The uneven distribution of carotenoids and chlorophylls between several chlorophyll- carotenoid-proteins isolated from radish chloroplasts by SDS-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis is described.
Lutein and neoxanthin are enriched in the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein LHCP3, which exhibits low chlorophyll a/b ratios (1.1-1.3) and high values for the ratio chlorophyll a/β-carotene (a/c = 60-180).
β-carotene is bound not only to the chlorophyll a-protein CPI + CPIa of photosystem I, but also to the chlorophyll a-protein CPa. Both chlorophyll a-proteins are characterized by high values for the ratio a/b and low values for the ratio a/c.
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