Effects of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on the Accumulation of Chlorophyll <italic>b</italic> and Apoproteins of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll <italic>a</italic>/<italic>b</italic>-Protein Complex of Photosystem II

Abstract

We examined how the accumulation of chlorophyll b and LHCII apoproteins changes when the rate of synthesis of chlorophyll is increased by a supply of 5-aminolevulinic acid, a precursor for the biosynthesis of chlorophyll, without any change in light conditions, which affects the rate of synthesis of chlorophyll-protein complex apoproteins as well as chlorophyll