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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
卷 158, 期 2, 页码 905-916出版社
AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.186957
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F019882/1]
- John Innes Foundation
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/J/00000020] Funding Source: researchfish
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F019882/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/F019882/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The aim of this work was to investigate starch granule numbers in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leaves. Lack of quantitative information on the extent of genetic, temporal, developmental, and environmental variation in granule numbers is an important limitation in understanding control of starch degradation and the mechanism of granule initiation. Two methods were developed for reliable estimation of numbers of granules per chloroplast. First, direct measurements were made on large series of consecutive sections of mesophyll tissue obtained by focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy. Second, average numbers were calculated from the starch contents of leaves and chloroplasts and estimates of granule mass based on granule dimensions. Examination of wild-type plants and accumulation and regulation of chloroplast (arc) mutants with few, large chloroplasts provided the following new insights. There is wide variation in chloroplast volumes in cells of wild-type leaves. Granule numbers per chloroplast are correlated with chloroplast volume, i.e. large chloroplasts have more granules than small chloroplasts. Mature leaves of wild-type plants and arc mutants have approximately the same number of granules per unit volume of stroma, regardless of the size and number of chloroplasts per cell. Granule numbers per unit volume of stroma are also relatively constant in immature leaves but are greater than in mature leaves. Granule initiation occurs as chloroplasts divide in immature leaves, but relatively little initiation occurs in mature leaves. Changes in leaf starch content over the diurnal cycle are largely brought about by changes in the volume of a fixed number of granules.
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