Amongst the antenna proteins of
PSII, CP26 decreased as fast as the PSII core components upon repression
of chloroplast protein synthesis whereas CP29 decline was significantly
slower and LHCII persisted even after 144 h of vitamin treatment. This
system also offers interesting possibilities to examine the assembly of
photosynthetic complexes by de-repressing chloroplast translation in
cells which have been depleted of their photosynthetic complexes by
prior treatment with vitamins