transition from chloroplasts to chromoplasts. Levels of plastidial quinol peroxidase activity were also higher during the first stages of tomato fruit development than during the latter stages of ripening. However, when referred to total plastid protein, the amount and activity of the Ndh complex in chloroplasts isolated from green fruits was higher than in chloroplasts isolated from leaves. These results strongly suggest that function of the Ndh complex, probably related to a plastidial electron transport chain, can be important during the first stages of fruit development.
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