3 and 4 (see text). Illumination time at each intensity-setting was 3 min. Sigma(II) values of 4.547 and 1.669 nm2 were applied for 440 and 625 nm, respectively. In the calculation of ETR(II)440 and ETR(II)625, F v/F m values selleck screening library of 0.68 and 0.66 were used, respectively. For comparison of the corresponding LC without PAR transformation, see Fig. 4 In contrast to the rel.ETR LC of Fig. 4, where

rel.ETRmax was much higher for 625 nm than for 440 nm, the ETR(II)max values in Fig. 8 are almost identical for both the colors, thus confirming that the observed differences in rel.ETR are almost exclusively due to differences between Sigma(II)440 and Sigma(II)625. This may be considered strong support for the validity of Sigma(II)λ determination via O–I 1 measurements with the multi-color-PAM and its analysis by the O–I 1 Fit approach. As the maximal value of ETR(II)440 is slightly lower than that 3-MA ic50 of ETR(II)625, the question remains whether even after Lonafarnib solubility dmso transformation of PAR into PAR(II), i.e., for identical rates of PS II turnover, blue light causes somewhat more photoinhibition (or down-regulation) than red light.

For evaluation of these results it has to be considered that the illumination periods during the LC recording were relatively short (3 min), so that the time of exposure to potentially photoinhibitory intensities was relatively short. This aspect is further investigated in the following section. When information on PS II concentration is available, it is possible to derive from ETR(II) a rough estimate of the absolute O2 evolution rate

in units of mmol O2/(mg Chl s) using the Tyrosine-protein kinase BLK following general equation: $$ r\textO_2 = \frac\textETR(\textII)\textPSU \cdot ne ( \textO_ 2 )\cdot M(\textChl), $$ (5)where PSU is the photosynthetic unit size (i.e., number of Chl molecules per electron transport chain), M(Chl) is the molecular weight of Chl (approximately 900 g/mol) and ne(O2) the number of electrons required for evolution of 1 molecule of O2 (normally assumed to be 4). The absolute rate in the common units of μmol O2/(mg Chl h) is obtained by multiplication with 1,000 × 3,600. If PSU = 1,000 is assumed, the numerical value of the denominator amounts to 1,000 × 3,600, which means that in this case the numerical values of ETR(II) in electrons/(PS II s) and rO2 in μmol O2/(mg Chl h) are identical. Comparison of photoinhibition by 440- and 625-nm illumination The Chlorella cells used in this study were cultured at relatively low ambient light intensities in the order of 20–30 μmol quanta/(m2 s) PAR, which may be compared with the I k values of Chlorella, i.e., with the PAR values were light saturation sets in (see Fig. 5) that were 80 and 214 μmol/(m2 s) for 440 and 625 nm, respectively. The maximal intensities applied in the experiment of Figs. 4, 5, and 8 amounted to 1,000 μmol/(m2 s) for both the colors.