Relationships between the Transition of the Physical Phase of Membrane Lipids and Photosynthetic Parameters in Anacystis nidulans and Lettuce and Spinach Chloroplasts 1

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The transition of the physical phase of lipids in membrane fragments of a blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans was studied by a spin labeling technique. The maximum hyperfine splitting of the electron spin resonance spectrum of the N-oxyl-4′, 4′-dimethyloxazolidine derivative of 5-ketostearic acid plotted against the reciprocal of the absolute temperature gave a discontinuity point that was characteristic of a transition of the physical phase of the hydrocarbon region of membrane lipids. The phase transition appeared at approximately 13 or 24 C in the organisms grown at 28 or 38 C, respectively.

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