Photosystem I preparations from Vicia faba, Hordeum vulgare, and Zea mays were analysed for chlorophyllo/~-binding proteins and their polypeptide composition. For this purpose the long wave-length fluorescence emitting band ChI,,/~-P3 (LHCI-730) of each species was excised from gels after electrophoresis and the concentrated eluates were subjected to denaturing re-electrophoresis. The polypeptide pattern of Chlo~-P3 obtained with gradient gels containing 6 M-urea exhibited three bands previously termed B, C, and D (3). Only a polypeptide corresponding in its migration property to D was present in the polypeptide pattern of total thylakoids. A 20 kD polypeptide which corresponds to D is missing in the chlorophyll b-less barley mutant chlorinaf2. It is concluded that D binds pigments and may represent the apoprotein of ChL/~-P3. The authenticity and function, respectively, of the polypeptidcs B and C need further elucidation.