Endogenous rhythmicity and energy transduction. II. Phytochrome action and the conditioning of rhythmicity of adenylate kinase, NAD- and NADP-linked glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Chenopodium rubrum by temperature and light intensity cycles during germination

Abstract

Endogenous rhythmicity in NADP- and NAD-linked glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP- and NAD-GPD) as well as in adenylate kinase (AK) activity is initiated or synchronized during cyclic germination conditions of light and temperature, and is free-running in a dark period interrupting continuous light.There is phytochrome control of the amplitude in NADP-GPD and AK oscillations during the first hours of darkness if the beginning of the dark period is in phase with the beginning of the germination period. The endogenous rhythm acts like an "on-off" switch for potential phytochrome action. The results are discussed in relation to daily photoperiodic cycles.